Kansas Girl Wins Spelling Bee at National Finals
Jolitta Schlehuber of McPherson Kansas won the National Spelling Bee with 31 000 top prize after Nancy Driver of Marcellus was eliminated in the 28th round. Nancy earned 50 dollars for second place?
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Kansas
Washington
Jolitta Schlehuber
McPherson
Kan
Nancy Driver
Marcellus
Nancy
Herald-Journal
Herald - American
Syracuse
Carol Snyder
St. Brigid’s
Jolitta
Terry Madeira
Elizabethtown
Terry
Politta
UAW conducts Ford strike vote amid Detroit plant talks
The United Auto Workers announce a vote among about 100,000 Ford production employees while denying an immediate strike threat. Ken Bannon says they are setting up machinery in case action is needed, with a prior vote held before the 1955 contract.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ken Bannon
UAW
Ford Department
Chrysler
International Uaw
Bannon
Ford
Record heat reports across the nation
The 111 degree high reported yesterday to the U.S. Weather Bureau was the nation’s highest. Morning low touched 20 degrees at Fraser Colorado with rapid temperature swings noted in the spread.
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New York
U.S. Weather Bureau
Presidio
Tex
Fraser, Colo
Editorial Page Highlights Reciproc Trade Vote and NATO Views
Today’s features praise the House vote on reciprocal trade and the South’s political acumen. It notes editorials urging Senate good conduct and shows NATO leaders' lack of fear toward Gaulle.
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NATO
Ge Gaulle
Senate
De Gaulle Presses Algerian Showdown with Soustelle Talk
Paris AP report shows Premier De Gaulle rebuking Jacques Soustelle as he resists colonialists in Algeria. He seeks Muslim minority input while opposing delayed Algerian elections and party-politician power. Soustelle linked to insurgent committees backing French control. Massu’s leadership noted.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Jacques Soustelle
Algeria
France
Soustelle
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Algiers
Raoul Salan
Salan
Jacques Massu
Eden Observes 61st Birthday at English Cottage
Former British prime minister Anthony Eden celebrated his 61st birthday at his Broadchalke countryside home. Resigning in early 1957 due to ill health, Eden was reported to be looking much better by friends.
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Broadchalke
England
Anthony Eden
Anthony
TV Limit Proposed by Sir Albert Richardson
Prof Sir Albert Richardson former Royal Academy president urged restricting all British Isles television to 30 minutes daily. He called for a parliamentary debate on the proposal and suggested a phased rollout.
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Bedford
England
UPI
Albert Richardson
Royal Academy
British Isles
Joke on a boss keeping goldfish at desk
A personnel manager places a bowl of goldfish on his desk to have someone around who opens his mouth without asking for a raise. The quip underscored the boss’s wish for easy, uncomplaining company at work.
Adams and Eisenhower Hold Talks as Adams Faces Charges
President Eisenhower and Sherman Adams met as a House subcommittee prepared new hearings on influence charges. White House secretary Hagerty offered no comment on the discussions, while Goldfine defended himself against the charges and praised his long friendship with the Adamses.
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Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Adams
New Hampshire
White House
Hagerty
Subcommittee
Sherman Adams
One Vote Defeat By Own Ballot in Crewe Council Race
W L Dix missed the Crewe town council election by one vote, voting for the candidate who defeated him. The outcome hinged on his own ballot as he inadvertently helped elect the opponent.
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Crewe, Pa
W. L. Dixon
Kennedy Accepts Proposal to Tighten Labor Bill
The Senate approved an amendment by 86 to 0 to empower the secretary of labor to compel testimony and books in enforcing union elections and financial reporting, with exemptions for small unions. Kennedy backed Cooper’s changes and criticized Mitchell's statements, calling the measure non punitive yet capable of curbing union abuses.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Labor
John S. Cooper
R-Ky
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Labor Committee
Cooper
Iennedy
Mitchell
Senate Backets Committee
John L
Fire wipes out airman's family in Albany apartment blaze
An early Albany garage apartment fire killed five members of Sgt. W. E. Chapman's family. Barbara Chapman 27 and four children Karen 5 Sharon 4 Billy 2 Susan 11 months died. Chapman stationed in Germany. Turner AFB arranged to fly him home.
