Ballet May Reconsider London Bid
MOSCOW Soviet officials say the Bolshoi Ballet may reconsider its London visit if assurances against incidents are given. The troupe demands British guarantees after a shoplifting case involving Nina Ponomareva, the Soviet discus champion, who was arrested in London and is believed to be at the Soviet Embassy. Covent Garden has appealed for reconsideration as ticket revenue nears the quarter.
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Moscow
Bolshoi Theater Ballet
London
Mikhail Chulaki
Pravda
Nina Ponomareva
Nina
Covent Garden Royal Opera House
Bolshoi Company
Seamen Held For Attack On Bridges
Seamen Fred Reppine and Donald R. Hansen, both from Wilmington California and Sailors Union of the Pacific members, were arrested after an assault on ILWU president Harry Bridges at the Valhalla Restaurant in Sausalito. Police seek paid involvement as investigations widen. Bridges suffered facial injuries described as minor.
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Sausalito
Calif
Harry Bridges
California
Fred Reppine
Donald R. Hansen
Wilmington
Sailors Union of the Pacific
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Bridges
Lou Mountanos
Valhalla
Sally Stanford
Bay
San Francisco
ILWU
Stevenson bids for farm vote in Iowa a major push
Adlai Stevenson arrives in Newton Iowa to outline a farm oriented plan one day after President Eisenhower spoke there Stevenson promotes a detailed peace and war program and schedules a noon farm belt address He also plans a Denver speech while Vice President Nixon campaigns across 32 states amid sharp exchanges with Kefauver and criticism from Devereux Rep policy on draft and hydrogen bomb testing draws attention.
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Adlai Stevenson
Newton
Iowa
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Washington
Peoria
Eisenower
Des Moines
George Meany
AFL - Cto
Meany
Stevenson-Estes Kefauver
Denver
Nixon
Sioux City
United States
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Pendleton
Ore
Yes ‘Terday
Kefauver
Republican Party
Devereux R-Md
Pope Pius XII
Ithe Stevenson
Representatives Wife Hangs Self
Columbus police report Mrs Lucy Lay Zuber aged 53 apparently hanged herself with a plastic clothes line in the basement of her home Friday. She was the wife of State Rep Lytle G Zubeer, a Republican from Franklin.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lucy Lay Zuber
Lytle G. Zubeer
Franklin
Two-armed Robbers Hit Albuquerque Grocery
Manuel Montano says two armed men held him up at his Albuquerque grocery and stole 548 dollars Prospering claim that they “have to make a living too.”
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Albuquerque
N.M
Manuel Montano
Somoza Shot Four Times Reported by White House
Washington officials said the White House was notified that President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua was shot four times. The statement provided no details on the incident or his condition.
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Washington
White House
Anastasio Somoza
Niagaragua
Portsmouth Restores Phone Service After Shutdown
Portsmouth Ohio regained full telephone service after a three day blackout. The Portsmouth and Sciotoville exchanges reopened around 11:45 p.m. with restoration ordered by Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co President Clare E Williams following assurances of police protection. Five Communications Workers of America members posted bonds after two linemen were attacked. two pled innocent as hearings commenced amid a 70 day strike by about 600 CWA members over the company contract ending July 15.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ohio River
Sciotoville
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Clare E. Williams
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Ohio Consolid
Nations back tempered Suez plan at London conference
The second London Suez conference drew a majority backing a toned down Suez Canal Users Association plan with 11 of 18 nations signaling support. France held back, preferring a stronger agency to manage ships, and warned it may join with reservations. Secretary Dulles hailed the outcome as constructive and cooperative.
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London
France
Britain
Egypt
Christian Pineau
Pineau
SCUA
United States
Dulles
Eisenhower
Nations set up SCUA for Suez control
The French cabinet backed joining the Suez Canal Users Association with conditions to keep international control. Egypt opposes outside control but may cooperate. SCUA aims to present a UN Security Council case by mid October and arrange safe transit while exploring alternate routes. Members include the United States Britain Italy Australia New Zealand Portugal West Germany the Netherlands Turkey Spain Norway with possible Swedish and Danish joiners.
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SCUA
London
U.N. Security Council
Egypt
Suez
Nasser
Edlen
Britain
Guy Mollet
France
Eden
House of Commons
Moscow
Cairo
United States
Italy
Australia
New Zealand
Portugal
West Germany
Netherlands
Turkey
Spain
Norway
May Stop War. U S Pilot Goes to Egypt as Suez Canal Pilot
Capt Walter A Bouils 45, a veteran U S ship captain and pilot, says Americans should go to Egypt to prevent war he plans to leave from New York for Cairo. Capt Equils of New Kensington Pa says the State Department approved passports for seven Americans to work as Suez Canal pilots and he will depart Monday. He argues Americans have right to work there and warns a ban would invite Russians. He has wartime sailing experience and familiarity with the Mediterranean and canal.
