Wall Collapse Kills Teen at Houston Junior High
A 13 year old girl, Gloria Rivera, was killed when a heavy brick wall at McReynolds Junior High toppled as students prepared to enter the school. Her father watched in shock as bystanders and staff, including Principal Charles E. Poe and PE director Sam Lefkowitz, tried to help. Witnesses noted no clear cause and the wall's location along a driveway had been a point of concern.
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Houston, Tex
Charles E. Poe
Gloria Rivera
Rivera
Joe Rivera Sr
Gloria
Poe
Sam Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
Jean Schubert
Schubert
McReynolds School
Dulles Funeral Unites Leaders in Washington Cathedral
Dulles laid in state then honored in a Presbyterian service at Washington National Cathedral with Eisenhower and dignitaries from East and West attending. No sermon was given as prayers and hymns followed readings from scripture and Bunyan. Arlington grave marked the end of a half million miles in the cause of peace.
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UPI
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Great Washington
Mr. Valiant
Free World
Presbyterian Church
Dulles
Far East
Russia
Europe
Latin America
Arlington National Cemetery
Boys
John Bunyan
Pilgrim's Progress
Roswell P. Barhes
New York
U.S
World Council of Churches
Valiant
Allen W. Dulles
Eisenhower to Meet With World Ministers in Dulles Funeral Week
President Eisenhower and Secretary Herter plan a 10:30 a.m. EDT White House conference with Soviet Andrei Gromyko and Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd and France’s Maurice Couve de Murville to discuss Geneva talks. The session follows the Dulles funeral and includes other diplomats such as Adenauer Menzies Spaak and Pella in Washington.
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Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Russia
Britain
France
Herter
White House
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
James C. Hagerty
Adenauer
Australia
Robert G.menzies
Dulles
Menzies
Italy
Giuseppe Pella
Belgium
Austria
Japan
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Paul Henri Spaak
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Godfrey Urges More Research Funds After Cancer Battle
Arthur Godfrey said there is every reason to believe his cancer escape is 100 percent complete after April 30 lung cancer surgery. He urged a crash program for cancer research to save irreplaceable lives, citing testimony from noted doctors on expanding federal funds and improving cure rates.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Senate Appropriations
Ravdin
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Eisenhower
Sidney Farber
Harvard Medical School
Weather forecast quote from Minnie Mermaid
A local weather note cites Minnie Mermaid stating there will be some sun and some showers after. Noon temperature is reported at 85 degrees with accompanying details promised on page two.
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Minnie Mermaid
Price Proposes Voteless Pay Hike For County Commissioners
State Senator Ed H Price Jr introduces a bill to raise county commissioners salaries to 6200 dollars a year plus 1200 dollars for expenses effective July 1 1960 without a referendum proviso. Anticipated House amendments and potential referendum battles shape a tense Sarasota legislative scene as opposition letters flood lawmakers. Local bills including fire control water sewer and highway clearance face votes and possible Saturday work to meet session deadlines.
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Forrest Clark
Tallahassee
Ed H. Price Jr
County Commission
Senate
Price
George M. Edmondson
Sarasota
House
Boylston
Sarasota County
South Gate
Local Legislators Push Vote On Expense Fund
Tallahassee reports lawmakers seek voter approval for a 1500 dollar expense fund per two year term. Rep. George Edmondson backs extra money to cover legislative activities and assistants beyond session. Also aims to tax-exempt chamber buildings and funds for a state investigative commission on efficiency.
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Edmondson
William
Boylston
Kozlov to Seek White House Meeting in Summer Visit
First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov, 51, plans to visit the United States this summer to attend the Russian exhibition in New York. Observers say he will likely seek a meeting with President Eisenhower during his tour.
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UPI
Frol Kozlov
Eisenhower
United States
Kozlov
Soviet Union
New York
East German Leader Rejects Herter Berlin Plan
East German Communist Leader Walter Ulbricht called the Herter seven point plan for Berlin an unacceptable attempt to drag the Western powers into military conflict. He told United Press International on D Day that the plan repeats Western extremism from Geneva and warned Americans against a military adventure over West Berlin.
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UPI
Herter
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
West Berlin
Ulbricht
United Press International
Dday
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Russian Aide's Wife And Child Missing In London
The wife Nina Dmitriev and her five year old daughter Lena, wife of Soviet naval attache Captain Alexander Knitriev, were reported missing in London. Informants said they disappeared on Saturday from the Soviet Embassy vicinity.
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LO IN
London
Nina Dmitriev
Lena
Dmitriev
Aleksander Knitriev
Board weighs Harris for post as administrative assistant
County commissioners consider Phil Harris a well known Sara sota journalist to fill the administrative assistant post created yesterday by commission action. Commissioner James A. Sparis said the post handles heavier workload and data correlation on applicants. No definite action or salary schedule yet.
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Phil Harris
Sarasota
Commission Action
James A. Sparis
Spanos
Have you been to Kensington Have you been to Hoensington Park Lately
Adv. request appears as fragmented inquiry about visiting Kensington and Hoensington Park. No clear people, organizations, events, or dates identified in readable text.
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Kensington
Hoensington Park
Adv
Veto Overridden In Senate On Political Office Rule
TALLAHASSEE UP I overrode the governor's veto to allow government employees to hold political party offices. Sens Gautier and Ripley led a 28 5 vote despite Gov Collins protest and warning the measure undermines the foundations of government. The House action remained possible to finalize the law. Land Sale Veto Stands also upheld a veto blocking removal of park use restrictions on Monroe County land deeded in 1954 by the Overseas Road and Toll District.
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Collins
Ripley
Democratic Party
Democratic Committee
Duval County
House
Senate
Monroe County
Overseas Road and Toll District
Key West
Joe Eaton
Miami
Florida
Coleman Shuns Action On Jury Call
Governor J P Coleman, bound for Washington to testify on civil rights legislation, refused comment on the NAACP request for a special grand jury to act on the FBI report on the Mack Charles Parker lynching. The FBI probe followed by the Justice Department action and a plan to present findings to the Park River County Grand Jury. The NAACP telegraphed urging immediate action, saying information justifies true bills.
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Miss
J. P. Coleman
Washington
NAACB
FBI
Mack Charles Parker
Justice Deepartment
Coleman
Park River County
Grand Jury
New York
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
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