Rebels Endurance Test at Menard Prison Third Odyssey
Unruly inmates at Menard State Prison enter a third day of a hostage crisis as 38 armed psychiatric division prisoners seize three officers in the mess hall while 7 more hostages remain in the east cell house. Governor's aide Sherwood Dixon plans talks if hostages are released. Officials report threats and food denial amid the standoff.
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Clarence Razor
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Stewart
Cheshire and Madison To Host Major Atomic Power Plants
Cheshire Ohio and Madison Indiana will host two massive AEC power plants supplying the Pike County uranium diffusion facility. Construction starts immediately with 11 generating units totaling 2.2 million kilowatts and a combined cost around 400 million dollars. The projects promise large employment, coal needs, and regional economic impact.
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Pike County
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Madison
Ind
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Harry M. Miller
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Gallia County
Roy C. Hermann
Ella Rothgeb
Kyger Creek
Gallipolis
Middleport
Ohio
Indiana
Atomic Energy Commission
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
W. Va
Miller
Indiana At
Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp
Ohio Valley
Board of Directors of
Wheeling
Louisville
Portsmouth Area
Diffusion Pliant
A.E.C
New York City
Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower in Pennsylvania Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson expanded his bid for the presidency with a Philadelphia Convention Hall speech after a Madison Square Garden rally in New York City. He charged Eisenhower with a sordid triumph of expediency, attacked the Republican Old Guard, and urged voters with six days left before the election.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Madison Square Garden
New York City
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Scranton
Wilkes- Barre
Allentown
Bethlehem
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
Jersey City
Paterson
Garfield
Newark
N.J
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Fire Wrecks Logan Home
Fire at 9 a.m. damaged the residence of Donald Bort at 29 N Culver St. Attic fires, wrecked roof, and heavy water damage to furnishings. Cause unknown. furnace checked before leaving for work. Loss at least $5000, partially insured. Firemen responded to a general alarm.
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Donald Bort
N. Culver St
Roy Stallsmith
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Bart
New York Times Urged to Switch Support in New Polls
The New York Times reports receiving 3,917 letters and telegrams in four days urging a switch from Eisenhower to Stevenson, while 266 messages favored Ike. The paper notes the volume reflects public reaction to the 1952 race.
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New York
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Eisenhower
Five Communist POWs Beaten by Fellow Inmates in Korea Camp
UN Prisoner of War Command reports five Communist prisoners at Yongchon camp in Korea were beaten by fellow inmates after plans to escape were detected by other prisoners and a compound representative. The incident occurred Monday according to the headquarters.
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Korea
United Nations Prisoner of War Command
Yongchon
Truman Sees Dem Victory In Oil States
President Truman urged Midwest voters to back Adlai Stevenson and a Democratic Congress to avoid a policy crash driven by “millionaires” backing Eisenhower. He argued prosperity for farmers workers and small businesses rests on a Democratic win, contending Eisenhower cannot win California Texas or Louisiana tidelands states. He spoke last night in Hibbing Minnesota and planned stops in Iowa and Illinois.
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Texas
Louisiana
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Minn
Iron Range
Iowa
Illinois
Argentina halts ships at Uruguayan ports amid refugee crisis
Shipping sources report Argentina has ordered all Argentine-owned ocean-going vessels to avoid Uruguayan ports. The move follows tensions with Uruguay over refugees from President Juan Peron's regime and signals a further severing of links between the neighboring countries.
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Argentina
Uruguay
Juan Peron
Peron
Uruguayan
Plumber Dies After Fall From Scaffold in Public Health Building
A 62 year old plumber died after falling from a scaffold while working in Cincinnati Public Health Building late Tuesday. The incident occurred during routine maintenance, and authorities are investigating the accident.
