Truman to Press On With Give 'Em Hell Tour
Former President Harry S. Truman signals no letup in his campaign against the Eisenhower administration. He accuses the President of misrepresentation and demagoguery and predicts a united Democratic path to the 1956 nomination. He tours Michigan and Indiana events and coins the term Shiverocrat while warning against party splits.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Michigan
Indiana
French Lik
Ind
Eratic Party
South
G. Mennen Williams
International Locks
Sault Ste
Bermuda braces for Edith as storm inches toward Bermuda
Bermuda residents prepared for a possible assault by hurricane Edith on Monday but weather experts said the weakening storm would likely miss the U S mainland. Five days old, Edith was expected to pass by Bermuda late Monday and would brush the island only if its course unchanged.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Edith
U. S
Showers Likely in East and North Texas
Forecasters expect scattered thundershowers in East and North Texas Monday afternoon as a low pressure area moves into Oklahoma. Rain totals over 24 hours were light with Dallas 0.57, Houston 0.42, Beaumont 0.19, Brownsville 0.16, Fort Worth 0.01 inch.
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United Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Dallas
Houston
Beaumont
Brownsville
Fort Worth
Landys Mother Appears Before House Committee
Mrs. Deborah Landy mother of merchant seaman Eugene Landy testified before a House Un American Activities subcommittee about possible Communist ties. She had been in Kaffeeklatsch discussion groups but says she left years ago at her son’s urging. Eugene Landy, a Kings Point graduate, was denied a naval reserve commission and the Navy is reviewing the case.
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Naval Reserve
House
Deborah Landy
Eugene Landy
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Communist Party
Landy
Kaffeeklatsch
Eugene
U. S. Merchant Academy
Kings Point
N. Y
Navy
Carrier Forrestal Sails On First Trial Run Today
Newport News Virginia reports the super aircraft carrier Forrestal sailed on its first trial run into the Atlantic. The 59,650 ton flattop had earlier docked a possible date with hurricane Diane and faces hurricane Edith during trials amid its long controversial history.
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Newport News
Navy
U. S
Russia may glimpse U S atomic plants after ministers meet
AEC chairman Lewis L Strauss suggested Russian experts could visit U S atomic plants under certain circumstances after the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in October. He called immediate access premature but open to future cooperation.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
AEC
Lewis L Strauss
Eisenhower optimistic on UN disarmament talks progress
President Eisenhower said he hopes the United Nations disarmament talks in New York can produce practical results easing tensions and arms burdens. He spoke after a telephone briefing with Secretary Dulles and cited Geneva’s spirit of frankness as key to testing the armament limitations decisions. He also discussed Middle East issues in the call before a golf game at Cherry Hills.
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Warren Duffee
Denver
Eisenhower
New York
John Foster Dulles
White House
Lowry Air Force Base
Geneva
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
Middle East
State Department
Whiting Explosion Fire Reaches Multi Million Dollar Scale
A massive oil refinery blaze in Whiting Indiana enters its third day as 1500 residents remain displaced. Standard Oil reports the flames at its refinery largely under control but three fuel oil tanks holding 750000 gallons of fuel still burn fiercely.
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Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Explosion Triggers Birth at East Chicago Hospital
In Whiting Indiana a refinery blast Saturday spurred the birth of Margaret Hernandez's 16th child in nearby East Chicago. Hospital records indicate labor was induced by explosion shock.
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Whiting, Ind
Whiting
Margaret Hernandez
Chicago
Ind
Catastrophic refinery blast devastates Whiting area
A 26 story refinery core explosion at 6 15 am set off chain reactions with fuel tanks erupting. The blast killed two, injured hundreds, and left 10 percent of the refinery ruined. Firefighters aimed to let flames burn out while investigators plan soon.
Woman Arrested for Vagrancy and Prostitution
Imogene Limbaugh was fined 50 dollars and 50 cents plus costs totaling 64 dollars and 50 cents in Justice of the Peace court this morning for vagrancy and prostitution. The arrest was made by Allen Cavitt, special agent for the Liquor Control Board.
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Imogene Limbaugh
Justice of the Peace Court
Allen Cavitt
Liquor Control Board
French Okay Plan To Halt Moroccan War
Paris reports the French cabinet backed Prime Minister Edgar Faure's plan to end the Moroccan uprising. The move seeks to oust Resident General Gilbert Grandval and Sultan Sidi Mohammed Moulay Ben Arafa to appease nationalists and hardline factions, following a prolonged 13 hour session.
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French
Morocco
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Paris
Edgar Faure
Faure
Gilbert Grandval
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Moulay Ben Arafa
Former Resident Dies In Oregon Heart Attack claims Childress native
Clifton Hudson 35 a state engineer for the Oregon Highway Department died of a heart attack at work in Lebanon Oregon Friday He was born in Childress grew up there and later lived in Colorado before returning He attended Childress High School and Oklahoma University Survivors include his mother Mrs Beth Hudson Boise Idaho brother Bill Hudson Sonora and sister Mrs Walter Berry Jr Boise Funeral services are set for 3 p m Wednesday in Boise Idaho.
