Toll Rises As Storms Rip U. S.
Weather across the United States brought floods and strong winds as parts of New Mexico and Texas faced rising waters. A nor'easter battered the South Atlantic coast while Hurricane Hazel lashed the Caribbean.
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Mexico
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Georgia
Upper Florida
Cape Hatteras
Florida Strait
No Nobel Peace Prize This Year
Oslo officials report the Nobel prize committee will not award the peace prize in 1954 marking the first skip since 1952. The committee will reserve judgment on all 1954 nominations until 1955 while noting no active war worldwide.
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Oslo
Norway
America
George C. Marshall
Albert Schweitzer
Fire Marshal Dies in Chicago Blaze and 14 Firemen Hurt
Deputy Fire Marshal Paul H. Conners died trapped as the Roosevelt road restaurant floor collapsed. Fourteen firefighters were injured, six hospitalized, as crews cleared four feet of water from the basement before locating his body. Surviving family includes his wife, two sons, and a daughter. Conners had been off duty when the alarm sounded and ordered his driver to the scene.
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Paul H. Conners
Chicago Fire Department
Roosevelt Road
Conners
Marguerite Humphrey
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Robert Murphy
Cornell suspends Owl social group for remainder of year
Mt Vernon Iowa The Cornell Owls men s social group was suspended for the 1954 55 academic year by the college s faculty disciplinary committee after nine Owls allegedly stole chickens and toppled a fruit and vegetable stand during rushing week. Delegated actions include banning Owl functions, barring pledges from joining other groups, and delaying reinstatement pending conduct through the year.
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Linn County Law Enforcement Agency
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Clare Luce to Resign as Italy Ambassador Soon
Rome sources say Clare Boothe Luce will resign as U.S. ambassador to Italy within months. The Trieste dispute settlement is cited as a major diplomatic victory and paves the way for her to return home.
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Clare Boothe Luce
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Italy
Trieste
Courteous Con Faces Years for Short Spree
Anamosa 24 year old escapee from the Iowa Men's Reformatory recaptured after a Thursday spree that included kidnapping a 60 year old woman and driving her to Dubuque. Warden Purcell said charges of escape kidnapping and grand larceny will be filed. Watts faces an extended sentence. He spent about 10 hours on the loose, wore the deputy warden's clothes and used his money before surrendering without resistance.
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Iowa Men's Reformatory
Darrell Watts
Earl Byerly
Ray Purcell
Watts
East Dubuque
Purcell
Jones County
Rolland Brown
Reformatory
Warden Brown
Arts
Deputy Brown
Emil Pillard
Brown
Iowa Training School For Boys
Eldora
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
H. H. Rumple
Department Store Sales Rise in Iowa Cities
AP reports in August department store sales across five Iowa cities rose over July, per the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago. Cedar Rapids bucked the year trend with a two percent gain, while Des Moines and Dubuque fell three percent, Sioux City and Waterloo down five percent. August gains over July were Des Moines 19 percent, Cedar Rapids 10, Dubuque 22, Sioux City 13, and Waterloo 15 percent.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo
Boy 5 Hangs From Car Door At 60 Miles
In Ceylon Minnesota five year old Jimmie Warner was whipped from a moving car at 60 mph. His foot jammed between door and seat. he escaped with a skinned hand as air forced his face toward the pavement. His father George Warner stopped the car and pulled him back inside.
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Jimmie
Warner
George
Court Refuses To Vacate Stay For Chessman
San Francisco driven by Daryl Chessman, 32, on death row since 1948, as California Supreme Court keeps his July 29 stay of execution in force hours before scheduled gas chamber death. His case now heads toward the U.S. Supreme Court, already twice asked. Chessman’s attorney Berwyn A. Rice expects high court action next Wednesday.
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Daryl Chessman
California Supreme Court
San Quentin
Chessman
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Berwyn A. Rice
High Court
American Motors Leader George Mason Dies at 63
Detroit reports that George W. Mason president of American Motors Corporation died Friday at Harper Hospital after a brief illness. Mason, 63, helped fuse Hudson, Nash-Kelvinator into American Motors and previously led Nash-Kelvinator. He began with the Dodge brothers in 1913 and was a native of Valley City. He also presided over the American Manufacturers Association.
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George W. Mason
American Motors Corporation
Harper Hospital
Mason
Hudson Motor Car Company
Nash-Kelvinator
Americanotors
Nevada Court Orders November Senate Election
Nevada Supreme Court rules 3 2 that an election will be held in November to fill the late Sen Pat McCarran’s unexpired term. The ruling pits Democrats led by Alan Bible against Gov. Charles Russell’s Republican appointee Ernest Brown with the winner to take office in January.
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Nevada
Supreme Court
Pat McCarran
Charles Russell
McCarran
G.O.P
Reno
Ernest Brown
Eisenhower
High Court
Alan Bible
Customer Chases Noise Then Robbery At Illinois Grocery
In Chicago a man ordered two boisterous boys from a grocery after scolding them for noise. He then pulled a pistol, robbed Mrs. Bertha Wians of 80 dollars, and fled. The incident happened as she prepared to thank the bystander.
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Chicago
Bertha Wians
Typhoon Rips Into North Philippines
Manila reports a northern Philippines typhoon that left 10 000 to 15 000 people homeless and flooded vast stretches of rice land according to authorities.
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Manila
Philippines
How To Handle Cattle Rustlers
Mexico City reports the supreme court ruling there is no closed season on cattle rustlers. The court held that when surprised by a thief the rational action is to shoot him.
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Mexico
City and Vets Agree on Plan For Building
Nine members of a city committee backed a compromise to extend Fourth Avenue SE and build a veterans facility on Greene square parking land. They propose trading land with Veterans Memorial and American Legion and adding rail yard strips to parking to offset about 86 lost spaces. The plan heads to the city council next week for action.
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Union Station
Veterans Group
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Rock Island
Haegg Coal Company
Fifth Avenue
Prochaska
Chicago
Capehart Faces Pressure Over FHA Witnesses and Housing Probe
Senate Banking Committee chief Homer Capehart accuses “pressure” to block witnesses in a housing scandal probe. Two West Virginians testified about a $5 000 fee scheme linked to John H Hill and associate R Emerson Carson. McCormack’s health triggered delayed testimony as Capehart orders further medical reviews and seeks details on Shelby Construction.
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Washington
Homer E. Capehart
Charleston
W. Va
R. Emerson Carson
Marshall Diggs
Banking Committee
Richard McCormack
Arlington
Carson
Hill
McCormack
Diggs
Capenhart
Senate Banking Committee
Edward H. Crump, Jr
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Joanne Rio News: Liberace’s Bride Prospect
Chicago born Joanne Rio describes Liberace as “the greatest” and waits for marriage. She plans to marry if it’s God’s will after a year of work. Joanne, nearly 23, met Liberace at church four years ago and now lives with her parents in movietown.
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Joanne Rio
Liberace Hopes
Joanne
Lee
Liberace
Chicago
Eddie Rio
American Guild of Variety Artists
Movietown
Moulin Rouge
Italian Premier Scelba Wins Senate Confidence Vote
Rome AP reports Prime Minister Mario Scelba secured a Senate vote of confidence on the Trieste issue by 122 to 89. This marked his second victory in two weeks, consolidating his grip on the government after a prior Sept. 25 confirmation amid the Wilma Montesi scandal.
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Trieste Free Territory
Scelba
Italy
Wilma Montesi
Chamber of Deputies
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