Toll of Disaster Still Grows in Japanese Floods
A violent Japan flood dumped 29 inches of rain on Kyushu killing at least 280 and leaving 281 missing. Reports from Isahaya and Omura described city devastation as rail lines and highways were washed out and thousands fled. Rescue units from Japan, the U S Navy, and U S Air Force rushed aid to the hardest hit areas.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyushu
Isahaya
Nagasaki
Omura
Yasujiro Tachikawa
Chikara Imasato
Yoko Komori
Japanese Navy
Coast Guard
U. S. Navy
U. S. Air Force
Trade Unions Demand Single Fund Campaign
Vigo County Building and Construction Trades Council will withhold support for local fund drives until all agencies operate under a single annual campaign. A letter signed by Virgil Morris and sent to the Vigo County Community Chest requests cooperation with the unified drive, with copies to the Terre Haute Vigo County American Red Cross.
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Vigo County
Building Trades Council
Ralph Yeager
Community Chest Committee
F. Theodore Hegeman
Terre Haute and
American Red Cross
New President of Tunisia Picks His Cabinet
Tunisia's Constituent Assembly ousted Bey Sidei Mohammed Al-Amin and proclaimed Habib Bourguiba president after a swift revolution that also made the republic. Bourguiba, who led the fight against French rule, retained the premiership and invited the diplomatic corps to a palace reception.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Bourguiba
Constituent Assembly
Bey Sidei Mohammed Al-Amin
Explosive tragedy ends marriage rekindling in Pittsburgh
In the North Side, explosives expert Arthur DePew and his estranged wife Elaine died when their parked car exploded just after a reconciled meeting. An eight year old girl Linda Kraus also died. seven others were injured including Linda's sister Joan and Frank Panza. Police call it murder by self destruction. Continued on page 9 column 7.
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Pittsburgh
Arthur H. DePew
North Side
Midtown
Arthur DePew
Elaine
Linda Kraus
Linda
Joan
Frank Panza
DePew
Lawrence Maloney
Desert search for plane victim widens in Mojave
Investigators comb the Mojave Desert for clues after a Western Airlines Convair vanished in turbulent air over California. S. F. Binstock, a 62-year-old former jeweler from North Hollywood, is missing from the Los Angeles bound flight that landed safely at George Air Force Base. The FBI and other agencies probe exploded cabin, structural failure, or device blast theories as fragments are gathered near Ord Mountains for analysis.
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S. F. Binstock
North Hollywood
Calif
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Binstock
Western Airlines
Convair
California
George Air Force Base
Here
FBI
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ord Mountains
Air Force
Pray for Rain Grips Boston as Drought Tightens
Massachusetts Governor Foster Furcolo urged residents to pray for rain describing the two month dry period as alarming. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing directed priests to include a rain prayer in Masses. With no forecasted rain, authorities planned strict water restrictions for 20 million people across 27 Boston area cities and towns.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Foster Furcolo
Richard J. Cushing
Ike Opposes Further Changes In Civil Rights Measure
President Eisenhower urged Republican senators to oppose further major changes in the civil rights bill now before the Senate. Sen. Young said the word came at a closed GOP strategy session led by Sens. Knowland and Dirksen. Knowland met Eisenhower at the White House breakfast but did not speak to reporters. The talk centered on jury trial amendments offered by Sens. O Mahoney and Kefauver as a key element for Dixie forces. Sen. Russell indicated Southern leaders might back a more limited amendment to bolster their voting rights position. Knowland pressed to resist weakening the right to vote while Eisenhower has previously opposed jury trials in contempt cases tied to voting-rights injunctions. Continued on Page 3.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen. Young
R.-N.d
G.O.P
Knowland
R.-Calif
Dirksen
R.-Ill
White House
Young
Sens
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Dixie
Sen
Russell
D.-Ga
R.calif
Little Rock Opens Expressway Amid Traffic Jam
In a ceremony city officials opened a new expressway designed to ease afternoon traffic. Minutes later police reported the worst traffic jam in Little Rock's history as motorists fumbled through unfamiliar signs and signals. Patrolman Gene Adcock described riding his motorcycle for 10 minutes to find a way to direct traffic.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gene Adcock
Ex Miss U S A Sued For 30000 in Maryland suit
Mary Callie Hill sues ex Miss U S A Mary Leona Gage Ennis and the Walters Academy and Fashion Owl alleging fraud and concealment of Ennis's marriage. Hill claims the deception cost her the Miss Maryland prize trip a car a $1000 wardrobe and a Miss Universe screen test.
