U N Security Council eyes new talks on Soviet spy charges
At the United Nations Security Council a four nation push led by Argentina and others urged a resume of Big Four discussions with U.N. help. The Soviet resolution denouncing U.S. espionage flights was expected to fail. Henry Cabot Lodge defended U.S. policy, recalling Eisenhower’s suspension of spy flights and a possible open skies negotiation.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
United States
U.N
Argentina
Ceylon
Ecuador
Tunisia
U.S
Council
United Nations
France
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sverdlovsk
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Lodger
Eisenhower
Lodge
Korea
Hungary
Free World
Eiisenhower
Tidal Waves Pound Hilo in Hawaiian Disaster
Honolulu AP reports Hilo residents dig out dead and injured after tidal waves caused the worst disaster since 1946. Thirty three known dead, twenty three missing, eighty three injured with more casualties feared as rubble is cleared. Estimated damage up to fifty million dollars.
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Honolulu
Hilo
Hawaiian Islands
Death Toll Rises In Chile After Quakes And Tidal Waves
In Chile the death toll, injuries, and missing persons mount as rescue workers assess coastal cities after three days of quakes and tsunamis. By Monday night 400 dead, 800 missing, about 1,600 injured. U.S. units ready to deliver medicines, food, blankets and tents as damage stretches across nine provinces.
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Santiago
Chile
U. S. Caribbean
Defense Department
Panama
Pacific
Japan
Hawaii
Philippines
New Zealand
Concepcion
Air Force
Saavedra
Tidal Wave Devastates Hilo After Pacific Swells
The 26,000 population city of Hilo faced a devastating tidal surge traced to quakes in Chile. Four waves struck between 12:25 a.m. and 1:25 a.m., causing death and widespread destruction as police evacuated districts and Red Cross teams fought to contain disease and rebuild. No mainland deaths were reported.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Chile
Pacific
Oahu
Maui
Kauai
William F. Quinn
Honolulu
Red Cross
Civil Defense
California Coast Mopping Up After Turbulent Tides
Coast Guard crews began mopping up along the California coast after Chilean earthquake triggered tides. They cleared Los Angeles harbor of debris, rescued hundreds of swept boats, with damage estimated in the millions from San Diego to Crescent City. Two main streets in Crescent City were flooded under two feet of water.
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Los Angeles
California
Coast Guard
Los Angeles Harbor
San Diego
Mexican
Crescent City
Oregon Line
Coast
Murderer Hunted After Slaying Wife and Neighbor Near Cooperstown
A recently discharged steelworker shot and killed his wife Vera Rose Shuffstall and neighbor Harolde Dupont in Cooperstown, then fled into woods. State police hunted Lloyd Shuffstall, 51, a former Warren State Hospital patient, amid reports of jealousy as motive.
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Cooperstown
Pittsburgh
Vera Rose Shuffstall
R. D
Harolde Dupont
R.D
Lloyd Shuffstall
Shuffstall
Warren State Hospital
Charles E. Scottson
Franklin
Derak Shuffstall
Open Skies plan blamed as U N intelligence role
Gromyko warned the council that the patched up plan of the so called open skies would force the United Nations into a humiliating position as a collector of intelligence for the Pentagon.
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Gromyko
U.N
Pentagon
Unhappy Little Pig Joke Echoes Family Fun
A light humor item describes a pig with a boar father and a tidy mother who keeps the place littered up. The quirky setup aims for a gentle chuckle about animal family life.
