Rio Grande Flood Devastates Border Towns Across Texas and Mexico
Flood waters rising three feet per hour engulf Laredo Nuevo Laredo and Eagle Pass while Piedras Negras faces hundreds of potential deaths. In Ozona Texas a flash flood leaves 16 dead and one missing. Thousands evacuated as river crests threaten 40 blocks in Laredo and 35,000 residents in Piedras Negras.
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Laredo
Tex
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Ozona
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Nuevo Laredo
Associated Press
Dave Cheavens
Cheavens
Joe Martin Jr
Mexico City
Martin
Tom Gallagher
State Disaster and Relief Control
West Texas
la Mesa
Showers Cool Off Southern Illinois With Thursday Forecast
Scattered thunder showers move through Southern Illinois tonight and cooler air follows. Thursday brings fair skies and cooler conditions with lows around 70 this night and highs in the mid 80s. Thursday night lows near the mid 60s.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake Spillway and Little Grassy Lake Levels
Weather report notes high yesterday 94 and noon today 90 with a low of 57 yesterday’s night, precipitation .01 inches from 7 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today. Sunrises at 4:38 a.m. and sunset at 7:29 p.m. includes Crab Orchard Lake Spillway level and Little Grassy Lake details.
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Little Grassy Lake
Oppenheimer Appeal Rejected by AEC Final Security Ban
The Atomic Energy Commission ruled J Robert Oppenheimer unfit to handle U S nuclear secrets in a 4 1 decision citing defects of character and dangerous associations The panel heard 38 witnesses including Oppenheimer and upheld security concerns prompting him to end his advisory role at the Institute for Advanced Study Oppenheimer disputed the majority conclusions while Dr Henry Smyth favored reinstatement of his clearance The case centered on national security and Oppenheimer s past associations with known subversives or Communists
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
America
Oppenheimer
AEC
Heimer
New York
Henry D. Smyth
Lewis L. Strauss
Eugene M. Zuckert
Joseph Campbell
Thomas E. Maurray
Smyth
Princeton
Congress
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
Institute For Advanced Study
N. J
United States
Los Alamos, N. M
Truckers Seek Statewide Minimum Truck Rates
The Illinois Commerce Commission was urged to set minimum rates for intrastate trucking under a 1953 law. The 800 member Illinois Intrastate Motor Carrier Rate and Tariff Bureau petitioned for action, noting a rate war and non compensatory prices harming legitimate operators. A hearing will be scheduled.
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Springfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Intrastate Motor Carrier Rate and Tariff Bureau, Inc
George R. Perrine
Perrine
Coffee Price Spiral Blamed on Big Profits
In Miami on June 30 AP reports Dr. Roberto E. Canessa of El Salvador blamed high coffee prices on restaurant margins, noting 15 cents per cup yields over 300 percent gross profit. He urged the public not to blame producers and said leaders have jumped on the price bandwagon. He estimated a 1 cent per pound rise costs American consumers 27 million dollars, with four-fifths remaining elsewhere.
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Miami
Fla
Roberto E. Canessa
el Salvador
Canessa
Chamber of Commerce of the Americas
United States
Search Continues for Chicago Civic Leader
Chicago, June 30 AP reports William C. Greebel a Park Ridge civic leader vanished six days ago after leaving home for the office. His wife sent two letters for mailing. one arrived, the other remains missing. The 59 year old executive secretary of the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce is unaccounted for.
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Chicago
William C. Greebel
Park Ridge
Groebel
Eisenhower talks peaceful coexistence and warns against slavery
President Eisenhower said the world can seek peaceful coexistence with the Communists but that no nation should be subjugated to an outside power. He defended Nixon on Acheson criticisms and commented on Oppenheimer and price supports, stressing no last minute appeal to scrap them.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Nixon
Stat
Dean Acheson
China
Korea
Indochina
Oppenheimer
Central American
Guatemala
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Kobert Oppenheimer
Atty
Gen. Brownell
Reds Claim Atomic Power Station Opened
Moscow radio announced that the Soviet Union opened its first industrial atomic power station with a capacity of 5,000 kilowatts. The broadcast cited a Council of Ministers statement saying the station began Sunday producing electrical current for industry and agriculture. location was not disclosed.
