Thousand Dead as 29 Inch Rain Flood Hits Kyushu
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports at least 253 dead and 800 missing after a 29 inch rainfall on Kyushu. Isahaya and Omura suffered severe floods with cities submerged and railways washed out. Relief workers warn casualty toll may rise dramatically as rescue continues.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ptvn
Kyushu
Isahaya
Nagasaki
Omura
Yasujiro Tachikawa
Chikara Imasato
Eisenhower pushes GOP to oppose major civil rights changes
President Eisenhower urged Republican senators to resist new major amendments to the civil rights bill under Senate debate. Senator Young cited a closed GOP strategy session with Knowland and Dirksen. The discussion centered on resisting jury trial amendments advanced by O'Mahoney and Kefauver and on provisions for voting rights protections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Young
R-Nd
GOP
Knowland
Rcalif
Dirksen
R-I
White House
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Dixie
Russell
D-Ga
Jury finds Dio Guilty in Union Shakedown Case
New York jury convicts labor racketeer Johnny Dio and two union leaders after 23 hours of deliberation over a $30 000 shakedown conspiracy. Samuel Goldstein and Max Chester are named co defendants. Dio also faces a federal charge alleging he masterminded the acid blinding of labor columnist Victor Riesel.
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New York
Johnny Dio
Dio
Samuel Goldstein
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Max Chester
Retail Clerks International Assn
Victor Riesel
Man Dies Twice During Heart Surgery
Cincinnati report says William Bunyard 64 of Metamora Indiana died twice at Good Samaritan Hospital during a heart operation. His heart stopped and was restarted after a half hour of massage, then stopped again after chest cavity closure and he was pronounced dead.
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Cincinnati
William Bunyard
Metamora
Ind
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bunyard
Ohio and West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Ohio skies mild this period with cloudiness and moderate temperatures. Tonight low around 60 and Saturday high near 80. West Virginia partly cloudy tonight cooler in eastern areas with lower 60s west. Saturday more clouds, warmer, humid with scattered showers over Lake Erie and possible showers early next week.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Lake Fiyle
Tunisia Proclaimed Republic and Bourguiba Wins Power
Tunisia proclaimed a republic after the Constituent Assembly ousted the Bey and elected Habib Bourguiba. The cabinet resigned to let Bourguiba chart the future as crowds celebrated in the streets and Bourguiba moved to the presidency to pursue a North African federation with Libya and Morocco as regional aims.
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TUNIS
Newy
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Bourguiba
Constituent Assembly
Bey Sidei Mohammed Al-Amin
Libya
Algeria
Morocco
Nasser
Sultan Mohammed V
France
Idriss
Check Off System Proposal Considered
A broad check-off system on farm marketings to raise funds for self help farm programs may be proposed at an agricultural conference in Washington August 6 and 7. The conference is sponsored by the National Milk Producers Federation and is expected to be attended by representatives of about 20 farm commodity organizations.
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Washington
The
National Milk Producers Federation
Three of Four Rubber Firms Reach New Contract
Three of the rubber industry’s Big Four reach a new contract with the United Rubber Workers. Firestone continues negotiations in Canton, Ohio, with the union as the fourth member lags behind.
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Columbus
Rubber Industry
United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Rubber
Canton
Ohio
$30 000 Suit Filed Against Wed Beauty
Mary Callie Hill sues Mary Leona Gage Ennis and the Walters Academy and Fashion Guild for 30000 claiming fraud and concealment of Ennis's marriage. Hill says Ennis cheated her of a chance to represent Maryland in the Miss Universe contest and that the sponsors aided the deception.
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Baltimore
Mary Leona Gage Ennis
Maryland
Mary Callie Hill
Walters Academy and Fashion Guild, Inc
Miss Hill
Hollywood
Needy Persons Aid Cost Under Study
A legislative study committee in Columbus is surveying the costs of administering state aid to the poor and other needy persons. The committee is led by Rep. Kline L. Roberts and will report findings to the Ohio Legislative Service Commission for action by the next Legislature.
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Columbus
Kline L. Roberts
Franklin
House
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
General Assembly
Passenger Vanishes Through Hole In Western Airliner
Investigators comb the Mojave Desert for clues after a hole ripped through a Western Airlines Convair and passenger S F Binstock vanished. The 62 year old jeweler from North Hollywood was last seen entering the plane’s washroom before it diverted to George Air Force Base.
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Calif
Mojave Desert
S. F. Binstock
North Hollywood
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Binstock
Western Airlines
California
George Air Force Base
Here
FBI
Ord Mountains
Air Force
Mayor Shot At City Hall Planning Meeting in Detroit Suburb
Mayor James Tierney of Garden City was critically wounded in a Thursday night shooting at a City Hall planning commission meeting. Contractor Lester Ellerhorst, 52, was identified as the gunman and surrendered after the incident that also injured City Atty. Russell Swarthout.
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Detroit
James Tierney
Garden City
Tierney
Rusell Swarthout
Arthur Nagle
Lester Ellerhorst
Gypsum Constructors, Inc
Nagle
Ellerhorst
Swarth
Deferment Exams Reduced to One Test Next Year
Washington reports Selective Service Director Hershey announced only one college qualification test will be offered in the next school year instead of three. The single test, likely in spring, will be used with a student’s class standing to guide deferment decisions as draft calls target men 22 years or older.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Nlershey
Missiles Split on Space Peace Pact in Talks
London reports space missiles widen the rift in U S Soviet disarmament talks. Harold E Stassen proposes a scientific committee to ensure outer space research stays peaceful with work to begin within three months of a first stage pact. Valerian Zorin of the Soviet Union says the proposal will be studied.
