Eisenhower Signs Two Documents in Return to Duty
President Eisenhower signs two State Department appointment lists as Sherman Adams sets up his Denver White House office signaling his gradual return to leadership. Doctors continue to monitor his recovery after a coronary attack, with Adams and Hagerty asserting medical decisions govern future actions.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Denver White House
Adams
Lowry Air Force Base Administration
John 8. Doud
State Department
Foreign Service
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Secretary of State
Dulles
Howard M. Snyder
Howard
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Nigel
Arthur Conan Doyle
Gov. Adams
Ohio's First Turnpike Opens to Traffic in Cleveland
Gov. Frank J. Lausche opened Ohio's 241 mile Turnpike to traffic at 12 01 a m and urged start on a Cincinnati to Conneaut toll road. The ceremony drew 1000 spectators at the western terminal as plans for a Toledo spur and future highways were outlined amid optimistic revenue prospects.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
James W. Shacknessy
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Commission
Frank C. Dunbar Jr
Robert S. Beightler
Cincinnati
Conneaut
Toledo
Samuel O. Linzell
Turnpike Commission
Jim Hagerty
Eisenhower
Westgate Terminal
Indiana
Pennsylve
Teacher Bit In Explaining Snake Lesson
SCOTTSDALE Ariz Cecil McGirr a 45 year old high school biology teacher suffered two bites on the left index finger yesterday while teaching his class how to handle a rattlesnake The teacher said I learned a good lesson when you are handling a poisonous reptile always keep your attention on the loaded end McGirr left arm was blackened and swollen from hand to shoulder His condition was given as satisfactory.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Cecil McGirr
McGirr
Doctor says he would have no objection to Ike running again
Dr. Paul Dudley White clarified remarks after a misinterpretation of his TV statement on Today. He said he would have no objection to President Eisenhower running for a second term if he recovers and wishes to continue his career for the country’s benefit.
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White
Paul D. White
Boston
Eisenhower
Paul Dudley White
Denver
Dr. White
United States of America
Bridges Deportation Bid Abandoned by U S Justice Dept
The United States dropped its decade long effort to deport Harry Bridges after failing to prove he was a Communist. Bridges, 54, Australian born, led the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union and had sworn in 1945 he was not a Communist.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Lynn Gillard
U. S
Justice Department
Bridges
Communist Party
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Stockade Runaway Sparks Fort Knox Battle Scene
A stockade escape by a G I triggers heavy combat exercise near Fort Knox as tanks, smoke and grenades blare. Officials withheld the name while confirming unit details, noting the 144th Ordnance Company within the 3rd Armored Division was conducting war practice. The incident ended with the prisoner fleeing into open space amid the maneuvers.
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Fort Knox
G. I
144Th Ordnance Company
3Rd Armored Division
Landy Granted Navy Commission By Secretary Thomas
Secretary of the NavyThomas overruled a review board and ordered Eugene Landy commissioned as an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve. Landy 21, top student at Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy, had been denied a commission. Yale law student Landy called the decision a return to normal life.
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Washington
Thomas
Eugene Landy
Navy
Landy
U. S. Naval Reserve
Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
N. Y
Kenmore M. McManes
U. S
Yale
New Haven
Hope Dims Yet Navy Seeks 11 Missing Airmen In Janet
In the aftermath of Hurricane Janet, Navy and Air Force units continued air and surface searches in the Caribbean for 11 crewmen missing from a hurricane hunter aircraft. An Air Force flight sighted two life rafts but fuel limits prevented direct search. authorities cautioned the findings and the area were not near the last known position. Estimated casualties rose as the storm battered the region with extensive destruction.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Caribbean
Air Force
Janet
Mexico
Dayton man, 58, dies in U S 25 crash near Wapakoneta
Auglaize County police report a Dayton man named Thom Underwood, 58, was struck by a car on U S 25, two miles south of Wapakoneta. He became the county's fifth traffic fatality of the week. the driver was not held.
Typhoon Louise Devastates Niigata City in Japan Fire
Typhoon Louise roared ashore in Japan driving 45 mph winds that set Niigata ablaze. A short circuit sparked a blaze that destroyed 1 200 buildings across 100 acres, leaving nearly 5 000 homeless and injuring numerous. Government aid plus help from the U S Air Forces arrived as flames raged in the city hall, newspapers, banks, a hospital, and other landmarks.
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Tokyo
Louise
Japan
Niigata City
U.S
Niigata Air Base
Hokkaido
Marge
Iwo Jima
Kyushu
Niigata
Kyodo News Service
Asahi
Sea of Japan
Forrestal Set To Join Fleet As Largest Navy Carrier
The carrier Forrestal prepared for an afternoon commissioning ceremony in Portsmouth Virginia. The first of five supercarriers, it displaces about 76000 tons and carries around 1000 planes. The ship will lead a new era in naval air power with a crew of 3500 and a complex flight deck and island structure.
