Eisenhower reviews civil defense drill at Pentagon
President Eisenhower returned to the Pentagon to oversee the three day Operation Alert. He called for improvements in moving government from the Washington area and planned to transmit recommendations to Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson and Office of Defense Mobilization Director Arthur Flemming. He will spend the weekend at Gettysburg and return to Washington Saturday.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Washington
Val J. Peterson
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Peterson
Flemming
Mr. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Pa Newe notes repairs to Jameson Memorial Hospital walks
Surrounding the nurses home at Jameson Memorial Hospital are being replaced as some walks disintegrated. The work aims to improve safety for pedestrians and is part of ongoing maintenance.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Pa Newe
Weather Outlook For Today And Saturday
Sunny and warm with highs in the 80s and fair mild nights. United States weather stats show a maximum of 81 and a minimum of 50 with no precipitation. river stage at 5.8 feet. A year ago, highs reached 85 and lows 62 with 1.05 inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Big Three Ministers In Meeting With Adenauer
Western foreign ministers Dulles MacMillan and Pinay meet West German Chancellor Adenauer at a luncheon as the Big Three tackle German reunification ahead of the Geneva summit. MacMillan stresses a united approach with the United States and Britain to a broader free world alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Konrad Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Adenauer
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Russia
Geneva
MacMillan
U. S
Great Britain
Pilgrims Society
Free World
Seven Drillers Injured In Gas Well Fire In Renovo
A Texas well firefighting expert was en route to Renovo Pa to tackle a roaring gas well blaze that injured seven drillers one seriously. The New York State Natural Gas Co. drilled the East big producer on state forest land and an accident caused a spark after a tool slipped. Injured include Francis Gavan Andover NY in serious condition with second and third degree burns. John Carfax Bradford PA in fair condition with burns to neck face and arms. Francis Studavant Ulysses PA in good condition with knee and facial burns. Carl Cooper Benezette PA in good condition with arm burns. Donald Wood Grant PA Lyle McCuteonson Grant PA and Bernal Short DuBois PA treated and released.
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Renovo
East
New York State Natural Gas Company
Houston
Tex
Paul Red Adair
John Dwyer
Renovo Hospital
Francis Gavan
Andover
N. Y
John Carfax
Bradford
Francis Studavant
Ulysses
Carl Cooper
Benezette
Donald Wood
Grant
Lyle McCuteonson
Bernal Short
DuBois
Red Guerrilla Army Threatens Laos Kingdom
A 10 000 strong Communist guerrilla force trained by the Viet Minh threatens the Lao kingdom. Government spokesman Premier KATAY Sassorith says Pathet Lao forces harass troops in Sam Neua and Phong Saly near China and North Vietnam and must be demobilized per the Geneva armistice.
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Saigon
Indochina
Kingdom of Laos
Katay Sassorith
Sam Neua
Phong Saly
China
Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Wreck in Brazil Kills Five. Many Hurt in Collision
A collision between a crowded commuter train and another passenger train near Vigaria, Brazil, left at least five dead and about 200 injured. One train was stationary at the station when the second train telescoped its rear coaches.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Vigaria
Knowland Defends Ike Move but Signals Cautious Support
Senator Knowland defending President Eisenhower's participation in the Big Four conference while denying a blanket endorsement of U S foreign policy. He said he is consistent in challenging McCarthy's claim the meeting is a defeat for the Free World and indicated the move could yield future results.
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Washington
INS
Senate
William F. Knowland
Eisenhower
California
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Knowland
GOP
McCarthy
Geneva
Russia
Wildcat strike hits transatlantic sailings and ships
A spreading wildcat strike in Britain forced the Cunard Line to cancel the Scythia’s Quebec voyage as striking sailors walk off. More than 3,000 travelers bound for North America are stranded. The Queen Mary sits idle at Southampton after discharging New York passengers.
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London
Britain
Scythia
Cunard Lines
Quebec
Canada
Southhampton
Toledo clergyman dies after sermon on death
Rev. John T. Mitchell 73 concluded his sermon on "the unexpectedness of death" at a Toledo funeral service Thursday then collapsed and died of a heart attack. He urged constant preparedness, saying death can come at any time.
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Toledo
John T. Mitchell
Mitchell
San Francisco Prepares For U N Sessions Anniversary
San Francisco readies for the United Nations tenth anniversary meeting as diplomats arrive by train plane and ship. The seven day conference opening at the War Memorial Opera House promises more than a birthday party with remarks from General Assembly President Dr Eelco Van Kleffens.
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United Press
San Francisco
United Nations
Golden Gate
U.N
War Memorial Opera House
Eelco van Kleffens
General Assembly
Suspect Held In Picnic Grove Double Slaying
Washington report says an 18-year-old rejected suitor remains the principal suspect in the picnic grove murder of two teen girls. Police questioned him for a third day with no charges filed as investigators pursued leads and the case drew national attention.
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Washington
Picnic Grove
George Panagoulis
Prince Georges County
Maryland
Atomic Attack Action Course Is Considered
Government planners imagine rationing money and food and allocating emergency aid for evacuees if atomic bombs strike American cities. Operation Alert concludes with simulations at relocation sites as President Eisenhower and officials test civil defense. Treasury Secretary Humphrey notes money to refugees must be controlled.
