Reds Seek to Hold Europe and Press Asia War Plan
A US study outlines a new Communist strategy to hold the line in Europe while pushing south in the Middle and Far East. It foresees Soviet leadership using economic aid and covert pressure, plus weapons shipments, to bolster Communist parties, tempt neutrals, and erode Western influence as China threatens Formosa if Geneva talks fail. Led by Moscow and urging coordination with Red China, the plan targets both Europe and Asia in a broad Cold War push.
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Warren Rogers
Washington
U. S
Europe
Middle
Far East
Russia
Geneva
Kremlin
Red China
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Red Chinese
Chen Yi
China
Formosa
Fireman Says He Got Urge To Set Fires
Media Pennsylvania volunteers recounts of a 3 hour arson tour by Edward Bogardus a 24 year old fireman who admitted setting more than 30 fires across Delaware and Chester counties causing about half a million dollars in damage. He confessed to 14 barn fires 15 grass fires and fires in two cars since November 1954 stating I just get the urge.
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Media
Edward Bogardus
Delaware
Chester County
Earle H. Allen
Delaware County
Bogardus
Allen
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Back to Work Dispute At Westinghouse Plant
In Columbus Westinghouse officials and IUVE CIO spokesmen clash over how many workers returned. Company says about 100, IUE cites four cars with 10 entering. plant manager reports 24 carloads. Deputies patrolled, pickets blocked entrance, one car window smashed. About 4300 workers idle in six week strike across 30 Westinghouse plants.
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Columbus
P— Westinghouse
Iuve-Cio
Peter
T. J. Fitzpatrick
IUE
Fitzpatrick
E. L. Smith
Westinghouse
Milford boy dies after gasoline explosion test
Nine year old Charles Hickey Jr. died after he set off an explosion while throwing a match into a can of gasoline to prove to his brother and sister that he could cause a blast. The tragic accident occurred in Milford, Connecticut, as neighbors and authorities investigated the incident.
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Milford, Conn
Charles Hickey, Jr
Stranded Lad Joined By Friend on 250 Foot Quarry Wall
John Peterson, 13, climbed a 250 foot quarry wall and became stuck 40 feet from the top. His friend John Lack, 14, followed but halted. Policeman Jerling La Bare joined the rescue but also became stuck. After a half hour of encouragement, firemen used ropes to reach the trio and free them in order.
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Hollywood
John Peterson
John Lack
Jerling la Bare
Art
Russian scientists claim cancer cure medicine developed
A report states Russian scientists claim to have developed a medicine that cures cancer. The article cites unnamed researchers and lacks peer-reviewed validation details.
14 year old hunter fatally shot by own shotgun
POMEROY A 14 year old Meigs County boy James Campbell was fatally shot Saturday afternoon near his father's farm. He held the 12 gauge by the muzzle to flush a rabbit when the gun discharged into his right side. Another shell detonated in his pocket while three others did not discharge. An 11 year old companion ran for help. Midport Emergency Squad arrived but he died en route. James was the son of Mr and Mrs Bert Campbell of near Langsville. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Midway Church.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Charles Russell
James Campbell
Leroy Bartrum
James Wilcox
Middleport
James
Bert Campbell
Langsville
Midway Church
Robert Linter
Rutland
Chase Funeral Home
Parents’ Home
Clues On Eisenhower Second Term Plans Hinted At GOP Meet
President Eisenhower's intentions for a possible second term were awaited as the Republican National Committee prepared for its Chicago meeting. Leonard W. Hall said unity and confidence would permeate the gathering. The committee listed Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Weeks, Secretary of Labor Mitchell, and Secretary Benson as speakers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Chicago
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
The
United Nations
Commerce Weeks
Labor
Mitchell
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
America Strongest Says U S Retaliatory Power Is Unequalled
Secretary of Defense Charles F. Wilson told the American Municipal Association in Miami that U S retaliatory strength remains unequalled and must be kept so. He warned there is no single danger date or form of attack and stressed long-range weapons demand vigilance for a durable peace.
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Miami
Fla
Charles F. Wilson
United States
American Municipal Assn
Wilson
Tremor Shakes Area Sunday Night No Damage Reported
A Sunday night earth tremor of undetermined origin shook furniture and rattled windows with no reported damage. Residents felt the tremor across the area as authorities investigated possible causes.
