New York Gripped by Connie Hurricane Sidelash
Hurricane Connie lashed New York City with 67 mph winds and up to 13 inches of rain at Idlewild, causing 11 storm deaths and widespread flooding. Traffic halted, power cut for 165000 customers, and airports canceled dozens of flights as emergency crews battled rising waters and submerged streets.
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Bayside
Queens
New York City
James Devlin
New York
Sherwvon
Weather Bureau
Ernest J. Christie
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
New York Central
New Haven
Central
Albany
Chicago
Boston
Mott Haven
Bronx
la Guardia
Idlewild
Staten Island
Elizabeth
N. J
New York Tele Co
Erie
New York Harbor
Averell Harriman
Is Sands Point
Long Island
Nassau County Police
High Point Hosiery Strike Near End As Vote Planned
Union delegates set a 2 PM vote on a proposed contract at the union hall 108% E Washington St as UTWA official Radford Cope predicts the striking workers will return to work Monday. Management signs indicate willingness to bargain further if needed, with discussions centering on wages and piece-rate inequities.
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Robert Marks
High Point
Washington St
Radford
Cope
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
Sheraton
UTWA
Melrose Hosiery
U S Scientists Outline Atomic Power Plant Concepts
At the Geneva conference two American researchers presented plans for advanced atomic plants aimed at future electric power at or near coal costs. Clark Williams described a liquid metal fuel reactor targeting 210000 kilowatts and about 7.8 mills per kilowatt hour, while P F Gast discussed a graphite moderated nuclear plant intended for large scale output and similar economic goals.
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Geneva
Clark Williams
Brookhaven National Laboratory
N. Y
United States
Williams
P. F. Gast
General Electric
Hanford, Wash
It & Plant
Connie's Death Toll Tops Forty One as Connie Deluges North East
Hurricane Connie moved through Pennsylvania and New York causing widespread floods and millions in damage. The Middle Atlantic death toll rose to 38 with 5 missing. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland recorded multiple fatalities including an 11 dead yachting tragedy in Chesapeake Bay.
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Connie
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Here
New York State
Caribbean
Chesapeake Bay
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washin
Richmond
Lantic Seaboard
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Maryland
No Agreement In Sight On Geneva Talks
In Geneva the United States and Peiping negotiators held a 1 hour 45 minute sixth meeting but made no headway on freeing 41 Americans held in Communist China. Talks resume Tuesday to decide return of nationals, with China pressing India as a third party to screen Chinese in the United States. The U.S. rejects this as recognition of Chinese jurisdiction over Americans.
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Geneva
United States
Peiping
China
Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Wang Ping-nan
Red Chin
Poland
India
Red China
U.S
America
Sweden Welcomes Miss Universe Hillevi Rombin Back
Miss Universe Hillevi Rombin arrived in Stockholm with an excited welcome from her family and friends. She plans to resume dramatic school and film work on a six month option in Hollywood.
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Stockholm
Hillevi Rombin
Sweden
Hollywood
Tearful Embraces Mark Reunion For Il Flier
Eleven U S fliers freed after 32 months in Red China return home. Capt Eugene J Vandi of Clayton New York and Capt John Buck of Armathwaite Tennessee greet families as Air Force planes land. Others reunite with wives, parents, and siblings at bases in New York Nashville Sioux Falls Akron Bolling and Orange Virginia.
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Associated Press
U.S
Red China
Air Force
Eugene J. Vandi
Clayton
N.Y
Mary Elizabeth
Griffiths Air Force Base
Vandi
Nashville
Tenn
John Buck
Armathwaite
Noah Buck
Harry Benjamin Jr
Sioux Falls
Worthington, Minn
William H. Baum
Baumer
Hurley
Orange, Va
North Carolina Hurricane Connie Declared Major Disaster
President Eisenhower declared coastal North Carolina a major disaster area after Hurricane Connie, enabling federal relief for damages including utilities highways and private property. Gov Hodges sought up to 10 million dollars. preliminary estimates exceed 3.5 million with higher totals possible as surveys continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
North Carolina
Connie
White House
Gettysburg
Hodges
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Raleigh
New Bern
Craig L. Earnhardt
Neuse
Trent River
Hazel
Thomas H. Goodman
Atlanta
Wilmington
Carteret County
Morehead City
Atlantic Beach
W. R. Bloxton
Adj
Johning
Na’ ‘i
Red Cross Accepting Family Appeals After Connie
The Red Cross began taking applications in the Carolinas for emergency aid to families harmed by Hurricane Connie. Surveys show applications will be lighter than last October's Hazel. Local chapters collect requests for emergency maintenance and home furnishings restoration as survey teams report water damage, not wind, as the main cause.
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Associated Press
Red Cross
Carolinas
Hame
Western Allies Skeptical Over Soviet Army Cut
Washington reports say the United States and its Western allies welcomed Moscow's pledge to cut 640000 Russian armed forces by December 15 but doubt verification and fear the move pressures the West to shrink its own forces. Some experts suspect genuine cuts to free men for farming and industry despite strategic concerns.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Geneva
Hurricane Diane Near Bermuda as It Maintains Westward Path
The Weather Bureau issued an advisory noting hurricane Diane centered near 27.3N 64.6W about 960 miles east of Vero Beach moving west to west north west at 10 mph with 115 mph winds. Gales stretch 300 miles north and east and 150 miles southwest. shipping urged to take caution as the storm tracks toward Bermuda by early tomorrow.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Diane
Vero Beach
Fra
Middle Atlantic
North Carolina
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Bermuda
Schmidt's Wife Prefers Second Hobby in Nevada City
Una Schmidt Fine, 20, may not return to airman Daniel C. Schmidt after his 32 months in a Chinese prison. She had married Alford Fine, 21, last September while Schmidt was believed dead. Schmidt returned home to California and met Una with her attorney Berliner, hinting future talks if a meeting occurs.
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Una Schmidt Fine
Daniel, Jr
Nevada City
Calif
Daniel C. Schmidt
Schmidt
China
Korea
Una
Alford Fine
Manila
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