Marilyn Monroe Miller announce wedding plans in secrecy
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller confirmed a wedding to take place before July 13 in either New York or Connecticut. Miller disclosed plans while testifying before the House Un American Activities Committee in Washington, while Monroe spoke to reporters in New York.
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New York
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Connecticut
Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Washington
Marilyn
State Department
London
Laurence Olivier
New York City
Roxa Conn
Monroe
Truman Warns Britain and U S on Election Year Illusions
Former president Harry S Truman told a Pilgrims dinner in London that Britain and the United States must not be blinded by election year illusions to the threat from Communists. He cautioned allies to maintain unity and prudent strength amid shifting Western policies and public electoral pressures.
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Truman
Britain
U.S
London
Harry Truman
United States
The
Pilgrims
Icelanders broaden attack on Communists and US troops
Iceland's No 2 political party widened its campaign to target the Communists and U S forces at the NATO base ahead of parliamentary elections. The party calls Communists a foreign power and says voters should reject them, while Foreign Minister Gudmundsson vows to remove U S troops regardless of election results.
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Reykajavik
Iceland
U.S
NATO
Progressive Party
Kristinn Gudmundsson
Nations plan 87 nation atoms for peace conference
Representatives from 12 nations meet to finalize plans for an 87 nation conference on organizing an international atoms for peace agency. The meeting targets a September session in New York and Russian bids to invite Red China are anticipated. A separate notice reports a lost bicycle, Black Raynor, near the Florida Theatre with serial K 433702 and contact Chuck Mayer.
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New York
Russia
China
Black Raynor
Side of Florida Theatre
Chuck Mayer
Harriman Criticizes Civil Defense Planning in Hearing
New York Gov. Averell Harriman told a House subcommittee that the Eisenhower administration lacks a realistic effective civil defense plan. He blasted the current approach as failing to meet expanded responsibilities and warned that nuclear blast ranges and fallout areas have grown dramatically since 1950.
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New York
Averell Harriman
House
Harriman
Congress
Steel Wage Talks Back In Negotiation
New York reports the United Steelworkers Union resumes negotiations today with steel industry employers after a threat of strike. The 650,000 member union seeks a deadlocked contract settlement to avert disruption.
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New York
INS
United Steelworkers Union
Soviet Spy Charge In U.N. Probe
Dag Hammarskjold said he awaited U.S. data before acting on charges that a Soviet UN staffer tried to recruit a Russian refugee as a spy for Moscow. Michael Shatov in New York accused Aleksei Petukhov of pressuring him to defect. Rostislav Shapovalov and A. A. Sobolev denied comment. Lodge called the alleged Soviet activities most reprehensible. If substantiated, Soviet nationals may be expelled.
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United Nations, N. Y
INS
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
U. N
Moscow
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mikhael Shatov
New York
Aleksei Petukhov
Russia
Shatov
Petukhov
Rostislav Shapovalov
Are
A. A. Sobolev
Hammarskjold
Lodge
Washington
Soap Box Derby entries rise for Sarasota event
Entries mount for the Soap Box Derby classic as readers learn about community participation and local enthusiasm for the upcoming race.
Governor backs action to stop monkey fishing in St Johns River
Putnam County residents seek to halt illegal fishing described as monkey fishing. Governor Collins orders Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission to deploy extra wardens and enforce around the clock. Community groups urge public support for law enforcement to curb this practice.
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Tallahassee
Putnam County
St. Johns River
Collins
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
County Launches Air Attack on Mosquitoes
Sarasota County launches an extensive aerial spray and ground fogging campaign in a bid to curb a heavy mosquito invasion. Williams notes large spray area from the Atlantic Coast Line station to Bee Ridge Road and from county line to the coast. Fogging targets Englewood Manasota Key Venice areas tonight with inland impact less severe. Residents report mixed conditions while officials reference past seasons and quicker action this year.