Widow Is Acquitted of Paying Gunman to Kill Rich Husband
Fort Worth Texas reports a 47 year old widow, Mary Clark, acquitted of arranging a gunman to murder her wealthy oil husband, William P. Clark, whose May 23 1953 death at a 22 room mansion was initially ruled suicide before a later bullet led to a murder verdict. Evidence centered on a confessed plan and payments, with defense witnesses disputing any involvement by Mrs Clark.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Londe
Mary Clark
Elvin Tackett
William P. Clark
Clark
Safe-Driving Day Brings Hope as Toll Dips
Ohio reports a new season low in traffic deaths with seven fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, including two in one crash. Safe-Driving Day will run for ten days following the campaign period as officials stress continued caution.
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Associated Press
Ohio
West congressmen detained in East Berlin by police
Two American congressmen Rep. Harold Ostertag and Rep. Edward Boland were held for over four hours in East Berlin by East German police near a Soviet memorial. They faced charges over a two way radio in their Army sedan. Lt. James McQueen described the incident to officials. Maj. Gen. Dasher protested to Soviet authorities. The event raised questions about four power control in Berlin.
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Berlin
U. S
Harold C. Ostertag
R-Ny
Ostertag
Edward P. Boland
D-Mass
James T. McQueen
Mullins
S. C
Charles L. Dasher, Jr
P.’ T. Dibrova
McQueen
Red Army
Warren T ands Small Colleges
Chief Justice Earl Warren spoke at Wilmington College saying small colleges are the leaven of higher education. He called them the beginning of education in the United States and urged greater citizen and student participation in government to sustain a free, evolving republic.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Earl Warren
Wilmington College
United States
Warren
Insect World Share Cropping Warns Scientist
Cincinnati. Dr. George C. Decker, president of the Entomologist Society of America, told the annual convention that humans are sharing more with insects than realized as world populations grow. He warned that insects may soon be studied like veterinary medicine in entomology.
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Cincinnati
George C. Decker
Entomologist Society of America
Iraq opens first state refinery under King Faisal
Oil rich Iraq announces the opening of its first state owned refinery this morning in Baghdad with King Faisal II officiating the ceremony.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Faisal IL
Education Conference Underway
Washington hosts a four day national education conference drawing 1400 attendees including parents teachers and businesspeople. Delegates from 18 state conferences moved toward federal aid for education with varied approaches. A dozen backed aid in principle or construction funding while others urged strings free funds or aid only under certain conditions.
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Washington
Ite House
Two of Quads Die After Early Births in Bellevue
Bellevue Ohio reports two of quadruplet daughters born to Mr and Mrs Martin Briehl Jr of Cleveland died within a day. Christine weighed four pounds one ounce and died Saturday after about 13 hours. Diane weighed 15 ounces and died yesterday. Two surviving babies, unnamed, weigh about two and a half to three pounds and stay in incubators. The mother, 25, is recovering well and the remains of three infants were born at Bellevue Hospital with the first delivery at the home of Briehl's mother.
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Bellevue
Ohio
Martin Briehl, Jr
Cleveland
Diane
Chistine
Bellevue Hospital
Briehl
Adlai Moves Closer To Senator's Approval
TAMPA Florida Senator Holland says Adlai Stevenson is moving closer to the standards the country and party need but remains uncommitted. Holland, who voted for Stevenson in 1952 and helped raise funds, cautions that Gov. Frank Lausche of Ohio may better meet moderating Democratic presidential criteria.
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Tampa
Fla
Adlai Stevenson
Holland
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Stevenson
Florida
Five Girls Escape Detention Home in Akron Tragedy
Five youths devised a plan to trick matron Eula Bonham at Summit County Detention Home and strangled her after binding with cloth belts and an ammonia-soaked rag. Bonham, 59, had served as matron 16 years and was to marry soon. Two girls surrendered later with aid from an acquaintance and a relative.
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AKRON
Summit County
Eula Bonham
Print House
W. J. Pittenger
Borham
Thursto An
Zelda de Cost
Sharon Misuia
Barberton
Dorothy Matson
Ralph Roebuck
Ireland Hit By New Group Raid On Border Barracks
Reports say a half hour raid on a border police barracks in Northern Ireland was carried out by a new underground group operating across six counties. One raider is believed killed and another seriously wounded, with a Royal Ulster Constabulary constable also seriously hurt. The IRA denies responsibility, while analysts note its past limits to military depots.
