Blue Laws Waived to Ease Hurricane Food Crisis
Massachusetts issues an unprecedented executive order suspending blue laws to keep retail food stores open Sundays and Labor Day to address shortages after a hurricane. Repair crews rush to restore power to about two million without electricity as dry ice shipments arrive to safeguard dairies and storage plants. Coast Guard investigates a missing New Bedford fishing boat with 11 men as wreckage is spotted near Nantucket.
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Massachusetts
New England
Coast Guard
New Bedford
Nantucket
Vandalia Air Show to Draw Big Weekend Crowd
DAYTON—Crowds are expected in Vandalia for a three day National Air Show featuring jets missiles and other aircraft. Officials tout speed attempts potentially surpassing last year’s 707 mph record while Air Force leaders stress American air power gains and training value with public funding covered by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce and the National Air Foundation.
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Dayton
Vandalia
Air Force
Lewis
Benjamin T. Franklin
Dayton Chamber of Commerce
National Air Foundation
Hurricane Dolly Veers Off Nova Scotia Coast
Hurricane Dolly passed 60 miles south of Cape Race Newfoundland early today then veered east of Sable Island. It headed east northeast at 30 miles an hour with heavy rain and winds on Sable Island. The storm moved through northern Grand Banks and was forecast to blow out to sea late this afternoon.
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Halifax
Dolly
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Sable Island
Grand Banks
Town’s Power Shut Off Over 1953 Bill Dispute
Hugestown Pennsylvania faced a power outage when Scranton Electric Co. cut off town lights on Sept 1 after unpaid 1953 charges totaling 1100 dollars. The blackout hit street lights and city fixtures as borough officials dispute the 1954 budget.
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Hughestown
Scranton Electric Co
Pennsylvania
American Actor Breaks Foot Filming Moby Dick Sea Scene
Richard Basehart broke three bones in his right foot while filming a sea sequence for John Huston's Moby Dick. He injured himself leaping onto a small boat bobbing in the Irish Sea off Fishguard Wales.
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Fishguard
Wales
Richard Basehart
John Huston
Basehart
Woman of injuries dies after tree limb fall
Mrs. Georgienne Lackner, 54, public relations director, died yesterday from injuries suffered August 21 when a tree limb fell on her in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Georgienne Lackner
No Paper Monday Labor Day Holiday
The Messenger will not be published Monday due to the Labor Day holiday.
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Messenger
Army Prosecution Seeks Ex POW Witness in Court Martial
In San Antonio Texas Army prosecutors call Edward Dickson a ex prisoner of war from Virginia to testify in the court martial of Corporal Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas. Batchelor and Dickenson were part of a group of 25 Americans who stayed with their Chinese captors in North Korea and later surrendered to Allied forces. The trial in the corrugated iron Ft. Sam Houston shed is to proceed with limited press access as the Army Intelligence witness faces questions over statements made in Tokyo.
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San Antonio
Tex
Virginia
Edward Dickson
Big Stone Gap
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Ft. Sam Houston
Batchelor
Dickenson
North Korea
Army
Tokyo
Korea
Joel Westbrook
Fort Sam Houston
Portia Howe
Alden
Minn
Dulles Arrives in Manila for Southeast Asia Meeting
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles lands in Manila to lead an eight-nation Southeast Asia security conference. He meets Philippine leaders and discusses strengthening the mutual defense pact while warning against rapid, automatic retaliation and urging frank dialogue among eight free nations.
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Manila
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Southeast Asia
Agin
U. S
Philippines
Dulles
Free Nations
Southwest Pacific
Raymond Spruance
Thailand
United States
Washington
364 Grads Certified by Ohio State Medical Board
The Ohio State Medical Board announced 364 graduates from schools of medicine will receive certificates to practice medicine and surgery. An additional 70 osteopathic graduates will be certified, with 48 chiropodists, two mechano therapists, two chiropractors, 24 masseurs and four cosmetologists also earning limited certificates. A list includes William Kleinman of Glouster Ruth Matthewson of Nelsonville and Robert Price of Logan.
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Columbus
Ohio State Medical Board
Certi
William Kleinman
Spring St
Glouster
Ruth Matthewson
Chestnut St
Nelsonville
Robert Price
Orchard St
Logan
World Math Congress Opens in Amsterdam Amid Chess Event
About 2000 leading mathematicians from three countries gather in Amsterdam for a week long congress aligned with a world chess tournament of 200 grand masters. The International Congress of Mathematicians opens with top awards to Kunihiko Kodaira and Jean-Pierre Serre. US sends the largest delegation.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Japan
Kunihiko Kodaira
France
Jean-Pierre Serre
United States
Tax Cut Plea Denied For Obvious Reasons
In Joliet an unidentified woman’s plea to cut real estate and property taxes was denied. A city official noted she and her husband reported a $30,000 loan and numerous home furnishings, claiming they could not afford taxes and seeking a radical reduction.
