Stevenson Attacks Administration Over Argentina Concession
Democratic nominee Stevenson accuses the administration of appeasing Argentina's Peron regime and links Eisenhower's brother to the concession granted to an American company. He did not name the firm, but speculation tied it to Standard Oil. He spoke in Little Rock on segregation, urging acceptance of the Supreme Court ruling as law.
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Adlai Stevenson
Deep South
U.S. Supreme Court
Miami
Fila
im—Adali Stevenson
Peron
Argentina
Shower
America
Stevenson
Roger Tubby
U.S
Albert Nufer
Tubby
Buenos Aires
Standard Oil Co
California
Nufer
Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court
Segregationists Tighten Weaverton School Boycott
In Henderson Kentucky segregationists under the White Citizens Council broaden a boycott at Weaverton School and seek to extend it to other integrated schools. White students in six city schools and 11 county schools appear in ads urging support while the Henderson Ministerial Association urges parents to keep children in school. Despite the boycott, the county superintendent says the school will remain open and several dozen white students attend with five Negroes in the county’s first integrated efforts.
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Henderson
Weaverton School
White Citizens Council
Ypemu
Sanvy
Henderson Ministerial Assn
Johildren
Weaverton
Felix Pressesp
Arwang Cialis
Pive
County Board of Education
Rayburn Sugg Jr
Polio Treatment for Cox Children in Fargo
The seventh of 11 Cox children from Verona North Dakota was admitted to a Fargo hospital for polio treatment. Doctors report all cases mild with no paralysis yet though siblings at home show 20 signs of the disease.
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Fargo N. D
Albert Cox
Verona
N. D
Pargo Hospital
Plane Crash Kills 12 Aboard C47 On Mt Yale
In sunny weather a USAF C47 crashed into Mt. Yale near Buena Vista Colorado killing 12 people including pilot Col Charles A Miller intelligence officer at CONAD and five soldiers three airmen a civilian specialist a sailor en route to a new assignment and a WAF sergeant Helen M Schuyler.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Air Force
Colorado
Mt. Yale
Continental Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Hamilton Air Force Base
San Francisco
Charles A Miller
Conad
Helen M. Schuyler
Steway Force Base
Newburgh
Violence erupts near Vivian school as girl slain by suspect
A 13 year old Bottom Creek girl was slashed across the face by a colored woman near Vivian Elementary, prompting white attendance drops. State police investigate while officials note 72 white students among 93 Negro pupils. car and assailant description unavailable. The incident occurred as Patricia Bishop walked between home and school on Route 52 near Welch in the coal fields.
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McDowell County
Vivian
Bottom Creek
Patricia Bishop
Ethel Bishop
Patricia
George Bryson
Bryson
Welch
Polish Lieutenant Flees Reds Lands MIG At Baltic Airstrip
A Polish lieutenant defected to Denmark by landing a Soviet MIG on a rough Bornholm airstrip. The craft belly slid 450 yards, sustaining minor scratches. Danish officials froze the aircraft for study as workers fled during the emergency. The pilot, about 30, was handed to police.
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Roenue
Bornholm
Denmark
Oe Tl
Baltic
Poland
Bitter Battle Over Canal Dispute At United Nations
In New York the Suez Canal dispute heats up as France and Britain contest Egypt s counter move two months after Nasser seized the waterway. The Security Council opens for the first round with U S positions unclear and calls for an international canal plan clash with Nasser s rejection.
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United Nations
N. Y
France
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
U. N. Security Council
Nasser
United States
U.nattle
Bernard Cornut-Gentille
Seneee
Cornut-Gentille
Christian Pineau
National Assembly
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Paris
Oriole Catcher Tommy Gastall Found Dead
The body of 23 year old Tommy Gastall, Orioles catcher, was found in Chesapeake Bay near Riviera Beach after he disappeared Thursday while flying solo from Easton to Baltimore Harbor Field. Local resident Herbert Groves reported sighting the body about 50 feet from shore as Riviera Beach firefighters recovered it. formal ID was provided by Orioles public relations chief Paul Welsh.
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Baltimore
Tommy Gastall
Baltimore Orioles
Chesapeake Bay
Riviera Beach
Gastall
Easton
Maryland
Harbor Field
Boston University
Herbert Groves
Paul Welsh
Orioles
Fire Department
Lonely Republican at Democrat Rally Surprises Audience
In Salt Lake City a registered Republican attends a local Democratic precinct meeting. A spectator asks why he is there and the man replies that he is "slumming."
