Baby Rescued After Four Hours In Well Shaft
In Anderson South Carolina a 17 month old girl named Yvonne Beasley was trapped for about four hours in a 40 foot well. A crowd and family cried out as Red Roberts pulled the child to safety and doctors supplied oxygen during a parallel shaft rescue. Benny Hooper’s prior Long Island well ordeal is noted for comparison with a similar 23% hour rescue.
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Anderson
Red Roberts
Yvonne Beasley
Richard David
J. B. Beasley
Richard
Manorville
N. Y
Long Island
Benny
Virginia apple crop nears nine million bushels this year
Estimates from several sources place Virginia’s 1957 apple harvest around 8.8 to 9.6 million bushels. Frederick and Clarke counties lead in production, with Shenandoah Rockingham Augusta and Rappahannock also cited among top counties. Rain remains a key factor for sizing fruit.
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Virginia
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Frederick
Clarke
John Watson
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Virginia Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Service
Frederick County
Clarke County
Horticultural Society
Shenandoah County
Rockingham
Augusta
Rappahannock
Agriculture Department
Mexico City Earthquake Death Toll Reaches Sixty Six
Mexico City counts 52 dead and 66 nationwide as 500 workers search a five story apartment ruin for survivors. Eleven rescued, one died in hospital. damage concentrated downtown with many buildings demolished or closed.
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Mexico City
Acapulco
Taxco
Guadalajara
Morelia
Toluca
Puebla
Oaxaca
Veracruz
Chilpancingo
Guerrero
Acapuco
Southerners Agree to Brief Truce In Senate Civil Rights Battle
Richmond report notes the State Pupil Placement Board will meet next Monday to consider enforcing registration rules for Charlottesville schools and to review federal court rulings in Charlottesville and Arlington. Judges Bryan and John Paul limit school boards while directing compliance with the placement act. Arlington plans to use the state plan this fall. discrimination remedies must follow the act.
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Senate
Richmond
State
Charlottesville
Joseph W. Bland
Arlington
John Paul
U.S. Supreme Court
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington School Board
Bryan
Barnard Joy
James Simmonds
Simmonds
J Lindsay Almond Jr
Arlington Board
Almond
NAACP
Energetic Hen Lays 17 Eggs In Five Days
New Brunswick New Jersey July heat triggers extraordinary egg production from a Leghorn on John Delaporte’s farm. The 2 year old hen laid 1 egg Monday 3 then 4 and 3 in the first week, then 4 eggs Saturday and 3 Sunday totaling 17 eggs in five days weighing about two pounds. Delaporte notes the hen’s performance amid hot weather and curiosity about future output.
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New Brunswick
N.J
John Delaporte
Delaporte
Rutgers University
Agriculture Experiment Station
Renville
Flemington
Dulles Emphasizes Open Skies Plan in London Talks
Secretary of State Dulles, in London for East West disarmament talks, stresses Eisenhower’s Open Skies idea for aerial inspection to deter surprise attacks. He cites progress toward a first step agreement amid a wide gap between the West and the Soviet bloc. Three proposed inspection zones include US for Russia, Arctic regions, and a Western Europe share in exchange for larger Eastern areas.
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London
Dulles
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
U. S
U. N
United States
Russia
U.N
Iron Curtain
Stassen
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Aleutians
Siberia
Kamchatka
Kurile Island
Europe
Britain
Peaceful Uses of Radioisotopes Seen Footing Atomic Arms Bill
Hazelton Pa an atomic energy commissioner predicts savings from peaceful radioisotope use will offset nuclear weapons costs within three to five years likely around 1960 isotopes to pay the whole way for the atom He cites 50 million annual savings on a 3 million outlay with isotopes already delivering returns Isotopes to become cheaper such as radioactive carbon dropping from 22000 to possibly 110 per curie with volume production
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Hazelton
Atomic Energy Commissioner
Willard F
Libby
Two-Day Armistice Proposed To Take Up Other Measures
Southern senators agreed to a two day armistice in the Senate civil rights fight while defense and agricultural money bills, foreign aid, and other legislation move forward. Senate leaders warned against obstruction as undecided senators sway the fate of a jury trial amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Russell D-Gay
Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Russell
Sen
Knowland’s
Small Business Administration
Eisenhower
House
Martin
Rayburn
D-Tex
Hurricane Jackson Taken To Hospital After Fight
Bat tered heavyweight Tommy Jackson known as Hurricane was taken to Meadowbrook Hospital in EAST MEADOW NY with a urinary condition after his knockout by Floyd Patterson at the Polo Grounds. Doctors said blood in the urine existed on admission and tests were underway to determine any link to the bout. Patterson visited and said Jackson seemed more mentally affected than physically.
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Beauty
Gina Lollobrigida
Rome
Italy
Milko Skofic
East Meadow
N. Y
Tommy
Hurricane) Jackson
Floyd Patterson
Meadowbrook Hospital
Jackson
George Erickson
Erickson
Mr. Jackson
Patterson
Nassau County
St. Albans
Queens
Georgia Jackson
Atomic-Powered Merchant Ship Planned for 1960 Arrival
Washington officials outline a plan to award the contract for the first atomic powered merchant ship this fall and have it at sea by 1960. The timeline calls for keel laying in spring 1958 and launching about a year later, with the ship showcasing the peaceful use of atomic energy as proposed by President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Maritime Administration
Commerce Department
Maritime Industry
Clarence G. Morse
Lewis L. Strauss
AEC
Eisenhower
Jay's Boys & Girls Shop
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Virginia Department of Agriculture
Virginia Horticultural Society
Virginia Fruit
Appalachian
Martinsburg
W. Va
International Apple Association
Winchester
Bergilium Corp
Ridgeway
Schoo
Rest Church
WSCS
Maine
Winchester Seed Company
Rolling Hills Ranch
Berryville
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Wall Street Journal
Evening Star
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