Formosan Flood Toll Rises Across Island
The official Formosa flood toll climbs to 774 dead with 241 missing and 1,093 injured. Across central Formosa Miaoli and Taichung suffer widespread destruction as floods wash away homes and cut roads. Chiang Kai-shek orders army relief and cabinet action to stabilize food supplies and curb price gouging.
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Taichung
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Stratofortress Crashes Crew Leaps to Safety
An eight member crew parachuted to safety after a B82 Stratofortress crashed in a heavy rainstorm near a Hampshire farm twenty miles west of Portsmouth. The aircraft from Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts was en route to Goose Bay Labrador when radar and instrument failures forced an abort and diversion. All aboard survived.
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Smi
Portsmouth
Westover Air Force Base
Chicopee
Mass
Goose Bay
Labrador
Westover
Albany
George E. Kusch
Auto Dealers Watch Steel Strike Slow New Car Output
Detroit reports dealers fear the steel strike may delay the first runs of new 1954 models. Automakers planned volume production next month but the strike, now in its second month, has dealers tightening inventory and rechecking retail plans as steel talks remain deadlocked.
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Detroit
Automotive News
Art Industry
House Unit Again Rejects Increase in Gasoline Tax
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee rejected a proposal to raise the federal gasoline tax from three to four cents for the remaining 21 months of the next two fiscal years ending June 30, 1961. The 13 to 3 vote postpones highway financing fixes while a new effort is planned Tuesday to avert a halt in the interstate program.
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House
Ways and Means
John W. Byrnes
Rwis
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Little Rock Segregationists Launch Boycott
Segregationists in Little Rock declare an economic war over school integration. Capital Citizens Council spokesman Amis Cuthridge previews a boycott list of stores and professionals. Downtown merchants and school rebuilding are cited as catalysts amid Faubus’s stalled response as courts challenge state law.
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Ark
Capital Citizens Council
Amis Cuthridge
Orval F. Faubus
Aince
Pope Grants Dispensation for Friday Meat Abstention
The Vatican announced that Pope John XXIII granted a dispensation to Roman Catholics from the Friday meat abstinence obligation. The exception applies because Friday falls on the eve of the Feast of the Assumption on Aug. 15.
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Vatican City
John Katie
Vatican
Two Die Fighting California Blaze Near Lake Elsinore
Riverside dispatch reports two men died from burns after 28 residents attempted to halt a wall of flames near Lake Elsinore. Five died, two critically, with the other 24 suffering lesser injuries.
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California Blaze
Riverside
Calif
APJ
Lake Elsinore
Final Markets At a Glance
New York markets show stock declines while bonds strengthen as governments improve. Chicago grain prices inch higher on scattered demand for wheat and mixed signals in corn and soybeans. soy recovery and short-cover activity noted.
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New York
Chicago
Rain totals boost Arizona soaking. Flagstaff above normal
Northern Arizona rains push year to date precipitation to 13.38 inches in Flagstaff, 2.70 inches above normal, with August partial totals around 3.56 inches. Meteorologist Paul Sorenson notes a mild winter and ongoing thunder showers may ease drought statewide while runoff from winter snows improves water supplies.
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Paul W. Sorenson
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Sorenson
U. S
Arizona
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Mavel
Sarensan
Stock Market Slumps on Sharp Selling Spree
New York brokers reported a heavy selloff across sectors led by electronics steels chemicals motors and rubber as investors lock in profits amid uncertainty from the Eisenhower visit outcomes. The Dow average slid about 2.9 points to 230.40, with a similar pattern to the June decline sparked by a government bond interest ceiling debate.
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Nel
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Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Louisiana Legislature Meets Anything Can Happen
Unenthusiastic lawmakers drifted into Baton Rouge for Gav Earl Longs special session. The start time was set for 5 pm as politicians brace for potential bold moves before the December Democratic primary. Mental health episodes and prior hospitalizations colored coverage of the call, with rumors of four bills and a Phantom Bill No 4 aiming to broaden session powers.
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APY
Gav
Earl B Long
Lang
Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Winslow Crash Claims Girl Dies In Collision
A 8 year old Winslow girl Viele Beall died and two companions were seriously injured when their car left Old Clear Creek Road east of Winslow. Passenger Suett died from multiple injuries after the vehicle overturned. Driver Pat Conway sustained serious injuries. another passenger Shirley Stewie had minor injuries.
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Winslow
Viele Beall
Wis Keiled
Clear Creek
Navajo County Sheriff's Office
Miss Suett
Pat Conway
R. J. Brisendine
Miss Conway
Miss Scott
Sever Plains
Hirisendine Anid
Shirley Stewie
Tay Winslowe
Wheani
Alate
Shoule
Brisendine
Inter
Cantina
William H. Johns
Claudette Sohne
Mark Brody
Mighway Patrol
Brody
High Speer
City Council to Meet Tuesday for Zoning Hearing
The City Council will meet Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. for a public hearing on the proposed zoning of the recently annexed area. It will also consider bids on the city's 850,000 water and sewer improvement projects and may decide on the twice postponed city sales tax proposal.
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EEC
Rity
City Hall
Confederate Veteran Reported Sinking in Texas
In Toustan Texas AP dispatch an elderly Civil War veteran, Walter Williams, age about 111, was reported sinking by physician Dr. Tussell Wola. The doctor said Williams is not in evident distress but growing weaker from pneumonia and the illness, with little that can be done.
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Touston
Tex
Walter Willame
Tussell Wola
Williaams
Hiness
Cuba tightens news blackout amid alleged anti Castro plots
Rumors of mass arrests and failed raids surface as Fidel Castro's government suppresses information. Reports claim 200 or more detainees linked to an antigovernment plot near Havana and Camp Libertad, with island communications cut and a diplomatic delegation to the OAS announced.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Libertado
Castro
Ma- Nagua
Liber
Fubgencio Batista
Dominican Republic
Isle of
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Cinnfuegos
Raul Casuo
Isle of Pines
Nov Imal
Vila
Santiago
Chile
Organization of Americal States
OAS
Ral Boa
New Explorer VI Cuts Wider Path Than Expected
Washington reports that Explorer VI shows a broader orbital footprint than planned. Orbit measures 26,400 miles at apogee and 157 miles at perigee, with a 1,140 mile ground sweep per orbit. Speed ranges from 3,123 to 22,057 miles per hour, completing a 12 hour 45 minute orbit. The satellite was launched Friday from Cape Canaveral.
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America
Earth
Cape Canaveral
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