Truman Urges Democratic Congress to Save Eisenhower
In Indianapolis on September 17, former President Truman urged voters to give President Eisenhower a Democratic Congress to counter Republican misdeeds. He argued a Democratic majority would restore confidence, boost the economy, and support free nations, while warning the GOP’s Korea and corruption records could backfire.
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Indianapolis
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
Truman
Congress
Washington
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Korea
Mr. Truman
Ousted FHA Chief Welcomes Probe Into Loans
Former FHA commissioner Guy T. O. Hollyday says fraud allegations on Illinois home improvement loans were vigorously investigated and evidence sent to the Justice Department. He told Sen. Capehart he was delighted the senator will probe the Chicago hearing findings and noted action by FHA officials.
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Washington
Guy T. O. Hollyday
Illinois
Federal Housing Administration
Justice Department
Hollyday
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Baltimore
FHA
Chicago
Maurice Bauman
Champaign
Ill
Senate Banking Committee
William Ranford
Bauman
Germany Moves to Enter NATO with French Backing
London reports quick action toward including West Germany in the Atlantic alliance on equal terms. Dulles and Eden urge a speedy conference around Oct 15 to discuss German participation with Mendes France seeking safeguards and a six nation European pact.
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London
United States
Britain
West Germany
Atlantic Alliance
France
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Dulles
Washington
NATO
Paris
Eden
Germany
Pierre Mendes-France
Europe
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Nevada Prison Break Ends With Hostage Death
Three convicts hijacked a milk truck at Nevada State Prison wounding and killing guard Harry Miller and escaping as other inmates watched. Capt. Harry Fletcher named the escapees as Gene Liebig 19 William Burman 21 and Don Gullivson 25. A spotter plane searched Brunswick Canyon butnothing more was found.
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Nev
Nevada State Prison
Harry Fletcher
Harry Miller
Fletcher
Miller
Highway Patrol
Brunswick Canyon
Gene T. Liebig
William Robert Burman
Don Gullivson
Liebig
Cambridge
Minn
Nevada
Tot Killed and Babes Hit by Wild Car in Azusa
In Azusa California a runaway car driven by 16 year old Eileen Perry killed five year old Kerry Lucas and struck a baby carriage holding a seven month old, then hit a stroller with another infant. Kerry died in her mother's arms and the Sheehan children escaped with minor injuries. The Hartless children, 16 months old, were not hurt.
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Azusa
Calif
Eileen Perry
Kerry Lucas
Paul Sheehan
Kerry
John W. Lucas
Michael Sheehan
Barbara
E Sheehan
Michael Hartless
Frank
Hartess
Commie Czech Border Patrol Arrests 2 American Soldiers
Two American soldiers were abducted near Eslarn Bavaria by Czech border guards with dogs as a third member watched from a distance The incident near Hof follows two prior border clashes in the nine day period with East German and Czech patrols Officials in Heidelberg Stuttgart and Prague disputed exact details and fate of the men
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Czech Border Patrol
Heidelberg
Germany
Eslarn
Bavaria
Eisendorf
7Th Army
Stuttgart
U.S
Pilsen
Prague
Hof
Man's Home Is His Castle Even in Jail
Cliff, the Bluefield City Jail shoe-shining trusty, wandered during a spell and was recaptured days later on Jones Street. He faced a sharp tongue-lashing from Capt. Bond, asserting he lives in jail rather than merely visiting, after defending his freedom with defiant words.
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Cliff
Bluefield City
Sweet Lucy
Capt
R. 0
Jones Street
Bond
Cap
Pope Pius XII Seeks Slower Recovery From Overwork
Castel Gandolfo Italy Sept 17 Pope Pius XII says he is not yet fully recovered from a serious illness and fatigue from a renewed heavy workload. Doctors expect full recovery by November, with the pontiff hampered by overwork but without a relapse of hiccups from winter gastro illness.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
Vatican
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Paul Niehans
Switzerland
Missing Scott County teacher sought as pond search continues
Miss Mollie White a 76 year old retired Scott County school teacher vanished from her Gate City home Tuesday afternoon. Search parties including the Kingsport Lifesaving Crew and Gate City Volunteer Fire Department scoured Old Mill Pond near Gate City with no results by midnight. A $100 reward was offered by the Scott County Sheriff's Office as hundreds of residents and police sought Miss White and her dog Sambo after she was last seen on the front porch around 5 PM Tuesday.
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Mollie White
Gate City
Scott County
Scott County Sheriff's Office
Kingsport
Sambo
Miss White
Miss Etta White
U S Senators Warn Of Campaign Spending Limits
Washington report notes top Senate spending cap at 25 000 dollars in large states and 10 000 in some, with two required reports on contributions and expenditures. Margaret Chase Smith becomes first to comply. Paul Fullam may face technical violation. Penalties include fines up to 1 000 dollars or one year in jail, stricter for willful violations.
