Britain and France ready to use force in Suez crisis
London announced Britain and France are prepared to use force to protect rights in the Suez Canal. A joint communique by Prime Minister Eden and Premier Mollet said they will resist interference with international rights, while considering UN action. They stressed a peaceful settlement remains desirable and will reveal further measures in Parliament.
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Britain
France
Egypt
Suez Canal
Suez
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Eden
Guy Mollet
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Mediterranean
Cyprus
UN Security Council
Mollet
Nasser
National Guard Ready to Move Into Sturgis Ky
National guardsmen reinforced by tanks and 40 state patrolmen stood by Monday in Sturgis to respond to racial tension at the integrated high school. About 650 guardsmen faced a hostile crowd as seven Black students entered a largely white school of 310. Rocks flew when classes ended and Black students sped away in cars.
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Associated Press
Sturgis
National Guard
Sturgis High School
Louisville
Search Starts for Missing Weather Plane
Tokyo skies cleared over typhoon Emma as search planes and ships comb 70 000 square miles of Sea of Japan for the four engine RB50 weather reconnaissance craft with 16 U S Air Force crew lost since Monday. The mission reported no trace amid rough seas and improving visibility.
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Japan Sea
U. S. Air Force
Japan
Okinawa
South Korea
Philippines
Air Force
Soviet
Siberia
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U. S
State GOP Eyes Platform
In Columbus Republicans consider a civil rights commission for Ohio to meet party platform goals. W. O. Walker of Cleveland, a platform committee member and editor, argues the commission would replace the FEPC issue, offering flexibility and the power to call witnesses at hearings without police authority.
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Columbus
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
W. O. Walker
Cleveland
Weekly Call Post
Civil Rights Commission
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Walker
Eisenhower calls to widen chinks in Iron Curtain for peace
President Eisenhower urged broadening people-to-people contacts to ease Cold War tensions and foster global understanding. Speaking to about 40 leaders from American life, he emphasized enduring peace, security, and the impact on daily life and taxes. He noted Suez and future crises as reasons to pursue this outreach.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Di Salle warns tight money policy hurts small business
Michael V. Di Salle, Democratic candidate for governor, told a Lions Club dinner in Tiffin that the government's tight money policy forces a choice between stifling small business or allowing inflation.
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Tiffin
Michael V. di Salle
Lions Club
Eisenhower Gets Ohio Peaches from Rep Minshall
Representative Minshall of Ohio presented President Eisenhower with a half bushel of Ohio peaches on Monday. The President noted that peaches are his favorite fruit.
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Washington
Rep
Minshall
Ohio
Eisenhower
Two Tigresses Kill Mate at Cincinnati Zoo Spinsterhood Ahead
In Cincinnati two six year old tigresses Sonya and India mauled their male cagemate Rajah, a five year old tiger, in a savage Monday attack. Zoo staff drained the moat, moved the surviving tigers, and Rajah died from throat punctures and a ruptured lung. The zoo vet noted tigers tend to be monogamous and doubted a cause, while keepers described a surprising, sudden assault.
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Cincinnati Zoo
B. W. Pernard
Rajah
India
Sonya
Bernard
Lion House
State Preps To Up Speed State Preps To Up Speed
Ohio state officials prepare for a switch to a 60 mph daytime speed limit on Oct. 1 with 1500 new signs distributed to engineers. Night flips will adjust overlays to show 50 mph for nighttime. The change follows approval by the General Assembly.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Ohio
Harold G. Eckhart
Ohio General Assemy
Nazi leader Doenitz to be released October first
Bonn allied officials say former Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, 64, Germanys last Fuehrer, will leave Spandau Prison on October 1. The disclosure follows his nine year sentence for crimes linked to the Nazi regime.
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Bonn
Germany
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Nazi Germany
Spandau Prison
Stokers advertised for sale in local classified ad
The notice promotes selling a used four year Stoker Hercules Stoker with a low cost classified ad approach. It mentions C. B. Beverage on Carpenter Street and invites readers to call Dial 31242 to place an ad and sell stoves, gas heaters, furnaces, or stokers promptly. The ad notes a prior sale to a caller and emphasizes urgency.
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Hercules Stoker
C. B
Beverage
Carpenter Street
Jury Finds Ruth Miller Not Guilty of Murder
Ruth Miller, 29, of Hartford, was acquitted of first degree murder in the March 29 death of her ex husband Leroy Miller. The verdict, delivered after a half hour, was based on a self defense plea. The state waived the death penalty, leaving life imprisonment possible if convicted. The trial was held in a temporary court room at the American Legion Hall.
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Point Pleasant
Ruth Miller
Leroy Miller
Temporay
American Legion Hall
William HH. Bardin
Raymond Musgrave
Wesley Spence
Legion Building
Hartford
Coen Guilty On Five Counts In Bank Embezzlement
Floyd Eugene Coen former cashier of Glouster Community Bank was found guilty in U S District Court on five counts of embezzlement. He received five years on each count to run concurrently for embezzling 6898 and making an unauthorized loan to himself. Coen served as cashier from December 1953 to June 11 1956, was fired for insubordination, and had prior ties to Athens National Bank and Glouster Bank board. Ralph J Vanbibber Logan was also found guilty of impersonating an officer and placed on probation for three years.