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Portsmouth
Forrestal
Codeine Navy
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Independence
Empire State
Brooklyn Bridge
New York Navy Yard
Island
IUE Rejects 5 Year Offer In Westinghouse Talks
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers representing about 44 000 Westinghouse Electric employees turned down a proposed five year wage deal claiming a 16 percent pay rise. Company VP Blasier touted it as the most liberal offer in history with immediate three percent and minimum raises for hourly workers plus further boosts through 1959. Salaried staff would gain weekly increments from 1.86 to 4.80 dollars. Union president Carey said the union seeks a 15 cent across the board hourly hike and contract protections for time studies.
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Pittsburgh
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Robert D. Blaiier
Westinghouse
Blasier
Cio-Iue
James B. Carey
Ex-Polish Consul Attempts Death in New York
Tadeusz Kassern former Polish consul and first Polish representative to break with Poland's Communist government lies in critical condition after an overdose of sleeping pills. His wife Longina found him unconscious in their Manhattan apartment and police recovered a note to his wife saying he planned to take his life due to citizenship troubles.
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New York
Tadeusz Kassern
Poland
Kassern
Longina
Manhattan
Three Reds Killed in Guatemala Clash
Police clashed with Communist under ground members in Olimpica Guatemala killing three. Officials said it was the second clash in three days and ordered a systematic crackdown on red activity.
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Guatemala
Olimpica
Oklahoma County deputy faces resistance during routine furniture seizure
Deputy Clem Reed, executing a furniture recovery in Oklahoma City, encountered strong opposition from a housewife who assaulted him with fists, attempted to shoot with a rifle, attacked him with a knife, threatened him with a skunk, and struck him with a beer bottle while he took two deep freezers and a stove. The woman objected to a living room suite, leading to the confrontation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Clem Reed
Reed
Four Killed In Ohio Crash Near Ravenna
A car from Brooklyn New York passed a line of vehicles on U S 224 nine miles south of Ravenna and struck a tractor trailer head on. The four deceased were Louis Rosado 18 M Osoby 18 Silvester Comez Jr 19 and Clelia A Pena 21. Francisco Davila 19 was critically injured and hospitalized after the collision.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Brooklyn
N. Y
U. S. 224
Here
Louis Rosado
M. Osoby
Silvester Comez Jr
Clelia A. Pena
More Vaccine Released Reaches Ohio Under PHS Release
The Public Health Service announced the release of 2 604 153 cubic centimeters of Salk antipolio vaccine. Ohio will receive 104 004 cubic centimeters to distribute for immunization efforts.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Ohio
France Faces UN Rift Over Algeria Debate
France walked out of the United Nations Assembly as a 28 to 27 vote with five abstentions overturned the steering committee on Algerian independence. Pinay warned actions against the UN could be null and void, signaling potential long term strain in Paris relations with the world body.
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France
U.N
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
Algeria
United Nations
Belgium
Paul Heenri Spaak
Assembly
Greece
Cyprus
United States
Britain
Arafa Flies To Tangier Amid Moroccan Crisis
Sultan Moulay Arafa left Rabat at dawn aboard a French military plane and flew to Tangier amid French pressure. Reports say he may have secured a successor of his choosing, while the international zone city lies in flux as the move aims to ease tensions and grant some self rule.
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Rabat
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Tangier
Moulay Arafa
Empty Tank Pays Dividends Here
Riverton Wyoming resident Jack Geraud says his car ran dry after thieves failed to reach the city limits. He had long complained his wife did not fill the gas tank. The incident underscores the practical impact of an empty tank on daily life in Riverton.
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Riverton
Wyo
Jack Geraud
Geraud
Eden Star James Dean Dies In California Car Crash
Hollywood actor James Dean 24 died after a head on collision near Paso Robles while driving a Porsche Spyder to a road race in Salinas. Turnupseed 23 of Tulare injured minor. Dean's mechanic injured. Warner Brothers had limited his car use. Dean recently finished Giant and was cast in East of Eden by Elia Kazan.
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Hollywood
James Dean
Caleb
East of Eden
Paso Robles
Calif
Marlon Brando
Salinas
Dean
Robert Frances
Willie Keith
Burbank
California Highway Patrol
Donald Turnupseed
Tulare
Highway 41
Turnupseed
California Polytechnic College At
San Luis Obispo
Paul Moreno
Court Order Ends Strike By Engineers
A federal court halted a brief strike by Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad locomotive engineers hours after it began. About 260 workers walked out at 3 p.m. EST over a six month wage dispute, threatening a freight backlog affecting 3,700 employees before U.S. District Judge Win G. Enoch issued a temporary injunction.
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Chicago
Indiana Harbor Belt
U.S
Win G. Enoch
USC Coed Offered $100000 For Hypnosis Break
Hollywood report says USC freshman Pat Morris will appear on NBCs Truth or Consequences next Friday with $100000 in cash on a hypnotist's chair test. She must rise and take the money to win the prize, under strict escort and hotel stay during the week.
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Hollywood P
University of Southern California
National Broadcasting Co
Arthur Allen
Pat Morris
Jack Bailey
Bailey
Santa Fe
N. M
NBC
Columbia Broadcasting System
Miss Morris
Charles W. Morris
Brentwood
Los Angeles
Morris
Torrance
Calif
Statler
Betty Goody
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Hollywood
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