Adenauer Suffers Defeat in Schleswig Holstein State Vote
In Schleswig Holstein, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his CDU faced a shock reversal as the Socialists won a plurality by about 12,000 votes. Despite 25 seats each, coalition talks of smaller parties aimed to sustain a pro Adenauer government while foreign policy divisions rocked the bloc.
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Christian Democrats
Kiel
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Socialist Party
Schleswig Holstein
Landtag
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Union
CDU
European Defense Community
West
Russia
NATO
West Germany
Free Democrats
McCarthy Expects Verdict Yet Plans No Speaking Tour
Senator McCarthy signals confidence in a favorable outcome from the Watkins committee but suspends cross country campaign speaking. He plans remaining in Washington to focus on the censure issue while relying on radio and TV appearances this fall. He says he will issue public statements about campaign plans after hearings end and has declined to name inviting states or individuals. The committee resumes hearing with Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker as the major witness pending further testimony.
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Washington
Sept
Sen. McCarthy
Congress
Senate
McCarthy
Sens
Flanders
R-Vi
Fulbright
Dark
Morse
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Watkins Group
Ten Committee
Watkins’ Group
Ralph W. Zwicker
Kirke B. Lawton
Stanley pledges effort for order in Norfolk housing area
Governor Stanley said state and local officers are using every reasonable effort to maintain order and prevent violence at the Coronado Housing Development in Norfolk County. State police, working with county authorities, patrol the area to deter further incidents after a bombing of a Negro owned home and other vandalism in the recently integrated section.
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Richmond
Coronado
Norfolk County
Stanley
Deve Emaent
Wreck Claims 71-Year-Old Driver in Morgantown
Morgantown report: David Lewis Shotts a 71 year old Fairmont resident dies in hospital from injuries from a two car crash at Halleck Road and US 119 around 4 p.m. Clarence Dunn Jr. of Morgantown also involved and four others injured. The fatality is Monongalia County ninth this year.
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Morgantown
David Lewis Shotts
Monongalia County
Clarence E. Johnson
Shotts
Fairmont
Halleck Rd
U. S. 119
Johnson
Clarence Dunn Jr
Dunn
Doctor Draws 318 Calls at Open House in Short Pump
Dr. Ernest C. Hermann opened a new apartment medical center in Short Pump Virginia drawing 318 visitors as an afternoon open house. A 28 year old Duke and MCV trained bachelor, he is the town's first full time physician after a 2 1 2 year search led by the Short Pump Civic Association and the Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care. The $30 000 single story brick medical building was financed by Dr Hermann.
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Short Pump
Ernest C. Hermann
Hermann
Henrico County
Duke University
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Civic Assn
Virginia Council On Health and Medical Care
American Doctor and Wife Reported Seized Near Berlin
West Berlin area near the Dreilinden checkpoint, two Americans described as a doctor and his wife were reportedly detained by East German police while driving back to Berlin after taking photos. U S authorities said they were investigating but unnamed. Previously, William Starr and his brother James Starr of Westville New Jersey were arrested nearby and have not been heard from since.
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Berlin
U. S
Dreilinden
U.S
William Henry Starr
James
Westville
N.J
West Berlin
Telephone Strike Held In Abeyance In West Virginia
Negotiations between Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. workers and management in West Virginia ended with no strike as contract expires at midnight. Talks with federal mediator Joseph Wright resume Tuesday morning after a day of meetings and shifting positions.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Joseph Wright
Near Side
Bluefield
Princeton - Welch
Bluefield Telephone Co
Typhoon 12 Strikes South Japan With Wide Wind Front
A 600 mile front typhoon nears Kyushu and Shikoku causing heavy rain and strong winds. Evacuations and sea warnings rise as the storm, larger than typical, threatens major damage. Okinawa felt 50 mph gusts while the eye spans about 50 miles.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyushu
Shikoku
Okinawa
U.S. Air Force
Hurricane Florence Breaks Up In Mexico
Hurricane Florence, the sixth tropical storm of the year, began to break up as it moved inland on the Mexican coast. The Weather Bureau issued its last advisory at 10 a.m. CST noting high coastal mountains near Tuxpan caused the storm to dissipate.
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New Orleans
Florence
Weather Bureau
Tuxpan
Mexico
Uncle Jailed In Traffic Death Of Mercer County Victim
Mercer County recorded its eleventh traffic fatality as a six year old Coaldale boy, Thomas Dillon Jr., died in a crash near Simmons. The uncle, Robert Oscar Yost, 23, faces involuntary manslaughter charges. three others escaped injuries. Funeral set for Dillon at Freeman Baptist Church.
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Mercer County
Coaldale
J. D. Baisden
Robert Oscar Yost
Bryant St
Bluefield
Thomas Edward Dillon Jr
Thomas E. Dillon
Simmons
DeSoto
Yost
Bluestone River
Harry Short
Gordon Short
Bramwell
William Foster
Raymond
Dennis
Dillon
Baptist Church
Freeman
Woodlawn
E. W. Powers
Baisden
Foster
G. H. Crumprecker
Shoot-To-Kill Posse Seeks Jail Breakers
In Jackson Mississippi 300 heavily armed men scour a fishing camp north of the Pearl River seeking two escaped convicts Gerald Gallego 26 on death row for murder of Ocean Springs marshal and Minor Sorber 35 serving time for inmate murder. A red pickup used in the escape was found abandoned as patrols FBI Civil Air Patrol and National Guard search the swamp area using dogs and planes. The Highway Patrol warned to use any means to capture the fugitives as a deadly chase continues.
