Two Buses Crash Head-On In Texas Death Toll Rising
Two Greyhound buses crashed head on near Waco Texas, killing at least 34 and possibly up to 50 people. The wreckage burned to debris, with uniforms of military personnel among victims. Drivers M B Herring and Billy Malone died, and authorities investigated causes as recovery crews cleared Highway 81.
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Texas
Waco
Greyhound
Here
Dallas-Austin
Compton Funeral Home
Connally Funeral Home
Waco Funeral Home
Sam Wood
Waco Times-Herald
Sam Johnson
M. B. Herring
Billy Malone
Temple
Austin
San Antonio
Jesse Gunterman
Malone
Highway Department
Stevenson Holds Support Across South Carolina Sides
Gov Adlai Stevenson enjoys solid backing in several South Carolina counties as the reconvened state Democratic convention nears. State leaders favor Stevenson Sparkman, while Gov James F Byres avoids commitments on national ticket stance. Several counties and newspapers back Stevenson, while Eisenhower support gains in Columbia and Charleston.
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Columbia
S.C
Adlai Stevenson
South Carolina
James F. Byres
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
U. S
Burnet R. Maybank Olin D. Johnston
Joseph R. Bryson
Fourth Congressional District
Jeff Bates
National Party
Stevenson-Sparkman
Richland
Greenville
Pickens
Greenwood
Chester
Clarendon
Eisenhower
Florence
Democrats urged to back Eisenhower campaign in push
Citizens for Eisenhower spokesmen say many prominent Democrats will work with the campaign. Walter Williams and Mrs. Oswald B. Lord announce readiness to start immediately, while former Lt. Gov. Sam Lumpkin plans a Jackson, Mississippi statement. The group gains official status as a separate campaign agency agreed by Eisenhower and Arthur Summerfield.
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Denver
Citizens For Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Williams
Seattle
Wash
Oswald B
Lord
New York
Citizens Group
Mrs. Lord
Sam Lumpkin
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Lumpkin
Jackson
Miss
Eisenhower
GOP
Arthur E. Summerfield
Citizens Organization
Eiisenhower
Williams-Lord
Republican National Committee
Seeins
Eyewitness Accounts From Temple Highway Disaster
An eyewitness describes a fatal Temple highway crash near Waco in which fuel tanks exploded and smoke filled the air. Dora Daniels, a 17 year old from Waco and survivor, credits a Black soldier with saving her and a girl, while recounting the screams, fire, and fatalities.
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Waco
Dora Daniels
W. C. Webb
Temple Highway
Providence Hospital
Violence Flares After Woman Kills Doctor in Florida
Troopers disbanded anti mob patrols as tensions rose after Ruby McCullom, 37, shot and killed Dr C Leroy Adams 42 in his office during a dispute over a medical fee. Adams died at the scene. McCullom surrendered and was jailed as authorities managed a volatile situation in Live Oak, Florida.
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Live Oak
Fla
Sim Howell
Ell
Florida
Howell
C. Leroy Adams
State Senate
Ruby McCullom
Raiford State Prison
Here
McCullom
Col
H. N. Kirkman
Tobacco City
T. E. Jones
McCullum
Adams
Housing Improvement in Batista Cuba Targets Rural Boahios
In Havana the revolutionary government under President Batista orders a housing inspection drive for rural bohereos called bohios. A new commission will enforce minimum standards including concrete floors water and sanitation with gov ernment funding if owners fail. Only about 6,000 of 80,000 bohios meet basics.
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Havana
Batista
Army Ncw
Tha
Building Permits Rise in North Carolina Cities in June
State Department of Labor reports June building permits totalled 12,967,401 across 66 Tar Heel cities and towns, up more than three million dollars from May, signaling a strong rise in construction activity.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Tar Heel
Food Prices Rise as Drought and Disease Hit Farms
Washington officials warned food prices could climb further due to a prolonged drought and a vesicular exanthema outbreak in hog farms across 16 states. Agriculture leaders urged rapid action to stamp out the hog disease, while drought damages in the South and New England push toward a billion-dollar loss.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Agriculture Department
Maine
Mississippi
Harold D. Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
South
New England
North
South Carolina
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri
Connecticut
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Harry B. Caldwell
Grange
Cnt
Mortgage loans in Austria limited to property repair work
John C Tysen, president of Previews Inc., reports from Europe that Austrian lenders offer mortgages only for property repairs with 12 percent interest. Some loans require principal repayment in commodities due to currency confidence concerns.
