Burdette Pride of Nitro West Virginia Star Pitcher
Lew Burdette of Milwaukee is hailed as a political potential in West Virginia with Nitro ties. The Braves star, famed for three World Series wins including two shutouts, pitched 24 straight scoreless innings against the Yankees and now resides in Florida.
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New York Yankees
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New York
Fred Haney
Flu Hits 4 S S, Cough Sniffle Epidemic Closes Schools
The flu surge disrupts daily life across the United States with widespread school closures and canceled events. Asian flu cases surpass a million, concentrated in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arizona and New York City while deaths rise. Hospitals strain as nurses work overtime and prisons report illness among inmates.
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Associated Press
United States
U.S. Public Health Service
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Arizona
New York City
Hagerstown
Ohio
Health Department
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Pentagon speeds tests in two IRBM programs
The Pentagon will continue testing both Army Jupiter and Air Force Thor IRBMs on a sped up schedule. Secretary McElroy approved extending tests to next year to build a better technical basis for a final program decision, signaling a temporary win for the Army and potential additional funding.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Neil McElroy
Epidemic Closes Two Youngstown Schools
The Catholic Diocese of Youngstown closed Ursuline and Cardinal Mooney High Schools due to an influenza epidemic. Classes will resume Tuesday. Ursuline reported 575 of 1248 students absent Thursday morning and 50 more sent home ill by afternoon.
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Youngstown
Ursuline
Cardinal Mooney
State Religious Confab Opens in Cincinnati
American Reform Judaism leaders opened a four day conference in Cincinnati to launch a multi million dollar campaign. The aim is to help central national bodies integrate new adherents into liberal Judaism.
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Cincinnati
Reform Judaism
Sunday Messenger Magazine Packs 40 Pages of Features
The Sunday Messenger introduces its largest weekly magazine with forty pages of fiction and fact. Articles cover corporal punishment in schools, gender roles in “Battle of the Sexes,” a teen cooking contest for a trip to Chicago, and features on X-Ray detectives, Texas rose festival, and a courageous sister tale. Copies available by calling 31243 or via Messenger carriers.
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Sunday Messenger
Chicago
Texas
Lone Star
the Messenger
Warnings from U S and Russia on Middle East crisis
The United States and the Soviet Union warned each other against expanding a Middle East crisis into a world conflict. Khrushchev suggested Turkey faced danger while the U S reinforced NATO commitments and pledged to defend the region against international communism. The exchange comes amid Turkey Syria border tensions and depends on Moscow's intentions.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Middle East
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Turkey
New York Times
State Department
U. S
Syria
Sputnik satellite sighted over U S during meteor shower
American sky watchers report three early morning passes of the Russian artificial satellite Sputnik as it orbits Earth every 96.1 minutes. Naval Research Laboratory confirms steady signals and three more passes tonight while Moscow says the craft is being showered by micro meteorites but remains undamaged.
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United States
Naval Research Laboratory
Sputnik
New Haven
Cambridge
Associated Press
Don Guy
Guy
Moscow Radio
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
Moscow
Radio Moscow
New York
Sergei M. Poloskov
McClellan Blasts Hoffa Victory Tactics At Teamsters Convention
Sen. McClellan says Hoffa won the Teamsters presidency with Beck’s help by ignoring the union constitution. He cites subpoenaed convention records as potentially scandalous and incomplete. Hoffa disputes the constitutional handling and notes Beck and the Executive Board interpret the rules.
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Arb
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
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Hoffa
Detroit
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Fla
Senate
Beck
Negro Speaks On Equality Says White Silence Harms Negro
N B Allen founder of Frontiers of America told the Ohio annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church that millions of white Americans who believe in equality fail to speak out against discrimination. He urged forming a National Assay for the Advancement of White People to mobilize white citizens toward a practical democracy.
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Zanesville
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N. B. Allen
The
Frontiers of America
Ohio
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio and West Virginia Weather Forecast Summary
Mostly fair and cool tonight and Saturday for Ohio. Frost tonight with low in the 30s and high Saturday near 40. West Virginia remains fair with frost tonight and cool, then Saturday is fair and cool.
