Rioting Convicts Quelled at Oregon State Penitentiary
About 1000 inmates after a three day revolt became restive and threatened violence in the recreation yard. 21 ringleaders surrendered as guards patrolled the walls and the water supply was shut off. The disturbance began with a no work strike demanding better conditions.
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Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
Clarence T. Gladden
Gladden
R. H. C. Bennett
Rifle Point
Federal
St Laurent Attacks Republicans Over Tax Promise
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent implied the U S GOP bought power with promises of large tax cuts it would not deliver. He spoke at a Liberal luncheon in Calgary amid Canadian election fever criticizing a 500 million dollar annual tax cut pledge by the Progressive Conservatives. A Liberal official said he meant the United States.
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Alta
Louis St. Laurent
U.S
Republican Party
Liberal Party
Progressive Conservatives
St. Laurent
Canada
United States
U. S
Army Seeks More Blood Shipments From U S
In Tokyo the commander of the U S Army blood center says requests for increased shipments come due to heightened Korea battle activity. Col. Richard P. Mason says no acute Far East shortage and knows nothing about a weekend call that kept 25 Red Cross centers operating Sunday.
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U. S. Army
United States
Korea
Richard P. Mason
Far East
Mason
Red Cross
Beauty Queens Vie For Miss Universe Crown At Long Beach
Beauty queens from 22 foreign lands and 42 states plus Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico compete for Miss Universe in Long Beach California. The parade drew hundreds of thousands as preliminaries begin Tuesday and the winner is to be named Wednesday.
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Calif
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Body of Charles Harley Short Recovered After Drowning
The body of Charles Harley Short, 52, of Marion, who drowned Thursday, was recovered Sunday near Port Clinton in Ohio. Short disappeared after an incident in Marion and authorities found him along the shore at Port Clinton.
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Brody
Port Clinton, CO
Charles Harley Short
Marion
House Votes To Challenge the Aid Bill
The House votes to withhold about a billion dollars in Western European arms unless an international army is formed. A compromise foreign aid bill sets a five billion one hundred fifty seven million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ceiling for next year, trimming President Eisenhower's request by 314 million. An amendment earmarks roughly one billion for the European Defense Community or a substitute, mandating action.
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House
Eisenhower
Europe
Rep
Richard
Dsc
European Defense Community
EDC
Congress
Strike Looms In Columbus Transit Fuss
Columbus drivers and mechanics threaten a Thursday walkout after CIO Transport Workers Union members vote to strike if Columbus Transit Co. does not honor an April deal. The pact promised a 10 cent wage rise on May 1 and a further 10 cent rise on July 16 with a 48 to 44 hour week, contingent on a fare hike approved by the City Council from 10 to 11 cents. the company seeks 15 cents.
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Columbus
CIO Transport Workers Union
Columbus Transit Co
Reuther denounces AFL raid efforts on CIO brewery workers
CIO President Walter Reuther condemned a series of raiding excursions by the AFL Teamsters Union led by Dave Beck. He warned the raids threaten a long-proposed merger between the AFL and CIO labor groups and repudiated the earlier plan to ban raids on each other’s members.
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CIO
Walter Reuther
AFL Teamsters Union
AFL
Reuther
AFL Teamsters
Dave Beck
Cio-Afl
Big Three Face Up to Widening Indochina Conflict
Washington reports the Western Powers fear intensified war in Indochina as US Britain and France near armistice in Korea. Bidault pressed Dulles on Navarre plan for offensive action and possible increased US aid while talks focus on Far Eastern issues and potential Big Three and Big Four conferences.
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Indochina
Korea
United States
Britain
France
Dulles
Georges Bidault
Red China
U.S
Navarre
Bidault
Eisenhower
Far East
Ohio Mishaps Kill Fourteen
Traffic accidents killed fourteen people in Ohio over the weekend, two more than the July 4 period. Fatalities included Ellen Jo Clark 19 Columbus who died after a car crash, Peter Mack 30 Cleveland in a crash, James Cramer 67 Columbus in a two car collision, and a drowning and a tunnel collapse involving children.
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Ohio
Ellen Jo Clark
Columbus
U. S. 40
Alton
Peter Mack
Cleveland
James Cramer
Reynoldsburg
Eisenhower Names Labor Board Chief
President Eisenhower designates Guy Farmer of Washington DC as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board after Senate confirmation. He succeeds Paul M. Herzog who recently resigned, and was previously named to the board days earlier.
