U S Protests Soviet Travel Restrictions Inside Russia
The United States handed a formal note of protest to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow alleging road blocks and police action limit American travel inside Russia. Washington says Moscow claims freedom but denies Americans unrestricted movement in open areas beyond city limits. The note questions steps to align practice with 1953 rules.
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United States
Russia
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Moscow
U.S
Young Boy Arrested in Felony Charge
Chicago police seized a five year old boy named Michael Finneran after he rifled an auto glove compartment and tried to enter several parked cars. He allegedly said he was looking for money and was held for a felony before being turned over to juvenile authorities. His father Edward Finneran, 30, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Chicago
James E. Gorman
Michael Finneran
Gorman
Michael
Edward
Son of Ethiopia's Emperor Is Killed
The Duke of Harar, 34, second son of Emperor Haile Selassie, was fatally injured in an automobile crash on a mountain road 50 miles south of Addis Ababa as he traveled to visit his father. The chauffeur swerved to avoid a truck and went off the road. No word on the driver's condition.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Duke
Harar
Haile Selassie
Ad Ababa
Tragic Crash Near Gore Injures Family. Driver Dies
Mrs Wanda Allender Summerfield 34 of Bluemont and Parsons West Virginia dies when a tractor trailer overturns on the car she rides in on U S Route 50 west of Gore. Husband Jesse Summerfield and two children injured slightly. property damage about 6400. Other Saturday incidents raise county death toll to seven for 1957.
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Wanda Allender Summerfield
Rt. 2
Bluemont
Parsons
W. Va
Gore
U. S
Clarke County
J. H. Smith, Jr
Summerfield
Jesse James Summerfield
Summerfields
Pony Express
Charles W. Musselman
Rt. 6
Chambersburg
Memorial Hospital
Barbara
Carl
Musselman
Samuth
Flier's Body Drops Into Portland Living Room
Willis Allen Wood, 21 from Salem, Oregon, died when a light plywood plane disintegrated over southeast Portland. The wreckage crashed into Fred G Thomson's living room as he and his 9 year old daughter Connie were nearby. Wood was an Oregon State College senior and had no parachute. The incident caused minor damage to the house and a chair was destroyed.
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Fred G Thomson
Willis Allen Wood
Salem
Wood
Oregon State College
Thomson
Connie
Arab Kings to Meet in Iraq for Talks on East Arab Bloc
Reports mount that Jordan's King Hussein Saudi Arabia's King Saud and Iraq's King Faisal will meet in Baghdad or Habbaniah this week for talks amid tensions with Egypt. The gathering aims to strengthen ties within the Baghdad Pact and counter Communist influence.
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al Ardon
Ike and Monty Criticize Gettysburg Command
Ike and Montgomery say they would have handled the Battle of Gettysburg differently from Lee and Meade. They toured Seminary Ridge and Cemetery Ridge, criticizing coordination and the Pickett charge while noting both sides blundered and should have been fired. Montgomery called the charge monstrous.
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Atlanta
Benson predicts farm income to rise about five percent
Secretary Benson told President Eisenhower in his annual report that farm income should climb around 5 percent this year, driven by prosperity, rising consumer income, and strong farmer efforts to market products. He cited peak agricultural assets, record farmland values, and widespread ownership with little debt as signs the family farm remains solid.
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Benson
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
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Eisenhower Faces Call to State Economy or Spending Policy
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson assails the White House for mixed messages on the budget and asks Eisenhower to declare if the administration seeks economy or spending. Johnson cites staff comments on possible cuts and urges a clear stance ahead of the president's address defending a 71.8 billion dollar budget.
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House
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Nixon
Wheeling Downs Race Track Ordered Sold
Federal District Judge Harry E. Watkins ordered the Wheeling Downs race track be sold in a court action. The decision directs the sale to proceed, outlining the disposition of assets under the case.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry E. Watkins
Wheeling Downs Race Track
Flash Flood Destroys Central Texas Business District
A devastating flash flood in Lampasas Texas washed out the business district after a levee breach on Sulphur Creek. More than 750 homeless, two drowned, five missing, 15 hospitalized. water supply contaminated and hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed. Red Cross shelters and feeding kitchen set up. 3,000 typhoid shots planned. Army MPs from Ft Hood aiding emergency response.
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Frank N. Manitzas
Lampasas
Texis
Texas
Red Cross
Burleson Creek
Lucile Allard
First Baptist Church
Ft. Hood
Tex
Arlington homemaker crowned Mrs America in Florida
Mrs Linwood Findley of Arlington Virginia was chosen Mrs America after a week of cooking sewing ironing and housekeeping contests with 48 homemakers from 48 states. The 32 year old mother of four is wife of Lt Col Harry Findley and was Maid of Cotton in 1944.
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Fla
America
Arlington
Linwood Findley
District of Columbia
Findley
Harry Findley
Armed Forces Industrial College
Washington
Linwood Gisclard
Donaldsonville
Louisiana State University
Four from Pennsylvania Family Die After Bus Hits Wagon
Four members of a Blairsville family die when a Greyhound bus rear loads a station wagon on the Ohio Turnpike four miles west of Youngstown. The bus driver Edward Bukosky faces traffic manslaughter charges after eight hundred feet of wreckage and a failed extinction attempt. Surviving teen Murray Lockard Jr. remains with relatives as investigation continues.
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Edward Bukosky
Pittsburgh
Earl M. Roudebush
Canfield
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Eastern Greyhound Lines
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Lockard
Murray Lockard Jr
Blairsville
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Mansfield
Von Stroheim Dies in France at 71
Hollywood reports actor Erich Von Stroheim has died near Paris at age 71 after six months of spinal illness. The Austrian native and former U S Cavalry member prospered in American cinema, notably with D W Griffith, and appeared in Sunset Boulevard as a loyal retainer to Gloria Swanson.
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Erich Jr
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von Stroheim
France
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Gloria Swanson
Austria
Royal Military Academy
United States
U. S. Cavalry
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D. W. Griffith
America
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