Cypriots Call Halt To Strike
Cypriots called off a general strike that halted trade in the British island for two days. At least three Greek Cypriots were killed and four wounded in EOKA violence as a missing British soldier sparked fears. Several shooting incidents occurred around Nicosia, Kyrenia, Limassol, and Kythrea amid the unrest.
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Calony
Bevanti
Kyrenia
EOKA
Cyprus
Greece
Inia
Chen’era
Limassol
Kythrea
Nasser endorses Arab unity as Suez talks loom
Cairo mobilizes Arab youth to defend Nasser’s nationalization of the Suez Canal and calls for a general strike on August 16 ahead of the London conference. Egypt seeks international control of the waterway while Britain delays troop moves and diplomacy intensifies with India Italy and Ethiopia involved.
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Middle East
Mediterranean
Suez
Cyprus
England
Manchester Guardian
West
Egypt
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Cairo
Nasser
London
Top Medics Study Cancer In Small African Town
Twenty five medical specialists from fourteen countries converge on Kampala to study cancer in Africa with focus on liver cancer. The Kampala Cancer Research Committee reports August conference findings on cancer distribution and possible diet based causes in Africans versus Americans and Europeans. The delegates include leading international researchers from the United States Britain France Switzerland and India.
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Kampala
Uganda
Africa
Europe
America
Afri
United States
Britain
France
Switzerland
India
U S Bases Bans on Salk Exports
The government eases export limits on Salk polio vaccine now in U S food supply to allow shipment of one million doses abroad by Oct 1. Secretary Weeks says 23 481 doses licensed for export since approval 16 months ago.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Winds and eye of first major hurricane of year reported
Betsy looms near to the leeward side of a 4,800 foot summit as the hurricane advances west-northwest at about 16 mph. Navy hurricane hunters penetrate the eye reporting winds over 115 mph and a rough entrance, while the crew notes similarities to Connie from last year.
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Basse Terre
Weather Bureau
Washington
Navy
Junious E. Shipman
Memphis
Tenn
M.p.h
G. Don Bailey
Deerfield, Ill
Bayonet Needed for London Trip Aims Cited in Court
Nicholas Smith told a Magistrate's Court he carried a nine inch bayonet for a London trip. He claimed he had good reasons and said he was reading about gang wars in Soho District. He was fined $8.40 for the possession.
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Slough
England
Nicholas Smith
London
Smith
Soho
Religion Not an Issue for Kennedy and Wagner
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner and Sen. John F. Kennedy say their Roman Catholic faith would not affect their chances as Democratic vice presidential candidates. Both leaders deny active pursuit of the nomination at Chicago. Kennedy would accept if asked. Wagner calls it a fine honor.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Chicago
Wagner
Mented
Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chandler
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Stevenson
Harriman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Stevenson Seen as Best Hope in Democratic Convention
Dixie leaders tilt back toward Stevenson amid platform debates on civil rights. Hodges of North Carolina signals wavering support but endorses Stevenson as best man, while Timmerman warns a strong civil rights plank could cost November wins. Kerr candidates circle as Kefauver hints at VP, Kennedy eyes No. 2 slot.
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Harriman
Dixie
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Steveson
Hodges
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Dixie States
Timmerman
National Democratic Party
Afl-Cio
George Meany
John McCormack
D-Mass
Platform Committee
John S. Battle
Virginia
Battle
Tokyo population rises by 174 thousand to 8.24 million
Tokyo officials announced population growth in the first half of the year. Metropolitan Tokyo reached 8,243,979 residents as of July 1, an increase of 173,978.
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Tokyo
Nasser Aims to Spur Arab Nationalism in Suez Crisis
Cairo report says President Gamal Abdel Nasser told Arab trade union leaders the goal is arousing Arab nationalism beyond taking over the Suez Canal. The executive committee urged an Arab boycott and a general strike set for August 16 as London conference on Suez opens. It represents workers in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Libya.