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Joliet, Tr
Wong
Two Area Horses Place in Horse Show at Ohio State Fair
Winners and runners-up in last night's Ohio State Fair horse show included Skyline Farm Athens entry Ravin's Red Bud second in Ladies Walking. In five gaited limit class Jo Anne's Promise finished sixth. The Bennetts of Logan own Ravin's Red Bud and Jo Anne's Promise.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fair
Skyline Farm
Athens
Ravin
Red Bud
Jo Anne
Promise
Joe Bennett
Logan
Storm Flattens House But Mirror Stands Unbroken
Mattapoisett residents clear hurricane debris as a two foot high mirror from a public bath house at Crescent Beach is blown 500 yards along the shoreline. The mirror was found upright against a tree and remained unbroken despite the destruction.
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Mattapoisett
Mass
Crescent Beach
Tax payment of 5 million check delivered in Baltimore
A property owner presented a single check for 1954 taxes to the city treasurer in Baltimore. The amount stood at $5,096,878, covering the entire tax bill with a dramatic payment.
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Baltimore
Five Day Forecast from Associated Press
Temperatures will run above normal through the five day period with a cooler Saturday and a rise in temperatures Sunday and Monday. A brief shower risk exists Sunday or Monday with a cooling trend by Wednesday. Normal highs run from 59 to 82 degrees across the period.
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Associated Press
Man’s Car Smashed During Sneezing Fit
Holton Michigan resident Herbert Hislop was driving Route 20 near Holton when a sneezing fit caused him to lose control. His car struck a utility pole but he was not injured. He described the vehicle as a total mess.
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Holton
Mich
Herbert Hislop
Route 20
Hislop
Ohio State Bar Association names Casey assistant secretary
The Ohio State Bar Association announced the appointment of Robert J. Casey, a reporter for the Youngstown Vindicator and law student at Youngstown College, as assistant secretary.
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Columbus
Ohio State Bar Association
Robert J. Casey
Youngstown Vindicator
Casey
Youngstown College
Millions Lured To Road Today by Long Weekend
Labor Day exodus draws millions to highways rail lines and parks as transportation firms add equipment. The National Safety Council projects 390 traffic deaths during 78 hours from 6 p m today to midnight Monday amid state patrols and safety pleas.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Michigan
G. Mennen Ae
Columbus
Ohio
Mingle
Violent Ohio Storm Destroys Cathedral
A violent storm across northern Ohio destroyed St. Columbia's Cathedral in Youngstown when a lightning strike sparked a fire that burned through the night. The roof collapsed and a rear steeple fell endangering thousands. fire crews saved nearby structures as power outages affected nine counties due to an insulator at a Toledo Edison substation. A Canton area barn ignition caused by lightning burned, with losses estimated at 15 to 20 thousand dollars.
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Toledo
Ohio
Youngstown
St. Columbia's
Teledo
Edison Co
Power Company
Bayview
Lucas
Fulton
Wood
Henry
Defiance
Seneca
Williama
Ottawa
Sandusky
Canton
Nelson Haynam
New Franklin
Haynam
Germans To Rearm As U S Seeks Unity In Europe
Washington officials say a workable formula for arming West Germany as a partner in Western Europe’s anti communist defense is upcoming. They caution unity may require a different device as fears of German nationalism fade. Diplomatic authorities cite the EDC defeat as a missed chance at unified defense.
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Washington
U.S
West Germany
Western Europe
France
State Department
Europe
Old Charges Rehashed By Probe
The McCarthy censure hearings return to familiar ground with no new evidence. The six man committee may present more briefs and evidence by next week as McCarthy and his lawyer Edward Bennett Williams prepare a defense. McCarthy predicts a witness and Williams hints at possible strategy unspecified to reporters.
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Washington
Senator McCarthy
Rwis
Watkins
McCarthy
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Williama
Three French Ministers Resign From Mendes-France Cabinet
Three pro European Arty ministers resigned from Premier Pierre Mendes-France's cabinet in protest at his handling of the EDC treaty. The resignations bring total cabinet departures over the issue to six. Assembly session delays mean the move does not immediately topple the government.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes- France
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Nixon contrasts McCarthy and Mitchell in Cincinnati
Vice President Nixon at a GOP meeting in Cincinnati compared Senator McCarthy and Democratic National Committee Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell, saying there is little difference between McCarthy's blasts and Mitchell's drawing room innuendoes. McCarthy and Mitchell both objected to the remark.