Midas spy satellite launch aims for near real time alert
Cape Canaveral reports the Atlas Agena rocket lifts the 9000 pound Midas satellite into orbit to provide instant warning of ballistic missile attacks. In Washington, Republicans block the Senate Labor Committee from meeting on raising the minimum wage to 1.25 an hour.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Midas
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate panel to probe spy plane incident and summit collapse
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously for a full bipartisan inquiry into the spy plane incident and the events leading to the summit collapse. The inquiry begins Friday at 9:30 a.m. EST with Secretary of State Christian A. Herter testifying.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower Leads NSC Meeting Ahead of Summit Report
President Eisenhower presided over a two hour NSC session in Washington ahead of his planned public briefing on the collapse of the summit conference. The meeting marked a key step in handling the crisis and shaping the administration’s response.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Senate Summit Fallout Sparks Senate Clash in Paris Debrief
Senate leaders clash over the Paris summit collapse as Lyndon Johnson calls for calm, objective inquiry to preserve unity. Kennedy defends himself from appeaser claims, while Fulbright hints at closed hearings on the Big Four talks and asks Herter and Dulles to testify on the spy plane incident and summit context.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Kennedy
Kennedy Presses Democratic Critique of Eisenhower Foreign Policy
Senator Kennedy urged the Senate that Democrats would continue to discuss and criticize Eisenhower administration foreign policy. He argued it is the party’s function and responsibility to speak out. Kennedy also challenged Senator Hugh Scott over remarks about Stevenson and appeasement suspicions regarding the conference breakdown.
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Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Stevenson
Paris
Jhas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Eiseahower
Democratic Party
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Border Flight Is Protested
In Wiesbaden Germany AP U S Air Force says Soviet authorities freed a C 47 and nine Americans after it strayed into East Germany last Friday The Soviets protested saying the flight endangered Warsaw Pact frontiers and left the American command responsible The U S Army said a delegation would meet the crew to decide if the plane can fly them out or must be evacuated with Eddleman asking Yakubovsky to release the crew and aircraft The C 47 was forced down over East Germany en route from Copenhagen to Hamburg for the border incident classified as a violation of East German airspace
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Wiesbaden
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
East Germany
U. S. Army
U.S
Soviet Zone
Clyde D. Eddleman
U.S. Army
Europe
Eddleman
I. I. Yakubovsky
ADN
Berlin
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hamburg
Germany
Weather Outlook For Miami Valley Climate
The weather report notes a continuing May spell with a high pressure ridge bringing mild Canadian air to the Miami Valley. Forecast predicts partly cloudy and warmer conditions today and Wednesday with a high near 80 and a low around 60. Yesterday’s official high was 78 at 4:45 pm and the low 46 at 6:00 am.
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Miami Valley
Midletown
Soviet Says U S Planes Spied on Lenin Ice Breaker
Tass reported the Soviet Union charged that U S planes conducted multiple spying passes over the new atomic ice breaker Lenin during a Baltic to Murmansk voyage. The planes allegedly flew three to four passes close to the masts on both sides of the ship.
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London
Soviet Union
U.S
Lenin
Tass
Baltic
Murmansk
Plane lands near East German town amid Cold War tensions
The aircraft touched down near Grundshagen in East Germany about 20 miles from the West German border. Soviet spokesmen in Berlin said it landed undamaged and did not seek an international incident or leverage demands for the release of the plane and occupants, unlike previous U2 incidents.
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Grundshagen
Berlin
Soviet Union
Rockefeller Calls for Nonpartisan Summit Debate
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller urged a national, nonpartisan debate on why the Paris summit failed. He warned against partisan blame games and endorsed Adlai Stevenson’s call for open discussion, just days before New York GOP leaders meet to decide Rockefeller’s presidential bid.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paris
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Tidal Waves Hit Northern Japan After Chilean Quake
Waves driven by a Chilean earthquake lashed Japan for seven hours, killing at least 85 and leaving 72 missing as 5,800 houses were damaged or destroyed and 40,209 flooded. Tsunami warnings failed to reach northern Honshu due to reports focusing on South Pacific tides. Coastline from Shiogama to Kushiro suffered extensive damage while Tokyo and Yokohama were spared by Tokyo Bay.
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Chile
Continents
Hawaiian Islands
New Zealand
Japan
Hilo
Hawaii
California
Los Angeles
Oregon Border
Alaska
Tokyo
Pacific
Shiogama
Honshu
Kushiro
Hokkaido
M.p.h
Nagoya
U.S. Air Force
Japan Broadcasting Corp
Toba
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Derald
Meadville City Hospital
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Canada
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Dp. Ark
John F. Keanery
D-Mass
Fulbright
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Eddieman
Yakubovsky
Croam Scadicese Siedane
Society
Casestessacce
Nelse
Weather Bureau
James Cary
Central Meteorological Agency
South Pacific
Kiyoo Wadachi
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