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Eisenhower
Guy Farmer
District of Columbia
National Labor Relations Board
Farmer
Senate
NLRB
Paul M. Herzog
British Search for Missing Airman Stirs Suez Incident
Ismailia in the Suez Canal zone is sealed by British troops searching all entrants for a missing airman last seen Thursday. Egyptian forces practice routine patrols near government buildings, while Cairo denies emergency decrees and accuses Britain of kidnapping.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Suez Canal
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Polio Claims 152 Victims In Carolina
Polio epidemic grips western North Carolina with 152 cases across Caldwell and Catawba counties. Four deaths reported this year include Caldwell's three and one in Catawba. New cases bring Catawba to 44 in a month. Caldwell reports 108. Mass inoculation planned in Catawba midweek.
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N. C
North Carolina
Catawba County
Caldwell County
Caldwell
William Happer
Catawba
AMA urges curbs on free VA medical care for non service linked
The American Medical Association urged curtailment of free hospitalization and medical treatment for veterans with ailments not connected to their service. Dr. Walter B. Martin told a House veterans subcommittee that Congress should cut down VA practices that encourage benefits for non service connected cases. The committee weighs reducing privileges and charging veterans based on ability to pay.
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American Medical Association
Walter B. Martin
AMA
House Veterans
Congress
Veterans Administration
Tavern Owner Slays Customer After Disturbance
In Cleveland a tavern owner shot and killed a customer who reentered after police ejected him for disturbance. The proprietor, Thomas James, 41, said he fired when the man, McKinley Webb, 39, advanced and threatened to retaliate after being asked to leave. Webb was a laborer.
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Thomas James
McKinley Webb
Webb
Alhambra Pipe Smoking Champion Sets 62 Minute Record
W A Schaer a resident painter in Alhambra held a single pipeload for 62 minutes and 17 seconds to win the title of smoking champion.
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Alhambra
Calif
W. A. Schaer
Rhee Pledges No Obstruction to Armistice in Talks
Reports from Tokyo say South Korea will not obstruct an armistice and may ease unification demands. President Rhee reportedly limited prisoner releases and agreed to renewed U S dialogue after a truce, with guarantees of U S defense and aid. A separate Honolulu note reports a four-engine airliner with 58 aboard missing in the Pacific near Wake Island, sparking a large search effort.
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Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee
Associated Press
Tokyo
Robert Bunson
Eisenhower
Robertson
Honolulu
Navy
Pacific
Wake Island
Transocean Air Lines
GOP Faces McCarthy Probe Fallout and Oceanic Crash
Washington reports Republicans discuss boycotting the McCarthy probe until bipartisanship returns. In another dispatch, a transpacific airliner crash near Wake Island leaves 58 aboard missing, including Otterbein College officials Dr. John Boyer and Estella Boyer returning from Guam.
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John N. Boyer
Otterbein College
Westerville
Estella
Guam
Wake Island
Pacific
Boyers
Farm Credit Head Named to Admin Governor Nominee Carl R Arnold
President Eisenhower nominated Carl R Arnold of Hilliards Ohio to be governor of the Farm Credit Administration. The 62 year old former Agriculture Department official would succeed Ivy W Dugan who resigned. Arnold served as deputy production credit commissioner and production credit commissioner and taught agricultural economics at Ohio State University. He owns two farms near Hilliards and is a Republican.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Carl R. Arnold
Hilliards
Farm Credit Administration
Arnold
Agriculture Department
Ivy W. Dugan
Ohio State University
Crestline Engineer To Head State VFW Commander
Joseph H. Rice a 31 year old Crestline resident was named the new Ohio VFW commander. New officers elected include Don Hopewell of Cincinnati senior vice commander Curt Jewell of Warren junior vice commander Leo Kubacki of Toledo judge advocate Joseph Brugge man of Cincinnati chaplain Dr Victor D Martindale of Newark surgeon and George Fetter of Columbus quartermaster.
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Joseph H. Rice
Crestline
Ohio Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Don Hopewell
Cincinnati
Curt Jewell
Warren
Leo Kubacki
Toledo
Joseph Bruggeman
Victor D. Martindale
Newark
George Fetter
Virginia Governor Race Sees Two Democrats Clash
In Richmond two longtime party stalwarts face off for the Democratic nomination for governor. Ex-Rep. Thomas B. Stanley, 62, of Henry County, and State Sen. Charles R. Fenwick, 52, of Arlington, run a campaign focused on appearances and party loyalty under Sen. Byrd's leadership.
