French Leaders Clash in Final EDC Debate in Paris
In Paris the bitterly divided National Assembly opened final debate on joining the European Defense Community with 500000 German soldiers. Premier Mendes-France seeks a compromise as supporters push to resist major treaty changes and push a delayed vote.
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Paris
National Assembly
United States
Britain
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Brussels
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Mendes - France
EDC
U.S. Presses France for Quick EDC Decision
Washington sources say the United States demands a swift France decision on the European Defense Community. Officials warn further delays risk losing time and weakening EDC provisions amid France’s ongoing debate and possible postponements.
Launch Quiz In McCarthy Censure Case
A Senate special committee probes censure charges against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy with secret questioning before public hearings set to begin next Tuesday. Democrats plan a report differing on one or two points, while Republicans sign a majority. both reports due by 5 p.m. EDT Monday for printing and public release.
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McClellan
Senate
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Government Printing Office
Ex-Jap Official Involved in Spy Ring Takes Life
Nobunori Higurashi a 44 year old former Foreign Ministry official implicated in a Soviet spy ring leaped to his death from a Tokyo district attorney’s office window after questioning. Police had arrested him Aug 14 on charges tied to selling US military secrets to Yuri Rastvorov.
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Tokyo
Foreign Ministry
Nobunori Higurashi
Taro Hase
Hase
Higurashi
Masao Sasaki
Foreign Office
Yuri Rastvovovy
United States
Rastvorov
Washington
Japan
Injured Climber and Companions Rescued From Crestone Needle
A seriously injured climber, Rip Collings of Lawrence Kansas, and two companions, Bob Kulstad and Tony Mueller, were rescued after a 16 hour effort on Crestone Peak. Collins suffered multiple injuries after a 120 foot fall into a crevice and the trio relied on a safety rope and rock spike for survival.
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Westcliffe
Colo
Crestone Needle
Rip Colling
Lawrence
Kan
Colorado
Sangre de Cristo
Collins
Mhere
Bob Kulstad
Tony Mueller
Denver
Col
Lings
Kulstad
Mueller
Army Weazel
Crestone Peak
Colins
Cleve McCarty
Rodney McWhinney
Richard Wink
Dallas
Tex
McWhinney
Wink
Colony Lake
Tokyo Earthquake Shakes City but Causes No Major Damage
A sharp quake hit Tokyo at 7 05 p m shaking downtown buildings and rattling glass. The Central Observatory located the epicenter 150 miles northeast of Tokyo in the Pacific at 32 0 miles depth and classified it as strong within 250 miles of the epicenter.
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Tokyo
Central Observatory
Pacific Ocean
Hurricane off Florida Coast roars 115 mph off Jacksonville
A powerful hurricane with winds up to 115 mph moved about 300 miles off Jacksonville, steadily drifting at five mph. The storm veered from Friday's path toward the north-northwest, posing a threat to the South Carolina and North Carolina coasts as it neared land.
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Miami
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
South Carolina
North
Caro ‘Lina
Eisenhower Signs Farm Law Cutting Price Supports
President Eisenhower signed a Republican farm measure reducing government price supports on five basic crops cotton wheat corn rice and peanuts to a flexible 82 to 90 percent of parity next year. The move follows a battle with the congressional farm bloc and is seen as a shift toward a freer market while critics warn of lower farm incomes and potential rural distress. Eisenhower spent Friday fishing and prepared a speech for the American Legion convention in Washington before continuing to Des Moines and Fraser for further engagements.
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Denver
Colo
Eisenhower
Ike
Benson
Ezra T. Ben Ison
Nto
Here
American Legion
Washington
The
Legion
Herbert Hoover
Fraser, Cole
Pravda Urges France to Reject European Army Plan
Pravda declared that opposition to the European Defence Community would ease East West tensions and aid future talks on Germany and bans on atomic and hydrogen weapons. Moscow Radio aired the commentary timed to France’s Assembly debate opening.
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London
Pravda
France
Moscow
French Assembly
European Defense Community
EDC
U.S.S.R
Germany
Western Germany
Communist Party Organ
Burglar Hurt Allegedly After Drain Pipe Fall
Jackson Mississippi detectives report on a $40 restaurant burglary note a thief slipped during descent via a drain pipe and they hope he fell and hurt himself but found no evidence on the ground to indicate it.
