Babe Zaharias Dies After Long Cancer Battle
Galveston Texas September 27 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias world’s greatest woman athlete died in a hospital overlooking the Gulf of Mexico after a three year cancer illness She was 42 and weighed about 80 pounds at death Funeral services will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran church Beaumont with burial at Decent Lawn Cemetery Beaumont Her husband George Zaharias spoke of her peaceful passing and the nation mourned her loss with tributes from President Eisenhower and other leaders.
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Tex
Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Gulf of Mexico
George Zaharias
George
Mis- George
Cripple Creek
Babe Hospital
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Beaumont
C. A. Woytek
Decent Lawn
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Trial Opens for Poznan Bread Rioters in Communist Poland
In Poznan trials began for about 150 defendants from the June workers uprising. Defendants protested innocence while officials said force was used to obtain confessions. Two hearings focused on youths accused of killing a secret police corporal and others charged with storming offices and shooting at troops.
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Poland
Alphons Lehmann
Tore Wilals Degan Flor
Mic Iw
Poznan
Jozef Foltynewicz
Kazimierz Zurek
A Sroka
Sag Bee Oh
Salin
United States
Warsaw
Texas Integration Suffers Setback
Violent incidents and legal setbacks stain integration efforts across several states. In Henderson Kentucky the local school board refused to meet segregation opponents, while white councils warned of unrest. In Texas and Arkansas officials faced contempt actions and community resistance as courts and schools navigate desegregation.
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Henderson
Texas
Washington
House Subcommittee
Sani
i.Gulley
Gulley
Flossy Shrinks to Coastal Storm Across Northeast
The Northeast faced Flossy as a menacing hurricane downgraded to a coastal storm. Winds peak near 50 mph in Southern New Jersey with high tides and rain from Virginia to Massachusetts. no major flooding forecast. A new tropical storm forms in the Atlantic as crews monitor hurricane risk and small craft warnings.
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Flossy
New Jersey
New England
Virginia Capes
Provincetown
Mass
Atlantic
Caribbean
Tom Seater
Miami
Weather Bureau
New Conoag
Maine
Jersey
Radio
Sev West
South Jersey
Irish Lad Is Found Living With Chickens
A 45 year old widow, Mrs Margaret Halpenny, faced court in Downpatrick, charged with ill treating her son Kevin by raising him like a chicken. The boy was found living in a henhouse and cannot walk or eat normal food. he hops and answers only to grunts. The case drew a crowd as she was remanded until October 11.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Margaret Halpenny
Downpatrick
Bolivian Prisoners Seize Airliner for Asylum in Argentina
A plane hijacking by Bolivian political prisoners over Bolivia culminated in a flight to Argentina where they requested asylum. The 47 detainees included leaders of the Socialist Palange party and were interned by the Argentine army after La Paz unrest left four dead. The prisoners said they preferred death in an airplane to life in a concentration camp.
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Salta
Argentina
Bolivia
Palange Party
Oup
Capital
la Paz
Soft coal labor pact negotiators reach imminent deal
The Wall Street Journal reports a secret Washington negotiation between industry representatives and the United Mine Workers for a two step wage increase affecting about 200 000 soft coal miners. The pact could mirror 1955 gains with a $1.20 daily rise plus 80 cents earlier. The January 1 1955 wage reached $20 25 a day. John L Lewis may announce the pact at the quadrennial convention in Cincinnati. The agreement would take effect October 1.
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Wall Street Journal
Washington
United Mine Workers
Ind
Financial
John L. Lewis
UMW
Cincinnati
Edward G. Fo
Jounal
Somoza Improves After Assassination Attempt
President Jes Somoza of Nicaragua shows improvement after bullet wounds from an assassin’s attack. Maj. Gen. Leonard Heaton of Walter Reed Hospital said he will return, and he performed one of the operations on the wound.
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Balboa
Jes Somoza
Nicaragua
Leonard Heaton
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Somoza
Tito and Khrushchev fly to Soviet Union on vacation
Belgrade dispatch reports President Tito and Soviet leader Khrushchev traveled together to Russia for eight days of talks on Yugoslavia’s future role in East Europe. The trip, billed as a vacation, followed Tito’s recent Soviet visit and included private discussions on his independent communism.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
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Adriatic
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Khrushchev
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Tanjug
Tito Khrushchev
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Sochi
Moscow
Dmitri Shepilov
Jovanka
Alexander Rankovic
Djuro Pucar
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Yugoslav Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Ins
Washington
State Department
Britain Fires Fourth Atomic Test in Australia Calamity
Canberra reports Britain touched off the fourth series of atomic explosions at Maralinga in Operation Buffalo. The blast created a half mile wide crater and shattered structures within two miles, while eyewitnesses described a glowing column and seared ground. The test followed delays from bad weather and drew a large layman crowd.
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Australia
Britain
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Adelaide
Sydney Morning Herald
House of Representatives
Howard Beale
William Penney
London
Monte Bello Islands
Woomera
Christmas Island
Pacific
Detectives Nab Three on Whisky and Prostitution Charges
Charleston police court reveals Vice Detective George Nunley hid under a hotel bed to arrest three persons. He stuck his hand with his badge out as patrons lifted the bed to free him after the arrests in a mid town hotel.
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Charleston
George Nunley
Nunley
Stevenson Attacks Republicans In Mid-America Speech
Democratic nominee Stevenson assailed the Eisenhower campaign as show business and bread and circuses. He compared GOP tactics to Rome’s decline, urged voters to oppose gadgets and propaganda and warned that Prosperity must not mask underlying issues.
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Kansas City
Kan
General Motors
Joe Smith
Rome
Eisenhower
Striking Coal Miners Clash with Police in Calcutta
Reports from Calcutta say about 3,000 striking coal miners used poisoned arrows and spears against West Bengal police in a northeast India clash. Police fired on the mob, killing one miner, as 50,000 miners have been on strike since September 17.
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Calcutta
India
West Bengal
First Flight Crash Ends X2 Experimental Run at Edwards
A Bell X2 rocket plane collided in the desert five miles from Edwards Air Force Base during a familiarization flight. Capt. Apt of Buffalo, Kansas, perished. wife Faye and two children await word. The craft, built to probe heat barrier at high speeds, was dropped from a B50. a chase plane followed before losing contact. The flight aimed to surpass barrier speeds and altitudes as Lt. Col. Everest previously piloted the X2 in high altitude tests.
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Milburn G. Apt
BSO
Edwards Air Force Base
Apt. 32
Buffalo
Kan
Apt
Bell Aircraft Go
N.Y
Edwards
Faye
Christine
Sharman
Albert A. Arnhym
Arnhym
Oley G. Apt
Flying Laboratory
Iven Kincheloe
Kincheloe
Frank Everest
Air Force Staff College
Norfolk, Va
Diana Dors to return to London residence
Diana Dors, famed bosomy blonde actress, plans to move back to Britain with husband Dennis Hamilton after a four month Hollywood stay. He says she is terribly homesick and that a new film company will be formed in London while she completes her second film in Hollywood.
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Diana Dors
Hollywood
Britain
Dennis Hamilton
Hamilton
New York
Diana
Dors
Eisenhower Says Fight Campaigns With Whole Heart
President Eisenhower defended full effort in campaign speeches and rejected pessimism about the race with Adlai Stevenson. He cited warmth from Midwest trips, noted added campaign stops, and joked about doing more talks than planned while stressing no health limits.
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Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Lee
Nixon
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Iowa
Illinois
Dean Acheson
Truman
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Pittsburgh
Stevenson
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