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Washington
Nixon
McCarthy
Wis
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Mitchell
GOP National Committee
Cincinnati
Cleveland News Dispatch
Thomas Vail
Senator McCarthy
Taos, N. M
Brother Sister Killed in Berlin Center Car Crash
In Berlin Center last night a collision between a car and a truck killed a brother and sister from Salem Ohio and left another brother in critical condition. The deceased were Dolores Dickey 18 and Ward Louden 16. Eugene Robert Louden 21 was injured and Richard L Thompson 23 of Masury the truck driver was treated for a bruised knee.
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Youngstown
Berlin Center
Salem
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Dolores Dickey
Newgarden St
Ward Louden
Lincoln St
Southside Hospital
Eugene Robert Louden
Newgarden
Richard L. Thompson
Masury
Rockfall Imminent At Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls New York authorities close Luna Island and portions of Goat Island amid seven large cracks and dangerous conditions on the American side. The warning cites possible Labor Day weekend rockfalls with similar risk to the July 28 cave-in at the American Falls and Prospect Point.
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Nagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara Falls
Luna Island
Goat Island
Godfrey Says Flying Keeps People Lived
Arthur Godfrey offers that people who haven’t flown haven’t lived. He spoke in Virginia Beach after receiving a diamond-studded silver punch bowl from the Virginia Advisory Committee on Aviation for his contributions to flying education.
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Virginia Beach
Arthur Godfrey
Virginia Advisory Committee On Aviation
Legion Kinds Meet Elects National Commander
The 36th American Legion convention closed with Seaborn P. Collins Jr. of Las Cruces New Mexico chosen national commander for the coming year. Collins pledged a vigorous campaign to push dozens of resolutions on universal military training anti Communist measures and veterans benefits. He succeeds Arthur J. Connell of Middletown Connecticut.
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Washington
American Legion
Congress
Seaborn P. Collins Jr
Las Cruces
N. M
Collins
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Conn
Twin Teachers Hired At Louis Agassiz Elementary
Mary and Jane Ormerod of Warren Ohio join Louis Agassiz Elementary as first year teachers. The 22 year olds, identical twins, will teach next week and were among dozens welcomed by the Cleveland Board of Education at pre school conferences. Their resemblance stirred curiosity at Wittenberg College last year.
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Cleveland
Louis Agassiz
Warren
Ohio
Mary
Jane Ormerod
Cleveland Board of Education
Wittenberg College
Negro Honor Graduate Denied Admission in Texas Row
At Austin an honor graduate of a Negro high school was denied admission by the University registrar H Y McCown and the Board of Regents. Ford vowed to pursue other methods if needed, saying hundreds of Negro students would soon enter the university while the state works to comply with the Supreme Court ruling on school segregation.
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Austin
Tex
H. Y. McCown
University
Board of Regents
Ford
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas Education Agency
Texas
Philippines Train Crash Kills 82
A heavily loaded jogging train with over 100 passengers derailed on a mountain grade in southern Negros Island. At least 82 people were killed and many injured as cars tumbled from a wooden bridge into a gorge. Cranes recovered bodies as authorities investigated the disaster.
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Manila
Philippines
Negros Laland
Pablo Villarete
Fabrica
Bowe
Villarete
Wanda
Eisenhower Returns From Fraser Trip Timely Action on Bills
President Eisenhower and former President Hoover returned from Fraser Colorado where they fished and relaxed. Eisenhower signed into law more than 10 bills bringing his total approved since the vacation to 473 while pocket vetoing 21 measures. Aides said he could act on most remaining bills as Congress closes its session.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Rocky Mountain
Congress
Hoover
Fraser
Colo
Continenta Divide
Colorado
Lowry Air Force Base
Rubirosa Denied Work Permit for Western Film Role
Porfirio Rubirosa cannot act as a bartender in a West ern movie due to a denied work permit. Officials in Washington and London rejected his July 4 application, saying there were many qualified actors who could fill the role.
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Los Angeles
Porfirio Rubirea
Zsa Zag
Washington
London
Hyieda
Vere
Lightning Blaze Burns Columbus Barn and Stock
Last night a barn at a former riding stable in the Ge umbus area was set afire. Two horses and a one week old calf perished. Firemen estimate the damage at $15,000 to the barn owned by Lynas Dill in Shar Township. Two tractors and 1000 bales of hay were destroyed as firefighters battled the blaze into today.
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Columbus
Geumbus
Lynas Dill
Shar
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