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GOP
Congress
Maine
Vermont
Senate
House
Washington
J. Mark Trice
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
Trice
Paul Fullam
Smith
Republican Senatorial
Commi e Jet Not Claimed By Reds
Washington reports a Russian built MIG15 jet delivered by a North Korean pilot to the United States for 100000 dollars a year ago remains unclaimed by the Communists. The Air Force has the craft at Eglin Base Florida under study and warned owners to prove claims. Officials note the plane cost more than the reward and comment on the price versus other jets. Next Tuesday marks the first anniversary of K S No's dramatic defection.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Proving Round Command
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
United States
K. S. No
Actress Eve Arden Bears Third Child
Actress Eve Arden gave birth to a son at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. She and actor Brooks West already have two daughters and an infant son who was adopted. The new baby is named Douglas Brooks.
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Los Angeles
Eve Arden
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Brooks West
Douglas Brooks
Security Built Up At Reduced Cost
Secretary of Defense Wilson told a Lincoln Nebraska audience that the United States has built up great military strength while saving money for taxpayers. He cited a defense budget cut to 41.9 billion dollars and stressed maximizing value from every dollar. He warned against bankruptcy and urged better relations with free world nations without seeking domination.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wilson
America
Free World
Chief Pike Engineer to Resign November 1
Charleston sept 17 Ray Cavandish said he would resign as chief engineer of the West Virginia Turnpike Commission to enter a private field. The resignation takes effect the day after the northern 88 mile turnpike section from Princeton to Charleston opens, with that opening slated around Nov 1. The southern 38 mile stretch from Princeton to Beckley opened Sept 2.
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Charleston
Ray Cavandish
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Cavandish
Ether
Mer. Okey L. Patteson
Patteson
Princeton
Beckley
Mother Reunited With Lost Son Dies After Reunion
Mrs. Rose E. Tracy 68 of Jericho Vermont died in a Burlington hospital two and a half months after a long lost son Robert W. Pitman learned of her whereabouts. Pitman had been kidnapped in 1912 when his parents divorced and grew up in West Virginia under his father. The family was reunited June 29 at the hospital where Tracy awaited an eye operation.
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Rose E. Tracy
Jericho
Robert W. Pitman
Charleston
W. Va
Pitman
Athen
Robert Thompson
Springfield
West Virginia
New England
Tracy
Ike Takes Oils To Mountains In Paint Spree
President Eisenhower vacationing at the Ansel Nielsen ranch near Fraser Colorado painted a Rocky Mountain scene with aspen trees and pines, and fished trout with modest luck improving. He sent a telegram to Governor Lodge designating hurricane regions in Connecticut as disaster areas eligible for federal aid.
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Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
Byers Peak
James C. Hagerty
White House
John Lodge
Connecticut
Rocky Marciano Knocks Out Ezzard Charles in Eighth Round
Rocky Marciano decked Ezzard Charles three times and stopped him at 2 36 of the eighth round at Yankee Stadium. Charles bled from a nose and eye as Marciano delivered after the bell warnings and a late left right flurry to retain his world heavyweight title.
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Charles Henry Liebig
Cambridge
Lovelock
Liebig
Marciano
Charles
New York
Rocky Marciano
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
al Berl
Berl
Jewankee Stadium
Rocky
Champ
Bert
Frank Forbes
Artie Aidala
Chinese Factions Step Up Hostilities Over Formosa
In Formosa on Saturday September 18 a clash of forces escalated as Nationalists and Chinese Reds vowed harsher action. Nationalist bombers attacked Amoy fortifications for the 15th day, while Peiping said Communist forces would strengthen sea air and land arms and training. Civilian casualties occurred in Quemoy amid sporadic artillery duels between Amoy Reds and Nationalists.
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Formosa
Amoy
Chiang Kai-shek
Defense Ministry
Peiping
East China
Chinese Communist Party Committee
East China Military Area
Nationalist
Quemoy
Red China
Kind-Hearted Cashier Lets $417,000 In Checks Accumulate
Bernard Barrett a 51 year old cashier in Whitesville Kentucky faced misapplication charges after $417000 in checks piled up at the bank where he worked. Bank president Wilburn Simpson said many check writers are known and recoveries may be possible. Barrett described as kind hearted said he held checks for customers not realizing the deficit.
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Whitesville
Bernard Barrett
Barrett
Kentucky
Wilburn Simpson
Simpson
Rift blamed on both sides in Greenbrier school dispute
Dr. William J. L. Wallace of West Virginia State College told the NAACP state convention that both factions caused the Greenbrier County clash involving about 300 students at White Sulphur Springs High School. He urged integration with local timetables and criticized voluntary desegregation, calling for confidence in teachers and noting prejudice and miseducation as barriers.
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West Virginia
Greenbrier County
William J. L. Wallace
West Virginia State College At Institute
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wallace
White Sulphur Springs High School
County Board of Education
Pe Cce
Pormes Eee Beckley
NAACP
Knapp
Greenbrier
Rand
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