Legionnaires Invade New York for Parley
The American Legion arrives in New York for its annual national convention with 30 000 registrants and an estimated 109 000 guests. Presidential speeches by Eisenhower and Stevenson are planned, plus reports from 13 committees and nine subcommittees, and the election of a national commander.
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New York
American Legion
Legionnaires
Legion Convention
Chicago
San Antonio
Omaha
Kansas City
Legion
Madison Square Garden
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Highl
State Department
Donald R. Wuson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Seaborn Collins
Las Cruces
N. ML
Lewis Gough
Pasadena
Calif
Walter E. Allensandroni
Philadelphia
Lawrence Fenton
Arthur Connell
Middletown
Conn
Lee Ward
Paragould
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Government predicts near 35 million students in schools this fall
The United States government forecasts a record enrollment of about 34.7 million in schools and colleges this fall, with 61 percent of classrooms crowded. It calls for 158,609 new teachers and 53,000 new rooms to meet demand and warns of worsening conditions without more teachers and resources.
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Legion
Washington
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Coleges
Bciealion
Earl J. McGrath
WHS
McGrath
Yugoslav Troops Consider Joint Military Maneuvers with Turkey and Greece
Greek authorities said Yugoslav troops may join Turkish and Greek forces in small fall maneuvers possibly in October. Informants note efforts to boost trilateral military cooperation amid talks on a defensive pact involving Tito’s government and NATO members. A Belgrade delegation arrives. Yugoslav and Greek missions to Belgrade and Ankara to follow. Observers see broad agreement on a mutual defense stance against Soviet influence.
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Almens
Greece
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Moshe Pijade
Poliburo
Three U S Senators Visit Trieste Survey
A delegation of five American senators arrived in Trieste to study the flow of political refugees from Yugoslavia and the effects of the Iron Curtain. They will meet with Maj. Gen. William S. Bradford, head of U S occupation forces in the Free Territory of Trieste. The senators include Wayne Whith-Wist Hendrickson Jenner P. Ind. Smith N D Eastland D Miss.
West Reich urged to bolster border police force
Bonn interior minister Robert Lehr Wegsteraay urged expanding West Reich frontier police from 10 000 to 20 000 men to counter East German border raids. He also called for heavier weapons to match East Germany's cannon-mounting flanks and automatic arms.
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Bonn
Germany
Robert Lehr
Wegsteraay
Navy Officer Hurt As Gale Saps Yawl East Wind
In Norfolk Virginia gale force winds ripped the mainsail from the yawl East Wind. Cmdr. John G. Ly was critically injured as a Coast Guard helicopter and a Navy crash boat ferried a Navy brain specialist to the stricken vessel in Chesapeake Bay.
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Norfolk, Va
Adolph Hitler
Coast Guard
Navy
Vawl
Chesapeake Bay
John G. Ly
Life-saving operation after injury at Portsmouth Navy Hospital
Iman, 37, of Washington DC, was admitted to the Navy Hospital at Portsmouth. Hospital authorities said Lyman had lost an eye. An operation to save his life was performed at the hospital.
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Iman
Washington, D.C
Navy Hospital
Portsmouth
Lyman
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