Davie Fights Disease Inside an Oxygen Tent
Davie Brown, a 7 1/2 year old with pancreatic fibrosis, battles illness in an oxygen tent at Sheltering Arms Hospital. His dog Happy waits by the emergency door as the family seeks relief after repeated hospitalizations and a move from Phoenix.
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Davie Brown
Gill Brown
Athens
Davie
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Don Moore
Charles W. Reamer
Nature
Happy
Phoenix
Ariz
Brown
Southern Pacific
Mrs. Brown
Ellen Beebe
Mr. Brown
Frank Beebe
Betty Morgan
Stevenson lambasts Eisenhower over Communist issue in campaign
Adlai Stevenson spoke at the Trenton War Memorial criticizing President Eisenhower for using the communism issue via Nixon and other Republicans. He argued the president was out of touch with his party and pointed to charges against Dewey Ives Harriman Douglas in several states as evidence of a nationwide pattern.
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Trenton
N.J
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Nixon
Washington
Stevenson
United States
Trenton War Memorial
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Irving M. Ives
Averell Harriman
Ilinois
Paul Douglas
Okinawa
Wyoming
Colorado
College leaders urged to ready students for life
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce closed its 61st annual meeting with a banquet honoring Ohio colleges. Dr. Robert E. Wilson urged educators to prepare students for the whole business of living and to foster independent liberal arts colleges. Allen E. Pritchard Jr. warned of fiscal strains on municipalities and proposed revising state financial programs. President Eisenhower, on a four state tour, pledged to keep jobs and rejected war as a solution to unemployment, urging turnout for Tuesday's election.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Robert E. Wilson
Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
America
Wilson
Allen E. Pritchard, Jr
Ohio Municipal League
General Assembly
Eisenhower
Cleveland Hopkins Municipal
Washington
Ohio
George Bender
Thomas A. Burke
Robert A. Taft
House
Patrick J. Lynch
EF ”Hower
Congress
Plane Wreckage Sighted Near Nice In Alps
The wreckage of a plane believed to be a U S Air Force C47 missing since Sunday was found in the French Alps north of Nice by a searching helicopter. It disappeared on a Rome to Lyon route with 15 passengers and a six man crew, all American Air Force personnel based at Manston England. A U S helicopter forced landed on the Italian side. pilot Capt Donald T Crawford of Bay City Mich and three crew members escaped harm.
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Nice
France
French Alps
Here
Rome
Lyon
Air Force
Manston
England
U. S
Donald T. Crawforn
Bay City
Mich
Where, But Where Is Jake the Snake
MIAMI Fla Jake The Snake an 11 foot python vanished from Crandon Park Zoo grounds after slipping through two layers of wire Wednesday night. Dade County Police and zoo staff searched the area to recapture the escapee.
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Miami
Fla
Jake
Key Biscayne
Dade County
Crandon Park Zoo
Huntress Bags Lion, Her 18th at Home
Mrs. John Healy of Carr Canyon near Bisbee Arizona shot a small mountain lion in her yard on Wednesday giving her a lifetime total of 18 lions. The hunter has earned a reputation as the nation's leading woman lion hunter through home expeditions.
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Huntress
Lion
Bisbee, Ariz
John Healy
Churchill completes 30th consecutive year in Commons
Prime Minister Winston Churchill Friday completed his 30th consecutive year as a member of the House of Commons. He has served a total of 52 years in the lower house, more than any other present member. He was first elected in 1900 but missed 1922-24.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Goodbye Told Before Death by Cincinnati Man
Andrew E. Kelley age 64 was ill for years. He woke his wife Charlotte and said he was going to die and wanted to say goodbye. He then murmured a prayer, clasped his rosary and died.
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Cincinnati
Andrew E. Kelley
Charlotte
Ohio Unemployment Picture Brighter Says State Treasurer
State Treasurer Roger W. Tracy said a U S Treasury report shows Ohio's unemployment picture improved. Withdrawals from the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation trust accounts for the three months ending September 3 totaled 30.7 million dollars, an 11 percent decline from the prior quarter.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roger W. Tracy
U. S. Department of Treasury
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Trust
Boy to Face Hearing Over Schoolyard Shooting Attempt
In WEST MONROE Louisiana AP a 10 year old boy Joe Cooper faced a third hearing after aiming a loaded shotgun at school officials to protect his dog Tippie The closed session followed the incident at Ransom School on October 6 and could affect custody and care for the boy The case drew nationwide sympathy and ongoing letter writing.
