Stevenson Fans Civil Rights Fire Storm At Nomination Fight
Adlai E Stevenson faced a furious response from Southern supporters after calling for unequivocal approval of the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation. Mississippi Governor Coleman warned of possible walkouts if no platform compromise is reached, while Harriman supporters accused Stevenson of moving toward their candidate.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Supreme Court
James P. Coleman
Mississippi
Coleman
Dixie Democrats
Platform Committee
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
Explosion in Cali Colombia Kills Up to Thousands
A dynamite truck explosion in a Colombo city center leveled blocks, with unofficial death estimates near 700 and fears it could reach 1000. Many injured were not expected to survive as rescuers pull more victims from the rubble. Officials say U S workers may be among the injured. President Pinilla calls sabotage. The seven trucks, part of a convoy from Buena Ventura, parked overnight in a crowded area, triggering massive blast damage across the city.
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U. S
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Tuesda
Buenaventura
Publi Works Ministry
Bogota
World Famous Toledo Editor Dies at 74
Patterson 74 longtime Toledo Blade editor in chief died Tuesday at a Toledo hospital from heart failure. Autobiography I Like People quotes his belief in the terrible responsibility of a free press. He joined the Blade in 1910, rising to editor in chief in 1946 after holding earlier roles.
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Toledo
Rove Patterson
Patterson
Toledo ‘Blade
The
Blade
Lorain
Cleveland
Oldest Confederate veteran Walter Williams near 113
Confederate Veteran Walter Williams, 113, lives on a east Texas farm and is treated at home by a Normangee doctor after a decline. A WWII era forage master for Hood's Texas Brigade, he was born in November 1842 and joined the Confederate army at 22, scrounging food for Company C, 8th Division.
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Rmagnum
Tex
Walter Williams
Texas
Willie Mae Bowles
Houston
Normangee
Hood
Texas Brigade
Adawama County
Confederate Coutry
8Th Division
Farmers Oppose Dillon Dam Plan Near Zanesville
Farmers and residents near the Licking River in Ohio express ongoing opposition to renewing Dillon Dam project work. Maj. Gen. E. C. Tischner, deputy chief of engineers, notes affected landowners will need to move as the Dillon reservoir above Zanesville proceeds.
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Washinuiun
Someland
Dillon Dam
Ohio
Army
Licking River
Dillon
Zanesville
E. C.¢ Tischner
Engi
Five Day Forecast and Confederate Veteran Mention
The forecast calls for temperatures two degrees below normal with daily highs around the mid eighties and lows in the low sixties. Rainfall is scattered with a quarter to an inch possible and cooler days on Friday and Saturday. The piece notes Williams as one of three living Confederate veterans, the last Union Army veteran Albert Woolson died in Minnesota.
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Itschner
Jon
Williams
Texas
Albert Woolson
Minnesota
Eisenhower signs flood insurance and housing measures
President Eisenhower signed 13 bills including an experimental flood insurance program to cover homes and businesses. The act allows up to five billion dollars in direct or reinsured federal policies, with initial subsidies and a future shift to private or state funding. A loan program backs federally guaranteed private financing for flood victims.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Insurance Fund
Prosperity Myth Attacked by Keyserling and Eisenhower Critique
Chicago reports Leon H. Key top economist denounces Republican prosperity claims as myth. Keyserling, Truman adviser and Democratic platform drafter, says progress halted under Eisenhower with rising unemployment, harmed farmers, and squeezed small business.
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Chicago
Leon H. Keytop
Nati Keyserling
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Truman
Eisenhower
Keyserling
Heart Stops 8 Minutes Doctor Revives Boy
MARSHAL Tex Bob Brayshaw age 3 had heart stoppage for eight minutes after anesthesia during tonsillectomy. Doctors opened his chest and massaged the heart for about five minutes when usual treatments failed. He never regained consciousness and died Tuesday.
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Marshal
Tex
Bob Brayshaw
Bids Opened On Ohio 138 Bridge Projects
State highway department opened bids totaling over six million dollars for construction projects. Apparent low bidder Charles Ratzlaff Construction Co and McArthur bid 145,269 to widen and construct two bridges on Ohio 138 in Concord Township Ross County. State estimate was 162,100.
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Columbus
Ohio
Department Duesday
Charles Ratzlaff Construction Co
McArthur
Concord
Ross County
George Washington as Colonial Weather Predictor
The piece notes that colonial America lacked official weather forecasters and that figures like George Washington kept diaries of weather. It contrasts informal predictions by farmers and woodmen with Washington’s noted diary practice. Classified ads offer practical, immediate solutions for rentals sales and lost items. Dial 31242 to place your ad.
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America
George Washington
India to Attend Suez Talks Amid Egypt Boycott Report
London reports India will participate in the Suez Canal conference despite Egypt’s stance. Nehru told Parliament Britain and Arab allies support a peaceful settlement while Egypt bars ships and vows not to attend the talks. Egyptian-Israeli tensions linger as the Aug. 16 meeting approaches.
