Runaway lumber truck slams into train killing five in West Newton
A runaway lumber truck roared down a steep hill, smashed into a moving Baltimore and Ohio train near West Newton, killing the driver Claude Brandt and four others. Nine freight cars derailed, explosives aboard some cars were present but did not explode, and damage neared one million dollars as investigators probe brake failure.
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Baltimore & Ohio RR
Newton
West Newton
Baltimore and Ohio
Claude Brandt
Warrenton
N.C
Casale
Deak Aversee Contes
Sheryl Rose
Sheryl
Campaign Techniques Revised as Eisenhower Affects 1956 Races
In Washington Eisenhower’s illness prompts Republican strategy shifts for 1956 House races. GOP chairman Richard M. Simpson says campaigns proceed but tail-rider support may vanish. committee plans district tailored efforts, with less backing for weak candidates as 203 GOP seats versus 231 Democrats.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Richard M. Simpson
Pennsylvania
GOP
Congressional Campaign Committee
Simpson
Wholesale Food Prices Fall Sharply As Index Drops
New York reports the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index sliding to $6.17 this week, the lowest since August 30, with a broad list of items down. Flour, wheat, corn, rye, oats, bellies, lard and many others declined, while barley, hams, butter, sugar, milk and currants rose.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Tropical Disease Expert Dr Thomas T Mackie Dies
Dr. Thomas T Mackie aged 60 a noted tropical disease specialist who advised many government agencies died at his Westport Connecticut home after a heart attack two weeks ago He had recently urged Surinam to establish an international center for tropical medicine in Paramaribo He taught at Columbia Cornell and Wake Forest and consulted for the War Department State Department National Research Council Public Health Service and Veterans Administration He was to tour Europe with his wife and Hartford leaders two days before planned trip in Europe
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Westport
Conn
Thomas T. Mackie
Mackie
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
Caribbean
Paramaribo
Columbia
Cornell
Wake Forest
New York
Secretary of War
State Department
National Research Council
U.S. Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
Helen Warnock Mackie
Europe
Edward N. Allen
Hartford
Allen
Connecticut
Atlanta, Ga
Flooded Wichita Falls Sees 22-Foot River Crest Ahead
More rain worsens flood danger as Wichita Falls endures 150 blocks inundated and 500 residents evacuated. River expected to crest over 22 feet with bridges washed out and farmland under water. health risks rise and aid pours in.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Wichita River
Red Cross
Cattle County
Hackberry
Dumont
Grow
Chalk
Sneedville
Sheppard Air Force Base
Austin
Houston H. Terry
Report of deadly clash at New Castle strike site rumors of one death
Eight shot during a large sympathy demonstration outside the Perfect Circle foundry in New Castle Indiana as police fired on nonstriking workers and demonstrators. The unrest followed firings amid a two month strike with National Labor relations actions and state police deployment underway.
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New Castle
Ind
Perect Circle Corp. Foundry
Piston Ring
Ingersoll Steel
Borg-Warner Corp
Perfect Circle
UAW
Hagerstown
Richmond
Indiana
Carl Batchfield
Sam Selke
Cecil
George N. Craig
Horace Coats
Craig
National Guard
Miami
American Legion Committee
Harold Handley
Handley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Robert Dillon
Indiana State Police
E. J. Kucela
Indianapolis
CIO
United Auto Workers
Dillon
More
Eisenhower Doctors Report Excellent Night Amid Recovery
President Eisenhower's medical bulletin from Fitzsimons Army Hospital says he had an excellent night and is progressing satisfactorily with no complications. Mrs. Eisenhower relaxed with a motion picture, and her sister Mrs. Gordon Moore arrived for her birthday as a morale boost arrives with a color photo of grandson David Eisenhower.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Gordon Moore
Washington
John S. Doud
Moore
Doud
David Eisenhower
David
Rocky Mountain
Franco in strong health despite Times report
Spanish government sources deny the Times of London claim that Generalissimo Franco is to have a prostate operation. They say he is in excellent health and spirits in Barcelona.
