President Eisenhower Heads to Top Secret Command Post
President Eisenhower prepared to fly by helicopter from his Gettysburg farm to a top secret emergency headquarters of Operation Alert 1957. The visit to High-Point emergency HQ of the Office of Defense Mobilization and Civil Defense Administration coincided with the start of a week-long phase three.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Office of Defense Mobilization
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Picnic Spots Adopted at Cascade Park and City Happenings
Cascade Park adds upper level picnic area near the E Washington Street gate. Downtown grating inspections urged as several blocks show dangerous sections. City detective Jack Thompson began vacation amid Chicago wind and rain damage. Local residents monitor peach trees as harvest nears while traffic and parking woes grow near Cascade Park. Wheat crops look ready but combine harvesting may be risky this season.
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Cascade Park
Pa Nence
E. Washington St
Jack Thompson
Chicago
Iumbago
Patence
Parkers
Weather Forecast and Readings
Fair and cooler tonight with low readings between 53 and 61. Sunny and warm Tuesday. 24 hour period ending 7 am shows high 85, low 60, no precipitation, river at 6 feet. Sunday period notes highs 82, low 15, precipitation .11, river at 6 feet.
Firefighters battle 875 acre California brush blaze
About 150 firefighters fought a stubborn brush fire near Newhall California that had scorched 875 acres. The worst flames moved toward Wildwood Canyon with homes still under threat as line crews worked to contain the blaze.
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Newhall
Calif
Los Angeles
Wildwood Canyon
Diablo dud bomb blasts at Atomic Energy proving ground
The dud device fired today at 4 30 a m Pacific daylight time on a 500 foot tower platform produced a mushroom cloud over the proving ground. Scientists expected about 10000 tons of TNT yield as the tower disintegrated and a glow marked the predawn sky, visible from Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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New
Diablo
D.t
Atomic Energy Commission
Proving Ground
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Hungary Lift Ends After Transferring 14316 Refugees
The Safe Haven airlift concluded carrying 14,316 Hungarian refugees to the United States in 238 flights. The operation, the largest since the Berlin blockade, used Air Force Navy and civilian planes, and ran in two phases split between Munich and Austrian camps with Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration cooperation.
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Munich
Germany
U. S
Berlin
Safe Haven
Air Force
Navy
Safe Haven II
Riem
Inter-governmental Committee For European Migration
Car radiator explodes, injures teen in New Castle
Ernest Stickle, 18, suffered first degree burns to the right side of his face when a car radiator blew up while he worked on it Saturday. He was treated and discharged from New Castle Hospital.
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Ernest Stickle
New Castle Hospital
Trunk Delivers Bullet Riddled Body to Express Office
Police hunt two men who delivered a small trunk containing the body of James Malloy to a Railway Express office in New York. The victim, shot by a .22, was identified by FBI fingerprints. the trunk was addressed to Hal Jefferson of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, a name not found in records. The men waited 25 minutes while the clerk weighed and insured the trunk before paying $40.92 for shipping with $50 extra.
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New York
Los Angeles
FBI
Washington
James Malloy
Philadelphia
Malloy
Hal Jefferson
Ambassador Hotel
Hote Ofiria
Ambassador
Radio Active Sodium Container Sought After Dump At Sea
The Coast Guard launched an air and sea search for a one-ton steel container of radioactive sodium that failed to sink after being dumped 185 miles off the Atlantic coast. The partially filled canister, part of 25 loaded under Navy supervision at General Electric’s Schenectady labs, drifted in the Bay Way wake. The Agassiz crew warned ships and debated potential danger from a possible explosion if breached and water reached the sodium.
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New York
INS
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Bay
Schenectady
General Electric Co
Agassiz
Navy
Seawolf
Two Men Held in Chicago on Gasoline Theft Charges
Two New Castle men are held by the South Chicago Heights Police Dept on suspicion of stealing gasoline. Chicago officials have asked New Castle police to run a check for a possible criminal record.
