Dulles Briefs Ike On Prospects Of Disarmament
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles reported to President Eisenhower after London talks on Western disarmament proposals. He urged Moscow to accept a system of air and ground inspections to reduce the risk of surprise attack and lessen the chance of general war. Continued on page eleven.
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Ike
Washington
Aug
John Foster Dulles
London
Eisenhower
Russia
Warrington
England
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
West
Soviet Union
Air Force Association
Congress
Prison riot at Utah State Prison detains 20 hostages
At Point of the Mountain Utah on August 3 1954 authorities reported a brief bloodless riot. Sixteen inmates were placed in segregation while 20 hostages were freed including 14 women from a kitchen rhythmette group. Guards threatened to intervene and all captives were released unharmed.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Utah State
Walter D. Achuff
Achuff
Twelve Firemen Hitchhike Back After Brush Fire
In Sherborne England a group of twelve firemen raced to a brush fire in a red fire engine. They put out the blaze but their engine was caught by flames and burned, forcing the men to hitchhike back to the station.
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Sherborne
England
Britain Deploys Ground Troops to Support Oman Sultan
British forces and armored cars move into Oman to back native truclial scouts and Sultan of Muscat and Oman aims to seize Sizwa fortress from the Imam rebels. The decision follows a reappraisal of rebel strength and signals expected tough resistance in mountain strongholds.
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Abahrein
Persian Gulf
Britain
Oman
L. F. Sinclair
Sizwa
Drunken painter opens fire at kids party in Mississippi
In Koscisuko Mississippi a drunken painter fired nine shots at children watching television injuring Mrs Grady Russell and wounding another woman. Clarence Woodson Jr aged 13 was killed. J R Russell the gunman was jailed after surrendering with an empty revolver. Police said no prior feud was found.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Clarence Woodson Jr
Teror
J. H. Harvey
Grady Russell
Harvey
J. R. Russell
Russell
Grady
Young Woodson
McClellan Attacks Hoffa Plan For A Transport Workers Union
Sen. John L. McClellan says James Hoffa seeks a nationwide merger of all transport workers to create a super government by a single union. He cites collusion with Johnny Dio and paper locals as evidence of racketeering and calls for hearings on the plan and related charter abuses.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
James RR. Hoffa
McClella
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Hoffa
Teamsters
McClellan
Heahon
Johnny Dio
Teamsters Union
New York
Teamster
Dio
Atlantic Seaboard
Transport Workers
Die
Max Chester
AFL -United Auto Workers
Uaw-Afl
The
Allied Industrial Workers
Justice report shows rise in income tax law convictions
The Department of Justice releases a report noting a steady rise in income tax law convictions. For the first six months of this year, 495 convictions occurred by trial or guilty pleas, 50 more than all of 1956 and up from 389 in 1955.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Justice
Streets Not Safe New York Cracking Down After Fourth Gang Death
New York police mobilize after a fourth teen dies in a week amid gang warfare in the tenements. A 16 year old stabbed another on a Bronx street corner as violence explodes with youths using knives and clubs. Officials cite heat and summer recess as possible factors while pledging full enforcement.
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New York
New York City
Bronx
Oo Jameo
Central Park
Troy To Head United Givers Funds Drive
Monroe businessman Richard M. Troy was named chairman of the 1957 United Givers of Ouachita Parish fund campaign. The drive supports eleven health and welfare agencies, following last year’s successful effort led by Walter W. Kellogg.
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Richard M.troy
Monroe
United Givers
Ouachita Parish
Troy
Robert H. Evans
Walter W. Kellogg
Khrushchev and Tito Hold Romanian Conference
Khrushchev and Tito met in Romania for two days and agreed on concrete forms of cooperation. Moscow radio said both sides would maintain constant ties through exchange of party delegations mutual information and publications.
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London
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nikita Khrushchev
Romania
Moscow Radio
Communist Party
Russia
Khrushchev
A. J. Mikoyan
Otto V. Kuusinen
Communist International
Edvard Kardelj
Alexander Rankovic
Soviet Union
Weather Outlook for Twin Cities and State
Partly cloudy conditions prevail with scattered thundershowers possible in the Twin Cities this afternoon. The rest of the state has a similar forecast with isolated showers in the afternoon and evening in Arkansas. Temperatures remain steady with a high near 95 and a low around 75.
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Twin Cities
Arkansas
Air Force to absorb nearly half of large defense cut
Defense Secretary Wilson ordered a $2.2 billion reduction with the Air Force bearing about $1 billion of the cuts. Air Force Secretary James J. Douglas warned the service would “creak a bit” as the aircraft industry contracts while maintaining readiness. General Partridge outlined planned bases for atomic rockets to boost air defense, and General White signaled possible trimming of tactical forces to sustain Strategic Air Forces.
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Washington
Defense
Charles KE. Wilson
Air Force
James J. Douglas
Douglas
Earle KK. Partridge
Continental Air Defense
Nevada Proving Ground
U.S
Partridge
Thomas D. White
Air Chief of Staff
Wilson
White
United States
Britain
Wrights Omnibus Farm House Proposed by Architect Wright
Chicago August 10 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright promoted a combined farmhouse greenhouse garage and barn on a 40 acre exurban plot. He demonstrated a galvanized metal I shaped building with living quarters on top a garage and greenhouse in one arm and a sheltered animal area at the bottom. Wright argued the prefab design would slash costs a third versus conventional homes.
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Chicago
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
WGNTV
Brutal offense case cracked by police arrest of youth
San Francisco police announced the cracking of a brutal personal offense case with the arrest of 21 year old Melvin Bakkerud a narcotics addict. He confessed to the assault on a young student nurse and led inspectors to his parents home where a mistreatment kit was found.
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Melvin No Bakkernd
Golden Gate Park
Bakkernd
Bakkerud
San Francisco
Daniel Mellem
Melvin’ Bakkenaud
Mellem
California
Wos New
Criticism of Maxwell Gluck Grows in Ceylon
Local papers in Colombo blast U. S. ambassador design ate Maxwell Gluck calling him unable to function in Ceylon after admitting he did not know Ceylon’s prime minister. The Times says his explanations worsen the embarrassment and notes he appeared ignorant of key world events and the UN Hungary report.
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Colombo
Ceylon
U. S
Maxwell Gluck
Gluck
Morning Times
Solomon West Ridgway Dias Bandaranaike
Peiping
London
Ceylon Daily News
Glick
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
United States
Times
Hungary
Eisenhower Opposes Senate Civil Rights Bill
President Eisenhower remains adamant against the Senate version of the civil rights bill while House GOP leader Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. says the measure is dead for this session. Administration officials say the president would rather see no bill than accept the Senate form.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
GOP
Congress
Iisephower
Martin
Catholic ties with Vatican broken by Reds
Peiping radio announces a national Catholic patriotic church movement to sever political and economic ties with the Vatican. The broadcast blames the Vatican for provoking Chinese Catholics and accuses Msgr. Anthony Riberi, former Papal Nuncio, of spying and sowing discord. The decision came at a Peiping conference.
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Vatican
Red Radio
Msgr
Anthony Riberi
China
Formosa
Riberi
Peiping
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