Anonymous Call Promises Brady Bombing Breakthrough
J J Holmes a gubernatorial candidate said he received three anonymous calls from a man claiming to clear up the Brady station wagon bombing of Sam McCollum III. Holmes offered a $10000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, while the caller indicated a willingness to surrender but was frightened.
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San Angelo
Tex
J. J. Holmes
Austin
Brady
Sam McCollum III
Holmes
McCollum
Courthouse
Pineau and Dulles Press for Atomic Arms for Security
Secretary Dulles and French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau urged an atomic disarmament program to guard against surprise attacks. They tied major issues like German reunification to arms reductions and endorsed economic aid for developing regions. Pineau urged a friendlier Western policy toward the Soviet Union and a stronger US leadership in easing Cold War tensions. He met Eisenhower at Walter Reed after talks.
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Washington
Dulles
Christian Pineau
Germany
Pineau
United States
West
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
National Press Club
State Dulles
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
McLeaish Quits After Benson Suggestion
Washington DC McLeaish resigns as head of the Farmers Home Administration after a Benson remark that it might be best if he left the picture. He testifies before the Senate committee denying alcoholism claims while noting he serves at the president's pleasure.
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Washington
Robert B. McLeaish
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
H. W. Brawley
Committee
McLeaish
Civil Service
Defense Chiefs Urge Restored Military Aid
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson and Adm. Arthur W. Radford testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging restoration of cuts to President Eisenhower's foreign aid program. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee already restored 700 million of 1.1 billion cut, while the Senate panel added 600 million of another 1 billion cut. John Foster Dulles warned that deep cuts would weaken free world alliances.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Administration
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Appropriations Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Theenate
John Foster Dulles
Staff Not Told Of Ike's Plans
President Eisenhower has given no White House staffer a hint about remaining in the presidential race. Press secretary James C. Hagerty says there are no plans to send a message to the Republican convention group meeting in San Francisco to arrange the nominating proceedings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagety
San Francisco
Republican National Committee
Hospital Admits Seven Negro Physicians in Dallas
St. Pauls Hospital in Dallas announced that seven Black doctors have been admitted to its medical staff, the first major Dallas hospital to make such a move. The seven previously held hospital privileges but were not formal members of the staff, which totals more than 300 white physicians.
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Dallas
St. Paul’s Hospital
Summer Weather Across Nation Brightens Then Storms Hit
Summer near in progress with hot humid conditions from Rockies to Appalachians. Severe weather reports in mid continent swelter belt with thunderstorms heavy rain and damaging winds across the Mississippi Valley to the Northern plains. Plankington South Dakota saw nearly 4 inches of rain and Illinois about 3 inches. Five tornadoes reported near Beaumont Houston and San Antonio with no injuries.
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Rockies
Appalachians
Florida
Mid-Continent
Mississippi
Plains
South Dakota
Ilinois
Plankington
S.D
Illinois
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Grantsburg
Wis
Iowa
Missouri
Great Lakes
Georgia
Ohio Valley
Kansas
Miles City
Mont
Texas
Beaumont
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
College Station
Longview
Lufkin
Beeville
Cotulla
Palacios
Russian Visitor Praises Texans During Visit to Dallas
A Russian woman, Eva Tseirul of Riga, praised American hospitality during a Dallas visit with her 8-year-old daughter Dolores and her sister in law Rosa Brodsky. She declined to discuss visa fingerprinting amid the Bulganin dispute, noting Americans are very nice and she enjoys talking about life in Russia.
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Dallas
America
Eva Tseiul
Riga
Latvia
Dolores
Rosa Brodsky
United States
Nikolai Bulganin
Barnett Goodstein
Russia
Worker electrocuted on Tyler power line
William Smith a 26 year old electrical construction worker was electrocuted Tuesday while on a pole disconnecting wires on a Tyler power line. He worked for the D C Teague Construction Co of Sherman.
