Squaw Valley Wins 1960 Winter Games Host Bid
International Olympic Committee selects Squaw Valley California as site for the 1960 Winter Games after a five hour debate. Key factor was Alexander Cushing who argued municipal status, defeating Innsbruck on a 32 to 30 second ballot amid scrutiny by European delegates.
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PETER UEBERSAX
United Press Sports
PARIS
Squaw Valley
Calif
Sierra Nevada range
International Olympic Committee
Innsbruck
Austria
U. S
Alexander C. Cushing
California
Albert Mayer
Switzerland
Cushing
Otto Mayer
United States
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
St. Moritz
Constantin Adranov
Adrianov
Sierra Nevadas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Reno
Nev
Dixon and Yates Split On Eisenhower Power Plan Vote
In Washington on June 17 the Dixon Yates power plan faced a House vote. Rep. Henry A Dixon Utah Republican backed the administration against building a substitute TVA plant by 198 to 169. Rep. Sidney R Yates Illinois Democrat supported TVA and opposed Dixon Yates.
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WASHINGTON
Dixon
Yates
Eisenhower
Henry Aldous Dixon
Utah
TVA
Sideney R. Yates
Ilinois
Adenauer Sets Tough Conditions for Moscow Visit
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, in New York for talks with the Big Three, said he would require three conditions before agreeing to a Moscow visit. He demands the release of more than 9,000 German war prisoners, no recognition of East Germany by West Germany, and no acceptance of the Oder-Neisse line as Germany’s eastern frontier.
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NEW YORK
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Russia
Adenauer
U. S
Waldorf Astoria
West Germany
Oder- Neisse line
Germany
John Foster Dulles
Britain
Harold McMillan
Antoine Pinay
France
V. M. Molotov
San Francisco
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
United Nations
Geneva
Films Safe Studios Say in Kefauver Probe
LA June 17 The motion picture industry argued that current films are not more harmful to youths than biblical stories of crime and vice. Lou Greenspan of the MPIC rebutted the Kefauver juvenile delinquency subcommittee and contrasted film content with Bible tales. He cited scenes involving James Cagney and Mae Clark and noted Clifton Webb’s on screen gag, insisting theater content does not drive juvenile harm while calling civilization a powder keg after three wars.
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LOS ANGELES
Lou Greenspan
Motion Picture Industry Council
Estes Kefauver
Senate
Kefauver
Greenspan
James H. Bobo
James Cagney
Mae Clark
Clifton Webb
House bill would move holidays to Mondays for long weekends
A House judiciary subcommittee will hold hearings on a bill to shift seven federal holidays to be observed on Mondays. If enacted, New Year’s Day and Washington’s Birthday along with Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving would fall on Mondays to create three day weekends.
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WASHINGTON
WPIA House judiciary subcommittee
Congress
John H. Ray
R-N
Veteran Producer John Golden Dies at 80 in Bayside Home
John Golden, renowned American play producer and dean of Broadway creators, died in his sleep at his Bayside Long Island home yesterday or early today. He produced numerous hits over a 45 year career and would have turned 81 on June 27.
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NEW YORK
John Golden
Bayside
L. L
Golden
Radio Star Held After Train Ticket Dispute
Newark, June 17. UP reports radio’s former Henry Aldrich star Fura Stone and his wife were arrested after he refused to let a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor punch his ticket. Bond was posted for $50 for release. He will appear before Magistrate Harry Pine next Friday on disorderly conduct charges. Stone said the train was 45 minutes late and he told the conductor to punch his ticket 45 minutes late.
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NEWARK
N. J
Fura Stone
Henry Aldrich
Stone
Harry Pine
Allotment Sought For Rora Project
Senator Magnuson urged a Senate appropriations subcommittee to provide 500000 for a start on a power plant for the Rora Reclamation Project in Washington. The Reclamation Bureau request was denied by the Budget Bureau and not included in the House budget restoration. A USAF pilot died when his F 86 Sabrejet crashed into a house at Komaki Air Base Nagoya during landing.
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WASHINGTON
wri
Warren G. Magnuson
DWash
Senate appropriations
Reclamation Bureau
Budget Bureau
House
TOKYY
Komaki
Nagoya
Air Force
Reserve Bill Passage Urged By President
President Eisenhower urged quick passage of the armed forces reserve bill during a closed circuit broadcast from the Pentagon after the Operation Alert atomic survival exercise. He warned cities would be front lines in a real attack and emphasized reserves over distant active divisions. The House delay stemmed from an amendment to outlaw segregation in National Guard units.
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U. S
Eisenhower
Congress
Pentagon
House
Senate
Arthur M. Flemming
Val Peterson
Peterson
Gettysburg
John Doud
Washington
San Francisco
United Nations
U. W
Dag Hammarskjold
White House
James C. Hagerty
Nautilus completes six week shakedown cruise
Ends Cruise. The atomic powered submarine USS Nautilus has completed its six week shakedown and is docked at Groton for upkeep. Since launching January 21 it has logged over 10,000 miles under nuclear power and made 180 dives. The voyage included submerged trip from New London to San Juan.
