Defendants Acquitted In Negro Murder Trial
Two white men Roy Bryant and J W Milam were acquitted by an all white jury of murdering 14 year old Emmett Till, after deliberating about an hour. They faced later kidnapping charges tied to the Till case, which were dismissed in court.
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Sumner. Miss
Chicago
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Bryant
Milam Tater
Lefore County
Greenwood
Young Emmett Till
Curtis Swango
Yallahatchie County
Kidney Do
Leflore’ County
Jim Pennington
Ler
Moses Wright
Milam
Till
Sumner
Miss
Emmett L. Till
President Eisenhower Sidelined by Digestive Upset
President Eisenhower remained in bed at the Doud residence in Denver after a digestive upset overnight. White House physician Major General Howard Snyder was summoned and is monitoring his condition. If he returns to his offices, it will be later today. This illness marks his first in months after a fishing trip to Fraser, Colorado.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Witte House
White House
Murray Snyder
Howard Snyder
Elvira Doug
Gen. Snyder
Doud
Mrs. Eisenhower
Byers Peak
Aksel Nielsen
Fraser Colo
Janet Janet Roars Across Open Caribbean Sea
Hurricane Janet roared across the open Caribbean with 113 mph winds and was heading generally westward. It left Windward Islands with at least 24 dead and thousands homeless, prompting a state of emergency in Barbados and relief work around the clock.
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Miami
Windward
Caribbean
San Juan. P.R
San Juan
Bridgetown
Barbados
Windward Islands
Seven Injured In Denver Hotel Fire At Claridge
A Denver fire swept the Claridge Hotel second floor injuring seven people including two firefighters. The fire was controlled within an hour after a 5 a.m. alarm. One guest leaped from a second-floor room to the sidewalk to escape flames. Fire officials said the blaze started in the second floor hallway of the two-story building.
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Denver
Claridge
Allie Feldman
Planes Hunt Six Missing Adventurers in Far North
Air Force pilots joined RCMP search efforts for six canoeists missing on a 60 mile Stony Rapids to Baker Lake trek in northern Saskatchewan. Five are Americans and one is a Brazilian student. they departed June 29 guided by an 1893 government survey, expecting to finish six days earlier. A supply cache was found along the route as authorities work to locate Arthur Moffat and the five students.
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Winnipeg
Man
Air’ ‘Force
RCMP
Prince Albert
Sask
Stony Rapids
Saskatchewan
Baker Lake
Arctic Circle
Sant ‘Mateo
Calif
Dartmouth
Fred Pessi Jr
Grosse Pointe Woods
Mich
Edward Lanouelte
Paulo
Brazil
George J. Grinnell
New York
Secret sub Neutrus surface spat fuels enlistment joke
Washington Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas quipped when pressed for secret details on how long the atonic powered submarine Neutrus can stay submerged. He said the sub “only comes to the surface to re recruit the crew,” as Navy enlistments run four years.
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Washington
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
New Argentina Chief Promises Regime of Law
Buenos Aires reports a new era of freedom begins as Eduardo Lonardi takes office vowing a regime of law. Riots flare in Rosario and Avellaneda with casualties amid Peronist resistance while Peron and his gunboat await fate and possible safe conduct via Paraguay. Lonardi faces decision on Peron’s exit plan.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Eduardo Lonardi
Plaza de Mayo
Diehard Peronistas
Rosario
Peronistas
Enrique Legend
First Army
Lith
Avellaneda
Fanatiscal
Alianza
Peron
Lonard
Paraguay
Juan Chavez
Paraguyan
Humarta
Asuncion
Parana
Aiv
Leo
Parasuar
Lonardt
Football Fans May Get Wet in Rainy Areas
Football fans at season openers across the country faced showers and rain, with the heaviest rainfall in the Mid Atlantic. Storms extended from southern New England through the Mid Atlantic and Ohio Valley, with scattered showers in the northern Great Lakes and central Great Basin regions.
