Tropical Storm Toll Surges Across Philippines
The season’s worst tropical storm killed at least 42 people across the Philippines, with thousands homeless and crops ruinous. A second wave struck Phan Thiet, Vietnam, where a tidal flood killed at least 30 and threatened hundreds more.
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Manila
Philippines
South China Sea
Indochina
Phan Thiet
Sorsogon
Legaspi
Albay
Luzon
Tayabas Bay
Manila Weather Bureau
Eisenhower presses GOP drive in three states
Dwight D. Eisenhower led a strong push into Connecticut Massachusetts and New York as part of a high profile campaign for 266 electoral votes. He drew massive crowds in Boston Hartford and Springfield and aimed to rally remaining weeks of the race against communist threats while denouncing Democratic leadership.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York State
White House
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Springfield
Pittsfield
Mass
Troy
N.Y
Midwest
Massachusets
GOP
New England
Washington
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Yalta
Potsdam
Old Colonel William H. Isbell Nominated for Medal of Honor
The 7th Division reports Lt. Col. William H. Isbell of Gambrills Maryland known as the old colonel will be recommended for the Medal of Honor for leading an infantry charge on Triangle Hill in Korea. He died at 45 after risking his life to assess artillery use as Chinese shellfire fell around him. He climbed toward the crest urging his men to advance before a Communist dynamite blast killed him.
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7Th Division
Korea
William H. Isbell
Triangle Hill
U. S. 7Th Division
Isbell
Gambrills
Akron Ends Rent Curbs In Defiance Of Federal Order
Akron voted 10 to 3 to remove rent controls claiming no serious housing shortage despite federal designation of the city as a critical defense area. Officials say the move ends controls for the second time in a month though the government may reverse it.
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Akron
Ohio
200000 Expected For Pumpkin Show
An estimated 200 000 persons are expected to visit Circleville for the 46th annual pumpkin show running today through Saturday. The event features pumpkin pie cake candy ice cream and fritters. Two pumpkin queens will be chosen today and Saturday night Gov. Frank W Lausche will present an award to the grand champion pie baker.
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Circleville
Frank W. Lausche
Ike and Stevenson Urge US Aid for Europe
In New York and Chicago unearthed by the Herald Tribune Forum both candidates call for continued aid to free nations to combat communism. Eisenhower urges a new economic alliance and orderly economic co operation while Stevenson promotes a coalition of free nations with full time American participation. Both emphasize fighting communism as the key to peace and avoid heavy campaigning in their 15 minute talks.
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New York
United States
Free Nations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York Herald Tribune
Eisenhower
Economic Alliance of Free Nations
Kremlin
Stevenson
Chicago
America
Cold Front Moves South Across Nation
A strong cold front pushes south from Eastern Texas to the Atlantic Coast bringing a cool spell. Temperatures drop into the 30s in southern areas with a freezing 32 in Memphis. The Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes see 10 to 20 degree rises from subfreezing readings, while other regions stay near normal.
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Midwest
Texas
Atlantic Coast
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
South Koreans Recapture Sniper Ridge After Heavy Battle
South Korean troops retook the crest of Sniper Ridge on the Central Front after a nine hour clash with Chinese forces. The Reds had seized the peak at daybreak and attacked again at eight, with seven killed and one wounded on the destroyer escort Lewis Oct. 14 offshore. Allied airstrikes were limited by weather.
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Seoul
John Randolph
Washington
Navy
Lewis
North Korea
Ohio Valley Studies Power Plant Site for Atomic Project
Ohio Valley Electric Corp aims to locate two new power plants to supply power for a planned billion dollar atomic energy plant in Pike County. Chairman Philip Sporn testified that locations hinge on coal supplies and economics, with one plant on the lower Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati and the other possibly in the Ohio River bottomlands near Cheshire.
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Columbus
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Pike County
Philip Sporn
Ohio Valley
State Utilities Commission
Sporn
Ohio River
Louisville
Cincinnati
Cheshire
Zanesville
Upper
Gallipolis
Powhatan Point
West Virginia
Ohio
Ralph Winter
Korean War Tops Agenda in United Nations Assembly
The 60 nation General Assembly first committee at UN headquarters planned to set Korea as the top topic along with disarmament atomic energy control and decolonization disputes. The Soviet bloc and Western nations agreed Korea and linked issues should lead. Dean Acheson will head the U S delegation.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN General Assembly
Korea
South Africa
France
Dean Acheson
United States
Portsmouth man dies from auto crash injuries
Joseph Myers 64 of Portsmouth died Tuesday from injuries suffered when struck by a car last month.
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Portsmouth
Joseph Myers
Plane crash near Winslow kills four including polio patient
A private cabin plane crashed four miles southwest of Winslow Airport after takeoff last night killing four aboard. The dead are pilot Gerald Starr about 35 Vincente Gurule 14 months Vincente Gurule Sr. the polio victim and ambulance driver Ernest Jack Ryan.
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Winslow
Ariz
Phoenix
Gerald E. Starr
Vincente Gurule
Vincente Gurule Sr
Ernest Jack Ryan
Campaign Trials Train Delays and Firecrackers Hit Candidates
A string of mishaps marks campaigns as Eisenhower faces train failures loudspeakers and an egg thrown near him in Jersey City. Stevenson dodges a firecracker setback while Schricker arrives late in Evansville delaying Stevenson’s airport greeting.
