Suez Group Adopts Secret Diplomacy Policy
The five nation Suez committee under Australian Prime Minister Menzies agreed to secret diplomacy in dealings with Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser. Britain and France, not on the negotiating committee, announced urgent new military preparations in the Middle East as the panel met with U S Secretary of State Dulles observing.
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Suez
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Britain
France
Nasser
Suez Canal
Middle East
R. G. Menzies
U. S
John Foster Dulles
German Teenager Four Negroes Get Life Terms in Assault Case
Four American soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment and three others to 40 years each by a U S Army court martial for the rape of a 15 year old German girl near Bamberg. The seven defendants were convicted after a trial that began August 7 with testimony by the girl who collapsed on the stand. The court said a death sentence was not possible under military law.
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Wuerzburg
Germany
Bamberg
Wilfried Pillokac
Egyptian Israeli Border Clash Ends With No Casualties
Egyptian and Israeli forces exchanged fire on the Gaza border, with both sides claiming the other fired first. The Egyptian spokesman said the 15 minute gun battle near Deir el Ballah caused no Egyptian casualties, while Israel reported ongoing exchanges at Kissufim with no immediate casualty figures.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Deir el Ballah
Israel
Strip
Kissufim
Mechanic Confesses Kidnapper Found Body of Weinberger Baby
The decomposed body of the kidnapped Weinberger baby was found in Long Island woods about 12 hours after Angelo John LaMarca a 31 year old mechanic confessed to police and FBI agents that he abducted the child.
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N. Y
Weinberger
Long Island Woods
Angelo John LaMarca
FBI
LaMarca
Peter
Westbury
Beatrice
Morris Weinberger
Plainview
Nassau County
Autopsy Ordered In Browning Death In New York
New York City authorities ordered an autopsy on Peaches Browning who died after a fall in her apartment. Acting medical examiner Dr Sidney Weinberg said he would perform the autopsy at Bellevue morgue and demanded prompt action. Deputy Chief Inspector Edward Feeley ordered the investigation into the death of the jazz figure noted for boudoir history with Edward R Browning.
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New York City
Peaches
Browning
Edward R
Daddy) Browning
New York Hospital
Edward T. Feeley
Sidney Weinberg
Bellevue
Caroline Heenan
Body of Miss. Woman Found In Submerged Car
Clay County sheriff identified the drowned driver as Mrs. Mattie B. Williams 58 of West Point after officers pulled a car from Tombigbee River ten miles northwest of Columbus. Witnesses said the car sped across a ferry and plunged into the river as the ferry gates opened yesterday.
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Miss
Tombigbee River
Here
Clay County
E. B. Dill
Lowndes County
Robert Jernigan
Mattie B. Williams
West Point
Nixon Ovation Turns Bedlam at Conventionite Moment
At the convention Nat King Cole performs as Secret Service moves through the crowd. Vice President Nixon and Pat receive a roaring reception as banners and cheers fill the hall before Nixon speaks of party aims and pays tribute to Eisenhower.
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Nat King Cole
Secret Service
Brian Sullivan
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Leonard W. Hall
George Murphy
Murphy
Sullivan
Extra Session Rumors Grow Decision Today
New Orleans betting and tax issues swirl as speculation grows over a possible special legislative session next week. Gov. Earl Long must decide today whether to call the session, with talk of reviving a parimutuel tax and actions on a two-thirds tax rule, interracial sports bans, and teacher salary funding.
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New Orleans
Fair Grounds
Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Long
Long Now
Rabid Dog Bites Two Monroe Children
Two Monroe youngsters began anti rabies shots after a rabid mongrel bit them on August 3. Johnny Hankins and Donna Corrent, both Standifer address holders, were treated as the Ouachita parish health unit reported. The dog died after 19 days under observation and tested positive for rabies. A fox with rabies signs was shot nearby.