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New York
Austria
John C Tysen
Previews Inc
National Real Estate Clearing House
Tyson
Georgia Democrats name electors for Stevenson Sparkman
ATLANTA UP The Georgia Democratic Executive Committee selects a 12 member slate pledged to Stevenson Sparkman for November. Georgia becomes the first of five Southern states to back the Democratic ticket at Chicago inspired convention. \\
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Atlanta
Georgia
Democratic Executive Committee
Stevenson- Sparkman
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
Seiaaaeieane
Atlana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
Chicago
South Carolina
Louisiana
Missippi
Virginia
Columbia
S. C
Mississippi
Louisiana Central Democratic Committee
Herman Talmadge
Death toll climbs to twenty in North Carolina weekend toll
United Press reports at least 20 people died in North Carolina over the weekend. Thirteen highway deaths included shootings in Greensboro and Warrenton, a Coast Guard en route to Nags Head, and multiple fatal vehicle accidents across several counties. Names cited include Argie Parker Milla Bowers and Isobel Artis among others. Authorities reported motives and circumstances such as a note about a wife’s illness and a kitchen entry dispute.
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United Press
North Carolina
Argie Parker
Greensboro
Milla A. Bowers
William Warlick
Ben Columbus Fordham
Woodington
Lenoir County
Isobel Artis
Four Oaks
Archie
Vernon C. Saunder
Coast Guard
Chincoteague
Roanoke Island- Nags Head
John D. Topping
Alexandria
Greyhound
Mocksville
Thurston M. Upright
Salisbury
Spencer
Joan Evans
Belleville
N. J
Rockingam
William C. Dail
Columbia
8. C
W. M. Winborne
Goldsboro
Dail
Winborne
W. J. Currin
Manuel D. Figueroa
Camp Lejeune Marine
Carolina Beach
Prisoner of War Clauses Hold Up Truce Talks
At Panmunjom Korea Communist staff officers accepted the UN draft paragraph on war prisoners but repatriation terms remain unsettled. Talks recessed after parties failed to agree on how many prisoners return if an armistice is signed. Welfare parcels for prisoners are discussed under the 1949 Geneva convention with China’s recent adherence.
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Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Air Force
U. N
U.N
U.N. 2Nd Division
Old Baldy
Chorwon
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
James C. Fry
van Fleet
23Rd Regiment
Panmunjom
Red
China
Radio Peiping
Pentagon
Pacific Talks Begin Today In Honolulu
U S secretary of state Dean Acheson Australian External Affairs Minister Richard Casey and New Zealand External Affairs Minister T C Webb open the Pacific Mutual Security Conference at Kaneohe Marine Air Station to formalize their tri party commitment to meet armed aggression. The trio will discuss implementing the San Francisco treaty and align military capabilities against threats in Asia and the Pacific.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. C. Webb
Kaneohe Marine Air Station
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Pacific
Acheson
Asia
Stevenson Defends Campaign Amid Left Wing Charges
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson rebutted Republican accusations that his campaign bears a left wing stamp. Nixon labeled him captive of the CIO and aligned with Truman and big city bosses. Stevenson argued voters must choose policy directions in foreign and domestic arenas between Democratic cooperation and Republican nostalgia. Wyatt, Stevenson's campaign manager, denied ADA ties, noting past roles and delegation votes.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
California
Stevenson
CIO
Nixon
Sevenson
Truman
ICIO
Illinois
Ohio
Columbus
Republican Party
GOP
Arthur Summerfiled
Michigan
Wilson ‘Wyatt
Louisville
Wyatt
Americans For Democratic Action
the Pole
ADA
Averell’Harriman
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Poor Student Recalled As Noted SIU Writer
Carbondale Illinois Mrs Mae T Smith an English teacher recalls Robert Lewis Taylor once a poor SIU student who produced a wildly implausible story with red ink feedback. She says the memory now colors her view of his later success as an author of six books.
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Carbondale
Ill
Southern Illinois University
Robert Lewis Taylor
Mae T. Smith
Sensitive Balancing Device Built by Bell Labs
New York The Bell Telephone Laboratories have added a micro balance to their testing equipment. The device can determine the weight of a fragment of lint floating in the air with precision down to 250 millionths of a gram. It is intricate and highly sensitive.
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New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Communist China Eyes Mass Immigration Plan for Manchuria
Hong Kong dispatch reports Kao Kang ruler of Manchuria for Peiping proposes a five year plan of immigration to move population from South Manchuria and China proper to North Manchuria. He says relocation will aid reclamation and establish new villages as well as state and collective farms.
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Hong Kong
China
Manchuria
Kao Kang
Peiping
Kao
South
North
Box Score shows highway crash totals and injuries
The report covers events from 4 p m Friday to 10 a m today with 18 killed and rural injuries. It notes 598 killed this year and 664 injured to July 1 last year 6 963 injured to July 1 this year and 6641 injured to July 1 last year.
Iran Senate Grants Mossadegh Six Month Rule
Iran's Senate gave initial approval to a bill granting Premier Mossadegh six months of unlimited power to govern by decree. The upper house opposed a government bid to confiscate Ahmed Qavam's wealth, with debate on the measure continuing as the bill proceeds to a Senate commission for revision.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ahmed Qavam
Mossadegh
Senate
Qavam
Messaiegs
Donya
Theran
Goverment
Wu Chamber
Mossadegher
Majlis
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