Soviets Lend Money for Aswan Dam Project
The Soviet Union agrees to lend Egypt 400 million rubles worth of materials and equipment to begin the Aswan Dam on the Nile. The 100 million dollar credit is seen as Moscow’s leverage in Middle East diplomacy and a possible shift of Nasser away from Western powers.
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Edwin Shanke
Cairo
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Aswan
Nile
Moscow
Middle East
Nasser
United States
Britain
World Bank
Egypt
Dulles
Suez Canal
Khrushchev
Sudan
Plans To Pick Pope Reach Final Stages
Vatican City seeks a new Pope as 52 of 54 living cardinals gather in Rome for the conclave. A Mass of the Holy Spirit is planned in St. Peter's Basilica to seek divine guidance. Mindszenty may be invited if a safe conduct is secured, but Budapest authorities have not provided one.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
U. S
Budapest
Death Ends Tag Game In Roadside Accident
Ten year old Ernie Lee Swearingen of Coradale died after being struck by a car while playing tag along a roadside. He was taken to a Cincinnati hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
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Batavia
Ernie Lee Swearingen
Coradale
Cincinnati
GOP Aims At Harmony Demonstration In New York
Vice President Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller met in New York for a harmony display amid GOP rivalries. Democrats criticize Eisenhower over school integration while internal party tensions flare, with Butler denouncing Smathers and Truman accusing the president of dodging a moral duty to support the Supreme Court ruling. Secretary Weeks touts enduring prosperity at a Charleston GOP gathering.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
New York City
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Paul M. Butler
George Smathers
D-Fla
Butler
Harry S. Truman
Supreme Court
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Charleston
W. Va
Civil Rights Commission to Hold Alabama Voting Rights Hearing
The Civil Rights Commission plans a December 8 hearing in Montgomery to probe alleged voting rights violations. Alabama officials refused investigators access to Macon County voter records, prompting questions about subpoenas and the commission’s power to compel information.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Alabama
Montgomery
Commission
Congress
Alabama Atty
John Patterson
Macon County Voter Registration Board
Air Defense Command Receives New Weapon
Canadian Air Marshal C. R. Slemon said last week that new weapons now available to NORAD may be effective against inter continental ballistic missiles.
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Montreal
North American Air Defense Command
C. R. Slemon
Ohio Farm Bureau to remain neutral on labor contracts amendment
H D Hecka thorn president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation said yesterday the organization intends to stay neutral on the proposed amendment to regulate labor contracts.
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Columbus
H. D. Heckathorn
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Rickover Promoted to Vice Admiral Oversees Nuclear Submarine Branch
Rear Adm. Hyman Rickover, key figure in atomic submarine work, is advanced to vice admiral pending Senate approval. The move places him in charge of the Atomic Energy Commission's naval reactors branch and follows decades of controversy as he steered the nation's nuclear submarine program.
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Washington
Hyman Rickover
White House
Rickover
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Naval Reactors
Baghdad Pact Headquarters Move To Ankara
The Baghdad Pact headquarters shift to Ankara due to the Iraqi revolutionary government's coolness toward the Western sponsored alliance.
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Ankara
Turkey
Love and loyalty emerge after assault conviction
Pat Grimes, a 19 year old Portland resident, says she will wait for Pvt Alfred Gust, 21, Houston native and Ft Lewis soldier, convicted of stabbing three women Aug 3 4 while Gust pleads insanity. A jury recommends psychiatric care. sentencing deferred for background checks.
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Portland
Ore
Pat Grimes
Alfred Gust
Gust
Pat
Houston
Tex
Martin Hawkins
Miss Grimes
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Dulles Reports On Formosa Talks With Chiang Kai-shek
Secretary of State Dulles says prospects for war or peace hinge on the Communists after a three day Formosa conference. He praises Chiang Kai-shek as a staunch ally and cites a conditional nationalist pledge for limited forces on Quemoy and Matsu, contingent on weapons and a cease-fire. The Reds refuse to halt artillery on Quemoy.
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Washington
State Dulles
Eisenhower
Formosa
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Chiang
Quemoy
Matsu
China
Red Guns End Lull Open Artillery Battle at Quemoy
Chinese Communist artillery resumed fire on the Quemoy chain after a 23 hour lull. Nationalists with eight inch howitzers and other guns returned fire from Quemoy and Little Quemoy. Reports say Quemoy City came alive with shops and a wedding party resumed as the conflict escalated. Nationalist defenders claimed to have destroyed 43 Communist guns and damaged ammunition dumps, trucks, and gun emplacements.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Little Quemoy
Tan Islets
Quemoy
Associated Press
David Lancashire
Quemoy City
New Raise In Discount Rate Listed
The Federal Reserve increased the discount rate to 2.44 percent in five districts Philadelphia Minneapolis Richmond St Louis and Dallas effective today. Other districts keep 2 percent for now with later plans to adopt the rise. The move aims to tighten credit and curb inflation while aligning short-term rates. Wall Street anticipated the change and markets adjusted beforehand.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Richmond
St. Louis
Dallas
Wall
GM Ternstedt Workers To Return To Work
Columbus GM Ternstedt plant workers will return Monday after Local 969 UAW members voted overwhelmingly for a new contract. It ends a local strike tied to the national GM UAW deal reached Oct 2 and covers seniority and shift preferences for about 4500 employees.