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West Monroe
Joe Cooper
Howell Heard
Tippie
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
Ransom School
Traffic Deaths Drop for Ninth Straight Month
The National Safety Council reports 25 770 traffic deaths in the first nine months of 1954, noting a nine month decline not seen since gasoline rationing in World War II. The decline marks a continuous downward trend across September.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Council
Halloween Costumed Girl Dead In Cemetery
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a six year old girl, Karen Mauk, was found dead in a cemetery two miles from her home after being reported missing. Her nude Hallo ween costume lay near her head with a apple and candy bag nearby. An autopsy was ordered but preliminary findings showed no visible injuries and no immediate cause of death.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh
Karen Mauk
Cambrieounty
Richard P. Wilkinson
Karen
Wilkinson
Large Shaggy Dog Holds Up Subway Train
New York subway incident saw a large shaggy dog pace along the tracks beside a moving train as conductor Horace G Belton blew the whistle. The animal stopped sat and finally rested after two miles with two dozen rest periods before a platform guard lured it off at 14th Street. The dog received water and settled down in the dispatcher’s office.
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New York
Horace G. Belton
Belton
Mth Street
Ex-Convicts Arrested In Cincinnati Tavern Burglary
Two paroled convicts were arrested on suspicion of burglary and safe cracking in an Ohio tavern theft. Alvin H. Drury, 29, of Hamilton and Taylor Hiatt, 41, of Cincinnati, were held after police traced their link at the Ohio Penitentiary. The $5200 safe was broken Sunday.
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Cincinnati
Alvin H. Drury
Hamilton
Ohio
Taylor Hiatt
Ohio Penitentiary
Blast Takes Another Victim as Firemen Die in Ammonia Blast
Philadelphia officials announced a sixth fireman, James Doyle, 32, died from burns after yesterday’s blast at Charlies W. Berg Laboratories. The explosion, which shattered a tank, occurred at the chemical plant with no fire present. authorities suspect internal pressure. Flags at half mast were ordered for three days.
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Philadelphia
James Doyle
Charlies W. Berg Laboratories
Frank McNamee
United States seeks UN support for six point forces plan
The United States requests UN Security Council approval for a six point plan to bolster UN forces against aggression. Diplomats expect strong backing despite Soviet opposition as Mahoney argues for rapid, wide participation and funding of supplies for future collective action.
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United Nations, N. Y
United States
Diplomata
U. S
Charlies A. Mahoney
U.S
Mahoney
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Reserpine May Transform Psychiatry Yet Cautions Caution
A Chicago team reports dramatic early results with reserpine a new snakeroot derived drug for severe mental illness They treated 74 patients including mentally retarded cases and eight were discharged or improved enough for possible leaves with continued use They caution it is not a universal cure but could become a major development if validated and expanded.
Pennsylvania Police Hold Ohioan for Theft
Butler police hold Fred B. Kemper a 42 year old from Brookfield Ohio on a single charge. He admitted taking five thousand dollars in cash and merchandise during ten burglaries in western Pennsylvania.
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Butler
Fred B. Kemper
Brookfield
Ohio
James Barger
Kemper
Pennsylvania
Cow Shot During Pheasant Season In Idaho
A cow was shot and killed Wednesday night near Boise amid pheasant season hunting. A Fish and Game spokesman doubted the cow was killed by self defense and suggested the dogged scene was likely accidental or mistaken.
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Boise
Idaho
C. R. Brown
Fish and Game Department
Snow expected with frigid weekend temperatures
The forecast calls for temperatures six to eight degrees below normal from Saturday through Wednesday with freezing mornings. A mix of flurries and rain possible on Saturday Sunday and again midweek. Lows near or below freezing with highs around the mid 50s to low 60s in southern areas. Total moisture 0.25 to 0.5 inch.