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Joe King
R. L. Hughes
Rennie Sandifer
Calvin Haralson
Carl] Hudson
Childress
Lebanon
Ore
Hudson
Oregon Highway Department
Boise
Idaho
Colorado
Childress High School
Oklahoma University
Beth Hudson
Bill Hudson
Sonora
Walter Berry, Jr
Tincy Continues Among Missing Fort Worth
A Fort Worth district judge will hear testimony on the disappearance of Leroy Tincy Eggleston as special prosecutor Dawson Davis warns Eggleston’s $20 000 bond could be forfeited if he does not appear for trial on charges he killed William P Clark. Two Dallas men posted the bond and prosecutors expect trials for Eggleston and Mary Clark in late October or November.
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Fort Worth
Leroy Tincy Eggleston
Hoodlump
William P. Clark
Dawson Davis
Eggleston
Clark
Davis
Dallas
Hugh B. Street
Robert B. Allen
Mary Clark
Statewide Pickup Order Issued For Damaged Auto
A statewide pickup was issued for a car with a damaged front end after the death of Marie Swafford in Newton Texas. The 31 year old was found on SH 59 near Houston with severe injuries. She was identified by fingerprint records listing her former name Marie Turner and her brother James Youngblood. Police suspected a fatal hit and run as the vehicle left the scene.
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Houston
Newton, Tex
Marie Swafford
Alvin C. Perry
Edd White
Artillery shell blast kills three children in El Paso
An exploding 75 millimeter shell at a south El Paso apartment building killed three children, aged 4, 5, and 10, and injured 10 others and Mrs. Tomaso Venzuela. ZeMa Morales died at El Paso General Hospital. George Valdez and Ricardo Lujan died after hospital admission.
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Tex
Zema Morales
el Paso General Hospital
George Valdez
Ricardo Lujan
Ramon Ramirez
Tomaso Venzuela
Amado Rivera
Army
Fort Bliss Army Artillery Center
Venzura
Hector Ramirez
Hernando Ramirez
Irma Morales
Carlos Valdez
Roberto Robinson
Juan Ortiz
Louis Luan
Rivera
UN Charges Communists Withheld Medical Aid For Shot Down Flier
UN officials charged that the Chinese and North Korean forces denied proper medical care to 2nd Lt. Guy H. Bumpass after his plane was shot down on Aug. 17. He was treated only after the second night, with sewing of wounds and possible risk of meningitis noted by Maj. Gen. Harlan C. Parks. Bumpass, freed Aug. 23, traveled to Tokyo for Air Force treatment. The case was discussed at a Korean armistice meeting.
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Korea
United Nations
U. S
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Jackson
Miss
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Demilitarized Zone
North
South Korea
Tokyo
US Air Force
Harlan C. Parks
Parks
Bumpass
Armistice Commission
Auto Crash Kills Two Youths Near Claude
Early Monday a truck loaded with produce collided with a car seven miles east of Claude on U S Highway 287. Norbit Mullins 25 and Carolyn Sue Tidmore 19 of Turkey died. Driver Elmer Lee Beets 29 escaped unharmed. Deputy Fitzgerald hit two cows blocking the road. his car sustained heavy damage.
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Claude
U. S. Highway 287
Norbit Mullins
Carolyn Sue Tidmore
Turkey
Elmer Lee Beets
Bill Wells
F. A. Fitzgerald
Clarendon
Alexander Trial Postponed Again
A district court postpones the Victoria Alexander trial after she was not served with the venire list. The trial opens at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with service to occur today in Dallas where she had been staying.
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Victoria Alexander
Alexander
Dallas
Plane Hits Power Line Crashes Into Lake Travis
A light plane struck an electric line and nose-dived into Lake Travis about 28 miles north of Austin. Four aboard escaped serious injury including Ector County Attorney J. H. Rogers, his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stockton.
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Lake Travis
Here
Ector County
J. H. Rogers
Rogers
Jack Stockton
Shepperd Recovering From Appendicitis Operation
Attorney General John Ben Shepperd is reported in satisfactory condition after an appendicitis operation performed Saturday. He remains under medical care in Austin and is expected to resume duties in due course.
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Sheppard
Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Ex-Con and Wife to Face Palm Springs Murder Charge
Kingman Arizona reports that ex-convict Robert K. Miers and his wife Michel were returned to Palm Springs to face charges of robbery and murder. California authorities pursued them after an all-points bulletin connected to the killing of Donald E. Dutch Graham. A Palm Springs police chief said Miers admitted striking the victim and taking twenty dollar bills during the crime.
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Kingman
Ariz
California
Palm Springs
Desert City
Robert K. Miers
Michel
Mojave County
Baldwin Park
Calif
Donald
McKinney Named WTCC Director for Childress Seat
D C Doyle McKinney district manager of Lone Star Gas Company has been named a director of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce replacing R A Yarborough. He plans to attend a WTCC directors meeting in Wichita Falls where a new vice president will be named.
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Doyle
McKinney
Lone Star Gas Company
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fred Husbands
WTCC
Whichita Falls
R. A. Yarbrough
Childress
Chrysler UAW Talks Head Toward Midnight Strike Deadline
Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers Union near a midnight Wednesday strike deadline for 139000 workers. UAW secretary-treasurer Emil Mazey warned that a dozen issues could delay settlement and noted past near walkouts during last minute bargaining.
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Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Emil Mazey
Chrysler
Mazey
UAW
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