Stevenson Says GOP To Be In Nixon Hands In 1960
Adlai Stevenson accused the Republicans of paving the way for a Nixon presidency, claiming Eisenhower’s influence wanes and big business dominates the cabinet. He spoke at a Harrisburg Farm Show Arena fund raiser, noting audience reactions and heavy television and radio costs as proof of a part time presidency.
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Adlai Target of GOP for Silence About Hiss
Philadelphia AP Leonard W Hall denounces Adlai E Stevenson for not repudiating Truman on Alger Hiss. Hall told Union League Club Republicans urge Stevenson to speak on Hiss case, calling it a travesty on statesmanship. He urged organizing every precinct to win House and Senate in November.
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Augustus Frye Dies at Home Former City Commissioner
Augustus Frye 54 of 425 Third Ave died at 2:55 a.m. Friday at home after a heart attack. A longtime dry cleaner and former eight year city commissioner, he was active in Episcopal church groups, Masons, Knights of Pythias, Elks, and Ohio Valley Grange. Surviving: wife Nada and daughter Mary Frances, with brothers Charles and Frank. (Continued on)
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Herter Attacks Stevenson in Campaign Remarks
Massachusetts Governor Christian A. Herter criticizes Adlai E. Stevenson and the Democratic ticket as provocative and inconsistent. He mocks Stevenson's rhetoric on employment and poverty while highlighting perceived irrational changes in the campaign strategy.
Two Jordanians Killed in Raid at Gharandal Post
A Jordanian military source reports a raid near the Israeli demarcation line at Gharandal in south Jordan Thursday night. A force of about 1000 attackers struck a police post amid heavy weapon use. reports say 21 Jordan soldiers were killed wounded or missing. A second attack near Rahwa earlier killed twenty Jordanians in a two hour battle.
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White Collar Strike Hits Buenos Aires Demands Raises
The Argentine white collar workers union defied a government ban and launched a 21 hour strike in Buenos Aires to press for higher wages and benefits.
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Boys Fly Unattended Monoplane In East Long Island
Two boys aged 11 and 13 who had never flown before took off in an unattended monoplane, flew for about an hour, and landed safely. Eddie Gates, 13, piloted with Roy Brosseau as copilot. they later landed near their homes. Civil Air Patrol detectives spotted the craft as the youths were released to their parents while authorities consider charges.
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U.S. Population Rises to 168 Million Plus
Census Bureau estimates the U.S. population on August 1 at 168,360,000, including 93,000 overseas military. The total marks a 1.4 percent rise since the 1950 census and a 1.7 percent increase over August 1, 1955.
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Quitting Suez Pilots Offer Caution On Difficult Channel
Veterans departing Suez Canal advise new pilots that the route is not easy despite appearances. Width, depth, and rock walls restrict large ships, with many keels near the bottom. Currents and tides complicate center alignment, and seasonal fogs in coming months will worsen visibility.
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Ike Plans Farm Talk in Peoria and Nixon Sendoff
President Eisenhower will speak on farm issues in Peoria Illinois at Bradley University September 25. Vice President Nixon will begin a 15,000 mile 32 state campaign tour with a personal sendoff at Washington National Airport. Adlai Stevenson criticized Nixon amid the Republican lineup debate. The National States Rights Conference opened in Memphis to pursue a third party platform aiming to disrupt the Electoral College.
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Cable Cut Between Atomic Plants Severe Line Slashed
AT and T reports a long distance cable linking the Portsmouth area atomic energy plant to Oak Ridge Tenn was cut about 15 miles north of here. FBI notified. Officials avoid speculation on ties to Ohio strike. Syrians uneasy over Turkish troop movements near Syria border despite Turkey denial.
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Boys Sell Soft Drinks to Guardsmen in Clay Protest
Two boys from Clay Kentucky ran a wagon with iced drinks to National Guardsmen on duty at Clay school. They planned to sell cigars with each drink but ended up giving them away after the cigars vanished within minutes. The effort occurred during a student protest involving 809 peers opposing admission of two Black students.
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20 Years of Waiting Ends for Burial Box
Veedensbung Indiana page reports William J. Mellett 96 died Thursday in a nursing home after 20 years his coffin waited in the poplar burial box he fashioned awaiting funeral services Sunday. Mellett spent most of his life as a farmer and carpenter near Veedersburg.
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Clay Mayor Bitter Over Troops and Black Students
Charles Fisher of Clay Kentucky recounts a tense scene after National Guardsmen entered Clay to enforce school segregation. Mayor Terman Z Clark, in office 20 years, denounces the action as an intrusion, claiming locals fear for white children and lamenting forced integration. Clark says resistance is passive and that a few guards could have kept peace without disrupting schools or churches.
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Mount Vernon to Host 200-Bed Civil Defense Hospital
Final arrangements completed for a 200 bed emergency hospital in the Bible Conference pavilion near Mount Vernon Academy run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. It becomes Ohio’s seventh Civil Defense unit with 61 more planned by year end 1957. Elder M E Loewen began talks in July offering beds blankets medicines a power generator and supplies for three surplus units staged in Mount Vernon for immediate use.
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Big Three Casting Plan For Suez Canal Users Group
London reports rapid moves by Western powers to form an international Suez Canal users association. Dulles may visit London next week to discuss invitations, with Egypt possibly invited. Britain probes conference scope while warning Britons to leave Egypt if no compelling reason to stay.
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Pilots Walkout Looms as Suez Tension Rises Near Cairo
Evacuation warnings spread as deadline nears for pilots to walk out over Suez Canal operations. About 2800 Egyptians have left, over 2000 remain, and embassies advise citizens to depart. Reports of evacuations for Italian and West German nationals continue amid anxious talks.
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Ohio Marine Says Slugging Injured Him
Norwalk report says Donald Hamistar 20 of near Norwalk claims a corporal at Parris Island struck him in the stomach during a training demonstration. He needed emergency surgery for a rupture after the incident. A court martial convicted Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon of negligent homicide in six recruits’ deaths at the same base during a night march. Hamistar’s mother says the strike followed his failure to address the NCO as “sir” during mop and bucket uses. An investigation started August 27 after a hospital visit by Hamistar's mother.
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Ellis Island To Be Sold To Highest Bidder In 1954 Sale
NEW YORK island in New York Bay to be sold for commercial use after the Immigration Service relinquished control on Nov 12 1954. Government admin plans bid advertisements, with a Nov 19 deadline, and notes the site could become a public area if preserved. Downey cites lack of local government interest in the island and related facilities.
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Sundown Start of Yom Kippur Observed Worldwide
Observances begin at sundown today and run until sundown Saturday marking Yom Kippur the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The fast ends the high holy day season that began with Rosh Hashana beginning year 5717.
Five Day Forecast Mild Temps With Brief Weekend Warmup
Five day outlook shows temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with highs near 75 to 79 and lows around the mid-50s. Cool Saturday followed by a brief warmup Sunday and cooler Monday through Wednesday. Rain chances near half an inch Sunday and again Wednesday.
Two Children Die as Oil Stove Explodes Near Sugar Creek
A mother and her two year old escaped but two younger children died in a cellar home fire two miles north of Sugar Creek. Melvin E Beachy said she tried to save the children but dense smoke drove her out. Governor Lausche urged storage of oil given the blaze occurred while he napped. The City Week Nov. 16 22 notes farm urban rural relations in community programs.
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