Strategy On Israel and Arabs Shifts to Refugee Focus
Washington reports a shift in U S policy toward the Israel Arab dispute. The new plan centers on settling the plight of about 900000 Arab refugees with behind the scenes diplomacy led by the United States. Formal efforts accelerate at the United Nations with informal talks among Canada Norway Yugoslavia and other nations.
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Butler Attacks Saboteurs Within Democratic Party
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler denounces a small group he calls saboteurs seeking to gain control of the 1960 ticket. He vows to resist any clique aiming to steer the national party for selfish aims amid rumors of a Truman Johnson faction, which others deny.
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National Party
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Democratic Executive Committee
Washington
French Franc Devalued by About Twenty Percent
Paris reports a government package that reduces the franc by about 20 percent for most sectors. Tourists and others exchanging foreign currency will receive a 20 percent premium over the official rate of 350 francs per dollar, effectively about 420 francs per dollar, aligning with the black market rate.
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France
States to Take Over Five Federal Programs
A governors and federal officials group recommended state takeover of parts of five programs now run by the federal government. The plan, prompted by President Eisenhower, tests shifting vocational education disaster relief school lunch water pollution and supplemental old age assistance to states. The panel also suggested states receive more revenue by dropping some excise taxes and gaining share of gift and inheritance taxes.
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Hershey
Eisenhower
Washington
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy With Showers
Partly cloudy today with scattered showers in the northwest region tonight. Monroe yesterday reached 92 degrees, down from Friday, while the low stayed at 73. Arkansas may see thunderstorms today and tonight with highs in the low nineties.
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Arkansas
Nature Girl Backwoods Goddess Discovered
Dororthy Brown, a 16 year old in Mooresville North Carolina, emerges from a forest setting described as a nature girl with beauty and poise. Her background includes a two room cabin and seven grades, with high school and college plans cited by her growing sponsor group.
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N. C
Diana
Dorothy Brown
Dorothy
Hostage holdup ends as trio captured after 24 hour ordeal
In Canton Ohio a family of six hid as three robbers armed with six stolen pistols took over their home after robbing a grocery and wounding a police officer. Tear gas_\nforced surrender of the gunmen as 100 officers converged.
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Harris Lillie
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GOP Holds Out For Stronger Civil Rights Bill
House Republican leaders press for a compromise with more teeth in the Senate civil rights bill. Rep. Keating rejects Cellar plan to limit the jury trial provision to voting rights cases, warning it would be a surrender. Senate and GOP figures expect a compromise near the Senate bill focusing on federal court injunctions and rights investigations.
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Health Service Plans Nationwide Flu Vaccination Drive
The Public Health Service announces a nationwide battle against an Asian flu threat with a fall vaccination program starting next month. By mid winter manufacturers aim for 60 million doses, with eight million doses ready by September and half contracted by the military. A public campaign will encourage preventive shots via press, radio, TV, and community meetings. The illness is not more deadly than common flu, with about 20 000 U S cases and three deaths reported.
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Public Health Service
U. S
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Britain Charges Red Interference in Yemen Arms Move
Britain accused Russia of sending guns tanks planes and instructors to Yemen a Mideastern trouble spot whose desert ruler claims Aden as British protected. The Foreign Office also hinted Egypt aided the Red Sea state arming Yemen.
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Government vows to prosecute Abel in spy case
New York Aug 10 The government vows to prosecute Col Rudolf Abel to the hilt with or without FBI file disclosures Assistant Attorney General William F Tompkins declares no intention of dropping the case Washington House Republican leader Joseph W Martin Jr urges speedy passage of a bill to protect FBI files The FBI sent 30 agents to find Abel's alleged accomplices and a mysterious "Gladys" who sent a cryptic postcard message Abel is charged by federal grand jury with running a Kremlin directed spy ring that stole atomic and military secrets and recruited GIs He was arrested in McAllen Texas and faces deportation for immigration violations Martin warns adjournment without FBI bill would cripple Abel prosecution
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Russia
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Mailer strike shuts Boston newspapers and sales
A 300 member mailers strike halted Boston newspaper output leaving over a million families without local morning and evening editions. The Globe Herald-Traveler Record-American and Sunday Advertiser paused while Christian Science Monitor cut newsstand sales within 30 miles. Union chief Milstein said the vote to strike followed rejection of a raise viewed as substandard.
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Big Steel Price Hike Tied to Wage Growth Inflation
U S Steel executive Robert C. Tyson told a Senate subcommittee that inflation will continue while nationwide wage increases outpace productivity. He defended a $6 per ton price rise and argued the rise is driven by wage costs, not market manipulation. Tyson and board chair Roger M. Blough appeared to rebut claims of administered pricing.
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Big Steel
Congress
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U.S Steel Corp
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Tyson
America
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U. S. Steel
Vatican backs Rum mel stand against church segregation
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII fully supports Archbishop Joseph F. Rummel of New Orleans in his fight against racial segregation in the church. The Vatican direct stance appears to reject a bid by the New Orleans Association of Catholic Laymen to halt the archbishop’s program. The encyclical Summi Pontificatus, issued Oct 20, 1939, declares all baptized men are equal sons in the House of the Father.
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Pius XII
Joseph Francis Rummel
New Orleans
Vatican
Daredevil mountaineers scale Death Mountain in rescue bid
Six mountaineers reached 300 feet above the Eiger north wall to aid four climbers trapped on a sheer ledge. The group clung to rope lines amid gale winds and deep snows as rescue gear arrived, with pilot reports later noting the four were alive.
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Switzerland
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Kiger
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Eisenhower Recasts Strategy for Nuclear Age
The White House and National Security Council rethink US military policy to fit growing small atomic weapons and the possibility of limited nuclear warfare. They doubt a total devastation outcome and foresee limited conflicts using tactically deployed warheads, signaling a shift from massive retaliation.
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Eisenhower
National Security Council
Russia
Storm Bertha Rages Texas Inland Flooding and Fires
Tropical storm Bertha drives heavy rain and squalls across Texas. Cameron suffers tent city damage and a feeding shelter after Hurricane Audrey. A resident set his home ablaze during Bertha as Cameron crews respond amid floods and evacuations from Lake Charles.
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