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Tyler
Tex
William Smith
Smith
D. C. Teague Construction Co
Sherman
Venezuelan airliner disaster claims 74 lives near New Jersey
A Venezuelan airliner crashed into the Atlantic about 32 miles east of Asbury Park after reporting engine trouble. It carried 64 passengers and 10 crew. 74 people died. Coast Guard and Navy ships recovered bodies and debris as rescue efforts continued.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Asbury Park
N. J
Coast Guard
Cmdr
Frederick J. Hancox
Wantagh
N. Y
Idlewild
Caracas
Venezuela
Luis F. Plata
Norfolk
Hancox
Robert Craig
Bremerhaven
Germany
Eastern Air Lines
Avon
Nat
John Doman
Coast Guard Station
Administration Plans Continued Aid To Tito
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration will maintain economic aid and some military assistance to Yugoslavia despite Tito’s closer ties with Bulgaria and the Soviet Union. Aid totals about 65 million dollars for this fiscal year, plus 71.2 million dollars in surplus farm commodities paid in local currency. Officials say no secret military deal with the Soviets is evident and Tito has not protested Zhukov’s remarks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Bulgarin- Khrushchev
Moscow
State Department
U. S
Tito
Georgi Zhukov
Russia
Zhukov
Charles JE. Bohlen
Stalingrad
Soviet Union
Truman Receives Oxford Honorary Degree in Tears
Harry S. Truman was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. Lord Halifax lauded him as a loyal ally and a model of courage as 94 professors applauded the former president who joked about his improbable journey from Missouri farmer to Yank at Oxford.
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Oxford
England
Harry S. Truman
U. S
Lord Halifax
Truman
Missouri
Sheldonian Theater
Thomas R.higham
Thomas E. Dewey
Virgil
Gallup
Auto executives dispute unemployment end claims
Detroit AP report says auto industry leaders at a Williams conference dispute UAW President Walter Reuther over claims unemployment is ending. Ford, Chrysler and other reps refused to join a Washington task force but backed federal highway and defense contracts action. Bugas cited Ford speeding up 1956 model production and plans to recall workers for 1957 models.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
G. Mennen Williams
Auto
Michigan
Reuther
Washington
Task Force
John
Bugas
Ford
Auto Company
World's Worst Crashes Ranked by Fatalities
AP recounts major airline disasters from 1949 to 1955. Notable losses include 66 dead in a United Air Lines crash near Laramie Wyoming in 1955, 80 deaths aboard a transport returning from Dublin Treland, and a 1950 Cardiff Wales crash among the world’s deadliest. Also cited are 58 from a 1950 Lake Michigan crash, 56 in Elizabeth New Jersey 1951, 55 from a Washington DC collision in 1949, and 129 aboard a Tokyo area C124 in 1959 with later 87 deaths from a Washington state C124 mishap in 1952.
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Associated Press
United States
United Air Lines
Laramie
Wyo
Cardiff
Wales
Dublin Treland
New York
Minneapolis
Lake Michigan
Miami Airline, Inc
Elizabeth
N.J
Eastern Airlines
Washington, D. C
Tokyo
Washington State
Americans Among Venezuelan Plane Crash Victims
Twenty Americans were aboard the Venezuelan airliner that crashed off the New Jersey coast. Among the named passengers were Marshal Lee Noel of Ridgewood New Jersey executive vice president of Maquinarias Bolivar A.C. and president of Frantz Tractor Co. of New York plus James Pillas of Caracas Cartier Inc. and several others including Mrs Beverly Handler and her children.
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New York
Marshal Lee Noel
Greenway Rd
Ridgewood
N.J
Maquifnarias Bolivar A. C
Venezuela
Frantz Tractor Co
Michelle D. Cassidy
Gilbert Cassidy
Caracas
Meyersdale
John Pillas
Cartier, Inc
Fifth Ave
Daniel Handler
Brooklyn
Beverly
Maretin
Lynne
Handler
Larry
Josefina Sardina
East 13Th St
Manhattan
Elvin Varela
York
Frank Teodore Barenthin
William Dunn
Fiorella de Armas
Phillip Walker
Myrtle H. Isbell
Dorothy Ann Witter
George Louis Witter
Arthur Hill
Peter A. Ward
Accounting Department
Creole Petroleum Corp
Ward
Paterson
N. J
Creole
Miranda
Fileen Oursler
Brenda
Tolesco
Ohio
Oursler
United States Steel Corp
Ridgewood, N. J
Jersey Coast
South America
Maquinarias Bolivar A.C
Puerto Ordaz
Frantz Tractor Co., Inc
Liner Crash Timetable Off New Jersey
A late night timetable from Idlewild to Caracas details the Venezuela liner accident. The No 2 engine failed after takeoff, the plane tried to return, then crash and fire were reported as Coast Guard and Navy vessels searched the area. Debris and personal items were recovered while observers noted a burning wreckage.
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New York
New Jersey
Idlewild
Sound
Caracas
Venezuel
Coast Guard
Floyd Bennett
Field
Brooklyn
Robert Craig
Hame
Craig Egas
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Mino
Abilene
Alpine
Anrillo
Chicago
Denver
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
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Tod
Ike
Atlantic
Fred Hancox
L. I
Edwin Rahn
Bayonne
U.S. Coast Guard
Floyd Bennett Field
Rahn
United Press
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