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Associated Press
New England
Midatlantic
Ohio Valley
Midatlantic States
Texas
South Dakota
Rockies
Great Lakes Region
Central
Great Basin
ANZUS Nations To Keep Defenses High
Washington reports that the United States Australia and New Zealand reviewed Southeast Asian threats and agreed to keep defenses elevated while noting no removed causes of tension. The ANZUS council meeting involved Dukes Stump Casey Wells MacDonald and McKinnon amid broader regional concerns from Korea to Vietnam and Laos. Australia has dispatched naval military and air forces to Malaya for security work.
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Washington
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Southeast Asia
Far East
John Foster Dukes
Felix Stump
U.S
Pacific
Richard G. Casey
Gen
Henry
Bomber) Wells
T. L. MacDonald
W. S. McKinnon
Casey
Macionald
United Nations
Mamia
Korea
Japan
Red China
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Malaya
Tragic Mexican Train Crash Kills Dozens At Crossing
A pair of fuel trucks collided with a mixed freight and passenger train near Gomez Palacio, Mexico, triggering a massive explosion that destroyed the engine and three cars. Dozens were killed and over 100 injured, many children, as debris and bodies lay across the scene and a crater bombed the highway. Authorities feared the death toll would rise.
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Tereon
Gomez
Bulganin Letter Seen As Encouraging But Not A Disarmament Breakthrough
Denver reports that Soviet Premier Bulganin’s letter to President Eisenhower is viewed as encouraging yet not a real shift on disarmament. He endorses in principle the blueprint for information exchange but flags the need to cover atomic and hydrogen weapons and broader armament data. He also says mutual aerial reconnaissance must include armed forces and installations outside the U.S. and USSR, and that all nations should submit armament information.
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Denver
Nikolai Bulganin
Esenhower
United States
United Nations
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Bulgenim
White House
Mir
Fraser
Colo
Nghimi
Rockies
Denner
Murray Surder
Bulgarin
Bulganin
Howevver
United ‘States
U.ss.r
Sulganin
Romulo Named Envoy to Washington by Magsaysay
President Ramon Magsaysay designated Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo as Philippine ambassador to Washington. The announcement from Manila confirmed Romulo would serve as envoy in the U.S. capital, reflectingRomulo significance in diplomacy.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Carlos Romulo
Washington
Loose Pants Cost Victory in Tie Game
Halfback Tommy Doolittle of Oklahoma City dashed on a kickoff style run but tripped on his loose pants forcing a stumble at the 10 yard line. The blunder helped prevent scoring and the game ended scoreless.
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Oklahoma City
Tommy Doolittle
Oklahoma City Southeast
Doo Little
Bullet Holes Confirm Drestler Murdered Near Casper
The autopsy of Herbert Diestler, 62, of Lawndale California, found four bullet holes in the head abdomen and chest, confirming homicide. The body was dug from a shallow grave 15 miles southeast of Casper after a two month search that traced him to eastern Wyoming. He disappeared while driving home from Oshkosh Wisconsin.
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Casper
California
William Jones
Herbert Diestler
Lawndale
Calif
Diestler
Wyoming
Drestler
Oshkosh
Wis
Plane with five aboard feared down in Pacific
A four engine Flying Tiger cargo plane with five men aboard is feared down 410 miles southwest of Johnston Island. The last radio report showed engine trouble and rapid descent from 8000 to 4000 feet. Coast Guard and Air Force planes joined Navy and merchant ships in a wide search under overcast 80 percent.
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Honolulu
T. H GP
Tiger Airlines
Johnston Island
Navy
Hickam Field
Wake Island
Hickam
Wake
Coast Guard
Barber’s Point
Air Force
Midway
Kukui
Winnebaso
Basswood
New Crater Believed Opened Atop Mt Etna
In Sicily, new eruptions atop Mt Etna are thought to have opened a crater northeast of the central vent. Explosions sent fire and smoke high into the sky and lava began seeping down the slopes but officials say it does not threaten residents on the mountainside.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt Elma
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