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Albany, Ga
Garrage
U.S
Barbara Chapman
W. E. Chapman
Karen
Sharon
Billy
Susan
Chapman
Germany
Turner Air Force Base
Jamesville Beach Pollution Cleanup Mapped
Officials map chlorination and legal steps to curb raw sewage discharges into the Jamesville Beach reservoir. The County Park Board did not permit opening due to pollution. A Lafayette Town meeting, with state health officials, discussed eliminating septic discharges and regulating future housing drainage to reopen the beach.
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Jamesville Beach
County Park Board
Lafayette
the Park Board
Town of Lafayette
Robert D. Hennigan
State Health Department
Hennigan
Jamesville-Apulia Rd
Wreckage Sighted in Vermont Search for Missing B47 Jet
An Air Force C47 sighted wreckage on Cold Holly Mountain near Belvidere as an Ethan Allen AFB helicopter joined the hunt for a missing B47 bomber with six engines en route from Hunter AFB Georgia to Plattsburgh New York.
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Burlington
Air Force
Belvidere
Ethan Allen Air Force Base
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Air Force Base
Hunter Afb
Savannah
Donald Warren
Cold Holly Mt
Civil Defense
Vermont
Upper
New York State
Lake Champlain
Loring, Afb
Maine
U N Observers Begin Lebanon Border Watch
The first contingent of U N observers moved into Lebanon less than a day after the Security Council ordered a border guard to ban intruders Lebanon calls from President Nasser's United Arab Republic.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Security Council
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Unusual family initials span the alphabet in Bonifay
In Bonifay Florida a family of 13 Bowlin children fulfills an alphabetic goal with names from Audie to Von Zircle aged 29 to 57. Separately U.N. officials plan a Lebanon mission after Security Council approval to monitor arms and fighters amid Lebanese conflict.
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Bonifay
Fla
UPD
Allen W. Bowlin
Bowlins
Audie Bryant
Curtis Drue
Elra Faye
Grady Hampton
Ida Jeanette
Enola Leantha
Millard Nathan
Olivia Penelopy
Quincy Ruth
Sarah Thelma
Ulisese Vinjson
Wilson Xava
von Zircle
U.N
Chamoun
Lebanon
Melvin Heads State Bankers at 62nd Convention
Melvin, president of Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. of Syracuse, was elected president of the New York State Bankers Association at its 62nd annual convention in Lake Placid. He succeeds Richard S. Perkins of City Bank Farmers Trust. J. Henry Neale and Howard N. Donovan were elected vice president and treasurer, with others named to the Council of Administration for three years.
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Lake Placid—Crandall Melvin
Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Syracuse
New York State Bankers Association
Richard S. Perkins
First National City Bank of New York
City Bank Farmers Trust
New York City
Association
Lake Placid Club
Melvin
J. Henry Neale
Scarsdale National Bank and Trust Co
Howard N. Donovan
Bank of Jamestown
Council of ‘Administration
Pleasant Days Ahead for Syracuse as Warm Weather Persists
The Weather Bureau at Hancock Field reports fair skies over Central New York with temperatures in the mid 70s today and tomorrow and no precipitation expected. A high pressure system over the Great Lakes drives the warm spell, with tonight and tomorrow night around 50 degrees.
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Syracuse
New York
Hancock Field
Great Lakes
Two Children Die In Abandoned Refrigerator
In Venice Indiana an overnight search ended with the discovery of two children found dead in an abandoned refrigerator. Police said 7 year old Bobby Lee Loving and 5 year old Sandra Waggner died of suffocation.
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Venice
Bobby Lee Loving
Sandra Waggner
Aerial Look at Syracuse Expressway Project
The Syracuse area progress report shows dirt mounds and white concrete ribbons forming bridges as motorists find it puzzling. Cameraman Arthur Cornelius provided aerial imagery, with Fred Heyman painting road networks in a side picture. The Osweggo boulevard expressway section leads the series, with Hiawatha-BuckleyRoad area to follow.
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Syracuse
Herald-Journal
Arsthur Cornelius
Fred Heyman
Oswegg Boulevard Expressway
Hiawatha_ boulevard
Buckaley Road
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Eden
Eisenhower
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Shattuck
U.N. Group
Sivedes
Israel
David Blickenstaff
Palestine
Dag,Hammarskjold
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