Big Fight Looms At RailTown
In the four day Guatemala invasion, forces clash near Zacapa as Arbenz claims success at Gualan and Castillo Armas advances toward the rail center. Rebels seize Morales and attack San Jose Coban while U.S. reactions signal potential recognition responses.
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Guatemala
Zacapa
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Gualan
Liberation Radio
Carlos Castillo Armas
Associated Press
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Arbenz
Caribbean
Puerto Barrios
Castillo Armas
Esquipulas
Antry
San Jose
Morales
Coban
Summer swelter grips Portsmouth as heat rises to 95
Portsmouth opens summer under a 95 degree heat spell with no relief in sight through the week. Downtown thermometers hit 95 at 5 p.m. Monday, the high for the past 24 hours, while official readings ranged to 93 and 67. Forecasters expect continued hot and humid conditions with little cooling tonight and Wednesday. Floods in Iowa displace over 1,000 families and cause millions in losses as much of the nation reports heat and relief from showers. Local reactions note occasional extreme heat comparisons.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Gas Co
Chillicothe
Howard C. Growdon
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Victory Goes To Sen. Smith
Maine Republicans re nominated Sen. Margaret Chase Smith by a landslide over challenger Robert L. Jones in a primary. With 613 of 626 precincts counted, Smith led 96,159 to 19,203 as Jones carried only four precincts. Jones faced a crushing defeat amid questions about McCarthy's influence.
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Maine
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
McCarthy Way
Robert L. Jones
McCarthy
GOP
Mrs. Smith
Jones
Biddeford
Smith
Jores
Wisconsin
Shucks 107 Degrees Stuns Presidio Tex Residents
In Presidio Texas the heat reached 107 degrees drawing surprise and jokes from locals. People stayed indoors and cooled off under shade as thermometers climbed. A heat advisory prompted businesses to adjust hours and residents to limit outdoor activity.
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Presidio
Tex
Wage Rate Hearing Set For A Plant Dispute
The Atomic Energy Commission labor panel will hear wage disputes from Portsmouth Area A plant unions in Washington on Thursday and Friday. Carpenters seek 12 14 cent an hour raise. cement finishers want 10 cents plus 15 cents equalization pay. Prime contractor Peter Kiewit Sons Co will present contractor views.
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Portsmouth Area
Washington
Special Atomic Energy Commission
A-plant
Peter Kiewit
Carpenters
John Hauck
Iowa Flood Destroys Homes Displaces 1000 Families
Des Moines reports the Des Moines River Valley cresting as record floods push 1000 Iowa families from their homes. One death confirmed from drowning as property and farmland losses mount statewide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Heat takes toll on street crew member on Chillicothe Street
Adolph Webb of Vermont Avenue collapsed while tar lining joints on Chillicothe Street near 15th Street. He was rushed to Portsmouth General Hospital by Melcher ambulance and released after treatment.
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Adolph Webb
Vermont Ave
Chillicothe St
15Th St
Portsmouth General Hospital
Summer Chill Half-Dares Phoenix Heat In West Texas Town
The piece notes cooler temps yesterday with Phoenix at 111 and Dallas at 99 cited as comparatives. Harper recalls damp heat as harsher than 119. The adobe town of about 1,200 lies along the Rio Grande in far west Texas near the big bend where cantaloupes are grown and the town remains unincorporated.
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Harper
Rio Grande
Big Bend
West Texas
Food Cost Index Edges Up in May Across Most Cities
Washington reports a 0.3 percent May rise in the living cost index, driven by higher grocery prices. Foods climbed in 45 of 46 cities, with meats, fresh produce, and canned juices leading the gains. Housing costs rose due to revised real estate taxes and mortgage charges.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Chou En-lai to Quit Geneva Parley Over Indochina
Reports from New Delhi say Chou En-lai will depart Geneva to return to New Delhi for a meeting with Prime Minister Nehru. Indochina peace talks loom large as French and Vietminh forces seek cease fire and direct military discussions continue among nine-party delegates.
