Girl survives 33 foot fall in 10 inch pipe rescue
In Anderson South Carolina a 17 month old girl, Yvonne Beasley, plunged 33 feet into a buried 10 inch pipe. Firefighters directed by Chief Bailey Maddox lowered an oxygen hose and, after a 40 foot drilling to reach her, volunteer Red Roberts was sent down to pull her to safety at 11:40 pm. Doctors credited oxygen and rapid rescue for her survival despite bruises and exposure.
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Yvonne
Benny
Manorville
N.Y
Maddox
Anderson
Beasley
Santa Paula Chief Ousted
Santa Paula Police Chief George H. Weiner resigned effective Sept 1 after a citizens group demanded his badge. A controversy cited alleged inefficiency and failure to cooperate with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
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Santa Paula
George H. Weiner
Citizens
Weiner
Ventura County Sheriff's Department
Weather Outlook For Los Angeles Area July 30 1957
The noon forecast from the U.S. Weather Bureau predicts mostly sunny skies for Southern California today and Wednesday. Temperatures show little change with warm coastal and intermediate valleys. San Bernardino Valley remains hot with a chance of thundershowers in nearby mountains.最高105最低65.昨日最高106最低65. There is no further context beyond the dated reading.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Weather Bureau
California
San Bernardino Valley
Mexico City Earthquake Toll Rises Despite Aftershocks
Mexico City gradually returns to normal after a frightening series of more than 30 temblors. Official counts place deaths at 67 with 52 in Mexico City and 15 elsewhere, 7,000 injured nationwide. rescue crews probe rubbled buildings as American casualties are minimal. In Hollywood, a pilot's family seeks news after Lt. Samuel K. Bacon Jr. vanished in a jet crash near Tucson.
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Mexico City
Sarah Dorfman
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hollywood
Samuel K. Bacon
Samuel K. Bacon Jr
Victorville
Texas
George Air Force Base
Bacon
Air Force
Jack Adams
el Centro
Climbers Scale East Shoulder Of Half Dome
Three Sierra Club youths from California completed a dangerous ascent up the east shoulder of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. The team led by Oscar A. Sedergren reached 500 feet of vertical face, a first from the east shoulder, then descended via the south slope past Nevada and Vernal Falls. The climbers were Mike S, 21, Royal R, 22, and Jerry G, 21, all from Southern California.
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Yosemite
Half Dome
Yosemite National Park
California Sierra Club
Oscar A. Sedergren
Mike Shertick
Royal Robbin
Former Sen Walter F George In Grave Health Condition
Vienna Ga reports that former Sen Walter F George is definitely getting worse. Oxygen is being administered at intervals around the clock. Dr J Willis Hurst of Emory University arrived to stay at his bedside after spending the night at the home Monday.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
Senate
Eisenhower
NATO
J. Willis Hurst
Department of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta
George
Rock and roll shows face Milwaukee crackdown
Milwaukee officials weigh banning rock and roll stage shows after weekend rowdy scenes at the Garfield Theater. Police arrested 29 people amid fights, aisles crowded with dancing, and alleged solicitation outside the venue as Asst. City Attorney Robert Anderson said the shows must stop. Theater owner Earl Tetting defended the entertainment as catering to public tastes despite no clear laws against it.
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Milwaukee
Anc
Robert Anderson
Nui
Alaska Hawaii Statehood Bills Sent To Senate
The Senate Interior Committee voted unanimously to grant statehood to Alaska and Hawaii. Bills expected to be called up next January. objections raised by Sen. Gordon Allott over concerns about labor movement subversives in Hawaii after a strike paralyzed the island.
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Washington
ULP
Senate Interior Committee
Alaska
Hawaii
Senate
Congress
Gordon Allott
R-Colo
Two Confessions in Sheppard Case Drawn Up
DeLand Florida two attorneys obtained a signed murder confession from Donald Wedler in the 1954 Marilyn Sheppard slaying. The signed statement may be used to reopen Dr Samuel Sheppard's life prison case. Gov O Neil dismissed the confession as a closed book. Erle Stanley Gardner and Court of Last Resort officials considered continuing work on the case.
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Deland
Fla
Florida
Samuel Sheppard
William Corrigan
Fred Garmone
Cleveland
Ohio
Donald J. Wecter
Corrigan
Sam
Wedler
Marilyn Sheppard
Donald J. Wedler
State Attorney’s Office
Sheriff's Office
Gardner
Lourt
Fisenhower's Son Attends Castillo Armas Funeral in Guatemala City
Maj John Eisenhower son of U S president represented his father at the funeral of Guatemalan President Carlos Castillo Armas. A pontifical Mass was held in the Cathedral as Castillo Armas was buried in the general cemetery after being assassinated by a communist infiltrator in his guard. The government said over 100 Guatemalans were arrested on suspected complicity.
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Guatemala City
Carlos Castillo, Armas
Maj
John Eisenhower
America
Castillo
Odilia
Jacobo Arbenz
Romeo Vasquez Sanchez
Riverside Leader Dies
Funeral services were held today for Richard B. Hampson a prominent Riverside banker and civic leader who died Sunday at age 70.
