Nixon opens Polish visit with Gomulka meeting and crowd cheers
Vice President Nixon meets with Communist chief Gomulka and Premier Cyrankiewicz for over three hours in Warsaw. Crowds cheer as Nixon places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and holds a 5-year-old girl for the crowd.
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Warsaw
Poland
Richard M. Nixon
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Jozef Cyraniewicz
Nixon
Neexon
Herbert G. Klein
Alexander Zawadski
Belvedere Palace
Czeslaw Wycech
Gomulka
Communist Party
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Adam Rapacki
Aleksandr Sawadski
Seven Killed In Two Car Crash Near Emporia Kansas
Seven people died in a two car collision on a curve of US 50 about ten miles east of Emporia. Victims include Opal Epting 59 Burlington Kansas and her sister Marie Walt 62 Emporia. In the other car were Thurman Hoover 52 Wichita his wife 42 their children Irvin and Bobby Toles both 19 and a daughter. Sheriff says the Hoover car appeared to pass another vehicle on the curve and was in the wrong lane.
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Emporia
Kan
Opal Epting
Burlington
Marie Walt
Epting
Linda
Emporia State College
Thurman M. Hoover
Wichita
Irvin
Bobby Toles
Bert Johnson
Hoover
Sleepy Drivers Should Check Hours Under Virginia Law
A local column cites Virginia Code 46.219 limiting driving to 13 hours in total with cross state time counting. The note references a July 25 sighting of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada and describes orderly crowds in Sudbury. Also covered are a Hamfest prize reveal by Clarence Lamp and a Virginia gardener brag about a tall poinciana gillisii plant gifted by Melvin Sager.
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West Virginia
Virginia
England
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
Sam Johnston
Canada
Sudbury
Ontario
Prince Philip
Virgil Baughman
Sunnyside
Florida
California
Baughman
Melvin Sager
Industry Union Schedule Talks In Steel Strike
New York AP Mitchell criticizes both sides as industry and union resume a second joint session under federal mediators in the steel dispute. Mitchell says talks must continue. makers of the steel industry defend positions amid inflation fears.
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New York
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Washington
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers of America
Steel Strike Widening Amid Nationwide Slowdown
About 500000 United Steelworkers and 88000 allied workers strike in 20th day as joint negotiations with federal mediators begin in New York. Industry loses roughly 300 million dollars weekly while workers forfeit about 70 million in wages. Pennsylvania Railroad furloughs 450 at Altoona works. 7500 Colorado Fuel & Iron strikers push for contract gains. USW Local 86 plans returns at Mahoning Valley Steel in Warren Ohio.
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Associated Press
United Steelworkers
Allied Industries
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp
USW
Mahoning Valley Steel Co
Warren
Ohio
Rockefeller Heir Plans Aug Wedding to Former Employee
Steven Rockefeller, 23, intends to wed Anne Marie Rasmussen, 21, once his family's household maid, in a Lutheran church in Kristiansand Norway. The couple announced the engagement and eyed August 22 for the ceremony, to be conducted by Rev Olav Gautestad.
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Steven Rockefeller
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Ann Marie Rasmussen
Kristiansand
Norway
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Anne Marie Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Olav Gautestad
Soegne
Rasmussens
Rockefellers
Scandinavia
Steven
Anne Marie
United States
Rockefeller
Young Rockefeller
Oslo
Kristian Rasmussen
Department of Justice
Princeton University
Western Allies Laud Eisenhower Khrushchev Visit as Peace Push
Western Allies hail Eisenhower Khrushchev talks as a step toward easing East West tensions. Diplomats expect top level talks to freeze the Berlin crisis while signaling a possible summit. Britain France West Germany seek a united front and hope for progress at Geneva.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Sovet
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Berlin
France
Britain
West Germany
Khrushchev
Washington
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
West Berlin
Lloyd
Harold Macmillan
Premie
U.S
White House
Smoke Flare Saves 2 Marooned on Glacier
Two men marooned seven days on a Alaska glacier were rescued by a single smoke flare sighted by a helicopter crew. Geoff Sheldon and Melvin Guerrero survived cold rain and used emergency rations until a Coast Guard amphibian airlifted them to Juneau.