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Chicago
New Castle
South Chicago Heights
Civil Rights Debate Enters Second Week In Senate
The Senate enters the second week of civil rights debate with President Eisenhower seen as key to a compromise. Mundt proposes watered down provisions removing injunctions in rights cases and allowing jury trials in voting case disputes, while the administration bill keeps a civil rights division and a bipartisan commission with subpoena powers. A Tuesday 6 p.m. vote on formal consideration is expected to pass easily, marking a major civil rights milestone after southern filibusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Turnpike Trial Juror Dies Sunday
Harrisburg Pennsylvania juror Ray L. Bingaman, 74, died of a heart attack in a midstate Harrisburg hotel where the Turnpike conspiracy trial panel is kept under guard. He had heard testimony for over six weeks and was replaced by Bessie Blake as second alternate. The trial’s fate hinges on maintaining at least 12 jurors as the case nears its seventh week with Evelyn Cory on the stand.
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Harrisburg
INS
Ray L. Bingaman
Wesley Barrick
Dauphin County
Bessie M. Blake
R. O. Hoise
Evelyn Cory
Weekend traffic claims two lives in state crash
Near Washington Pennsylvania a young mother and her 10 month old daughter died when a car carrying picnickers plunged over an embankment. The period from Friday evening to midnight Sunday saw multiple fatalities as high speeds and neglect caused crashes across the state.
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Pennsylvania
United Press
Washington
Death notices list local residents in July 1957
Death records for seven individuals are listed with ages and addresses. Names include Joseph Koziol Ewald A Peterson Samuel D Fullerton Mrs Joseph Weiss Jerry Lemnah Mrs William B Schlemmer Hugh A McCormick and Clyde Grundy Sr with addresses across Erie area towns and streets.
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Joseph Koziol
West Pittsburg
Ewald A. Peterson
State St
Samuel D. Fullerton
Enon Valley
Joseph Weiss
Washington St
Jerry Lemnah
Oak St
William B. Schlemmer
Harmony Baptist
Hugh A. McCormick
Hamilton St
Clyde Grundy, Sr
Volant
Nation's Civil Defense drill tests postattack recovery
More than 100000 government agencies simulate rebuilding after a nuclear attack affecting 95500000 people across 155 cities with 41 million evacuated. President Eisenhower to inspect postattack mobilization at a secret command post while states hit by Audrey floodwaters sit out the drill.
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Gaylord Godwin
United Press
Eisenhower
Civil Defense Command
Gettysburg
United States
Louisiana
Arkansas
Billy Graham Crusade May Be Extended In New York
New York organizers of the Crusade to Bring God to New York consider extending the drive beyond next Sunday. Roger Hull, New York executive committee chairman, said Graham will decide, but committee members favor a possible extension after a standing room only Madison Square Garden rally with 19 200 in attendance.
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New York
INS
Billy Graham
God
Roger Hull
Madison Square Garden
Graham
Hull
Garden
Navy Jets To Attempt Record Flight Tuesday
Two U S Navy jets will try to fly faster than the muzzle velocity of a .45 caliber bullet as Maj John Glenn Jr and Lt Cmdr Charles Demmler pilot the F8U Crusader in an historic speed attempt in Los Angeles The mission aims to set a new aviation record and will continue on page 2 column 4 with additional details.
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Los Angeles
INS
John Glenn Jr
USMC
Cmdr
Charles Demmler
USN
Khrushchev and Bulganin Meet Czech Leaders
Khrushchev and Bulganin conferred with Czech leaders in Prague on partial neutralization of Poland within the Soviet bloc. Czech sources said Poland might be dropped from major East European policy conferences while economic ties with Warsaw Pact allies would continue.
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Prague
INS
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Poland
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Bloc
Fage
Newsmen Loosening Ban May Visit Red China
Washington sources say within two weeks American reporters may be allowed to enter Red China. A Thursday meeting with Secretary Dulles and Assistant Berding will discuss easing the long standing travel ban as pressure from press and Congress mounts.
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Red
China
Washington
Red China
John Foster Dulles
Andrew Berding
State Department
Department
Congress
Dulles
Relief Sewer Award Delayed Second Time
City council postponed for the second time the award of construction contracts for the First and Second Ward relief sewers. No reason given for the delay. Councilman BE. Gene Schweinsberg had requested a prior halt to confer with engineers. An unofficial low bid of 147 512 from Carrace and Bruno Excavating Co. was received on July 1.