Truman assails Eisenhower on social security stance in Pa tour
President Truman, in Scranton, accuses Eisenhower of misrepresenting the social security law as bipartisan. He says the GOP nominee may not know his party's record and warns the campaign echoes a siren call to sway voters.
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Truman
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Courthouse Square
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Texas
Clark alters early orders on rotations in Korea and Japan
Gen Mark Clark reversed an order mandating nine months in the battle line before rotation home. The 36 point rule remains, but rear area troops in Korea and Japan face longer service due to replacement delays. Lovett confirmed Pentagon overruled Clark on the 38 point plan. The Army assigns four points per month in the battle line, three behind the front, and two in the rear.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
Pentagon
Clark
Korea
Japan
Defense Lovett
Washington
Army
Indict Honor Pupil For Extortion Try
Larry P. Fudge 20 was indicted by a federal grand jury in Huntington West Virginia for extortion by use of the U S mail. He allegedly tried to extort 750 dollars from a girl through a threatening letter signed Phantom Gunman and was arrested by FBI near the payoff spot last August.
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Huntington
W. Va
Larry P. Fudge
U. S
FBI
Portsmouth Sheriff Appoints 20 Special Deputies
Sheriff Bur Justice of Scioto County appointed 20 special deputies Tuesday to handle anticipated influx of workers for the Pike County atomic energy plant. The Portsmouth area coordinating commission requested the appointments.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
Pike County
Portsmouth Area
Justice
Adlai Stumps Ohio As Campaigns Heat Up
Gov Adlai E Stevenson tours Ohio cities Toledo Sandusky Elyria and Cleveland for rallies as Oct political debate intensifies. Lt details include Lausche ta x plan for truckers Bricker campaign attacks on Social Security Bricker and DiSalle clash over civil rights foreign policy and Korea policy.
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Columbus
Ohio
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Toledo
Sandusky
Elyria
Cleveland
U. S. Senate
Strike Hits GE Jet Plant in Evendale
About 2000 AFL construction workers from 19 unions walked out at the General Electric jet engine plant in Evendale near Cincinnati. The stop work disrupted no production while 10,000 other workers reported for duty as picket lines formed, with the walkout tied to a jurisdictional dispute. The strikers had been building roughly five million dollars in new plant buildings.
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Cincinnati
AFL
General Electric
Evendale
Building Trades Board of Business
Columbus Ohio Railway Workers Reduced Amid Coal Strike
About 75 enginemen and other Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employees in the Columbus area have been laid off due to the coal strike.
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Columbus
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Adlai Defends Record in Indiana Campaign Swing
Adlai E. Stevenson defended his record in Indiana vowing Republicans cannot banish communism with hate and loud claims. He accused GOP leaders of coddling communism and cited votes against proposals to root out poverty, ignorance, and insecurity in America and the free world.
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Stevenson
Indiana
Adlai E. Stevenson
America
University of Notre Dame
Illinois
Free World
Ironton Woman Dies in Blaze Found in Store
The burned body of 72 year old Miss Estella Brandt was found on the floor of her wallpaper-notions shop in downtown Ironton. Acting county coroner Dr. W A French said clothing likely ignited from a gas stove explosion two to four hours earlier.
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Ironton
Estella Brandt
W.A. French
Lawrence County
Local Air Service Plans Reach Ohio Cities
Lake Central Airlines aims to hand over management to a trustee within 30 to 45 days as the Civil Aeronautics Board prepares a permit for service on routes from Indianapolis to Cleveland and extending through Columbus to Detroit Pittsburgh and Youngstown. The board endorses continuing service on portions of existing lines and adding substantial new routes, including Ohio connections via Akron Canton Dayton Springfield and other cities.
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Washington
Ohio
Albert F. Grisard
Lake Central Airlines, Inc
Grisard
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lake Central
Lakeral’s
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
R. Vernon Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Akron-Canton
Dayton
Springfield
Marion
Mansfield
Sandusky
Toledo
Dover-New Philadelphia
Zanesville
Liverpool
Lewis Raps WSB Edict On Increase
Washington AP report on John L. Lewis denouncing the Wage Stabilization Board for cutting the miners pay raise to 1.50 as coal strikes loom past the election. Lewis argues for the full 1.90, warns of protracted action, and seeks talks with top coal negotiators amid industry pressure.
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Wheeling
W.va
Lou Vargo
Nancy
Wage Stabilization Board
Little Nancy
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
WSB
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Oak Va
Ohio Farmers Visit Washington Delegation Pilgrimage
A delegation of over 50 Ohio Farm Bureau members met with Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell and Republican National Chairman Arthur Summerfield in Washington. They also received a foreign policy briefing from aides to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, marking the group's second Washington pilgrimage.
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Washington
United Nations In Action
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Stephen A. Mitchell
Arthur Summerfield
Dean Acheson
Ohio Farm Bureau
U S Called Strike Sen McCarthy Says
Sen Joseph R McCarthy calls the wage dispute a government called strike as about 322000 soft coal miners walked out after the Wage Stabilization Board cut a wage increase in Oak Hill West Virginia. The walkout involved miners and companies and drew Senate critique.
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Oak Hill
W. Va
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
Wage Stabilization Board
Oxford undergrads revive jazz club ban on rug cutting
Oxford University undergraduates lift the prohibition on their jazz club but ban rug cutting. Officials allow the club to resume meetings with no dancing or liquor. The club must focus on studying the historical and sociological aspects of jazz.
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Oxford, England
Oxford University
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