Eisenhower and David Enrich Fishing at Fraser Ranch
President Eisenhower and his grandson David arrived at a Fraser Colorado ranch to fish a stocked pond created by local friend Aksel Nielsen. The two plan to stay through Sunday and return to Denver, with a warm Fraser welcome and a lighthearted election quip from a local elder noted.
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Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
David
Denver Sumener
White House
Continental Divide
Estes Park
President
Aksel Nielsen
Denver
Nielsen
Charles Clayton
St. Louis
John S. Doud
Ft. Belvoir
Washington
Diane Fades as It Bores North Toward Virginia
Hurricane Diane weakens to gusts near 74 mph after striking the North Carolina coast. The storm edges inland toward Virginia with heavy rains and high tides. coastal regions evacuate beach towns as officials report light damage and preparatory warnings continue.
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Kure Beach
Here
Connie
Diane
William Glover
He ci Grad Beach
Ee High Ter Sound Ceepe
Lseeeat
Wrightsville Beach
Ocean Ridge
Atlantic Beach
Holden Beach
Brunswick County
E. H. Gray
Little River
S. C
Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
E.S.T
Raleigh
Virginia
Luther Hodges
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Carolinas
Carolina Beach
Southport
N.C
Bureau
Coasta
Myrtle Beach
National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Windy Hill
Crescent Beach
Oceean Drive
Cherry Grove
East Cherry Grove
Pawley’s
Pawley
Hodges
Ffice
Heide Trask
Morehead City
Holden
Carolina
Washington flood conditions critical as towns evacuate
In Washington North Carolina three fourths of the town was under water with riverfront areas 4 to 6 feet deep. National Guard trucks and about 250 troops were deployed to aid in evacuation as Pamlico River rose further and Hurricane Diane worsened the flood. Water now threatens homes and stores near the river and highway 17 traffic is halted.
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Washington, N. C
Bill Anegounis
WRRF
Pamlico River
Main St
Connie
Diane
Raleigh
Edward F. Griffin
Civil Defense
John Hall Manning
National Guard
Ft. Bragg
Washington
Greenville
Pactolus
Anegounis
Pamlico
WRAF
Highway 17
W. R. Bloxton
D. T. Lambert
State Highway Patrol
Maj. Lambert
Burke Named New Chief of Navy in Historic Ceremony
Adm. Arleigh A. Burke succeeds Adm. Robert B. Carney as chief of naval operations at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. The transition features 17 gun salutes and a Navy-wide emphasis on nuclear propulsion while Hurricane Diane disrupted plans to swear in aboard a carrier. Burke, 53, rose to fame in World War II and becomes one of the youngest CNOs. Carney is 60.
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Annapolis
Navy
Robert B. Carney
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Naval Academy
Carney
Burke
Washington
Cnos
Norfolk
Academy
Thomas
Cerney
South Pacific
Adm
William Halsey
Gallagher Trial May End Today
The court martial of Sgt. James C. Gallagher, 23, accused of collaborating with Reds and murdering three fellow prisoners in North Korea, nears its close as his defense testimony concludes. He denies the killings and says earlier testimony misrepresented him, claiming camp dislike and favor with captors influenced impressions. Prosecution rebuttals follow, including Marine Set. Troy Williford who testifies Gallagher left his squad for a month at Chinese regimental headquarters in a voluntary study group.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Reds
North Korea
Brooklyn
Marine Set
Troy Williford
Norfolk
Gallagher
Indians Move On Goa Amid Nonviolent Invasion March
Eight hundred Indian National Congress demonstrators trudged toward Goa as a border clash loomed. Police killings earlier this week prompted a 3,000-strong Belgaum rally with Praja Socialist members leading a plan to enter the Portuguese enclave.
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Belgaum
India
Goa
Calcutta
Goa Liberation Committee
Banda
Praja Socialist Party
Belgium
All-Party
Indian Communist Party
Portugal
Kluckhohn Plans To Enter Appeal
Richard Kluckhohn 21 of Evanston Illinois plans to appeal his involuntary manslaughter conviction from Wake Superior Court. Attorneys Fulton and Manning will file August 29 with Solicitor Chalmers an assignment of errors and transcript testi mony for review by the North Carolina Supreme Court. If no objections arise the case will be docketed in October.
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Raleigh
Richard Kluckhohn
Harvard University
State Supreme Court
Kluckhohn
Evanston
Wake Superior Court
Bernice Seawell
Arlington
Charles L. Fulton
Howard Manning
Lester Chalmers
Chalmers
Fulton
Supreme Court
Nike Missile Becomes First Line of U S Air Defense
Nike the supersonic anti aircraft guided missile is ready to act as the nation’s first defense line against enemy air attack. Produced at Charlotte North Carolina and other sites it is manned by Lt. William Henschel and 8 officers with 101 enlisted at Battery B of the 86th AAA Missile Battalion.
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Chicago
Nike
Charlotte
N. C
William Henschel
Chicago-Gary
Henschel
86Th Aaa Missile Battalion
Skokie
United States
One of 10 Most Wanted Men Nabbed in Pa
Charles Falzone a 42 year old fugitive on the FBI 10 most wanted list was captured in New Bedford near New Castle Pennsylvania ending an eight year manhunt. He used the alias James LaVelle since 1947 and faced a Tonawanda robbery warrant. Falzone did not resist arrest and was found with a large cache of firearms.
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New Castle
FBI
Charles Falzone
Falzone
New Bedford
James LaVelle
Tonawanda
Pittsburgh
Rock Hurling Injures American Officer On Korean Causeway
South Koreans attacked a U.S. Army convoy near Inchon and Wolmi Island injuring Lt. Wayne N. Hansen in a rock barrage as protestors tried to block supply trucks to Wolmi. The incident underscores tensions around the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission and protests against Czech and Polish members.
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Seoul
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Wayne N. Hansen
Augusta
U.S. Army
Inchon
Wolmi Island
Hansen Sust
NNSC
Wolmi
L. L. Lemnitzer
U.N
Far East
Tokyo
Lemnitzer
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
UNSC
George Sweers
Associated Press
Causeway
Sweers
Harriman Calls Farm Policies Biased Toward Processors
Oneonta New York Governor Averell Harriman charged federal farm policies favor processors over farmers. Speaking to dairy men he warned of continued farm income weakness and urged national action. He contrasted current farm strain with era of general prosperity and cautioned against complacency.
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Oneonta
N.Y
Averell Harriman
America
Harriman
Eisenhower
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