Anti-Red Guatemala President Is Slain In Palace Hall
President Carlos Castillo Armas of Guatemala was fatally shot after a reception for businessmen. An assassin, Romero Vasquez Sanchez, then killed himself. Luis Arturo Gonzalez appeared as immediate successor with talk of a junta. a state of siege followed.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Aard
Romero Vasquez Sanchez
Luis Arturo Gonzalez
Congress
Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Gonzalez
United Fruit Co
New York
Central America
Washington
United States
Nixon
U. N. General Assembly
Arbenz
Europe
Polytechnic School
U. S. Army
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
U. S
Nasser Reviews Navy Secrecy in Alexandria Display
President Nasser inspected naval units off Alexandria under tight secrecy marking the fifth anniversary of the Egyptian revolution and the canal nationalization. Officials reported a new submarine from the Soviet Union debuted as diplomats and most press were barred from the review. Nasser defended independence from the Eisenhower Doctrine, criticizing strings attached, while praising U.S. stance on last fall’s canal crisis.
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Alexandria
Nasser
Russia
Naval Review
Suez Canal Co
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Middle East
U. S
Soviet Union
Million Loss In Boston Fire Blazes At Mystic River Wharf
Firefighters battled a five alarm blaze that tore through the Boston and Maine Rail road coal wharf on Friday night. Unofficial damage estimates reached 1.125 million dollars as some 2,000 men including 500 sailors and Coast Guardsmen fought the flames amid choking smoke and drifting coal dust.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mystic River
Small Explosion Blasts Airliner Over Mojave Desert
FBI said an unexploded blasting cap was found in the airliner toilet after a blast tore a Western Airlines Convair between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. A passenger, Saul F. Binstock, 62, a retired jeweler from North Hollywood, was found dead on a lava-strewn hill. The plane landed at an Air Force base. rest of the crew and passengers were unharmed. An autopsy was ordered as investigators probe possible explosive device.
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Victorville
Calif
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Los Angeles
FBI
John F. Malone
Civil Aeronautics Board
Mojave Desert
Saul F. Binstock
North Hollywood
Old Mountains
Here
Western Airlines
Convair
Las Vegas
Nev
Binstock
Air Force Base
Southern Illinois Weather Outlook and Lake Level Note
Partly cloudy with continued warmth and widely scattered thunderstorms through tonight and Sunday. Lows near 75, highs in the 90s. Yesterday saw a high of 92 and a noon reading of 87, with Crab Orchard Lake about one inch above the spillway.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Boy Rescued After Overnight Missing in San Gabriel Mountains
Seven-year-old Theodore Ross Conroy Jr. wandered from a YMCA camping group in Azusa California. Rangers with bloodhounds and helicopters searched the rugged area overnight. He entered a state road camp saying he was hungry after spending much of the night on a tree limb out of reach of animals.
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Theodore Ross Conroy Jr
San Gabriel Mountains
Azusa
Calif
YMCA
Order Dulles To London
President Eisenhower ordered Secretary of State Dulles to fly to the London disarmament talks Sunday. Officials said Dulles will decide whether to continue or break off the talks. A White House announcement noted the issues require the secretary's personal review and judgment. Dulles will confer with Harold E. Stassen, head of the American disarmament delegation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State Dulles
London
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Queen Elizabeth Hosts Warm Buckingham Tea Party Beset by Rain
Queen Elizabeth II hosted a royal tea at Buckingham Palace with about 8,728 guests as threatening clouds loomed. Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother, and Prince Philip circulated among attendees while palace ushers arranged presentations. Tea, bread, ham, and cake totals were recorded, with past caution about silver.
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Londer
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Margaret
Prince Philip
Edward VII
Beck Pled Innocent to Grand Theft Charge
Seattle July 27 AP Dave Beck president of the Teamsters Union pleaded innocent in King County Superior Court to grand larceny in the use of funds from the sale of a union owned automobile. The brief appearance was for a formal plea entry and Beck's arraignment date was advanced as he leaves for Florida on union business. Beck Jr indicted on two similar charges will enter his plea Tuesday.
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Seattle
King County Superior Court
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Florida
Dave Beck Jr
Racket Boss Surrenders In East St. Louis Indictments
Eight men including Gordon Foster, kin of Frank Wortman, surrendered on May gambling raid indictments. Bond posted, arraignment set. Defendants face false statements to internal revenue, fraudulently filed returns, and evading gaming taxes. Raids on fourteen establishments by 75 agents uncovered operations in St Clair and Madison counties, estimated at up to one million dollars annually.
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East St. Louis
Gordon Foster
Frank
Buster) Wortman
Next
Y. Foster
Robert Sheer
Belleville
Thomas Jackson
Collinsville
Internal Revenue
Thomas Clancy
James Princable
Donald Kastner
North Sales Co
Cecil Beahringer
Casey's
Illinois Ave
George Stoffey
St. Clair
Madison
Impossible Girl Ends Month of Silence for Horse
Ten year old Kitty Butler in Concord North Carolina broke a month of silence begun June 27 to secure a horse. Her father John Butler agreed to buy if she kept quiet and Kitty offered to communicate by note. She earned straight A grades except citizenship and picked a cinnamon and white pinto named Prince to be delivered next week.
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Concord
N.C
Kitty Butler
Kitty
John Butler
Dake, 97, Died. Early Graham Cracker Pioneer
Charles M. Dake of Buffalo died Friday at 97. He developed and started production of the first American graham cracker in 1892.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charles M. Dake
Two Guests Seek Host Find Death in North Carolina
A wiener roast at Ralph C. Johnson Jr. left two guests waiting as he went to a store. Robert H. Patrum and Alton L. Smith chased. Their cars met head on near Johnson’s house. all three died on arrival at a hospital.
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Liberty
N. C
Ralph C. Johnson Jr
Ralph
Robert H. Patrum
Alton L. Smith
Highway Patrol
Headon
Johnson House
Youth In Trouble series on juvenile problems in Southern Illinois
A first of a series based on interviews with judges police and welfare workers examines juvenile delinquency in Southern Illinois. Home conditions and adult behavior influence youths, while liquor issues and vandalism appear in Williamson and Jackson counties. Authorities push for trained probation officers and a mix of firmness and understanding to curb the problem.
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Jim Killpatrick
Illinois
Chicago
Williamson County
Jackson County
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