Veterans Return To Revisit D-Day Beaches In France
French and American veterans gathered at Omaha and nearby beaches to re dedicate the sites once stormed on June 6 1944. French President Rene Coty and General Omar Bradley spoke as ceremonies marked ten years since the invasion that involved about 86600 Allied troops and 9385 American graves at the LaBauld La?urenton cemetery.
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Omaha Beach
France
D. Eisenhower
Germany
Korea
Hitler
Europe
Rene Coty
Omar N. Bradier
Eisenhower
Atomic Like blasts injure 49 at Kanawha chemical plant
A chain of five explosions at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Institute plant near Charleston West Virginia injured at least 49 people and damaged homes as fire raged for hours. About 200 workers were at the plant when a tanker car blew up triggering the blasts. Most casualties were plant employees.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Institute
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Here
West Virginia
Chemical Valley
Watt Powel Baseball Park
Tigress Kills 87 in India. Government Offers Reward
The Indian government offers a reward of 1000 for capture or death of a man eating tigress blamed for 87 deaths near Altari. The push follows a string of attacks and public alarm in the region.
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Rewsa
India
INS
Altari
Today’s Features and Page Listings Overview
A brief index of regular features across pages notes Amusements Editorials Bridge Letters Classifieds Radio TV Comics Women’s Deaths and Sports with Today’s Pictures on Page 1. The layout summarizes sections and page numbers for readers.
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Radio
Bees Delay Plane at Albany Airport
A swarm of bees gathered near the baggage exit of the American Airlines terminal at Albany airport delaying loading for minutes. Operations Manager Lowell Trant banged a tin pan while Bryant clipped branches to control the bees. The plane departed on schedule.
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Albany
American Airlies
Lowell Trant
Bryant
George Will Push Tax Bill Heads for Senate Vote
Senator Walter F. George proposes broader income tax relief through higher exemptions despite Senate Finance Committee rejection of a milder plan. The veteran Georgia Democrat aims for a committee vote Monday as the Eisenhower era tax reform bill moves forward amid administration opposition.
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Washington
Cup
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
Georgia
Hisenhower
George
Qiao
Senate
Georges
Army McCarthy clash widens as telephones noted
Washington Senator McCarthy charged that long secret monitored phone calls undermine the Army case in his bitter fight with top Pentagon officials. Televised disclosures broke a logjam over release of transcripts showing Stevens and other figures doubting Army charges.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Pentagon
Dorvavis
Republican Party
Hensmen
Senate
Twenteen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
Senator Symington
D-Mo
Pvt
David Schine
Armie
Schine
DicCarthy
Calis
Ston
Symington
Clark Clifford
Truman
William P. Rogers
Missouri
Weather Outlook Turns Warmer With Sunshine Expected
Weather forecaster Andrew Keller at Hancock Field says tomorrow will be sunny and warm with a high near 0 after a damp start. Tonight remains unseasonably cool with a low around 45. Warmer conditions continue into Monday with showers possible Tuesday.
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Faye
Andrew Keller
Hancock Field
Syracuse Tedar
Heller
Adlai Stevenson Warns U S Faces National Neurosis
Adlai E Stevenson told a Columbia University conference that America suffers from a national neurosis of self-doubt and may be at a crossroads between democracy and totalitarianism. He cited irrational criticism and McCarthyism as symptoms and warned of a moral crisis deeper than current political tensions.
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New York
Adilai E Stevenson
America
Columbia
Mio
Syracuse Air Raid Drill Depicts City Devastation
Syracuse endured a mock air raid with a red alert at 9 10 AM as Civil Defense volunteers swarmed Schiller Park. The simulated blast at Court Ist and Grant Blvd destroyed the northern city area within three miles, leaving widespread ruins and heavy damage to major industrial plants including Onondaga Potters, Easy Washer, Crouse-Hinds, Brown Lipe Chapin, Solvay Process, and Carrier Corporation. General Clarence R Hutchoner warned of insufficient CD personnel despite progress.