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Ouachita Parish
Johnny Hankins
H. O. Hawkins
Standifer
Donna Corrent
Joe Corrent
Health Department
Health Department For Observation and Uied
Health Unit
Hawkins
Donna
North Louisiana Experiment Station
Cost Of Living Reaches New July Record
The government reports July sees the consumer price index rise seven tenths of a percent from June to July, reaching 117 percent of 1947-49 averages. Food costs were the main driver, with all major goods and services climbing. Workers in auto aircraft and farm equipment sectors face 3 to 5 cent hourly wage increases for 1,250,000 employees.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Suit Questions Morehouse Liquor Election Legality
Morehouse Parish suit challenges the July 31 liquor option election. Lonnie S. Boddie and Charles L. Smith file through Monroe attorneys, naming Morehouse Parish Police Jury as defendants. Judge Jesse Heard orders show cause for a preliminary injunction with a hearing set for September 18 at 10 a.m.
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Morehouse Parish
Lonnie S. Boddie
Charles L. Smith
Monroe
Jesse Heard
Fourth District Court
Boddie
Smith
Plane Wreckage Spotted After Pacific U S Patrol Loss
A U S Navy task force near Red China reports spotting empty life rafts and wreckage of a patrol plane believed shot down with 16 Americans aboard. No survivors. Peiping radio accuses the Seventh Fleet of military provocation near Ta Chen Sheng Su and Chou Shan Islands with multiple intrusions by American ships and aircraft.
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Formosa
U.S. Navy
Red China
Saddle Islands
U.S. Seventh Fleet
China
Tachen
Sheng Su Islands
Chou Shan Islands
Weather outlook brings 90s and possible thundershowers
The forecast returns to typical summer patterns with scattered thundershowers and rising temps. Friday reached 90 with a 56 overnight. highs may hit 92 to 96 Saturday. Thursday topped at 90 and dipped to 56.
Eisenhower Seeks Peace For All Time In GOP Nomination
President Eisenhower accepted the Republican nomination pledging "peace for all time" as the party's goal for a new four year White House term. He condemned thermonuclear war as unacceptable and urged a world where such conflict never occurs. Vice President Nixon endorsed the platform and echoed return to vigorous leadership, noting progress yet promising not to rest on past achievements.
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Eisenhower
Republican “Party of the Future
White House
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Ike
Small Texas Bank Robbed by Bandits in Rio Vista
Rio Vista State Bank near Cleburne in Texas was robbed of about 294 dollars late Thursday night after bank president Doyle Ball, about 50, was abducted from his home by two neatly dressed men. Ball freed himself and summoned authorities. The pair, armed with a .45 and a .38, forced Ball into his car and drove toward the bank.
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Tex
Rio Vista State Bank
Cleburne
Doyle Ball
Ball
Eisenhower rides balloon at GOP convention
Edgar Eisenhower the president's attorney-brother from Tacoma Washington rode a balloon that floated down on the platform during the GOP National Convention in San Francisco. He sat on one.
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Cow Palace
San Francisco
Edgar Eisenhower
Tacoma
Wash
Cool Air Mass Pushing South Triggers Illinois Tornadoes
A Canadian-origin cool front drove south across the Great Lakes region spawning tornadoes in Tinley Park and Monee Illinois. Four injured as 15 homes wrecked in Tinley Park nine destroyed. one truck driver escaped injury in Monee. Red Cross teams respond as heavy rains and cooler air spread.
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Tinley Park
Monee
Red Cross
Washington
Oregon
Arkansas
Louisiana
Atlantic Coast
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New York
Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Deaf Mute Sought After Prosecutor's Wife Slain
Mrs Marilyn Fagan 30, wife of Alachua County prosecutor, was found shot to death at her Gainesville home. Osee Fagan reported the body as he returned from church and office. Authorities pursued a deaf mute for questioning as details of the crime emerged.
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Fla
Marilyn Fagan
Alachua County
Osee Fagan
Fagan
Lynn
First Baptist Church
Elks Club
Myrl Hanes
Best Planned President Orders Day Off For All Hands
President Eisenhower, weary after the Republican National Convention, declares a day off for himself and staff. He heads to Cypress Point Club for a few days after renominating in San Francisco and then moves by private train toward Monterey. He waves to onlookers from his car as the campaign resumes.
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Calif
Eisenhower
Cypress Point Club
San Francisco
Cow Palace
Southern Pacific
San Bruno
Burlingame
Dr Otto John Charged With High Treason
Former head of West Germany counter spy service Dr Otto John was charged with high treason by the constitutional protection office. The trial date was not set as investigation into treason and espionage concluded eight months after his return from a year and a half in the Communist zone.
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Germany
Otto John
West Germany
Office For the Protection of the Constitution
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John
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