Southwest Floods May Be Ending
Cloud bursts dumped up to 8 inches of rain on scattered Texas areas as major flooding subsided in the Southwest. Thousands remained homeless in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas due to overflowing rivers and flash floods. Overnight, Dallas evacuees hoped to return home. Fort Worth water receded but full returns unlikely this week.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
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Fort Worth
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Fort Smith
Little Rock
Crest
Civil Defense
Moffett, Okla
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Uvalde
Tex
Garner
Medina
Comal
New Braunfels
San
Weather Outlook Brings Warmth to Wirgina and Miami Valley
Warm air ends the cold snap as a weak low pressure system moves toward the Miami Valley. Official forecast calls for mostly fair, warmer weather with a high near 72 and low around 50 today and tonight. Wednesday should be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 78. Middletown reported a high of 63 at 6 p.m. and a low of 43 at 5:30 a.m.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
House Republicans seek to restore defense cuts
The GOP Policy Committee backed amendments to restore about 323 million dollars of a 244 billion dollar defense cut. The plan would add 98 million for the Army, 50 million for the Navy, and 175 million for the Air Force, with some Democrats signaling support and President Eisenhower pressing to protect defense funding.
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Washington
House
Esenhower
House Appropriations Committee
Martin
Massachusetts
Army
Navy
Air Force
Vinson
D- iGa
The
Armed Services Commi
Compromise Likely On Housing Bill Amid Senate Debates
Senate vote opens on the omnibus 1957 housing bill with Democrats and Republicans forecasting a compromise. Bricker and Byrd back a plan to trim the 2.85 billion dollar total to 1.025 billion requested for 1958 housing though bipartisan pressure may stall the effort. Sparkman defends the measure as tools to revive homebuilding amid what he calls the administration's hard money policy.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Byrd
D-Va
Banking Committee
House
Senate Committee
Sparkman
D-Ala
Optimist jokes about future of business
A business executive tells a reporter he is optimistic about the future while admitting a worried look reflects his own optimism. The punchline rests on the wordplay optimistic.
Tally-Ho And Away At Bottomless Lakes State Park
A 19 year old, after drinking, rode a rented horse into Bottomless Lakes State Park in Roswell. A woman said the bay mare nearly struck her. The rider was charged with disorderly conduct and paid a $30 fine.
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Roswell
N. M
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Lensman Sought After Kill of Thelma Macomber
A Los Angeles investigation centers on a photographed man who sought a ceramic climbing cat. Thelma Macomber, 42, was found dead from a fractured skull beside her Studio City home. Mrs. Linda Mintz said a man in a small car visited earlier and talked with Mrs. Macomber.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Macomber
Canadian suitor charged in California bludgeoning case
Impeccably calm Canadian Clare Van Horne, 46, admitted to police he killed Nancy McLennan, 27, in Menlo Park while she slept after a strained relationship with her. Investigators say Van Horne followed McLennan from Lake Tahoe and later claimed she had refused his advances due to her spiritualist church. First degree murder charges were prepared as he awaited arraignment.
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Calif
Clare van Horne
London
Ont
San Francisco
Nancy McLennan
Menlo Park
Canada
Lake Tahoe
van Horne
William van Horne
Mrs. McLennan
Wendy van Horne
Clare
Nancy
Wendy
Howard Hartley
Mushroom Cloud Lights Nevada Test Site Sky
The United States detonated a 10 kiloton atomic device at Yucca Flat Nevada as part of a summer test series. The pre-dawn blast produced a large mushroom cloud with limited fallout, observed by 200 personnel and NATO observers, to gather radiation and fallout data for defense needs.
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Jack Lefler
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London
Nevada Desert
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Yucca Flat
Las Vegas
California
Arizona
Utah
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Free World
Nevada Test Organization
AEC
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
ABC
Air Force
Sailor Goes Berserk on Uvalde. 1 Killed, 2 Wounded at Treasure Island
Navy enlisted man Jimmie Henderson shot one man dead and wounded two others on the Uvalde cargo ship at Treasure Island. He held four hostages for over two hours before escaping unharmed. Identified victims include Ens. Arthur Lusk Morris and Ens. R. D. Harrison. another crewmate, Jake H. Verbdek, was beaten. Henderson, a prior court martial convict, was described as a prisoner at large awaiting sentence confirmation. Col. E. M. Williams vowed restraint as Marines and sailors surrounded the area.
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Treasure Island
Uvalde
Navy
Jimmie Henderson
Henderson
Martha Henderson
Alameda County
Ens
Arthur Lusk Morris
R. D. Harrison
Jake H. Verbdek
Las
Williams
Cmdr
Herman J. Schnurr
Lifeboat Found With Five Dead Off Central Japan
Bodies of four men and a woman, all Japanese, recovered from a lifeboat about 12 miles off central Japan. They are believed to be from a cargo ship missing since May 20 en route from Nagoya to Tokachi. Seven aboard included the deckhand's wife.
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Yokohama
Japan
Nagoya
Tokachi
Flu Toll Mounts In Philippines Epidemic
Influenza deaths in the Philippines rise to 185, with most victims being children or the elderly as the epidemic sweeps East and Southeast Asia across the Philippine Islands.
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Manila
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Philippine Islands
Gunman Outwitted Yet Again In Philadelphia Robbery
A vending machine driver-collector reports a gunman forced him to drive around Philadelphia for almost two hours. The thief complained of bad luck and finally released him in North Philadelphia after failing to access a $1,000 money box.
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Philadelphia
Cornelius McKenna
McKenna
Desperado
Hot Iron On Body Mother Accused Of Burning Twins
Police will file felonious assault charges against Mildred Hammett a 26 year old Dayton mother accused of burning her two year old twins Tony Allen and Tonya. Investigators say she placed Tony on a hot gas register burned Tonys back legs arms and feet and had Tonya crawl under her feet while ironing then pressed the iron to Tonys body and held Tonys hand under hot water causing second degree burns. Tony Allen is in fair condition at St Elizabeth Hospital with third degree burns.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Mildred Hammett
Woman Beaten To Death In Huntington Home
A 40-year-old paroled convict admitted to murdering Mrs. Ruby H. Miller 58, whose nude body was found in a blood spattered South Side bedroom. Elmer David Bruner broke in via a cut screen, wrested a shotgun, and began beating the woman with a hammer before fleeing with a car key in his possession. The husband and a neighbor discovered her body as Bruner faced murder charges and possible armed robbery connections.
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Huntington
W. Va
Herman Frazie
Ruby H. Miller
South Side
Frazier
Elmer David Bruner
Bruner
Miller
Cantrell Owens Rescued From Abandoned Kentucky Mine Pit
In Harlan Kentucky Cantrell Owens a 50 year old man was found alive after being trapped in an abandoned mine pit since Sunday. A search party spotted tobacco grains and footprints leading rescuers to Owens about a mile and a half from the entrance. He complained of mild hunger and a cough but was in good spirits upon emerging into sunlight.
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Harlan, Ky
Cantrell Owens
Owens
Algerian Rebels Move To Tunisia
Tunis authorities report 2000 Algerians crossed into Tunisia in one night seeking asylum from France. A government spokesman said several tens of thousands are moving toward Tunisia. France suspends economic aid to Tunisia as it aids the Algerian rebel effort.
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Tunisia
France
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