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Salt Lake City
Hossy Blows Out Leaves Nine Dead in Gulf Storm
Hurricane Flossy blasted across the Gulf region causing nine deaths and broad damage from Georgia to Florida. Offshore, two men died aboard the Carport while a tanker recovered two missing fishermen on a reef. Oil rigs suffered and tens of vessels were affected as the storm weakened moving northeast toward South Carolina.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Gul
Mexico
Gulf
New Orleans
Florida
Carport
Coast Guard
George O. Sampson
Percet Sl. la
L. D. Bundy
Ing
Rimrock-Tidelands Oil Co
Shreveport
Val Chem
Morgan City
Sabine
Tex
Rosalie E
Fort Walton Beach
Tornado Rips Through Suburbs Of Shanghai
A Red China radio report said a tornado struck suburbs of Shanghai on Monday, killing more than 60 people and injuring about 600. The disaster damaged hundreds of peasant cottages and leveled a four story structure.
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Hong Kong
Red China Radio
Shanghai
Eisenhower pledges farmers full share of good times
President Eisenhower spoke at Bradley University fieldhouse pledging a full share of good times for farmers. He attacked Democratic price support programs as a political grab bag and mockery, claiming his administration advances peacetime farm projects and aims for full income parity in a free agriculture.
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Peoria
Eisenhower
Bradley University
Adlai E. Stevenson
CBS
Stevenson
Washington
Condee
Minn
Kasson
Refinery Fire Widespread Burn Injuries Reported
A fiery flash at Ashland Oil No 2 refinery near Catlettsburg injured 27 workers, 3 seriously, with 21 admitted to King's Daughters Hospital. The blast, in a catalytic cracking area during construction, caused no major plant damage and was followed by a small fire quickly put out.
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Catlettsburg
Ashland Oil & Refining Co
Asa
E. F P. Wells
Ashland Oil
King's Daughters Hospital
Emry Lewis
Sandy Hook Rt. 2
Dan Newsom
Edsel Towler
Ashland
Lewis
Cheres
Newsom
Norfolk and Western Freight Revenues Rise in August
Norfolk and Western Railway reports an 12 percent rise in August freight revenues to 20,342,530 due to steady coal movements. Passenger, mail and express income grows 14 percent to 4,149,622, while taxes total 4,724,143 and operating expenses rise 13 percent.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
One Escapee Surrenders as Five Remain Loose in Virginia
Six North Carolina road gang escapees triggered a manhunt from Big Stone Gap to Appalachia. Herman Patterson, 25, surrendered quietly, suffering fatigue and a gunshot wound in the arm. Five fugitives remain at large as state police, bloodhounds, and a fire plane probe the wooded Beltline area.
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Big Stone Gap
North Carolina
Appalachia
Herman Patterson
Shelby
N. C
Big & A
Appal
Charles Blair
Bane Patterson
Blair
Patterson
PBI
Bristol
Sen
Fred Eycult
Prince's Creek
Barron Lane
Stone Gap
An Joyce
Ead
N.C
Watts
Whiteville
John Wood Jr
Rutherfordton
Carl B. Roberts
Orla Fla
Auto Gilley
Dievision
Wytheville
Manacled Convict Escapes Lawman in Wild Car Ride
In St. Louis, a handcuffed prisoner, Homer J. Lewellen, overpowered Deputy Sheriff Otto Kissner and seized a pistol to free himself. He forced a woman to drive them from the county hospital toward University City while fleeing on foot, with Bevans urging restraint.
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Louis
Homer Ji Lewellen
Lewellen
St. Charles
Otto Kissner
St. Louis
Richard G. Bevans
Kissner
Bevans
University City
NAACP Pleads to End House Probe on School Integration
The NAACP petitioned House Democratic Leader McCormack to halt a largely Southern committee’s investigation of Washington area school integration policy from 1954. Clarence Mitchell urged suspension, citing fear among a fifth grade teacher and concerns about the probe’s purpose and impact.
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Washington
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
House
McCormack
Inington
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
Massachusetts
Mary Seath
Emory
Wesley Williams
District of Columbia Board of Education
Williams
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Flenderson School
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Dorothy Oan
Ci West Isa
Henderson Country Training School
Pottsville
W. C. Handy
McDowell
Reds
Transfernhagen
Case
Hossy
Cross
Pomatien
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Mississippi
Panama City
Fla
Bong
Alabama
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Weather Bureau
South Carolina
Albany
Larry Johnson
Yale
Okla
Big Sandy
Harold Dillon
William Clemons
Cley
Glen Adkins
Tavelete
W. Va
En Gilliam
Letart
N&w
Virginia
FBI
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