Adlai Launches 12 State Tour From Springfield Rally
Adlai E Stevenson begins a 12 state whistle stop tour aimed at New York's 45 electoral votes. In Springfield his crowd of about 5500 heard him say Eisenhower says one thing while Taft means another. Campaign staff traded barbs over smear tactics and fears of Russian bombing.
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Springfield
Ninois
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York
Ill
Armory
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
America
Congress
Devil's Daily
Frank Devaney
Wilson Wyatt
Eisenhower
Wyatt
Citizens For Eisenhower
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Letitia Stevenson
First Presbyterian Church
East
Midwest
New York State
Six Quizzed As Ohio Red Probe Opens
Hamilton County hearing on communist activities unfolds with six witnesses questioned. Reuel Stanfield, the sixth, is arrested after testifying while claiming a California pardon and denies involvement in the Mandarin Restaurant bombing. Police plan further questioning.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Gordon Renner
Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Reuel Stanfield
George Pearcy
Henry Sandman
Stanfield
Sidney Isaacs
Commission
San Quentin Penitentiary
California
Wayne Monroe
Benjamin Schaeffer
Monroe
Columbus
Middletown
Hamilton
Lorain
Isaacs
U. S
Mercury Sets October Low Temperatures Across Ohio
Cold wave drives new seasonal lows in Ohio towns. Zanesville fell to 15 degrees the coldest in the state, Columbus reached 17.1 degrees, and Cleveland 28. Akron 22, Dayton 23, Toledo 21, Marion 16, Circleville 17, Chillicothe and Delaware 18. All marked new October lows per federal weather records.
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Columbus
Ohio
Zanesville
Federal Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Akron
Dayton
Toledo
Marion
Circleville
Chillicothe
Delaware
Missing Boy Found After Two Days on Carter Mountain
Johnny Burgess a 12 year old Wheatland Boy Scout wandered for two days in the High Sierra before being found by bloodhounds on Carter Mountain. About 150 volunteers searched around the clock and the boy was discovered unharmed.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Johnny Burgess
High Sierra
Wheatland
Carter Mountain
Four Airmen Die in Lockbourne Jet Takeoff
Base officials identified four men killed when a jet exploded during takeoff at Lockbourne Air Force Base. The victims were Capt. Floyd A. Wilhelm of Columbus, Capt. O. V. Fraker of Columbus, Capt. J. A. Trapp of San Antonio Texas, and S Sgt. Roger B. Thompson of Morenci Arizona.
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Columbus, O
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Floyd A. Wilhelm
Columbus
O. V. Fraker
J. A. Trapp
San Antonio
Tex
Roger B. Thompson
Morenci, Ariz
Probers Link Firms Gifts To Lawsuits
A House judiciary subcommittee report notes an inference that liquor company contributions correlated with a 1949 anti trust probe slowdown. It says individuals connected to firms gave the gifts not the companies themselves and that donations to both major parties were common in the same year.
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Washington
Congressional
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Singer Ginny Simms seeks quick divorce in Hollywood
Hollywood column reports singer Ginny Simms and oilman Bob Calhoun have separated with Simms saying the marriage is over. She cites emotional upheaval and her children David, 6, and Conrad, 2, from a previous marriage, as reasons to pursue a quick and quiet divorce.
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Hollywood
Giany Simms
Bob Calhoun
David
Conrad
Hyatt R. Dehn
Lewis Maintains Silence As Workers Shun Mines
The United Mine Workers strike widens as President John L. Lewis stays silent amid growing idle crews in soft coal fields. About 350 Local 9586 members at Central Coal, Graham Station WV, are out since Thursday, with only maintenance and office staff present.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Harry M. Moses
United Mine Workers Local 9586
District 17
Central Coal Company
Graham Station
W. Va
Central Coal
Philip Sporn
Wage Stabilization Board
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
UMW
Grundy
Buchanan County
Ishmael Fletcher
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
WSB
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Alabama
Ohio
Virginia
Tennessee
Way paved for vital UN debate on Korea policy
United Nations General Assembly moves toward detailed work on Korea after delaying its opening general debate until after the U S presidential election. The body may hear arguments on top priority Korea while Russia pushes for early action and the United States orders a new probe into germ warfare charges in Korea.
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United Nations
N_ Y
UN General Assembly
Korea
World Organization
Assembly
U. S
Russia
UN Assembly
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Nixon campaigns through Missouri on trains and speeches
Republican Senator Richard Nixon carried his vice presidential bid across Missouri with trainside talks between St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. He planned airport stops at Springfield and a Joplin address, criticizing Stevenson as a weakling and small caliber compared to Truman.
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Richard M. Nixon
Missouri
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Nixon
Springfield
Joplin
California
East St. Louis
Ill
Stevenson
Truman
Food Prices In 1953 Expected To Stay Level
The Agriculture Department projects retail food prices will average about the same in 1953 as 1952 with some increases in civilian purchases of beef veal chicken margarine frozen fruits juices and vegetables offset by reductions in pork eggs turkey and butter. Meat and fruit vegetable output may rise if weather returns to normal. military buying holds steady unless world events shift, while export grain shipments are expected to fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Liquor Sales Barred During Election Day
Columbus report states liquor permit holders were reminded of a law banning all alcoholic sales except 3.2 beer on election day Tuesday November 4 from 5 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. William C Bryant state liquor director urged closure of all state retail and wholesale stores and retail agencies on November 4.
