Living Costs Hit New Record Level In September
The government reports September living costs rose three tenths of a percent to 117.1 percent of the 1947-49 base, a new record above July and August levels. Wages rise for about 300,000 workers in industries including GE plants, with take home pay reaching new highs at $66.65 for no dependents and $71.04 for a worker with a wife and two children.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Eisenhower
General Electric Co
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eisenhower Begins New York Campaign Tour
President Eisenhower starts a four hour train trip to New York to deliver a major speech at Madison Square Garden and press his theme that the Hydrogen bomb strengthens U S position for peace. He plans to rebut Adlai Stevenson on a world ban test and says the draft must continue. He will meet New York GOP leaders before returning to Washington.
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America
Madison Square Garden
NBC
Eisenhower
New York
Washington
Union Station
White House
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
U.S
Stevenson
Beverly Barr
Rochester
N.Y
Governors allocates highway surplus for three projects
Gov Hodges announced 1 percent of highway surplus funds dedicated to three projects: grading and right of way on U S 117 south of Greensboro costing 350000. bridge replacements in Alamance Caswell Guilford Orange and Rockingham counties costing 550000. and partial costs for about 15 miles of U S 4 from Deep River Bridge toward Siler City costing 600000. The balance remains 5695908. He supports giving county commissioners more control over secondary roads.
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Raleigh
Hodges
U.S. 117
Greensboro
Alamance
Caswell
Guilford
Orange
Rockingham
U.S
Deep River Bridge
Siler City
Gomulka Seeks New Structure In Polish Communism
In Warsaw Wladyslaw Gomulka leads Polish Communist party to build an independent structure after a Moscow backed revolt. Aims include economic reform youth participation and disclosure of party affairs with free elections. Gomulka to Moscow for talks amid mixed signals on Soviet withdrawal.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Communist Party
Moscow
Gomulka
Polish Communist Party
Central Committee
Politburo
Spanish Poet Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Juan Ramon Jimenez, 74, Spanish poet famed for his odes to a donkey, wins the 1956 Nobel prize for literature chosen by the Swedish Academy from about 30 candidates. The $38,000 award stems from Alfred Nobel's will. Jimenez, exiled from Spain since 1936, has lived across the Americas and now resides in Puerto Rico, where he teaches at the University of Puerto Rico and edits the campus newspaper.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Juan Ramon Jimenez
Swedish Academy of Letters
Alfred Nobel
Jiminez
Spain
United States
Puerto Rico
College of Humanities
University of Puerto Rico
Seven Killed In Air Collision In Midland Texas
A midair collision between an Air Force jet and a civilian plane caused a fiery crash in a residential Midland district. Seven people were killed including three in Bowie and two in Vashti, with one airman ejecting from the jet but failing to open his chute. Wreckage and bodies littered the area as homes were damaged and civilians faced destruction.
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Midland
Tex
Air Force
L. B. Martin
Dallas
Winfred R. Clement
Elizabeth
Cathy
Bowie
R. A. Saunders
Webb Air Force Base
Stevenson Heads West In Final Presidential Push
Adlai E. Stevenson outlines a tough campaign swing through Nassau and Westchester counties and the Bronx as he vows to beat Eisenhower. He blasts the Republican peace agenda and says the GOP runs on deceit while Kefauver backs his ticket. Approximately 36 000 hear or view his 12 hour day across 110 miles.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Nassau
Westchester
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Bronx
Nassa
Nixon
New Vanon
Soviet troop action could erode Moscow's influence in Asia and Middle East
U.S. officials argue Moscow's invasion of Hungary weakens the Soviet claim that Communist rule brings contentment and friendly ties with satellites. The Poles avoided direct Russian action after revolt, signaling Khrushchev's fear that Russian troops would destroy the myth of good Soviet relations and imperial benevolence.
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Washington
Russia
Hungary
South Asia
Middle East
Moscow
U.S
Europe
Poland
East Germany
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Germans Declares Hitler Dead in 1945 Suicide
Berlin officials announce Adolf Hitler dead after a verified suicide on April 30 1945 in the Fuehrer bunker. A 42 witness account corroborates that Hitler shot himself and his wife Eva Braun poisoned herself before their bodies were burned.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Reich Chancellery
Braunau
Inn
Austria
Berchesgaden Court
Bavarian
Ministry of Justice
Hitler
Heinz Lingé
Fuehrer
Otto Guensche
Eva Braun
Atomic fall out becomes radio active election issue
In a three part series, editor Alton L. Blakeslee explains how fall out from H-bomb tests shapes the presidential campaign. The piece covers what fall out is, how it harms humans, and how distant tests could affect Americans, highlighting scientific division and safety questions.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Reporter
New York
Pacific
Siberia
United States
Nagy May Ask Troop Recall
Premier Imre Nagy promised to negotiate with Moscow to withdraw occupation troops if rebels end their revolution. He urged students and workers to lay down arms, pledging that once order is restored the Soviet troops and air support would be recalled and negotiations begin to evacuate divisions.
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Vienna
Imre Nagy
Moscow
Nagy
Hungary
Russia
Budapest
Communist Party
Radio
Ernce Geroe
Belgrade
Acid Spill Damps Durango River Route
A trailer carrying 3000 gallons of sulphuric acid left the road and fell into the Animas River south of Durango. The driver escaped injury and water systems in Farmington and Aztec closed intakes to protect supplies downstream. Irrigation canals south of Durango were shut as a precaution.
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Durango
Colo. W
Animas
New Mexico
Farmington
N.M
Informing Citizens: A Guide to Key Local Issues
This note urges readers to stay informed about community concerns. It highlights the value of public awareness and civic engagement, encouraging residents to learn about ongoing debates, policies, and local developments for informed participation.
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Danube
Buda
Pest
Tito
Yugoslavia
Romania
Chivu Stoica
Romanian Communist Party
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
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