Fifteen Nations Join Suez Canal Users Association
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd announced the formal inauguration of SCUA after fifteen nations decided to join. The 18 nation conference created three expert committees to organize the body, handle operations with Egyptian authorities, and set up a common fund for a secretariat and headquarters.
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London
Selwyn Lloyd
Rome
Lisbon
Lloyd
Britain
Australia
Denmark
France
West Germany
Iran
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United States
United Kingdom
Norway
Panama
Liberia
Belgium
SCUA
Egypt
Russia
New York
U.N. Security Council
Nasser
U.S
Dulles
Suez
London Observer
Traffic Deaths Rise in August Nationwide
The National Safety Council reports August traffic deaths rose 2 percent to 3,600, part of a 19th straight monthly increase. For January–August 1956 totals reach 25,350, up 8 percent from 1955, with the all-time toll record cited at 39,969 in 1941 and 24,457 for eight months in 1937.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Clash Within Communist Ranks at Yalta Talks
Belgrade sources report an ideological clash among Soviet, Yugoslav, and Hungarian leaders at Yalta. Erno Gero joined Tito and Khrushchev with Bulganin at a Crimea gathering seen as a Kremlin power struggle. Tass reported Geroe's arrival without comment, prompting debate over policy toward Stalinism and satellite countries.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Yalta
Hungary
Erno Geroe
Tito
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Budapest
Police Clear Way For Negro Mother In Henderson
Police opened a path through a crowd of about 100 for Margaret Clancy as she delivered four Negro students to Weaverton Elementary School amid a county wide school integration boycott. Principal Felix Trader reported 460 students attended, nearly double last week. Sheriff Lee Williams and a city cruiser cleared the exit as protesters shouted for action. The county school board planned a meeting at 1 p.m. to discuss recent developments and the White Citizens Council leadership announced resignations.
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Henderson
Weaverton
Felix Trader
Margaret Clancy
Lee Williams
C. B. West
Rayburn Sugg, Jr
Rudy Walker
Sugg
Walker
Cochairmen
White Citizens Council
Henderer
Henderson County
Eisenhower Attacks Stevenson Over Inflation Cost Plans
President Eisenhower criticizes Adlai Stevenson on inflation costs and labor policy while outlining GOP gains in living costs, a balanced budget, and national debt reduction. Stevenson unveils California campaign plans and debates draft removal and nuclear tests, with a broader eastern swing and coalition meetings in Morristown Newark and Jersey City.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
California
Wractaen Ceratac
USLCL
New York
Pennsylvania
Stevenson
Oakland
Richmond
Berkeley
Fresno
Long Beach
San Digeo
Great Falls
Mont
Boise
Idaho
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Minneapolis
Eisenhower
Dulles Opens Talks on Iceland Bases
Secretary of State Dulles begins talks with Icelandic Foreign Minister Emil Jonsson on whether U S troops stay at Keflavik in a potential compromise amid Icelandic demands for withdrawal. The session also addresses Suez cooperation and Yugoslavia aid tied to Eisenhower’s decisions.
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Dulles
Iceland
Washington
United States
Emil Jonsson
U.S
America
North Atlantic
Jonsson
North Atlantic Alliance
Keflavik
Suez Canal
United Nations
Selwyn Lloyd
U.N
Suez
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Eisenhower
Congress
John J. Muccio
U.S. Minster
State Dulles
Victor Purse
Celand
U. S
Red China marks seventh anniversary of Communist government
Hong Kong reports Red China celebrations for the seventh anniversary of the Peiping government. Half a million marched in the rain before Mao and leaders at the eighth party congress. Peng Teh-huai warned imperialists over Taiwan and Egypt while praising world peace forces. Sukarno and Nepal’s Acharya attended. Overseas Chinese groups joined in, with Hong Kong posters displaying China’s economic progress. Mad’s portrait was absent per campaign rules.
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Hong Kong
Red
Red Army
Peng
Taiwan
Formoa
Egypt
Mao
Sukarno
Prasad Acharya
Nepal
Peiping Radio
Southeast Asia
China
Mad
Plane crashes at London Airport on homecoming from New Zealand
A secret Delta-wing bomber exploded in fog at London Airport as dignitaries greeted its return from New Zealand and Australia. Four bodies were recovered, survivors include Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst and Squadron Leader D R Howard who survived a 300-foot fall aided by parachutes.
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London
Britain
New Zealand
Harry Broadhurst
D. R. Howard
No.7
Broadhurst
Howard
A. V. Roe Co
Australia
Bolshoi Ballet
Moscow
Royal Air Force
RAF
TVA Profit Rises With 3.9 Percent Return On Power Facilities
TVA reports net profit of 53.9 million dollars for the year ended June 30, 1956, up from 47.9 million in 1955. Total power revenues reached 221.6 million, aided by 125 million from federal agencies, 69.9 million from municipalities and cooperatives, and 7.7 million from private industry.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
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Ike
Mamie
Cleveland
Ohio
Buckeye
Cleveland Terminal
C. William O'Neill
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Nancy
National Airport
Atlai
Lexington
University of Kentucky Coliseum
Kentucky
White House
Minnesota
Oregon
Eisenhow
James A. Finnegan
Wilson W. Wyatt
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Matt McCloskey
Sen
Morristown
N.J
Robert Meyner
Newark
Jersey City
Livy
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