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Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Soviet Council of Ministers
Doctor Shot at Home in St Louis Feud With Neighbors
Dr Cecil A Sharp health officer for Will County and medical director for the United Mine Workers was fatally shot after checking a noise at his house in suburban Ladue. Police detained two brothers in their 20s, neighbors who had feuded with Sharp over minor disputes. His wife and 14 year old daughter were inside during the attack.
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St. Louis
Cecil A. Sharp
Sharp
United Mine Workers Union
Cecil
Angela
Ladue
Carlyle, Ill
Will County
Ill
St. Louis County
UMW
Armas Monzon to Arrange Armistice Ends Guatemala War
Guatemala's 12 day civil war ends as Col. Carlos Castillo Armas arms surrender request. The U S Embassy hails the outcome as anti communism victory while Armas forces vow cease fire. Secretary Dulles will review the situation in a 15 minute live broadcast at 7 45 p m CDT on ABC and DuMont with later replays.
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Jack Rutledge
Associated Press
Guatemala
U. S
Carlos Castillo Armas
Washington
Dulles Tonigh
ABC Radio
DuMont Television
Monzon
Castillo Armas
el Salvador
Monzona
Arbenz
Vatican
Msgr
Gennaro Verolino
John Peuritov
Western Hemisphere
Guatemala City
Bennington Disaster Prompts New Catapult Plan
The Navy will fit catapults to all but two aircraft carriers after the May 6 Bennington explosion and fire. The disaster, which cost more than 100 lives, led to a plan favoring hydraulic catapults on affected ships while the Enterprise and Hancock use steam systems. The official cause remains unannounced but the blast is believed tied to the carrier’s catapult.
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Navy
Bennington
Intrepid
Hancock
Sennington
Stunt Man Catches 60 Sharks Then Gets Bitten in Battle
Frank Donahue, a movie stunt man, spent a week catching sharks off Santa Monica Bay. He netted over 60 small sharks with bare hands while seeking a seven foot specimen for a scene. A shark later bit his right elbow during a boatside check and he was treated at a hospital.
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Frank Donahue
Santa Monica Bay
Donahue
Churchill In Canada delays policy shifts with Canada visit
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Churchill meets Canadian leaders to outline Washington conferences and the U S British policy rifts. Canada, tied to both powers, seeks to avoid choosing sides while weighing defense commitments amid Korea and Germany deployments. Canadian stance on recognizing Red China aligns with Britain but remains cautious.
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Ottawa
Churchill
Washington
Britain
United States
U. S
Canada
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Korea
Germany
China
Ottifei
Nunan Guilty On Tax Charge
Joseph D. Nunan Jr., once the nation’s top tax collector, is found guilty of income tax evasion by a Brooklyn federal court jury on all five counts for 1946 to 1950. He faces up to 25 years and a $50,000 fine, with sentencing set for July 22.
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Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Brooklyn
New York City
Nunan
Roosevelt
AP Wirephovo
New York
Joseph D. Numan Jr
Internal Revenue
Walter Bruchhausen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tariff Asked by U S Watchmakers Claim Swiss Took Over
A Senate preparedness subcommittee opened a hearing on the American watch and clock industry to assess its defense role. Industry witnesses claim Swiss imports supplanted U S makers during World War II while domestic firms produced timing devices, and warn that without tariff protection a fallback domestic industry may not exist in another emergency.
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Ashington
Senate
Congressional
Tariff Commission
U S Evacuates Wounded from Saigon to France
A U S Air Force Globemaster carried the second 100 of the Dien Bien Phu wounded from Saigon to France as part of the ongoing U S evacuation.
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Saigon
Indochina
Globemaster
Dien Bien Phu
France
United States
Woman Admits Helping Prison Break Plot At Court
A blonde divorcee named Delores Del Genio Marcus admitted to police that she passed an automatic pistol to Gus Amedeo during an unauthorized visit to two prisoners who escaped from the Criminal Courts Building. Detective Edward Walsh stated the admission came on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Criminal Courts
Edward Walsh
Delores del Genio Marcus
Gus Amedeo
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