Soviet Pilot Blocked by U.S. Planes
Two American jet fighters intercepted a Soviet SA-11 over Nemuro peninsula in eastern Hokkaido and forced it to return to Soviet territory without firing a shot. The incident lasted about five minutes at 16 000 feet with Thunderjets in contact as the Soviet aircraft crossed the international boundary.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
U.S. Air Force
Far East Air Forces
Nemuro Peninsula
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
New Plan for Cedar Rapids Rubbish Disposal Set
Cedar Rapids restarts its waste program with an idle incinerator reopening by week’s end and a new disposal area to open next Monday. Mayor Milo Sedlacek outlines a supervised system, bans brush at the dump, and requires incinerator checks to separate burnables from nonburnables.
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Cedar Rapids News
Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Sedlacek
Memorial Drive
Burlington Street
Rock Island
Hawthorn Drive
Oldest War Veteran Carried to Polls in Ballot Maneuver
James A. Hard, 111, the oldest Union veteran of the Civil War, was brought from a nursing home by ambulance to a Rochester polling place. He asked the driver to return in four years to vote again for Ike. Four helpers, including two ambulance workers, two poll workers from opposite parties, and two litter chair assistants aided him as he cast his vote. Hard is blind.
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Rochester
N. Y
James A. Hard
Ike
Hard
Cooks Find Good Hunting in Korea
Two U S Army cooks Pfc Perry Bailey from Emmett West Virginia and Pvt Charles L Williams from Huntly Virginia hunted pheasants with borrowed shotguns in Korea when a bursting noise preceded a rifle shot and a rushing grenade Bailey and Williams fired and killed one Communist and wounded another nearby on a frontline hilltop unit action The report notes the men served with the U S Third Division.
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U.S
Korea
Pfc
Perry Bailey
Emmett
W. Va
Charles L. Williams
Huntly
Bailey
Williams
Ike Will Fly to Georgia To Rest
Dwight Eisenhower will fly to Augusta Georgia on Wednesday for a brief rest after his presidential campaign. Mrs Eisenhower, their daughter in law and three grandchildren will join. She declined to comment on reports of a possible trip to Korea after the Georgia visit.
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New York
Dwight Eisenhower
Augusta
Eisenhower
Inlaw
Korea
Georgia
Tito Aide Blagoje Neskovic Ousted For Pro Russian Bias
Yugoslavia's ruling Communists report Blagoje Neskovic a Tito politburo member has been ousted for pro Russian sympathies in the Cominform era. Milovan Djilas announced the move at the first general party meeting in four years noting policy differences with the central committee.
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Blagoje Neskovic
Marshal Tito
Milovan Djilas
Communist Party
Djilas
Neskovic
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Cominform
Arso Jovanovic
Hame
Party Congress
Boy Wins Autograph Fight With Cop at Eisenhower Home
Patrick Walsh an 11 year old boy in New York tried for Eisenhower's autograph. A tall Irish policeman guarding the general's door teased him asking for his autograph. Patrick replied you ain't gonna be the next president.
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New York
Patrick Walsh
Dwight Eisenhower
Patrick
It Helps if One Has a Chauffeur
A Boston woman in Back Bay arrived at her polling place in a chauffeured limousine and had her driver wait in line. When the line moved to the front she stepped up and voted, illustrating a curious voting convenience.
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Boston
Back Bay
Father seeks court to change sons names Stalin Lenin
Oklahoma City George Aebischer plans a court order to rename his two boys due to changed sentiment since giving them the names Stalin and Lenin. He says the names are unsuitable and will pursue legal action to have them changed.
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Oklahoma City
George Aebischer
Stalin
Lenin
Eisenhower votes and hush in New York campaign finale
Dwight Eisenhower cast his ballot in New York then hid at his Morningside Heights home awaiting results. After a 52,000 mile campaign he displayed a V sign with his wife leaving the polling place as a neighborhood apple-stand stunt drew attention. He addressed 17,000 at Boston Garden, urging resilience against communism and warning against moral compromise while urging Massachusetts to reelect Sen Lodge over Kennedy.
