Icelandic Voters Face Rift Over U S Base and Communists
Iceland's Progressive party broadened its campaign to target the Communists and U S forces at Keflavik ahead of national elections. Foreign Minister Kristinn Gudmundsson warned that Iceland aims to remove foreign troops and may mothball the NATO base, seeking a return to pre 1949 status quo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykajavik
Iceland
U.S
Atlantis
Treaty Organization
Progressive
Kristinn Gudmundsson
Gudmundsson
NATO
Food Poisoning Hits 150 At Port Huron Hospital Fete
About 150 people were recovering from food poisoning after attending the Port Huron Hospital fiesta dinner. Doctors said the ailment was a form of stathylotocal and 41 remained ill across the two city hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Ins
Port Huron Hospital
Coming highway program promised to boost nation’s future
Sylvia Porter writes on today’s editorial page about the coming highway program and its potential major impact. The newspaper’s Talkin It Over and other features follow on various pages including Amusements, Letters, Bridge, Financial, Classifieds, Radio-TV, City Life, Women, Deaths, Senior Forum, Editorials, and Sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Porter
Bridge
City Life
Senior Forum
G E Radar Orders Climb With $19.8 Million Air Force Contract
The General Electric Co. receives a 19.78 million dollar Arctic radar contract for Arctic and temperate use with mobile variants. The award, part of a broader 45 million dollar month in related orders, is from the Air Materiel Command at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. Production is centered at GE plants on Thompson and Court roads. Units are destined for Australia NATO Canada and other air command elements. The award maintains employment levels without adding staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
General Electric Co
Syracuse
FW. Rawlings
Peer Censetta
Imander
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Electronic Equipment Department
John J. Farrell
Systems Center
Court Rd
Thompson Rd
Arctic
Australia
NATO
Canada
Defense
Red Hirelings Eligible For Social Security
A Social Security Administration referee ruled that employment by the Communist party in the United States is covered under the Social Security Act. The decision reverses a prior ruling that the party was an arm of a foreign government and that service for it could not qualify for benefits. The ruling, by Referee Peter J. Hoegen, affects seven party employees and is subject to Appeals Council review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Social Security Administration
Communist Party
United States
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Peter J. Hoegen
Appeals Council
Hoegen
New York City
Thunderstorms and warm spell forecast over next five days
Weather forecast notes showers tonight into tomorrow with relief from humidity. By tomorrow afternoon sun returns and a cooler breeze. Highs reach 75 tomorrow and 84 today with a low around 66 tonight. Scattered showers are possible Monday to Wednesday. Normal temperatures expected across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Keller
Wilson calls air budget hike phony amid Senate plan
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and Admiral Arthur W. Radford rejected a Senate compromise to add 1.16 billion dollars to the 1957 air budget. Wilson denounced the move as phony while Radford said the administration budget is adequate and favors no increase. He warned Russia may attack with Bison jets, while asserting the B 52 is superior.
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Quantico
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Torpedo
Senate
Wilson
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
America
Senate Appropriations Committee
William F. Knowland
Calif
Forest Fires Rage In Ontario Scope of Blaze Expands
Ontario officials report 93 fires burning across the north and northwest region with an 11 000 acre bushland blaze east of Leake Nipigon near Beardmore. Six hundred firefighters were deployed to fight the out of control fire as of today.
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Torontown
Leake Nipigon
Forestry Department
Beardmore
Ontario
Jury Trials Seen as Main Cause of Court Backlog
Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice David W. Peck says jury trials cause the backlog and urges lawyers to try cases before a judge to save time. He spoke at a New York State Bar Association symposium during its summer meeting in Saranac Inn, with about 850 lawyers and spouses attending.
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Saranac Inn P
Supreme Court
David W. Peck
Appellate Division
First Department
New York City
Peck
New York State Bar Assa
Chuckles Over Studying Singing Abroad
A light rumor column notes folks who travel to study singing may come back with new voices and sharper stage presence. The item playfully explores dedication to vocal arts and the allure of distant training.
