Eisenhower Secrecy Over Knowland Telegram and Quemoy Shelling
President Eisenhower faced questions over a Knowland telegram and the possible public release of his reply while Defense and State officials discussed the Quemoy shelling. Hagerty said no public comment would be issued and noted Eisenhower’s orders to the Seventh Fleet remain unchanged as Nationalist Quemoy bombardments continued amid rumors of wider actions and U.S. diplomatic caution.
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Eisenhower
Hagerty
Knowland
Washington
United States
Russia
Mark Clark
Soviet Union
Mr. Eisenhower
Piedmont
Calif
White House
Defense
State Department
Quemoy
Red China
U. S. Navy
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Sea of Japan
U. S Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Esenhower
Ike
Robert Anderson
Mrs. Eisenhower
Signal Corps
Churchill
Great Britain
Sit Nation Army
U. S
Taipei
Seventh Fleet
Fred A. Seaton
Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek
Open Parley on SEATO gathers eight nations in Manila
Leaders from eight nations including the Philippines, United States, Thailand, and Pakistan meet in Manila to discuss a Southeast Asia treaty to halt communist aggression. Magsaysay urges unity and vigilance while Dulles seeks a simple NATO-like framework for mutual security in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdom
United States
Asia
Magsaysay
Senate
Manila
Philippine
Free Asia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Philippines
Thailand
Pakistan
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Beng
NABBED FOR SPEEDING
Donald A. Tarlick, 19, of 223 Dav is road Fairfield, was arrested yesterday by Stratford Patrolman George Drachowsky on charges of speeding on Main street Stratford, and summoned to Town court Sept. 14.
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Donald A. Tarlick
Davis Road
Fairfield
Stratford
George Drachowsky
Main Street
Missing Nine Saved in Attack by Jets Off Red Siberia
Nine crew survived an aerial attack by two Soviet jets while patrolling off the Siberian coast. A patrol plane ditched after being hit, with navigator Ens. Roger H. Reid presumed trapped. Cmdr. John Booth Wayne and others were rescued. Russian note protests U.S. incursions and demands action to prevent future violations.
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Red
Navy
U. S
Siberian
Ens
Roger Henry Reid
Alameda
Calif
Reid
Harold A. Reid
Arlington
Chicago
Young Reid
William and Mary College
Pensacola
U.S. Air Force
Tokyo
Japan
Cmdr
John Booth Wayne
Air Force
Asst. Secretary of Defense
Fred A. Seaton
Neptune
Sea of Japan
Vladivostok
Korea
U.S.S.R
Cape Ostrovnoi
Port Nakhodka
Moscow
U.S.R
U.S.A
Soviet Union
Harvey H. Dwight Dies at 40 Industrialist and Former Commerce Aide
Greenwich, Sept 5 AP Harvey H. Dwight 40 president of the Aircraft Engine and Parts Company of New York and former assistant to the Undersecretary of Commerce died of a heart ailment at his Summer home. A Providence, R I native, he served as a captain in the Army Air Transport Command in World War II and later held the Commerce post. He was chairman of Lear International Inc and director of Lear Inc and Federation Bank and Trust, among other posts. He is survived by his wife Martha Dwight and children Cassondra Marion and James Edward Timothy Dwight.
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Greenwich
Harvey H. Dwight
Aircraft Engine and Parts Company of
New York
Commerce
Dwight
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Providence
R. T. Dwight
Army Air Transport Command
Commerce Department
Lear International, Inc
Lear, Inc
Grantham Associations, Inc
U.S. Microfilm Corp
Federation Bank and Trust Company
Martha Dwight
Cassandra Marion Dwight
James Edward Timothy Dwight
Air Show Crash Kills Jet Pilot at National Event
A lone entrant dies in a high speed crash during the GE trophy round of a national air show. Eyewitnesses describe the jet breaking apart near Tipp City as investigators search the Miami river. Two Air Force officers win the Allison trophy in another display, with Capt. Forsythe and Capt. Bosch placing second.
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Cleveland
Detroit
William P. Odom
Bradley Laird
Craig
Clyde Fulton
George Christopher
Tipp City
D. A. Roussau
Rossau
Roussau
Cpl. W. D. Braucher
State Highway Patrol
Miami River
Air Force
Harold H. Sperber
Armstrong
Wright-Patterson Afb
Sperber
William J. Knight
Mansfield
Ohio
William J. Seller
Tulsa
Okla
Air Defense Command
Kinross Afb
Michigan
Allison
Thomas H. Forsythe
Charlotte
N. C
Frank J. Bosch
Bosch
Levittown
N.Y
Auto racer killed at Riverview Speedway
A 26-year-old stock car racer and father of three was killed at Riverview Speedway Williamsport during the feature race when his car went out of control. Melvin E. Ressler died at Williamsport hospital.
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Williamsport
Riverview Speedway
Williamsport Hospital
Melvin E. Ressler
Santiago
Bycoming County
Parkway traffic tops records during holiday weekend
National Safety Council reports 297 violent highway deaths over the holiday period, with 212 fatalities by 53 hours after Friday's start. Michigan warns two and a half million motorists to return by Monday or delay travel as the seven hours from 5 p.m. to midnight Monday are deemed most dangerous. President Eisenhower urges careful driving to defy grim forecasts and curb the toll.