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Mergency
U.S. News Center
Eisenhower
Washington
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
East German Reds On Guard Against Recurrence of Revolt
East German authorities mobilize security forces including a 120,000 strong police army to prevent a reprise of the 1953 workers uprising. Clashes erupted as several hundred Communists crossed into West Berlin and 129 were arrested amid memorial services riots. West Berlin police remained on alert to deter further disturbances.
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West Berlin
Molotov Visits Chicago On Quick Midwest Tour
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov sped through Chicago on a five hour layover in a special Pullman car. He caused traffic jams on Lake Shore Drive and walked across the roadway in rush hour. He spoke with a Russian reporter about the stock yards and Molotov Cocktails as thousands glimpsed the visiting official.
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Chicago
V. M. Molotov
Midwest Plains
San Francisco
Molotov
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore
Pickets Disrupt Molotov Train Stop in Omaha
About 75 protesters Picketed Union Station as Vyacheslav Molotov and party paused for crew changes. Pickets accused the Soviet leader of murder and bloodshed in Latvia and Lithuania while police refused a march past the special cars carrying the delegation to San Francisco.
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Omaha, Neb
INS
Omaha
Union Station
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Latvia
Lithuania
Molotov
San
Tug Delilah Rescues 43 From Gulf After Barge Capsizes
The tug Delilah rescued 43 men from the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling barge capsized four miles south of Grand Isle Louisiana. Coast Guard reported no drownings and tied in reports of an earlier vessel with 36 men capsizing about 46 miles east-southeast of Grand Isle. The Anastasia radioed abandoning ship at about 5 15 a.m. Coast Guard cutters from Grand Isle and Gulfport and a Corpus Christi plane assisted.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Grand Isle
Coast Guard
Anastasia
Gulfport
Miss
Corpus Christi
Tex
Obituaries Mention Hufford and Steckel Residents
Mrs. Elsie M. Hufford aged 55 of 2102 Delaware avenue and Frank P. Steckel aged 92 of 221 Sycamore Way are listed in local notices. The brief item records residents and their ages in a community death or obituary-style notice.
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Elsie M. Hufford
Delaware Avenue
Frank P. Steckel
Sycamore Way
Speeding Car Hits Abutment Three Die In Wreck
Five teenagers were pulled from a mangled late model car that struck a concrete abutment at high speed in Louisville. Driver Bobby Moore died six hours later from skull fractures. Charles Painter and John Crump died en route or soon after. Two others were seriously injured with multiple fractures and lacerations. Police cited 95 mph speeds before the crash on an S-curve.
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Louisville
Bobby J. Moore
Charles Painter
John B. Crump
Okolona
Joseph P. Crump
Mary Charlene Hill
Servius
Leonard Jones
Woman Flies Over North Pole Expedition Leader
Mrs. Louise A. Boyd, 67, of Chicago and San Rafael, led the first woman commanded polar expedition across the North Pole. Her DC-4 route from Bodoe reached the pole in under eight hours with a crew of 10 and special cameras to capture ice cap, Arctic Ocean, and Greenland’s east coast.
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Bodoe
Norway
Louise A. Boyd
Chicago
Iil
San Rafael
Calif
North Pole
Boyd
Takoff
Bodoe Military Air Field
Thor Solberg
Mrs. Boyd
Polar Ice Cap
Arctic Ocean
Greenland
House for rent on North Ashland Avenue ad
Mrs Sam Calabrese lists 611 N Ashland for sale or rent with five rooms and bath gas heat painted walls and contact numbers OL 2 9108 and OL 8 8511. After two insertions she sold the house and urges others to place want ads for rentals.
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Sam Calabrese
Ashland Avenue
Ashland
Revolt Against Peron Crushed Amid Heavy Losses in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports a state of siege after a failed uprising against President Juan D. Peron with heavy casualties. Dispatches note 156 killed, 96 critically injured, and about 800 more wounded as fires consume churches and the Cardinal Capello residence. Rebels fled to Uruguay. commerce and transport halted. Martial law rumored.
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United Press
New York
N. Y
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Santiago
Chile
Peron
Santia
Cardinal Capello
Montevideo
Benjamin Menendez
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Argentine exiled bishops report to Pope on church state
Monsignors Manuel Tato and Ramon Novoa, expelled from Argentina, arrived in Rome and reported to Pope Pius XII on the church state situation. They were welcomed by about 2,000 young Catholics and spoke about the excommunication of President Juan Peron.
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Vatican City
Argentina
Juan de Peron
Pius XII
Manuel Tato
Buenos Aires
Ramon Novoa
Rome
Peron
June Heat Brings Bountiful Farm Life Across County
The piece notes crops thriving with wheat and oats lifting, corn lagging, gardens booming, and tomatoes flourishing. It describes June warmth with the sun in full tireless action, light showers, and an eighty eight degree day as spuds and clover enter peak growing season.
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New Castle Senior High School
Eckles Company
Post Office Department
Court House
Daily Weather Report
Big
By Howard Handleman
I.N.S
Red
Laos
Sen
By William Theis
California City
George Coffey
Hunt
U.S
John L. Cutter
San Francisco Opera House
Miles
Cnmilco Y
Las Meras
Magdalema
Uruguay
Montevidgo
By Tom Nelson
U.S. Steel
South Side
Gulf
Grand Isle, la
William L. F. Horsey
Gentina Radio
Pope Pius XII
Inside Todays News
Ellwood
Ige
Page Radio
Sports
Soerce
Arthur Mometer
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