Governors Press Eisenhower Backing in Republican Pact
Nineteen Republican governors sign a petition pledging full support for Eisenhower’s renomination at the 48th Governors Conference in Atlantic City. An AP survey shows Stevenson poised to win about 400 Democratic nominating votes, threatening an early ballot in Chicago.
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Eisenhower
Associated Press
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Chicago
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Alcohol and Gas Don't Mix Stay Alive in '56
A 1956 accident report from City Frederick notes injuries to 84 and 38 year olds, emphasizing dangers of drinking and gasoline. Clarke PEAD injured 15 in the incident. Authorities urge caution and safety education to prevent such mixes.
Guatemalan Police Fire On Protestors Kill Three Students Wounding Nineteen
After a march to the government palace protesting the state of alarm, Guatemalan police fired on students and bystanders wounding 19 and killing three university students in Guatemala City. President Castillo Armas then placed the army in control and ordered censorship of abroad dispatches.
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Guatemala City
Carlos Castillo Armas
11Th Street
6Th Avenue
Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Congress Sends $33 Billion Highway Bill to Eisenhower
Congress sent to President Eisenhower the 33 billion dollar highway construction bill, the largest public works program in U S history.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Truman seeks brief epitaph on grave in tribute to his visit
President Truman toured Westminster Abbey and St Pauls in London and asked for a short epitaph on his tomb reading He done his damndest. He paused at the tomb of William Meade Lindsley Fiske III and recalled the first U. S. officer to die in Britain in WWII. He walked the Thames, spoke with strangers, and later dined with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
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Harry Truman
Britain
St. Paul's Cathedral
Westminister Abbey
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Duke of Wellington
Lord Nelson
Charles Dickens
Gladstone
Truman
St. Paul's
William Meade Lindsley Fiske III
Fiske
Royal Air Force
Resignation Follows Opposition to Negro Assistant in Boston Church
The Rev. Dr. Clayton Brooks Hale of Second Church Boston Unitarian resigns effective July 31 1957 after opposition to appointing a Negro as his assistant. The standing committee declined the resignation and will study the matter. Hale says he misjudged his people and chose not to appoint the Negro while seeking reconciliation and reflection for a year.
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Clayton Brooks Hale
Second Church
Unitarian
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Hale
Freedom
Maine
Gruenther Denies NATO Falling Apart
General Alfred M. Gruenther, retiring Allied commander in Europe, told a Governors Conference dinner that NATO’s aim is a land air shield to blunt initial Russian attack until retaliation can wipe out the enemy. He dismissed talk of NATO collapsing and predicted the shield would be effective in three to four years with German support.
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N. J
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Europe
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Eisenhower
Bridegroom Has Reason to Be Proud
CLIFTON FORGE Virginia Dr Ortho Paul Argabrite of Alderson West Virginia married Sharon Ann Kirby of Alder son. He said he delivered his bride at the time of her birth. Closing notice The Riteway Cleaners will be closed for vacations July 27.
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Alderson
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Riteway Cleaners
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E. Piccadilly
Twining sees Soviet supersonic bomber exhibit in Moscow
Gen Nathan Twining U S Air Force chief of staff tours Kubinka near Moscow to view a claimed Soviet twin engine light attack bomber and the TU104 jet transport while noting the Kremlin display was limited to invited foreign officers. He observed MIG17 formations and praised pilot technique as the visitors were restricted from reporting.
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Nathan Twining
U. S
Kubinka
Zhukovski
Kukinka
Twining
Russia
Pavel Zhigarev
Sergei Rudenko
Man Dies at 115 in Los Angeles
The family of Joe Gonzales says he died yesterday at age 115. Coroner's deputies, summoned by his granddaughter, report he still had his own teeth.
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Los Angeles
Joe Gonzales
Assassination Plot Foiled in Brazil Targets President Kubitschek
Brazilian government announced the break up of a plot to assassinate President Juscelino Kubitschek and the arrest of an Albanian citizen. The brief report notes the exposure of a potential attack and the official response from Rio de Janeiro authorities.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
Cabinet Secretary Rabb Refuses Senate Testimony
White House aide Maxwell Rabb declines to testify before the Senate Investigations subcommittee. Senator Len McCarthy of Wisconsin calls the refusal arrogant and urges contempt punishment. Rabb, secretary to the Cabinet, cites inability to appear.
