Western powers push Russia to halt Berlin crisis talks
The United States Britain and France pressed Andrei Gromyko in Geneva on June 1 to suspend threats against West Berlin and seek a stopgap settlement. Herter Lloyd and Couve de Murville sought replies to Berlin conditions and who can negotiate a final accord while insisting on troop rights and free access to West Berlin.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Russia
West Berlin
U. S
Christian A Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Berlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Herter
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
East Germany
East
Khrushchev
West
East Berlin
RIAS
Khrushchev Warns West Of Doom In Vlore Speech
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned that any attack on the Soviet bloc would be deadly for the West and that capitalism is doomed to be replaced by communism. He spoke in Vlore Albania, reiterating calls to end colonialism and sign a new pact between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Vlore
Khrushchev
Soviet Bloc
America
Tirana
Albania
Red
Enver Hoxha
China
United Nations
Germany
North Atlantic Alliance
Weather Summary for Southern Illinois Tonight Through Tuesday
Cloudy conditions with cooler temperatures and a chance of showers tonight. Lows near 60 with highs in the 70s on Tuesday. Prior day data includes a high of 80 and a low of 64, with sunrise at 5 33 and sunset at 8 23. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake spillways noted with water levels around two inches.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Record Memorial Day Traffic Toll Tops 300 In Holiday
The Memorial Day weekend traffic toll reached 310 deaths with 95 drownings and 49 other fatalities, totaling 454 across the nation. The National Safety Council cites heavy travel and multiple crashes as key factors, with Illinois reporting sixteen deaths and a Australia-like rural crossing tragedy near Crown Point Indiana involving a mother and four of her five children.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crown Point
Ind
Illinois
Lloyd's London post shift denied by Times report
The Times suggested Prime Minister Macmillan planned a new cabinet post for Selwyn Lloyd after the general election, prompting astonishment in London and Geneva. Officials denied any such talk, while Lloyd remained in Geneva amid East–West talks and Berlin tensions. The Times defense of its claim emphasized it stands by its article though sources remained unnamed.
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London Times
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Times
Lloyd
Geneva
The
Berlin
Germany
UMW Loses Suit Review Over 1948 Mine Violence
The United Mine Workers were denied Supreme Court review of a $400000 damage award won by Meadow Creek Coal Co. near Monterey Tennessee. The district court found UMW closed the mine by force threats and violence in January 1948 during a union organizing effort. The case, filed under Taft Hartley, questioned UMW liability for acts by members.
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United Mine Workers Today
Supreme Court
Tennessee Coal Company
Meadow Creek Coal Co., Inc
Monetrey
Tenn
U. S. District Court
Nashville
UMA
UMW
Coal Company
Taft-Hartley
Miners Rescued After 41 Hours in Kentucky Shaft
Three trapped miners Jake Lewis Earl Bennett and Don McClernon were rescued after 41 hours underground in the Ken Coal Co mine Ohio County Kentucky They crawled to safety aided by a machine that cuts and loads coal in one operation Bennett a 1927 West Frankfort survivor is from Taylorville Illinois Lewis of Harlan and McClernon of Pana Illinois kept calm and waited through the entrapment
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Beaver Dam
Jake Lewis
Harlan
Kentucky
Lewis
Earl Bennett
Taylorville
Ill
Don McClernon
Pana
Ken Coal Co
Ohio County
Louisville
Bennett
West Frankfort
Atomic plane in 18 month test flight plan
Sen. Richard B. Russell said the United States could test fly atomic powered bomber planes within 18 months. He noted it would be costly but not excessive and that prototypes could allow real tests while acknowledging the program’s cost remains secret.
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Washington
United States
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Kentucky Hunger Claim Shown By Pravda Picture
Pravda published a New York Post image of a Kentucky mother and five shabby children with a caption Kentucky miner's family 1959. It linked the photo to Sen Paul H Douglas and claimed hunger deaths in Kentucky and other states.
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Pravda
Kentucky
Soviet Union
New York Post
Soviet Communist Party
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Sen
Douglas
Court Voids Vitarelli Dismissal Overturned by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision voided the dismissal of Interior Department employee William Vincent Vitarelli, reversing an earlier ruling that had rescinded his firing as a security risk and expunged security charges over his 1954 discharge. Justice Harlan wrote the majority opinion.
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Supreme Court
Interior Department
Justice Harlan
William Vincent Vitarelli
Belching Hell Fire Sweeps Underground mine
In Tron River Michigan the Sherwood iron ore mine suffered a collapse that released sulphurous fumes and fire. Four miners died and 27 were injured as gas and flames trapped workers at the 1,200 foot level. Rescue teams retrieved the injured and dead, aided by gas masks and an elevator shaft ascent. The victims were Ingvar Wester, August Zuckal, Einar Johnson, and Carl Rudy Anderson. The mine is owned by Inland Steel Co at Mineral Hills.
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Tron River
Mich
Sherwood Iron Ore
Michigan Upper Peninsula
Ingvar Wester
Iron River
August Zuckal
Caspian
Einar Johnson
Crystal Falls
Carl Rudy Anderson
Inland Steel Co
Mineral Hills
Keith Sleeman
Oklahoma Killing Pair Slain and Son Sought
A prominent Oklahoma mental health worker Elmer Brillhart 46 and his wife Florence 45 were bludgeoned to death with a crowbar at their Hobart home. Their son Clark 24 on convalescent leave from a state hospital is hunted after reportedly admitting to the killings. The couple’s 1955 blue car was driven away by Clark who fled after the double murder.
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Hobart
Okla
Oklahoma
Elmer Brillhart
Florence
State Crime Bureau
Clark
E. O. Peters
Young Brillhart
Rollie Duggan
Wayne Boyd
Western State Mental Hospital
Ft. Supply
Young Brillhardt
Train Kills Child After Mother Fails To Reach
Wrenshall Minnesota AP June 1 A mother racing to reach her 2 year old daughter near the tracks was within 15 feet when a passenger train traveling about 60 mph struck and killed Jan Newsum. The mother leaped from a car and ran shouting her daughter's name as the train plowed forward.
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Jan Newsum
Jan
Julius Newsum
Newsum
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London
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Foreign Office
Little Grassy Lake Road
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Tri-State Engineering Co
Benton
Crab Orchard Refuge
Michigan
Moscow
Joe Mascotti
Mascotti
Wrenshall
Minn
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