Security program return to limelight during July
Washington columnist James Marlow reports on Eisenhower's federal employee security program facing renewed scrutiny. A 12 member commission will issue recommendations June 23 after studying since December. Critics say 1953 55 figures were inflated and that many departures were unrelated to security rules. The Supreme Court's 1956 ruling curbed dismissals for noncritical security jobs, affecting the program's reach and the Justice Department's response.
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Eisenhower
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Supreme Court
Justice Department
New York
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Boy Lets Train Run Over Him in San Antonio Mystery
SAN ANTONIO UP Authorities seek the identity of a boy who on Sunday stood on railroad tracks and allowed a train to run over him. Missouri-Pacific engineer A L Moody said he saw newspapers spread on the tracks as the youth rose and faced the oncoming train. E O Smith of a Van Ormy ranch said the boy asked to borrow a shotgun earlier and was refused.
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Missouri-Pacific
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Mexico City
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van Ormy
Smith
Test Postponed at Atomic Test Site Nevada
Winds delay a balloon shot in the current nuclear test series shifting tentative timing to 4:45 a.m. tomorrow. Officials announced the postponement at the Nevada test site as crews monitor conditions and prepare for the next launch window.
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Nev
Three Drown At Lake Outing Near Conroe
An employee outing at Trail's End Hunting and Fishing Camp ended in tragedy when a small boat capsized on a private lake 16 miles southeast of Conroe. Victims were George Smith 59 Tamina. Tommie Lee Banks 18 Houston. LeRoy Anderson 59 Houston. Four others swam to shore as divers recovered the bodies. Justice Homer Hamil Porter ruled death by accidental drowning.
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Here
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LeRoy Anderson
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Tamina
Justice of the Peace
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Who Is The Headless Man Britons Ask
Britons debate the identity of a headless, handless body found on the south coast believed connected to the missing frogman. Press commentary questions if Cmdr. Lionel Crabb survived and if the body is a staged propaganda piece by the Soviets.
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Buster) Crabb
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I Express
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Egypt
Sunday Express
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Nikita Khrushchev
England
Senate Opens Debate On A Energy Agency
The Senate opens debate on U S membership in an 80 nation International Atomic Energy Agency. The Foreign Relations Committee backs the treaty as a path to cooperative control of nuclear materials for peaceful uses only. Ratification requires 18 nations and three from major powers. Mansfield and Eisenhower support, with calls for halted hydrogen tests as a precaution for future generations.
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Meter Readers Win Over Dog in Wilmington Tale
In Wilmington North Carolina a playful exchange of cryptic notes between two local Power and Light Co meter readers and a dog tests wit. The month by month captions show a back and forth about Brownie the dog with lines like Watch for dog and Brownie won’t git reflecting a humorous urban puzzle on a canine who outsmarted the meters.
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Carolina Power and Light Co
Global influenza epidemic spreads to continents
The World Health Organization reports that the Asian influenza has reached Europe and North America and cannot be contained across most of the world, signaling a rapid, worldwide spread of the epidemic.
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Europe
North America
U.N. World Health Organization
Debt Fulfilled by Czarist Government Bond to Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids will receive 1891 dollars plus interest for a 1000 dollar bond issued by the defunct Czaris government. City Treasurer Simon J. DeBoer announced the payment, with the U.S. government supplying funds from assets frozen after the Communist revolution.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Russia
Grand Rapids
Simon J. DeBoer
U.S
Israel's Language Tapestry Across a Young Nation
Israel speaks many tongues with Hebrew as the revived national language. Arabic and English remain official. English may be dropped. Newspapers print in 14 Hebrew papers and many foreign languages. Radio broadcasts in six languages and schools require Hebrew and English. newcomers learn Hebrew in five to six months.
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Palestine
North Africa
KOL Israel’s
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Diplomat Alexis Johnson Faces Dual Prague and Beijing Role
Secretary of State appointed Alexis Johnson ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1933 but soon assigned him to keep a back channel to Red China. Johnson, veteran in Far Eastern affairs, has spent months meeting a Chinese Communist representative in Geneva, limiting Prague duties. His career includes a Japanese internment camp experience and prior talks with a government that no longer exists. The Geneva assignment brought quiet cheers despite its odd mix with Prague duties.
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Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
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United States
Red China
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State Department
Word Ad Rates for Local and General Notices
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Spring notices of plants and fabrics at local shops
Notices announce tomato pepper and flower plants from Marrs Greenhouse and Maudles Greenhouse. Fresh fish daily at GDESSA Fresh Bish Sikt plus a spring fabric sale at Carsons Fine Fabrics. Employment ads include grill workers and cosmetic consultants. garden plants for June and July.
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