Fighting Rages In Tripoli Becomes Beirut Dispatch
AP reports intense four hour battle in Tripoli with at least six killed and twenty injured. Rebel leader Omar Karami cites noon start, central city fighting, and a climax around 3 pm before easing. Chaotic exchanges include armored cars and army positions. United Nations debates an international force as Chamoun seeks help.
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Tripoli
Omar Karami
Associated Press
Karomi
Rashid Karomi
Cairo
Bekaa
Lebanon
Chamoun
Hammarskjold
New York
Sami Solh
U.N
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
Rebel Group Ends Strike at Chrysler
Detroit AP reports a three day wildcat strike by United Auto Workers Missile Plant Local 1245 at Chrysler ended after members voted to obey an international order to return to work. The move followed threats of administrator appointment, a Circuit Court order against mass picketing, and arrests of two pickets.
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Detroit
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
UAW International
UAW
Walter Reuther
General Motors
Ford
For Sale Improved Sweet Cherries Ad
Classified notice lists improved sweet cherries for sale with contact rover Teets phone MO 2-0045 and a page code lp-6-26-2t.
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Rover
Conferees Agree to End 3% Freight Tax Pullback
Washington AP Senate and House conferees reach a compromise tax extension bill to repeal the 3 percent freight excise tax and 4 cents a ton coal transport levy. Revenue loss about 450 million dollars plus 35 million from repealing pipeline oil and gas taxes. The bill awaits final action in both chambers.
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Senate
House
U S Sets July 1 for Geneva Atom Talks In Shift
Washington reports that the United States informed the Soviet Union that U S experts will attend technical atomic talks in Geneva on July 1 as agreed. The move followed a White House meeting with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles. Soviet reframing demanded preconditions on a ban of nuclear tests. London and Paris welcomed the talks as necessary.
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United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
U. S
Geneva
White House
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Dulles
London
High Tribunal Asked To Overturn Judge's Little Rock Decision
Washington observers report a Republican bloc believes Sherman Adams will soon depart the White House. The view contrasts with Eisenhower’s signals of keeping him as top aide amid renewed campaign strategy concerns. Officials deny Goldfine favors and regulators say Adams did not benefit from calls.
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Little Rock
Washington
Sherman Adams
White House
Eisenhower
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Goldfine
Congress
Supreme Court Petitioned To Hold a Special Session
Washington AP The Supreme Court was urged to hold a special session to rule on a lower court order delaying Little Rock Arkansas school integration for 25 years. Two attorneys asked the court to bypass the circuit court and hear arguments immediately to overturn Judge Lemley’s suspension and settle the case before the next term starts in September.
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Supreme Court
Little Rock
Ark
High Tribunal
U. S. Dist
Wiley Branton
Pine Bluff
Waite Madison
New York
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S. Circuit Court
St. Louis
Lemley
Circuit Court
Littl Rock
Brown Vs. Board of Education
College Bids Will Be Sought in July
Shenandoah College bids for the first two buildings will be sought the week of July 7. Keith Williams, the architect, announced before the Chamber of Commerce College Project Committee at a luncheon. The structures are the administration library and Conservatory, to be built on a tract near Rt. 50 east. The school, supported by the Evangelical United Brethren Church, aims for 500 students with 240 boarding. Preliminary plans include two dormitories for 120 each.
