Eisenhower presses for Geneva progress before any summit
President Eisenhower told Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko that a measure of progress at Geneva is required for any summit. He urged concessions matching Western proposals while officials described the session as cordial and productive.
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Eisenhower
Andrei A. Gromyko
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White House
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Selwyn Lloyd
James C. Hagerty
Fisenhower
Europe
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Khrushchev
Cathly
Hagerty
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
Herter
Switzerland
Mother and Daughter Form First Lawyer Team
Mrs Janie Hixon Courtright a Hollywood high school teacher and her daughter Dian Hixon 26 plan to practice law together after Dian’s June 10 bar admission. They claim to be the first mother daughter attorney pair in the country and describe their unlikely path from mystery-reading to law.
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Los Angeles
Janie Hixon Courtright
D. Dian Hixon
Santa Monica City College
Dian
Hollywood
Clarence Courtright
Deputy Snatches Man From Edge Of Waterfall
Rochester deputies rescue Phillip Russo 56 clinging to a rock near a 30 foot Genesee River waterfall. Deputy William Young lowered by rope from a bridge system and guided Russo to a rowboat after slipping from a nearby bridge. Railroad workers spotted the danger and alerted authorities.
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tPi
Genesee
William Young
Phillip Russo
Young
Russo
Ike's Science Adviser Quits
Washington reports the resignation of Dr James Killian Jr as special assistant for science and technology. He will return to MIT presidency. Dr George Bogdan Rostislavkowsky of Harvard was chosen to succeed him, a Kiev native. Killian says he aims to depart MIT by mid July.
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Washington
White House
James Killian Jr
Science and Technology
Killian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George Bogdan Rristiakowsky
Starvard University
Eisenhower
Kiev
Russia
MIT
Hero Boy Saves Two Toddlers In Exploding Home
A 12 year old boy LeRoy Dero carried two younger children, Dale Miller and Lena, as he jumped from a second floor of their frame house after a furnace blast tore through the home in Binghamton. Their mother Mrs Mary Miller 35 suffered serious burns while the father William Miller 34 was away hunting for work.
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Leroy Dero
Mary Miller
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LeRoy
Dale Miller
Lena
Daley
Dale
Freighter Andora Stalls Seaway Traffic in St. Lawrence
The Liberian freighter Andora has been aground near the Snell Lock since Saturday, disrupting Seaway traffic as tugs struggle to free it. The 715 foot Menihek Lake, on maiden voyage from Montreal, passed through the Fisdenhower Lock before tying up near Snell. Port Colborne fog halted canal operations after a diver cleared a jam, leaving 29 downbound ships at Lake Erie and 12 upbound at Port Weller.
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Nhower
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Weiland Canal
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Lake Erie
Dulles Buried In Massive Official Rites
John Foster Dulles lay at rest in Arlington amid a grand ceremony. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower offered condolences as diplomats from 88 nations attended the service. The burial followed a national cathedral service and a 100 limousine procession ending with a 19 gun salute and taps.
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John Foster Dulles
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Dulles
Arlington National Cemetery
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower
Geneva
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Congress
Supreme Court
National
Monkeys Trained Like Boxers Ahead of Space Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla eight young monkeys trained intensively for a historic flight. Able a seven pound rhesus and Baker a one pound squirrel monkey were prepared at multiple Army research centers to study space effects on the body. Able was selected three days ago from eight peers based on training records and medical judgments.
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Able
Baker
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington, D. C
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Ft. Knox
Army Ordnance
Ile Command
Huntsville
Ala
Explosions Hit Gas Plant Near Bakersfield
Two injured after a series of explosions ripped through the Honolulu Oil Company gas plant at McKittrick, California. Firefighters from Kern County battled the blaze from a distance, unable to bring equipment within a half mile. The cause remained unknown.
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Calif
Honolulu Oil Company
McKittrick
Kert County
Sobb Murder Jury Deliberates in Monroe County Court
Joseph J. Sobb Jr. faces first degree murder charges as a Monroe County jury deliberates after a May trial. Prosecution alleges Sobb beat salesman George Fisher in December and stole his wallet and a diamond ring. Joann Wilson, ex girlfriend and main witness, pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter and testifies against Sobb. Wilson, 22, from Pontiac Michigan, will be sentenced June 11.
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Joseph J. Sobb Jr
Monroe
Sobb
George Fisher
Syracuse
Joann Wilson
Pontiac Mich
Monroe County
Fisher
Lobb
Miss Wilson
Pontiac
Mich
Monaghan Walks Out as Delay Plea Is Denied
George P. Monaghan left a state ethics hearing after his attorney Emile Zola Berman failed to obtain an adjournment to June 29. The commission denied the delay, and Berman argued the panel should recuse itself. The hearing proceeded with an investigator testifying on alleged dinners and favors from race track officials.
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New York
State
Harness Racing
Berman
Monaghan
Violent Storms Strike Midwest Across Regions
Storms with tornado winds lashed the middle United States during the night following a May pattern. Weather maps showed showers across broad areas while the far northeast and southern half to the Pacific coast avoided the wet belt. Tornado winds hail and rain hit northern western and central Texas Wednesday night. Heavy rains caused flooding in northeast Kansas and northern Missouri.
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Associated Press
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Pacific Coast
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Pentagon Funds Slashed as Service Budget Wars Stoke Fuming Clash
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 338.8 billion dollars for the Defense Department, cutting 399.9 million from Eisenhower's request. It boosts Army missiles, shores up Strategic Air Command, and trims Navy and Air Force plans while maintaining active manpower and warning against a ground-based bomber system. The panel cites confusion and duplication in defense budgeting and sends the bill to the House for debate.
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Pentagon
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Strategic Air Command
National Guard
Navy
George Mahon
Sdo
Air Force
Monkeys Reach Space and Return Safe in Jupiter Flight
Able and Baker, two young monkeys, survived a 13 minute mission launched from Cape Canaveral in the nose cone of a Jupiter missile. Recovered near Antigua Island, the pair showed minimal ill effects with medical teams noting normal heart and breathing rates.
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Able
Baker
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U. S
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Army Ordnance Missile Command
Barclay
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Puerto Rico
Army Jupiter
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Space
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