Exiled Guatemalan Opposition Rises Near Honduras Border
Guatemalan anti-Communist exiles mass along the frontier with Honduras amid reports a revolt may begin today against President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. Exile commander Castillo Armas directs a movement from Tegucigalpa as armed groups move toward Guatemala, with ports and air bases on alert.
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Omeland
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Amadeo Khinchilla
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Carlo Castillo Armas
Chicago Plans $100,000 for More Air Raid Sirens
Chicago allocates 100000 for additional air raid sirens after a Monday civil defense test. Many residents reported inaudible alert during the exercise, prompting concerns over siren effectiveness.
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Chicago
Danville VA Hospital Alterations Awarded to Peretz Co
The Veterans Administration announced contract awards totaling 137700 for alterations and improvements to three buildings at the Danville Illinois Veterans Hospital. Peretz Construction Company of Chicago received the contract.
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Washington
The
Veterans Administration Today
Danville, Ill
Veterans Hospital
Peretz Construction Co
Chicago
Southern Illinois Forecast Warm and Dry Into Weekend
Mostly fair and warm weather continues for Southern Illinois with low tonight in the 70s and high Saturday in the mid 90s. Overnight and early today show a cool 60s, 31 at 7 am and 92 yesterday. sunrise at 4:34 am and sunset at 7:28 pm. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake spillway levels noted.
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Ilinois
Boiled Ham Package Exchanged For Two Steaks
Mrs. Joseph O. Hebenstreit opened a meat package thinking of a boiled ham sandwich. Instead she found a bank deposit of checks and $31. The grocer rewarded her by giving two choice steaks for returning the money, while the story notes how the mix up occurred.
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Joseph O. Hebenstreit
Preacher Pulled From 47 Foot Well Near Metropolis
A 46 year old Paducah preacher, Rev James Flood, was rescued unharmed after being buried up to his chin in gravel for about five hours in a 47 foot well near Metropolis. Rescue teams from Bechtel Corp and helpers from Joppa plant used buckets and a belt line to lift him, drawing attention from thousands of onlookers as he was freed and taken to Riverside Hospital where he showed no injuries.
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Paducah
Metropolis
Joppa
James Flood
Metropolis City
Jackie Tanner
Tanner
Floyd
Henry
Freeman Benton
Metropolis Brothers
Les Harper
Bechtel Corp
Don Hillman
Jim Taylor
Hank Stewart
Eddy Hart
Jewell Pittman
Hillman
Mays Farm
Marion Road
Riverside Hospital
Britain Rejects High Seas Search of British Ships
Britain said it can search arms shipments on its vessels but rejects allowing American warships to stop British ships on the high seas. The Foreign Office asserted no general peacetime right to search British ships and pledged cooperation under law to prevent arming Guatemala.
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London
Britain
Guatemala
United States
Foreign Office
West Indies
Michigan instructor beats Russian chess champion
Donald Byrne, 24, a University of Michigan instructor, defeated Yuri Auerbach in 59 moves to score America’s first victory in the Soviet U S chess tourney. Byrne’s brother Robert, 26, lost to Alexander Kotov nearby as the Russians led 6-2 after eight games. The next round begins Saturday night.
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Donald Byrne
University of Michigan
America
Russia
Yuri Auerbach
Byrne
Robert
Alexander Kotov
Hotel Roosevelt
Prisoners Trapped In Ice Storage Room At Stateville
Joliet June 18 Two inmates Harrie Leroy Carter 56 and Adem Frank Sosnowski 35 were trapped for over three hours in an ice storage room after a valve releasing ammonia gas jammed. Guards and Lockport firemen with gas masks closed the valve and rescued them unharmed.
Tom Tully to Marry Santa Monica Bride
Actor Tom Tully and Mrs. Mildred Johnson of Salt Lake City obtained a marriage license yesterday and plan to wed Sunday in Santa Monica California. Johnson is the former wife of Detroit Lions player Jack Johnson. Tully, 45, said it will be his third marriage.
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Tom Tully
Mildred Johnson
Salt Lake City
Gore Moves To Block Paducah AEC Power Use
Senator Albert Gore attacks Eisenhower order to sign a private power contract for the Paducah atomic plant. He seeks formal roll call votes, insists TVA directors keep independence, and warns against mixing atomic oversight with the power business.
