U S and Allies Move Ahead With Atom Pool Plan
President Eisenhower announced a multinational effort to use atomic energy for peaceful aims without Soviet participation. France Great Britain Canada Australia and South Africa join. U N involvement contemplated but Russia excluded for now. Details include an international agency to foster peaceful atomic technology and shared materials from stockpiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
INS
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
U.N
Soviet Union
Nawen - Acre
White House
Eight Nations Forge Asia Security Pact to Counter Communism
In Manila eight nations led by the United States Britain and the Philippines opened a conference to craft economic and military ties aimed at curbing communist expansion in Southeast Asia. Philippine President Magsaysay urged unity while Dulles warned against overreaching armed commitments.
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Manila
Southeast Asia
Philippine Senate
U.S
Britain
France
Philippines
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Asia
Carlos Garcia
Garcia
Dulles
Ramon Magsaysay
Navy gunner recalls firing back at MIGs after bomber shot down
Atsugi survivors recount five minute encounter with Soviet MiG-15s over Siberia. Bedard says he fired without orders as jets returned, while Cmdr Wayne confirms no orders were given. Crew ditched, rode raft, waited through night until a B-29 surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atsugi
Japan
INS
Siberia
William A. Bedard
Worcester
Mass
Bedard
Cmdr
John B. Wayne
Alameda
Calif
Atsugi Naval Air Station
Wayne
Marcus Island
Pacific
U S Plane Shot Down By Soviets
President Eisenhower resisted calls to break diplomatic ties with Russia after an American patrol bomber was shot down near Siberia. Ensign Reid, 24, is missing presumed dead, while nine crew members were rescued. The State Department lodged two strong notes condemning the attack and demanding accountability and possible reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Sea of Japan
Siberia
Roger Henry Reid
Alameda
Calif
Iowa
Navy
Tokyo
Reid
Senate
Knowland
Ca’t
State Department
Kremlin
James C. Hagerty
America
Defense Department
Truck Train Crash Kills Iowa Man 22
Two fatal traffic accidents marked the final Labor Day weekend in Iowa with one death when a semi-trailer struck a North Western freight train south of Hudson derailing two diesels and eight cars. The report notes two drownings as part of the state totals.
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Reynolds Ones
Protivin
Dale Tilley
Scranton
Spring Lake
Jimmy Brouilette
le Mars
Hudson
Donald Fisk
Bloomfield
Unes
Cresco
Richard Kilgore
North Western
Waterloo
Associated Press
Iowa
Iowa Driver's Eligibility and More Doubles Questioned
Des Moines AP notes confusion over driver eligibility rules and mentions possible changes or debates. The report highlights concerns about how rules apply to certain license categories and what actions may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Texas girl bullfighter gored in Mexican arena
Patricia McCormick, 24, a Texas woman who quit college to bullfight, was gored by a 1,350 pound bull in Ciudad Acuna, sustaining a groin puncture and multiple surgeries. She remained in serious condition after the incident as doctors said she was holding her own. Her earlier fight earned the bull’s ears and tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuidad Acuna
Mexico
Patricia McCormick
Texas
del Rio
Rio Grande
Here
Pat
Joe Blair
Alejandro del Hierro
Manola Marquez
Marquez
Juarez
Texas Western College At
el Paso
Holiday Toll Rises as Labor Day Weekend Ends
The National Safety Council said the three day Labor Day holiday produced 338 deaths so far, with 243 traffic fatalities, 49 drownings and 46 other accidents after more than 60 hours of the 78 hour weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Michigan Guard Mobilized to Cut Holiday Death Toll
Gov. G. Mennen Williams ordered mobilization of the national guard to reduce Michigan holiday road deaths. Michigan reported 16 highway fatalities, the nation's highest total for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
G. Mennen Williams
National Guard
Michigan
Theyll Have To Rename Triplets
In Chicago Mr and Mrs William Flynn planned names for three expected girls after X ray showed triplets. The babies proved to be boys with unknown weight and birth details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Flynn
Six Dead and Fifty Injured in Swedish Train Disaster
In Rorvik Sweden an AP report says six people were killed and about fifty injured in one of the nation's worst train accidents. Emergency crews responded to the crash scene as investigators reviewed the cause and the train's passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rorvik
Sweden
Balloon lifts 10 year old boy on nine mile ride
A giant balloon broke loose in Angers France carrying 10 year old Michel Fontaine for a nine mile journey. He slept through the trip and only woke when the craft landed. Telephones rang with worry as the balloon drifted until descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angers
France
Michel Fontaine
Michel
Girl Seizes Match to Save 28 on Plane Disaster
Shannon Ireland dispatch reports Elizabet h Snyder a 25 year old New York advertising executive and amateur pilot saved 28 aboard a Dutch airliner by grabbing a lit cigarette from a dazed passenger. The flight wreckage lay unattended for two and a half hours at the Shannon river mouth after a fuel explosion killed about half of the 56 aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Ireland
Adrian Viruly
Elizabeth Snyder
New York
Viruly
Miss Snyder
Unidentified Planes Reported Over Taipei Formosa
Unidentified planes were reported over Taipei Formosa as anti aircraft guns fired in the capital. No bombs were dropped and Formosa was blacked out for three hours. Several details remained unconfirmed about air activity and the Quemoy bombardment context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
Amey
Tatung
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Redery
U.S
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Washington
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Labor Day 1954 Weather and County Damage Report
Sunny skies and high temperatures dominated Labor Day across Iowa with highs reaching the 90s in Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs and Sioux City. A severe hail and wind storm struck Plymouth County causing about 1 million dollars in corn losses and 100000 dollars in soybeans across 175 farms from LeMars to Remsen.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Des Moines
Plymouth County
LeMars
Remsen
Caracas Roundup Targets Scrap Iron Gang
In Caracas authorities rounded up members of a gang accused of smuggling scrap iron and other materials. The operation targets illicit trade linked to communist factions and disrupts gang activity in the capital.
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Caracas
Venezuela
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Canada
Ray Pizinger
Protivia
Wallace Ross
Watsonville
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S.D
Max Wagner
Omaha
Adel
Don Huth
Free Nations
Sanford Socolow
Beccause
Neptune
U. S
Severance
Vladivostok
Siberian
Charles E. Bohien
Moscow
Defense
State Departments
Walter B. Smith
Colodrado
Robert P. Carney
Ensign Roger Reid
Phil
Blair
Matadora
Patricia
Len Probst
Evert Webbink
Spencer Mooga
C.K
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