Inferno Threat to Lake Arrowhead Resort Area Burns Thousands of Acres
A timber fire storm drove through the Rim of the World Highway near Lake Arrowhead, destroying several homes and forcing about 1,000 residents to flee. Foresters reported 5,500 to 6,000 acres burned as 1,400 firefighters battled the blaze with helicopters and tanker planes. Authorities said 14 homes may have been lost and called for additional civilian defense pumping units as efforts continued toward containment.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead
U.S. Forest Service
Richard Johnson
San Bernardino National
Forest Service
World High School
Crest Park
Johnson
Deep Creek
Office of Civilian Defense
California
Sim Jarvi
U. S. Forestry
City Creek Road
Running Springs
Suez Crisis Sparks UN Action Talks Across Powers
London Britain and France urge Security Council to act amid Suez tensions while the U S advocates delay. Krishna Menon arrives in London from Cairo expressing cautious optimism for a peaceful solution. Mollet cites unity gaps with Allies and warns of risks from Arab autocrats. Nehru travels toward Saudi Arabia urging a peaceful settlement else all lose. Cairo reports slight improvement after UN appeal and the Suez Canal Users' Association formation, as Nasser conducts summit talks. France halts Cyprus troop buildup as war threats ease.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
France
U. N. Security Council
Suez
U. S
Quiles
India
Krishna Menon
Cairo
Lens
Guy Mollet
Arab World
New Delhi
Nehru
Saudi Arabia
U. N
Assn
Nasser
Arabia
Bride Abduction Report Is False
In Wichita on September 23 a husband said his wife was abducted by a former boyfriend. Police reported the woman left home voluntarily with the man, Donald Clasen, 30, who was jailed on three misdemeanors but released on $200 bond. Clasen claimed the wife left with him willingly. she supported his story but police said he hit her in the car.
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Wichita
Kan
Donald Clasen
Clasen
David K. Williams
Williams
Betty Haggett Williams
NAACP vows fight on Texas ban move
Chief NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall said Texas Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd seeks to ban the group from Texas to boost a Senate bid. A Tyler court issued a temporary restraining order halting NAACP activities in Texas. Marshall defended the association's long-standing legality and pledged to win.
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New York
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
Senate
Marshall
Veterans
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Shepperd
Tyler
Tex
Nehru Says Suez War Threat Ended
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru stating Egypt could have avoided the Suez crisis with a different nationalization approach. He said both sides must negotiate peacefully as war would hurt all, and noted a prior discussion with Malcolm MacDonald.
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Nehru
New Delhi
Egypt
Suez Canal
Malcolm MacDonald
Dallas School District Projects 32000 Student Increase
A district statistician estimates Dallas schools will enroll 32,000 more students over four years, creating a need for hundreds of new classrooms and expanded facilities.
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Dallas
Kefauver likens Nixon to Hoover in campaign jab
Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Estes Kefauver compared Nixon to Herbert Hoover calling him a modern Hoover. Kefauver cited Nixon’s Colorado speech promising consumer goods as Hoover era style. Senator George D. Aiken rebutted Stevenson’s farm gloom and Rep. Leslie Arends criticized backward looking farm policy. President Eisenhower’s remarks are noted.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Hoover
Kefauver
Washington State
Colorado
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate Agriculture Committee
Stevenson
Aiken
Leslie C. Arends
Ill
Republican National Committee
Shotgun Sold After Third Visit in Amarillo Want Ad
F. E. Bivins of 1605 Hughes advertised a Remington automatic 12 gauge shotgun for 45 dollars in the Amarillo Daily News want ads. He sold the gun to the third man who visited and received many follow up calls.
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F. E. Bivins
Hughes
Amarillo Daily News
200 Arrested In Nicaragua As Somoza Goes Under Knife
In Managua police rounded up about 200 people seeking possible accomplices after an attack on Anastasio Somoza. The president had three bullets removed from his body in Panama and an assassin was killed. The roundup included editors Pedro Joaquin Chamorro and Diego Manuel Chamorro.