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Senate
Washington
White House
Maxwell Rabb
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Len McCarthy
McClellan demands White House disclose how records were obtained
Sen. McClellan of Arkansas pressed the White House to reveal how author Robert J. Donovan obtained copies of secret records. He said the forthcoming Inside Story appears based on cabinet minutes and other documents not shown to Congress. He asked whether the administration intends to share material with authors while withholding it from Congress and said he would wait a couple of days for a response.
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D Ark
White House
Robert J. Donovan
Congress
Donovan
Inside Story
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Russia
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Knowland Says No Doubt Eisenhower Will Run Again
Senate Republican Leader Knowland said at the White House there is no doubt President Eisenhower will be a candidate for reelection. He noted the question wasn’t discussed at the conference and no word from the President had been received. He then affirmed Vice President Nixon would likely be on the ticket and the Republicans should win. He added the President will decide whether to run again in his own good time.
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White House
Eisenhower
Nixon
Doctors Expect the To Start Gaining Some Weight Soon
Washington reports say President Eisenhower, weighing 162 pounds, is not losing weight and is progressing well at Walter Reed. An 8:20 a.m. bulletin notes a comfortable night, normal vitals, and high spirits. He plans discharge later this week and a trip to Gettysburg for his 40th wedding anniversary.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Walter Reed
Army
McCarthy Demands Subpoena Over Donovan Book Sources
The confrontation centers on Sen. McCarthy and Rep. Rabb with McClellan delaying on subpoenas. McCarthy accuses Robert J. Donovan of using secret Cabinet material for The Inside Story and calls for Brownell to testify if quotes are correct.
French Use Copter and Jeeps to Curb Attacks in Algiers
In Algiers a helicopter hovered while military jeeps patrolled streets to deter hit and run rebel attacks on civilians. Nine Europeans were killed recently with several wounded, attackers likely from Constantine. French headquarters reported a quiet 36 hours overall amid scattered rebel raids. Across the border in Tunisia a band of about 30 rebels attacked Moulares village, but French forces drove them back.
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Constantine
Tunisia
Moulares
Air Force Extends Missile Range to Five Thousand Miles
The United States and Great Britain formalized an extension of the U S Air Force strategic missiles range to 5 000 miles into the Atlantic. The move affects the Snark and Navaho missiles tested from Patrick Air Force Base Florida with Ascension Island as the new terminal point mid Atlantic.
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Air Force
U. S
Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
Florida
Ascension Island
Ascension
South America
Africa
Patrick Air Force Base
Living Costs Hit 1953 Peak in May
The Labor Department reported May living costs jumped four tenths of a percent to 115.4 percent of the 1947-49 base, matching October 1953 as the highest on record. Food prices rose 1.3 percent in May, with further gains expected through summer.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Ewan Clague
Labor Statistics Commissioner
Adm. King to Be Buried on Friday
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King dies at 77 in Portsmouth Naval Hospital after long illness. He will lie in state at Washington National Cathedral before burial at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Messages of condolence flow from President Eisenhower and others as Marines salute at Portsmouth before the transfer to Washington. King led U S Navy in World War II as commander in chief and chief of naval operations.
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Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
Washington National Cathedral
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Washington
U. S. Navy
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
King
Cmdr
Ernest J. King, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Naval Operations
Bomber Crash Kills Three Near Salina Kansas
A B47 bomber from Smoky Hill Air Force Base crashed and burned in a wheat field near Salina killing a three man crew. The aircraft was returning from a routine training mission when it exploded. Wreckage spread for about a mile and parts of a body were found at the scene. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. Wheat stubble and telephone lines damaged.
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Salina
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Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Administration Sticks to Its Defense Budget
Senate Republicans press for a defense budget clash over an extra 1.16 billion for the Air Force while the White House backs current funding. Senator Bridges predicts a close vote as Chavez leads Democrats and some Republicans toward approval despite a GOP alternative. President Eisenhower is hospitalized during the dispute.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Branch Office Of Virginia Beach Bank Is Robbed
A Bank of Virginia Beach branch was robbed at 11 45 am by a single man who fled before employees could determine escape mode. The incident involved manager Louise Glass who was robbed of money, echoing a previous December 23 burglary of 7350 dollars at the same branch.
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Virginia Beach
Bank of Virginia Beach
Louise Glass
Weather Update Warns of Scattered Thunderstorms Tonight
The Weather Fair notes a night with lows in the 60s and rising humidity. Wednesday unfolds partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thundershowers starting west this afternoon and spreading east by evening. Sunrise is 4:48 a.m. and sunset 7:43 p.m. July 1 to 7 vacation closure appears in the page. Cain Cleaners Stephens City dated 6-22-23 appears as a clipped notice.
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