Wilson Plans Air Buildup Amid Defense Debates
Secretary of Defense Wilson backs heavy air power and smaller ground forces despite Ridgway protests and congressional opposition. He cited Eisenhower approval of 46 million dollars added to Marine Corps funds and paused the money for review while Geneva summit looms. Ridgway criticized nuclear emphasis in a farewell letter ahead of his June 30 retirement as Army chief.
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Eisenhower
Congress
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Ridgway
Army
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Peiping urges Far East Four to discuss regional tension
Peiping radio, citing People's Daily, calls for the Big Four to address the Far Eastern situation amid Red China’s stance on Formosa. It criticizes U S reluctance to talk and warns against moves that could heighten war risk while noting a conciliatory tone and support for the heads of government meeting.
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Peiping Radio
People’s Daily
Chinese Communist Party
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First Grandson Born At Home In Newburyport Hurry
Mrs Francis OConnor aged 39 became a grandmother when Patricia OConnor who was visiting her mother in law yesterday delivered a baby at the home just twenty minutes before a doctor and nurse arrived.
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Newburyport
Mass
Francis O'Connor
Patricia O'Connor
Boa bites zookeeper at Parkway Zoo in Asheville
Attendant Kenneth Sexton was bitten three times by a boa constrictor he was holding at Park Way Zoo Asheville. He said the nonpoisonous snake appeared angered when a boy squeezed its tail. The bites were not serious.
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N. C
Kenneth Sexton
Parkway Zoo
Hunger strike by mother over son in Public Health Service
A Coral Gables mother declared her draft-eligible son’s entry into the U.S. Public Health Service as a loss of freedom and began a hunger strike she vowed would continue until she dies. She framed her protest as a protest against military service and conscription.
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Fla.p
U.S
Public Health Service
Shower Breakup Improves Wide Weather Picture
Showers across the Southwest to the Mississippi Valley and in northern New England and the Pacific Northwest broke up a generally fair and warm day. Early fog lingered in the southern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley as temperatures ranged from the 60s to 70s, with Oregon and Washington coasts in the 50s amid showers.
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Associated Press
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Mississippi Valley
New England
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Oregon
Washington Coast
County OKs $5.5 Million Rogero Bridge Plan Unanimously
The Board of County Commissioners approved a $5,500,000 Rogero bridge plan with a 10 cent toll for a four lane bridge across Sarasota Bay to St Armands Key and a two lane link to Lido and Siesta Keys. The plan includes state operation for five years and tolls aimed at bond repayment. Commissioner Nelson voiced concern over toll access and bond feasibility, while Commissioner Leach provided a proxy favorable vote from the hospital after a heart attack. The resolution calls for pedestrian access, Bayfront Drive construction with federal help, and bond validation in Sarasota County along with diversion of excess bond funds to retire old bonds.
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State Road Board
al Rogero
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Siesta Keys
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Leach
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Highway 41
Geneva talks in Moscow see foe and friend in war language
Soviet propaganda stirs hope for peace at the Geneva summit but lays groundwork to blame the West if talks fail. Moscow officials and Pravda paint outsiders as warmongers while stressing a limited relaxation of tensions.
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Geneva
Russia
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West
Newsmen Restricted as Big Four Summit Opens
More than 1,200 reporters witness a partial return to secret diplomacy at Geneva as summit sessions seal off observers. Press officers agree to release speeches after each session unless blocked, allowing briefings and cross delegation summaries to circulate.
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Geneva
United Nations
Fort Myers Beats Bradenton In 16 6 junior baseball game
In Payne Park Fort Myers defeated Bradenton 16 to 6 in the District Eight American Legion junior baseball tournament opening game this morning. Also notes mention Meany blasting Miami and Miami Beach as a no mans land for workers and a push for an effective reserve bill by Senator Russell and Adenauer's Geneva trip.
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Eisenhower
Dinner May Ease Tensions at Geneva Summit
President Eisenhower prepares a dinner at Lake Geneva for Marshal Zhukov Premier Bulganin and other Soviet delegates ahead of the summit. The informal gathering could ease world tensions and set a tone for the talks. Dulles and Bohlen, plus other U.S. delegation members, are invited.
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Eisenhower
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Moscow
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Bowles resigns NAACP presidency in Milford Delaware
Milford Delaware Bryant Bowles quits as president of the National Association for the Advancement of White People citing lack of interest in the presegregation organization he helped found. He spoke to 250 to 300 at Harrington Airport saying he won t help people who don t help themselves. Bowles led a fight to prevent integration of Negro pupils at all white schools here last fall and will return to Florida. The Delaware Board of Education has been ordered to submit integration plans by August 15 after Supreme Court rulings against school segregation.
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Del
Bryant Bowles
National Assn. For
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Delaware Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Reapportionment Bill Mirrors Vetoed Measure In Florida
The Florida House considers a bill to award a senator to Bay Monroe Sarasota and Manatee counties. An amended version would place Charlotte with Hardee Highlands and De Soto, matching a vetoed Bay Monore plan. Also on the docket are rules to cut recesses and curb absenteeism as the 44th day of the session approaches.
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Collins
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Monroe
Sarasota
Manatee
Bay-Monroe
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Hardee
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Senate
Minnie Mermaid Seeks Bridge Span After Heavy Rains
Minnie Mermaid notes widespread approval of the Rogers bridge plan totaling 5.5 million dollars. She urges funding for a personal access span from her front door to the road citing flooded yard conditions after persistent rains.
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Minnie Mermaid
Weather Outlook and Coastal Forecast for Florida
The Sarasota area and Florida coast expect partly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tomorrow. Winds will be gentle to moderate and variable. Highs today range from 89 to 95 degrees, with beaches cooler at 86 to 88. Nighttime lows 68 to 74, southeast coast and keys 75 to 80. Read more in the Sports Section for tides and almanac data.
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Herb Stolander
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Unified Germany Is Sought
President Eisenhower flies toward Geneva for the Big Four talks after urging progress toward peace. In Iceland he meets with President Asgeirsson and John Muccio before continuing to the conference. He presents a six point plan to reduce arms and aid development while calling for German unification with safeguards for Soviet interests. He urges more freedom for Eastern European satellite nations.
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Bright Spot Murphy and Pat Duel Over Casey Encounter
In a tense exchange, Pat warns that Casey’s repeated chest slaps break Pat’s pipe and could blow his hand off. Murphy notes the moment as a tense, potentially dangerous escalation in an informal confrontation.
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Pat
Casey
Too Friendly Houston Man Loses Billfold After Chat
Aaron Glazier told police a friendly stranger sat on his wooden leg during a conversation but he minded losing his billfold containing $65. The incident occurred in Houston.
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Aaron Glazier
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