Directive Cuts Cost Of Defense
A two month old Defense Department directive, released yesterday, cuts military research and development spending by at least 170 million dollars. Sen. Monroney urges President Eisenhower to cancel it, warning of risk to potentially vital scientific work. The order aims 10 percent cuts from each service’s basic research share, drawn from the procurement fund.
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Washington
Defense Department
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Eisenhower
Defense
Charles Wilson
Washington Post
Times Herald
Wilson
Congress
Department
Monroney
Passarelli Leads Early in Guatemalan Presidential Vote
Early unofficial results show Miguel Ortiz Passarelli leading with 43 640 votes, while Gen Miguel Idigoras Fuentes claims a lead and threatens action if fraud is found. About a fifth of ballots counted in 62 municipalities with police reporting no violence.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ortiz Passarelli
Miguel Idigoras Fuentes
Ortiz
Idigoras
Miguel Asturias Quinones
Carlos Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Castillo
Artillery Shells Threaten Residents In Piedmont Fire
Scores of artillery shells exploded from a burning freight car in Piedmont Alabama during the early morning hours creating loud blasts with more noise than damage.
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Piedmont
Ala
Ticker Tape Ride Welcomes Queen In New York City
Queen Elizabeth arrives by train from Washington for her first New York visit. She steps onto a 65 foot red carpet at a stately Staten Island freight terminal once the Army’s busiest embarkation point, signaling a grand royal welcome.
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New York City
Francis Stilley Newton
Britain
Elizabeth
Washington
New York
Stapleton
Staten Island
Manhattan
Queen Elizabeth Arrival Brings Idlewild Security Up
Precautionary measures at Idlewild Airport were stepped up after an anonymous telephone threat Sunday night. The queen and Prince Philip faced a bustling welcome as Gov. Averell Harriman greeted them before a ticker tape ride to City Hall and a packed day of engagements including a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Idlewild
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Averell Harriman
Manhattan
Elizabeth
Lower Broadway
City Hall
Walldorf-Astorig Hotel
Democrats blame Ike for Little Rock troubles
The Democratic National Committee advisory council adopted a civil rights statement accusing President Eisenhower of failing to take early firm action to enforce the Constitution and federal laws in Little Rock. It calls for immediate appointment of the Civil Rights Commission and enforcement leadership under the 1957 Act.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Little Rock
National Committee
Advisory Council
United States
Benjamin B. Everett
North Carolina
Harry S. Truman
Adlair Stevenson
Council
Senate
Marines Stay With Flotilla In Turkish Syrian Crisis
Vice Adm. Charles R. Brown said 6 200 Marines and a flotilla of warships remain with the U S 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean during the Turkish Syrian crisis. The force includes eight thousand Marines and about 30 extra ships that joined in mid September for a NATO exercise off Turkey. Most were to return after the exercise, but higher authority ordered retention for further exercises and familiarization visits. The Marines carry artillery and rockets capable of firing atomic shells.
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Charles R. Brown
U. S
Brown
Turkey
6Th Fleet
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Billy Graham Gored by Ram in Mauntain North Carolina Incident
Billy Graham was butt by a ram while feeding his children’s sheep in Montreat North Carolina. The three blows sent him about 50 feet down a rocky hillside causing cuts bruises and a possible knee fracture. An X ray was planned in Asheville but he intends to speak in New York City next Sunday.
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N.C
Billy Graham
Asheville
Graham
Polo Grounds
New York City
Decision Due Today On Hoffa
Federal Judge F Dickinson Letts refuses to lift the restraining order on James R Hoffa becoming Teamsters president and holds a hearing on converting it to a preliminary injunction and installing receivers. The suit by New York Teamsters seeks to block Hoffa amid corruption allegations from Senate testimony and disputed delegate elections at the Miami Beach convention. Dave Beck, retiring president, is delaying steps until the court decides the outcome of the challenge.
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Washington
F. Dickinson Letts
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Letts
Hoffa
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Dave Beck
British Move to Pool U S British Science Resources
London reports a plan to pool U S and British scientific resources including nuclear research under a joint planning directorate based in Washington. Prime Minister Macmillan to discuss with President Eisenhower. possible inclusion of Commonwealth and NATO members. requires U S congressional action to adjust or repeal the McMahon Act.
