Polio cripple girl dies saving brother from house fire
Gertrude Saylors 10, crippled by polio, gave her life to save baby brother Billie Joe 2 when a fire swept their Poplar Bluff Missouri home. She dragged him through flames toward a light, then perished. Billie Joe survived with serious burns. Father Albert Saylors reported the rescue details.
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ST. Louis
Gertrude Saylors
Desloge Hospital
Billie Joe
Poplar Bluff
Albert Saylors
Gertrude
Saylors
Mrs. Saylors
Jack
George
Rosalie
Albertoe
Talbott Returns From Inspection Tour
Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott flew home from a seven day Far East inspection tour. He said the trip taught him a great deal and increased his respect for air forces in the field. He visited Japan Korea Okinawa and Formosa on the mission.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
United States
Far East
Talbott
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Formosa
Need For Low Cost Housing Labeled 'Big Challenge
Raymond M. Foley, retiring federal housing chief, called the need for low-cost homes for wage earners the big challenge facing housing and the Eisenhower administration. He urged continuing public housing while seeking less controversial methods, and noted FHA loans at 4.25% selling near par with no imminent rate changes. Foley praised gains in private-government collaboration and slum clearance remains harder due to LAND costs.
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Washington
Raymond M. Foley
Eisenhower
America
Foley
Albert M. Cole
Kan
Senate Banking Committee
Housing and Home Finance Agency
FHA
Bus Careens Into Pillar Of Underpass
A Greyhound bus traveling from Yuma to Los Angeles crashed into a concrete underpass pillar near dawn injuring 26 of 28 aboard, four critically. Driver Forrest Luther of Rivera, Calif., detained as investigators probe driving difficulty reports while witness Gale Fischer described the vehicle’s approach. Benjamin Hulbert, a soldier from Camp Roberts, was near death among the injured.
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Los Angeles
Greyhound
Benjamin L. Hulbert
Camp Roberts
Calif
Forrest Luther
Rivera
Luther
Yuma
Ariz
el Centro
Gale Fischer
Salinas
Lyman Ray Nelson
William Sherman
Saugus
Government aids cities to clear slums for new homes
A government official urged continued aid to cities and towns to clear blighted sites and permit the construction of new homes where slums once stood.
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Cated
Automobiles Tested Against Atomic Blast In Nevada Exhibit
More than a hundred cars will be exposed to a controlled nuclear blast near Las Vegas to study protection levels for everyday driving. Cars from 1946 to 1953 will be placed in clusters at varying distances with dummies inside to assess human risk while dealers may gain display opportunities if their vehicles survive.
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Las Vegas
New
Atomic Coevcy Commission
Alrea
Civil Defense Administration
J. Slaten Jenner
CDA
Charleston Park
Harold J. Moye
Newton
Mass
AEC
Here
Society of Automobile Engineers
Jenner
Eisenhower invites labor chairmen to White House meeting
President Eisenhower seeks advice on Hartley Act revisions and will meet at 8 30 A M with congressional leaders. The White House said he will confer with Sen H Alexander Smith and Rep Samuel K McConnell, chairs of the Senate and House Labor Committees.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House Labor Committee
White House
H. Alexander Smith
Samuel K. McConnell
House Labor Committees
Ontario Gate Hosts Majority of U S Visitors to Canada
About 60 percent of all U S visitors to Canada cross the border at Ontario, concentrating cross-border traffic at the province. This indicates Ontario remains the primary entry point for American travelers entering Canada.
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U. S
Canada
Ontario
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Wassily J. Stalin
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Cane Stalin
Labor Committee
Boone Coal & Fuel CO
English St
Virginian
Thurs
Civitans
Gay Gibson
Harlee
Bambury
Harllee
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