Eisenhower Signals Active Campaign Role in 1956 Bid
President Eisenhower is likely to be actively involved in the 1956 campaign whether or not he seeks re election. Aides say he aims to guide the GOP along dynamic conservatism and discussed campaign plans with party leaders during a Denver meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Congress
Rep
Richard Simpson
Pennsylvania
House
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
James C. Hagerty
Augusta National Club
Georgia
John S. Doud
Cherry Hills Country Club
Old Belt Opening Considered For Tobacco Markets
The North Carolina Virginia Old Belt plan delays opening to Sept 6 due to congestion and buyer certainty. North Carolina Sandhills markets will open Sept 6 as scheduled, while Middle Belt markets Oxford Henderson Durham Warrenton Louisburg begin a 52 hour selling day. Elevating price trends noted with Eastern Belt gains and South Carolina declines. Stabilization Corp took about 23 percent of gross sales under the price support program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleighp
Bright Belt Warehouse
Assamet
North Carolina-Virginia
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Middle Belt Warehouse Assn
Fred S. Royster
Henderson
Bright Belt Warehouse Assn
Sandhills
Oxford
Durham
Warrenton
Louisburg
Federal State Market News Service
South Carolina
Stabilization Corp
Suport
Slaying Probe Requested in Till Case
Mississippi and Illinois governors called for a full investigation into the killing of 14 year old Emmett Till, following his whistling at a white woman in Money Mississippi. Roy Bryant and J W Milam are jailed on kidnapping and murder charges as efforts focus on justice.
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Greenwood
Miss
Mississippi
Ilinois
Chicago
Emmitt Louis Till
Delta
Young Till
Tallahatchie River
Hugh White
William Stratton
Richard J. Daley
Leflore
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Bryant
Till
Moses Wright
Emmitt
Wheeler Parker
Alton
Maurice Wright
Parker
U S Clamps Lid On Hungarian Activities
The United States ordered the Hungarian legation in Washington to cease information activities outside the legation and stop publications distribution and film exhibits. The move followed complaints of harassment by Hungarian police in Budapest and reported arrests or disappearances of 12 Hungarian legation employees.
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Washington
United States
Legation
Budapest
Dulles
New Hungary
Amrican Legation
L.S
Hodges Accepts Cruise Invitation on North Carolina Tour
Governor Hodges accepted an invitation from Asheboro industrialist John Whitford to join a yacht cruise from New Bern down the Neuse to Morehead City tomorrow night. He will attend a dinner Sunday at the Eastern Carolina Yacht Club in New Bern and speak at Battleboro’s eighth annual volunteer fire department supper this evening before vacation on the coast and a return to Raleigh next Thursday.
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Raleigh
Gov
Hodges
John Whitford
Asheboro
New Bern
Neuse
Morehead City
Eastern Carolina Yacht Club
Battleboro
Britain moves to ease Russian fears on disarmament control
In UN talks Britain reassures Russia that proposed disarmament inspection teams will be non spying and tightly controlled. Anthony Nutting cited as offering early stage limits and staged confidence building as the subcommittee resumes after a week of closed talks. The Russians remain silent on Eisenhower blueprint exchange.
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United Nations
N. Y
Britain
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Soviet Union
Anthony Nutting
Eisenhower
One Border Incident Amid Gaza Fighting Tensions
Tense border clashes continue near Yad Mordechai as Egypt claims casualties from Khan Yunis raids. Israel accepts UN cease fire terms conditional on Egyptian attacks ending, while both sides report varying losses and no Cairo response yet.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Tel Aviv
Yad Mordechai
Gaza Strip
Cairo
Egypt
L. M. Burns
Truce Supervisory Commission
United States
Britain
Burns
Gaza
Khan Yunis
Voice of Israel Radio
Heat Tragedy Rises as California Sizzles Across Regions
Record heat grips Southern California with 110 in Los Angeles and 120 in Tujunga, blamed for four deaths and 57 heat prostrations. Fires burn, farms lose thousands of poultry, and offices close as waters rise and flames threaten homes and property.
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Los Angeles
Tujunga
Mojave
San Dimas
Here
Bellflower
San Diego
Farm Bureau
Warren Hooper
Santa Monica
Torrance
Clifford Hollis Ince
Glendale
Juared Petra
Highland Park
Charles Harris
Elma Gale
Dan O’brien
Westwood
Trudeau Firing Reported by New York Daily News
The New York Daily News reports President Eisenhower removed Maj. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau as Army G-2 in a move backed by Allen Dulles with John Foster Dulles. Trudeau, 54, was replaced by Maj. Gen. Ridgely Gaither as preparations for a Far East assignment proceed. Col. Stanley Grogan denies knowledge of the transfer.
