Air Secretary To Leave Post August 13
Harold E. Talbott will resign as secretary of the Air Force on August 13, after scrutiny over an outside business connection that paid him 132 032 in two years. President Eisenhower accepted the resignation, praising his services as effectively and loyally performed. Talbott said his actions were ethical and he did not wish to embarrass the administration.
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Washington
Harold E. Talbott
Air Force
Eisenhower
Talbott
White House
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Paull. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Defense Wilson
Pentagon
Soviet Russia
Leonid I. Leved
U.S.S.R
United States
Geneva Talks End Recess as U S and China Discuss Civilians
The United States and Red China recessed 48 hours after 55 minutes of talks on repatriating about 40 American civilians held in China. A Chinese spokesman confirmed civilian issues were discussed and a next meeting was set for Thursday morning. Menon and Johnson also met, with optimism that civilian repatriation could be settled despite no formal communiqué.
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United States
Red China
Peiping
America
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Kesman
Washington
U. S
V. K. Krishna Menon
Johnson
Menon
United Seatons
China
Red Military
State Dulles
Formosa
United Nations
Farm Prices Drop 7 Percent in Illinois Mid July
Springfield reports Illinois farm prices for mid-July fell seven percent from a year earlier. The all-commodity index stood at 230 percent of the 1910-14 average. Oats slipped nine cents a bushel and soybeans declined 1.35 dollars per bushel. Hogs dropped 2.60 per hundredweight and beef 40 cents. Compared with June 15, mid-July levels were down two percent.
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Springfield
Illinois
Weather snapshot for Crab Orchard and Little Grassy lakes
Partly cloudy conditions with a low around 68 yesterday and 80 by 7 p m today. High yesterday reached 99 with noon reading today. Crab Orchard Lake shows today’s spillway level and Little Grassy Lake sits 1 inch below spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Ruling Opposed as Rock Island Files Exceptions in Ozark Case
Rock Island County to Board argues over Ozark Airlines service from Mount Joy Airport Davenport to Davenport Moline area. Metropolitan Air Authority requests a hearing to present arguments. Ozark moved operations to Davenport last April after years at Moline field. Authority sought Illinois field use or stops. examiner denied.
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Rock Island County
Illinois
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ozark Airlines
Davenport
Iowa-Moline
Mount Joy
Rock Island
Metropolitan Air Authority
Ozark
Moline
Illinois Field
Stratton Returning From 10 Day East Vacation
Stratton Returning is back in the state Wednesday from a 10 day vacation in the East, his office said today.
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Springfield
South Korea vows to retake key area near 38th Parallel
South Korea says it will restore control over a small strategic zone south of the 38th Parallel occupied during armistice talks. It cites intelligence warning of a full scale North Korean attack and accuses Pyongyang of violating terms while criticizing international moves toward peace.
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Seoul
38Th Parallel
United States
United Nations
ROK
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
John Foster Dulles
Guns Blaze In Strike At Little Rock Transit Hub
A gun battle erupted last night between Capitol City Transit guards and unknown assailants amid a strike that has paralyzed buses for 41 days. Gov Faubus and Mayor Remmel planned talks as violence continued with little injuries reported.
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Little Rock
Ark
Capitol City Transit Co
Orval Faubus
Pratt Remmel
CTC
AFL
Sam Shinnall
Firm
Arkansas River
Prize hunt for No 43 draws six hundred entrants
Six hundred Little Stinker entries arrived by noon seeking No 43's $150 prize. Readers are reminded to check deadline dates to avoid a late, futile win. Post cards marked Stinkers pay an extra ten percent to winners on the back.
Freed Airmen To Fly West After Release By China
Eleven American airmen, imprisoned in Communist China for over two years, will be flown to the West Coast after a brief stop in the Philippines. Relatives may join at Travis or McChord bases. flights include two C54 transports to Hong Kong.
