Nominates Businessman As Replacement AEC Member
Washington AP reports Lewis Strauss will resign as Atomic Energy Commission chairman on June 30 after a five year term. John A. McCome, Angeles businessman, nominated to succeed him amid ongoing policy disputes and concerns over U.S. nuclear testing.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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White House
Eisenhower
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Angeles
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Rele
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U.S
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Dales
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Troubles brewing for Russia says Dulles
Dulles says Soviet satellite nations seek freedom as brute force fades. He notes about 30 rulers have shifted to friendlier policies, creating vested interest in respectability. He sees potential for limited deals with the Soviet Union in mutual interest areas.
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Soviet Union
Austria
De Gaulle Faces Algeria Crisis Amid Rebel Opposition
The article reports Charles de Gaulle’s Algeria policy being rejected by Algerian rebels and opposition factions in Algiers Constantine Oran and Tunisian ports with the FLN and right wing groups challenging his peace terms. De Gaulle, 67, vows continuation of policy and plans further visits to Algiers and Oran to press for peace while protests grow across the region.
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Morocco
France
National Assembly
Woman Survives 400-Foot Plunge
A 63 year old woman, Sarah Van Rentergen, survived a 400 foot plunge when her car, with a stuck gas pedal, crashed through a garage, toppled a tree, and dropped off a cliff at Rolling Hills California. Neighbors aided her as she climbed the cliff. the car was destroyed and she sustained bruises and scratches.
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Rolling Hills
Calif
Sarah van Renterghen
Price and Daniel Accept Deed of Eagle Mountain Air Field
Gov. Price and Daniel accept a deed transferring 2,477 acres of the Navy air field at Eagle Mountain Lake near Fort Worth to the state. The site will serve as an auxiliary airfield and Texas National Guard rifle range. Dulles said the cold war cannot be ended by words alone due to communism's world rule creed.
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UPI
Price
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Fort Worth
Texas National Guard
Dulles
May 1958 employment report shows job gains and unemployment drop
Washington reports May employment rose 1.2 million to 64.1 million while unemployment fell 200,000 to 4.904 million. Seasonally adjusted jobless rate declined to 7.2 percent from 7.5 percent. manufacturing jobs fell about 7,000 with most losses in durable goods. Analysts warn five million unemployed possible in early 1959 despite expected recovery.
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Youths Killed By Locomotive In Barberton Ohio
In Barberton Ohio three boys were playing on an Erie Railroad trestle when a westbound freight train struck them. Jimmy Haouka, 10, Ronald 3, and Ted Mann 9 were killed as engineer John L. Sonag, 65, and crew observed the boys on the tracks about five car lengths ahead. Ted escaped the danger zone, but the other two could not retreat between high barriers and the approaching train. The incident was reported with testimony from witness Ronald who yelled a warning before the fatal impact.
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Ohio
Jimmy Haouka
Ronald
Ted Mann
Erie Railroad
John L. Sonag
Marion
Ted
Haruka
Navy Polaris Rocket Tested at Cape Canaveral
The Navy launched a solid fuel Polaris test rocket from Cape Canaveral. The Pod rocket climbed with smoke for about 24 to 30 seconds before engine burnout and splashdown offshore. It was a non full scale test. the 1,500 mile missile is slated for 1960 deployment and marks the first large ballistic to use solid fuel.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Navy
Cape
Managers Convention to Draw 300 Attendees in Brownsville
Officials anticipate a record attendance at the Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers convention in Brownsville starting Sunday. The three day event is expected to draw about 300 managers and their families.
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Brownsville, Tex
UPI
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin tornado toll and recovery efforts in Menomonee area
In northwest Wisconsin a tornado outbreak left at least 30 dead and six missing. More than 30 injured, 119 needing hospital care, and 20 in grave condition. Government and Red Cross aid deployed. 1000 cattle killed. 100 plus homes destroyed or damaged. Governor Thomson seeks federal emergency help for Dunn, Chippewa, and St. Croix counties.
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Eiserhower
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Chippewa
St. Croix
Eau Claire
Tornado Death Toll Reaches Thirty in Local Update
Washington reports designate three counties as disaster areas enabling homeowners and businesses to access low interest loans and temporary relief. Agriculture plans surplus food distribution and reconstruction loans for farmers while Colfax Mayor W T Everson pledges determination to rebuild after the disaster.
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Small Business Administration
Washington
Department of Agriculure
Colfax
W.T. Everson
Macmillan to confer with Eisenhower on Western defense
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan flies to Washington to meet President Eisenhower to discuss France as a West ally and nuclear test policy. He will receive honorary degrees from DePauw and Johns Hopkins, then visit Canada to meet Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
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