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Dublin
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Party
Royal Ulster Constabulary
IRA
Dri
North Ireland
Irish Republic
Ohio Faces Arctic Cold Wave With Snow Flurries
Arctic air sent Ohio into a deep cold snap with lows from six to twelve degrees at multiple cities including Delaware Cincinnati Toledo Mansfield Dayton Washington Court House Columbus Zanesville Canton Athens and hipolis. Winds from the west to northwest gusting up to 30 miles per hour produced snow flurries mainly in the north and east portions of the state. A zero to 10 above overnight low is forecast continuing the cold pattern across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
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Delaware
Cincinnati
Toledo
Mansfield
Dayton
Washington
Columbus
Zanesville
Canton
Athens
Hipolis
Weather Bureau
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Appalachians
Canadian
Gulf States
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Rundown on politics by GOP's Hall arrives at Gettysburg
Ike getting a rundown on politics as Hall meets Hagerty at the Hotel Gettysburg breakfast. Hall silent on Ike's re election bid or first talk with the president since his heart attack. Mitchell meeting hints at AFI CIO election issues as White House aides discuss party problems and 1956 renomination. Edgar Eisenhower in New Orleans declines to comment on his brother's decision.
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Eisenhower
Hall
Gettysburg
White House
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Louis Guyley
GOP
Hagerty
James P. Mitchell
Michell
Sherman Adams
Mitchell
AFI
CIO
Eiisenhower
New Orleans
Edgar Eisenhower
Segregation Tensions Rise in Louisiana Catholic Ranks
In Frath Louisiana three Roman Catholics were excommunicated after beating a woman teacher who instructed Negro and white students together. Bishop Jules B Jeanmard warned of further action, suspending Mass at St Cecilia mission and promising automatic excommunication for violators. Archbishop Rummel had earlier suspended services after white parishioners blocked a Negro priest from saying mass.
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FRATH
Jules B. Jeanmard
Lafayette
Louisiana
Lala B.orteman
Etta B. Romero
Lala B. Menard
Emery Labbe
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Father la
Jeanmard
Our Lady of Lourdes
Joseph Francis Rummel
New Orleans
St. Cecilia Mission
Jesuit Bend
Haggard Peacemaker Slain in Holy Land
Yoseph Cohen a Morroccan immigrant aimed to cross the Israel Jordan frontier under a white flag to urge peace. Arab Legionnaires shot and killed the man in no man’s land, according to Israeli officials.
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Jerusalem
Israel- Jordan
Israel
Morocco
Yoseph Cohen
No Man’s Land
Heretic Pastor Is Retained
BROOKFIELD Wisconsin The Lutheran congregation of Rev Victor K Wrigley voted Sunday night to retain him as pastor despite a synod inquiry and trial board recommendation for suspension The church backed the 35 year old pastor 197 to 18 saying he would not resign unless his congregation dismissed him This marks the third local minister facing a heresy trial this year
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Brookfield
Wis
Victor K. Wrigley
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Pastor Wrigley
Northwest Synod
United Lutheran Church
Paul E
Minneapolis
Synod
Truman Denies Nixon Quotes Arouse Campaign Talk
Los Angeles reports quote Truman criticizing Nixon while denying making the remarks. A Beverly Hills spokesman said Truman refused to discuss the vice president and would not comment on Nixon’s candidacy. Truman, arriving to speak at a library fundraiser, urged reporters not to press the issue. Saturday, Michigan Governor Williams attacked Adlai Stevenson’s call for a moderate national stance.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Examiner Today
Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
Los Angeles Times
Truman
Beverly Hills
Edwin Pauley
Nixon
Seattle
Unar
Independence
Protestant Youth Told To Aid Foreign Needy
Rev. Mrs. James D. Wyker of Mount Vernon urged Protestant youth to help foreigners rise from hunger poverty superstition and fear during the closing session of the Ohio Christian Youth Rally in Columbus.
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Columbus
James D. Wyker
Mount Vernon
National Council of Churches
Ohio Christian Youth Rally
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