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Associated Press
Ike
Mamie Eisenhower
Columbia University
New York
G.O.P
Boston
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Morningside Heights
Boston Garden
Massachusetts
Sen
Lodge
Rep
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson Votes in Suburban Illinois Town
In Half Day Illinois Adlai Stevenson cast a straight Democratic ticket after waiting in a half hour line to vote at Storey Lake Erie crossroad hamlet. He spoke to about 150 schoolchildren and urged governors to be kids again while defending his stance on civil rights and Korea.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Half Day
Ill
Gus Camp Perry
Storep
Lake Erie
World War Roads
Des Plaines River
Stevenson
Springfield
Illinois
Record High Cedar Rapids Election Crowds Prompt Extra Help
County officials ordered extra election clerks to manage overwhelming turnout as Cedar Rapids voters pushed past mid afternoon. Auditor Otto F. Hanzlik said the swamped office authorized special officials to speed voting while precincts awaited more machines. Voters reported long lines and heavy crowds across all 25 city precincts and Linn County areas.
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Otto F. Hanzlik
Sutera
Hanzlik
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Donald van iCura
Turnout Aids Vote Across the Nation in Election Day
Americans vote in heavy numbers as fair weather aids turnout. Early unofficial tallies show Eisenhower and Stevenson leading in various precincts with results still incomplete. Polls close late evening and final figures expected around midnight or Wednesday morning.
Riot prisoners to be moved if surrender occurs
Alvis notes evacuation may proceed for some rioting prisoners upon surrender. Locks in cells were broken during the unrest. He has not spoken to the rioters since Sunday and will not commit to talks or reasons beyond eight months of persistent tension.
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Ralph W. Alvis
Alvis
Baruch Cast Vote For Eisenhower In New York Poll
Bernard Baruch, veteran adviser to presidents, voted for Dwight Eisenhower at a Park Avenue polling place near the Waldorf Astoria. He complained the voting machine failed inside the booth as officials corrected the lever system. Herbert Hoover and James Farley also voted nearby. MacArthur, a Republican keynote speaker, was not registered to vote.
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Bernard Baruch
Dwight Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
White House
James A. Farley
Park Avenue
East 51St Street
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Mr. Hoover
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Woman voter fixes New York polling machine with bobby pin
A voting machine failed Tuesday in New York as about 40 voters waited. A woman voter stepped forward and used a hair pin as a cutter pin to repair the device, which was found waiting for her when she reached the polls to vote.
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New York
Bus slams truck in Puebla crash leaves deaths and injuries
A Monday collision in Puebla Mexico between a loaded bus and a heavy truck killed several people and injured about 25 others authorities said the crash disrupted traffic and prompted emergency response by local services
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Puebla
Mexico
Iowa Voters Stream To Polls In Record Turnout
Iowa voters crowded polling places from 7 a.m. in mild sun with lines stretching in Des Moines Polk County and Sioux City. Officials predicted a record turnout exceeding the 1940 figure of 1,215,430 with hopes reaching 1.4 to 1.5 million as early reports indicated a strong election day surge.
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Iowa
Polk
Harold Anderson
Des Moines
Sioux City
W. H. Thompson
McCormick County Bell Store Precinct Vote Split
In McCormick county Bell Store precinct five votes went to an independent Eisenhower selectors slate and three votes supported Stevenson in the Tuesday balloting.
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Columbia, S. C
Bell Store
McCormick County
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Eisenhower Wins Bonham Box Vote 10 to 4
Returns from a Bonham community box in Wilcox county show Eisenhower with 10 votes to 4 for Stevenson. The box previously supported the States' Rights ticket in 1948.
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Millsfield N.H
Eisenhower
Dewey
Truman
Brown’s Farm
Fla
Stevenson
J. Strom Thurmond
Rutland
Florida
Cataloochee
North Carolina
Great ‘Smokies
Pointe Aux Barques
Mich
Mobile
Bonham
Wilcox County
States’ Rights
Unofficial Oklahoma Returns Nudge Ike Lead
Henryetta Oklahoma reports initial unofficial election returns listing Stevenson with 43 votes and Eisenhower with 18. The tally reflects early results as voters cast ballots in the state.
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Nove Et A
Linn
Henryetta
Okla
Oklahoma
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Eisenhower leads in Mt. Washington vote tally
In Mt. Washington Massachusetts the first town reports Eisenhower 28 Stevenson 6. The 1948 result gave Dewey 28 Truman 10.
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MT. Washington
Mass
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Dewey
Truman
Phelps County First Precinct Flips Between Parties
In Rolla Missouri the first precinct reported six Republican votes and sixteen Democratic votes mirroring patterns seen in 1948. The split shows early returns favoring the Democratic side after the initial GOP lead.
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Rolla, Mo
Phelps County
Truman Votes and Leaves for Washington on Train
President Truman voted Tuesday in Independence at the Memorial Ball gym with Mrs. Truman and their daughter Margaret then departed by train for Washington.
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Independence
Truman
Washington
Memorial
Margaret
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