Explosions Rock Sylvania Lab in Bayside Queens
Two blasts damaged a Sylvania Electric facility in Bayside Queens injuring an estimated 25 people. Nine employees hospitalized as firemen and police were exposed to possible radioactive material while Air Force and Fort Totten personnel secured the area and AEC investigators arrived. The cause remains under study.
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Sylvania Electric Products Co
Bayside
Queens
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
New York City
Wilson Says AF Funds To Be Saved
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told the Senate subcommittee that the 900 million dollar Air Force funding increase will not be earmarked for B-52 production now. He said there is no Air Force plan to accelerate production and the funds will be used as needed, not locked away. Jackson pressed about impounding or speeding up deliveries.
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Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Air Force
Wilson
Senate Air Investigating Subcommittee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Soviet Decree Says Liquidation of Stalin Was Not Feasible
Pravda reports Central Committee explains leaders avoided liquidating Stalin after his death citing popular support, fear of undermining party unity, and dangerous consequences amid capitalist encirclement. It cites Beria’s actions and limited information as factors in inaction.
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Moscow
INS
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Communist Party
Pravda
Central Committee
Ringling Bros Tent Rips in New York High Winds
Big wind tears Ringling Bros top tent in New York as performers rush to safety. The circus treks onward while crews assess damage and set up a replacement shelter.
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Ringling Bros
New York
Guards, 8 Prisoners Wounded In Indiana Reformatory Riot
Rioters armed with knives and clubs seized guards and marched on the administration building at the Indiana Reformatory in Pendleton. Eight inmates and two guards were wounded by shotgun fire. mess hall damaged. a guard was taken hostage but released with others. State troopers stood by to prevent a recurrence. damage estimated around $500.
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Pendleton
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Reformatory
R. D. Barnes
Anderson
Indianpolis
Airliner Crash Kills 128 in Grand Canyon Wreck
Helicopter crews begin recovering bodies from a double airliner crash in Arizona's Grand Canyon. United Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 totaled 128 dead. Among victims were a Kansas City family of four and Dennis J. Phelan Jr., en route home for his child’s birth.
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Trans World Airlines
California
TWA
Miller
Eisenhower consults aides at Gettysburg farm amid speculation
President Eisenhower, with Sherman Adams and aides, conferred at his Gettysburg farm on White House business. Hagerty denied plans to remain there until July 19 or announce term intentions. The couple marked their 40th wedding anniversary while guests included the Heatons for the weekend.
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Sherman Adams
White House
Washington
Adams
Gerald Morgan
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Wayne Hawks
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Walter Reed Hospital
Ite House
Gettysburg College
Nathan 8. Twining
Air Force
Russia
Mas. Gen
Eisenhowers
Heatons
County Receives Record Tax Roll
Sarasota County submitted a record tax roll of 86,108,112 dollars to the Board of Tax Equalization. The increase from last year is 8,894,892 dollars. The Board of County Commissioners heard one written and one verbal protest and referred both to a special committee of Commissioners Edwin McCann and A. D. Corson.
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Sarasota County
Board of Tax Equalization
Glover Ashby
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalizers
Edwin McCann
A.D. Corson
Red Polish Army seals East German border as Poznan crackdown widens
Eyewitness reports from Vienna claim Poznan bloodshed dwarfs official counts with up to 1000 dead and 240 tanks deployed to restore order. Western observers cite 200 to 600 deaths, while 2,500 arrested in a major purge as Red forces block highways and curb traffic to the west.
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Berlin
Poznan
Vienna
West Germany
Lack Of Money Stymies County Fair Development
Sarasota County faces funding hurdles for new agricultural buildings at the county fairgrounds. Architect Ralph A. Erickson presented plans for an exhibition hall and administration building. Commissioners led by Gustin M. Nelson doubt the county can bear the total cost despite state matching funds and a $10,000 county allocation.
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Sarasota County Fairgrounds
Board of County Commissioners
Ralph A. Erickson
Commission
Gustin M. Nelson
County Fair Assn
South African Gary Player Breaks Hoylake Course Record
Gary Player, a 20 year old from South Africa, set a new Hoylake course record with a 68 and led the opening qualifying round for the British Open as American challengers stumbled.
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Hoylake
England
Gary Player
America
Riots at Asbury Park Dance End With 12 Arrests
About 200 youths and attendees clashed around Convention Hall during a Saturday night dance at Asbury Park. Six youths and three juveniles were arrested, three hospitalized, and more than 50 officers from multiple communities restored order. Police said the fight involved both Black and white participants, though some witnesses noted whites fighting whites. The event occurred as VFW delegates filled the resort for a regional convention.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Convention Hall
Oceanfront
Monmouth County Police
James Leone
Joseph Friendland
Jersey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Sgt
Leone
Fire Department
Democrats Call Emergency Farm Tactics Meet
Democrats summon an emergency agriculture advisory group led by former Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard to counter Republican farm headquarters plans in Chicago. The group will work with top farm leaders to frame a campaign attacking Eisenhower on farm policy and milk and meat price support, with emphasis on rural voters and county level administration.
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Ins
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Agriculture Advisory Board
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Indiana
Senate
Congressional
Allen Ellender
D-La
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committees
Eisenhower
Democratic
Congress
Ike
Pet Soil
Republican
Dan Thornton
Colorado
America
GOP
Farm Belt
Izza Taft Benson
Collision evidence gathers in Grand Canyon air crashes
A large Army helicopter lands at Grand Canyon Airport to recover charred bodies from two airliner crashes. The Trans World Airlines Constellation slammed into Temple Butte, and United Airlines DC-7 went down near Chuar Butte. Authorities expect the first bodies from the TWA wreckage today as teams search the canyon bottom.
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INS
Grand Canyon
Trans World Airlines
Ple Butte
Chuar Butte
United Air Lines
Air Force
TWA
Mile Deep Canyon
United United
Lax
Colorado
Civil Aeronautics
U. S
Japan
Army
Colorado River
Temple Butte
Walter Spriggs
Howard Proctor
Rains Bring Hope for Drought as Showers Continue
In Sarasota area weather forecast shows partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs reach 88 to 94, lows 68 to 73, with gentle southerly winds. Marine East Gulf expects variable winds and scattered showers north and south portions. Readings at 9:30 a.m. show temperature 91.5, barometer 29.94, rainfall 0.02 inches, wind gentle.
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Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
East Gulf
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