Democrats to Run Against Dulles in 1958 Election Says Smathers
Senator Smathers said Democrats will run against Secretary of State Dulles in 1958 as part of a broader campaign to attack the Eisenhower administration foreign policy. He linked Proxmire’s Wisconsin upset to public criticism of current policy and noted foreign affairs as a prime 1958 issue. Proxmire, elected to fill McCarthy's seat, awaits sworn-in.
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Smathers
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
William Proxmire
Senate
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Waler J. Keller
Dean Acheson
Joseph R. McCarthy
Knowland
California
W Thomson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Kohler
Jury Acquits Man Of Murder Charge
Charles Clifton Powell, 32, of Charlotte Court House, was found not guilty by a Hastings Court jury in the March slaying of Robert J. McCauley, 44, of Richmond. McCauley’s widow testified she and her husband argued on a street corner. Powell and Clyde Carson said McCauley reached for a knife and Powell fired after McCauley advanced.
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Richmond
Charles Clifton Powell
Charlotte
Hastings
Robert J. McCauley
McCauley
Powell
Clyde Carson
Carson
Collision Leaves 94 Missing In Argentine River Collision
Argentine officials questioned the Mormacsurf crew after a collision with the City of Buenos Aires sank the river steamer. 155 were rescued from the City of Buenos Aires and 94 aboard the river boat remain missing. Captain Silverio Brizuela of the City of Buenos Aires was among those listed as missing.
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City
Mormacsurf
Moore-McCormack Lines
New York
Uruguay River
Kenneth J. Sommers
Marin County
California
Dodero Steamship Line
Momtevideo
Silverio Brizuela
Mystery Writer Craig Rice Dies in Los Angeles
Mystery writer Craig Rice, 49, author of 25 novels, was found dead in her apartment in Los Angeles after a period of ill health. R. De Witt Miller discovered the body four hours after she reportedly fell and complained of a headache. Rice, born in Chicago, used a pen name from relatives and wrote best sellers including Having Wonderful Crime and The Sunday Pigeon Murders. She leaves two daughters, Iris Adams and Nancy Atwill, and a son, David Ferguson. Her 1949 commitment to Camarillo State Hospital followed chronic alcoholism.
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Los Angeles
Craig Rice
Miss Rice
R. de Witt Miller
Miller
Jack Fallon
Albert Ford Ferguson
Lawrence Lipton
Hank de Mott
John Bishop
Nancy Atwill
Palos Verdes
Calif
Iris Adams
Hollywood
David Ferguson
Camarillo State Hospital
Mt Etna Erupts Hurling Molten Rock 500 Feet High
Mt Etna in Sicily belches molten rock about 500 feet into the air in regular explosions every three minutes. The eruption began four days ago with growing violence and stems from a crater down the northeast flank. Lava has not yet flowed from the crater though rock levels sit near the rim as smoke and gas issue from the central cone.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Stanley to Ask For Highway Accident Study
Virginia Governor Stanley announced a DMV study to identify causes of highway accidents and to consider tighter driver license screening and mandatory jail terms for first offenses of drunk driving. He plans to guide legislation by the study results and favors stricter licensing standards to boost highway safety.
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Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
DMV
General Assembly
Division of
Thurmond Maintains 15 Hour One Man Filibuster
Sen. Thurmond of South Carolina stretched into his 15th hour of a continuous talk opposing the civil rights bill. He read and argued on the floor while aides passed him papers. Knowland warned of no adjournment until civil rights action, and the session marked a rare 24 hour run in the Senate.
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Thurmond
D-Sc
South Carolina
Sen
Yarborough
D-Tex
Johnson
Texas
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Knowland
California
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
American Visitor To Be Deported By Red China
A 22 year old Oxford student Shelby Tucker of Pass Christian Miss. faces deportation from Peiping for refusing to surrender his passport while touring northeast China with other Americans. Five companions initially refused to give up passports but later complied. Tucker says he will not violate passport restrictions stamped in his document. The U.S. State Department warned the trip would breach passport limits.
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London
Red China
Peiping
Reuters
Shelby Tucker
Goodby
Changchun
Dairen
Tientsin
Tucker
Oxford University
Pass Christian, Miss
China
Dan O'Connell
Chicago
Shelby
Moscow
U.S. State Department
Britain Plans New Atomic Tests In Australia
The Ministry of Supply announced Britain will conduct new atomic weapon tests in Australia next month at the Maralinga proving ground. Observers from Commonwealth and allied countries may attend, with weather data supplied by the Australian meteorological service. Tests proceed only if the Australian safety committee confirms no risk to people or stock.
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United States
Russia
London
Britain
France
Canada
NATO
International Control Organization
Australia
Ministry of Supply
Maralinga Proving Ground
Australian Meteorological Service
Guard Prepares To Break Camp At Indiantown Gap
The 29th Infantry Division nears the end of a two week summer encampment at Indiantown Gap. Non-commissioned officers plan a retreat parade honoring late 1st Sgt Wilbur E Plitt of Baltimore. Units begin pulling out with 116th Regiment sending two groups home Friday afternoon. Lt General Charles E Hart praised the division's training.
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Indiantown Gap
29Th Infantry Division
175Th
Wilbur E. Plitt
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
116Th
Charles E. Hart
Second Army
Ft. Meade
Spare Parts Recovered From Air Base Grave
Pentagon officials say $18 500 worth of spare parts were found unharmed and returned to stock after being buried in a grave at Harmon Air Force Base Newfoundland. Senate investigators heard the find alongside broader claims of vast surplus valued in the tens of millions across northern bases.
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Washington
Pentagon
Newfoundland
Perkins McGuire
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McGuire
Far North
Greenland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Harmon Air Force Base
Defense Department
Harmon
823Rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Senate
Benny Wilks
Two Local Youths Charged in Theft At Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Winchester youths Marshal Strother Bates 18 and Brenton E Barrett 19 were held for grand jury on $2000 bond each after allegedly breaking into Mt Aetna Academy Store and stealing merchandise. Bates faced charges of breaking and entering and larceny and Barrett same counts plus a $20 fine or 10 days for driving without a license. They were arrested by state police early Sunday.
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Hagerstown
Winchester
Mt. Aetna Academy
Marshal Strother Bates
Brenton E Barrett
Barrett
Garbage and bus service altered for holiday
The notice states that Monday September 2 is a legal holiday so no garbage collection or city bus service will run. Garbage for Monday will be collected Thursday September 5 while buses remain closed on the holiday.
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Braddock St
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Alex McCullough
Harry S. Dent
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