Suez Crisis Highlights Need for Development in Egypt and Other Lands
The piece analyzes Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser, arguing the Suez Canal nationalization mixes political aims with a push for economic development. It notes Egypt’s severe poverty, limited cultivable land, fast population growth, and heavy cotton dependence, warning that without rapid industrial progress famine remains possible.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Associated Press
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Egypt
The
Nile
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
United States
U.S
Cape ‘of Good Hope
Two Warhorses Step Down in Senate Race Shifts
Maryland and New York politics reshape the Senate battle as Her bert Lehman announces retirement and Millard Tydings withdraws due to ill health. Lehman, 78, ends a 1949 Senate tenure and hints at successor. Tydings, 66, cites shingles and doctors advice after winning the Democratic nomination.
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Senate
Maryland
New York
New York City
Herbert Lehman
Havre de Grace
Millard JK. Tydings
John Marshall Butler
Jare
Lehman
Tyding
Butler
Joseph McCarthy
Tydings
Sen
Robert F. Wagner
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paulas Stevenson
Chicago
Lonvention
Dulles Defends Western Suez Proposal at London Conference
In London Secretary of State John Foster Dulles says the conference is not binding on dissenters. He argues Western unity strengthens effectiveness and urges agreement, while noting a majority cannot bind a minority. The remarks accompany the Western plan for future Suez Canal operation.
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U.S
John Foster Dulles
London
Suez Canal
Princess Margaret Turns 26 Amid Royal Speculation
Princess Margaret's 26th birthday is marked by speculation about her future plans. Portraits showed a somber mood compared with last year. The Queen's sister celebrated quietly at Balmoral with Queen Mother Elizabeth and other royals after declining to remarry Group Captain Townsend due to royal and church constraints.
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Margaret of
Britain
London Daily Mirror
Peter Townsend
Royal Air Force
Church of England
Elizabeth
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
SAILORS: Raft Adventure Ends With French Victory
Three Frenchmen led by Henri Beaudot land at Falmouth England after 89 days afloat on L Egerie II from Halifax. Gaston Vanackere and Marc Modena completed the voyage with a crew of two kittens aboard a 13 by 17 foot cedar raft. They survived on rain water and fish as they rode the Gulf Stream toward home.
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Farmouth
England
Atlantic
Canada
Henri Beaudot
Beaudot
Halifax
N. S
Gaston Vanackere
Marck Modena
Oil Dreams and Drips: Drought Water Woes Hit Texas and Hollywood
In Georgetown Texas Mrs. W H Percy blasted at oil strikes that came with drought harming her grass and trees while hoping profits fund a new water well. In Hollywood California oil seeped onto a front lawn as caps on wells rusted, prompting concerns among upscale residents. Albuquerque New Mexico thieves looted a home of furniture doors heater and bath but left the sink.
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Georgetown
Tex
W. H. Percy
Hollywood
Albuquerque
N. M
William O'Sullivan
Morocco Chaos Signals End of Coalition Rule
The dominant Independence party quit the coalition led by Premier Si Bekkar, seeking sole control. The move backs pro Egyptian factions and demands troop withdrawal from 45 000 French forces, land reform, and talks with the United States over five Moroccan airbases.
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Morocco
Si Bekkar
France
Independence
Sultan Ben Youssef
Independence Party
Democratic Independence Party
National Council
Allal el. Fassi
United
Independence Party Council
United States
Moroccc
U.S
Minor parties field presidential tickets nationwide
Five minor parties announced 1955 presidential tickets months early, led by the Prohibition party nominating Enoch Holtwick of Greenville Illinois. Poor Man's party backed Henry Krajewski of Secaucus New Jersey, and Greenback and Socialist candidates also surfaced with long histories in campaign reform and prior runs.
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New Jersey
Poor Man's Party
Prohibition Party
Enoch A Holtwick
Greenville
Ill
Henry Krajewski
Secaucus
In. J
Greenback Party
Fred C Proek
Edmonds, Wash
Campaign Generalities Highlight Ideological Drift Between Parties
The piece analyzes how Democrats and Republicans trade broad platitudes while narrowing gaps as Eisenhower era liberal moderates rise in the GOP and Democrats blend liberal and conservative wings. It notes farm policy debates, Taft Hartley reform, labor policy, and party unity struggles ahead of campaigns.
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Supreme Court
America
Congress
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Joe Martin
Eisenhower
Stevenson- Johnson
Truman-Harriman
Franklin Revelt
Chicago
Election Dates for Mississippi and National Events
Tuesday August 28 Democratic primary election in Mississippi. Thursday August 30 American Psychological Association convention opens in Chicago. Saturday September 1 National Air Show in Oklahoma City. Monday September 3 Labor Day observed.
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Mississippi
American Psychological Assn
Chicago
Oklahoma City
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