Ike Campaign Push Spreads Across Midwest
President Eisenhower intensified his Republican offensive in the Midwest while Truman and Nixon reportedly grow jittery about election prospects. Eisenhower flew from San Francisco to Chicago for a coast to coast TV speech backing GOP congressional candidates as Truman campaigned in Delaware and Pennsylvania predicting a Democratic landslide.
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Associated Press
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Midwest
California
Truman
Nixon
Chicago
San Francisco
Congress
Wilmington
Del
New Castle
102 Pints Of Blood Given By Corryites
A Red Cross bloodmobile visit at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post home collected 102 pints of blood from Corry area donors. The total since the program began reaches 3 498 pints. Jan Howard, blood program chairman, praised 111 donors and volunteers while noting only nine rejections.
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Vernaut
Corry
Red Cross
Jan Howard
Blood Program
Fed Cross
Forest Fire Sees 100 Acres Burn Near Warren
Firefighters from Clarendon Pleasant Township and North Warren Township joined Allegheny National Forest crews to battle a four hour blaze that spread over 100 acres behind the Kalbfus Red and Gum Club on Wie Chapman Park road. More than 200 firefighters responded as flames threatened the ridge and surrounding woodlands.
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Warudn
Allegheny National Forest
Kalbfus Red and Gum Club
Chapman Park Road
Clarendon
Pleasant Township
Warren Township
Eisenhower to address nation in televised campaign bid
President Eisenhower ends a six day tour with a national TV speech planned for CBS at 8 30 p m EST aimed at championing a Republican Congress. An aide called the address combustible as he criticizes Democrats and rallies party fund efforts under the 1958 Committee funding. He will speak from the International Amphitheatre after a Midwest radio Q A panel and travels from San Francisco where he spurred GOP rivals Knowland and Knight in California.
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Eisenhower
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National
International Amphitheatre
San Francisco
California
Democras
William F. Knowland
Goodwin J. Knight
Northeaster Lashes East Coast Hits Coastal Towns
A vicious northeaster pounded the eastern seaboard with hurricane force winds and heavy rain. Warnings stretched from Hitens to Scein City Md as tides rose and flood waters swamped highways and rivers from New Bern to Beaufort and Manteo. At least seven traffic deaths were reported in the Wilmington area amid damaged ships and coastal resorts faced flooding.
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Cape Hatteras
U.S
Hitens
Scein City
Arcis
New Bern
Morehead City
Beaufort
Manteo
Sever
Atlantic
Wilmington
Clymer Hunter Shot In Hand In Accident
Alex Wroblewski 72 of 1 D 2 Clymer rushed to Corry Memorial Hospital at 2 after his shotgun discharged. He suffered a gunshot wound to the left hand and right cheek while stepping off a ledge. He underwent immediate surgery and may lose his hand.
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Alex Wroblewski
Clymer
Corry Memorial Hospital
Ofterman
Wroblewski
Planes Collide Killing 90 Over Anzio
ANZIO Italy AP A British airliner and Italian military jet collided four miles above Italy today killing all 90 aboard the passenger plane Wreckage scattered for miles near the World War II battlefield 30 miles south of Rome The military plane exploded in the air The Italian pilot parachuted landing in the Mediterranean A fisherman rescued him and he was taken to a hospital in grave condition The airliners dead include June Buckingham a London model linked to a romance involving actress Eva Bartok The prince Shiv of Palitana 27 was in Naples and Miss Buckingham 22 was presumably.
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Italy
British European Airways
Rome
Mediterranean
June Buckingham
London
Eva Bartok
Shiv
Palilana
Naples
Miss Buckingham
United Fund Reaches Halfway Mark in Corry Drive
The Corry United Fund appeal reached its halfway point with $31,551 raised, equal to 50 percent of the goal. Morning reports showed divisions contributing as follows: Advances, $4,403.50. banks utilities government employees and others, $3,468. corporations $15,047. industrial employees $6,128. garages taverns and service stations $311. retail employees $6. professionals $819. business establishments $208. clubs $352.50.
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Corry
United “Fund
Red Cross solicitations urged for UP drive reports
No reports have been received from schools, township areas and house to house solicitors. Contributions may be mailed to Mrs. M. C. Baldwin, assistant treasurer for the UP, care of the Red Cross office in the Public Library building. The next report session is at the Hotel Corry Friday breakfast at 7:30 AM. Business places with 100 percent support today included Dodd's Dress Shop, Paul's Men's Wear, Sears Roebuck, Rossbacher Insurance, Fogle Lumber and Cobbett Real Estate Agency.
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Red Cross
Baldwin
Hotel Corry
Dodd's Dress Shop
Paul's Men's Wear
Sears, Roebuck, Rossbacher Insurance
Fogle Lumber and
Cobbett Real Estate Agency
Russian propaganda fades as living standards stay low 41 years after revolution
Sixty-year outlook misses the mark as Pravda reports pockets of progress yet 90 percent of Moscow residents remain in crowded one-room homes. The piece notes housing waits, shared stoves and shoes hard to come by while department stores show limited improvements.
