Eisenhower Rejects Soviet Bid for Joint Chiefs Visit
President Eisenhower refused a Soviet invitation for all U S joint chiefs to visit the USSR. He left open the possibility for some chiefs to travel later with ample time outside Moscow to study activities of interest to their services. Gen Nathan Twining plans eight days in Russia for aviation day events.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Sherman Adams
Walter Reed
Joint Chiefs
Russia
Moscow
White House
James C. Hagerty
U.S
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Twining
United States
Hagerty
Sergei A. Edemsky
Heat wave grips nation with 100 degree temps and drownings
A sweeping heat wave from the Rockies to the Atlantic pushes highs to 100s and beyond. Beaches fill as drowning reports rise with at least 22 weekend deaths in the Midwest, including a Wisconsin tragedy at Lake Wissota where a man died trying to save his family.
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Midwest
Wisconsin
Debbie Anderson
Lake Wissota
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Debbie
Jack Anderson
Rebels hunted as Peronist revolt crushed in Argentina
In Buenos Aires a swift crackdown followed a weekend uprising by ex-dictator Peronist loyalists. The government reported 38 rebels executed by firing squads and warned of more as martial law courts sit around the clock.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
la Plata
Santa Rosa
la Pampa
Rosario
Adm
Isaac Rojas
Raul Tanco
Juan Jose Valle
Peron
Supreme Military Court
Socialist Party Names Ticket for 1952 Presidential Race
The Socialist party renominated its 1952 candidates Darlington Hoopes of Reading Pennsylvania for president and S H Friedman of New York for vice president in Chicago.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Darlington Hoopes
Reading
S. H. Friedman
New York
Weather Note Reads Hazy Sunshine and Morning Fog
The forecast indicates mostly hazy sunshine with today and tomorrow. Early morning low clouds and local fog possible, with a high near 86 and a low around 57. Additional sections mention sports TV and radio guidance.
Shock Kills Clerk Fleeing Los Angeles Gunman
Culver City police say an elderly hotel clerk died of a heart attack triggered by shock while fleeing Salvador Scarano who terrorized his wife earlier in the day. Scarano, 27, remains at large as a citywide manhunt continues.
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Culver City
Ronald Perkins
Louis Kolb
Salvador R. Scarano
Wesley St
Scarano
Perkins
Maybelle
Nicholas A. Margott
Adams
Kolb
House approves $3.8 billion foreign aid bill
The House passed a 3.8 billion dollar foreign aid bill and sent it to the Senate by 273 to 122. It cuts 1.1 billion below Eisenhower’s request with 2 billion for military aid and 1.8 billion for economic aid to 54 US allies. The administration seeks restoration of at least 600 million.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard B. Russell
Armed Services Committee
Yemen Prince Goes to Moscow for Aid
Seif ul Islam Badr crown prince of Yemen travels from Cairo with a trade delegation to seek economic aid in Moscow aboard a Soviet plane. Observers note his inexperience abroad but he is guided by Qadi Mohamed el Amri deputy foreign minister of Yemen.
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Yemen
Moscow
Cairo
Egypt
Seif Ul Islam Badr
Slim
Badr
Quadi Mohamed el Amri
Truman Tours Loire Valley On Return To Paris
Former president Harry S. Truman traveled by car from Chenonceaux to Paris after a two day Loire Valley tour famed for its castles. He went to his hotel to lunch and rest, avoiding the press during an early morning walk before departing.
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Harry S. Truman
Loire Valley
Chenonceaux
Adenauer Receives Yale Honorary Degree at Commencement
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany joined 11 others in receiving honorary Yale University degrees at the New Haven exercises. He was praised as architect of the Federal Republic and a champion of shared spiritual heritage for restoring his nation’s place in Western civilization.
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New Haven, Conn
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Yale University
Adenauer
Federal Republic of Germany
Chinese prisoner swims seven miles to Amoy Bay escape
A young inmate from a Communist labor camp swam seven miles to Amoy Bay and landed near Nationalist territory, the Defense Ministry said. Three other escapees from the mainland reportedly went missing and are believed drowned.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy Bay
Defense Ministry
Hand blown off at thrill show shocks Shreveport crowd
Lawrence Anderson a Chicago clown at the Jimmy Lynch Thrill Show misjudged a firecracker blast and lost his left hand. Spectators laughed at his act as he waved a blood smeared arm, then he was taken to a hospital where doctors said his condition was not serious.
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Shreveport
Lawrence Anderson
Jimmy Lynch
Anderson
Chicago
IKE MAKING STEADY RECOVERY
President Eisenhower made a gradual recovery with walking exercises and improved comfort. He walked 20 feet to an easy chair, sat 15 minutes, then returned to bed with minimal assistance. He conferred with Sherman Adams and designated Nixon to represent him at two events.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Nixon
National Security Council
Blair House
Adenauer
Annapolis
Annapolis, Md
Slayer Hunt Sparks Riot at Granada Theater
A nationwide manhunt for shotgun killer Lawrence Neumann sparked a near riot as 53 000 people crowded the Granada Theater setting off a massive police response. Initial mistaken identification and panicked bystanders left two women unconscious while 15 squads reinforced efforts to collar a gunman in the audience.
