U S Fleet Escorts Ammo Ship Through Formosa Strait Daylight Run
The U S 7th Fleet flagship Helena joined Columbus and six destroyers to escort two Chinese Nationalist landing ships carrying 300 tons of ammunition to Quemoy Island. The operation marked a new phase in backing Chiang Kai-shek offshore, with both ships reaching shore and no substantial fire from the island or mainland observed.
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Helena
Formosa Strait
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Columbus
Quemoy Island
Quemoy
Collett
Wallace M. Beakley
7Th Fleet
Talks on Formosa Open With China and US in Warsaw
London reports Mao Tse tungding green light for talks with the United States in Warsaw on Formosa. Washington prepares for early discussions while keeping the Seventh Fleet alert around Formosa. Ambassador Beam awaits word from Wang Ping nan as battleships convoy Nationalist ships to offshore islands.
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London
Red
China
Mao Tze-tung
Formosa
United States
Warsaw
Washington
Red China
Formosa Strait
U.S
Jacob Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Korea
Chou Enlai
Far East
Beam
Wang
Seventh Fleet
Premier Says Iceland Will Not Retreat From 12-Mile Limit
Iceland premier Hermann Jonasson asserts no retreat from extending territorial waters to 12 miles. Since September 1 British trawlers, protected by frigates, fish inside the zone while six coast guard vessels harass them. Britain calls the extension an encroachment. Iceland says the move preserves breeding grounds and its main economic asset.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Hermann Jonasson
Britain
Cyrus Eaton Leaves Moscow for Paris by Soviet Jet
American industrialist Cyrus Eaton departed Moscow for Paris after a two week stay in the Soviet Union aboard a Soviet jet.
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Eaton
Moscow
London
Cyrus Eaton
Paris
Soviet Union
West Virginia and Ohio Weather Forecast Summary
West Virginia tonight fair with low 40s east and 50s west. Tuesday fair with little temperature change. Ohio today fair and cool, tonight cool. Tuesday mostly fair and warmer. Low tonight around 52, high Tuesday near 80. Five day forecast shows 2 to 5 degrees below normal with scattered showers Tuesday night or Wednesday and Friday or Saturday.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Albuquerque
Chicago
Denver
Memphis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Portland
Ore
Richmond
Clear
Salt Lake City
Tampa
Warrington
Integration Spotlights Across Arkansas and Virginia
The AP reports legal action and mixed classes as the nation faces school integration tests. In Van Buren Arkansas NAACP counsel A Simpson Tate plans steps to admit 13 Negroes to Van Buren High School amid white resistance. In Harrisonburg Virginia a court hearing will test admission for 30 Negro pupils as Charlottesville parents appeal.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Little Rock
South
Deep South
Ha News
U. S
John Paul
Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Supreme Court
Walter Hoffman
Albert Bryan
Norfolk
Arlington
High Court
U.S. Jet Airliner Lands in Britain
America's first jet airliner the Boeing 707 flew the Atlantic to Britain to undergo noise testing at London Airport. If its four-engine roar proves sufficiently low it may be allowed to operate from that airport.
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London
America
Atlantic
Hospital Wing Dedicated at Fort Hamilton Hospital
Governor C William ONeill helped officials dedicate the Roscoe wing of Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton Ohio a 150 bed addition presented as a major expansion for the facility leading to increased local health capacity.
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Hamilton
Ohio
C. William O’neill
Roscoe
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Mississippi Coed is 1959 Miss America
Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon Mississippi won the Miss America crown in Atlantic City after a televised pageant before 17 000 fans. The University of Mississippi student plans an acting career and will use the 10 000 dollar prize toward that goal. Escorts were West Point cadets Victor Letnoff and Charles Otstott.
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Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Miss
New York City
America
Convention Hall
Marilyn van Derbur
Denver
Colo
Mary Ann
Mississippi
West Point
Victor Letnoff
Charles P. Otstott
University of Mississippi
Thelma McKenna Delivers Sixth Child in Queens Home
Thelma McKenna, 20, gave birth to an 8 pound boy at her Queens home with nurse mother Thelma Moody present. The baby joins brothers James Jr., 5. Richard, 4. Kenneth, 3. Sharon, 2. Edward, 1, as the couple, James McKenna, 23, a parking lot worker, celebrate.