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Atlantic
Persian Gulf
Federation of Arab Trade Unions
Egypt
Jordan
Cairo
Britain
France
America
London
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
Washington
U.S
Suez Canal
Asia
Africa
Suez
Syria
Lebanon
Libya
Death of 15 month old blamed on hospital mix up
Detroit a hospital inquiry found a two hour wait in a dispensary rather than emergency room may have caused the death of 15 month old James McAbee. Mother Caroline McAbee testified she returned after being told to feed him and waited two hours while doctors were sought. She forced into an examining room where Dr. William T. Garfield treated another infant. the child was dead.
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Detroit
Caroline McAbee
James
MccAbee
Children’s Hospital
McAbee
Girl Killed by Downed Wire After Westhampton Crash
Sherry Topping, 15, of Westhampton Beach, was a passenger in a car that left the road and struck a utility pole. The three occupants suffered minor injuries in the crash, but she was electrocuted when she touched a 2300 volt wire at the scene.
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Westhampton
Sherry Topping
Westhampton Beach
Miss Topping
Chicago Parents urged to stem polio epidemic
Chicago health officials led by Dr. Herman Bundesen urged parents to vaccinate children as the city reports 676 polio cases and 18 deaths. Free Salk vaccine centers operate citywide with 100000 West Side children inoculated, about 45 to 55 percent of local children.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
Bundesen
West Side
Indicted Hodge scandal trial stalls as two gangsters refuse to talk
Springfield report says Frank Wortman and Elmer Dowling invoked the Fifth before Sangamon County grand jury as 48 new indictments were returned in the Orville E. Hodge state check scandal. Hodge did not plead guilty and sought sentencing, blocked by the state's attorney.
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Springfield
Ill
Orville E. Hodge
Frank
Buster) Wortman
Elmer
Dutch) Dowling
Hodge
Arthur Fitzgerald
George Coutrakon
Miami runaways Richard and Brenda Keithley found safe
Richard Keithley twelve and his sister Brenda ten were found Friday night asleep in a shack beside a highway, thirteen miles from home, seven hours after they disappeared. They told authorities they ran away to see the world and had knapsacks they packed themselves.
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Miami
Richard Keithley
Brenda
Rainier Wins Ideal Mustache Title in San Francisco
Prince Rainier III of Monaco receives the International Mustache Protective Association title for the ideal mustache. Grace Kelly’s husband was honored in a San Francisco ceremony marking the contest.
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Rainier
San Francisco
Prince Rainier III
Monaco
Grace Kelly
International Mustache Protective Association
Gruenther Visits the White House for Talks on Army Reduction
General Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme allied commander in Europe, arrives at the White House to discuss long range plans for reducing armed forces. He visits the Pentagon after a White House stay and plans to leave his NATO post this fall.
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Washington
CINS
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
White House
Wek
Gruenther
Pentagon
NATO
Child Drowns in Conesus Lake Near Lakeville
Brends Noakes, a 20 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Noakes of Brantford Ontario drowned yesterday in Conesus Lake near Lakeville Livingston County community.
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Lake Lakeville
Brends Noakes
William Noakes
Brantford
Ont
Conesus Lake
Livingston County
Wilson Defends U S Power Amid Censorship and Deterrence
Secretary Wilson says the United States will not flaunt its strength yet stands ready to deter aggression and keep peace. He notes censorship trimmed his advance text, removing claims of future nuclear missiles and detailing atomic counter punch retaliation facing any aggressor.
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Wilson
United States
Lountry
Wison
Shautsuque Institution
Tme
U. S
Ammht
Pentagon
Harriman Rivalry Faces Truman’s Dreading Endorsement
The report outlines Harriman as a fighter and not a bandwagon candidate while Truman remains a strong Democratic party man. Delegates debate whether endorsing Harriman could split the party, amid discussions at the convention as Truman meets with Harriman near his suite at the Blackstone Hotel.
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Truman
Blackstone
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