Battle Is On For Control Of Congress
The Associated Press reports Republicans, led by Eisenhower, seek to recapture Congress in November. Senate races favor Democrats with 17 Republicans and 15 Democrats up. House remains 231 Democrats to 201 Republicans with 3 vacancies. Four more Senate seats will be in play due to deaths and resignations.
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Congress
John Chadwick
Associated Press
Eisenhower
San Francisco
GOP
Senate
House
White House
Adlai E. Stevenson
Typhoon Charlotte poses risk near Formosa as ships urged clear
Typhoon Charlotte centered about 500 miles southeast of Formosa and moving toward the Chinese Nationalist Island area. Winds near the storm center reached 90 mph as ships were warned to stay clear of its path. In Genoa, the 750 ton corvette Flora, US financed and Italian built, was delivered to Denmark in a ceremony, the vessel being the third of its kind.
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Taipei
Formosa
Genoa
Flora
Denmark
Beer consumption worldwide and Japan trade union shift
In 1955 Britons drank 902 million gallons of beer, enough to float 89 battleships, while the United States led with 2,167,000,000 gallons. Tokyo reports Sokyo, Japan's top labor body, loosened its anti communist stance and may collaborate with the Reds when needed.
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London
The
Briths Brewers Assn
Royal Navy
United States
Britain
Tokyo
Japan
Communist Party
Japan General Council of Trade Unions
Sokyo
Californians Stricken By Typhoid Fever at Monark Springs
Typhoid cases linked to the July Church of God convention in Monark Springs Missouri affect two Californians among 170 attending families. Dr. Merrill warns California residents as the U S Health Dept confirms the outbreak. Other cases occur in Louisiana and a possible death in Oklahoma.
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Berkeley
Calif
California
Church of God
Monark Springs
Malcolm H. Merrill
Oklahoma
Gecko lizard uses retractable blows and pads to climb surfaces
The gecko lizard possesses retractable blows and soft pads with tiny hooks that let it cling to rough surfaces and climb smooth ones such as glass.
Coloradoans Report Seeing Object in Sky
Fort Collins residents observed a round red object to the east for two consecutive nights. Mars appeared nearby as the cigar shaped glow drifted near the horizon. Reports came from Colorado Springs and Fort Carson with observers noting durations of sighting.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Lawrence Julich
Eloise Stryker
Harmony
Here
Jeannette Franz
Bob Scott
KCOL
Mars
Scott
Colorado Springs
Frank van Cleave
KRDO
Ft. Carson
Two Dead Plane Motors Repaired In Flight
An Air Force Constellation radar plane with 19 crew lost two engines 450 miles at sea last night. A short circuit caused the failure and was fixed in flight. A Coast Guard escort was sent from Quonset Point but the engines restarted en route. The plane landed safely at Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Constellation
Coast Guard
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Colorado Parole Granted to Ward on Conditional Term
CANON CITY Colorado a 48 year old businessman convict Fred Ward has been conditionally approved for parole from the Colorado penitentiary after serving 45 months of a 12 year sentence. The parole depends on federal custody when he is released. Ward’s charges relate to the collapse of his Denver auto agency, once the third largest in the nation. The Colorado Parole Board granted parole effective September 6 contingent on the federal government taking him into custody.
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Canon City
Colo
Fred Ward
Colorado
Ward
Denver Auto Agency
Colorado Parole Board
Gifts of Jewelry Are in Safe Place
LYNNFIELD Mass Steve Grady a 6 year old boy gave his girl friend Mary aged 4 jewelry police say the boy’s brother Paul aged 5 told his mother Stevie gave Mary jewelry and the mother checked the jewelry for safety after the incident
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Lynnfield
Mass
Steve Grady
Mary
Steve
Paul
Stevie
Jewelry missing after box found valued at 75 dollars
Police traced a missing jewelry case after a box yielded two rings two bracelets and a necklace valued at 75 dollars. Steve admitted giving the jewelry to his girlfriend and Mary said she buried most of it but cannot remember where.
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Norman Grady
Steve
Mary
Stevenson Starts At Grass Roots In Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson and running mate Estes Kefauver begin a precampaign tour with a focus on organizing at the precinct level. In Portland they meet regional party leaders from seven states and plan further stops including Bonneville Dam and Sioux City Iowa. Stevenson says the Southwest campaign effort excites him and warns victory hinges on precinct work.
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Santa FE
N. M
Adlai E. Stevenson
Northwest
Estes Kefauver
Portland
Ore
Bonneville Dam
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Sioux City
Iowa
Stevenson
Thief Steals Cash and Shoes From Norfolk Man
James Carroll, 42, dozing in a Norfolk tavern booth, awoke to missing $19 and his reserve cash hidden in his shoes, which were also taken by a light fingered patron. Carroll suspects no one and reports the incident locally.
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Norfolk
James Carroll
Carroll
Two Hours Cost Year In Starting to School
In Aurora Colorado Dinah Lee Bass misses by two hours being five on Navy 30 to start kindergarten. Her parents S W Bass protest as public schools admit children who are five on or before November 30. Dinah was born at 2 a.m. on December 1, 1951.
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Aurora
Colo
Dinah Lee Bass
S. W. Bass
Navy
Dinah
CBS drops Fox from The $64,000 Challenge
CBS announces Ralph Story of Los Angeles will replace Fox on The $64,000 Challenge starting next Sunday night. No reason given for Fox dismissal. Story will continue hosting CBS Sunday noon program Lets Take a Trip.
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Cbs-Tv
CBS
Ralph Story
Los Angeles
Fox
Sonny Fox Dropped From TV Program
New York veteran host Sonny Fox, famed MC, was removed from a television program amid internal changes. Details on timing and replacement plans were not disclosed.
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Sonny Fox
New York
Corn Stored Under State Loans by Kansas Farmers
Kansas farmers stored 3,748,083 bushels of 1955 crop corn under price support loans and purchase agreements through May 31. Ben C. Kiefer, chairman of the State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, reported today.
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Kas
Kansas
Ben C. Kiefer
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
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