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NEW LONDON
Conn
Groton
Navy
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Caribbean
Three U. S. Aides Ousted by Soviets
London reports say three assistant U. S. military attaches Lt. Col. John S. Benson Capt. Walter Mule and Capt. William R. Stroud were expelled from Moscow and declared persona non grata. Home addresses unavailable. Incidents linked to a May event but cause unclear.
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LONDON
U. S
Russia
Weens
John S. Benson
Walter Mule
William R.Stroud
Benson
1st Army
Ft. Jay
U. S. State Department
Moscow
New Security Quiz Planned
The Senate government operations committee approved a bill to form a bipartisan commission to probe the government’s employee security program. The 12 member panel would be named by the President, vice president, and speaker with four members from each, limited to two per party. It could issue subpoenas and compel testimony within national security limits and would report after 1956 elections.
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WASHINGTON
UPl
Senate government operations committee
bipartisan commission
Karl E. Mundt
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Sam J. Ervin
N. C
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Nationalists Plan Atomic Meet Mission
Nationalist China announced it will send a six man delegation to the international atomic energy conference in Geneva next August. The move follows the signing in Washington of a United States Nationalist Chinese agreement under which China will participate in the atoms for peace program.
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TAIPEI
Formosa
China
Geneva
U. S
Washington
Barge Capsizes in Gulf. 43 Saved Near Grand Isle
NEW ORLEANS June 17 The tug Delilah rescued 43 men from a drilling barge that capsized about four miles south of Grand Isle Louisiana The Coast Guard reported no drownings An earlier report indicated a 36 aboard wear capsized about 46 miles east southeast of Grand Isle
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NEW ORLEANS
Gulf of Mexico
Grand, Isle
Coast Guard
Grand Iste
Senate Extends Draft And Reserves Measure
The Senate approved a four year extension of the draft and a related compulsory reserve bill after a brief debate. Chairman Richard B. Russell called the extension the keystone of defense. A two year extension of the doctor draft was also approved. both measures go to the House.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
Richard B. Russell
armed services committee
Seamen Win Guaranteed Annual Wage Pact
New York June 17 The CIO seamen agreement ends threat of a strike by promising a form of guaranteed annual wage to more than 20 000 unlicensed seamen. Several CIO unions still negotiating for engineers and radio operators while tanker operators await a similar pact. The National Maritime Union resumes talks with operators, pressuring follow the pattern set by others. Ten operators sign a full page ad asking Joseph Curran why reward quitting.
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NEW YORK
UPR
CIO
tcensed
une sons
National Maritime Union
NMU
Joseph Curran
Curran
scamer
Truck Driver Held In Newsman's Death
A 25-year-old Chinese truck driver On Gah Too was charged in Singapore with being a member of the mob that killed United Press reporter Gene Symonds during riots. He faced unlawful assembly charges and was ordered held over until June 24 for further hearing.
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SINGAPORE
United Press
Gene Symonds
On Gah
Gene D. Symonds
Pact Approved for Austrian Peace Treaty by Senate
The Senate approved the Austrian peace treaty 63 to 3 after hours of debate. The pact restores Austria’s independence and allows rearmament as a neutral, aiming to strengthen the U S position before the Big Four talks. Only Jenner Mallone and McCarthy voted against the treaty.
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WASHINGTON
UPi
Senate
Austria
United States
William E. Jenner
Jenner
George W. Malone
Newsprint Controls Continue in Britain Amid Balance of Payments Tensions
London June 17 Peter Thorne, president of the British Board of Trade, said newsprint controls remain in place ten years after the war and are tied to Britain's balance of payments problems. He could not forecast how long rationing will continue.
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LONDON
h—Peter"Thorneye
British Board of Trade
Britain
Reds Blamed As Churches Set Aflame
Buenos Aires reports say an abortive revolution left 200 to 400 dead or fatally hurt, as President Juan Due ren narrowly escaped danger. UP-Quez returned to the city amid debris and hostile crowds. Police and army blocked access to battle sites and cleaned wreckage after several hazardous devices were exploded.
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BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
Quez
Juan Dueren
Peron facing rebel uprisings across Argentina provinces
Reports from UP Radio indicate a rebellion against President Juan D. Peron spreading from Buenos Aires surroundings to provinces Hurling naval forces at Puerto Belgrano, and uprisings in Rosario Cordoba Corrientes and Entre Rios as unofficial monitors pick up rebel broadcasts.
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MONTEVIDEO
Uruguay
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Buenos Arrea
Puerto Belgrano
Atlantic
Peron
Rosario
Cordoba
Corrientes
Entre Rios
Peron narrowly escapes as Buenos Aires rebels burn churches
Uprising leaves 345 dead and 600+ wounded per La Nacion. Peron, not injured, blames Communists in a nation broadcast after retreating from the army ministry balcony. Rebels strike central Buenos Aires as police seal streets and armories are looted. several churches and Catholic properties burn near Plaza de Mayo and Gobierno House.
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La Nacion
navy
Peron
army
heliicopter
army building
finance ministry
arolley-bus
Buenos Aires
Grand
15 De Mayo
Lreandra Alem
Rosetti
Mayou
Sarmiento
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