Mexico elects new president Lopez Mateos victory sealed
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, 48, former labor minister, won Mexico’s presidential race with a landslide described as 70 to 85 percent. The PRI retained control of Congress with a large majority as women voted for the first time in the presidential contest. Official returns due next week. term starts December 1 for six years.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Andi
New Congress
PRI
Congress
Ciudad Obregon
United States
South America
Lopez Mateos
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Highway Toll Below Early Estimate For July Fourth
The Associated Press reports cautious driving kept July 4th weekend traffic deaths well under the 410 estimate. Initial fatal crashes spiked but later eased, with final totals likely near Memorial Day levels of 371 deaths for a three-day period. Traffic enforcement and awareness credited for the lower toll.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Waffie
Safety Council
Three Drown As Boat Capsizes Off Escanaba
Three people drowned when a small sailboat capsized on Lake Michigan five miles south of Escanaba Warbor. Two survivors were picked up by a passing ore carrier. The Frontenac brought in one body and two survivors. a fishing tug recovered two of the dead, and Coast Guard boats searched for the sixth crew member.
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Escanaba, Mich
Lake Michigan
Escanaba Warbor
Escanaba Coast Guard
Frontenac
Coast Guard
Adenauer Victory Boosts West Germany Nuclear Army Plan
In Düsseldorf the Christian Democrats won control of North Rhine-Westphalia, a key regional test of Adenauer's push to arm West Germany with atomic weapons. The result signals broad endorsement of the plan amid national elections won by the CDU nearly a year ago, with the Socialist opposition mounting the contest.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
West Germany
West
North Rhine-Westphalia
Adenauer
Three Boys Blamed For Million Dollar Fire
In Hackensack New Jersey three brothers aged 7 8 and 9 were blamed for a fire that damaged eight cafes and four houses plus a gas station Saturday night. Police said they admitted starting the blaze with matches while en route to a store with empty soda bottles.
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Toolen
Congress Plans Heavy August Workload for Adjournment
Congress returns from a long holiday with a heavy docket targeting an August 9 adjournment. Senate and House schedules include bills on atomic energy, public works, defense, Social Security, and military construction. ADA urges an eight-billion-dollar tax cut, but prospects appear unlikely.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
Senate
House
Defense Department
Hidden burglary ties to Goldfine probe
Bernard Goldfine's aides accuse a hotel room burglary of his secretary of thefts including bank records and correspondence. A hidden microphone placed to eavesdrop implicates baron Shacklette and Jack Anderson in the Adams-Goldfine inquiry. Committee chair Oren Harris vows action as testimony looms.
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Baron Schacklette
House
Bernard Goldfine
Washington, D. C
Boston
Schacklatte
Jack Anderson
Drew Pearson
Washington (Ap
Jack Lotto
Goldfine
Mildred
Paperman
Lotto
Lott
White
Sherman Adams
Latto
Llette
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Shacklette
Roger Robb
Reds Release Air Force Crew After Soviet Interception
A nine man air crew released by Soviet fighters after being forced down near the Armenian border on June 27 was handed over to a U S military unit in Astara. The crew includes Col Cate D Brannon Maj Luther W Lyles Maj Robert E Crans Maj Bennie A Shupe Capt James T Kane Lt James N Luther and their families are listed with hometowns and spouses.
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London
Mostay Ra
Air Perce
Renanent
Armenia
Cate D. Brannon
Harry A. Brannon
Chardon
Ohio
Luther W. Lyles
Donna J. Lyles
Overseas
Carrie FP. Lyles
Savoy
Tex
Robert E. Crans
Martha W. Crans
Macon
Roy Crans
Bennie A. Shupe
Majorie C. Shupe
Miami
Fla
James Shupe
James T. Kane
Rosemary McKenna
Farmngdale
N.Y
Margaret Kane
Vindenhurst
James N. Luther
Joan Luther
Charles N. Luther Waseen
Minn
Dial Phone Service Comes to Oshkosh in New System
Oshkosh converted to dial telephone service amid a synchronized, citywide cutover led by L. J. Hart. About 73 staff oversaw the minute by minute changeover as 22 000 telephones began using the new system with instructors on duty to aid users. Local calls reached a Sunday peak of 166 398 with long distance traffic normal.