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Barcelona
Spain
Generalissimo Franco
Times of London
Body Reported In River After Tanker Crashes Into Draw Bridge
Police report a body floating near the Ashley River draw bridge after the tanker Fort Fetterman struck the west span and grounded. It is unclear if the body relates to the crash, which disrupted no major river traffic but affected West Ashley commuters on U S Highway 17.
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Charleston
8. C
Ashley River
Fort Fetterman
West Ashley
Summerville
Knight To Head Delegates Knight To Head Delegates
Governor Goodwin Knight announced plans to lead California's delegation to the 1956 Republican National Convention even if it sparks a fight with Vice President Richard Nixon. He pledged an independent delegation, potentially a favorite son effort if Eisenhower bowes out, and noted no talk of a Knowland commitment. The California GOP will decide the presidential nominee during the year.
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Sacramento
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Knight
Nixon
New York
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Delega
Moroccan Guerrillas Attack French Posts in Riff
In the rugged Riff Mountains the fifth day of guerrilla attacks against French forces continued with Moroccans hurt by a sharp object. The clashes near Fez threaten Edgar Faure's coalition as nationalist leader Mohammed Lyazidi warns reforms may slow or fail.
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Rabat
French
Morocco
Riff Mountains
Paris
Edgar Faure
Mohammed Lyazidi
Faure
Lyazidi
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Tangier
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin
Boyer de Latour
Fez
Two Car Collision Kills Six in North Carolina
Highway patrol investigates a head on two car crash on U S Highway 421 near Staley North Carolina killing six people and injuring one. Victims include Essie Alston and relatives in one car and Alice Stamper and her daughter in the other. Alfred Runyon of Switzer West Virginia in critical condition. No witnesses reported.
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Staley
N.C
Essie Alston
Rachel
Elroy
Junior Moore
Alice Stamper
Ft. Bragg
Freda Jean
Alfred Runyon
Switzer
W.va
Runyon
Chatham Memorial Hospital
Siler City
W. R. McClure
U.S
McClure
Stamper
Black Picture Painted of Flooded Tampico
A U S Navy relief mission reports a dire Tampico flood aftermath with hundreds awaiting rescue. Helicopters from the Saiipan aided evacuations as floods worsen from Janet with thousands homeless and a rising death toll feared across eastern Mexico and Sonora.
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Tampico
Mexico City
U.S. Navy
Gulf Coast
M. E. Miles
15Th Naval District
Panama
Aid Sought For Northern Industry
The New England Governors Textile Committee urges more federal aid for New England industry after Hurricane Jem. Harvard economist Seymour E. Harris releases a memorandum calling for tax and loan relief for storm damaged businesses, flood control funding, and low cost flood insurance. The memo argues current relief measures are insufficient and seeks broader emergency financial tools for textiles and related industries.
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Cambridge
Mass
New England
Governors
Defense Mobilization
Arthur S. Flemming
Harvard
Seymour E. Harris
Flemming
Newsprint Price Hike Predicted by Bowater Chief
Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater, chairman of Bowater Papers Ltd., warned that newsprint costs have risen and prices may increase in the foreseeable future. Bowater’s Calhoun mill invests four million dollars to produce pulp from local hardwoods as part of expansion plans, while a potential five million dollar wall board mill in Calhoun awaits testing.
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New York
Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater
Bowater Papers Ltd
London
Eric
Calhoun
Tenn
Bowaters Southern Paper Corp
Southern Pine
Bowaters Southern
Sir Eric
Florida
United States
Assn
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Martha C. McConnell
William Ross
Emily Peternel
William McManus
Conneliisville
Lloyd Mauk
Civil Defense Auxiliary
Mark
Ross
Pittsburgh
B&o
Cumberland
Howard E. Thomas
Hittl
Liz
Enue
Ike
Puebla
Janet
Pahuatlan
Sajipan
Panuco
Qadr. R. F. Lyons
Sonora
Yaqui
Hermosillo
Jose Healy
Imparcial
Plano Oriente
Pueblo Yaqui
Ciudadepec
Ciudad Obregon
Oit
Mexico
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