West Texas Floods Strands Hundreds in Langtry
Bridges and rails were washed out as rains from a Gulf hurricane left Langtry and surrounding towns cut off. About 116 of 226 Sunset Limited passengers rode helicopters to safety, while 150 train riders and 260 motorists remained stranded. Eagles Pass evacuated its riverfront area as the Rio Grande rose dramatically.
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Langtry
Tex
Air Force
West Texas
Pullman
Southern Pacific
Roy Bean
Pecos
Devil’s Rivers
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Federal Customs
John Chamberlain
Comstock
del Rio
San Antonio
Texas Highway Patrol
Big Bend
Violent Windstorm Breaks Up Millstadt Picnic
A fierce windstorm struck Millstadt Illinois during a Sunday picnic at American Legion Park injuring no one seriously. It toppled trees damaged rooftops chimneys and concession stands as hail and rain swept the area. Nearby St Louis region also felt the storm with scattered effects. Mr and Mrs Leo Biegler and two children escaped injury when a 50 foot tree fell on their car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millstadt
Ill
American Legion
Leo Biegler
East St. Louis
Evangelist Billy Graham Checks Into Frankfurt Army Hospital
American evangelist Billy Graham, who preached to 75,000 in Berlin, entered the U S Army Hospital in Frankfurt for a medical checkup and treatment after flying in from Berlin earlier today.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Billy Graham
Berlin
U. S. Army Hospital
Fair For Southern Illinois Weather Summary
Fair weather continues in southern Illinois with a warm Tuesday and a warm night. Tonight near 70 and Tuesday high in the upper 90s with mid-70s Tuesday night. Yesterday's high was 10 noon today 0. precipitation 0.1 inch from yesterday to today. Sunrise 4 37 a m and sunset 7 29 p m. Crab Orchard Lake Spillway level and Little Grassy Lake noted.
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Ilinois
Truman Through Critical Phase Faces Kansas City
Former President Harry S Truman showed improvement after a critical post operative phase at Research Hospital. Doctors noted a good night and a continued serious condition with complications from infections and drug sensitivities. Mrs Truman visited and daughter Margaret remained away for a play in Binghamton New York.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Robert Adams
Research Hospital
Truman
Adams
Wallace Graham
Margaret
Binghamton
N. Y
NAACP Plans Court Fights Over School Segregation
NAACP leader Thurgood Marshall says the organization will sue local school boards that balk at the Supreme Court school ruling. He arrived for the NAACP convention in Dallas and signals court action to compel admission of Black students, prioritizing schools and potentially expanding fights to transportation, housing, recreation, and employment.
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Dallas
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Marshall
Woman and three children die in home blaze
In Phillipsburg New Jersey a young mother raced into a burning house on Sunday to save her two sons and a niece but all four perished. The victims were Thelma Baker 25 Ronald Sebring 5 Robert Earl Baker 2 and Claudia Ludwig 10 of East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. Ronald was Baker's son from a prior marriage.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Thelma Baker
Ronald Sebring
Robert Earl Baker
Claudia Ludwig
East Stroudsburg
Ronald
SevenYearOld Driver Crashes Dad’s Car After Hidden Key
Ronald Jolly seven years old took a spin in his father’s car after finding a hidden key. He drove six blocks before crashing into a parked truck. Police later collared him but issued no ticket.
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Dad
Ronald Jolly
Ronald
Demos Split Would Boost GOP Tax Bill
Senate Democrats face a three way split over the tax revision bill as debate opens in Washington. The measure passes House support and would cut tax receipts about 1.4 billion dollars in year one. Senate leaders push long sessions and a July Fourth holiday if the bill clears by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Knowland
California
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Treasury
Sen
George
D-Ga
E. D. Crippa
Wyoming
Sen. Hunt
D-Wyo
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Talks Postponed on Indochina Cease Fire Talks
Hanoi June 28 AP French high command announced cease fire talks between the French Union and Viet Minh have been postponed until Tuesday. The sides were to meet today to discuss technical details of a possible Indochina armistice.