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London
U.S
East
West
Harold E. Stassen
Valerian Zorin
Ancient Mammoth Tusk Unearthed in Kentucky Farm
On a Boone County farm owned by Judge C. L. Cropper a tusk over five feet long, dating back about 8000 years, was found. Ellis Crawford of the Covington museum notes it likely came from a woolly mammoth and that growth rings suggest the animal was about 16 years old when it died.
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Burlington
Boone County
C. L. Cropper
Ellis Crawford
William Behringer
Covington
Japan Retaliates Travel Curbs on Soviet Diplomats
The Japanese government restricts travel by Soviet diplomats in Tokyo in retaliation for Moscow's curbs on Japanese officials.
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Tokyo
Japan
Moscow
House defeats 114 billion school aid bill by five votes
Rep Augustine Kelly blamed President Eisenhower for the defeat as Democrats faulted the White House’s stance. Republicans backing the bill split, while an anti segregation amendment helped seal the measure’s fate with a 208 203 roll call and a 136 105 standing vote.
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Washington
Augustine B. Kelly
D-Pa
House
Eisenhower
Rep
McConnell
R-Pa
GOP
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Thomas A. Jenkins
10Th
Ohio
Wainwright
RNY
Supreme Court
Kelley
Rain Prayers Urged as Dry East Faces Water Cutbacks
Massachusetts Governor Foster Furcolo urged residents to pray for rain amid a two month drought described as alarming. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing asked priests to include a rain prayer in Masses as Boston area authorities prepare water restrictions for 2.2 million people in 27 cities and towns.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Foster Furcole
Richard J. Cushing
State Department of Public Health
Bay State
Cleveland Family Hurt Slightly in Plane Crash
Mr and Mrs Joseph T Wloszek and their daughter Janet three of Cleveland were reported in good condition at a hospital in Asheville after their private plane crashed on Mt Mitchell Wednesday night. The wreckage was spotted by a state highway patrol plane. The three suffered minor cuts and bruises.
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Asheville
N. C
Joseph T. Wloszek
Janet
Cleveland
Mt. Mitchell
Five men found guilty in Pike swindle case
In Harrisburg five men were convicted Thursday night of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission of 19.12 million dollars by drilling holes to fill abandoned miles along the highway right of way. Four others were acquitted after a 42 day trial long in Dauphin County history.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
George M. Leader
Turnpike Commission
Thomas J. Evans
Coaldale
Charles W. Stickler, Jr
Reading
Dauphin County
Harvey Pennell
Williamsport
Evans
Turnpike
James F. Torrance
Stickler
Clayton A. Landsidle
Manu-Mine Research and Development Co
Paul J. McNeill
Gov. Leader
Get Tough Stand Taken On Cigarettes
The Federal Trade Commission will tighten rules on cigarette advertising amid links between smoking and lung cancer. Acting FTC Chairman Robert T. Secrest told House investigators a Public Health Service statement calls for a fresh policing approach and a priority survey to gauge smokers understanding of ad claims.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Robert T. Secrest
House
Public Health Service
Secrest
Commission
Combination Moves Blamed on Managers
Springfield delegates tell the 47th Ohio Fire Chiefs Association convention that city managers are mainly responsible for combining fire and police departments. R. Bruce Helmgren of the Illinois and Northeast Illinois Fire Chiefs Associations says managers base decisions on information from outside fire and police protection.
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Springfield
Ohio Fire Chiefs Association
R. Bruce Helmgren
Illinois
Ilinois
Air Attacks Continue in Oman by Royal Venom Bombers
Royal air force Venom fighter bombers attacked rebel strongholds in Oman for the third straight day, with dispatches reaching British newspapers detailing ongoing air strikes and bombardment efforts.
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London
Royal Air Force
Oman
Pair Plotted To Kill Sheriff In Amish Farm Death
Holmes County Sheriff says two convicts Cleo Peters and Michael Dumoulin planned to kill him for headlines. The pair, held on first degree murder charges, fatally shot Amish farmer Paul Coblentz after stealing a truck and aiming through a knocked out rear window.
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Millersburg
Ohio
Holmes County
Cleo E. Peters
Muscatine
Iowa
Michael Dumoulin
Wooster
Paul M. Coblentz
Harry Weiss
Dumoulin
Holmesville Lumber Co
22 Car Derailment Delays Traffic on New York Central
Norwalk Ohio report states 22 car derailment on a New York Central line between New York and Chicago near Ceylon caused a two hour delay. A hot journal box led to wheels slipping off the rails on the fifth car from the engine. no injuries were reported.
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Norwalk
Ohio
New York Central Railroad
Ceylon
Gas Caused Smog Disaster Hits Struthers Homes
Gas from coke ovens was cited as the main cause of chemical smog that discolored the paint on almost 100 houses in Struthers. A state health department representative spoke on Thursday.
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Youngstown
Struthers
State Health Department
Ceylon Asks Russia to Send Development Experts
Ceylon reportedly requested Russia to dispatch specialists to assist in development work. The appeal signals Colombo seeking Soviet technical expertise amid postwar rebuilding and economic planning efforts. Local officials note potential cooperation could span agriculture industry and infrastructure.
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Columbo
Ceylon
Russia
Local News Index and Market Notes Highlight Busy Areas
The page surveys Gallipolis Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomeroy Middleport and nearby markets with brief listings on events sports television and community items. It references Chauncey and COMAER amid a dense index of places and dates.
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Ccetuckes
Point Pleasant
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