Minnesota battleground as Eisenhower path tested
Minnesota voters hold a tight presidential race with Eisenhower’s fading strength and Stevenson seen as possible winner by some. Farmers show discontent despite record crops while polls hint at a neck and neck battle for Minnesota’s 11 electoral votes amid GOP and Democratic optimism. The state remains a real battleground with no clear outcome.
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Stevenson Attacks Ike in Akron Campaign Swing
Adlai E Stevenson denounces the Eisenhower administration as a single interest government in Akron Ohio. He accuses the Cadillac Cabinet of courting big business and predicts a return to General Motors next January. He campaigns on a Democratic wave tactic, urging party mobilization to carry him to victory.
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Youth Slain in Chicago Teen-Age Gang War
In a Southwest Side park nine youths clashed ending with Fred Kruse 18 admitting to firing on Warren White 17 who died. Edward Melant Jr. 18 was wounded and Richard Bukovic 19 slashed and beaten, with all three among several youths detained without charge.
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Portsmouth Telephone Service Not Restored
The president of Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co says Portsmouth area service will not be restored until firm law enforcement in Scioto County is demonstrated. The Scioto County exchanges have closed for the third time after vandalism amid a 96 day CWA strike. Gov Lausche ordered patrols, but company says closure came from state police and local police, not the company.
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WW II Air Ace Seeks To Beat Killing Disease
SOUTH FREEPORT Maine one of Americas leading World War II Air Force aces John T Godfrey 34 says he may be killed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis doctors told him he has one to two years left He ranks 10th in overall kills with 16 in the air 12 on the ground He is a 6 foot 200 pound textile mill operator with a wife Joan and two sons John J 10 and Robert E 8 He hopes medical research and luck can save him and notes Richard Bong the top ace died in a postwar jet crash
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Freight Trains Crash Head On Near Pineola Florida
Two Atlantic Coast Line freight trains collided head on on a straightaway near the Pineola Depot at 6 a.m. Four crew members were killed and four injured. The wreck trapped two men inside burning cars, their charred bodies later recovered. Cause was not immediately known. An ambulance driver described the tangled engines and cars as a scrambled mess.
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Utah Governor Refuses UN Day Proclamation
Salt Lake City Utah Governor J Bracken Lee declines to proclaim United Nations Day choosing October 23 as United States Day He says he is not an isolationist and supports a world organization but objects to the UN charter as written noting danger in its current form.
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Chesa peake and Ohio Railway assets top billion for first time
The railroad said its assets in August surpassed one billion dollars, marking a milestone in its 170-year history. This growth signals a new level of financial strength for the company as it reports figures for August.
Duo Therm heater ad seeks buyers in city market
Vern Hunsicker at 222 West Washington Street reports dozens of inquiries about a DUO THERM circulating gas heater with thermostat and blower. About 50 calls were made, 49 buyers remain in the market. call 222 W Washington or phone 21123 to place a four day ad and cancel when results occur.
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Logan Man Killed On Route 33 In Route 33 Crash
Logan man Cecil McCoy 22 died instantly in a head on collision on Route 33 near Enterprise. Brothers Harry Smathers 35 and Stanley Smathers 24 were seriously injured and treated at Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville. Patrol says McCoy drifted into the Smathers car as both vehicles were headed toward Columbus. continued on Page 25.
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Court Denies Ballot Bid for Scioto Engineer
Ohio Supreme Court ruled 6 0 to deny Floyd Hillman a place on the November ballot as Scioto County engineer. The writ, upheld by an appellate court, required the county board of elections to omit Hillman’s name. Barklow, in office since 1937, argued Hillman lacked a valid surveyor license at filing time.
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Train Sparks Start 25 Miles of Fires
A series of fires swept several hundred acres along a 25 mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jay and Randolph counties Indiana on Wednesday. Floyd Wickersham Winchester fire chief said sparks from a hot journal box on a freight train probably started the fires. Firemen from Portland Ridgeville Saratoga Winchester Lynn Farmland and Fort Recovery Ohio worked five hours to bring the fires under control.
