Flu Zigzags Across the United States In 1957 Crisis
The Asian flu swept the U S with over a million cases reported, hitting Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arizona and New York City hardest. Public health officials warned vaccines may be too late while hospitals and prisons faced outbreaks and staff overtime. In Arkansas Little Rock saw a school integration standoff as federal and state authorities clashed over nine black students. Tomorrow churches across the area plan a Day of prayer for a resolution.
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Associated Press
United States
U.S. Public Health Service
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Arizona
New York City
Egro Central High School
Tral High
Eisenhower
Orval Faubus
Arkansas National Guard
Faubus
Little Rock
Coer Ee
Sever
Hagerstown
Medical Lake
Wash
Florida
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South
Indiana
Oregon
Southern
North Carolina
Georgia
U.S. Russia Clash Over Middle East Raises War Fears
Washington and Moscow warned each other against widening conflict in the Middle East as Khrushchev’s Turkey remarks drew U.S. countermeasures under NATO. The American statement, cleared by Eisenhower, stressed vigilance against international communism amid tense Turkey Syria border developments.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Middle East
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Turkey
New York Times
North Atlantic
Tke
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Alliance
Syria
Toy Retailers In Something Of A Tizzy Over Sputnik
New York retailers rush to ride the Sputnik toy wave as Hess Brothers in Allentown switches plans for a space themed Christmas party and Gimbel Brothers touts exclusive satellite launcher. Newark and Bamberger’s report boom in binoculars telescopes and space related goods driven by the Soviet satellite sighting.
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Toy
Sputnik
New York
Santa Claus
Allentown
Hess Brothers
Allentown Fairgrounds
Gimbel Bros
Tomas Bamberger
Newark
N.J
Bamberger's
Arthur C. Clark
Arthur S. Locke
Footsteps Toward Eternal Life By R L Dieffenbacher
The article urges steady forward steps toward a godly goal, noting many move backward through temptation and detours. It emphasizes choosing a narrow, well marked path to eternal life under divine guidance and warns against shortcuts that lead to self destruction.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
God
Sputnik Progress Report Sets Pace Over Earth Orbit
Soviet authorities said Sputnik completes one orbit every 96.1 minutes and has covered over 20 million miles since launch last Friday. The craft continues on its steady path despite debris showers, with U S officials confirming passage over Washington and noting accompanying rocket stages.
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Washington
Russia
Sputnik
Moscow Radio
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Waitress Dies In Electric Chair For Six Poison Deaths
A 50-year-old waitress in Montgomery was executed for poisoning six people including her husband, three daughters, her mother, and a second husband. She died after a 2,200 volt electric chair, leaving a note requesting body donation for science to uncover why she killed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Belle Martin
Ronald Martin
James E. Folsom
Claude Martin
George Garrett
Emogene Garrett
Anna Carolyn Garrett
Ellyn Elizabeth Garrett
Mary Frances Gibbon
Taylor Gave Troop Riot Order Refuted by Brucker
Secretary Brucker released a letter stating General Maxwell D. Taylor issued a September directive to form four task groups and prepare civil disturbance training in the wake of Little Rock integration. The order was rescinded the next day amid Congressional uproar and misinterpretation concerns.
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Washington
Brucker
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army Chief of Staff
Tle Rock
Ark
Taylor
Vaa Aitline Divuslen
Libs Rock
Congress
Russell
Ft. Riley
Kan
1St Armored
Ft. Polk
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Ning, Ga
Coutt Dan
Homey Wills
Orce
Moonwatchers Spot Moving Light Over Cambridge
The Smithsonian Observatory caught only a brief glimpse of the satellite while New Haven moonwatchers reported two bright objects in the morning sky. Cambridge observers including Col Owen Clark and three moonwatchers saw a moving glow streak across the sky, though no telescope records were made.
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Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Institution
New Haven
Harvard College Observatory
Col
Owen Clark
Air Force
Moonwatch Project
David Chelmers
Brighton
Edward Walsh
Boston
Lawrence Chase
San Marino Communists Capitulate to Anti Communist Regime
San Marino’s Communist government surrendered its power to a rival anti Communist regime ending 12 years of red rule. The proclamation in the village square said the government had decided to give up its useless resistance as a sacrifice to the welfare of the state. The timing of the handover was not stated.
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San Marino
UN General Concerned Over Force In Korea Incidents
U S General Decker and Foreign Minister Cho protested to Washington as Korea’s National Assembly demanded recall of ambassador You Chan Yang after a claim that a killing was an isolated accident. Decker warned theft of gasoline and equipment from Army pipelines threatens security and criticized police near the truce line. An American soldier, Specialist 3 C Bailey, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a Kumchon killing, while the Air Force began pretrial probes into two airmen who wounded two Korean girls.
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Cho Chung Whan
State Department
National Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee Today
You Chan Yang
Washington
United States
Delker
Decker
U. S. 1St Corps
Raymond L. Bailey
Brownsburg
Ind
Kumchon
Bailey
Air Force
America
Court Order Sought To Bar Hosta
Washington attorneys for a rank and file Teamsters union group plan to seek a federal court order to bar a New York City faction from the union. They contest the Miami Beach convention that chose Hoffa and slate amid claims delegates were illegally handpicked to rig elections. Hoffa set to succeed Dave Beck as president amid Senate Rackets Committee probes and AFL CIO membership doubts.
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Washington
Teamsters
Arene Annexe Teamsters
New York City
Teamsters Union
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Beck
Senate
Afl-Cio
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Miami
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McMurdo Sound
Eucae
Suhrawardy
Pakistan
H. S. Suhrawardy
Ismail Chandrigar
Seoul
U. S
George H. Decker
U. N
Hosta
Jack Glasner
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