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Mary Callie Hill
Baltimore
U.S.A
Mary Leona Gage Ennis
Ennis
Maryland
Walters Academy
Fashion Owl
Tna
wWuulu
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Hill
Hollywood
Weather Map Update and River Stage Reading
The weather map from page 9 shows fair conditions at 6 am with a temperature of 70. At 9 am and 2 pm readings rise to 76 and 78 respectively. Sunrise is 5 44, sunset 8 08, and the river stage remains at 12.3 feet stationary.
Terre Haute Area Weather Summary and Forecast
Local conditions show yesterday’s high at 81 and low at 61 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday in Terre Haute and vicinity, low near 65, then Sunday mostly fair and warm. Indiana outlook: partly cloudy with a slow warming trend, highs reaching the 80s north and central and near 90 in the south. Temperature readings note 71 at 9 a.m. and 77 at 2 p.m.
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Terre Haute and Vicinity
Indiana
Racketeer Johnny Dio Convicted in Labor Extortion Case
Jurors found Johnny Dio and two union leaders guilty after 23 hours of deliberation in a $30,000 union shakedown conspiracy. Dio faces up to two years in prison and a federal charge alleging mastermind role in the acid attack on labor columnist Victor Riesel.
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New York
Johnny Dio
Dio
Samuel Goldstein
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Max Chester
Retail Clerks International Assn
Victor Riesel
Goldstein
Chester
Michigan Mayor Shot in City Hall Shooting by Contractor
Mayor James Tierney of Garden City was shot six times at a City Hall planning meeting by Lester Ellerhorst, a Garden City contractor and Gypsum Constructors board chair. Tierney remains critical. Ellerhorst is in custody amid fears of retaliation as a crowd gathered outside City Hall.
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Michigan
Detroit
James Tierney
Garden City
Tierney
City
Russell Swarthout
Arthur Nagle
Lester Ellerhorst
Gypsum Constructors, Inc
Nagle
Ellerhorst
Asst
John Mowatt
Mowatt
Butler hints at possible resignation as Indiana party figure
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler said he may resign as Indiana Democratic national committeeman in August. He noted no decision on 1958 Senate candidacy while attending the Indiana Young Democrats convention in Indianapolis. He also commented on the Craig administration scandal and an ousted appointee.
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Indianapolis
Paul M. Butler
Indiana
Butler
Indiana Young Democrats
State Committee
Indiana Democratic Editorial Assn
French Lick
Senate
South Bend
George N. Craig
Craig
Jet Crash Toll in Bursa Turkey Rises to 23
The Turkish air force jet crash in Bursa northwest of Istanbul raised the death toll to 23 as seven injured died in hospitals. The pilot was killed when his parachute failed to deploy after the jet exploded beside homes and shops. The disaster is the worst in Turkish aviation history.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bursa
Fair Pleasant Weather in State Fair Report
Hoosiers enjoy another fair day as Weather Bureau forecasts mild conditions with scattered showers possible over the next five days. Daytime highs should be 82 to 91 and nights 60 to 72 with warmest weather likely Saturday and Sunday and only light thunderstorm chances. Highs run in the 70s to 80s with lows around mid 60s across cities.
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Indianapolis
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Evansville
Polio Strikes Michigan City Mother of Four
July 26. Mrs Barbara June Glick 29 Michigan City mother of four stricken with paralytic polio this week. None of her family had received any Salk vaccine.
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Michigan City
Barbara June Glick
Indiana Guardsmen Begin Historic Camp McCoy Movement
About 11,000 men of the 38th Infantry Division of the Indiana National Guard departed Indianapolis for Camp McCoy Wisconsin to undertake 16 days of intensive summer field training. The units travel by convoy and chartered bus, with most convoys taking two days and buses arriving in one day.
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Indianapolis
38Th Infantry Division
Camp McCoy
Wis
Indiana National Guard
Wisconsin Camp
British Planes Attack Oman Rebels Fort
Royal air force Venom fighter bombers attacked rebel forts in Oman for a third day. They hit a Tanuf fort near Nizwa after a 48 hour warning, said to be deserted. Britain denied civilian casualties and said strikes targeted rebel strongholds in Izki and Nizwa.
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London
Royal Air Force Venom
Oman
Tanuf
Nizwa
Britain
RAF
Foreign Office
Cairo
Imam -Ghaleb bin Ali
Arabian Peninsula
Muscat
Izki
Selwyn Lloyd
Parliament
Lloyd
U. S
John Hay Whitney
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Victorville
Mojave Desert
Ike
U .S
Weather Surean
Swarth
Associated Press
Donald Wheeler
Cortez
Colo
Wheeler
Haneda Air Stockade
International Radio-Soundphoto
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