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Chicago
Granada Theater
Lawrence Neumann
Children Begin Polio Shots At City Clinics
In Los Angeles the first of about 12 000 children who missed prior polio shots received inoculations today. City health officer Dr. George M. Uhl said school clinics will stay open through July 9.
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Los Angeles
CNS
George M. Uhl
Baseball Today American League and National League Matchups
The schedule lists a twilight doubleheader between Kansas City and Washington with Cretlow and Keliner starting for KC and Stone and Girb for Washington. Detroit visits Baltimore in a night game, while Philadelphia travels to Milwaukee and Brooklyn hosts St Louis under the night lights.
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Cretlow
Keliner
Washington
Stone
Girb
Twilight
Detroit
Clary
Baltimore
Ferarese
Philadelphia
S. Miller
Milwaukee
Conley
Brooklyn
Newcombe
St. Louie
Pobolsky
Court Upholds Military Trials for Civilians
The Supreme Court rules 5-3 for civilians aboard armed forces overseas cases. It upholds court martial trials in Tokyo and England for two wives who killed their husbands, Mrs Dorothy Kruger Smith and Mrs Clarice B Covert, with details of their accusations and victims.
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Supreme Court
Clark
Warreen
Douglas
Black
Frankfurter
Reed, Burton
Minton
Harlan
Dorothy Kruger Smith
Tokyo
Japan
Army
Aubrey D. Smith
Clarice B. Covert
Air Force
England
Edward E. Covert
LeMay Seeks Major SAC Budget Increase for B52s
Gen Curtis E LeMay urged a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to boost Strategic Air Command funding by three point eight billion dollars to accelerate B52 bomber production. The request came as defense budget discussions focused on a 36 billion dollar FY start.
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Washington
Curtis E. Lemay
Senate Appropriations
Strategic Air Command
Chavez
D-Nm
Lemay
Defense Department
Japanese Skipper Towed by Fish
NAHA Okinawa A fisherman Gajin Takeshi 22 hooked an undersea monster and was towed 12 miles to sea before being stranded in a small boat. An Air Force crash boat rescued him after a ship pilot spotted him. Takeshi cut the line and found his motor ruined by salt water.
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Naha
Okinawa
Gajin Takeshi
Air Force
Takeshi
War Prisoners Conduct Probed
An Army study of 3 323 former Korean War prisoners finds 80 percent repatriated without resistance or cooperation. The report classifies 15 percent as collaborators and 5 percent as resisters based on prisoner records.
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Washington
Army
Phone wedding proves hectic across ocean links
Coast Guard Airman J. T. Ashley and his Missouri sweetheart Louie Phillipes wed by transpacific radiophone in a chaotic ceremony. Connections failed three times, Ashley sonarman in a downtown telephone booth while Phillipes exchanged vows from the First Baptist Church in Nevada, Missouri.
Khrushchev Quoted On Stalin Harem Rumors
Paris report cites Khrushchev claiming Stalin kept a harem of young girls in later years. He allegedly described Stalin as driven by sexual aberrations and sexual insanity. Beria allegedly recruited the harem and confessed before execution.
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Paris
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
France-Soir
Vienna
Khrushchev
Stalin
Lavrenty Beria
Beria
Cargo Hook Attack Suspect Nab For Assault
Los Angeles police booked Steve Dore on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder after he allegedly attacked his wife Lorena 30 and brother John 34 with a cargo hook last Wednesday. Police found Charles B. Kurtz 45 wandering near his Paramount home hours earlier, saying he had hidden in haystacks and hadn't eaten since the incident.
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Los Angeles
Charles B. Kurtz
Paramount
Lorena
John
California to receive 3.9 billion in federal highway aid
State Sen. James McBride announces California will get 3.9 billion dollars in federal highway aid over the next 13 years. The figure was disclosed in a report to the Western Council of Interstate Government conference’s closing session.
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San Francisco
California
James McBride
Ventura
Western Council of Interstate Government Conference
Lions Loose in Englewood Attract Panicked Callers
Police tracked two imported lions to a basement at 6419 Peoria St after 18 calls flooded Englewood HQ. Owners Kalanilehau and Liko, Hawaiians, claimed the lions Togar and Kila are tame but the police arrested Kalanibhau for harboring wild animals.
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Englewood
Robert Martiniak
Richard Ryan
Peoria St
Kalanilehau
Liko
Togar
Kila
Africa
Kalanilenau
Kalanibhau
Nine Hour Swim Saves Mates Off Florida Keys
Ray Wrayman swam nine hours through rough seas to reach safety near Boca Chica Naval Air Station after reporting his three shipmates clinging to a wrecked charter boat. Navy and Coast Guard rescues followed, with survivors found about 5:15 a.m. near sunrise.
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Florida Keys
Ray Wrayman
Wrayman
Boca Chica
Navy
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