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Columbus
William C. Bryant
Composite survey shows Ike gains in Ohio toward GOP
As of mid October the Associated Press surveyed 73 Ohio newspapers covering 83 of 88 counties and estimated Eisenhower would win 54 percent to 46 for Stevenson in the November presidential race. The analysis notes a shift toward the GOP with Stevenson gaining in some counties, driven by Cleveland and Cuyahoga County where about one sixth of the vote is cast.
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Columbus
Associated Press
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Buckeye
Adlai Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Truman
Thomas A. Dewey
Fisenhower
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Truman Denies Ike Smear Claims as Campaign Tour Opens
President Truman says he did not call General Eisenhower anti Catholic or anti Jewish and accuses Republicans of distorting his words. He defends his charge that Ike endorses senators who backed the McCarran immigration law and criticizes the master race accusation, while Ike campaigns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts amid the controversy.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Illnoi
GOP
Jewish Welfare Board
Europe
Eisenhower
Providence
R. L
Attleboro
Mass
McCarran
Congress
Pat McCarran
D-Nevy
New England
Dwight Eisenhower
Mamie
New York City
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Eisenhower hits New England with fierce anti Truman charge
Dwight D. Eisenhower toured New England delivering forceful speeches charging the Truman administration with lies and distortion. He drew large crowds in Providence Worcester Fall River and Taunton while pressing a hard hitting anti Democratic message as he continued his final campaign push.
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Eisenhower
New England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
R. L
Worcester
Mass
Fall River
Taunton
Massachusetts
Manchester
N. H
Boston
New York City
New York
Anti British Mau Mau Suspects Roundup in Kenya
British authorities in Kenya held over 130 natives in a lightning swoop against the Mau Mau Society amid a state of emergency. A battalion of Lancashire fusiliers arrived in Nairobi to reinforce the crackdown as killings attributed to the group reach at least 43.
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London
Britain
Kenya
Lancashire Fusiliers
Nairobi
Truman Defends Against Communism Charges in Jersey City
President Truman described Republican claims of a soft stance toward communism as an outrageous falsehood in Jersey City. He accused GOP leaders of using propaganda and money to push a big lie while urging voters to reject fear tactics and defend American government against subversive doctrine.
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Truman
New Jersey
Republican High Command
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jersey City
Allied Truce Chief Assails Enemy Team
Lt Gen William K. Harrison, UN command delegate at Panmunjom, says any Communist is a criminal and cannot be treated as honorable. He accuses the Reds of falsehoods and says the UN is ready to restart talks if the Communists offer constructive terms. Prisoner exchange holds up the truce negotiations.
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Tokyo
William K. Harrison
Red Truce
Panmunjom
Harrison
Five Day Ohio Forecast Shows Warmer Start to Weekend
Temperatures will run about 24 degrees below normal with a normal high near 59 to 63 and a normal low around 40. Warmer Wednesday and Thursday, cooler Friday, followed by a warming trend into the weekend. Weekend showers expected at one tenth inch or less.
Twins Pair Pains At UCLA Homecoming Parade
Beverly Hills reports Charlotte and Georgia Steeves two 22 year old identical twins suffered left elbow fractures when a earth moving tractor scoop in a UCLA homecoming parade gear tossed them eight feet to the ground. Both wear identical casts and reflect on their twin bond.
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Charlotte
Georgia Steeves
University of California At Los Angeles
Reno Murder Suspect Freed After Tests
Louis Edmond Blair, 37, of Chester, California, says six days in jail on suspicion of murdering a father and three children felt like a nightmare. He was released after two lie detector tests Monday. District Attorney Jack Streeter called results inconclusive and a judge granted habeas corpus.
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Louis Edmond Blair
Chester
Calif
Blair
Atty Jack Streeter
Reno
Streeter
John Belford
Reds Attack Sniper Ridge Under Heavy Shell Barrage
Seoul reports a renewed assault on Sniper Ridge as about 1500 Chinese Reds, under intense artillery and mortar fire, attack the peak aimed at Pinpoint Hill. Allied forces, including U S Seventh Division troops, counter with rifle and artillery fire amid foggy conditions.
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Seoul
Pinpoint Hill
Triangle Hill
U. S. Seventh Division
Iron Horse Mountain
Triangle
Sniper Ridge
U. S. Tth
North Korea
Pyongyang
Fer guson seeks return of MSA official for questioning
Senator Ferguson demanded Paul R. Porter be sent back from Paris for questioning over writings he labeled pro Communist. Ferguson cited Porter and others as having a long record of advocating revolution by violence if needed, noting he is not confusing Porter with Paul A. Porter of the OPA.
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Washington
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Paris
Paul R. Porter
Mutual Security Agency
Porter
Paul A. Porter
Office of Price Administration
Europe
MSA
Lima Central High Football Player Dies During Practice
Lima Ohio senior Donald Healy aged 17 a reserve center on Lima Central High School football collapsed and died during Monday practice. Officials said no injury was observed and an autopsy would determine cause though a brain hemorrhage was suspected. A meeting was to be held with officials and potential cancellation of the season discussed.
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Lima, O
Donald Healy
Lima Central
Seraph Pope
Healy
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