Lebanon votes pro Western parliament in first round
Lebanon's pro Western government claims victory in the first parliamentary round as Beirut sees two violent clashes and casualties among Armenians. Government forces report 14 of 22 seats won in Beirut and south Lebanon with 9 or 10 government candidates likely elected.
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Exyat
Bomb in Algiers Kills 7 at French Dance
A bomb exploded under a bandstand at a seaside casino in Algiers during a cha cha dance killing seven youths and wounding 83 as Algerian nationalists escalate attacks to press independence. The blast at 7 p m tore limbs from attendees including children. authorities search for a vanished Algerian steward amid claims the act is murder, not politics.
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Casind de la Corniche
Soglaliss
Guy Mollet
Test Sites Marked For Gas Storage
Suburban Propane Gas Corp of Whippany New Jersey begins preliminary work for a possible underground storage plant for liquefied gas at Arnolds Point Portsmouth. Surveyors marked test borings Saturday to decide site viability with borings later. Portsmouth Priory officials, who opposed a nearby oil refinery, indicated no opposition to the storage project. The prior, Very Rev Dom Alfred Graham, stated there would be no objection.
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Mayflower IT Seeks Plymouth Route 65 Miles South of Nantucket
A Mayflower I I 65 miles south of Nantucket Lightship reported rough seas and slow progress. Cmdr Alan J Villiers said the bark was 80 miles south southwest of the lightship and moving at five knots after a 19 hour loss with bare pole conditions in the Gulf Stream while heading toward Plymouth.
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Nantucket
Coast Guard
Nantucket Island
Alan J. Villiers
Massachusetts
Villiers
Gulf Stream
Testimony Begins On Petition To Prevent City Wharf Lease
In Superior Court this morning a Taxpayers petition seeks a preliminary injunction to bar the city from leasing municipal property at the city yard on Long Wharf to the Newport Yacht Club which plans to move its headquarters there. The hearing followed a May 31 restraining order suspending yacht-club work. Judge Fred B. Perkins recessed after about 90 minutes and an additional injunction case is slated after. Plaintiffs include Mr. and Mrs. George Newton who aim to stop leasing rights at King Park to Stewart Enterprises, Inc. The Newtons operate a concession stand on Wellington Avenue opposite the park. The suit names Christopher Thorson Spiros Goulios and Norman Brownell as complainants citizens with area interests. Their lawyer rested the case on the bill of complaint. witnesses were called for the respondents City Council and the yacht club. City Solicitor John F. Phelan represents the Council while Paul J. Del Nero and State Sen. Rich ard B. Sheffield defend the club. Grounds include alleged inadequate consideration for the wharf donation the fire hazard from club patrons crossing the wharf potential rental use of city yard and restrictions on prior wharf users. Thomson noted he does not own a boat but is a business ...
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Alabama Senatorsassess GOP chances in South
Alabama Democratic Senators Sparkman and Hill said Republicans would spend much money in a likely futile bid for Southern House seats next year. Meade Alcorn aims to win eight Southern seats, while I. Lee Potter joins as Southern campaign director to organize operations for potential GOP gains.
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White House
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GOP
Virginia
Republican Party
South
Gas in Phone Conduit Threatens Newport Jazz Festival
TV and radio coverage of the Newport Jazz Festival is at risk due to a gas-filled telephone conduit needed for power to Freebody Park. Newport business manager T Robert Primmerman said workers found dangerous gas readings as high as 100 percent explosive when trying to run the cable. If leaks are fixed within two days, crews may work around the clock to finish before the July 4 opening.
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Jordan Government Ousts Two Egyptian Diplomats
Amman expelled two Egyptian diplomats on security grounds and summoned the Egyptian ambassador after Maj Fuad Hilal, the Egyptian military attaché, allegedly attempted to enlist a Jordanian to plan an assassination. The government demanded the recall of Mohammed Abdul Aziz, the consul general in Jerusalem, and Egypt denied involvement while a Beirut dispatch questioned the Jordanian narrative.
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Tilal
Townsmen urge American trial for Girard before U S court
Ottawa Ohio area group led by Louis Girard appeals to President Eisenhower aides to reverse a decision allowing Private William Girard to be tried by a Japanese court for a fatal Jan 30 shooting on a firing range in Japan. A petition signed by over 6,000 mothers accompanies the delegation.
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Eisenhower Stable After Stomach Upset Says Doctors
White House says President Eisenhower, struck by an upset stomach, is progressing satisfactorily and not related to his heart attack or ileitis. Doctors Mattingly Heaton and Snyder examined him. no hospital move planned. he slept well and remained alert.
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Isidor Ravdin
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Justine Noha
Fisenhawberg Wness
New York
Exchansio
Carpenters Union Leaders Quizzed Over Indiana Highway Scandal
Senate Roads subcommittee subpoenas Maurice Hutcheson Frank Chapman and O William Blaier for questioning over a secret bank account linked to Indiana highway land deals The probe links Chapman and Blaier to $120 416 paid by Indiana for 10 parcels with funds routed through a Chapman account and disbursed to union officials and two former highway officials.
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Carpenters Union
Senate
Senate Roads Subcommittee
Maurice A Hutcheson
Frank M. Chapman
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Gore
Dean
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Ind
Virgil W
Red) Smith
Barry V. Doggett
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Doggett
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Body of headless frogman found near Crabb disappearance
In Chichester Harbor a headless, handless body in a frogman suit was found about 130 months after Cmdr Lionel Crabb vanished during a diving op near a Soviet warship. Identification efforts focus on whether the remains are Crabb or another diver.
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Buster) Crabb
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