Syria and U S Clash Over Policy Amid Tense Press Conference
Syrian Maj Gen Asif Bizri and Foreign Minister Salah Bitar denounced U S pressure and accused Washington of seeking to make Syria a 49th state. Bizri claimed the U S aimed to base influence in Syria while Bitar announced five U S warships anchored near the coast as he urged Arab unity under socialist policies.
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Damascus
Syria
U.S
United States
Asif Bizry
Salah Bitar
Bizry
America
Russia
Two Die Climbing 1200-Foot Rock Spire near Portland
Don Mc Kay a 36 year old of Portland and Lloyd Joseph Quigley aged 32 of Vancouver Wash fell to their deaths on St Peters Dome in the Columbia River gorge. They were near the summit when rock gave way as they worked steel pegs into the rock. Dave Hitchcock and Ross Petrie witnessed the tragedy from below. The two other climbers who slept in late watched in horror. The spire has claimed prior victims due to crumbling rock.
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Portland
Dre
Columbia River Gorge
Don McKay
Lloyd Joseph Quigley
Vancouver
Wash
St. Peter’s Dome
Dave Hitchcock
Ross Petrie
Hare
McKay
Quigley
Arms Shipment Termed Mistake
Lt. Gen. Sir John Bagot Glubb says the shipment of U S arms to Jordan was a mistake and urges Western powers to use more tact with Arab leaders. He warns against confusing Communist ideology with Arab power politics and notes his experience among the Arabs.
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London
U. S
Jordan
John Bagot Glubb
Arab Legion
News of the World
Glubb
Ten Die In Plane Crash Near New Bedford Swamp
An Northeast Airlines DC3 flying Boston to New York crashed in a swamp near New Bedford Massachusetts killing the pilot and co pilot plus eight passengers. Thirteen aboard were injured and hospitalized. Rescue was delayed by mud and fog as crews crossed the swamp to reach the wreck.
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Northeast Airlines
Nancy Lehan
Brockton
Mass
Miss Lehan
New Bedford, Mass
Boston
New York
New Bedford Municipal
Pashamansett River
Robert Siegel
George Nelson
George H. Danforth
Danforth
Hyannis
Nantucket
Martha's Vineyard
New Bedford
Weslie Lagoon
Lagoon
Vincent L. Pitts
Wellesley
Comba
Roger W. Sweetland Jr
Arlington
Northeast
Charles A. Chace
First National City Bank of New York
St. Luke's Hospital
Joan von Koschembahr
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Charles Grief Raible
Cleveland
A Chuckle About Salting A Big Steak
A humorous note suggests that salt improves a large steak when dropped on it, playing on kitchen wisdom with a playful twist.
Adenauer Leads CDU to Thundering West German Victory
West Germany’s 31 million voters handed Chancellor Konrad Adenauer a landslide victory as the Christian Democratic Union won an absolute majority in the Bundestag. The CDU secured 270 seats while the Socialists trailed with 169, Free Democrats 41, and the German party 17. The election solidifies Adenauer’s third term amid U.S. backed rearmament in the Atlantic alliance.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Union
Christian Democrats
Bundestag
West German
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Europe
Eugene Gerstenmaier
Berlin
Reich
East Germany
Federal Election Office
Socialists
Free Democrats
Cooler Air Ends Late Summer Heat With Showers
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cooler weather as Canada air replaces the late summer heat. Highs near 75 today with a low around 61 tonight. Tuesday brings partly cloudy cooler conditions with a 73 high. Sunday reached an official 84 by 3:30 p m with a 67 morning low.
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Canada
Atom Bomb Detonated In Nevada In 1957 Test
A 5:50 a.m. balloon shot at Yucca Flat near the Nevada test site produced a 40 kiloton class explosion code named Newton. The blast formed a deep orange fireball and a 15,000 foot mushroom cloud visible from Los Angeles.