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London
India
Egypt
Nehr
Delhi
Qua
Israel
Nehru
Britain
World
Cornell
Mediterranean
Pute
Shell Oil Co
George Young
Suez Canal
17 000 To Be Called For October Draft
Washington reports a draft call for 17,000 men in October all for the Army. The Army faces a shortfall of about 15,300 toward the approved goal of 1,040,250. The October quota is 3,000 more than September, reflecting a lag in meeting sit plans.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Pentagon
Algerian Rebels Attacked French Soldiers Near Camp des Chenes
Algerian militiamen fired on a convoy near Camp des Chenes, about 25 miles southwest of Algiers, killing nine French soldiers and injuring others, according to French sources. The incident occurred Tuesday amid rising violence in the region.
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Algiers
Camp-des-Chenes
Suez Called Minor Upset Says Defense Chief
Secretary of Defense Wilson described the Suez Canal situation as a minor upset with no impact on U S defense planning while Secretary of State Dulles warned of vast disturbance from Egypt's nationalization. Britain and France have moved toward a war footing in the region as Wilson faced questions on military implications.
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Washington
Wilson
Suez Canal
Suez
Dullesland
Eisenhower
Egypt
Great Britain
France
F Wilson
U. S
Disputed Blame Over Stockholm and Andrea Doria Collision
Swedish American Line and Italian Line push opposite blame in the Nantucket collision that killed or left missing 52. Each side alleges the other made the unsafe turn as both prepare federal court actions to recover damages. Weather reports differ with fog claimed by Italy and clear visibility by Sweden.
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Stockholm
Andrea Doria
Doria
Caljon
Nantucket Island
Mass
Ine
di Ges
Ike Holds Peace Hopes In Suez Canal Dispute
President Eisenhower voiced hope the Suez crisis would be settled peacefully. He told reporters at a Washington news conference that he cannot concede any forceful solution under present circumstances and cautioned against giving any impression of pressuring outcomes.
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Ike
Suez Canal
Washington
Eisenhower
Fairfield County Death Probed in Drug Overdose Case
Lancaster authorities pursue twin goals in the case of 31 year old Constance Geer wife of the county coroner to determine if a crime occurred in her July death and, if warranted, present findings to the county grand jury. Officials say progress is being made and many ramifications must be sorted before a conclusion.
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Joseph Geer
Lancaster
Ohio
Constance Geer
Fairfield County
Sam Hutsler
E. Raymond Morehart
Hutsler
Morehart
Geer
Ship Strike Forces Layoffs At Oliver Mining Division
In Duluth Minnesota after a brief stretch of work a strike against U S Steels Pittsburgh Steamship Division halts loading of ore and triggers layoffs of about seven thousand one hundred Oliver Mining Division workers amid union recognition fights. The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and the Masters, Mates and Pilots Association have ordered actions and picketing at the company's ships.
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Duluth
Minn
U. S. Steel
Oliver Mining Division
Oliver
Minnesota
Pittsburgh Steamship Division
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Masters, Mates and Pilots’ Association
Labor Avoiding Dem Convention This Year
Chicago organized labor leaders plan to stay away from the Democratic convention to avoid Republican charges of union influence. Observers note only a few leaders are present while the 1952 convention saw active union participation in proceedings platform and candidate jockeying.
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Chicago
Bor
Rock n Roll Dancing Questioned as Unhealthy Release
Cincinnati psychologist Dr. George W. Kisker contends rock n roll dancing serves as an unhealthy release for youth conflicts. He cites three areas of tension including views on sex, aggression, and the urge for importance.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
George W. Kisker
America
Polio Cases Rise as Chicago Sees Epidemic Threat
Chicago reports 609 polio cases and 13 deaths as the city nears a potential full scale outbreak. Health officials note the surge is vastly higher than last year and maintain no mass inoculation plan for delegates amid the Democratic National Convention.
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Chicago
van Yard
Karl Meyer
U. S
Bundesen
West Side
Third Victim Of July 29 Collision Dies
Nelsonville dispatch reports a fatal crash on Route 33 three miles west of Nelsonville. Effie Martin, 63, wife of James Martin, died at Mount St Mary Hospital after injuries from the wreck. Annette Dilcher, 17, of Albany, was killed instantly and John D. Harris, 17, of Albany, died later at University Hospital in Columbus. Five others injured, Wanda Darnell, 14, still under treatment locally.
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Nelsonville
Route 33
Effie Martin
James Martin
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Annette Dilcher
Albany
John D. Harris
University Hospital
Columbus
Service Is To Be Better Service Is To Be Better
Officials of the struck Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co say they expect a better level of service under a court order issued Tuesday that spurred picketing by the Communication Workers of America. The injunction limits pickets at Portsmouth New Boston and Sciotoville facilities to three per entrance and bars blocking access or using profanity. law enforcement is to prevent disturbances.
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Portsmouth
Onio
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Communication Workers of America Owa
Common
James W. County
New Boston
Sciotoville
Britain Builds Bases at Nicosia Cyprus South Coast
Britain plans two large bases on Cyprus south coast with expenditures over 60 million dollars. The project marks a strategic expansion by the United Kingdom in the Mediterranean region and strengthens military facilities near Nicosia.
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Britain
Nicosia
Cyprus
Flames Trap 270 in Mine
Flames trapped about seventy miners 2485 feet underground as elevator cables failed and escape routes were cut. Seven men reached the surface, 25 escaped earlier by elevator, while flames and fumes hindered further exits. rescuers with oxygen battled flames and melted boot rubber.
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Manuvnule
Pengitima
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