Churchill Seeks Personal Meeting With Eisenhower On Hydrogen Bomb
In the House of Commons the 79-year-old Prime Minister said he planned a personal meeting with President Eisenhower at the first opportunity. He praised Sterling Cole and noted Japanes fishermen affected by radioactivity after a Bikini Atoll explosion, while mentioning Vietminh actions in Tonkin Ching and Communist China.
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Eisenhower
House of Commons
House
Churchill
Sterling Cole
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Cole
Toa
United States
Eniwetok Atoll
Bikini
TadoChing
China
Mystery of Explosions Hobs in Early Jet Era
A historical report traces several high profile air disasters involving Comet airliners. It notes water rush in a tank signaled the end of a multi million plane and cites deadly crashes in April off Italy, January Rome departure, and May 1953 Calcutta catastrophe with dozens killed.
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Mediterranean
Italy
Rome
Calcutta
Destructive Flood Continues With Ongoing Rescue Efforts
Police and firemen labored to rescue hundreds still stranded on rooftops as flood waters persisted. The crest swept through towns leaving nearly 40 houses submerged and sinking along the threatened coastline.
Vienna Flood Forces Detours As Danube Spreads
Linz authorities warned police to shoot looters as the Danube overflowed Vienna docks flooding cellars and halting rail traffic. The Vienna west link was inundated and travelers detoured. U.S. C119 Flying Boxcars dropped 25 000 sandbags at Straubing while hundreds of volunteers and troops battled gaps at Deggendorf. U.S. helicopters stood by to deliver more sandbags and Army boats rescued over 600 people since the floods began.
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Linz
Danube
Vienna
Straubing
U.S
Deggendorf
Mendes-France and U.S. Aim for Peace with Honor at Panmunjom
The text notes Mendes-France was used by the Reds to shape a Korean truce at Panmunjom, targeting peace with honor on conditions acceptable to the United States and Western allies. It adds the United States will not yet send a senior Geneva representative, with Ambassador U Alexis Johnson leading the delegation.
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Reds
Panmunjom
United States
Geneva
Czechoslovakia
U. Alexis Johnson
Petition Surge Against Local Institution Draws 300 Signatures
Igoe noted rising opposition from nearby residents as the petition grew from about 200 to 300 names after Cozart clarified the proposed use of the institution. The petition circulated in area churches while opponents aired a radio program at noon Monday.
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Igoe
Cozart
Wildcat Strike Hits Labor Council in Knoxville Area
A wildcat strike arises from internal trouble within the local AFL crafts council serving more than 15,000 workers in seven trades across a 15 county area near Knoxville. Affected crafts include brickmasons, teamsters, operating engineers, steel workers, carpenters and millwrights with hourly scales expiring at $1.40 for laborers up to $3 for bricklayers.
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AFL
Knoxville
Brieckmasons
Attempted Murder Charge Faces Monroe Woman
A 49 year old Monroe Negro woman, Dick Yerber, 809 Marx Street, was held in Quachita Parish jail on a charge of attempted murder. Police say she fired several shots from a pistol at her husband Tyre Yerber after a family quarrel late Saturday night. None of the shots hit him.
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Monroe
Battle Creek man claims murder of Communist woman
Police say Robert Roscoe, 28, an unemployed salesman, admitted killing Beulah Pontius, 40, and said she was “the biggest Communist in the world.” He claimed FBI status and planned to kill her husband Chester Pontius, 42. Two Pontius children witnessed the shooting.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Robert Roscoe
FBI
Roscoe
Beulah Pontius
Chester
Pontius
Detroit
Pearl Roscoe
Bonita motorist charged after Bastrop collision
Carl Pettis 38 of Bonita was arrested by Bastrop police for operating a motor vehicle under the influence after his 1950 Buick collided with a westbound 1952 Dodge driven by Mrs. Perry Talley at Van avenue and Huey street. Damages were about $350. Pettis had docked Bayou Bartholomew hours earlier where Almos Crook drowned.
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Bastrop
Carl Pettis
Bonita
van Avenue
Huey Street
Pettis
Perry Talley
Van
Talley
Almos Crook
Bayou Bartholomew
Herrington
Weaver
Crook
Bayou
Here
Parks Family Reunion Held Near Delhi
About 75 members of the Parks family gathered at the home of Mrs. John Parks Sr. five miles north of Delhi for the first family reunion in history. Attendees included Nolan and Aubrey Browder, Ola Laird Hillman, R T Jemison, L V Wooley, Earl Hatten and others, with numerous spouses and children listed.
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Delhi
Parks
John Parks
Nolan Parks
George
Aubrey Browder
Jim
Mike
Ola Laird Hillman
R. T. Jemison
Marilyn
L. V. Wooley
Earl Hatten
Bobby
H. R. Parks
Dale Hatten
Bert Hatten
J. M. Dinkins
J. M. Parks
I. B. Laird
J. N. Hudnall
Glowworms Trap Prey with Light Luring Webs in NZ Caves
An odd insect found only in New Zealand turns on a taillight to trap victims for food. Glowworms Bolitophile luminosa are larvae of a gnat. In vast numbers they cling to cave roofs and spin spidelike webs. They drop sticky threads to snare flies and midges attracted by their glow.
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New Zealand
Funeral today for Mrs Lillie Fisher killed in crash
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church Harrisonburg for Mrs Lillie Hazel Fisher 56 who died in a Saturday automobile wreck near Oberlin. Interment followed at Manifest cemetery. survivors include husband Zack Fisher three sons three daughters a brother three sisters and six pallbearers.