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Ohio
West Virginia
San Marino Reds Capitulated to White Coalition
San Marino surrendered its 12 year Communist rule as a pro-White coalition led by the Christian Democrats formed a provisional government already recognized by the United States. The switch followed a parliamentary defeat and a September revolt that toppled the Reds after their November election plans.
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San Marino
Christian Democrats
United States
Reds
Vaccine to Reach U S Troops in Korea by Sunday
Zama Japan Army announces Asian flu vaccine will be available to U S troops stationed in Korea by Sunday. The delivery aims to protect personnel amid the flu season and improve readiness.
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Zama
Japan
U. S
Korea
Benson egged at corn contest by protester
At the National Corn-Picking Contest in Sioux Falls Secretary of Agriculture Benson faced an egg attack from Maynard Gudahl and four others while Sen. Symington denounced the lower price support theory as unsound. The incident occurred as Benson spoke at the farm event attended by about seven thousand.
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Agriculture Department
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Symington
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Benson
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Missouri
South Dakota
Joe Foss
Maynard Gudahl
Maynard Bankly
Volga
S. D
Beaten Ohio Man Left for Dead Near Ohio River
A construction worker, likely from Ohio, was found in critical condition near the Ohio River in Cairo Illinois after a robbery and beating Thursday. Carl Risher, about 30, crawled to a farmhouse seeking aid and required 200 stitches.
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Ill
Ohio
Carl Risher
Russia Offers Uranium to IAEA Pool
Vienna reports Russia offers 50 kilograms of uranium 235 to the atoms for peace pool of the new IAEA. The United States promises at least 5000 kilograms.
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Vienna
Russia
International Atomic Energy Agency
United States
Heart Has Sponge Wall Girl Makes History By Being Normal
Judith Racin from Clinton Ohio underwent a pioneering heart operation at Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland. Surgeons divided a single ventricle with a plastic sponge wall to create left and right chambers, expecting tissue to grow into the artificial wall within six months.
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Cleveland
Judith Racin
Clinton
Ohio
Judith
Mount Sinai Hospital
Melvin Reydman
Claude S. Beck
Reydman
Eight Negro Students Enter Central High on Integration Day
Eight Negro students arrived for the final day of their third week of integrated classes at Central High School in Little Rock under federal troop protection. One of the six girls did not show. a carload of white teens jeered. The standoff between federal troops and Arkansas National Guard persisted as Gov Faubus demanded withdrawal of the nine students.
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Ark
Central High School
Central High
Eisenhower
Orval Faubus
Arkansas National Guard
Faubus
Balloonist Narrowly Escapes Power Lines Incident
Archie Potter 35 of Indianapolis was carried by wind into 13 000 volt power lines during an opening day stunt at a Columbus shopping center. He unfastened from the burning balloon 50 feet up and descended on a utility ladder.
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Columbus
Archie Potter
Indianapolis
Potter
Ford Strike Averted by UAW Deal in Cleveland Plants
A planned 10,000 worker strike at Ford Motor Co. engine plants and Brook Park foundry was averted after agreement between Ford and the United Auto Workers on Thursday night. The talks halted a walkout that threatened production near Cleveland.
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Ford Motor Co
Brook Park
United Auto Workers
Kewer School Bond Issues On Nov Ballot
Ohio voters face about 25 percent fewer building bond issues on November 5 compared with 1956, with 157 proposals totaling just over 142 million dollars. Local districts include 27 city, 14 exempted village, and 114 local district bonds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Educational Research and Service
Ohio State University
Women set foot on Antarctic on first commercial flight
San Francisco reporters Patricia Hepinstall and Ruth Kelly depart on a Pan American Strato Clipper Saturday to become the first women to reach Antarctica. They will stay only an hour before returning. the 9700 mile flight marks the first commercial trip to the continent.
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Patricia Hepinstall
Ruth Kelly
Pan American Airways
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