Army Chief Taylor Says U S Can Fight Any War
Gen Maxwell D Taylor told a defense conference the United States Army is versatile and flexible enough to fight any kind of war anywhere. He asserted the force can scale from MP truncheon to atomic weapons and stressed the need for a flexible, multi‑domain strategy.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
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Army
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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Ridgway
United States
Riots in Casablanca After Bombing Kill 21
Casablanca Morocco July 16 AP violent riots followed a nationalist bombing killing 21 Europeans and Moroccans and injuring 77. French soldiers brace for funeral clashes as Gilbert Grandval arrives to ease administration amid rising nationalist violence.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Cloudy Skies Presage Showers Across Southern Illinois
Cloudy to partly cloudy through tonight with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms Sunday. Temperatures: lows in the 70s, highs mid 80s, yesterday high 70s, rainfall 0.09 inches since yesterday. Crab Orchard Lake near spillway, Little Grassy Lake slightly below spill today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Reds U S Swap Farmers Iowans To Give Hit
An American agricultural delegation began a month long visit to the Soviet Union after a briefing at the American Embassy in Moscow. Led by Dr W V Lambert the group included editors and farmers from Iowa Illinois New York and other states as they discussed farm techniques and potential exchanges with Soviet officials at the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Russia
Moscow
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wea
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U.S
Walter Walmsley
U.S.S.R
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Lauren K. Soth
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Iowa
Ralph Ainslee Olsen
Ellsworth
Charles J. Hearst
Cedar Balls
W. E. Reed
Greensboro
N. C
David Gale Johnson
Chicago
Ferris S. Owen
Newark
Ohio
John M. Steddom
Granger
Asa V. Clark
Pullman
Wash
Herbert W. Pike
Whiting
John M. Jacobs
Phoenix
Ariz
J. M. Kleiner
Nampa
Idaho
Davy Crockett Questioned as Hero by Historian
Vernon Parrington challenges the traditional hero image of Davy Crockett in a Southern Illinoisan feature. The piece debunks songs and films portraying Crockett as a national hero, presenting a critical view and urging readers to consult Parrington’s full argument.
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Vernon Parrington
Southern Illinoisan
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Negroes Ask Schools to Delay Integration in Texas
At Matador Texas the Negro community requests postponing school integration until next year. Supt Bert Fzzell cites their plan to start early to harvest cotton and a father’s inability to afford new clothes to avoid conspicuousness among white students.
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Tex
Texas
Bert Fzzell
Ezzell
Austro firm case on State Supreme Court docket
Santa Fe July 16 AP reports a San State Supreme Court docket includes an Austrian company named Atkiengesellschaft Der Harlander Baumwollspinnerei Zwinn-Fabrik Co..
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Atkiengesellschaft Der Harlander Baumwollspinnerei _Zwinn-Fabrik Co
Talbott to face Senate panel over business ties
Secretary of the Air Force Talbot will appear before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee likely Monday to discuss his business associations with Paul B Mulligan Co. The panel may decide on a broad inquiry with public hearings. McClellan said a full investigation outcome is not yet determined.
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Talbot
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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McClellan
D-Ark
Paul B. Mulligan Co
Ford Fears Opened Deal With Union
Ford officials warn that Chrysler could win a full guaranteed annual wage from the CIO United Auto Workers, prompting Ford to adopt a moderated layoff pay plan. John S. Bugas says Ford rejected the UAW guaranteed wage, fearing pressure on unemployment systems could trigger a broader industry breakthrough. Chrysler’s contract expires August 31.
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Fire damages Chicago clothing store on State Street
A blaze on State Street at Jackson Boulevard caused about one million dollars in damage to the Maurice L. Rothschild clothing store. The 12 story building saw flames erupt on the top floor and smoke blanketed the area, tying up traffic for over two hours as spectators gathered behind police ropes used to hold back falling debris.
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West Germans Bolster Defense of Border
Bonn July 16 Theodor Blank defense minister said 500000 West German troops will strengthen western defense and remove the danger of Europe being overrun by Russian tanks. He noted the Russians hold crushing superiority in ground forces despite Western air superiority.
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Germany
Europe
Theodor Blank
Western
Optimistic Big Four Chiefs Head For Geneva Conference
The Big Four leaders Ike Bulganin Eden Faure head to Geneva optimistic talks may map methods for peace. They expect a six day parley focusing on procedure and future meetings to address disarmament European security and German unification.
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Faure
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Kremlin
Germany
Brazil Looks Hipward Beauty Contestant To Be Slimmer This Time
Long Beach California July 16 AP Brazil seeks a slimmer Miss Universe entry after last year’s two inch hip deficit. The current Miss Brazil has 35 inch hips, among the slimmest in the contest. Rio de Janeiro judges favored hip emphasis, while England’s entrant aims for a more conventional English look and Hollywood style.
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Long Beach
Calif
Rio de Janeiro
Associated Press
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Bahia
South Carolina
England
Mrs. Ed Hughes Wins 550 for Stinker No 40 Victory
Murphysboro resident Mrs. Ed Hughes of 614 South 20th Street mailed 13 Stinker forms on July 13 and correctly answered all the questions. Her Brown Shoe Co. job number is 13, and she has worked there 13 years. She laughs at past near misses and credits prayer patience and perseverance. A one line note says she will not receive the extra ten percent for postcard submissions, but her $550 prize stands. The victory boosts the Stinker series prize for No 41 to $50 as noted on page eight of the Southern Illinoisan.
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Ed Hughes
S. 20Th St
Brown Shoe Co
Cooling Bill Becomes Law in Illinois
Gov. Stratton signed three measures creating a 60 day cooling off period in divorce and separate maintenance cases. Circuit Judge Julius Miner of Chicago helped draft the bill aimed at family protection and reconciliation. The law allows immediate filing of a summons for court jurisdiction while complaints are delayed 60 days to enable pre divorce conferences.
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Stratton
Julius Miner
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Illinois Supreme Court
Miner
Ballot Tossed Over Spelling In Rhode Island Election
Providence officials said the Rhode Island election board discarded one ballot from last Tuesday's special election. The unmarked ballot bore the crude mark spelling error "Fooney bunch of bums" and was ruled invalid due to the poor spelling.
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Eisenhower urges good faith ahead of Geneva talks
President Eisenhower flew toward Geneva with his party to meet with the Soviet, British and French leaders. He appealed to the Kremlin to honor conciliatory pledges and only prayed for peace. He urged Americans to pray for success and pressed that disarmament and German unification be addressed at the Big Four conference.
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