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New York
New York Daily News
Eisenhower
Arthur G. Trudeau
Army Intelligence
Allen Dulles
Naval Intelligence Agency
Washington
John O'Donnell
Trudeau
Eisena
Tata
Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air
John Foster Dulles
Dis Sant
Stanley Gragan
CIA
Dulles
Ridgely Gaither
18Th Airborne Corps
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Pentagon
Far East
Truedeau
Grogan
Germany
Adenauer
Central Intelligence Agency
Army Information
Maxwell D. Taylor
Strike Ends as AMC Signs UAW Pact in First of Little Three
American Motors Corp joins CIO UAW settlement, ending a midnight strike. The pact delays layoff pay by one year and starts a trust fund September 15, 1956, with benefits to begin a year later. Wage increases total about 14 cents an hour in year one, with further raises in 1956 and 1957.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
AMC
Nash
Hudson Motor Car Co
Woodcock
UAW
Edward L. Cushman
Studebaker Continues Negotiations With UAW
In South Bend Indiana officials at the Studebaker plant planned to continue contract talks with the CIO United Auto Workers after a recent strike vote. The contract expired Wednesday night and unauthorized walkouts caused delays before talks resumed with no stated stalemate. The plant employs about 9,000 workers and last faced a formal strike during the Knights of Labor era.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Knights of Labor
Peron Gains Stronger Power With State of Siege Decree
Argentina faces heightened control as Congress approves a state of siege for Buenos Aires. President Peron to sign, expanding emergency powers to detain suspects without trial while constitutional guarantees suspend. Opposition Radical deputies denounce the measures amid protests.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
all-Peronista Senate
Peron
Secessful Navy
Argen
House of Deputies
Angel Enrique Peralta
pro-Peron General Confederation of the
CGT
Siece
Radical Party
Santiago Carlos Fassi
Senators Probe Fort Worth Gangland Killings
A Senate Narcotics Investigating Subcommittee pursues links between a rash of gangland killings and international drug traffic. Fort Worth Sheriff Harlon Wright ties victims Leroy Eggleston Cecil Green and Edell Evans to dope prostitution and gambling, with each moving into others' turf. Eggleston’s body was found in a well after a shotgun blast. The panel plans stops in New Orleans Houston San Antonio Dallas and Fort Worth around mid October.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Senate
Tarrant County
Harlon Wright
Wright
Leroy Eggleston
Cecil Green
Edell Evans
Eggleston
Here
Ede Evans
Green
New Orleans
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Sen
Price Daniel
D-Tex
Evans
William P. Clark
Clark
West Germans Move to Curb Inflation with Price Cuts
Bonn plans aim to halt a wage price spiral by lowering prices and holding wages. Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard urged labor and management to favor cheaper imports and wage restraint, proposing trade liberalization and a four item "every man's export program" to curb price rises.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Britain Studies Atomic Power Growth Plans
Sir John Cockcroft announced at the British Association that 16 atomic power stations will be built to supply electricity, with Calder Hall near completion and Dounreay under construction. He said coal savings of eight million tons annually within 10 years, rising to forty million by 20 years, will result. Calder Hall uses uranium heated gas to drive a boiler and generator, while Dounreay aims for a more advanced design producing excess nuclear material for reuse and will be online in about four years.
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Bristol
England
Sir John Cockcroft
Britain
Atomic Energy Authority
British Assn
Calder Hall
Cockcroft
Dounteay
Scotland
Dounreay
Search for Kidnapper Continues in Charleston Area
Police pursue a man accused of kidnapping Charleston Mayor William Morrison's son Earl Morrison and a girl. The boy was released near Charleston and the girl later at Folly Beach. Authorities say the girl is under medical care and declined comment on possible molestation.
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Charleston
William Morrison
Earl Morrison
Morrison
Folly Beach
Marion J. Schwartz
West Ernie Avenue
Elmer
Trigger) Burke
New York
Ottage
Coe
Guilford Residents Press Guilford School on Integration
Thirtyfour white Guilford College residents petition school leaders to admit Negro pupils from the district. They urge immediate action to avoid Litigation and urge the local school committee to consider Negro applicants when they apply. The letter was addressed to David Hodgin, chair of the Guilford School Committee, with copies to the County Board of Education.
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Greensboro
Guilford College
Guilford School
North Carolina
David Hodgin
Guilford
Her County
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Gen. Trudeau
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