Truman's Birthday Peace Wish Echoes Across New York
Former president Harry S Truman, age 75, voiced a wish for peace and happiness for all Americans during a birthday celebration in New York. Reporters toasted him with cake as he praised his family and reflected on his life, while plans for a coast-to-coast 90 minute birthday program unfolded with a $100 dinner and televised festivities.
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Truman
Margaret
Clifton Daniel
Waldorf-Astoria
Grand Ballroom
Dove Schary
Jimmy Durante
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Town Crier reports missing hose. seeks return
Mrs Hoye Smith of 317 E Piccadilly St says a hose was taken from her house last night and asks the thief to return it. She warns that a replacement would cost money as she notes a new hose would be expensive. Also, Stonewall Cemetery Confederate section enjoys blooming growth and peace. Brownies of Troop 70 toured Evening Star plant with chaperones. Look Magazine coverage at Berryville Jaycee meeting notes Lee Rose elected to board. feature on Mr Rose as a modern blacksmith underway. Weather forecast: today fair and cool. Monday may bring showers.
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Look Magazine
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Death of Deputy Defense Secretary Donald Quarles
Donald A. Quarles the Deputy Secretary of Defense and longtime civilian aide to the Pentagon died at age 64. Officials said he was found dead at his home and the cause was not immediately known. He often acted as civilian chief during absences of Secretary McElroy and had been speculated as a possible successor. President Eisenhower ordered flags at half staff and extended condolences to his widow.
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Eisenhower
Capitol
Senate
Negotiators Expected To Aecess Talks In New York
Steel negotiators pause weeklong preliminary talks for a few days to digest arguments amid a fast start to the labor industry dispute. Union seeks antitrust and labor law probes, while both sides trade postures and plan private progress before June 30 contract expiry.
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National Labor Relations Board
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
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Fies Poo Mobdustry
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Siz
McDonald
Korean envoy warns US to stay vigilant in Geneva talks
Dr You Chan Yang, Republic of Korea ambassador, told a Rotary Club luncheon that the United States must be super cautious about Geneva foreign ministers talks and the proposed Big Four summit. He urged unwavering resolve and warned that Communist forces may exploit talks for aggression in the Middle and Far East. He praised American personnel in Korea and urged continued strength against Communism.
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Jordan
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Korea
Presbyterians Launch 350 000 Building Program
The First Presbyterian Church plans a 350000 expansion of its educational plant with a two story structure and full basement. An eightieth percent rise in church school attendance spurred the drive and plans aim for fall approval with construction to begin next year.
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Harry L. McCann
Church
Britain to send bombers and tanks to Iraq
London reports Britain will provide jet bombers and tanks to Iraq to deter Premier Abdul Karim Kassem from seeking Soviet military support. An authoritative source said the United States has reluctantly agreed to the arms aid, announced ahead of a House of Commons session on Monday.
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WCEF Members Will Decide On Private School Next Year
Warren County Educational Foundation weighs whether to sponsor a private school next year after a June meeting. President Duncan C. Gibb says the foundation will stay in existence until dissolved by members and will focus on operating the current school through June 12. A separate citizens group plans a petition drive for a referendum to declare the county high school surplus to enable private segregated facilities. The school, closed by resistance laws, reopened under federal orders in February with no white students reentering. about 780 white students attend the foundation school.
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Front Royal
Warren County Educational Foundation
Duncan C. Gibb
Warrenty
White County
Dartmouth Doctors Despair in Final Mountain Notes
Notes found in the wreckage of a single engine plane describe the last hours of Dartmouth College physicians Dr. Ralph E. Miller and Dr. Robert Quinn after their plane crashed in the White Mountain National Forest on February 21. The men faced freezing temperatures from minus 10 to plus 5 with limited food and dwindling strength as they tried to survive, writing of iced carburetors and dwindling hope before their deaths.
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Eisenhower Threatens Summit Attendance If Berlin Falls to Soviets
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower would refuse to attend the Geneva Big Four foreign ministers conference if the Soviets carry East Berlin to East German Communists or sign a separate peace with puppet East Germany. He urged the Soviets to match concessions to avert war and pressed for concrete gains on Berlin before any summit progress. Herter prepared to depart for pre conference talks with Britain and France while Allies argued over seating in Geneva.
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France
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Soviet Premier Khrushchev Open To Berlin Settlement Proposals
London reports Moscow radio quoted Khrushchev as saying Russia is willing to examine other German treaty ideas and the Berlin probe if they aim to relax world tensions. An English commentator noted U S papers discussed an alternative plan for Geneva talks, but no such plan has appeared.
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Russia
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U.S
Geneva
Coed Brings Youth Ashore After Shark Attack
In San Francisco a female student from San Francisco State College rescued an 18 year old from Baker Beach after a shark attack. Albert Kogler died later at Letterman Army Hospital from shock and blood loss.
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Pacific Ocean
Shirley O’neill
Kogler
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Golden Gate Bridge
State College
Letterman Army Hospital
Call Issued For 3rd Battle Of Manassas
Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr issued a call for a third Manassas reenactment set for July 21 1961 with no live ammunition. Invitations went to 22 states whose troops fought at First Manassas in 1861. The event is a joint effort of the Virginia Civil War Commission and national bodies.
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Mississippi
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U S Rejects Soviet Protest Over Arms for NATO States
Washington rejected a Soviet protest against U S plans to provide nuclear weapons and missiles to Atlantic Pact allies. The note indicated Secretary of State Herter would attend the Geneva foreign ministers meeting, aiming to resolve tensions and keep the talks on track. The Soviet complaint cited moves to arm Greece Turkey and West Germany following prior deployments in Britain and Italy.
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United States
Soviet Union
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Geneva
Christian A. Herter
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Greece
Turkey
West Germany
Britain
Italy
Danville Group Sets Aside Private School Plans
The Danville Day School Corporation has temporarily paused plans to run elementary grades this September due to low enrollment. Officials say the private school concept for white students has not been abandoned, but current enrollment and corporate concerns delay implementation.
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Danville
Danville Day School Corporation
Rexall to Sale Beaver's Drug Store
Advertises Beaver's Drug Store sale and the opening of The Miniature Golf course at Sunnyside with rates 250 and 350. Includes dates 1-21 and 1-31 and locations Rexall and Sunnyside.
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Beaver’s Drug Store
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