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Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Henry County
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Byrd
D-Va
Robert Coe Selected as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark
The White House named Robert Douglas Coe as the United States ambassador to Denmark. The nomination places Coe in a senior diplomatic role, signaling new U.S. representation in Copenhagen.
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Washington
Robert Douglas Coe
White House
United States
Denmark
Baker hits red move rejecting U S food aid
John C. Baker, president of Ohio University and head of the U S delegation, told the UN ECOSOC in Geneva that Soviet leaders brusquely rejected Eisenhower’s offer of food for Eastern Germany. He objected to a Soviet resolution demand ing abolition of export restrictions to bloc countries as politically inspired and hostile to the United States.
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Switzerland
John C. Baker
Ohio University
UN Economic and Social Council
Eisenhower
Germany
Europe
Baker
U. S
Amasasp A. Arutiunian
United States
Ground War Bases Hit as Jets Bomb Reds on Korean Front
Allied Sabre jet fighters and light bombers struck Communist front lines in Korea. Sabres targeted Chinese trenches in the Kumsong sector while eight B26s dropped 1000-pound bombs near Old Baldy. Light bombers hit troops on Porkchop Hill as ground fighting eased along the 155 mile front. About sixty tons of bombs were reported by mid morning.
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Korea
U. S S. 5Th Air Force
Kumsong
Old Baldy
West Korea
Porkchop Hill
Red Lines
Marine Sergeant Receives Medal of Honor for Heroic Action
Staff Sgt. Lewis G. Watkins of Seneca South Carolina earned the nation's highest military honor for sacrificing himself to save his platoon during a night assault to retake a hill outpost in Korea He was wounded early but refused medical attention and continued leading his men before losing his life on October 7.
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Washington
South Carolina
Lewis G. Watkins
Fred Watkins
Seneca
S. C
7Th Regiment
First Marine Division
Watkins
Two Cleveland Officers Among Nine Arrested in Wharf Whisky Heist
FBI agents seized 665 cases of hijacked whisky worth 34792 dollars as cops in Cleveland were among nine people taken into custody at 3801 Payne Avenue Northeast. Each case held 24 pints and the bottles would fetch 2.18 dollars in state stores. Police Chief Story relieved two officers Kenneth A. Weir and Edward A. Reinhart of duty.
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FBI
Payne Ave
N. E
Ohio
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frank W. Story
Kenneth A. Weir
Edward A. Reinhart
Medina Farmer Kills Wife and Tries Suicide
Sheriff deputies said Bert Ferguson 67 beat his wife to death with two air rifles at their Medina home on Saturday. His son Raymond found him in the yard after a failed hanging and poisoning attempt, with Ferguson hospitalized in Lodi.
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Medina
Bert Ferguson
Lodi
Ferguson
Raymond
Berias Fall Yet No Change in Soviet Red Plan
Western experts in Vienna say Beria's arrest does not alter the Kremlin strategy to win the world by niceness while pursuing long term aims to weaken the West. They cite Rakosi's velvet glove policy, Pravda's critique of Beria, end of martial law in East Berlin, and Bulgaria Yugoslavia border commission talks as reinforcing continuity in Soviet approach.
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Vienna
Lavrenty Beria
Reds
West
Adlai Stevenson
Russia
Kremlin
Hungary
Matyas Rakosi
Moscow
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Pravda
East
Berlin
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Yugoslavia
Head of Rail Union Resigns
Boston report states 76 year old D B Robertson, longtime president of the Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, announced he will not seek reelection at the union’s 36th convention. Robertson, known as DBR, joined the brotherhood in 1899 after starting his railroad career with Pennsylvanian in Youngstown Ohio near Austintown.
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D. B. Robertson
Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
Robertson
David Brown Robertson
DBR
The
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Austintown
Circleville Postal Chief Dies in Crash
Circleville Utah Postmaster Orion Gottfredson 56 died in a two vehicle crash near Circleville. His son Burt 25 was seriously injured in a separate crash near Salt Lake City around the same time.
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Utah
Orion Gottfredson
Here
Burt
Salt Lake City
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