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Macmillan
Washington
Eisenhower
British Commonwealth
North Atlantic Alliance
United States
Congress
Soviet Union
Fire Destroys Hebron Hardware Store in Newark Ohio
A Sunday night fire destroyed the Hebron Hardware store on Main Street in Hebron, causing unofficial damage estimates around 70000 dollars. Eleven fire units from Hebron and four nearby villages fought the blaze to stop flames from reaching the adjacent Park National Bank. Thornville Buckeye Lake Kirkersville and Heath firefighters aided. The cause was not immediately determined.
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Ohio
Hebron
Main Street
Licking
Park National Bank
Thornville
Buckeye Lake
Kirkersville
Heath
Supreme Court blocks Virginia school placement act ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review a lower court decision striking down Virginia s 1996 Public Placement Act as unconstitutional in a school segregation case. The move leaves the ruling in place and ends further Court consideration of the act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
Weather forecast signals fair skies and warming trend
The weatherman predicts fair skies and a warming trend through Tuesday. Yesterday’s high reached 69 degrees at 3 30 p m and today’s low dropped to 32 degrees at 6 a m with fog in low-lying areas.
Syria file complaint to UN over Turkish border troop buildup
Damascus denies plans for mediation with Turkey under King Saud. Foreign Ministry says Syria will pursue a complaint to the United States regarding Turkish troop concentrations on the border. U.N. Assembly readies debate as Moscow blames U.S. for pressuring Turkey.
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Foreign Ministry
Turkey
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Iny
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Bilruz
Mecca
Adnan Menderes
Damman
Beirut
Lebanon
Moscow
United States
Izvestia
Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
Macmillan
Washington
U.N. Assembly
U.N. Hadquarters
Fire damages three downtown Portsmouth stores
A blaze in downtown Portsmouth Ohio started at 1 a.m. in Lowe's cafe and spread to Summers and Sons music store and Western Auto. The restaurant and music store burned out, with losses estimated at least 100000 dollars. Firefighters led by Lt James E Pendleton brought the fire under control around 4 a.m. with no injuries reported.
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Ohio
Lowes Cafe
Summers and Sons Music Store
Western Auto Store
James E. Pendleton
Pendleton
Western Auto
Youth Critical After Shooting in Wellston
A 16 year old boy, Jimmy Allen of Wellston, was found shot in the abdomen on a street in Wellston and is in critical condition at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. State patrol says a 22 caliber bullet wounded him and circumstances are not known. Jackson County sheriff's office investigates.
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Ohio
Wellston
State Highway Patrol
Jimmy Allen
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Pity Fate Befalling Poor George
Buffalo NY report describes four year old George A Fiske suffering a string of accidents this week. He cut a finger fell on a chest of drawers received stitches and suffered a head wound and concussion at Sisters Hospital.
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N. Y
George A. Fiske
George
George F. Fiske
Glen
Paul
Sisters Hospital
Narcotics Ring Suspects Arrested in Springfield Raid
Authorities hold James Webb 34 and Aloise Webb 29 after a southside raid that stopped a possible tri city narcotics operation linking Springfield Dayton and Cincinnati. Police recovered heroin and tablets valued at about four dollars each and found bulk heroin.
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Springfield
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
James Webb
Aloise
Webb
Ben Miller
Miller
Webbs
Air Incident Sparks Complaints to U N Over Aqaba Clash
Jordan and Israel filed complaints with the Mixed Armistice Commission after a Jordanian airliner piloted by Captain Jesse Stallworth reported being fired on by an Israeli jet over Aqaba. Stallworth said shots missed as he and 17 others flew from Amman to Cairo. Jordan claimed ground fire forced off the Israeli aircraft and antiaircraft fire repelled two additional jets.
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Jordan
Israel
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Jesse Stallworth
Pine Bluff
Ark
Aqaba
Stallworth
Amman
Cairo
Negroes Back For Classes At Central High
Nine Negro students, two ill with influenza, prepared for the fifth week of integrated classes at Little Rock Central High School. Federal troops and guardsmen protected them at the previous all white school with about 2,000 pupils. Governor Faubus returned to his mansion after a weekend in northwest Arkansas. An aide said he doubted any new statement today on the crisis.
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Ark
Little Rock Central High School
Arkansas National
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
New Mexico Floods Kill and Wreck Many Areas
Torrential rains sweeping across New Mexico unleash floods and rockslides from the Sandia Mountains to the Pecos River. Three deaths occur in highway crashes amid mud and water while a boy drowns in the Pecos. Estancia, Tierra Amarilla, and Pecos report severe flooding and evacuations as crews clear roads and shore up levees.
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Gulf of Mexico
New Mexico
Pecos
U.S. 64
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Taos
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Cole
Raymundo Sandoval
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