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Hanoi
Indochina
High Command
Arbenz Resigns as Guatemala Adopts Military Junta
HTTPAP reports Arbenz Guzman resigns and a military junta led by Carlos Enrique Diaz takes power amid defections and rebel advances. Diaz vows war on exile forces led by Castillo Armas, while rebels threaten bases and seek a coalition with anti Communist groups. Diplomats call it a maneuver to secure terms.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Reime
Carlos Enrique Diz
Arbenz
Guzman
Guatemala City
Diaz
Carlos Castillo Armas
Zacapa
Washington
Castillo Armas
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
U. S
Whiting Willauer
Blind Korean War Veteran Saves Three From Pascagoula River
In Lucedale Mississippi on June 28, 22 year old Charles Vines a blind veteran from the 1st Marine Division leaped into the Pascagoula River to save two teenage girls Anne Louise Ball 18 and Barbara Wood 15 as they struggled in swift water. He swam about 600 yards battling currents to reach Barbara then helped her to shore while pulling James Peacock 22 from the river.
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Lucedale
Miss
Pascagoula River
Charles Vines
1St Marine Division
Korea
James Peacock
Vines
Anne Louise Ball
Barbara Wood
Barbara
Anne Louise
Snakebite Mortality Estimates from World Health Organization
Geneva reports WHO concludes 30 to 40 thousand sworn yearly snakebite deaths after first global survey. Study aims to gauge need for international serum standardization and notes many deaths go unrecorded.
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United Nations
World Health Organization
Leaders Press Forward on Indochina and EDC
Eisenhower and Churchill pledged to press forward with collective defense plans for Southeast Asia regardless of Indochina talks. They warned delaying the European Defense Community would hurt Atlantic solidarity and urged France to ratify.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Southeast Asia
Indochina
West Germany
France
United States
Britain
Geneva
White House
James C. Hagerty
Chicago Man Elected National Commandant Of Navy Clubs
Walter Popjoy of Chicago was named national commandant of the Navy Clubs of the U S A at Davenport Iowa. The national reunion also elected R J Bradfield Fort Wayne Indiana junior executive officer Charles Topp Davenport senior executive officer Robert Vaughn Lima Ohio paymaster Robert Curley Milwaukee judge advocate James Qillinan Rockford Illinois chaplain George Thomas Danville Illinois historian.
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Davenport
Iowa
Walter Popjoy
Chicago
Navy Clubs
R. J. Bradfield
Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles Topp
Robert Vaughn
Lima
Ohio
Robert Curley
Milwaukee
James Qillinan
Rockford
Ill
George Thomas
Danville
Air Force Officers to Begin Compulsory Language Courses
In Wiesbaden Germany 28 June AP report says most U S Air Force officers and enlisted personnel in Germany France Italy and North Africa will start mandatory foreign language training next month. A 30 hour course is required in the language of the country where stationed.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Air Force
France
Italy
North Africa
Air Force
United States
DuQuoin Fair Finale to Feature Fisher and Mills Brothers
Eddie Fisher and the Mills Brothers headline the Labor Day finale at the DuQuoin State Fair. The two-hour Eddie Fisher revue starts at 8 p.m. September 6, closing the nine day event with other acts, plus a 100 mile AAA stock car race and nightly Stagerama shows. Tickets range from 1 to 4 dollars for various events. Eddie Fisher revue tickets cost 2.50 3.50 and 4 dollars.
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Eddie Fisher
Mills Brothers
DuQuoin
Fisher
Ilona Massey
Buddy Lester
Lou Breese
Perry
Randolph
Jackson
Washington
Franklin
DuQuoin State Fair
Resignation of Carr Predicted by Walter Winchell
Francis P. Carr may resign as staff director for the Senate subcommittee on investigations within a week per Walter Winchell. He reportedly plans to join a nationally known New York firm offering a higher salary. Carr, ex FBI agent, was involved in the Army McCarthy hearings before being dropped.
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New York
Francis P. Carr
Senate
Walter Winchell
American Broadcasting Co
Winchell
Carr
Roy M. Cohn
Joseph R. McCarthy
FBI
Army
Child Found Safe After 40 Hours Lost In Sierra Wilderness
Kathy Paxton 5 was located on a granite ledge near Woods Lake in the High Sierra after more than 40 hours with no food or shelter. Alvin Van Dell guided the recovery as Kathy described sleeping on pine needles and cold nights, then was taken to headquarters and treated for minor injuries.
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Markleeville
Calif
Kathy Paxton
High Sierra
Woods Lake
Alvin van Dell
van Dell
Louis Avery
Kathy
Kit Carson Pass
Lou
Avery
California
Stewart Crandall
Cupertino
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Whiting
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Aages
Detroit
Demos
Ike and
Winnie
Indorse Collective
Asian Defense
U. N
Asia Defense
U.S.A. Navy
DuQuoin Fair
Mills Bros
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