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Nev. H
Yucca
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Czechoslovak Airlines to add TU104 jets
In Prague newspapers the Czechoslovak National Airlines announced plans to place several Soviet TU104 jet airliners in service soon.
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Vienna
Czechoslovak National Airlines
Prague
Telephone Installers Strike Over Wage Dispute Nationwide
In 44 states and DC, 23800 CWA members walkout at 6 am over wages and travel pay in a one year contract. Western Electric negotiators call union demands excessive. talks resume later. Eighty five percent of service dial automated. long distance affected.
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New York
States
District of Columbia
Western Electric Co
American Telephone & Tele
Brano VU
East
New York City
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Western Electric
L. J. V. Lindberg
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Montana
Middle Village
Queens
Duluth
Minn
Lincoln
Neb
Joseph Dunne
A. C. Billotte
Hurricane Carrie Threatens Bermuda With 115 MPH Winds
Hurricane Carrie nears Bermuda with peak winds near 115 mph as Air Force planes retreat to safety at West Palm Beach. Six B50s including a crippled ship withdrawn. two aircraft kept on standby on the island resort 900 miles east southeast of Cape Hatteras. A B50 loses an engine while tracking Carrie under Capt Nick Kanter. A tropical low in the Gulf of Mexico expected to build today with winds around 25 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Air Force
West Palm Beach
Island
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Florida
Carrie
Nick Kanter
Detroit
Mich
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Mountain Grandmother Eyes Katahdin Feat After Record Trail
Emma Gatewood a 96 year old grandmother from Gallipolis Ohio plans to climb Mt Katahdin Maine after completing a 2026 mile Appalachian Trail journey. This is her second trip on the trail and she becomes the first woman to finish the journey in one season earning a 200 dollar cost rough estimate and noting food challenges. The trip began April 22 at Mt Oglethorpe Georgia and she reached Katahdin Sunday with friends recounting a 30 pound weight loss and a bear sighting in Virginia.
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MT. Katahdin
Maine
Emma Gatewood
Gallipolis
Ohio
Gatewood
Mt. Oglethorpe Ga
Faubus Reinstates Guard at Central High in Crisis
Gov. Orval Faubus ordered the National Guard to resume stations at Central High School as the Little Rock integration crisis nears a decision. He said withdrawal could come this week after a Newport conference with President Eisenhower, while pledging no Negro enrollment until tranquility exists. Faubus faces a Friday U.S. District Court appearance to justify actions and likely evidence.
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Little Rock, Ark
Orval Faubus
National Guard
Central High School
Little Rock
Faubus
Newport
R.L
Eisenhower
Little ‘Rock
Governor's Mansion
U.S. District Court
U.S. Dist
Ronald N. Davies
United States District Court
National Guardsmen
Cutler
National Security Council
Nixon
Washington
Navy
Valery Sundt
First Presbyterian Church
Nashville Desegregation Returns to Normal After Tensions
Nashville students return to desegregated classes after a week of violence at integrated schools. Officials expect first grades to resume tomorrow with no trouble, while police ease emergency measures. A federal court hearing on continuing an order against interference with desegregation was set, with Judge Miller requiring Kasper and 11 others to show cause.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hattie Cotton School
U.S. Dist
William E. Miller
John Kasper
Eisenhower Convenes Aide On Security As Arkansas Tension Eases
Vacationing President Eisenhower meets with National Security adviser Robert Cutler in Newport to discuss security matters while Arkansas Governor Faubus maintains National Guard at Little Rock Central High. The president quotes a district court order on school integration and attends church amid civil defense appeal.
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Brack Curry
Nevada
Middletown
Boston Globe
Jimmy Jones
Richard
Rickey) F. Gage Jr
Rickey
Medford
Jones
Dr. Crane
Iakeaes
Eae
Society
R.I
Arkansas
Newport White House
Robert Cutler
White House
New London, Conn
Newport Naval Base
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