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U. S
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Michigan
National Guard
State Automobile Club
Hime
Auto Club
Eisenhower
Wounding at Bidg 42 leads to police probe
In Father Panik village Rosa was found semiconscious after Simko fired through a door in a dispute with a girl’s uncle. Simko fled, later questioned, while Rosa and the girl’s uncle, unnamed, gave statements. A four foot high imitation ice cream cone was reported stolen in Waiting, England.
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Simko
Rosa
Bidg. 42
Father Panik
Waiting
England
Elaine Cooper among victims of Shannon airliner crash in Ireland
Elaine Cooper aged 54 perished in a KLM crash near Shannon Ireland as survivors faced a mudbank and rising water. Passengers and crew fought fumes and panic with dinghies and improvised escapes while rescuers searched the estuary. Survivors recount broken systems and fevers of doubt as the plane struck a mudbank and sank.
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Elaine Cooper
Eire
Elaine Cooper Avid Traveler Remembered in Bridgeport
Elaine Cooper a Bridgeport teacher and former Bassick High School administrator dies after a long career in Eugene Portland and New York. A native of Portland she earned degrees from Oregon and Columbia and guided Bassick commercial department to prominence. She taught in Bulgaria as a principal and supported anti communist views amid controversy. Funeral plans arranged by Mrs John Hubbard of Salem New York with body returned to Bridgeport.
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Portland
Ore
Cooper
University of Oregon
Alpha Delta Pi
Columbia
Eugene
Bridgeport
Central High School
Bassick High School
Joseph Jeffery
Bassick
Friedrich G. Roth
Miss Cooper
EMOS
John Hubbard
Salem
N. Y
Dorothy Burnham
KLM
Walter Bennett Dies in Fairfield
Walter F. Bennett, 56, of 238 Round Hill Road Fairfield collapsed at home and died near midnight. Doctor Edward P. Kemp found him dead on arrival. Bennett had long battled a heart ailment. An insurance agent born in Fairfield, he belonged to the Algonquin club and Knights of Columbus. Survived by wife Margaret, daughter Mrs. William Keller, five brothers and two sisters.
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Walter F. Bennett
Round Hill Road
Fairfield
Edward P. Kemp
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Algonquin Club
Knights of Columbus
Margaret
Man Found Injured on Main St Sidewalk
Westport reports Richard H. Taylor, 38, of Portland formerly of Bridgeport, arrested at 1:30 pm by Patrolman O Shea on breaking and entering and theft charges. He allegedly stole an electric motor on July 14 from a Long Lots Road house, belonging to Merle Elliott. Taylor admitted the theft and pawned the motor for $12, held on $10,000 bond for Tuesday’s appearance.
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Westport
Richard H. Taylor
Portland
Washington Avenue
Bridgeport
Robert O'Shea
Long Lots Road
Merle Elliott
North Avenue
Norwalk
Taylor
O'Shea
Boardwalk Fire Damages Stores in Atlantic City
A Boardwalk blaze near the heart of Atlantic City damaged seven shops inland and four along the sea. Firefighters from nearby cities battled the flames for about an hour, one firefighter was injured by flying glass, and the crowd of spectators estimated at 200000 watched as Steeplechase Park evacuated children. The Chalfonte-Haddon Hall water curtain fascinated onlookers while the hotel itself remained safe. Total damage across three fires in the area approached one million dollars.
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Boardwalk
Ocean City
Atlantic City Hospital
Atlantic City
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall
Ocean
Steeplechase Pier
George C. Tilyou
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Shippingport
Pittsburgh
Quemoy Island
China News
Peiping
Amoy
China
Siberia
Alfred Medendorp
Grand Rapids
Mich
Defence Department
Ernest H. Bettman
White Plains
Coleman Street
Wilbur H. Coulins
la Grange
Elizabeth Ellis
Georgetown
University of Maryland
Joseph M. Mulford
Middleburg
Canada
LWV
Thompson
Burgess
Farmington, Conn
Connecticut League of Women Voters
Louise Griffith
Farmington
William Hodson
United Nations
Barnegat Light
Maria Hyde
St. George
Staten Island
Maria Karremans
Antwerp
Belgium
Frits J. Polak
Polak Frutal Works
Middletown
Goshen
Henry K. A. Shultz
Great Neck
William D. Tuller
Falls Church
Caroline Platz
Bronx
Shannon
Andrina Schaap-Venema
Berend
Holland
Groningen
Netherlands
H.C. M. Habig
Englewood
N. J
J. Bakker
Kalamazoo
the Hague
North Sea
Amsterdam
Shannon Estuary
I. A. Aler
Dublin
Aler
Foynes
Adriaan Viruly
Elizabeth Carlin
San Francisco
Ireland
Charles Farrington
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bern
Switzerland
Charles Jr
Charlotta
Charles
George Swallow
Des Moines
Women's Society For Christian Services of
The
Methodist Church
Lovech College
Bulgaria
Walter Bennett
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