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Gore
Paducah
Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Joint Congressional Committee
Mid-South-Southern Utilities Group
West Memphis
Ark
AEC
Puerto Rican Woman Cleared of Five Murder Attempts
Lolita Lebron and three Nationalist party members were found guilty on five counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and acquitted on five counts of intent to kill. They face lengthy prison terms while declaring continued support for Puerto Rican independence.
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Washington
Lolita Lebron
Radical Nationalist Party of
Puerto Rico
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Andrew Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
Lebron
Alvin H. Bentley
R-Mich
Clifford Davis
D-Tenn
George Fallon
Ben F. Jensen
Iowa
Kenneth Roberts
Ala
Witnesses Face Possible Charges In McCarthy Army Probe
Washington reports the Senate investigations subcommittee opens in secret as it weighs possible perjury charges against some of the 30 witnesses from 36 days of hearings. Senator Potter suggests dismissals of certain staff and hints at broader blame while McCarthy defends aides and plans renewed Communist hunts after a brief vacation.
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
Michigan
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Stevens
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
Pvt
G. David Schine
Cohn
John G. Adams
Schine
Mundt
R-Sd
Adams
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Francis P. Carr
Carr
Justice Department
Sen. Dirkscen
R-I
White House
Parliament honors donor of cherry trees
Ninety four year old Zuko Ozaki, dean of Japan's politicians, received a 1,000,000 yen award for over 50 years in Japan's Parliament. The gift of cherry trees to Washington was made when he served as Tokyo mayor nearly half a century ago.
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Zuko Ozaki
Japan
Washington
Ozaki
Tokyo
Farmer Hilton McKay killed by hay baler near St. Anne
A 30-year-old farmer, Hilton McKay, died Thursday after being caught in a hay baler on his farm near St. Anne, near Kankakee. The incident occurred while he operated the machine.
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St. Anne
Hilton McKay
Kankakee
Box Score Of Army McCarthy Hearings Reach For Record
The Army McCarthy hearings ran 36 days from April 22 to June 17 with about 1.7 million words in the record and 7 424 pages of testimony. About 30 witnesses testified including senators and aides. one witness, Secretary Stevens, spoke for parts of 15 days. An estimated 115,000 spectators attended sessions and broadcasting cost roughly 10 million dollars, though exact taxpayer cost is hard to pin down.
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Washington
Stevens
Drape-Style Haircut Becomes Crew Cut by Magistrate Order
In Baltimore on June 18 a 16 year old, John Powell, had his drape style haircut changed to a crew cut by magistrate Reuben Caplan. Patrolman Joseph Engle had led Powell from a fire escape inquiry to court where the judge ordered the barbering style to match the officer. Powell complied, returned, and the judge dismissed the case.
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Baltimore
John Powell
Joseph Engle
Young Powell
Powell
Reuben Caplan
Engle
Air Force shifts B29s from Japan to Guam under SAC
The Air Force moves four engine B29s from Yokota in Japan to Guam for SAC control as part of a broader shift. A wing of four B50s will train in Guam while the Far East B29s are replaced and retired, after 37 months of duties including atom bomb drops and Korea bombing.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Far East
Strategic Air Command
Carrier of Atomic Weapons
Japan
Guam
SAC
Yokota Air Base
Here
North Korea
Five Airmen Missing Near Tourane Amid Vietminh Fear
Five U S Air Force personnel stationed at Tourane France air base are missing and officials fear they may have fallen to Vietminh forces. A Vietnamese peasant saw them with 20 Senegalese prisoners ten miles south of Tourane. General John O Daniel traveled to Tourane to lead an inquiry as the men left the base without passes and failed to report for roll call.
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Saigon
Indochina
Tourane
U. S
John O'Daniel
Viet Nam
Hanoi
America
Use of Care Urged in Viewing Eclipse
Chicago cautions about solar eclipse viewing on June 30. Sunglasses cannot safely eye direct sun, per Journal of the American Medical Association summarizing the Joint Committee on Industrial Ophthalmology warning.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Joint Committee On Industrial Ophthalmology
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Guatemalan
Puerto Barrios
Rodolfo Mendoza
Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Caribbean
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Jay
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Omaha
Preacher
New York
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House
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
Karl Mundt
Washington, D. C
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Army-McCarthy
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