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Oshkosh
L. J. Hart
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Bomb Attacks Flare Across Algeria Weekend
Small bomb attacks flared throughout Algeria over the weekend. There were no major engagements between nationalist rebels and the French, but four people were killed and 26 injured in individual attacks.
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Algiers
Algeria
Fisherman Hooks Tiny Fish From Minnow Bait
In Raleigh North Carolina H E Raynor recounts a curious fishing tale. He used a minnow as bait and soon after pulled up a line that carried a smaller fish caught in its mouth.
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Raleigh, N.C
H. E. Raynor
Jap Vessel Quits N Area Meiwa Maru Withdraws From Radio Zone
The Meiwa Maru moved away from dangerous radioactivity near U S nuclear test areas in the Western Pacific. Chowa Maru reported radioactivity 300 miles northwest of the Meiwa. Counts reached 409 per liter skin contact considered dangerous over a week. No injuries reported among the crew.
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Western Pacific
UPI
U. S
Bikini Atoll
Bikini
Eniwetok
Dulles Plans Report On De Gaulle Talks
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles planned to brief President Eisenhower today on his talks with France's Premier Charles de Gaulle. Dulles said he would present a full, satisfactory report after arriving from Paris Sunday night.
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Washington
UPI
John Foster Dulles
Bixenhower
Nee
Charles de Gaulle
Dulles
Paris
de Gaulle
Conspicuous Mount Vernon youth sparks Fourth of July scare
Gary Wilkinson, 1, celebrated the Fourth of June weekend by granting himself independence and was found under a Sunday flare up. He ran away after a scolding Saturday and was retrieved after making himself conspicuous by tossing a firecracker onto a handstand during a band concert.
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Mount Vernon
Gary Wilkinson
Himeelf
Gary
Eleven Injured In Elkhart Lake Train Wreck
Eleven people were injured and one hospitalized after a head on collision between a Milwaukee Road passenger train and a freight train near the Elkhart Lake depot. The wreck disrupted service until track repairs were completed Sunday afternoon. Passenger Stella Weber of Chicago was hospitalized briefly. ten others sustained minor injuries at the scene.
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Elkhart Lake
Wis
UPI
Milwaukee Road
Stella Weber
Chicago
Copper Country Limited
Plymouth Hospital
Streight
Million-Dollar Fire Destroys Boston Pier Structures
A fire valued at a million dollars swept a New Hayes Railroad pier on Boston's waterfront early today. It destroyed freight cars trucks and several vessels including three barges used to dispose of radioactive waste.
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Boston
UPS
Hayes Railroad
Castro's Rebels Free Five Held in Cuban Stronghold
Cuban rebels released five of 36 captives after days of negotiation. Among those freed were John N. Schissler and four other U.S. citizens plus a Canadian, all employees of Moa Bay Mining Co. The captives were seized near Guaro and later treated well as talks continued with Raul Castro to secure more releases and end the standoff at the Guanajay area.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Fuiday
Fppe
Anamoe Naval Base
John N. Schissler
Montgomery
Jungied Mountains
Navy Base
Park Wollam
Santiago
Raul Castro
Fidel
Castro
Schissler
United States
Bassia
Wollam
Raul
Bordes
Moa Bay Mining Co
BE. P. Pfleicher
University of Minnesota
Edward H. Cordes
Fanwood
N.J
Roman Cecilia
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Tion
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Americans For Democratic Action
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Goldfine's Aid
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Ibume
Moscow
Astara
ATR
Boston Pier
J. N. Schissler
Ala
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
E. S. Cordes
N. J
H. C. Kristianson
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