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General
Shenandoah College
Keith Williams
Chamber of Commerce College Project Committee
Rt. 50
Dayton
Virginia
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Williams
Harold Patton
Patton
Vanguard Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit After Stage Shutdown
Vanguard rocket fails to ignite second stage, plunging 20 inch, 2144 pound satellite back to earth. Naval Research Laboratory cites stage failure as the cause. GE announces a high thrust engine development. First Vanguard flight reached orbit, with the grapefruit satellite successfully launched March 17. Includes local notices for Handley Council meeting and Kernstown troop fundraiser.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Vanguard
Naval Research Laboratory
General Electric Co
Malta
N.Y
Florida
Navy
First Half of 58 Rough but Year End Recovery Seen
AP summarizes midyear 1958 as economy steadier than New Year’s Day with a rough six months. Upshot: unemployment near 52 million, industrial output 14 percent below a year ago, living costs up 3.3 percent, farm belt healthy, stock prices high, consumer spending holding, debt rising, auto labor talks unresolved, steel prices debated, and stockpile buys easing copper and zinc relief.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
U.S
Ike's Aid Bill Back in Laws Of Conferees
Washington underlines a jurisdictional tussle as Ike's foreign aid program faces conflict over use of U S owned foreign currencies. Senate and House conferees meet after three hours to resolve objections to funding for scientific and health projects overseas. House wants separate legislation for currency use, while Senate proposes clear language subject to later appropriations. The row centers on whether such currency use constitutes an appropriation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
John Sparkman
Ala
New Gainesboro Fire Truck Ready for Saturday Practice
The Gainesboro Fire Company's new truck will be fully equipped and ready for action Saturday. Chief Leonard Williamson said a telephone alarm system later will allow service. A noon practice at Clearbrook grounds will be led by W. H. Lawrence Jr. and open to Gainesboro fire personnel.
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Gainesboro
Leonard Williamson
Williamson
Clearbrook
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Randolph-Macon Names Two Local Men to Faculty
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, announced seven new faculty appointments. From Winchester are Frank Sprint Crim named director of the Methodist Conference relations and Theodore 8. Keller named assistant football coach and instructor of physical education. Dr. J. Earl Moreland, the college president, disclosed the appointments yesterday. Both Crim and Keller are Handley High School graduates and Randolph-Macon alumni, and both played on the college football team before graduating in 1953.
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Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Winchester
Frank Sprint Crim
Methodist
Theodore
Keller
J. Earl Moreland
Randolph- Macon
Crim
Handley High School
Randolph-Macon
R-M
Kennedy Urges Alaska Statehood and Global Signal
Washington AP Kennedy of Massachusetts urged immediate Alaska statehood as a demonstration that the United States can liquidate colonial ties. He backed the House bill as Senate debates lengthened, saying statehood would influence international affairs and align territories with local realities. Supporters hoped for a final vote by Friday.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Alaska
United States
Senate
Farmers Let Tomatoes Rot in Texas Center Market Crash
BREMOND Tex The bottom has dropped out of the market and farmers are letting tomatoes rot in the fields as the 2 cent a pound price fails to cover gathering costs. Farmers say they cannot harvest at a loss and blame the market collapse for their losses.
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Bremond, Tex
Fox Claims Government Forces Targeted Him and Boston Post
Former publisher John Fox testified before a House subcommittee that powerful, malign federal influences sought to damages his Boston Post through actions tied to the Boston Herald Traveler Corp and Bernard Goldfine. He linked pressure to eliminate his paper and cited losses from secured bank loans as proof of pressure. Fox’s allegations center on 1954 tensions during a Boston parking project and a libel case now pending against him.
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Washington
John Fox
Boston Post
Fox
House
Boston Herald Traveler Corp
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Boston
Sherman Adams
Charlottesville Plan for Negro Pupils Desegregation Policy
Charlottesville city school counsel John S. Battle Jr outlines a general administrative plan to handle Negro pupil applications to white schools. He will present the plan to the school board, aiming for a legally sound, non discriminatory process in line with Judge Paul’s desegregation order. About 30 Negro children have applied to enter white schools this fall amid questions whether the plan could apply to other Virginia localities under federal orders.
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John S. Battle Jr
Batt Ls
Battle
Charlottesville
Virginia
Norfolk
Arlington County
Missing Sailing Yacht Is Found Near Korea
The missing Thespian carrying John Calvert and four Americans was found nearly becalmed off South Korea with engine failure. The Isuzu towed the yacht to Cheju Island area, Calvert and crew in good condition, bound for Fukuoka. Calvert had departed Kelung June 16 on a round-the-world cruise for appearances in Japan.
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John Calvert
South Korea
Isuzu
Calvert
Fukuoka
Japan
Tomorow
Kelung
Formosa
East China Sea
Cheju Island
Korea
Constance Conrad Lowe
Joseph A. Iverson
Hollywood
Thomas E. Jones
Black River Falls
Wis
Ann Cornell
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