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Cincinnati
Eisenhower Charges Secret Korea Document Used by Foes
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower claims opponents use a top secret Defense Department document on Korea to attack him. He cites a 1947 Joint Chiefs memo noting Korea not essential to U S security and questions how the document leaked. Senator Wayne Morse also cites the Forrestal memo in Minnesota as the debate over Korea grows. He is set for a CBS radio tv program tonight at 10 p m EST.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York City
Korea
American Defense Department
South Korea
United States
Minneapolis
Sen
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Eisenhower
University of Minnesota
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Joint Chiefs
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Far East
Dean Acheson
Formosa
CBS
End Walkout At Jet Plant
About 2000 AFL construction workers at General Electric's jet engine center in Evendale Ohio returned to work today ending a week long strike. Frank C. Vincent AFL Building Trades Council representative said the decision followed a meeting with council and company officials with Federal Conciliator James McNamara. The stoppage stemmed from a dispute over which workers should be detailed to certain jobs in GE buildings. Details of the agreements were not made public.
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Cincinnati
AFL
General Electric Company
Evendale
Frank C. Vincent
AFL Building Trades Council
James McNamara
High Court Refuses To Bar Deportation
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to intervene to stop the extradition of bank robber Frank Cammarata of Youngstown to Michigan. The ruling upheld lower court denial of his writ of habeas corpus challenging extradition.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Frank Cammarata
Youngstown
Michigan
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Trumbull
Self-Defense For Asiatics Urged by Taft
Senator Robert A. Taft urged a defensive program for Asia to protect Asia by Asians, criticizing Korea as Truman's war. He argued Americans should not send troops to distant conflicts and endorsed Dwight Eisenhower for president. He spoke to about 300 attendees at the State Armory in Spokane, noting the value of turnout.
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Ohio
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Eisenhower
Nab Second Member of Kidnaping Trio
In Florida the FBI arrested 21 year old Charles Edward Hopkins the second of three men charged with kidnapping 20 people during a Georgia and Tennessee spree. Virgil LeMay age 15 was already arrested in Nashville and held on a $12 000 bond.
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Fla
Georgia
Tennessee
FBI
Charles Edward Hopkins
Virgil LeMay
Nashville
Tenn
Illinois in Doubtful Column for 27 Electoral Votes
Illinois, with 27 electoral votes at stake, remains in the doubtful column as the nation eyes next Tuesday's election. Polls show a tight race between Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower with Chicago leaning Democratic and downstate areas voting Republican, shaping a likely close result. Ground patterns note Truman carried Illinois in 1948 and report that state dynamics hinge on urban and rural divides.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Get Out The Vote Drive Spreads Across Texas
In Texas a broad mobilization boosts voters with free baby sitters quiet prayer spaces and rides to polls. Groups from Ballot Battalion to Jaycees, League of Women Voters and churches mobilize amid Eisenhower Stevenson races for Texas' 24 electoral votes.
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Tex
Texas
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Adlai Stevenson
South
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Boy Scouts
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League of Women Voters
San Angelo
First Baptist Church
Waco
Brownsville
Hopkinsville officials study grand jury report on police vice
Hopkinsville and Ft Campbell representatives planned to meet to review a federal grand jury report alleging brutal police conduct against soldiers. The jury urged barring all Ft Campbell personnel from the city until safety officials and involved officers are removed, a stance Mayor A S Koon questioned as excessive.
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Ft. Campbell
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Campbell
A. S. Koon
Ex GI Faces War Treason Trial in Federal Court
John David Provoo, 36, a former Army sergeant from Sausalito California, goes on trial in New York on wartime treason charges. Prosecutors say he betrayed fellow POWs on Corregidor ten years ago aiding Japanese captors and spreading propaganda. Provoo's defense claims he acted under threat of death.
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Sausalito
Calif
Corregidor
Philippines
Boy May Lose Eye After Air Rifle Incident
Lawrence Miller, 48, admitted firing an air rifle at a 4 year old boy who was seeking Halloween treats. The child may lose sight in the right eye due to the shooting.