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Jackson
Miss
State Highway Patrol
FBI
Pearl River
Gerald Gallego
Ocean Springs
Sorber
Mississippi Penitentiary
Hinds County
Highway Patrol
National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Nationalist China begins 160 mile coast patrol
Nationalist warships started a 160 mile patrol and bombarded Tungshan Peninsula 70 miles from Quemoy as naval units spread out to deter Communist craft. Planes attacked Amoy area for the seventh day, with Peiping Radio acknowledging 12 bombs dropped. U.S. adviser Maj. Gen. Chase returned to Taipei after defense briefings with Gen. Liu. 220,000 Communist troops are reported in the coastal zone with three naval groups at Swatow Amoy and Foochow.
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Taipeh
China
Tungshan Peninsula
Quemoy
Swatow
Chinchu Bay
Amoy
Peiping
William C. Chase
U.S
Taipei
Liu Yu-chuang
Yu Tawei
United States
Formosa
Fukien
Chekiang
Foochow
Red Chinese Deport Three U.S. Men Held
Two American newsmen and a former sea captain were deported by Communist China after more than a year in custody. Richard Applegate Donald Dixon and Benjamin Krasner were aboard the yacht Kert when it intruded into Chinese waters off Kwantung authorities said.
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London
China
Peiping Radio
Richard Applegate
Hong Kong
National Broadcasting Co
Donald Dixon
International News Service
Benjamin Krasner
Ministry of Public Security
Kert
Applegate
Dixon
Krasner
Kwantung
Medford
Ore
United Press
New York City
Brooklyn
Britain
Royal Navy Observatory
Lantao Island
Lapsamai Island
Tonekawan Island
Macao
Canton
Peiing
Kung Sheung
Red China
Peiping
Juang Hua
Geneva
Appregate
US Intensifies Anti-Red Drive Under Eisenhower
Atty. Gen. Brownell and FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover announced at the White House that the administration aims to destroy the Communist party in the United States. They cited a stepped up anti communist drive since Congress gave new legal weapons and noted use of immunized witnesses to testify against conspirators. Brownell said DOJ is gathering crackdown evidence against several organizations including labor unions.
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Denver
Brownell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Eisenhower
Communist Party
United States
White House
Hoover
83Rd
Congress
Justice Department
Edna Strikes New England Leaving 18 Dead and Widespread Damage
Hurricane Edna battered New England killing 18 with eight in Maine and four in Massachusetts. Gov Cross said damage tops seven million dollars as floods and power outages disrupt Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and coastal areas, with Canada hit hard as the storm moves offshore.
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New England
Nova Scotia
Canada
Portland
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Carol
New
Burton M. Cross
Cross
Eisenhower
Augusta
Val Peterson
Maritime
Edna
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Rios
Boston
North Shore
Cape Cod
The
New England Telephone Co
Victim Protects Dame-Damaging Dame's Identity
Miller Harvey twenty of Span ishbure was found unconscious beside the Beckley Road near Christian's Place and removed to Memorial Hospital Princeton. He remained unconscious until about six PM and said he was struck with a rock held by his girlfriend but refused to name her or provide more details. He was treated for lip and scalp lacerations and described as in fair condition.
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Mercer County
Miller Harvey
Spanishbure
Christian
Giles County Doctor Dies In Three Car Wreck
A 91-year-old retired physician, Dr F G Andros Roanoke, was killed instantly in a three car collision on US 11 near Christiansburg Mountain. Four others injured include Dr Anderson's 86-year-old wife with multiple possible fractures, Mr and Mrs R C Eaton of Roanoke, and Dale C Odham of Blacksburg with a fractured ankle.
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Christiansburg
Roanoke
U.S. 11
Christiansburg Mountain
Here
F. G
Pioneer County
Giles County
Catawba Sanatorium
Anderson
R. C. Eato
Eaton
Dale C. Odham
Blacksburg
Dulles affirms Formosa defense linked to Quemoy policy
Secretary Dulles met with President Eisenhower and said he is convinced the Chinese Communists could not conquer Formosa with United States opposition. He noted Quemoy defense relates to Formosa but refused to confirm wartime orders to protect Quemoy. Two American officers were killed as Quemoy faced shelling.
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Denver
Dulles
Eisenhower
Formosa
United States
White House
Far East
Quemoy
U. S. 7Th Fleet
U S Air Force Plane Crash At Thule Greenland Kills Ten
A four engine U S Air Force transport crashed and burned near the Thule base runway killing 10 of 15 aboard. Maj Haly Bray said the C124 Globemaster declared an emergency and crashed returning to Thule. A second C118 with medical supplies left Westover for Thule to assist survivors.
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Mass
Thule Air Base
Greenland
North Pole
Atlantic Division
Military Air Transport Service
Haly Bray
Chicopee
Thule
Bray
Bray Saide
MATS
United States
Europe
North Africa
United Kingdom
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Essex Street
Homer McCoy
Eugene Jones
Joe DeAquino
McComas
McCoy
Cliff Yards
DeAquino
Mullins’ Store
Montcalm
Thomas E. Dillon Jr
Mullins
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Singapore
Reuters News Agency
NBC
Frank Applegate
Syracuse University
INS
Korea
New Rochelle
N. Y
Standard Star
David Cicero
INS News
New Brunswick
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Kennebec
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