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Ike Ahead in New York Leads in Straw Poll Results
New York Daily News reports President Eisenhower ahead of Adlai Stevenson in early New York straw poll returns. With 2,297 votes tallied, Eisenhower 59.2 percent, Stevenson 40.8 percent, seen as stronger than four years ago. poll aims for 30,000 house to house expressions. Final 1952 tally had Eisenhower 55.5 percent in New York.
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United States Paroles Four Japanese War Criminals
Tokyo reports the release of four more Japanese war criminals from Sugamo Prison, lowering the total still serving to 149. Of those, 98 were sentenced by the United States, 47 by Australia, and 4 by Britain.
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Nobel Prize Awarded Two Americans and German in Medicine
Stockholm honors Drs. Andre F. Cournand Dickinson W. Richards Jr. of Columbia University and Werner Forssmann of Bad Kreuznach for pioneering heart catheterization. The trio share 1956 Nobel prize for introducing internal heart viewing and related discoveries aiding cardiology.
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Bender charges Lausche liar in bitter campaign speech
Senator George H. Bender accuses Governor Frank J. Lausche of lying about campaign funds and accuses his administration of failures in schools, mental health, and roads. Bender cites a supposed co partner and television time, while Lausche denounces federal extravagance in a Cleveland address.
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Southern states may join the United States, predicts professor
University of Mississippi historian Dr James W Silver told a Jackson Rotary Club audience that the south will probably join the United States in a mental union rather than a geographic one. He argued two creeds, American and Southern, challenge reconciliation for Southern minds.
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Federalist poster from 1808 on display at Cornell
Ithaca New York exhibit features an 1808 Federalist Party poster that warns the government "is standing on a precipice, from which she may be tumbled into an awful abyss." The display explores early partisan rhetoric.
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Marine Medal of Honor Recipient Convicted by Court Martial
Sgt. Alford Lee McLaughlin, hero of Korea who earned the Medal of Honor for defending an outpost, was convicted by a special court-martial at Parris Island. He received three months hard labor, a reduction to private, and a $20 fine after pleading guilty to drunkenness unauthorized absence and disrespect to officers. He was cited for killing an estimated 150 Chinese and wounding 50 during the September 1952 action while holding two machine guns, one at the hip, until the weapons overheated.
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Blizzard Halts Navy Planes at McMurdo Airstrip
A severe Antarctic blizzard halted the third U S Navy flight to McMurdo for Operation Deep Freeze. Six Navy aircraft barely reached the airstrip after a 2250 mile overnight from New Zealand as the planned Globe Master and a second plane were postponed indefinitely. Two and a half hours later four C47 Dakotas landed at McMurdo Sound on the Ross Sea.
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Japanese Russians To End Long War
Moscow reports a declaration ending the 11 year war between the Soviet Union and Japan will be signed at the Kremlin on Friday night. A banquet in honor of Premier Ichiro Hatoyama, who leads Japan’s peace mission, would follow the signing per foreign ministry sources.
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Eisenhower pledges gear schools for the atomic age
In Tacoma and Seattle President Eisenhower declared support for a school-building program fit for the atomic age. He accused Adlai Stevenson of political fables, defended his administration, and said Congress will be urged again to act after the next session. He spoke in Seattle and prepared to address a nationwide TV audience from Portland.
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Jet Sonic Barrier Booms Close Mojave Library
Mojave public library closed after sonic booms from jet aircraft damaged the building beyond repair. Public Works Director Chester James called for an investigation to identify the planes involved. Mojave sits near Edwards Air Force Base, a Marine air base, and a naval test station.
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Pilot Hurt as Seaplane Crashes Over Ohio River
A two passenger Taylorcraft seaplane struck a power line and crashed while low over the Ohio River near Ironton on Wednesday. Pilot Van McKee, 52, of Cincinnati, was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, with a fair condition.
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