Auca Indians Depicted as Naked Bloodthirsty in Stone Age
US field reports describe the Auca tribe as savage and bellicose in Ecuador’s Amazon, with accounts of attacks on rubber workers and missionaries. Observers note their stone age traits, fearsome lances, and the threat they pose to outsiders while rubber development plans discuss potential use of the region.
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Poll Reveals Stevenson Favored for Nomination
The Athens Messenger reports a Democratic poll of 126 leaders showing Adlai Stevenson as the leading candidate for the 1956 presidential nomination. Several governors and party officials cite Stevenson as the front runner, while others name Kefauver Harriman Johnson Russell Symington Meyner Williams and others as potential contenders. The poll notes some tossups and that the convention in August could alter the outcome.
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U S Keeps Air Edge With Fewer Planes
General Euler notes better flying techniques and aircraft boost in U S command while Communist air strength in Asia includes about 3000 jets and 100 light bombers. Dulles rejects suspending US nuclear tests amid Kremlin claims, asserting US leads in weapons development. Rep Jenkins proposes tax relief on gasoline and lubricants for farmers per Eisenhower farm message.
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Negle ling Turn Signals Is Violation
A. C. Felty, former highway safety director, warns neglecting turn signals leads to traffic court. He cites winter visibility and longer stopping distances on ice, saying signals are doubly important after 1955 data show fatalities and injuries from turn signal violations.
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China Nats Tot Up Acts Against Reds
The Defense Ministry summarized 1985 activity against Red China reporting 730 Communists killed and 540 captured in 151 raids by Nationalist guerrillas on island targets. Eight gunboats and a warship were sunk, 15 other vessels damaged, 25 artillery positions destroyed, and air drops of 400 tons of rice plus millions of leaflets conducted on the mainland.
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Shared gains and family support shift in wartime labor
Census data show a drop in married women in the labor force in 1958 to 1.8 million while single women rise. The report attributes increased marriages and unemployment patterns as factors. In Columbus, a Lithuanian displaced person who survived WWII and loss finds a new life and a baby boy named Shirley Donnelly Sharples.
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FBI Agents Round Up Robbers in Ninety Minutes
FBI agents rounded up six men in about ninety minutes in Boston area operations. Adolph Maffie resisted. others were arrested at homes or on sites including Quincy Milton and the Boston waterfront. Police learned of the arrests only after the FBI custody was secured.
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Michael V. Geagan
Milton
Boston
Joseph McGinnis
Henry Baker
Temperance Leaders Call Sober Driving Urgency
In Cleveland United States and Canada reduce highway deaths only after liquor is tackled. Clayton Wallace of the United States temperance groups cites liquor as a principal highway killer. He claims 40 to 60 percent of traffic deaths in Canada are liquor related and suggests the same rate for the US. The U S organization adopts the slogan Safety Demands Sober Drivers at its Canadian federation session.
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Canadian Temperance Federation
Key Problems for New Congress Spotlight
Illusts of the biggest problems before the second session of the 14th Congress show lawmakers jockeying for legislation favored by constituents and party interests. How these issues are handled will carry weight at the polls in November.
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Cops Chase Father-To-Be in Snowy City Streets
In Cleveland a speeding driver named Arthur Wills was chased by police after rushing to a hospital. Officer Vincent Gallagher stopped the car near a hospital where Mrs Wills, in labor, gave birth to a baby girl. The officer declined a ticket, noting he has five children.
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Governors rally behind Eisenhower in looming nominations
Washington dispatch notes that about half of the 48 governors appear to be shaping the Republican and Democratic nomination race. Several plan to enter the fray before August conventions, with nearly all Republican governors leaning toward Eisenhower if he seeks a second term and four already organizing delegate support.
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Archaeologist Dr Glyn Daniel Quips On Air
British TV quiz host Dr. Glyn Daniel of Cambridge University, ill with influenza, caused shock by saying there are a few million people he would like to kill mostly viewers. BBC said viewers flooded in with calls. next show in two weeks, depending on producer.
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