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Lima
Lawrence Miller
Ex-Newsman Moss Dies at 55 in Cleveland
Joseph E. Moss, 55, a former sports writer for the Youngstown Vindicator, died Tuesday in Cleveland. He left the paper in 1934 after many years of service.
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Joseph E. Moss
The
Youngstown Vindicator
Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Car in Cincinnati
A 72 year old man Louis J. Kemme was killed when an automobile struck him as he walked to evening church devotions in Cincinnati on Tuesday night.
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Cincinnati
Louis J. Kemme
Forest Fires Burn Across West Virginia And Ohio
Fires raged across Boone and Kanawha counties in West Virginia with 5000 to 10000 acres at risk as Ohio fires spread in Lawrence County and near Black Fork. Officials warned conditions remained critical despite cooler temperatures and limited rainfall.
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Hayes Hemlick
West Virginia
Robinson Fork
Boone County
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Kanawha County
Ohio
Lawrence County
Black Fork
South
Webster
Dean State Forest
Ironton
Athens
U. S
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State Division of Forestry
Kentucky
Explosion Rocks Zanesville Area Gas Main Project
An explosion using nearly a ton of dynamite in the Muskingum River area near Zanesville stunned fish and residents. Ohio Pipeline Construction Co. of Granville blasted a 12 inch gas main trench for Ohio Fuel Gas Co., causing extensive damage to homes and factories and prompting police to halt further blasting. A 79 year old woman was thrown from her bed and thousands of river fish died or were stunned.
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Granville
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
George Hodgson
Seek To Halt Rail Service
The state utilities commission took under advisement a motion to continue hearing for three weeks on the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad plan to eliminate passenger service on two mixed trains between Springfield and Jackson. City solicitor William Junk said civil defense authorities need more time to study the issue. The trains serve Waverly and Beaver in Pike County near the site of a planned billion dollar atomic energy plant.
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State Utilities Commission
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Springfield
Jackson
William Junk
Washington Court House
Waverly
Beaver
Pike County
ROK Units Drive Reds from Sniper Ridge Crest
South Korean infantry fought savage close quarters to force a battalion of Chinese Reds from Sniper Ridge Crest for the seventh time in 16 days. The crest at Central Front was secured around 10 am as ROKs pressed a dawn counterattack and moved north along the ridge. General Clark, touring Korea, praised Lt. Gen. Chung Kwon and his forces for magnificent fighting.
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Seoul
John Randolph
Heartbreak Ridge
Mark Clark
Korea
Chung - Kwon
Bing Crosby’s Wife Near Death in Beverly Hills
Dixie Lee Crosby, 40, wife of singer Bing Crosby, lay in a coma near death at Beverly Hills. Crosby and their four sons Lindsay, 14 Gary, 19 and twins Philip and Dennis, 18, were at her bedside. She had abdominal surgery last July and kidney ailments worsened her condition in recent weeks. She briefly rallied to allow Bing to return from France for the movie project.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Dixie Lee Crosby
Bing Crosby
Lindsay
Gary
Philip
Dennis
Dixie
Bing
France
Hoover sentenced to life for Virginia millionaire slaying
Louis Eugene Hoover 28 was found guilty of murder at his second trial without capital punishment, receiving life imprisonment at hard labor. The victim, James Mahoney 55, was found nude and battered in a hotel bed on February 22, 1949, during carnival week. Hoover, once a parking lot attendant in Louisville, had earlier been convicted in 1949.
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New Orleans
Louis Eugene Hoover
Hoover
J. Bernard Cocke
James Mahoney
Louisville
Nationwide drought cripples bread and meat crops
Kansas City report details a prolonged drought hitting the plains from Texas to Nebraska. Wheat and pasture fail as cattle are culled and farms face emergency conditions with little rain and looming losses for winter crops.
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Plains States
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Court orders removal of cuspidors from Crawford County courthouse
Crawford County commissioners remove cuspidors from the courthouse after custodians complain too many spitters are missed.
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