Threats Rise Over Iceland and Egypt as NATO Faces Setbacks
AP reports serious setbacks threaten NATO with Icelandic elections over Keflavik base and Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser facing drift toward a pro Soviet policy. Officials warn losing Icelandic base or Soviet influence in Egypt could fracture Western unity and threaten Suez control.
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Iceland
Egypt
John M. Hightower
Washington
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United States
Russia
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Moscow
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Greece
Turkey
Europeans Riot at Casbah Over Arms Clash
In Algiers fifteen hundred European rioters marched on the Casbah demanding arms to fight Muslim rebels using the quarter as a base. Violence broke out at the Casbah edge. two Muslims and one European were injured and a Muslim accused of firing at a European was killed by a policeman.
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Algiers
Algeria
Casbah
Personal Pleasure Noted GOP Plans Draw Presidential OK
President Eisenhower expressed personal pleasure over Republican National Convention plans drawn up by GOP leaders for a likely run. Langlie named keynote. Hagerty said no political plans light. Hospital bulletin says recovery could allow discharge in about a week, with varying estimates from doctors.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Arthur B. Langlie
National Committee
Leonard Hall
Hagerty
T .E
Newest Vets Bill Unveiled
Chairman Olin Teague unveiled a lower cost veterans bill aimed at helping seriously disabled veterans as a substitute for the committee bill backed by the American Legion. The plan would cost about 200 million dollars the first year with uncertain later costs and faces a House floor vote amid strong administration opposition.
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Washington
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
House Veterans Affairs Committee
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American Legion
Eisenhower
Rayburn
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House
Reds Claim Downed Nationalist Bomber Over Kiangsi
Hong Kong dispatch reports that Communist China says Red forces shot down a Nationalist Chinese bomber over Shangjao in Kiangsi province. The bomber from Formosa reportedly went down in flames and initial details were sparse.
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INS
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Shangjao
Kiangsi
Communist New China News Agency
Formosa
Fire destroys hay storage shed near Belspur
Fire at Sababo Ranch in Belspur destroys 300 bales of hay in a sheet metal shed at 8:45 a.m. yesterday. Fruitville volunteers battled four hours to save adjacent buildings while hay inside the Sarasota Shippers and Growers packing house escaped damage. Firefighters Gene Killen Carl Brewer J H Tucker Jr Francis James Elwin Todd and Lester Price assisted.
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Fruitville
Gene § Killen
Carl Brewer
J. H. Tucker Jr
Francis James
Elwin Todd
Lester Price
Pulitzer Winner Beick In Town
Mackinlay Kantor, Sarasota's Pulitzer prize winning author, is back in town. He arrived June 14 from Europe aboard the SS Independence and has been visiting relatives in New York on business before returning to his Shell Road residence.
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Sarasota
Kantor
Anderson
Ille
Pulitzer Committee
Shell Road
Europe
Independence
New York
Hammarskjold to visit Moscow amid Middle East tensions
Dag Hammarskjold will travel to Moscow on July 2 for talks with Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov on Soviet policy and the Middle East. He then heads to Yugoslavia to meet Marshal Tito after discussions with leaders in Warsaw and Prague.
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United Nations
N. Y
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Moscow
Dmitri Shepilov
Middle East
U.N
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Warsaw
Prague
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Hammarskjold
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Khushchev
Shepnoy
Egypt
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Sheptov
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Israel
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Security Council
Iron Curtain
Tito
Cairo
India
Soviet Union
Twining In Moscow For Air Power Show
General Nathan Twining and nine senior U.S. officers visited Moscow for the air power show to observe Soviet equipment and meet Russian air leaders. Ambassador Bohlen introduced the group to Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Konev and Chief Marshal Zhiga. a Zhukov meeting was canceled.