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Columbus
General Motors
Ternstedt
United Auto Workers Union
Gm-Uaw
Men Attempt Second Two Month Plane Endurance Flight
In Las Vegas two pilots begin a second attempt to stay aloft for two months in a single engine plane. Robert Timm, 33, of Las Vegas, and Charles Bishop, 32, an Anaheim aircraft worker, aim to beat the 50 day endurance record. A prior attempt ended after 18 hours due to carburetor trouble.
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Las Vegas
Robert Timm
Charles Kaskela
Anaheim
Calif
Former West Virginia Woman Beaten in Cleveland Parking Lot
A 21 year old former Logan West Virginia resident was beaten and assaulted in an East Side Cleveland parking lot. Police say the man believed to be her attacker was shot and wounded moments later during a chase.
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Cleveland
Logan, W. Va
East Side
Eight Injured In Four Accidents Reported
The Messenger reports eight people were injured in four separate accidents. Details on locations and conditions are summarized from the page 12 dispatches across Ohio U and surrounding communities.
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Ohio U
Marshall
Rutland
Buckeye
Wellston
Middleport
Wee So Ae
Wright
SOEA
Bogan
Point
Chauncey
McArthur
Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Glouster
Bricker Advocates State Duty To Run Schools
Senator John Bricker argues education remains primarily a local and state function. He criticizes progressive education as weakening core disciplines and urges higher standards and better facilities while affirming states can meet constitutional duties.
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Bricker
B47 Crashes Take Three Crewmembers at Lockbourne Base
A B 47 jet bomber from the Strategic Air Command crashed after takeoff from Lockbourne AFB during a training exercise. Three crew members were killed when the aircraft, with six engines, developed trouble and plunged from about 500 feet onto the runway. The wing tip struck first before the explosion.
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Columbus
Strategic Air Command
Lockbourne Afb
Air Force
No One Injured In Freight Car Explosion
A freight car filled with eight inch howitzer shells exploded in Debe que Canyon near Rifle Colorado. The blast was heard for miles though railroad officials cited sparks from a broken journal as the cause. No injuries reported on the 68 car train.
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Colo
Debeque Canyon
Here
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Man Afloat Saved After Five Days
Alvin Turner, a fisherman, survived five days afloat on a yellow raft 65 miles off St. Petersburg after his skipper died. He reached Mound Park Hospital in good condition while the Virginia Mae sank after a storm. Frank Devane perished. The rescue was by the Jackie C. which towed Turner and recovered Devane’s body.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Alvin Turner
Mound Park Hospital
Virginia Mae
Frank Devane
Jackie C
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Nemesis
Turner
Devane
Tampa
W. G. Patridge
Patridge
Boy Loses Hand in Homemade Rocket Explosion
Sixteen year old Arthur Wayne Williams Jr. lost his left hand when a homemade rocket exploded. Copper fragments struck his chest and he remained in critical condition at Marymount Hospital as doctors prepared to amputate.
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Cleveland
Arthur Wayne Williams Jr
Marymount Hospital
Reds Release Men After Fast Return From China Capture
Three British nationals and one Chinese citizen freed by Communist authorities after being seized two months prior during a weekend pleasure cruise in a converted lifeboat. They were returned today with no prior warning.
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Hong Kong
Surgery Report Claims Stroke Cure Through Neck Vessel Operation
A Baylor University surgical team described 67 neck vascular ops on 50 stroke patients. X rays showed clots in neck or upper torso vessels, and surgery removed the blockage to restore blood flow.
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Bennie Taylor
Associated Press
San Francisco
American Heart Association
Baylor University
Houston
Tex
Gas Traps 91 In Mine Rescue Effort at Springhill
A rock burst trapped 91 miners in a Springhill Nova Scotia coal mine as gas barriers hindered rescuers. Eighty escaped, one body recovered. Draegermen in respirators cleared debris while survivors exited via mine portals amid cold drizzle. The shaft adjoins a closed section where 39 died in 1956. The mine runs 4400 feet deep over 14 300 feet of tunnels at steep grades, claimed North America’s deepest coal pit by the company.
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Springhill
N. S
Draegermen
New Brunswick
Canada
Hillcrest
Alto
North America
State Liquor Boss Charges Athens Store Chief
James C. Mulligan, 54, manager of State liquor store No. 28 at Athens, faced removal after appearing for work intoxicated on Sept 15 16 and 17 and July 3 and Aug 23. The State Liquor Director cited inefficiency insubordination and neglect of duties and noted Mulligan allowed his wife to handle store records behind the counter in violation of regulations. He will lose his $380 monthly job Oct 31 per the removal order filed with the State Civil Service Commission.
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Columbus — i
James C. Mulligan
Athens
Floyd C. Moon
Mulligan
Moon
State Civil Service Commission
Evacuation of Americans From Castro Rebel Area
A U S Navy transport sails from Guantanamo Bay to evacuate about 55 American women and children from eastern Cuba controlled by Fidel Castro's rebels. The State Department ordered the move amid safety concerns and a government official said, We are damned sick and tired of having Americans kidnapped.
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Havana
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Fidel Castro
State Department
Weather Outlook Ohio and West Virginia Regions
Fair and mild tonight in Ohio with a low around 42 to 44 and a high Saturday in the upper 60s. West Virginia sees fair conditions with a cooler, partly cloudy Saturday, breezy at times. The five day forecast shows temperatures about four degrees above normal in the north and near normal in the south with little change Tuesday through Wednesday and light precipitation around Monday.
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Ohio
West Virginia
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