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Red
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New Delhi
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Nehru
Indochina
France
Viet Nam
Steel Talks Hit Snag In 1954 Labor Contract
U.S. Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers faced a snag in 1954 contract talks with a strike risk implied. The wage policy committee met as negotiations stalled after weekend sessions, while the union demanded guaranteed annual wages, higher pay, better pensions and insurance for about 600,000 workers earning $2.14 to $2.24 an hour.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO- United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
Yates Indicted Again On Four Reported Incident Counts
Robert L. Yates 34 of 742 10th St was indicted by the May term grand jury on four counts of statutory reported incident, the second set of indictments in a month alleging improprieties with two girls aged 14 and 13 at Hillcrest Children's Home. The session also left unresolved a serious case charge against Waldo Strickland 29 in a probe into the death of David C Douthett 39 found in a car outside Sky Line Lodge near Waverly after a bar confrontation. fifteen witnesses testified.
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Robert L. Yates
10Th St
Hillcrest Children's Home
Common Pleas
Vernon Smith
Waldo Strickland
Offnere St
David C. Douthett
Butler
Douthett
Skyline Lodge
Waverly
Mr. Strickland
Yates
Poor Joey Kale In Casts For Long Summer
A 7 year old boy, Joey Kale, suffers multiple fractures after a stone slab falls on his arm. Both forearm bones break and a second fall injures the other arm, resulting in two casts. Doctors expect weeks more with casts before school resumes.
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Monna Lou
Susan
Joey
Donald J. Kale
Offnere St
Holy Redeemer School
Smith-Everett Hospital
Rose Kale
Sixth St
Smith-Everett Hostal
Kale
Tunis
Indochina
France North Africa Force War Hints In Return of Guerrilla War
AP dispatch from Tunis reports a new North African insurgency as the Fellagahs grow from armed bandits into a formal force. The 800-strong movement supposedly trains near Tripoli Libya, uses leftover World War II arms, and aims at undermining French rule. Existence of foreign fighters and political re education claims surface amid calls for hardy troops.
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North Africa
Tunis
Fellagahs
Tripoli
Libya
Tunisia
Tunisian
CBS To Begin Color TV Broadcasts August Twenty Second
Boston sources report CBS will start color broadcasting August 22 with Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town slated as the first telecast. More than 40 CBS programs will be shown in color, with New York origin programs weekly and multiple shows presented in color.
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CBS
Boston
Hubbell Robinson Jr
Advertising Federation of America
Robinon
Ed Sullivan
New York
Mundt urges verdict on salient issues in Army McCarthy case
Senator Mundt urged the Senate Investigations subcommittee to base its verdict on salient issues only. He spoke ahead of a closed door session to narrow controversy as the televised hearings concluded. Mundt presided over 36 days of hearings that exposed charges and countercharges between McCarthy and the Army. The panel had heard that Stevens and Army Counselor Adams pressured for favors for Pvt. G David Schine and that McCarthy accused Stevens of using Schine as a hostage to halt probes of Communists in the Army. Mundt notified members that Ray H. Jen
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Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Pvt
G. David Schine
Adams
Schine
Ray H. Jen
Benson Acts To Reduce Surpluses
Washington reports that Secretary Benson proposed strict crop controls to curb farm production and cut surpluses tied to billions in federal price support funds. The plan requires farmers to follow all crop allotments for wheat cotton corn tobacco peanuts and sugar and to reduce total acreage to align with shrinking postwar markets.
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Benson
Freckles and Friends In The Portsmouth Times Vacation Feature
Teen readers crave rest romance and fun as vacation days arrive. The Portsmouth Times promises daily mail delivery of Freckles and other comic strips while away, available by request.
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Qlosters
Freckles
Portsmouth Times
McGraw Held For Grand Jury In Fatal Route 52 Crash
McGraw Lewis 31 of South Webster pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter and was held to the grand jury. Bond set at 1000. The May 28 death of Beverly Sue Sherman 7, daughter of Ralph and Mrs. Sherman, occurred near Wheelersburg as she crossed Route 52 in front of McGraw’s car. The complaint was filed June 14 and later moved to Municipal Court. McGraw surrendered at the sheriff’s office. State patrol and Sheriff Burli Justice found insufficient evidence of negligence in the 1948 case.
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Lewis McGraw
South Webster
Lowell C. Thompson
McGraw
Beverly Sue Sherman
Ralph Sherman
Garden City
Wheelersburg
Lucasville
Z. T. Fugitt
Bur] E
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