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Jena
Lillie Hazel Fisher
First Baptist Church
Harrisonburg
Manifest
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Nelson Randall
Garlerville
Calif
W. H. Randall
Daisy Jackson
Aineville
Olivia Poole
Summerville
George McGuffee
James McGuffee
Roland McGuffee
Elmer Kirby, Jr
Pat Gibson
Herbert Terry
Hebert Blames Engineers For Costly Contract
Rep. F Edward Hebert charged the U S Army Corps of Engineers with slovenly handling of a $1 million Canal Zone contract dispute involving United Enterprises of New Orleans The subcommittee said the firm was treated as fraudulent and denied the award while bidder Framerco Panama won The case has already cost over $60 000 to the government and may rise with court of claims settlements
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Washington
Edward Hebert
D-La
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
New Orleans
Hebert
House Defence Activities Subcommittee
United Enterprises, Inc
Jacksonville
Fla
United
Framerco, Inc
Panama
Rep
United Enterprises
Court of Claims
Wife Of Accused Will Testify For Prosecution
Edith Small, wife of Dr. Kenneth B. Small, will testify for the prosecution in his first degree murder trial over Jules Lack’s death. Defense plans to claim temporary insanity as Small faces charges after reportedly shooting Lack at a summer home during Memorial Day weekend.
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Allegan
Mich
Edith Small
Kenneth B. Small
Detroit
Jules Lack
New York
Small
Leo Hoffman
Aillegan
Lack
Armed Services Lt Foster Bond Jr Completes Pilot Training
Second Lieutenant Foster Bond Jr of Monroe has finished primary pilot training at Bainbridge GA and is undergoing basic multi engine training at Goodfellow AFB San Angelo TX. He will receive silver wings as an Air Force pilot in November after training at Goodfellow.
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Foster Bond, Jr
Monroe
Bainbridge Air Base
Bainbridge
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Tex
Goodfellow
Foster Bond
Gordon Avenue
Bond
Neville High School
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
LPI
Gentle Vegetable Laxative Promises Relief
An ad touts Dr Caldwell's Senna Laxative as a gentle remedy for temporary constipation. It claims no salts or harsh drugs, pleasant taste, and family suitability with a money back offer by mailing to Box 280 New York 18 NY.
Youth Arrested After Attempted Theft Of Auto
A 16 year old Jonesville youth was taken into custody by juvenile officers after police stopped him while he attempted to steal cars in the 2200 block of Gordon Avenue. Officers arrived about 11 43 p m Sunday after a resident reported a youth entering three parked autos.
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Jonesville
Gordon Avenue
W. J. Hunnicutt
R. L. Johnson
City Detectives Probing Two Weekend Burglaries
City detectives were investigating two burglaries reported over the weekend. Chief Hugh Tolbert said burglars broke into the Colored Recreation Center at Oak and Lith streets Saturday night and Fred Johnson’s cafe at 1400 Grammont. About $4 in coins and a football and a softball were taken from the recreation center while a small amount of coins was taken from a phonograph machine at the cafe.
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Hugh Tolbert
Colored Recreation Center
Oak and Lith Streets
Fred Johnson
Grammont
Radar observer among officers in town reports air crash
An F-84 jet from the Strategic Air Command based at Offutt Air Force Base Ohio crashed shortly after takeoff from Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City South Dakota. The pilot was killed and the identity was not released. A B-29 bomber also crashed somewhere Saturday night with unconfirmed reports of Texas location and Scott Air Force Base involvement. No injuries details were available.
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Strategic Air Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
S. C
Chidlaw
ADC
Texas
Scott Air Force Base
Nixon to Speak at State Dinner as Byrnes Weighs Indo China Views
President Nixon will address the annual state dinner tonight with radio broadcast at 8 p.m. EST. Byrnes may brief governors in a closed session later that day on new administration views of the Indo China situation.
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Nixon
Eisenhower
Milton S. Eisenhower
ABC
NBC
CBS
China
Thornton urges unity in face of Communist threat
Gov. Dan Thornton of Colorado calls Americans to forget party lines and unite against the communist challenge. As conference chairman, he says the battle is of ideas, not Democrats versus Republicans, and bullets do not respect political affiliation.
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Indo-China
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Thornton
Florida arrest probe into claimed child murder witness
Miami detectives flew Walter Lee Yow from Georgia for questioning over his inconsistent tale of a 7-year-old girl Judith Ann Roberts being raped and killed last Tuesday. Yow, 44, a former convict, was arrested in Marietta for vagancy and claims to have been with the alleged abducting man. He names a Baltimore lawyer and labor leader as the child’s parent.
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Miami
Fla
Walter Lee Yow
Georgia
Judith Ann Roberts
Charles Sapp
J. J. Whitman
Marietta
Yow
Judith Ann
Baltimore
Sapp
Man Claims Complicity in Child Rape and Murder
The confession described a companion raping and killing a girl with a rock, then the man delaying in a car while the other took her into woods near Bayshore Drive. He later said the tale was a fabrication to flee Georgia for Florida after fears of violence by Georgia officers. He had a long criminal history including assault on a female and prior hospital confinement for criminal insanity.
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Bayshore Drive
Yow
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Rice sales reported in Welsh Eunice at 3.09 per 100 pounds
The state market commission noted a few sales of green weight short grain rice in Welsh and Eunice at 3.09 per 100 pounds. The crop is in generally excellent condition and harvest is expected to begin in full swing around July 25.
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Baton Rouge
State Market Commission
Welsh
Eunice
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