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J. Melton Williams
Williams
Sarasota County
Atlantic Coast Line
Main Street
Bee Ridge Road
Englewood
Manasota Key
Venice
Keys
Senate considers full Capitol search after wiretap scare
A Defense Department probe of Sen Lehman’s office sparked a Capitol uproar as calls grew for a full electronic sweep of the Capitol to root out wiretapping devices. Senate leaders apologized and ordered look into police conduct, with lawmakers urging experts to assess telephones and walls for hidden microphones.
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Washington
Defense Department
Sen. Lehman
D-Ny
Senate
Lehman
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Ices
Majority
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Sen. Green
D-Ri
Senate Rules Committee
Johnson
Capitol Police Force
Man Goes Berserk Kills Three In Ohio Shooting
A 31-year-old man enraged by a quarrel with his wife used a car to ram and fire on people, killing two sisters-in-law and a girl and wounding a man. A kidnapped girl’s body was found in a ditch nearby as a statewide hunt began for Alfred Wilson of Leavittsburg.
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Warren
Ohio
Here
Harry Crozier
Alfred Wilson
Lea
Tillett Criticism Ordered Stricken
Polk County grand jury criticism of former state Rep. Boone Tillett was stricken from the record by Circuit Judge William P. Allen. The judge ruled the grand jury had no authority to charge Tillett with motive in alleging former state Sen. Harry King paid him $10,000 to withdraw from the Senate race.
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Bartow
Boone Tillett
Polk County State Senate
William P. Allen
Tillett
Harry King
Senate
Bright Spot Dialogue on A Daughter’s Marriage Prospects
A domestic exchange between a couple questions marriage timing. The husband reassures his wife and dismisses aging concerns, saying no girl sixteen months is an old maid and marriage could come later.
Defense Chief Target of Bipartisan Attack
Senate leaders from both parties assailed Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson for calling the Senate plans to raise Air Force funding phony. Johnson and Knowland defended Congress’s independent judgment while Chavez, Jackson, and Saltonstall questioned Wilson’s broader credibility and called for closer scrutiny of air power requests.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Lyndon Johnson
Wilson
GOP
William F. Knowland
Congress
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Mjohnson
Air Force
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Jackson
Donald Quarles
Quarles
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Republican Party
GOP Meet To Set Up Convention
Washington committee on arrangements meets to finalize plans for the Republican National Convention as President Eisenhower recuperates in Walter Reed Hospital. Leonard W. Hall leads the 46 member panel and keeps plans active on the assumption of a second term. Democrats meanwhile urge their nominee.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Walter Reed Hospital
Hall
Minnie Sees Weather Rut As Pleasant Forecast
In Sarasota and Florida, partly cloudy skies prevail through Saturday with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Highs reach 85 to 96 degrees, nights around 68 to 76, winds variable and gentle to moderate. The East Gulf marine forecast notes calm to light breezes and similar shower chances. Readings at 9:30 a.m. show 82 degrees, no rainfall, and a 29.94 barometer.
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Sarasota
Florida
East Gulf
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
N.W
School Survey Report To Be Handed To Board
The Sarasota County Board of Public Instruction will meet Tuesday to consider the final report of the state school building survey. State surveyors visited in April to study county schools and suggest future building needs. Preliminary recommendations were issued after the survey, with the final report due on Tuesday.
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Sarasota County
Red Leader Accused As Triggerman in Beria Death
Paris dispatch reports socialist sources claim Anastas Mikoyan was the trigger man in Lavrenti Beria's 1953 killing at a Kremlin Politburo meeting. Khrushchev allegedly revealed the secret to Soviet officials following Beria's purge and execution in December 1953.
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Paris
INS
Anastas Mikoyan
Red
Lavrenti P. Beria
Mikoyan
Beria
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Stalin
Moscow
Special Judicial Commission
U.S.S.R. Supreme Court
Politburo
Three Women Die in Princeton Hospital Fire
A fire at a private hospital and nursing home in Princeton NJ killed three women two of whom were described as mentally disturbed The blaze destroyed an eight wing section and left authorities investigating the cause and safety lapses Both victims and officials are named in local reports and inquiries follow the tragedy
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