Witness identifies Milam and Bryant in Till abduction case
Sumner Mississippi AP. Mose Wright 64 points at J W Milam and Roy Bryant as the two men who roused his family at 2 a.m. and abducted Emmett Till, 14, after he allegedly whistled at Mrs Bryant. Wright testifies about the 28 August events and the ride to the Tallahatchie river. He describes Milam’s pistol and the later disappearance of Till.
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Sumner
Miss
Mose Wright
J. W. Milam
Roy Bryant
Milam
Wright
Emmett Till
Bryant
Chicago
Gerald Chatham
Chatham
Till
Tallahatchie
Mr. Bryant
Mose
Mr. Milam
Wheeler Parker
Parker
Cottonfield
Toll From Storm in Mexico Reaches 166
AP reports violence of Hurricane Hilda and Panuco flood push unofficial death toll to 166 with 100 missing. Tampico, Villa Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad Madero, and other Gulf coast areas suffer heavy damage as floods rise. 1,000 injured and widespread homelessness feared. Authorities rush aid as communications collapse.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Panuco River
Gulf Coast
Tampico
Gulf
Villa Cuauhtemoc
Ciudad Madero
Yucatan Peninsula
Ciudad Victoria
Isla de Lobos
San Luis Potosi
Panuco
No Word Yet on New Streamliner Train Schedules
Union Pacific and Milwaukee announce rerouting of through trains affecting Cedar Rapids and Marion. Officials in Milwaukee and Cedar Rapids brace for traffic shifts and depot remodeling. Postal service, mail routes, and affected schedules under review with full impact to be clarified by mid autumn.
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Streamliner
Cedar Rapids
Union Pacific
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
North Western
Marion
Tenth Street I
Thirteenth Street
Eleventh
Union Station
Chicago
Iowa Governor Defends Highway Widening Plan
Des Moines Gov Leo Hoegh faced criticism from the Iowa Senate General Contractors Association at Ames on the state highway widening program. He defended widening 600 miles of 18 foot highways this year, saying sight distances and curves justified it while shoulder work would follow. Contractors and officials raised concerns about bridge quality and road integrity.
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Des Moines
Leon Hoegh
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Asenabbed
General Contractors of
Iowa
Commission
Hoegh
Russell Lundy
Waits 41 Years To Seek Divorce From Deserting Husband
Emma R. Niccum, 82, in Los Angeles seeks a divorce from a husband who deserted her 41 years ago. Judge Samuel R. Blake asked why she waited. Niccum replied she waited until she could afford the divorce.
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Los Angeles
Emma R. Niccum
Samuel R. Blake
Hurricane Ione Diminishes over Atlantic Lanes
Norfolk reports hurricane Ione moving across the Atlantic far south of Massachusetts, with the storm showing signs of dissipation and unlikely to return to land.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Massachusetts
City Hall to Close Thursday for Late Mayor Sedlacek Rites
Cedar Rapids officials vote to close city hall at noon Thursday in honor of the late Mayor Milo Sedlacek. Funeral set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Theodore Lilley and Mizpah Lodge conducting. Burial at Cedar Memorial. Courthouse to close at 3 p.m. Thursday. acting Mayor Stewart Shank to run duties from the finance commissioner’s office.
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Cedar Rapids
Stewart Shank
Milo Sedlacek
First Presbyterian Church
Theodore Lilley
Mizpah
A. F
A. M
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Miz Lodge
Masonic Hall
Turner Chapel
Shank
Miles P. Sutera
Board of Supervisors
Heaviest Rain in Two Months Falls In Southwest Iowa
Heavy soaking rains drenched southwestern Iowa ending a drought spell with Cedar Rapids reporting 0.44 inch as totals from a storm line that swept the state. Creston led rainfall with 2.60 inches while many towns logged over an inch. Temperatures midweek expected in the seventies with cooler, clearing skies following the front.
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Iowa
Towa
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Creston
Afton
Orient
Greenfield
Red Oak
Winterset
Osceola
Council Bluffs
Woodward
van Meter
Atlantic
Des Moines
Clarinda
Guthrie Center
Oakland
Perry
Albia
Buckeye
Jefferson and Lamont
Charles City
Conrad
Dumont
Eldora
Estherville
Fairfield
Fort Dodge
Garwin
Grinnell
Grundy Center
Shell Rock
Storm Lake
Tracy
Washington
Williams
Zearing
Delhi
Bohlen Blast At Adenauer Is Reported
Bonn dispatch says U S Ambassador Bohlen accused Chancellor Adenauer of betraying an American secret during Moscow talks. Adenauer reportedly called the charge a temperamental remark after Bohlen and Bonn’s NATO ambassador debated balloon propaganda linked to the United States and Soviet reactions.
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Adenauer
Bonn
Abendpost
U. S
Russia
Bohlen
Moscow
NATO
Herbert Blankenhorn
Tragic debt blamed in homicide suicides in Chicago
Immigrant couple Branimir Spasic and Olga Spasic died in a brutal Saturday knife attack on Chicago's near Northwest Side. Investigators linked the deaths to mounting installment debt from furniture, a TV, a car, and other purchases. Accounts show monthly obligations far exceeded income, with $339.27 in payments on a $616 monthly income.
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Chicago
U. S
Branimir Spasic
Olga
Europe
Lonardi Named Leader as Peron Era Ends in Argentina
In Buenos Aires rebels won unconditional surrender from Peron era generals. Lonardi, 59, named to head provisional government with support from Admiral Rojas and Generals Bergallo Bengoa Ber gallo. Peron fled to gun boat Paraguay. rebels block harbor exits as clashes with Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista continue.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Eduardo Lonardi
Peron
Paraguay
Lonardi
Shim
Isaac Rojas
River Plate
Leon Bengoa
Audelino Bergallo
Bergallo
Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista Party
Alianzas
Eight Die in New York City Fire Near Coney Island
Wind driven flames swept four frame rooming houses near Coney Island Amusement Park, killing eight and injuring fifteen as another bathhouse fire nearby raised suspicions of a linked cause. Firefighters rescued several. authorities feared the block might be leveled and evacuated all nearby dwellings after two fires in hours. The area, densely populated by Italians, faced tougher firefighting conditions following a distant hurricane.
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New York
Coney Island Amusement Park
Coney Island
Lone
Soviets Donate 25 000 to U S Flood Relief
In Washington a 25 000 check was given by the Soviet Union for hurricane and flood disaster relief in the Eastern United States. Soviet Charge d'Affaires Sergei Striganov presented the gift to Ellsworth Bunker of the American Red Cross and announced 100 000 rubles would be contributed by Soviet Red Cross committees.
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Washington
INS
Sergei Striganov
Ellsworth Bunker
American
Red Cross
Striganov
United States
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Soviet Union
Turkeys Attack Farmer Pinned Beneath Tractor
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Moses Nissley aged 52 route 4 suffered serious injuries Tuesday afternoon after a tractor upset and a flock of turkeys attacked him. He was hauling water to the flock on his farm when the small yard tractor toppled trapping him beneath. The birds pecked at his face and eyes as he fought them with a handkerchief. Family found him under the tractor and he was taken to Mercy Hospital in serious condition.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Moses Nissley
Route 4
Nissley
Mercy Hospital
Cripple Rescues Man From Blaze in Chicago
Rose Wachoski a 68 year old partially paralyzed resident hobbled back into a two story Cripple Rescues Man From Blaze apartment building to aid Walter Michalski a 70 year old man stranded in his first floor flat both escaped unharmed Wachoski removed her cane during the rescue and later realized it was missing
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Chicago
INS
Rose Wachoski
Walter Michalski
Michalski
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