Britain Faces Election Close Amid Derby Buzz
Britain nears polling day as Eden's Conservatives and Attlee's Laborites race for seats. Voters split between a potential landslide and a high turnout amid a quiet campaign while many focus on the Epsom Derby betting frenzy.
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London
Britain
Eden
Attlee
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Laborite
Daily Express
Gallup
Express
Labor
Birmingham
Morgan Phillips
Dam Break Pours Flood On Valley
Dahlonega Georgia officials prepared to resume inquiry into a dam break that unleashed a 25 foot wall of water along U S Highway 19 near Neels Gap in the Blue Ridge foothills. No deaths were reported but two houses and two cars were destroyed and eight buildings damaged. 4900 chicks drowned at a farm as residents fled to higher ground. Sheriff J R Gibson led the probe, saying the earthen dam simply broke under pressure.
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Dahlonega
U.S. Highway 19
Blue Ridge Mountains
Neel's Gap
North
Georgia
J. R. Gibson
Lumpkin County
J. J. Ravan
Ravan
Separated Twin Given Slim Hope at Charity Hospital
In New Orleans Charity Hospital doctors report only faint hope for the survival of a Siamese twin girl after a three hour operation to separate two sisters born to Mrs. Leance Ducksworth of Gulfport Mississippi. One twin died on the table. the surviving sister remains is described as fair "considering" the circumstances. The babies were joined at the abdomen and pelvis. the father is a 26 year old Gulfport presser.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Leance Ducksworth
Gulfport
Miss
W. T. Newson
Baptist Leader Nelson Elected President of American Baptist Convention
Frank A. Nelson of Racine Wisconsin, a manufacturer of automotive equipment and Baptist layman, was elected president of the American Baptist Convention, which claims about 1.6 million members. He succeeds the Reverend V Carney Hargroves of Philadelphia.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Frank A. Nelson
Racine
Wis
American Baptist Convention
Nelson
V. Carney Hargroves
Philadelphia
Polio Vaccine Program Fate Hangs On Government Decision
Kenneth F. Valentine of Pitman-Moore says word is due today on whether the polio inoculation drive will proceed, be altered temporarily, or be halted. Scheele reports progress on Cutter vaccine tests, with 92 vaccinated individuals contracting polio and calls for a $13.35 million federal fund to provide free vaccine for the underpaid.
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Washington
Kenneth F. Valentine
Pitman-Moore Co
Zionville
Ind
Public Health Service
Intnt
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Scheele
Hwever
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter Laboratories
U.S. Public Health Service
Nations report 1.15 million polio vaccinations
Canada and Denmark announced about 1.15 million children vaccinated with Salk-type polio vaccine. No post vaccination polio cases tied to the serum. Canada reports one case preexisting illness. Denmark notes five weeks into program with no polio cases. Other nations face vaccine supply delays and program adjustments.
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Canada
Denmark
Federal Health Department
Ottawa
Copenhagen
United States
Italy
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Pasteur Institute
Jonas Salk
Norway
Switzerland
U.S
Britain
Medical Research Council
Germany
Frankfurt
Hesse
Sweden
Cop Wounded Bandit Slain At Cleveland
In Cleveland a police lieutenant chased two bandits during a holdup at S Mechalovitz Co. He was shot three times but survived. One bandit Albert Bowser 37 of Massillon died after stuffing cash into his clothing. The other suspect Michael Jacko 47 escaped to a basement box but is later captured. Clerk Eleanor Srebala triggered the alarm ending the spree. The slain Bowser had a 1939 Akron robbery record. Jacko was an ex convict linked to Pat McDermott, a Canton killer on the FBI list.
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Cleveland
Norman Bayless
Bayless
Albert Lowell
Dutch) Bowser
Massillon
Akron
Michael Jacko
Ohio Penitentiary
Pat McDermott
Canton
Don Mellett
Jacko
McDermott
FBI
S. Mechalovitz Co
Eleanor Srebala
Tight Ship Leads Crew To Mutiny
Retired Navy officer Charles B Day and his wife Loretta won a Superior Court divorce after she testified he ran the home like a ship. Judge Louis H Burke awarded Loretta the furniture, a car, 1800 dollars in community property, and the family home to Charles. Loretta Day, 53, had been married 27 years.
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Day
Loretta
Louis H. Burke
Weather forecast cools after showers move in
Gloomy skies clear as a cold front from the west brings cooler air. Yesterday peaked at 8 and today should reach the 70s with a 50s low tomorrow. Last night’s brief heavy shower dumped just over a quarter inch and rain ends for a few days.
