Thomasville imposes 15 gallon water ration and tax hike
Thomasville city council in emergency session imposed a citywide 15 gallon per day water limit for individuals and ordered industry cuts as the drought threatens the water supply. A 50 percent tax increase on water bills will fund emergency filtration equipment as authorities seek a solution with Army Engineers and Civil Defense officials.
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Gene Amown
Thomasville
Cay Oe
Army
Mrp
Aovertere
Equipmen
Civic
Saabeaneee
Stevenson Nixon clash over criticism at Hollywood Bowl
Vice President Nixon and Adlai Stevenson clashed after Stevenson’s broadside against the Eisenhower administration. Stevenson predicted Democrats could gain control of the House and Senate, pointing to a nationwide swing. The exchange followed Stevenson’s speech at a Hollywood Bowl rally hours after Nixon’s Albuquerque remarks.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Adlsi Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ariz
Albuquerque
N.M
House
Senate
Hollywood Bowl
Warren Harding
Subversives Ousted From Federal Workforce Rise to 1743
The Eisenhower administration reports 1743 federal workers fired or who resigned with subversive data in their files as of June 30, under the 8 (A) security program. The total separations under the program reach 6929, with Defense Department figures added later.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Eisenhower
Nixon
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eisenhower Security
Defense Department
Forest Fire Roars Unchecked In Person County
A major forest fire blazed out of control in southeast Person County, North Carolina, burning about 780 acres of private timberland since Friday and threatening homes as winds pushed the blaze north from the Mount Tirzah area. Residents dug firelines as forester W. KR. Kiser noted no county fire district yet to deploy forest rangers.
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Roxboro Y
Person County
Piedmont North Carolina
Mount Tirzah
W. KR. Kiser
Chapel District Forester
Bowles Refuses Records in Delaware Subpoena
Milford Delaware Bryant Bowles under arrest on conspiring to break education law refuses to hand over financial records to the state attorney general. He says records will be turned over only to an authorized court and cites impracticality of furnishing records from chartered groups across states. Subpoenas were issued by Attorney General H Albert Young to the National Association for the Advancement of White People to disclose finances and operations.
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Milford
Del
Bryant Bowles
Delaware
Bowles
Atty
H. Albert Young
National Assn. For the Advancement of White People
NAAWP
Young
Jackson Memorial Rites Slated for Justice Robert Jackson
Washington brief memorial services were planned by the Supreme Court for Justice Robert H. Jackson who died of a heart attack at 62. He served 21 years in the capital, 13 as a Supreme Court justice, and earlier argued for New Deal legislation as solicitor general. He later led the U.S. prosecution at the War Crimes trials of major Nazis.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Capital
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Flood Rains Paralyze Chicago Region With Flood Threat
Chicago and northern Illinois and Indiana faced widespread flooding after a weekend of torrential rains. A state of emergency was declared around Hammond Indiana, Gov Stratton ordered a flood survey, and National Guardsmen were alerted. Hundreds of families were displaced, thousands of homes flooded, trains halted, and city utilities strained as waters rose and the Chicago River flowed backward at times. Damages were unofficially estimated near ten million dollars as relief crews worked throughout the crisis.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Hammond
Ind
William G. Stratton
Hammond-Gary
Union Station
Coast Guard
Red Cross
Great Lakes
Fatemi Sentenced To Death By Hanging
In Tehran a military court sentenced former Foreign Minister Hossein Fatemi to death for attempting to overthrow Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi after Mossadegh fled the country. Two Mossadegh advisers Ali Shayegan and Ahmad Rezavi received life terms. all plan appeals.
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Tehran
Iran
Hossein Fatemi
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ali Shayegan
Ahmad Rezavi
Fatemi
Mossadegh
Haiti Braces as Hurricane Hazel Threatens Caribbean Lands
Hurricane Hazel shifts course and could bring direct winds and heavy rainfall to Haiti, threatening Port au Prince and inland valleys. Meteorologists warn of potential floods and possible impacts on eastern Cuba, the Bahamas, and Florida if the storm resumes a northerly or northwest path.
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Miami
Haiti
Panola
Port Au Prince
Haitian Canal
Leonard Pardue
Miami Weather Bureau
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
U. S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Florida
Hamas
Bahamas
Kansas Integrates Its Schools
Topeka educational leaders report rapid integration of white and Negro elementary schools with 12 fully integrated and two partially integrated facilities, leaving five districts to complete the program. Cooperation has been calm and widespread, with no significant incidents cited. teachers and parents adapt smoothly as Kansas moves beyond a historic segregation pattern.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
South
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Ans Board of Education
Wendell Godwin
Grady Norton Buried Today
Private funeral services were held for Grady Norton the famous weatherman who provided 24 hour hurricane forecasts. Norton died after a stroke at age 60, as the eighth hurricane of the season roamed the Caribbean Sea. He had led the hurricane forecasting service in the Southeast since 1935. The Red Cross noted deaths fell from about 500 to five per season.
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Miami
Fla
Grady Norton
Western Hemisphere
Caribbean Sea
Norton
United States
Red Cross
FTC Fils Complaint Against New York Coffee Exchange
The FTC charges the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and related officers with unlawful coordination to restrain futures coffee trading and restrict buying and selling to Brazilian grades, aiming to curb price speculation seen in 1953 1954. The complaint, linked to an FTC market study, seeks a hearing and possible orders to cease the practices. Named New York officers include Israel Jr of Leon Israel & Bros John Prescott Farr & Co and G W Knauth of New York Sugar Refining Co all at major Wall Street addresses.
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Washington
The
Trade Commission
New York Coffee and Exchange
New York Coffee and Sugar Rye Inc
New York Coffee and Sugar Clearing Assn., Inc
FTC
Commission
Exchange
Clearing Association
New York
Coffee Exchange
United States
Com.in
Wall
Jamesall Street
Israel Jr
Eleven Sailors Survive Capsized Ore Carrier Belghwe Same
Norfolk reports describe two days afloat in shark infested seas after the 6000 ton Belghwe Same capsized off Cape Henry. Eleven survivors tell of brutal voyage as 37 sailors perished and Coast Guard investigates cause linked to shifting ore cargo. Remains of 12 recovered, 25 bodies missing or lost at sea.
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Norfolk
Seesapa
Valley Stream
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Tadio del Valle
Norkei
del Valle
Health Service
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