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Nicaragua
Somoza
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Panama
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
la Prensa
Diego Manuel Chamorro
Cal
Emiliano Caamorro
Niciore
Realistic update on Babe Didrikson Zaharias hospital condition
Doctors at John Sealy Hospital release the first realistic statement on Babe Didrikson Zaharias since her cancer worsened. She has lost weight and strength, but remains alert and comfortable. a minor complication could trigger a critical change at any time. Family visitation is limited.
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Galveston
Tex
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
G. A. W. Currie
Zaharis
John Sealy Hospital
Currie
Behe
AFL CIO leader warns of Southern unions split over school integration
Atlantic City on September 23 reports AFL CIO metal trades chief James H. Brownlow warns that segregation politics are driving Southern workers to break from AFL CIO unions. He cites state charters eroding unity amid territorial conflicts with CIO affiliated groups and says some ex-members exploit the race issue to undermine their former unions.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Afl-Cio
James H. Brownlow
Afl-Cio Metal Trades Department
Brownlow
AFL
CIO
Metal Trades) Department
Supreme Court
Walter Anorystiewics Identified After Injury
Chicago police identified a man who broke three ribs after a fall when he could not state his last name at the hospital. Read from the mailbox, the first name Walter led investigators to the name Anorystiewics.
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Chicago
Walter
Anorystiewics
Don Booster Club Formation Tonight
The Palo Duro Dons Boosters Club holds an 8 pm meeting in the high school auditorium called by president Link Tschudy to complete organization and elect a seven member board. Vice president Newell Ashby says football pictures will be shown after the business portion.
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Palo Duro Dons Boosters’ Club
Link Tschudy
Newell Ashby
Tschudy
Eee Ae
U S Air Base in Spain Opens with Inaugural Landing
Secretary of Air Donald A. Quarles inaugurated the first U S emergency air base in Spain by landing at Torrejon airdrome near Madrid. He traveled with U S Ambassador John Davis Lodge and Spain's air minister Lt Gen Eduardo Gonzalez Gallarz, then proceeded to Zaragoza to inspect another planned base.
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Madrid
Donald A. Quarles
U. S
Spain
Torrejon
U.S
John Davis Lodge
Eduardo Gongalez Gallarz
Zaragoza
British Newsman Released by Reds
Dr Aurel Varranai Reuters correspondent released from a Hungarian prison yesterday after four and a half years, his family said today. The Hungarian citizen was arrested in 1952 on charges not made public and is now on probation and in good health, according to his wife.
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Budapest
Hungary
Aurel Varranai
Reuters News Agency
Varranai
Oil Rig Crews In Hurricane Path In Gulf
Hurricane Flossy menaced Gulf oil crews threatening 40 workers on rigs and disabled craft as it neared the Louisiana coast. Coast Guard rescues were delayed by bad weather with cutters not reaching the scene until after landfall. Golden Meadow evacuated. communications in southern Louisiana were down as two men were reported missing.
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Gulf
New Orleans
Flossy
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Golden Meadow
Air Force Deploys First Composite Strike Force Overseas
The Tactical Air Command announced that initial elements of the first composite mobile strike force landed in Sidi Slimane French Morocco and will stage at Stangdahim Germany. The unit will join NATO Woodsaw exercises in Europe before returning, comprising F100 Super Sabres, F84F jets, B66 bombers, and RF-4 recon jets.
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Langley Air Force Base
Tactical Air Command
Sidi Slimane
French Morocco
Stangdahim Air Base
Germany
Europe
Foster Afb
Texas
England Afb
Louisiana
Hurlburt Field
Florida
Shaw Afb
South Carolina
Butler In Austin Talking Of Demo Campaign Fund Job
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler spoke in Austin on raising five to seven million dollars for party campaigns with more donors. He predicted Stevenson would win Texas by about 200000 and discussed plans with local and state party leaders.
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Butler
Austin
Paul Butler
Frank E. Randolph
Houston
Democratic Executive Committee
James Blundell
Blundell
Dallas
Texas
Skelton
Rayburn
Weather snapshot from Amarillo region in 1956 report
A historical weather fragment notes 254 sunny or clear days in Amarillo out of 267 for 1956. Comparative readings at 3:30 p.m. Sunday show wind, visibility, and sky conditions for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with cloud cover and metric values.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dellas
Okla
Amarillo S
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Kgnc- TV
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