Hurricane Ione Heads Out to Sea
Hurricanes threaten coast then move offshore as Ione heads east from Norfolk. The storm caused five North Carolina deaths and millions in damage while New England stayed on alert. Ione postponed the Marciano Moore bout and Hilda’s Mexican floods worsened.
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Lone
New Bern
N. C
North Carolina
Associated Press
Norfolk
Washington Weather Bureau
Atlantic
New England
Virginia
Hilda
North Central
Mexico
East Coast
New York
Slain Youth's Mother Testifies in Till Case Trial
Mamie Bradley, 44, of Chicago arrives to testify in the murder trial of Roy Bryant and J W Milam in Sumner Mississippi. The crowded courtroom prompts an overnight recess as jurors are seated in an all white male panel. Bradley says few of the 2000 letters she received were threatening.
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Sumner, Miss
Mamie Bradley
Chicago
Sumner
H. C. Strider
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Till
Bryant
Gerald Chatham
Race
Swango
Plumbers Told to Stop Coffee Breaks in Chicago
Chicago plumbers were ordered to discontinue coffee breaks after a notice from Stephen M. Bailey, business manager of Local 130 AFL Plumbers. He urged members that a plumber's pay is high enough without wasting time in breaks.
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Chicago
Stephen M. Bailey
AFL
Citizenship Fight Won by Anastasia
Anastasia wins a citizenship appeal as the Third Circuit reverses a 1954 district court order stripping him of citizenship for alleged fraud. The Fort Lee, New Jersey resident, once linked to Murder, Inc., had four murder counts escaped but earlier pled guilty to income tax evasion totaling $11,743.
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Philadelphia
INS
Albert Anastasia
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
William Smith
Smith
Anastasia
Harry E. Kalodner
Fort Lee
N. J
Peron Ouster Seen From Diplomatic Viewpoint
Washington diplomats foresee a military junta ruling Argentina for months while restoring democracy and tackling economic woes. They cite naval and army revolts, church tensions, and graft as causes, warning factions may clash over steps. The era of Peronism ends, but Argentines face a long path to repair and liberty.
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Washington
Argentina
Peron
True Sentiment of People Voiced by Dr Alberto Gainza Paz
Dr Alberto Gainza Paz of La Prensa cites broad Argentine discontent with Peron in 1951. He notes era of democracy lasting 90 years, opposition to Peronist rule, and a provisional government likely with military support. He asserts Communist support for Peron and urges all non-Communist parties to restore constitutional liberty. World War II context frames Peron’s regime as totalitarian.
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la Prensa
Buenos Aires
Peron
Gainza
New York
Argentina
Churchill
Hitler
Soviets Restore East German Sovereignty Treaty Signed
Moscow and East Germany inked a sovereignty pact after talks with Bulganin and Grotewohl. It grants East Berlin full border control and communications with West Germany, prompting Western blocs to consider possible new Berlin maneuvers. Ulbricht said Soviet troops would stay while allied forces remain in West Germany.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
East Germany
Bulganin
Grotewohl
East Berlin
West Germany
West Berlin
Ulbricht
Bonn
Communist Party
Postal Deficit Shrinks to 362 Million in 1955
The Post Office Department released its annual financial report showing a 1955 fiscal year deficit of 362.7 million, an improvement of 29.2 million from the prior year and 47 percent below the 1952 record deficit as of June 30.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Father pleads to kidnapper to return four day old son
In San Francisco a distraught father and hospital staff appeal to a blonde woman in her 30s who allegedly abducted infant Robert Marcus from Mt. Zion hospital. Dr. Sanford Marcus vows no legal action if the child is returned unharmed as a $1000 reward is offered and a bus driver reports seeing a blonde with a baby near the hospital.
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San Francisco
Mt. Zion Hospital
Naccihlia
Sanford Marcus
Robert
Hanna
All Ships Safe From Arctic Ice
SEATTLE AP A navy officer said on Monday that all 58 ships in the fleet that sailed north of Alaska with cargoes for the Arctic radar network are escaping the Arctic ice threat. The vessels remain west of Point Barrow on return, with four ships taking holes and one losing a rudder but all continuing.
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Seattle
Alaska
Point Barrow
North America
Rebels Ask Peron Boat Be Stopped
Buenos Aires reports Juan D Peron boarded a Paraguayan gunboat with his aide Major Ignacio Ciabeta and sought protection. Rebels demanded interception en route to Asuncion and arrest, while a military committee took over after Peron’s resignation. Authorities pledged negotiations to avoid bloodshed as clashes left many dead or injured.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D.peron
Peron
Paraguay
Palermo
Argentina
Juan Chavez
Ignacio Ciabeta
Asuncion
Teissire
Peronista
Services for Milo Sedlacek Thursday 3:30
Funeral services are set for Thursday at 3 30 p m at First Presbyterian church for Mayor Milo J Sedlacek who died of a heart attack Monday after his third civic meeting of the day The death moved Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank to acting mayor with the primary election five weeks away One ambulance attendant named as a mayoral candidate is Robert L Tow manager of Ambulance Service
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First Presbyterian Church
Milo J. Sedlacek
Theodore Lilly
Mizpah Lodge
Montrose
St. Luke's Hospital
Stewart Shank
Robert L. Tow
Ambulance Service
Trains to go via Milwaukee on North Western route
The Union Pacific and Southern Pacific will withdraw streamliners from North Western tracks through Cedar Rapids. From Oct 30 the trains will run via Milwaukee between Omaha and Chicago with a Marion stop replacing Cedar Rapids. The joint plan ends a 75 year cooperation, affecting Cedar Rapids and Clinton areas least.
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N.W. Line
Chicago
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
North Western
Milwaukee Railroad
Paul E. Feucht
A. E. Stoddard
Tama
Council Bluffs
Milwaukee
Clinton
Sabula
The
Iowa
Denver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Extensive Highway Program Planned by Iowa Road Group
Iowa's highway widening program is part of a long range plan to meet growing traffic needs the State Highway Commission told an Iowa Good Roads Association delegation. Chairman Russell Lundy and member Robert Beck outlined 1956 work and ongoing improvements including widening, shoulder expansion, resurfacing, and a large projected grading program.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Russell Lundy
Commission
Robert Beck
Iowa Good Roads Association
Lundy
John Coverdale
Waterloo
Charles T. Downie
Des Moines
U. S. 30
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