Truman's Condition Improves Despite Serious Delays
Former President Truman's condition was improved and less serious, with enteritis greatly improved. He remained on the serious list, taking less sedation, showing a better color, and remaining more alert after a restful night. Doctors reported slight fever and nourishment by mouth, with no pain noted. Visitors included Mrs. Truman and Miss Truman.
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Kansas City. Mo
Truman
Mr. Truman
Robert Adams
Adams
California
New York
Margaret
Binghamton
Research
Bess Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Rose Comray
Graham
Weather in Southern California coastal valleys Tuesday forecast
Mostly clear conditions with patches of early morning low clouds in coastal valleys. June 28, 1954 report notes high 80 and low 9 today, Sunday high 60, Saturday 77 with a 36 low. One year ago today high 89, low 52. Local quirks include a desert smoke signal anecdote ending with a humorously misspelled remark.
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California
CP. M
Orest
Blinded Veteran Rescues Three From Drowning
Ex Marine Charles Vines, blinded in Korea, saved Barbara Won 13 and Anne Lotuse Ball 18 from a swift Pascagoula River near Lucedale Mississippi. Companion Jamex Peacock 22, ill and unable to swim, was swept away. Vines guided by sound swam about 200 yards to reach the Wood girl and the Ball girl as she edged toward shore. They were taken to a Mobile hospital for shock and exposure.
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Mobile
Ala
Charles Vines
Korea
Barbara Won
Anne Lotuse Ball
Pascagoulah River
Lucedale
Miss
Jamex Peacock
Vines
Barbara
James
Wood
Mustrean
Chen
Peacock
Marne
Rhee approves new premier amid Geneva tensions
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee has approved Pauan Yung Tae as prime minister replacing Paik Ton Chin. Sources say Rhee is unhappy with Puan’s Geneva methods but expects him to retain the foreign ministry port. The anti-Communist stance remains, with cautions on truce observations.
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Seoul
Korea
Seth Korean
Pauan Yung Tae
Syngman Rhee
Geneva
Pyon
Paik Ton Chin
Ressmen
Ines
Rhee
Puan
Knight and Bride-to-Be Attend Birthday Bash in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles UPI reports Governor Knight 37 and his fiancée Virginia Carlson 35 hosted a birthday party for Knight’s daughter Mari lyn and her father-in-law Cal Eaton. Knight’s daughter reached 27 on Saturday while Eaton is 46. The couple recently announced plans to marry in late July.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Gov Goodwin
Knight
Virginia Carlson
Marilyn
Maribe
Cal Eaton
Eaton
Gov. Knight
Carlson
Skin Diver Jack Nichols Drowns Off Catalina Island
Los Angeles teen Jack Nichols aged 18 drowned off Goat Harbor Catalina Island when swept by currents in a kelp bed. Nichols was part of a 17 diver group from a converted landing craft when the mishap occurred.
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Catalina Island
Jack Nichols
Los Angeles
Goat Harbor
Coast Guard
Nichols
Harbor Fire Flareups Sweep Los Angeles Harbor
A one million dollar LA harbor fire destroyed nine large gasoline tanks and damaged two others before being contained by firefighters. The flare started from pools of oil left from Friday’s explosion at Tidewater Associated Marine Terminal, threatening ships at anchor. Officials warned of possible further flareups as the area continued to smolder while investigators pursue a cause.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
Tidewater Associated Gi Company
Stl
Plas G. A. Alders
San Pedro
Meeanwhile
H. B. Haney
Tidewater Associates
China To Return Ship Soon Fuapse Seized tanker to be released without cargo
Taipei Formosa UP Foreign Office sources say Nationalist China has confiscated the Soviet tanker Tuapse with its oil and kerosene cargo but will return the ship to the Russians in a couple of days. The 9000 ton Tuapse was seized in Kaohsiung after halting its 8000 ton cargo headed for Red China.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Foreign Office
China
Formosan
Kaohsiung
Red China
French Planes In Raid On Eve Of Truce Talks
French planes raided Communist concentrations northwest of Hanoi on the eve of the first Indochina cease fire talks. They strafed Tebel troops at Sontay, a key port on the Red River, as talks were postponed amid rank disputes and secrecy. Negotiations, begun in Geneva, were delayed to Tuesday in a neutral zone north of Hanoi.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Tegaay
Sinc
Sontay
Red River
Scé
van Tien Dung
Geneva
Blythe Man Believed Drowned In Nevada
In Searchlight Nevada and Los Angeles two agencies began dragging operations at dawn to recover the body of Paul David Cresswell a 43 year old Blythe California fisherman believed drowned when his fishing boat capsized. The incident occurred yesterday and Elks national convention plans are set for Los Angeles next Sunday with more than 100000 members expected to attend.
