Six Children Die In Tenement House Fire
In Cleveland’s east side Negro district a two story tenement fire killed six children aged from 9 weeks to 6 years. Victims named William Murphy Jr Veronica Murphy Larry Murphy Ronald Cottrell Lever Grove and Perk Grove. Firefighters battled the blaze for about thirty minutes as Mrs Murphy described fleeing flames and smoke from the front porch. Fireman Eugene Geyton recovered the bodies after entering the bedroom filled with flames.
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Cleveland
East Side
William Murphy Jr
Veronica Murphy
Larry Murphy
Ronald Cottrell
Lever Grove
Perk Grove
Cottrell
Murphy
Ferdinand Boehmer
Ruby Murphy
Vicums
Grove
Larry
Eugene Geyton
Relief Money Mobilized for Northeast Flood Aid
Washington officials seek 80 to 100 million dollars for flood relief without a special session. Val Peterson reports quick surveys by eight agencies and Eisenhower may call a session if needed. Lt. Gen. Sturgis orders immediate mobilization of engineers to clear debris and restore facilities in the Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Northeast
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
White House
Eisenhower
Lawma
S. D. Sturgis Jr
Army Engineers
Ft. Belvoir
New England
Budget Bureau
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Office of Defense Mobilization
Small Business Administration
Peterson
Salt Water Invasion Kills Fish in Northeast North Carolina
Hurricanes Diane pushed ocean water into freshwater streams in northeast North Carolina killing thousands of fish including bream pike bass and some flounder due to low oxygen. Dead fish weights up to five or six pounds were noted by District Game Warden Lester Pierce.
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Elizabeth City
N.C
North Carolina
Lester Pierce
Diane
Pierce
U.S. Highway 7
Houers
Hatteras
Investensers
France recalls 60000 reservists to bolster North Africa forces
France summoned 60,000 reservists aged 23 to 24 to boost troops in Morocco and Algeria amid weekend nationalist uprisings that reportedly killed about 2,000. Premier Faure and President Coty rushed to Paris for crisis talks as cleanup operations continued and political tensions rose over Moroccan policy.
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Paris
France
Morocco
Algeria
Edgar Faure
Rene Coty
Defense Ministry
Faure
Aix Les Bains
Coty
Rambouflet
Anmed
French North Africa
Ben Moulay Arafa
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Mediterranean
Foreign Legion
West Africa
Atlas Mountains
Gastonville
Constantine
Philippeville
Mississippi names new governor in Democratic runoff
Atty. Gen. J. P. Coleman led with 204,397 votes to Paul B. Johnson's notched from 1,707 of 1,850 precincts in Mississippi in yesterday's Democratic primary runoff. Coleman, 41, a 6 foot 5 former farm boy, will succeed Gov. Hugh White and become the party's November nominee.
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Coleman
Johnson
Supreme Court
Secring
Mississippi
Hugh White
White
Negel
Regu
Seer
Gulf Oon
Heavy Rains in East N C Cause Flood Concerns and One Death
Heavy rains across eastern North Carolina brought flooding in several counties, with Smithfield reporting 8.32 inches and Fayetteville and Manchester each receiving over four inches. McKinley Smith, 53, drowned at an underpass in Smithfield. Neuse River levels rose at Smithfield and Goldsboro, with flood stages near or above thresholds. Weather officials warned of possible minor rises and ongoing high river levels through the week.
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North Carolina
Smithfield
Raleigh - Durham
McKinley Smith
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Fayetteville
Manchester
Cumberland County
Weather Bureau
Goldsboro
Kinston
Cape Fear
Tar River
Tarboro
Roanoke
Jap Physician Questions U S Statement On Bikini Victim
Tokyo reports Dr Kazuo Kiyohi of Tokyo University challenges U S Defense view that jaundice from blood transfusions caused fisherman Aikichi Kuboyama’s death last October. Autopsy showed radioactive liver and bone marrow in Kuboyama, linked to inhaled fallout from March 1946.
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Tokyot
Japan
Bikini
U S. Defense Department
Aikichi Kuboyama
Kazuo Kiyohi
Tokyo University
Kauboyama
U. S
Kuboyama
Berserk Airman Kills 3 at Manston Air Base
An American airman opened fire at Manston England, killing three and wounding six to eight others before dying by suicide. The gunman, Airman 2 C Napoleon Green of Chicago, seized a car, fled to a beach, and a subsequent shootout left him wounded. Victims included U S personnel, a RAF airman, and a British civilian woman. identifications list Nelson Gresham and Laurence Velquez among the Americans.