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West Coast
Philippines
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
McChord
Seattle
U.S. Air Force
Hong Kong
China
Pair Named As Slayer Of Hotel Pianist
Police sought two construction workers Paul Pelletier Jr. and John LaPlaca for questioning in the beating death of Ray J. Kenyon 35 a pianist with the Frank York orchestra. Kenyon died after a traffic quarrel near a West Side intersection as his car stopped en route to the Hotel Sherman where the orchestra was playing. Edward Cunningham 56, who worked with them, identified Pelletier and LaPlaca as the attackers.
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Ray J. Kenyon
Kenyon
Paul Pelletier, Jr
John LaPlaca
Edward Cunningham
Barrington
Cunningham
Pelletier
Pelletiere
LaPlaca
Frank York
Hotel Sherman
Northlake
Dope Crazed Moroccan Slays New Jersey Man in Tangier
In Tangier Aug 2 a dope-crazed Moroccan killed four people including James M. Batting of Teaneck New Jersey. Five others injured as police capture the attacker after wounding him. The suspect allegedly sought a jihad following marijuana use.
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Tangier
America
James M. Batting
Teaneck
N. J
North Africa
Satellite and satelloid ideas dominate astro nautical congress
Copenhagen Japan? No. Copenhagen Denmark August 2 AP satellite and satelloid were the hot topics at the Sixth International Astro nautical Congress. Scientists from 18 countries praised the U S satellite plan and discussed a remote controlled satelloid that could visit planets including Venus. The Soviet Union predicted an artificial satellite within two years possibly larger than the U S model.
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Earth
Venus
Congress
Eisenhower
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
Captains Escape Snake in Jeep Crash Near Portsmouth
In Virginia, Capt. John F. West and Capt. George N. Sanders rode in an Army jeep when a rattlesnake surfaced. West urged no jump but Sanders leaped into a ditch head first. The jeep slid into a ditch. both captains were bruised and dizzy, the snake fleeing into grass.
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Portsmouth
John F. West
George N. Sanders
West
Sanders
Cave rescue at Ft. Knox leaves three youths safe
Three boys aged around 19 wander into a cave on the Ft. Knox reservation since Sunday 1 a m. They are fed and kept warm after rescue. Police Chief Carl Heustis and Fire Chief John Krusenklues observe as rescuers talk with newsmen. Fred Catris Joseph A Kenney and John W Buckler are pictured with the group.
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Ft. Knox
Fred
House Passes Housing Bill Despite Eisenhower Dissent
The House approved a housing bill by 187 to 168 and sent it to President Eisenhower who signaled possible veto. GOP leaders suggested he could call a special session of Congress if needed.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Eisenhower hints at special session over housing bill
Republican leaders said President Eisenhower intimated a special session of Congress might be needed if a satisfactory housing bill is not passed before adjournment. Rep. Martin of Massachusetts criticized the Senate House compromise as administratively wrong and not acceptable to the administration.
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White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Senate House
Senate
Martin
Sininistrtion
House Alicans
James D. Hagerty
Plans Underway For Work in Washington and St Clair Co
Peabody Coal Co plans development of coal acreage in Washington and St Clair counties with a start date not yet set. R. J. Snider Peabody vice president said in Chicago it would be a couple of months before a definite start could be announced. The plans follow the Sinclair Coal Co stock acquisition last June.
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R. J. Snider
Peabody Financial
Chicago
the Exchange
Sinclair Group
Peabody Coal Co
Washington
St. Clair
Peabody Vic
Illinois
Sinclair Coal Co
Swift grants 14 cent hourly wage increase in packing industry
A 14 cent an hour wage increase goes to three Swift & Co packing house unions representing 35 000 workers in 45 plants. Armour & Co. recently reached a similar agreement and AFL and CIO unions plan to push negotiations to Wilson & Co Cudahy Packing Co and other packers.
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Meet
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
AFL
CIO
Wilson & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Mother and Tot Survive Train Tragedy in Monroe
A 25 year old mother, Dorothy Wilson, saved her three year old daughter by leaping onto railroad tracks as a box car bore down. The child was knocked down but not killed. the mother sustained hip and head injuries with stitches.
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N. C
Dorothy Wilson
Mienday
Jtwo
Mrs. Wilson
Dianne
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