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Nathan Twining
Moscow
Vnukovo
Ivan S. Konev
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
Pavel Zhigarev
Nathan F. Twining
Russia
U.S. Air Force
Ivans. Konev
Twining
Paval Zhiga
Washington
U. S
Sovietskaya
Georgi Zhukov
Dehydrated water pills fool Atlanta housewife
An Atlanta housewife bought a 25 cent box of dehydrated water pills from a traveling salesman who claimed one pill would make a quart of water. She later questioned the product in disbelief, imagining how water could be removed from water and speculating the salesman was a college student testing a joke.
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Atlanta
INS
Evelyn Henner
North Side
Soviet Offers Unconditional Aid Backing Arab States
In Damascus Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov met with Syria’s Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee after closed talks with Arab leaders. Nazem Kudsi thanked Moscow for support at the UN as discussions covered Algeria and the Arab-Israeli dispute. No concrete trade terms were announced.
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Syria
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Dmitri Shepilov
Ihsan Jabri
Algeria
Jabri
Nazem Kudsi
Shepilov
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Sabri Assali
Salah Bittar
Shepilov- Bittar
Nasser
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Britain
World Bank
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Egypt
Malenkov
U S Agrees to Help Finance Aswan Dam
Washington officials say the United States remains ready to fund the Aswan Dam project despite Cairo's increasing ties with the Communist bloc. American diplomats in Washington and Cairo have conveyed this stance to Premier Abdel Gamal Nasser's government in the past two weeks.
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Washington
INS
Egypt
U.S
Aswan Dam
Cairo
Abdel Gamal Nasser
Kefauver Seeks Presidential Nomination at Nashville Rally
Sen Estes Kefauver declared in Nashville that he wants the presidential nomination and will not accept any other outcome. The rally highlighted his bid and commitment to the race for the party's top spot.
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Nashville
Tenn
Estes Kefauver
Wilson Backs Away From Senate Charge
Secretary of Defense Wilson distanced himself from labeling Senate efforts to boost Air Force funding as phony. The White House denied pressure and Wilson said he was misunderstood or misquoted. He later withdrew a civilian clothing order for 11 000 officers and apologized for any insult to senators.
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Wilson
White House
Quantico
Senate
Mem
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Defense Chiefs
Steel Workers Chief Attacks Industry in TV Speech
United Steel Workers President David J McDonald issued a sharp critique of steel companies in a televised address amid tense contract talks in New York. He warned of a possible nationwide strike if current offers are not revised and accused managers of seeking a five year non reopenable deal and inflation dodges while claiming profits justify wage gains.
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INS
United Steel Workers
McDonald
Roosevelt Hotel
Posse Seeks Three Killers After Triple Murder
In Warren Ohio a 75-man armed posse searched woods near Windham for Alfred Wilson suspected of killing three people including two sisters in law and a teenage girl. Wilson held his common law wife and two children in protective custody as authorities labeled a sighting report false.
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Ohio
INS
Windham
Alfred Wilson
Portage County
Wilson
Route 82
Parkman-Windham Road
Geraldine Brown
Leavittsburg
Hazel Brown
Courtland
Nancy Worthington
Juanita
Trumbull County
Weather forecast notes scattered storms in Sarasota area
Minnie Mermaid quips that you should go with the day and get up early to enjoy it. Partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon in the Sarasota area. High near 87 with temperatures around 76 at 9:30 p.m. Readings show no rainfall in the last 24 hours, winds WNW at 5 mph.
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Sarasota
W.N
Roosevelt divorce finalizes Monday
Hollywood attorney Samuel Picone said Congressmen James Roosevelt and Romelle Roosevelt will have their divorce finalized and official on Monday.
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Hollywood
INS
Samuel Picone
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Romelle Roosevelt
Rhee Urges Urgent Strength for Korea Defense
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee warned of a surprise Communist attack still possible and urged the free world to bolster Seoul's defenses. He said armistice restrictions left the U N forces underpowered while the North gained modern weapons.
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Korea
Free World
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