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Gene Schweinsberg
Schweinsberg
Carrace and Bruno Excavating Co
Youngstown
London official cites rise in scanty underwear ads
Audrey Taylor of the British Professional Women's Clubs said the federation is perturbed by more advertisements for scanty underwear, especially in subway stations, noting visitors from Mars might think English women wear only bras and briefs.
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London
Mars
Professional Womens Clubs
Audrey Taylor
Warn Soviet Leaders Seek To Rule World
The House opened debate on the foreign aid program with a warning that Soviet leaders who gained control in the Kremlin turmoil still seek world domination. Chairman Thomas S. Gordon defended the $3.24 billion aid package as essential to resisting Communist aggression, noting Hungary's revolt showed post Stalin regimes would use force to achieve aims. Bow sought an amendment to bar aid to nations with status of forces agreements over U.S. servicemen off duty crimes.
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United Press Washington
House
Kremlin
Thomas S. Gordon
Ill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gordon
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Bow
United States
U.S
Brooklyn Dodgers Stay City As New Stadium Plans Move Forward
The New York World Telegram and Sun reports a $430 million baseball stadium in downtown Brooklyn cleared for approval. Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley supports a Brooklyn site and would stay if the ballpark is built. mayoral and board action expected at July 25. Earlier, MLB owners approved Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles and Giants to San Francisco.
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New York
New York World - Telegram
Sun
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Scripps - Howard
Robert F. Wagner
Board of Estimate
Walter O'Malley
O'Malley
California
Chicago
New York Giants
San Francisco
Abbott and Costello End Partnership on Friendly Terms
Comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello split after 20 years as Hollywood’s top money makers. Abbott will raise thoroughbreds at his Ojai California ranch while Costello plans to continue solo in films, clubs, and television per their agent Eddie Sherman.
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Hollywood
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Eddie Sherman
Abbott
Ojai
Calif
Sherman
Costello
Hundreds Flee as Chicago Area Floods Burst Banks
Floodwaters from record weekend rains swamp industrial and residential areas of northeastern Illinois and northern Indiana. Grand Calumet River floods Whit ing Gary and Hammond forcing hundreds to evacuate. Eleven dead from electrocution, drowning and heart attack as weather system moves east crossing to New England.
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United Press
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Midwest
Whiting
Gary
Hammond
Ind
Grand Calumet
Highland
Calumet City
Allegheny Mountains
New England
Israeli Army Used Tanks In Recent Border Battle
Israeli forces deployed tanks purchased from France to silence Syrian artillery in a 10 hour border clash along the Genen sector after Syria refused UN cease fire orders. Damascus warned of treacherous Israeli intentions as Syria reported a hard blow in recent fighting.
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Eliav Simon
United Press
Jerusalem
Israel
France
Sinai
Genen
Syria
United Nations
Jordan
Radio Ramallah
U.N
Damascus
Tewfik Nizameddin
Power mower taken from Virgil Sanders residence
City police received a report Sunday that a power mower was removed from Virgil Sanders 101 N Wayne St. Sanders also said a cut glass punch bowl about 12 inches high and 18 inches in diameter was taken from his porch about a week earlier.
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Virgil Sanders
N. Wayne St
Sanders
Struck On Head In Sunday Incident
Ira King, age 37 of 20 Mahoning Ave, suffered lacerations to the left forehead after being struck by an unknown object Sunday. Source notes injuries in a reported assault or accident. Further details were not disclosed.
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Ira King
Mahoning Ave
New Castle Hospital
Classified News Snippets and Notices
An assortment of small items includes radio and TV listings, society notes, sports brief snippets, an obituary fragment, and theater listings. The readable portions mention Ellwood and stock notes, with contact lines for want ads and news.
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Cross World
Q Sports Esos
Ellwood
July Heat Brings Warm Weather and Rain Breaks
The speaker notes July warmth with temperatures near eighty five and forecasts occasional rain to aid grain. The tone encourages enjoying the hot, sunny day and a brief shower to sweeten the season.
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