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Searchlight
Nev
National
Los Angeles
90Th Park Rangers
National Elks
Paul David Cresswell
Blythe
Calif
Guatemala Outlaws Communists
Guatemala radio announced a three man military junta to govern the country and ban the Communist party. The proposed triumvirate is led by Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz with Col. Jose Angel Sanchez and Col. Luis Monz as the other members. An exiled movement had demanded Arbenz's arrest and removal from power, with talks of a cease-fire hinging on purging Communists from government.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Radio Today
Communist Party
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Argentina
Arbenz
Mexico City
San Salvador
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Jose Angel Sanchez
Luis Monzen
Carlos Castile Armas
Castilla Forcas
Diaz
Arhens
Castillo
Guatemala
Steel Bargaining Near Showdown
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers leaders meet to weigh a revised package from U.S. Steel as a June 30 midnight deadline nears for contracts covering 600000 workers. President David McDonald says a contract will be set but not radical, signaling progress after hush hush talks with U.S. Steel VP John Stenkens.
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Pittsburgh
CLO United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Corp
USW
David }. McDougald
Big Steel’ Board
Benjamin F. Fairless
McDonald
U.S. Steel
John A. Stenkens
Martin Sees Victory For GOP Farm Bill
Washington reports Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. predicts an administration win in the week’s farm policy showdown while criticizing potential Democratic obstruction. Senate leader Knowland says no new Eisenhower speech needed though admin efforts continue with Nixon and Benson to rally public support.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin Jr
House
United States
House Conference of Legislative
Martin
Senate
Willam F. Knowland
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Ezra T. Benson
Rescue Of 438 Hampered By New Flood Waters
LANGTRY TEX UP New flood waters surged down the Rio Grande on top of record crests hampering the rescue of 438 stranded motorists and railroad passengers. Browns ville Weather Bureau warns the Rio Grande will crest at historic levels today and tomorrow between Del Rio and the Falcon Dam south of Laredo. The river floods Eagle Pass six blocks and Piedras Negras opposite Eagle Pass. Over 300 evacuated in Eagle Pass and more in Piedras Negras.
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Langtry
Tex
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
del Rio
Falton Dam
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Fiedras Negras
Mexico
Laughlin Air Force
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Limited
D. J. Sheehan
Edward Neill
San Antonio
Riverside Strato Tanker Crash Kills 14
A heavy overcast caused a KC-97 Strato Tanker crash on Box Springs Mountain near Riverside California killing 14 airmen. The Altus to Norton flight diverted due to fog and struck the peak at 3 08 am as wreckage and burning fuel spread over a city block. Among the dead is Second Lt Barrie D Middaugh a 23 year old navigator and local sports figure. The crash also lists the seven officers and airmen aboard with hometowns including RoSel le New Jersey Colton California and Worcester Massachusetts and notes March Air Force Base proximity.
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Riverside
Calif
AML
Box Springs
Altus Air Force Base
Oklahoma
March Air Force Base
Norton Air Force Base
Norton
Highway 60
March Afb
42Nd Air Rescue Squadron
Barrie D. Middaugh
William DB. Middaugh
16Th Street
San Bernardino
Middaugh
Barrie
Altus
Okla
River Side
al Ltus
Eisenhower Churchill Report on Southeast Asia Pact
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill said the United States and Britain will press forward with plans for collective defense in Southeast Asia. The joint communique after four days of talks offered no firm concessions on Indochina but hinted at broader action and unity in Western Europe and atomic cooperation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
United States
Britain
Southeast Asia
Far East
Indochina
United Action
Anthony Eden
France
Italy
Churchill
Statler Hotel
Eden
House of Commons
Western Europe
Asia
Geneva
U.S
Europe
EDC
Peace Board Leaves For Guatemala to Probe Fighting
The Inter American Peace Commission plans an on the spot inquiry into Guatemalan fighting, with Guatemalan charges against Honduras and Nicaragua to be examined. The group will depart for Guatemala City tonight and then visit Tegucigalpa and Managua to continue the fact finding.
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Washington
Inter- American Peace Commission
Guatemala
Alredo Chocano
Honduras
Nicaragua
Guatemala City
Guattemalan
Tegucigalpa
Managua
Hearings Open On FHA Scandals
Senate Banking Committee hearings into FHA scandals reveal alleged delays in reporting crimes and windfall profits from federally insured loans. Deputy Housing Administrator William McKenna testifies that DC builders gave gifts to FHA staff and the Dupont family profited $549,000 on a New Castle project. A subsidiary of Alleghany Corp. earned a $1 million service fee on a windfall project in Alexandria Virginia.
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United Press
Federal Housing Administration
William ¥. McKenna
Senate Banking Committee
FHA
Justice Department
District of Columbia
McKenna
Dupont Family
Delaware
New Castle
Del
Robert R. Young
Alleghany Corp
Alexandria
Eleven Orphaned By Chicago Wave
In Chicago eleven brothers and sisters vow to stick together after a giant Lake Michigan wave killed Mary Gabriel and left her husband Edward presumed dead. Divers search the lake bottom for the missing father and two others as about twenty people were swept from Wilmette to Michigan City.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Mary Gabriel
Montrose Harbor
Edward
Wilmette
Michigan City
Ind
North Ave
Plane lands in Santa Anita parking lot
Rex Corder and his nephew Cordell Corder landed a light trainer plane in the Santa Anita Park parking area after a fuel line clogged. The mishap occurred despite no races in progress, with the aircraft safely grounded on the track premises.
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Santa Anita Lot
Arcadia
Rex Corder
Santa Anita
Corder
West Covina
Cordell Corder
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