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Pravda
Vladivostok
Stalin
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GUM
Warsaw
China Talks Near End Registered Voter Total At New High
Washington AP reports unofficial figures show 7 145 million eligible voters for the November 4 elections, a new midterm high. Estimated total likely vote across 48 states about 48.13 million, with a gain of over 1.26 million since 1954. The estimates reflect registered voters and poll tax payments in various states.
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Senate
Maine
Associated Press
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Representatives
Census Bureau
Georgia
Kentucky
Dulles Talks With Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa Shelling
Secretary of State Dulles and Chiang Kai-shek discussed keeping Quemoy in U S escort protection if shelling continues. Vice Admiral Smoot said convoying has not resumed as Nationalist islands are supplied. Robertson hailed gains and denied any rift while stressing defensive forces on the offshore islets amid ongoing cease-fire hopes.
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Formosa
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Quemoy
Roland N. Smoot
U.S. Defense Command
China
Walter Robertson
Chiang
Robertson
Nationalisst
Council Eyes Closer Ties Between City and Authorities
Council considers pairing members with Authorities after a planning commission letter prompts a discussion. Mayor Kinley notes unclear lines between Council and authorities, as Raymond Weber proposes Council attendance at Authority meetings for better coordination.
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Corry City Counc
Raymond Weber
M. J. Steuner
Erie County Planning Commission
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City Council
Anderson
J. Fred Kinley
Weber
Coune
Dictator Ra kevul Reported Dying in Russian Sanatorium
The Vienna Die Presse reports Matyas Rakosi, longtime Stalinist ruler of Hungary until 1966, is dying in a Russian sanatorium. The item notes his decline and current health status as reported by the independent paper.
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Vienna
Die Presse
Matyas Rakevul
Hun-gasy
Buffalo Wife Slays Family Then Self in Tragic Crime
Mildred F. Biddeman 36 shot husband Patrolman Edward J. Biddeman 36 and children Edward Jr 5 and Maureen in their beds. She then killed herself with the same pistol, after leaving the bedroom and firing in the dining room and kitchen. Police say she had a prior nervous breakdown and was under doctor care.
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Mildred F. Biddeman
Edward J. Biddeman
Edward J. Jr
Maureen
Bidde
James
Benedict
LwWo
John J. Whalen
Biddeman
Meyer Memoria Hospital
Alice Hollman
Mobile
Hallman
Chic Whitten
Atomic ship reactor goes operational at Idaho facility
The large ship reactor designed to test atom powered propulsion started operation at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls. Rear Adm. Rickover presided as the reactor achieved a chain reaction and praised potential use for surface ships like the Long Beach and Enterprise. Senator Dworshuk said atom powered ships could reduce need for tankers and shore fuel depots. The prototype, built by Westinghouse Electric Corp with the AEC, features a hull with atomic reactors driving a single shaft.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Adm
H. G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
Long Beach
Enterprise
Henry Dworshuk
R-Idaho
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Six Killed As Plane Crashes Near Harrisburg
An Air Force CAT crashed on a mountain south of Harrisburg killing six airmen. The twin engine craft tore into trees and dug a furrow across the slope before flipping. Rescue crews from Olmsted Field fought the blaze and recovered the bodies after about two hours.
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Harrisburg
Harrisborg
Air Force
Mounain
Olmsted Field
Thief Breaks Into Riceville Gas Station for Cash and Cigarettes
State Police report a Riceville service station at Riceville Corners was entered late Monday night. The owner Harold Beckwith said the burglar took about 87 dollars in cash and two cigarette cartons after forcing open the door with an iron bar. The Corry substation continues the investigation.
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Corry
Riceville Corners
Harold Beckwith
Centerville
Beckwith
Earthquake Kills Seven in Java Town Bitar
Reports from Jakarta say a strong earthquake struck central and east Java causing seven deaths and 1,856 injuries in the town of Bitar. Rescue crews and hospitals mobilized to treat the injured and search for missing people amid continuing tremors.
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Cuake
Jakarta
Indonesia
East Java
Bitar
Soldiers Aid German Boy’s Heart Surgery
In Baltimore Klaus Kaemmerer, a German boy with a congenital heart defect, prepared for the Blalock procedure at Johns Hopkins. About 500 American soldiers and local townspeople funded his travel and medical costs for the life changing operation.
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Xuwig Kinus Kaemmerer
Germany
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Klaus
Alfred Blalock
Blalock
Frankfort
Hopkins
Sigrid Kaemmerer
Kaemmerers
United’ States
71St “Artilery
Karlsruhe
Polio Wave Rises in Detroit Area
Four new poliomyelitis cases were reported in Detroit yesterday raising the city total to 662 with 19 deaths. Wayne County outside Detroit added two cases for a total of 10, with one death.
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Wayne County
Ene
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