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Riverside
Richard B. Hampson
Hampson
Brief Truce In Civil Rights Debate
Senate Republicans and southern Democrats agreed to a two day truce on the civil rights bill to address urgent business and possibly resume full debate later. Knowland signaled willingness to stay in session into winter if needed while Russell indicated continued opposition but a pause for backlog relief. President Eisenhower urged rejection of a jurvey mos trial amendment and a health ministry report noted orange juice vitamin C use for older children should stop, drawing criticism from London papers.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
White House
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Knowland
Eisenhower
Health Ministry
London
Daily Express
New Ambassador Not Up On His Assignment
Maxwell H. Gluck, newly named U S ambassador to Ceylon, admitted to a Senate panel he did not know Ceylon's prime minister. He later learned the name Solomon Bandaranaike while studying the country. He testified at a July 2 closed hearing and the nomination was approved the next day.
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Washington
U.S
Ceylon
Ohio
Maxwell H. Gluck
Solomon Bandaranaike
State Department
Gluck
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
GOP
Belgium
Clifford Folger
Far ‘East
India
Sen John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Jawaharlal Nehru
Orange Juice Outlay Questioned by Health Ministry
London health ministry officials said they feared spending 28 million dollars of taxpayers money on orange juice for children up to five years old was unnecessary. A panel of diet experts reported after years of investigation that free juice for all young children was not needed.
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London
Health Ministry
Senator Russell on Jury Trial Bill and Negro Jury Limit Proposal
Senator Russell reiterated that sponsors of the bill have enough votes to defeat the jury trial proposal. He noted the southern bloc discussed altering the amendment from Senator Joseph C. O Mahoney but did not change their support. Russell observed a Neu berger proposal limiting jury trials to areas with Negro jurors lacks practical machinery and noted Negroes serve on federal juries in all states.
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Russell
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Leopold Denies Clemency for Thrift Slayer Leopold
Governor Stratton refused clemency for Nathan Leopold, who helped murder Bobby Franks in 1924. Leopold will serve the remaining term of his 85 year sentence, though parole remains a possible future option with a rehearing petition. The Parole and Pardon Board did not support executive clemency.
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Springfield
William G. Stratton
Nathan Leopold
Stratton
Leopold
Bobby Franks
Parole and Pardon Board
Pardon and Parole Board
Fire consumes two blocks in San Rafael shops
A wind driven blaze swept San Rafael's main street destroying more than a dozen stores on two block fronts. Damage was estimated at two million dollars. Fire Chief C. M. Johanson called it the worst fire in the history of San Rafael.
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San Rafael
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
C. M. Johanson
MacArthur Blasts Taxes At Sperry Rand Meeting
General Douglas MacArthur, head of Sperry Rand, denounced rising taxes as the era’s greatest threat to free enterprise. He called the tax burden oppressive, linked it to creeping inflation, and said Americans will pay more to government than for food, clothing, medical care and religious activities combined. He cited per capita taxes rising from 1.98 in 1885 to 446.86 in 1956.
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MacArthur
Sperry Rand
Eisenhower Moves To Curb Oil Imports Plan
U S Congressmen from oil and coal states welcomed President Eisenhower's approval of a cabinet study recommending voluntary oil import cuts about 20 percent. If not achieved, quotas could be imposed, with weeks and months needed to gauge success. Critics questioned exemptions for West Coast imports. others called for swift action to protect domestic producers. A second brief notes Brookfield Zoo announcing a new gnu offspring.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Fred A. Seaton
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
CAB vetoes military ban on air space
Washington AP report says the Civil Aeronautics Board vetoed the military’s right to declare vast air space off limits to commercial planes and awarded the Civil Aeronautics Administration broad authority over dwindling airspace. The CAB criticized the military for encroaching on civilian routes and taking action without legal authority.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Woman 76 Tackles Thief In Defense Era Notice
A 76 year old woman is cited as tackling a thief as the CAB proposes stricter air space controls. The board argues current rules allowed civilian planes in only defense related zones and seeks public comment on new rules requiring CAA approval before declaring restricted air space except in emergencies.
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CAB
NM Wuastle - UN - Lyne
Grandmoth Cab
CAA
Dulles Presses Open Skies Bid In London Talks
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles began a mission in London to salvage theDisarmament Conference and win approval for Eisenhower's open skies plan. He met Harold Stassen and Western delegates to keep negotiations alive against Moscow's opposition.
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London
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Canada
Soviet Union
Stassen
Cmdr
Alan Noble
Jules Moch
David Johnston
Foreign Office
Dulles
U.S
Lloyd
John Hay Whitney
Moscow
Fake Iwo Jima Hero Accused
A 34 year old man who appeared on national television as a survivor of the Iwo Jima flag raising faced Grand Jury action on a charge of illegally wearing a military uniform. Arthur Samuel Funair, a former Pensacola Naval Air Station football team trainer, was arrested by FBI agents Friday and arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Theodore Hocke. He waived a preliminary hearing and wore the uniform along with campaign and citation ribbons on July 4. The offense carries up to six months imprisonment and a $250 fine, or both.
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FBI
John F. Malone
Edith Allison Pursues Thief John Muir After Camera Theft
Edith Allison spotted John Muir, 37, an unemployed painter, leaving her daughter's apartment with a stolen camera. She chased and subdued him until police arrived. Muir was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment Monday.
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