Connie Leaves Wide Path Along North Carolina Coast
Storm Connie roared up the North Carolina coast forcing evacuations and leaving extensive damage from Morehead City to Wilmington. At Atlantic Beach and Topsail Beach shelters opened as coastline piers and cottages suffered, while Red Cross counted over 14,000 displaced across 79 shelters along the Carolina shore.
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Connie
South Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Morehead City
Coast Guard
Atlantic Beach
Newport
Topsail Beach
Wilmington
Southport
Harry Sell
Emerald Isle
Camp Morehead
New Bern
Neuse
Ambassador Peurifoy and son killed in Thai crash
U S Ambassador John E Peurifoy 48 and his nine year old son Daniel died when their Ford Thunderbird collided head on with a truck on a narrow bridge south of Bangkok near Hua Hin. His other son Clinton 14 was critically injured. The diplomat who helped settle Guatemala's 1954 civil war and served in Greece and Washington was on a ten day holiday with his wife Betty Jane.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U. S
John E. Peurifoy
Guatemala
Peurifoy
Daniel
Clinton
Hua Hin
Gulf of Siam
Greece
Senate
Bur
Washington
Betty Jane
Airmen Winging Homeward From Pacific a Welcome Return
Eleven U S airmen freed after 32 months in Red China prisons return from Asia. They flew from Hawaii to Travis AFB and will reach homes soon after a Waikiki holiday and a lead flight with Col. John Knox Arnold Jr. The group includes Capt. Elmer F. Llewellyn Capt. John W Buck Airman John W Thompson III Maj William H Baumer and others from Alabama to Oregon.
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San Francisco
U.S
Pacific
Red China
Travis Air Force Base
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
California
North Sorea
China
Alabama
Oregon
Hong Kong
Daniel C. Schmidt
Una
Alford Fine
Mexico
Fine
Waikiki Beach
Arnold
Waikiki Biltmore Hotel
Elmer F. Lilewellyn
John W. Buck
John W. Thompson III
Schmidt
John Vandi
Harry M. Benjamin Jr
Wallace L. Brown
William H. Baumer
Llewellyn
Buck
Howard W. Brown
Steven E
Kiba
Governors To Discuss Highways At Conference
The Resolutions Committee of the 47th Governors Conference agreed to a proposal urging Congress to expand federal highway funding while avoiding tax hike details. The plan backs state cooperation in a larger highway program and lauds Eisenhower without outlining a specific plan.
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Chicago
Congress
Resolutions
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Gore
D-Tefn
House
Diane Reaches Full Strength of Hurricane
Miami advisory reports Hurricane Diane has reached hurricane intensity centered about 1,150 miles east of Miami with 80 to 90 mph winds. The storm is expected to move northwest to north-northwest at 10 to 12 mph over the next day as it grows larger and stronger.
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
Delaware
Provincetown
Mass
Connie
Diane
Miami
Gordon Dunn
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
Red Cross
Carolina
Fla
Miami Weather Bureau
Youngsville Bank Robbers Hit Small North Carolina Town
Two gunmen robbed the Youngsville branch of the Durham Bank & Trust Co. of about $3,000 at 11:30 a.m. as residents watched. The FBI in Charlotte said agents assisted the investigation in Franklin County.
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Youngsville
N.C
Durham Bank & Trust Co
Franklin County
U.S. 1
Durham
Raleigh
FBI
Charlotte
South Korean Riots Escalate After Truce Inspectors Demand
A South Korean was killed and two others wounded as rioting intensified over President Syngman Rhee demand that pro Communist truce inspectors leave by Saturday midnight. Rhee questioned U N plans and pressed U S troops to curb demonstrators amid Mutual Security commitments.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
U S Guard Fires From Ship In Inchon Harbor Incident
An 8th Army spokesman said a U S soldier guarding a ship in Inchon harbor fired his carbine at three Koreans in a boat during a probe of attempted milk theft. Korea's police reported casualties and mass demonstrations followed as 100,000 students planned protests.
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MNSC
South Korea
8Th Army
U. S
Inchon Harbor
U. S. Army
Wolmi Island
NNSC
U.S. Army
Inchon
Wolms
UNSC
National Defense Youth Co
Japan set to restrict cotton imports to curb U S Canada protests
Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports Tokyo will impose strict measures on Japanese cotton goods exports to the United States and Canada to address protests from U S and Canadian manufacturers. An export reserve fund system would curb rebates and restrict margins, with a Monday meeting of leading exporters to discuss steps amid pending GATT considerations. Japan's 1955 U S cotton purchases reached 800000 bales valued at 160 million dollars.
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Tokyo
Japan
The
Nihon
Keizai Shimbun
United States
Canada
U.S
Sion
Nihon Keizai
Panner
Assn
Toronto
Indonesia
Hurricane Warnings Reposted As Connie 2 Moves North
Warnings were reposted along the northeast coast from Virginia Capes to Delaware Breakwater as Connie 2 advances. The storm dumped heavy rain in New York and New Jersey, caused floods and power outages, and led to at least five deaths. Metro New York faced four inches of rain and transportation disruptions as warnings extended toward southeastern Delaware and Maryland late today.
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New York
Virginia Capes
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Washington Weather Bureau
Baltimore Weather Bureau
Maryland Seaboard
Newark
N. J
New York City
Boston
Long Island Rail Road
Cies
Nassau
Suffolk
Westchester
Governor Hodges Heads Up Coast In Connie's Aftermath
Governor Hodges toured the North Carolina coast from Wilmington to Morehead City as Hurricane Connie battered the shore. He ordered National Guard units into coaststricken areas, sent patrol boats on the Inland Waterway, and warned against looting while pledging state aid for rebuilding. More than 250 Guardsmen and additional highway patrol officers were mobilized.
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Morehead City
N.C
Hodges
North Carolina
Wilmington
Connie
Jacksonville
Raleigh
Coast Guard
Adj
John Hall Manning
National Guard
Stricks
Kenneth M. Corbett
Bluebenthal Field
Wilemington
Gen. Manning
295Th Field Artillery
Washington
Beaufort County
Pamlico
295Th Fie
Kinston
Top Sail Beach
1 AAA
Shallotte
Brunswick County
150Th Aaa
Wiles Mington
Col. Corbett
State Highway Patrol
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Associated Press
Hazel
Eye
Morehead
Eastern Seaboard
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Albemarle
Pamlico Sounds
Cherry Point
Kure Beach
Weather Bureau
Rhee
L. L. Lemnitzer
United Nations
Lemnitzer
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Panmunjom
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
Little Liz
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