North Carolina Coast Battles Severe Hurricane Winds
Winds up to 60 miles per hour lash Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach as tide rises and roads flood. Swansboro reports worsening conditions with higher than Hazel tides. surf sees pier destruction and seawalls breached while officials plan evacuations if necessary.
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M. E. Williamson
Wrightsville
Williamson
Carolina Beach
Boyd Jones
Jones
M. M. Lisk
Swansboro
Hazel
Lisk
Yvet
Atlantic View
Johnny Mercer
was &@ Hazel casualty
Bluebenthal Field
Wilmington
Southport
Evelyn Gilbert
Jack Hickman
Airmen Depart Hawaii for California Homecoming
Eleven U S transport planes head for Travis Air Force Base after release from Chinese captivity. The airmen, freed in Hong Kong, will continue to airports near their homes. Vibrant Hawaii hosted a festive welcome as families and local figures greeted the group.
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U.S
California
Hong Kong
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Travis
Hawaii
Spencer Weaver
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Bataan
Harry M. Benjamin
Worthington
Minn
John Knox Arnold Jr
Arnold
North Korea
Pentagon Air Force
Maj
William McGinty
McGinty
Daniel C. Schmidt
Air Force
Schmidt
Una
Quarles Named New Head of the Air Force
President Eisenhower named Donald A. Quarles to lead the Air Force as secretary, replacing Harold Talbott who resigned Aug 1. Quarles, 61, is former assistant secretary of defense for research and development and will face Senate confirmation in January. Talbott's ethics concerns sparked his departure amid a planned farewell with jet plane displays.
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Eisenhower
Donald A. Quarles
Earth Satellite Project
Air Force
Quarles
Defense
van Buren
Ark
Englewood
N.J
Harold Talbott
Senate
Talbott
White House
James C. Hagerty
Charles E. Wilson
Hagerty
Wilson
Planes collide in Germany killing 67 in midair crash
Two C119 Flying Boxcars collided near Stuttgart during a training mission. The U S Air Force confirmed 67 dead including crews and troops aboard the two planes. 42 passengers and 14 passengers were listed with crews and roadmasters.
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Air Force
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Here
U. S
U.S
Tokyo
Larson Air Force Base
Washington State
Cardiff
Wales
West Germany
Europe
Hurricane Connie Ramps Up On Atlantic Beach Shore
Atlantic Beach braces for Connie with cottage front-steps and porches already lost. Winds gust to 65 mph by 10 a.m. with 75 mph possible at landfall. Thirty foot waves pound the strand near Emerald Isle Salter Path and Tort Macon park as residents board up and Red Cross and Coast Guard mobilize aid.
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Connie
Coast Guard
North Carolina
Emerald Isle
Salter Path
Macon Park
Wilmington
Stevenson All But Throws Hat In Ring
Adlai E. Stevenson indicated he would run for the Democratic presidential nomination next year though not yet formally. He outlined a campaign against Eisenhower, criticizing GOP shifts and urging decisive action on education health housing and highways while signaling a November formal announcement. Stevenson said he will decide in the party's best interests and discounted other potential nominees like Harriman Kefauver.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
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Gov
Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harriman
Illinois
Boy Killed By Dogs In Anchorage Park
A 21 month old boy named Danny Betz of Birchwood Park was mauled and killed by a pack of dogs. His mother Lavelle Betz found him among snarling dogs. he died an hour later at a hospital with deep gashes reported by the hospital.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Danny Betz
Birchwood Park
Lavelle Betz
Governors Seek Compromise Highway Plan
Governors at the 47th annual meeting seek a compromise highway program palatable to Congress after Eisenhower and Democrats differ on plans. They back quick road construction with varied funding ideas including five year plans and bond financing while pressing cooperation with Congress. Mental health concerns and Eisenhower's Geneva remarks also frame their discussions.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Britain
Roger Makins
Geneva
Makins
a_ resolutions committee
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey Democrat
Congress
William G. Stratton
Tinois Republican
Fred Hall
Kansas
Indiana
George M. Craig
Walter J. Kohee
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Connie Remains Weaker Yet Powers Along Carolina Coast
Hurricane Connie battered the Carolina coast with winds near 75 mph and 100 mph in the eye while waves swamped piers. Gusts reached 72 mph at Wilmington airport and 92 mph at Frying Pan Shoals as forecasters warned the storm remained highly dangerous and widespread flooding occurred.
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Wilmington
N. C
Carolina
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Seaboard
Virginia
Boston Weather Bureau
New England
Frying Pan Shoals
Cape Fear
Connie
Hodges Heads For Coast With Staff
Governor Hodges led a high level team toward the North Carolina coast to establish on the spot relief headquarters as a hurricane threat loomed. He traveled in his official car with A H Graham and was joined by Ed ward Scheidt and Col James R Smith later in the day. Adj Gen Manning called Wilmington National Guard units into active duty and about 80 guardsmen were set to deploy to Cape Fear Hotel in Wilmington.
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Hodges
Tar Heel
A. H. Graham
Edward Scheidt
James R. Smith
Adj
Manning
Wilmington National
New Tropical Storm Diane Forms in Atlantic Near San Juan
The Weather Bureau reports a tropical storm named Diane has formed about 400 miles northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico. It is moving west-northwest at 14 mph with winds 50 to 60 mph near the center and gales outward to 100 miles, and further intensification is expected in the next 24 hours.
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Fla
Diane
Atlantic
San Juan
P.R
Weather Bureau
Connie
U.S
Carolina
Wilmington
Puerto Rico
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