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Juneau
Alaska
Rugged
Glacier Bay National Monument
Gilman Glacier
Robert Baldwin
Ridgefield
Tarr Inlet
Coast Guard
Leonard Daniel
New Orleans
Juneau Harbor
Glacier
U.S. Coast Guard
Star Marks 25 Years With AP Network
The Star began full Associated Press service by leased wire on August 3 1934, after previously receiving brief AP reports by telephone. The paper notes rapid global news access, recalling Hitler's rise to power as a major early headline and Dillinger's son remembrances.
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The
Star
Associated Press
Rome
London
Pike
Winchester
Hitler
Germany
von Hindenburg
Dillinger
Two Injured In Five Crashes Yesterday
Two persons were treated and released at Memorial Hospital after five traffic crashes yesterday with total property damage of 3965 dollars and one car totaled. James McAtee of Alexandria and Charles Varsel of Richmond were taken to hospital for contusion and possible back injury, though neither was admitted. McAtee drove a 1959 Morris Minor in a three car crash on Rt 50 west of Winchester at 10 15 a.m. involving a 1957 Mercury driven by Edward Johnson of Greensboro North Carolina and a 1957 Ford driven by June Allanson of Winchester Rt 4. The Mercury slowed for traffic and the Ford rear ended the Morris Minor pushing it into the Mercury. The Mercury suffered no damage, while the other two cars each had 300 dollars in damage.
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Memorial Hospital
James McAtee
Alexandria
Charles Varsel
Richmond
McAtee
Varsel
Winchester
Rt. 50
J. H. Smith, Jr
Mercury
Edward Johnson
Greensboro
N. C
Ford
June Allanson
Rt. 4
Three Break-Ins Probed by City and County Officers
City and county officers investigated three break ins reported yesterday. In Winchester a thief entered Clowser's building, took about $5 from a pop machine, a clock and a radio, and tampered with Patton's office safe. In Frederick County the Plaza on Route 522 south reported a forced back door entry, with about $60 from a jukebox, $5 from a cigarette machine, and $9 from a cash register. Captain Funk, Officers Shumaker and Fogle led the Winchester case. Deputy Dicks handled the Route 522 south investigation.
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Winchester
Patton
Clarke St
Clowser
William E. McMullen
McMullen
Francis Funk
Jack Shumaker
Warren Fogle
Frederick County
Paul Dicks
Route 522
Soviet Leader Due Here in September
President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev plan separate visits in the fall signaling a new phase in East West diplomacy. Khrushchev will visit the United States in September, with Eisenhower to Moscow later, dates to be fixed. Aimed at peace, the talks follow months of written and verbal exchanges as both sides seek better understanding and possible higher level talks. First reactions in Congress were mixed but generally favorable.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Moscow
United State
U.S.S.R
Europe
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Khrushchev-Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Nixon
Great Britain
France
Geneva
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Space Capsule Test Slated For Next Month From Cape Canaveral
The first unmanned man carrying space capsule test will launch from Cape Canaveral aboard Big Joe, a modified Atlas missile. It will rise to 120 miles, tilt and descend to test heat erosion on the capsule nose using the same weight and instruments as the manned version but without life support.
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Washington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Radio Club Hamfest Draws 400 Plus From Five States
More than 400 amateur radio enthusiasts from five states attended Shenandoah Valley Hamfest events in Winchester. The ninth annual gathering featured a banquet at the Lee Jackson hotel and an open house at Grace Street clubhouse, with exhibits at the Armory and a popular swap table. A Pentagon mobile unit and a Fort Meade MARS unit aided visitors and disaster readiness.
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Shenandoah Valley
Radio Club
Lee-Jackson
Grace St
Dye Subdivision
Armory
Ann Wagner
Globe Scout
Pentagon
Second Army
Fort Meade
Winchester
MARS
Military Affiliated
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Delaware
Ohio
P. L. Anderson
Roanoke
American Radio Relay League
League
Hiram Percy Maxim
West Hartford
Conn
Anderson
Geneva
Carl Morgan
This Now
Fredericksburg
S0tion
ARRL
Phil Hunter
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Brother Moose
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H. W. Butler & Bro., Inc
Wyck St
Joseph O. Rude
St. Anne's Hospital
Sheldon
Spokane
Wash
Baldwin
Brady Glacier
National Monument
Guerrero
Reno
Nev
Petroleum Helicopters
Lafayette
AP Network
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