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Columbus
Floyd Eugene Coen
Glouster Community Bank
U. S. District Court
Coen
Glouster Bank
Athens
Athens National Bank
Coeh
Ralph J. Vanbibber
Logan
Ohio Selective Service Issues October Induction Call
Columbus announces 995 men face induction in October. The youngest possible inductee must be 22 by October 1, 1956, unless volunteering or delinquent from prior calls. September call was 748. October 1955 total was 609. top monthly total this year was 1034 in March. County breakdown includes Athens 9, Gallia 2, Hocking 7, Meigs 1, Perry 2, Vinton 2.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
CAF World War I Air Ace Dies at 62
PALMS BEACH Florida veteran W A Billy Bishop 62 Canadian air ace of World War I died today He served in the Canadian air force in both world wars and was named air marshal upon retirement During the first war he handled air force recruiting in Canada
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Palms Beach
Fla
W. A. Billy Bishop
Canadian Airce
Bishop
Canada
Chandler Blasted Integration As Kentucky Impeachment Moves
In Morganfield Kentucky a crowd of over 1000 cheered proposed moves to impeach Gov Chandler and form a states rights party. Leader Adin and organizers urged petitions while Sturgis High School faced mob opposition to desegregation with 500 at the courthouse and hundreds outside.
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Morganfield
A. B. Chandler
States Rights Party of
Kentucky
Union County
Sturgis
Sturgis High School
Chandler
Adin
Maine Election Boosts Democrats Optimism Across Nation
Democratic gains in Maine shown by Governor Muskie's landslide reelection and a Democratic win in one House seat sharpened hopes for national momentum. Stevenson hailed the Maine victory as proof of a continuing trend, while Eisenhower and Nixon prepared for campaigns in multiple states. The mixed results from eight primaries and sharp partisan rhetoric framed the political atmosphere ahead of the fall elections.
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Portland
Maine
Adlai Stevenson
Eight States Hold Primary Tests Today
Eight states hold primaries with national focus on candidates Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin GOP Governor J Bracken Lee of Utah and Charles F Brannan former secretary of agriculture. Wiley and Lee seek renomination while Brannan aims for Colorado Senate in his first bid. Georgia contests with retiring Senator Walter George successor and 6 to 10 House seats.
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Associated Press
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
GOP
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Charles F. Brannan
Agriculture
Wiley and Lee
Brannan
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Senate
Colorado
New Hampshire
Vermont
Minnesota
Washington
Arizona
Georgia
Walter George
Herman Talmade
Melvin Thompson
School Board Plans Reorganization of Education Dept
The Ohio State Board of Education meets today to consider a reorganization plan for the department, proposing a deputy superintendent and three assistants in charge of instruction, administration, and research. It also seeks salary increases for W. D. Darling to 10 000 and nine of 13 division heads to 9 000, with final action deferred until a new state superintendent is appointed.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Education
R. M. Eyman
Eyman
W. D. Darling
Robert A. Manchester
Robbery testimony details Brink’s headquarters heist
In Boston a Brink's employee testified at Suffolk Superior Court about a model of the Brink's headquarters interior and the route used by masked robbers who looted the money express office of about one and a quarter million dollars six years ago.
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Boston
Brink’s Inc
Suffolk
Brink’s
Money Express
Fire devastates UOZU city center in Japan
A large blaze in UOZU, Japan destroyed over 1,750 homes and left the city of 47,000 largely homeless. Police reported one dead, 22 missing, and 55 injured as more than 8,000 people sought shelter following the fire that wiped out the city center about 150 miles west of Tokyo.
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Uozu
Japan
Tokyo
Truce Reached Over Free Hogs Around Wright City
In Wright City Oklahoma a temporary truce halts county action on a petition seeking a special election to decide if hogs may run free amid drought driven land loss. Ranchers report 700 to 800 loose hogs affecting farms roads and the Methodist church while squatters say pasture loss leaves little grazing in McCurtain County.
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Wright City
Okla
McCurtain County
Oklahoma
Louis Monroe
100 Year Old Woman Shares Century Bond at Home
In Omaha at the Lutheran Old People's home Mrs Sophie Al bers celebrated her 100th birthday as roommate Mrs Margaret Deerson listened and smiled. Deerson is 102, and the two frail friends, both hard of hearing, spend long hours holding hands rather than speaking.
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Omaha
Sophie Albers
Margaret Deerson
Mrs. Deerson
Lutheran Old People’s Home
Maine Governor Muskie Wins Second Term in Big Victory
Democrats hailed a Maine election win with Gov. Edmund S. Muskie securing a second term and a record percentage of 59.0. Frank M. Gleason, James A. Finnegan noted the national trend favoring Democrats as the party also carried its first congressman since 1934 with Frank M. Reid. Hale and McIntire barely held peers as votes totaled 179,697 for Muskie and 123,784 for Republican Willis A. Trafton Jr.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Congress
Frank M
Lewiston
Stevenson
James A. Finnegan
Eisenhower
State
National
House Elections Committee
Robert Hale
James C. Oliver
Hale
Clifford G. McIntire
Muskie
Lewis O. Barrows
Burton M. Cross
GOP
Cross
Former Boyfriend Kills Woman in Chicago Tragedy
A 36 year old woman, Lucille Fitzpatrick, was killed when her former boyfriend Nathan Brown, 30, rammed her car and drove over her twice after a U turn. A male companion escaped with minor injuries. Patrolman John Casey captured Brown after a brief chase. Brown claimed he waited four hours. Fitzpatrick had been arrested last Saturday amid alleged bank robbery plans but was not linked to them and faced a disorderly conduct charge.
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Chicago
John Casey
Bizzare
Nathan Brown
Casey
Brown
Lucille Fitzpatrick
Ohio
West Side
Royal Family Debates Baby Name for Monaco Heir
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier discuss names for their coming child and confirm no gender preference. The couple, returning to Monaco from the United States, plan to stay in the U S until early November with stops in New York Philadelphia and Ocean City New Jersey. The princess says her acting career is definitely over and they have three possible names though she won t disclose them.
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Grace Kelly
Monaco
Prince Rainier
United States
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Ocean City
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