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New York
Thelma McKenna
Queens
Thelma Moody
James Jr
Richard
Kenneth
Sharon
Edward
Korean Border Clash Leaves One Soldier Dead
South Korean Defense Ministry said six or seven North Korean soldiers staged a predawn attack along the DMZ. One South Korean soldier was killed and another wounded. No American troops were reported involved.
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Seoul
South Korean Defense Ministry
Demilitarized Zone
GE Strike Vote Set in Cleveland Area
About 3000 General Electric workers in 24 Cleveland area plants vote today on authorizing a strike by the International Union of Electrical Workers.
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Cleveland
General Electric Co
International Union of Electrical Workers
Red Guns Resume Firing as Free World Stands Firm
President Eisenhower interrupted Newport stay for White House briefings on Far East crises. China resumes bombardment of Quemoy while U S and SEA Treaty allies pledge to stand firm against Communism. He spoke by phone with Dulles after a security review and marked the SEA Treaty anniversary with renewed caution and hope for peace.
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Newport
White House
Far East
Red China
United States
Eisenhower
R. L
Quemoy Island
Dulles
Washington
Quemoy
Formosa Straits
National Security Council
Maine voters weigh pivotal Senate race and down ticket foes
Maine faces a decisive election with Republican Frederick G. Payne against two term Governor Edmund Muskie for the U S Senate. The Maine vote signals national mood ahead of November contests as three House seats and the governorship also appear on the ballot. Muskie relinquishes the governorship as polls close.
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Portland
Maine
U. S. Senate
Frederick G. Payne
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Edmund S. Muskie
Pine Tree
U. S
House
Muskie
Senate Group Gets Names
The Ohio list of contributors to George H. Bender’s 1956 Senate campaign was obtained by Walter J. Sheridan for the U S Senate committee. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown noted the long list filed under Ohio law contained no names tied to the Teamsters union that hired Bender to lead a purge committee.
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Columbus
U. S&s. Senate
Ohio
George H. Bender
Senate
Ted W. Brown
Walter J. Sheridan
Washington
Brown
Teamsters Union
Bender
Riot Areas Off Limits In London For U S Troops
US service men in Britain have been ordered to stay away from Notting Hill and other zones hit by race riots. The advisory targets London districts where disturbances have occurred and warns of potential danger if precautions are ignored.
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London
Britain
Notting Hill District
Motorist reports seeing lion on Ohio 3 near Medina
A Coshocton man told highway patrol he saw a full grown lion cross Ohio 3 south of Medina Sunday night. Deputies and patrols searched the area but found no lion, later discovering a giant collie shaved to resemble a lion at E A Bosler’s Medina home.
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Medina
Ohio
Coshocton
Ohio 3
Here
Highway Patrol
Medina County
Wooster Pike
Ohio reports 25 deaths includes 11 children
AP notes that about half of weekend Ohio fatalities involved children. Among them two-year-old twins and an eight-month-old sister burned in a Cleveland apartment fire started by a five-year-old playing with matches. Multiple other young victims include a Cincinnati three month-old suffocated and a nine-year-old Barteton rider killed in a bicycle collision.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cleveland
William Goins
Cincinnati
Columbus
Barberton
Nationalist Explosive Ship Is Hit
Communist shore batteries bombarded Quemoy and Little Quemoy with heavy fire aimed at stopping unloading on the Nationalist offshore island. Reports say the Nationalists resumed bombardment after a two and a half day pause as U S ships reportedly did not escort the attack near Quemoy.
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Taipei
Quemoy Beach
Red Guns
U.S
Quemoy
Formosa
Quemo
Caracas
Venezuela
Seige
Adm
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Jose Hely Mendoza
Juan de Dios Moncada
Rafael Pachecho
Luis Alberto Vivas Ramirez
Blast rocks Painesville soy plant in hexane explosion
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. plant in Painesville suffered a hexane gas blast that blew through the extraction area, injuring two men. Clayton Clark and Howard Winings were treated, with Clark in severe burns and Winings released after cuts. John Cassell witnessed a ball of flame. Estimating losses ranged from hundreds of thousands to as much as 242 million.
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Painesville
A. E. Staley Manufacuring Co
John Cassell
Clayton Clark
Madison
Howard Winings
Clark
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Winings
Britain recover nose of Black Knight rocket after flight
Australian officials report the nose of Britain's Black Knight rocket recovered near the predicted landing spot after a Sunday night test in south central Australia. Supply Minister Athol Townley confirmed recovery but gave no details on altitude or distance.
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Canberra
Australia
Athol Townley
Britain
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