Queen Flies To Virginia For U S Visit
Queen Elizabeth II completes Canadian duties and heads to the United States for a six day tour. She plans Jamestown Williamsburg visits and a 350th anniversary reception in Newport News before Washington and New York events.
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Ottawa
Elizabeth II
United States
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
Newport News
Jamestown
Williamsburg
New World
Washington
New York City
France Hit By Strike Shuts Down Nation and City
Paris and other cities faced a 24 hour walkout by electricity and gas workers as roads trains and telephones failed. Newspapers halted and editors absent. Hospitals kept power via generators while major ports shipyards and rail lines slowed or stopped as unions oppose Pinay amid Algeria demonstrations.
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France
City of Light
Rouen
Brest
Bordeaux
Toulouse
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Lyon
St. Etienne
Calais
Lille
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Strasbourg
St. Nazaire
Havre
Communist Party
Antoine Pinay
Interior Ministry
Algeria
Generelly
Pinay
Intermittent Showers Forecast Across Miami Valley
The weather forecast calls for showers through Thursday as a low pressure system brings rain to the Miami Valley into Friday morning. Expect mild conditions today and tonight with a high near 75 and a low around 60. More rain is expected Thursday with a likely high of 78. Middletown reported a high of 77 at 1 30 p m yesterday and a low of 61 at 5 a m today.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Steel stocks hover near last year as fourth quarter outlook wavers
New York steel data from Iron Age shows Sept 1 inventories around 20 million tons, suggesting total steel inventories will roughly match last January by year end. Some products like sheet and bars decline while plates structurals and oil country goods stay steady or rise. The report warns skilled labor shortages will worsen absent broader training, citing Secretary of Labor Mitchell.
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New York
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
U.S
Mitchell
Artificial bladder made from stomach proposed for bladder loss
Chicago surgeon Dr. Edwin S. Sinaiko reported at the 43rd Clinical Congress of The American College of Surgeons that a section of the stomach was fashioned into a functioning bladder substitute. The 38 year old housewife patient showed good results with no gastrointestinal issues and gained eight pounds postoperatively.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Chicago
Edwin S. Sinaiko
Loyola University
American College of Surgeons
Dulles Warns on Possible Soviet Attack on Turkey
Secretary of State Dulles warned the United States must guard against a potential attack on Turkey by Syria and Russia and said the U.S. would not allow the Soviet Union to use a protected haven. He also said missiles may become decisive weapons in 5 to 10 years and pressed security over budgets.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Syria
Russia
Turkey
Soviet Union
Middle East
United Nations
Congress
Andrei Gromyko
Landlord Recognized For Gifting Homes In Harrisburg
James Bricker, aged 88, awoke to a $64,000 real estate portfolio and a wave of questions after selling 11 Harrisburg houses for $10 each to current tenants. He plans no move on the remaining 16 homes, hoping to keep them as security for more years ahead while receiving birthday tributes from renters.
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Harrisburg
James Bricker
United States
Bricker
Harrisburg City Hall
Nolan F. Ziegler
Syria and U N seek urgent inquiry on Turkish border
Syria and the United States urged a United Nations inquiry into the Turkish Syrian border crisis described as intolerably dangerous. Turkey’s troop build up near the frontier raised alarms of an imminent attack and drew U S consideration of Middle East matters by the General Assembly.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
Syria
U.N
U. S
Middle East
General Assembly
Egypt Deploys Troops to Syria Stirs Arab Tensions
The Syrian Foreign Ministry accuses Turkey of planned action against Syria as Egypt sends reinforcements to Damascus. Turkey protests to the UN, while Egypt’s move draws mixed reactions from Arab leaders including King Saud and Arab diplomats. Moscow supports Cairo, and Beirut reports Arab frustration with Nasser’s move.
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Syrian Foreign Ministry
Turkey
Syria
U. N
Dag Hammariskjold
New York Times
Saud
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Times
Beirut
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
Khrushchev deploys fear to press Middle East aims
The piece argues Khrushchev uses fear of world war to fracture Western unity, pressuring the Middle East from Syria to Egypt. It links Sputnik and missile successes to propaganda gains and predicts a Soviet push to economic and political dominance, with Europe’s Socialists aiding paralysis.
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United States
Middle East
Socialist Parties of
Europe
Syria
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Soviet Union
Stalin
U.S.S.R
Kremlin
Moscow
Egypt
Suez Canal
Real Estate Boom Ends Says Economist at Ohio League
St Louis economist Dr Roy Wenzlick told the Ohio Savings and Loan League convention that the 1943 housing boom is over and a revival is unlikely. He cited housing shortage and demand for homes fueled by small down payments long loans and low rates as disappearing factors.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
Roy Wenzlick
Ohio Savings and Loan League
Chuckle: Red Light Teases Green Light About Yellow
A playful quip compares traffic lights with the red light asking where the yellow went. The joke riffs on color sequence and a humorous voiceline for a lighthearted moment.
Stricken Greyhounds Reach Genoa After Long Voyage
Hundreds send offers to care for 131 hungry racing dogs at Genoa port as 138 pure blooded greyhounds from Alexandria arrive. Seven died of starvation. a Milan breeder failed before arrival. Port duties and documents block release while public aid grows. Officials waver as animal protection group protests duties waiver for custody.
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Genoa
Italy
Alexandria
Egypt
Milan
Genoa Society For the Protection of Animals
British Plan H Bomb Tests for Christmas Island
The News Chronicle reports Britain will conduct a new series of hydrogen bomb tests over Christmas Island this winter. Bombs will be dropped three or more times, totaling over a million tons of TNT, designed as warheads for intercontinental rockets.
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London
News Chronicle
Britain
Christmas Island
Losing Altitude Sputnik's Life May Be Ending
A government scientist says Sputnik may plunge from orbit and burn up within a week as it shows signs of losing altitude. Rob ert Jastrow of the Naval Research Laboratory notes an estimated 147 mile orbit, far lower than earlier 170 to 560 mile estimates, and cites possible electromagnetic forces or unknown drag as explanations. Moscow reports echoed the week end fate prediction.
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Robert Jastrow
Naval Research Letterwtt Laboratory
Jastrow
Sputnik
Washington
Moscow
Outer Space
Air Force aborts balloon research rocket launches
The Air Force reported four attempts to launch U S research rockets from balloons to space were foiled by weather, ending the tests at up to 4000 miles.
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Washington
Air Force
U. S
Beck Will Hold Post as Hoffa Election Quarrel Persists
Washington reports Dave Beck will not step aside as Teamsters president while a court challenge to James Hoffa's election continues. Hoffa, elected two weeks ago in Florida, faces a federal restraining order and a pending Monday hearing. Rumors swirl that the union could face AFL-CIO suspension or court-appointed receivership amid ongoing scandals.
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Washington
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
Beck
Teamsters
Seattle
Hoffa
Senate
Florida
Afl-Cio
Paratroopers Move from Little Rock in Integration Tension
Nearly half of the 1,100 paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division were set to depart Fort Campbell Kentucky today due to weather. In Little Rock Arkansas the 6 week long integration crisis continues as Secretary of the Army orders troop reduction and defederalizes 8,500 National Guardsmen while 1,800 remain on duty. Governor Faubus says occupancy remains unchanged.
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Ark
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
Wilber Brucker
Arkansas National
Central High
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Walter C. Guy
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