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Jackson
Miss
John Sullivan
L. C. Bennett
Lodge Calls Formosa Threat a Bluff at Amvets Meeting
Lodge Jr. said Communist China's threat to invade Formosa is a bluff and that Reds cannot reach Formosa. He criticized Chou En Lai’s speech as designed to distract Chinese suffering and faulted the Peiping government’s UN bid and postwar policy. The Amvets held statements on veterans benefits and noted 15 U.S. airmen held by Korea's armistice pact violations.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Lodge Jr
China
Formosa
Lodge
Chou En- Lai
Amvets
Peiping
Clement Attlee
U.N
Korea
China Reds
John Pettinfoy
Ho Guatemala
Sher Group
American Medical Association
Veterans Administration
Refusal to Sign Ticket Leads to Fine in San Francisco
Charles Miner 37 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue refused to sign a traffic ticket and was jailed briefly. He appeared before Municipal Judge Charles Peery who fined him 11 dollars after Miner said the job taught him not to sign anything he does not understand.
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San Francisco
Charles Miner
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Charles Peery
Miner
Peery
Air Force warns of red buildup could tweak air goal
Washington The Air Force warned that growing Russian air power may force a revision of its 137 air wing goal. Gen Thomas D White, vice chief of staff, told American Legion leaders Soviets have intensified bomber and A bomb programs to threaten the United States. He said the U S still leads in long range power but the gap is narrowing and a continued Soviet effort could alter U S plans.
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Washington
Thomas D. White
American Legion
White
United States
Russia
Legion
National Security Commission
Charles L. Bolte
Army
Bolte
R. McC. Pate
Martine Corps
Army Plans to Rotate Troops By Divisions to Bolster Morale
Army officials outline a division rotation plan to send divisions overseas instead of individual replacements. The goal is to boost morale and unit cohesion, with a final decision due in two to three weeks. General Bolte described the plan as increasing combat potential through assignment stability.
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Washington
Sons
United States
Charles L. Bolte
Army
National Security Commission of the American Legion
Botte
Milwaukeean Drowns in Boat Overturn on Okauchee Lake
Daniel Massopust, 17, of Milwaukee drowned when his boat overturned on Okauchee Lake Friday. his fishing companion Sol Singer, 58, Milwaukee, was rescued. Willam Beckett, 67, Okauchee, helped Singer. Attempts to recover Massopust's body were unsuccessful.
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Waukesha
Daniel Massopust
Milwaukee
Okauchee Lake
Sol Singer
Massopust
Cafter Massopust
Willam Beckett
Okauchee
Singer
Voting Today Climax of Hot Race in Texas
In Dallas Texas voters choose the Democratic nominee for governor as Gov Allan Shivers and Austin attorney Raigh W Yarborough clash in a costly runoff. Campaign spending topped 34335,000 with Yarborough accusing Shivers of betraying the party while Shivers labels Yarborough the candidate of special interests.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Allan Shivers
Austin
Raigh W. Yarborough
Shivers
Yarborough
Dwight Esenhower
Yarbrough
Texar
Cio Polneal Action
Democratic Action
Costa Rican Ex-President Alleges Murder Plot Uncovered
Calderon Guardia, former Costa Rican president, said political enemies plot to assassinate him to block his return to power. He claimed Mexico City police uncovered the plot, naming suspects including a woman.
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Mexico City
Raine
Calderon Guardia
Costa Rica
Tirn
Tle
Giant Bomber Wrecked Near Ellsworth Base
A 10 engined B36 bomber crashed during a routine training landing at Ellsworth Air Base near Rapid City South Dakota killing 24 crewmen and injuring three. The crash occurred two miles from the base and the aircraft scattered debris across a pasture. Weather was described as good and no cause was given. Names were not released pending next of kin notices. The bomber had just been delivered to the Strategic Air Command two weeks earlier.
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Rapid City
S$.d
Ellsworth Air Base
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Azores
Alfred Swallow
Swallow
Harold Swallow
Wisconsin civil defense funds assured at 330000
Federal civil defense funds totaling 330000 for Wisconsin are now assured with passage of a federal CD bill. Maj. Gen. Aaron Olson said the funds, available this year, will be used on a fifty-fifty matching basis by the state and localities for equipment, attack warning, communications, health and special weapon training and education.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Aaron Olson
Olson
Congress
Weather Forecast and Observations Summary
Fair to partly cloudy conditions with warmer today and modest humidity. Light south winds 10 to 15 mph, high 75 to 83, low 56 to 63. Sunday highs about 75 north 39 south, outlook shows fair with little temperature change. Buckstaff Observatory notes overcast and cloudy periods with max 72 and min 52. Precipitation trace. monthly deficit 1.08 inches, yearly 2.26 inches.
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Associated Press
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Buckstaff Observatory
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