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Manston
England
South England
Bathes
U.S
Royal Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Washington
Napoleon Green
Tom Green
S. Langley Ave
Chicago
Lilly Ruth Green
Lilly Ruth
Napoleon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Airmarr 2
C. Nelson Gresham
Philadelphia
Laurence Velquez
Colorado
Velquez
RAF Corp
H. B. Grayer
Eisenhower vows peace crusade rejects Soviet injustices
President Eisenhower told the American Bar Association that a Geneva conference offers a chance for a peace based on justice and security. He warned that any peace accepting Soviet wrongs is unacceptable and urged defenders of liberty to follow John Marshall’s constitutional legacy.
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Philadelphia
Eisenhower
America
The
Bar Association
John Marshall
United States
Marshall
Crusader
Geneva
Eisenhower and Warren Attend ABA Meeting at Independence Hall
President Eisenhower and Chief Justice Earl Warren met with four lawyers in tents on Independence Mall as the American Bar Association marked its 78th annual meeting and John Marshall’s 200th birth anniversary. Senator Margaret Chase Smith urged protections for free press and fair trials amid court and retrial debates.
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Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Independence Hall
American Bar Assn
John Marshall
United States
Washington
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
ABA
Department of Justice
Congress
International
American Bar Association
Earl D. Eisenhower
LaGrange
Ill
Edgar N. Eisenhower
Tacoma
Wash
Proposals For Welfare Health Program Reassessed
Secretary Folsom said the Welfare Department will reexamine the legislative proposals Congress did not approve. He noted a new look at the health program created by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, including a federally backed voluntary health reinsurance plan. He stressed no conclusions yet and no commitment to keep or drop the proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Folsom
Welfare Department
Congress
Oveta Culp Hobby
Congressional push to harness H bomb for peace
Senate Atomic Energy Committee members Anderson and Price urged the Atomic Energy Commission to speed work on controlled thermonuclear fusion. They cited Geneva’s atoms for peace conference as impetus and noted secrecy surrounding U S programs, while Hinshaw Holifield and Strauss assessed progress and rival advances by Russia and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Rep. Price
Dill
Geneva
Anderson
Russia
Great Britain
India
Price
AEC
Rep
Hinshaw
Rcalif
U.S
Lewis L. Strauss
Coun
Try
United States
Holifield
D-Calif
Eastern Leaf Marts To Open In Eastern Belt Markets
Big loads of flue cured tobacco moved to warehouse floors in preparation for opening sales tomorrow across 17 eastern markets. Phil Hedrick of the NC Department of Agriculture said buyers would be present, with expected prices around 52 to 53 dollars per hundred pounds, noting some leaf damage from recent hurricane rains amid a record crop estimate of 523 million pounds. Markets include Ahoskie Clinton Dunn Farmville Goldsboro Greenville Kinston Robersonville Rocky Mount Tarboro Smithfield Wallace Washington Wendell Williamston Wilson Windsor.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Georgia-Florida
Phil F Ledrick
Hedrick
Ahoskie
Clinton
Dunn
Farmville
Goldsboro
Greenville
Kinston
Robersonville
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Smithfield
Wallace
Washington
Wendell
Williamston
Wilson
Windsor
Judge Williams condemns NAACP and Klan in South Carolina
Federal Judge Ashton H. Williams urged elimination of the NAACP and the Ku Klux Klan from South Carolina in a case over Edisto Beach State Park desegregation. He warned against violence, recalled 1953 54 Klans prosecutions, and urged legal paths to desegregation while criticizing both organizations as obstacles to progress.
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Charleston
S.C
Ashton H. Williams
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Ku Klux Klan
South Carolina
Williams
Edisto Beach State Park
Here
KKK
NAACP
U.S. Supreme Rt
Kua Klux Klan
U.S. Supreme Court
Klan
Old Fort School Denies Negro Children Admission
In Old Fort North Carolina five Negro children were denied entry to the consolidated white school amid a 300 to 400 strong white crowd. Superintendent Melvin H. Taylor said principals were instructed not to enroll children regardless of race and that the board will not integrate this year. Joyner and the children left without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Fort
N.C
McDowell County
Melvin H. Taylor
McDowell Schools
Taylor
Albert Joyner
Richard
Norma Grenlee
Thurmond Greenlee
Thomas Lowder
Lucille Lowder
Audrey Logan
Theresa
James Bryson
Joyner
P. W. Greer
Greer
Board of Education
Ocracoke Gains First Step in Mainland Communication
Sen W Kerr Scott's office reports the FCC approved Carolina Telephone Co to use a high frequency radio circuit for calls between Ocracoke Island and the mainland, marking progress toward improved contact with the mainland.
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Raleigh
Ocracoke
Sen
W. Kerr Scott
FCC
Carolina Telephone Co
Fayetteville Flood Waters Recede After Heavy Rain
Fayetteville NC flood waters from the city lake and two creeks receded slowly as residents returned home. Several families were displaced and streets remained closed after heavy rain breached a lakeside bank. Workers with bulldozers patched up about 50 pounds of tobacco.
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Fayetteville
N.C
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