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Pittsburgh
Walter A. Bouils
U.S
Equill
New Kensington
State Department
Egypt
Suez Canal
Equils
New York
Cairo
Suez
Mediterranean
Canal
Housewives Swing Picks To Fix Road
Pikeville Kentucky residents describe a roadside protest by roughly 30 housewives from Coburn Hollow who fill holes and cut brush along a mile and a half road to pressure county officials to complete blacktop work promised during the last election. About five or six husbands joined, aiding with a road-scraper as the women report seven hours of hard labor daily.
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Pikeville
Coburn Hollow
Millionaire in Soviet Bond Scam Arrest Reveals Wealth
Ogonyok reports Moscow militiamen tracked farm expert Alexander Kukin who bought savings bonds at cut rates from distressed owners. His bonds funded a 280,000 ruble country home, similar homes for his family, and two cars. Kukin and relatives arrested. district associates questioned for not investigating his wealth.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Ogonyok
Alexander Evgraphovich
Kukin
Court Order Seeks 122 Chapter Ban in Texas
Texas attorney general won a court order to halt NAACP operations in Texas. The order bars school integration suits and money collection until a Sept. 28 hearing in Tyler. The move follows claims the organization profits from its activities and oversteps legal bounds.
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Austin
Tex
National Assn
Texas
Otis T. Dunagan
Smith County
NAACP
Tyler
John Ben Sheppard
National Association
Attorney General's Office
National
New York
State of
Sister of Davenport woman dies in bus crash near Aledo
Mrs. Viola Linke sixty of Moline Illinois died in a bus truck collision that killed the bus driver and injured ten others. She was returning from Monmouth Illinois and was the eldest sister of Mrs. Raymond H. Lindsay of 116 Monroe Street Davenport. Survived by a sister and three Davenport daughters. Services set for Monday in Davenport.
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Viola Linke
Moline
Journal
Raymond H. Lindsay
Monroe St
Linke
Monmouth
Ill
Aledo
Illinois
Salt Store Echoes Droll Visitor Quip
In a small country store packed with boxes and barrels of salt a visitor jokes about high salt sales. Si answers that the store itself hardly sells any salt but the salt seller brother can move salt well.
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Brother
Union's Bricker Voting Record Seen By AFL-CIO COPE
The AFL-CIO COPE issues a 1947 56 voting box score showing Ohio Senator John W Bricker voted with union positions on only one of twenty key issues over ten years while fellow Republican George H Bender aligned with COPE on several matters. Bricker opposed racial integration in the armed forces and held numerous other “wrong” votes, COPE notes, whereas Bender’s few COPE votes included support for federal minimum wage fixing on highways and opposition to farm price parity.
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The
Union
Bricker
GOP
Sen
George H. Bender
Congress
Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education
COPE
Afl-Cio
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Bender
Senate
Eisenhower
Nehru to Visit Arabia for Saudi Trip
New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru will depart Monday for a four day visit to Saudi Arabia. The trip aims to reinforce India Saudi ties and discuss regional issues with Saudi leaders.
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Nehru
Arabia
New Delhi
India
Saudi Arabia
Cushion From Plane Found Reignites Search for Tom Gastall
A red plastic seat cushion found in the Chesapeake Bay is identified as coming from the single engine plane believed to carry 23 year old major league catcher Tom Gastall to his death. The Coast Guard and volunteers scour the area with vessels planes and divers after he vanished near Easton Maryland on Thursday. Gastall signed with the Baltimore Orioles in 1955 for a reported forty thousand dollar bonus.
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Baltimore
Tommy Gastall
Coast Guard
Boston University
Baltimore Orioles
Eoston
Chesapeake Bay
Jet Crashes at Memphis Municipal Airport Killing Woman
A jet plane landing at Municipal Airport in Memphis Tennessee struck two cars on a main road near the east-west runway. A woman was killed and two others were injured as the craft, at near one hundred miles per hour, plowed through the cars after losing airspeed. The pilot was not seriously hurt.
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Memphis
Tenn
Municipal Airport
Harvard Names 12-Year-Old Freshman Fred Safier
Cambridge, Mass. Fred Sauer of Berkeley is Harvard College's youngest freshman at age 12. He lives with his family in Cambridge after his father moved there for term. Fred, inspired by Madame Curie, aims to be a nuclear physicist and plans graduate study at UCLA after four years at Harvard. He even taught chemistry at Drew School before enrolling.
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Mass
Fred Sauer
Berkeley
Calif
Harvard College
Fred
Harvard
Fred Safier
UCLA
Drew School
Harvard Yard
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