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Syracuse
Ina
Civil Defense l
Lon Schiller Park
Court Ist
Grant Blvd
Clarence R. Hutchoner
Civil Defense
Mfe
Onondaga Potters
Jamny Crouse-Hinds
Brown -Lipe- Chapin
Solvaye Process
Carrier Corporation
Ex-Sailor Seeks Annulment Over Wife Refusal to Quit Waves
Elbert Leon Mason of Torrance California seeks an annulment from Lolo Ione Nielsen Mason on charges that she refused to quit the waves. The report notes the couple previously married and Mason filed the petition in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Salior
Elbert Leon Mason
Torrance
Calif
Lolo Ione Nielsen Mason
Ithe Waves
Bergall Submarine Gets New Navy Habitable Makeover
The Bergall based at New London harbor, recently upgraded after Portsmouth shipyard work, features a converted mess into a recreation room with a nickel jukebox to fund new records, aluminum bunk partitions, bedlamps, green-toned interiors, and a sun deck expanded to accommodate twenty sailors topside.
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Naval Shipyard
Sud
Bergall
Newark Opens Rose Festival
Newark in Warne County opened its 23d annual rose festival. The town, known as the rose capital of the world, celebrated as Governor Dewey, speaking in Albany, called the rose the state's official flower and said Newark residents have a right to be proud of their community.
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Newark
Warne County
Dewey
Albany
Explosions in Santiago during Batista visit cause minor damage
Six small blasts in three cinemas, a restaurant, a mail truck, and a suburban alley in Santiago Cuba caused minor damage during President Batista's visit. Police report no injuries.
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Santiago
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Two Men Arrested in Boxing Fix Probe Opens in New York
District Attorney Frank S. Hogan opened an investigation into possible boxing bout fixing involving mid dleweight Bobby Jones and Joey Giardello on June 11. Robert Meinick, Jones' eastern representative, said Jones had been approached by three rings or a national syndicate. Heavyweight Clarence Henry of Philadelphia was arrested on no charge of offering a bribe, while Joseph Hacken of New York City was held in 25000 bail.
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Army
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
America
New York
Frank S. Hogan
Bobby Jones
Joey Giardello
Robert Meinick
Jones
Hogan
Oakland
Calif
Rocky Graziano
Ruben Shank
Denver
Colo
Clarence Henry
Philadelphia
Joseph Hacken
New York City
Diet Session Is Extended in Tokyo Amid Tensions
The lower house voted to extend its session by 10 days as Socialist deputies boycotted and clashed outside the president’s office. Upper house concurrence was unnecessary, but legal challenges may follow. Prime Minister Yoshida postponed a world tour amid mounting turmoil.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yahachi Hawai
Mey
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Progressive Party
Windfall taxi raffle to fund literacy drive in Mexico City
A government raffle will distribute a taxi with license plates to raise funds for an illiteracy program. Due to taxi permits limits in Mexico City, the negotiable license is valued at an estimated amount equal to the ceb.
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Menico City
Mexico City
They're Kids Too
Milford police chief said children over 12 in shorts on Alain Street will be arrested. No mention was made of adults.
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Milford
Mass
Chidren
Alain St
William F.fitzpatrick
Gladys and Ethel Share a Quick Witty Exchange
A lighthearted exchange has Gladys asking if her husband’s neuralgia persists and Ethel replying that he suffers, but not as much as the rest of them, highlighting a homespun joke about aging.
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Gladys
Ethel
Yugoslavia and Greece Agree to Formal Alliance
A Tanjug dispatch from Athens reports Yugoslavia and Greece have agreed to a formal alliance binding them and Turkey to a Middle East political NATO.
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Yugoslavia
Greece
London
Tanjug
Athens
Turkey
NATO
United States Opens Direct Talks With China in Geneva
The United States began direct negotiations with Red China in Geneva to secure the release of about 54 civilians and 29 military personnel detained or denied exit visas. U S delegates led by Alexis Johnson stated the talks do not imply recognition and will continue with further meetings. about 120 Chinese students in the United States are also involved, facing exit visa issues.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
China
U. S
Peiping
U.S
Ttalks
Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Humphrey Trevelyan
Thas
Washington
Senate OKs Attack Plan Amid Atomic Age Crisis
The Senate approved 70 to 1 a constitutional amendment to let governors appoint interim House members if vacancies exceed 145 during a national emergency or disaster. Current law requires special elections to fill House seats.
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Waskington
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Fulk Sirvengih
Barn Collapse Kills Boy and Injures Two in West Babylon
A two story abandoned barn used by youths collapsed trapping three boys. Jeff Rostrup 13 of Lindenthurst died, Joseph Wimmer 33 was critically injured with multiple injuries, while 14 year old Thomas Patemno was trapped but unharmed. A fourth boy may be buried.
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West Babylon
Jeff Rostrup
Lindenhurst
Joseph Wimmer
Bayshore Hospital
Thomas J Patemno
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