Veto Upheld as Postal Pay Bill Dies in Senate
In Washington the Senate upheld President Eisenhower's veto of a postal pay raise averaging 8.6 percent with fringe benefits to 8.8 percent. The vote was 54 to 39, eight votes short of the two-thirds needed to override. Companion bills for similar raises were introduced in both chambers.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Neely
D-Wva
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
White House
House
Carlson
R-Kan
Rep
Rees
Murray
D-Tenn
Sen. Johnston
Post Office Committee
Bricker and Bender
Ohio
Long Road, Much Turning For Divorcee
Mrs. Bever ly Nina O'Malley, 44, plans her 14th marriage after securing a final decree from judge for divorce from husband No 13 Raymond Joseph O Malley. A clerical error delayed records until June 4 1954 and Judge Elmer Doyle notes the odd history as he clears the way for marriage to No 14 Gabriel L Avery, 44, a parking lot superintendent.
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Los Angeles
Beverly Nina O'Malley
Raymond Joseph O'Malley
Gabriel L. Avery
O'Malley
O’maley
California
Elmer Doyle
Avery
Missing Kalamazoo Girl Sparks Citywide Search
About a thousand people joined a search for 8 year old Jeannie Singleton in Kalamazoo after she vanished from school route. Police fear abduction by a sex offender and say the odds of death seem greater than survival as night halted the hunt. Jeannie’s father Steve is a truck driver with six children.
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Kalamazoo
Jeannie Singleton
Jeannie
Lenday
Riley Stewart
Steve
Thief Steals $150 in Dimes from Local Hobby Horse
In Charleston a person pried open the toy pay as you ride horse's tummy and stole 150 dollars in dimes from a store. Police investigated the incident as a theft and reviewed nearby surveillance footage.
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Charleston
S.C
Soviet note awaited as Big Four parley approaches
Washington awaits an official Soviet note to define Russia real aims for a top level Big Four summit. Dulles cautions the meeting should not decide issues but open paths toward solutions, while Pravda argues the three day format is insufficient. He predicts no shift in U S policy toward satellite states.
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State Department
Moscow
Russia
Ago
Eisenhower
Brenner
Bettas
France
Pravda
Dulles
Europe
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Eisenhower nominates Burke as chief of naval operations
President Eisenhower named Rear Adm. Arleight A. Burke to be chief of naval operations succeeding Adm. Robert B. Carney. Burke to take over Aug. 16. Carney’s term ends then amid earlier controversy over a possible Communist attack in the Formosa Strait.
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Eisenhower
Arleight A. Burke
Naval Operations
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Formosa
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Maxwell D. Taylor
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
Taylor
Burke
Formosa Strait
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Burglar Alarm Tripped. Man Nabbed With Loot Near Bank
Police in Columbus respond to a burglar alarm at the Upper Arlington Ohio National Bank and arrest Leo Campbell as he leaves with a sack of money. The alarm was later found to be an accident and Campbell was en route to the nearby state liquor store where he works.
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Columbus
Ohio
Upper Arlington
Ohio National Bank
Leo Campbell
Big Four May Meet July 18 21
Paris French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay said President Eisenhower accepted July 18 21 for a Big Four summit. The White House flagged July dates as a possibility with no final decision. Hagerty noted Russia has not formally accepted the invitation to the summit and the final time and place will be decided by the foreign ministers in San Francisco during UN anniversary events.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Britain
San Francisco
United Nations
Pinay
Bonus Plan Okayed for Korean War Veterans
The House Military Affairs Committee in Columbus recommended a Senate approved bonus plan for Ohio Korean War veterans. They trimmed the total from 100 million to 90 million dollars, asserting the reduced amount would suffice for payments.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Military Affairs Committee
House
Senate graft probe clouds uniforms buying for armed forces
Sen Mundt warns of a fabric of falsehoods hindering the Senate Investigations subcommittee. Witnesses admit lying as Army contract analyst David Pollack is fired for differing testimony while Levy funds probe reveals possible payments linked to Rubin and Bonita Originals. Pollack reports no direct receipt of funds yet admits prior falsehoods.
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Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Senate Investigations
Army
David Pollack
Quartermaster Corps
Philadelphia
Pollack
Brooklyn
Leon M. Levy
Levy
Lebanon
Bonita Originals, Inc
New York
Marvin Rubin
Bonita
Rubin
Puerto Rico
D and B at New Low In Wholesale Food Index
New York reports a new low in the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index at 63 dollars, down from 64.37 last week and 7.46 a year ago. The prior low was 6.32 on April 7, 1953, with the index measuring the cost of one pound each of 31 commonly used foods.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Senate Debates Highway Bill as Vote Looms Tonight
Senate session heats over a disputed highway bill with Democrats confident of passage. Senator Byrd blasts the Eisenhower plan citing bond schemes and earmarked gas tax revenue. Republican leaders seek to send the Gore bill back to committee while promising a presidential proposal in the House.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Public Works Committee
House
Byrd
D-Va
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