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Associated Press
Sheppard Near Visit To His Lake House Trial Progress
Dr Samuel H Sheppard nears a trip to the lakeshore home where his wife Marilyn was found beaten to death as jurors are selected. A seven man five woman panel has begun and two alternates remain to be chosen to replace ill or deceased jurors. The judge ordered a new pool of 25 prospective jurors and Corrigan says Sheppard will join the group to the crime scene for cross examination planning.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Lakeshore
Marilyn
Sheppard
Edward Blythin
Sheprds
Lake Erie
Bay Village
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Last Liverpool Man Sentenced for Check Fraud
Wayne Starr aged 26 of East Liverpool was sentenced to 9 to 18 months in the workhouse after pleading guilty to passing worthless checks in Pittsburgh. Starr said he has been AWOL from the Air Force since July.
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Pittsburgh
Wayne Starr
East Liverpool
Air Force
72 Year Old Queen Crowned for Yuma Centennial
Mrs Agnes Vierra aged 72 a native of Yuma will be crowned queen to start a three day centennial celebration. Candidates for queen must be over six years old? and have lived in Yuma fifty years or more.
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Yuma, Ariz
Agnes Vierra
Yuma
Bethlehem Steel eyes merger despite DOJ clash
Bethlehem Steel chairman Eugene Grace said he will not quit plans to merge Bethlehem with Sheet and Tube. He disputed Brownell's anti trust claim that the merger would lessen competition and suggested courts may decide the issue if needed while noting talks with Youngstown still proceed.
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NEW York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Department of Justice
Eugene G. Grace
Sheet and Tube
Sdasont Ares Brownell
Grace
Hethlehem
Youngstown
Jury Convicts Infant Slayer in Bowling Green Case
In Bowling Green Ohio an eight women and four men jury convicts AWOL soldier Robert Fe Parks of second degree murder in the death of his nine month old daughter Laigh Ann Parks. He faces life with parole eligibility after ten years. The infant was beaten and choked last April 14. Parks pleaded innocent. His wife divorced him months later.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Robert FE. Parks
Howling Green
Laigh Ann Parks
Parks
Cleveland Community Chest falls short of goal
The Cleveland Community Chest drive ended last night with $7,715,430 raised, $74,570 short of the $7,799,000 target. This year’s goal was the largest in the chest's history in Cleveland, and the amount raised exceeded last year’s $7,562,191.
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Cleveland
Prisoner Overstays Term Nine Years Clerical Error
John D. Ingram, 55, jailed at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, says a clerk’s mistake lengthened his sentence. Convicted July 17, 1930 of a robbery netting 8 cents, he recalls a 15 year term but officials confirm a 15 year sentence. They will review his record as to how nine extra years accrued.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
John D. Ingram
Hamilton County
Dock Strike Hopes Halted By Official
Labour Minister Sir Walter Monckton told the House of Commons that jurisdictional and contractual issues among employers and two rival unions have stalled an immediate settlement of Britain's dock strike. Churchill's Cabinet met to consider the crisis as officials warned troops might be used soon to unload essential cargoes. The 43,000 strikers have idled 346 ships across London and other ports in Liverpool, Low Hull, Manchester, and Rochester. A last minute union move knocked out a tentative truce.
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Monckton
House of Commons
Churchill
London
Liverpool
Low Hull
Manchester
Rochester
Brothers Die in Crash With Train Near Denver
Two Denver boys Richard Begier aged 9 and William Begier aged 6 were killed when their car collided with a Rock Island Railroad freight train on the northeast Denver outskirts. Their parents Shirley Ann 11 Carol Diana 13 and James 13 were injured along with Conrad G. and others.
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Denver
Rock Island
Richard Begier
William
Conrad G
Shirley Ann
Carol Diana
James
Heiress Barbara Hutton Plans Month of Rest in Mexico
Heiress Barbara Hutton arrived in Mexico City for a month of absolute rest at a plantation near Cuernavaca. Her estranged husband Porfirio Rubirosa is expected to join for the Pan American Road Race in November 1923, with no public comment on private affairs.
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Mexico City
Barbara Hutton
Cuernavaca
Porfirio Rubirosa
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