Italy approves record postwar defense budget
Rome Italy's Chamber of Deputies approved a record postwar defense budget totaling 1060 million dollars an increase of 64 million over last year amid ongoing security considerations and government finance plans.
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Rome
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Steel Strike Plans Made to Bank Furnaces
United Steelworkers locals form strike committees and lay out picketing plans as contract talks with U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel stall before the June 30 deadline. Merchants curb credit, savers raise balances, and relief agencies plan for hardship as a potential nationwide walkout looms.
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New York
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Gary
Ind
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
GOP Seeks TV Gimmick for Big Surprise Convention
About 40 Republican leaders met to plan how to hold a national TV audience for the 1956 San Francisco convention opening August 20. They debated shortening the four day event and ways to keep speeches lively while avoiding roll calls.
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GOP
Raymond Labr
Washington
Hisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
San Francisco
Republiccns
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taff
House
Joseph W. Martin
Senate
William F. Knowland
Paul M. Butler
Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Butler
Cortland Memorial Hospital tops goal in two month appeal
Cortland Memorial Hospital in this city of 18,000 raised $970,326 in a two month campaign. A parade and aerial bomb salutes accompanied the dinner where about 1,000 campaign workers celebrated going over the $950,000 target. Professional fund-raisers helped attract gifts from the Virgin Islands for improvement and enlargement of the 132 bed facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Virgin Islands
Paraguayan consul general accused in Antwerp murder
Wald timir Morinigo the Paraguayan consul general in Antwerp shot and killed his estranged wife Josette a Belgian and wounded a man identified as F G in a car. Morinigo 31 was hospitalized under guard on homicide and assault charges after an emergency operation.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Waldtimir Morinigo
Morinigo
Josette
F. G
Antere
Morlinigo
Suspect Nabbed After Returning to Store for Cough Drops
In Tacoma Washington Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Milne reported 42 year old George Emery Morisette was arrested after returning to the store he had robbed and buying cough drops. The suspect showed curiosity about whether the clerk would recognize him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Ralph Milner
George Emery Morisette
Eisenhower Nears Hospital Recovery Nixon to Attend Manila Ceremony
President Eisenhower in good condition after three weeks in hospital reports. Vice President Nixon plans to leave for Manila to attend Independence Day ceremonies on July Fourth with Mrs. Nixon, at Ike's request. Doctor Blades pleased with progress as Nixon prepared to travel.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Philippines
White House
Nixon
I Jaly
Manila
Brian Blades
George Washington University Hospital
United States
Ramon Magsaysay
U. S
Recording Equipment Sought After Senate Security Sweep
Capitol security agents searched the Lehman office and adjoining hearing room for secret recording gear prompting a Senate furor. Leading figures defended routine checks while Lehman criticized the intrusion as an insult and demanded apologies from Defense Department officials and the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Sen. Lehman
D-Ny
Capitol
Senate
Lehman
Sen
Symingston
D-Mo
Special Armed Services
Majority
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Douglas
D-Ii
Sen. Green
D-Ri
Senate Rules Committee
Johnson
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Symington
Pinza Returns to Italy for Three Month Vacation
American singer Ezio Pinza arrived in Genoa Italy with his wife Doris and their three children for a three month holiday. Pinza plans to tour Italian cities during the visit and will resume concert duties after the vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Italy
Ezio Pinza
Doris
Mikoyan Revealed as Beria Killer in 1953 Kremlin Killing
Paris based Socialist sources claim Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan killed Lavrenti Beria with one bullet to the neck during a Kremlin Politburo meeting. The tale links Khrushchev to the liquidation and cites Moscow’s July 16 1953 arrest announcement.
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Elie Maissi
Paris
INS
Promitr Anastas Mikoyan
Red Secret Police
Lavrenti P. Beria
Mikoyan
Red
Beria
Kremlin
Visi
Nikita Khrushchevy
Russia
Stalin
Arator
I Stalin
Moscow
Andd
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