Politician Defends Eisenhower Policies Against Stevenson Critique
Senator Hickenlooper argues Democrats will attack Eisenhower foreign policy next year. He defends the administration after Adlai Stevenson criticized the policy as a bluff and backdown, noting allied support and peace efforts. Stevenson cites Formosa and farm policy while pressing for critique.
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Nixon Pressures Mount for 1956 Run
Vice President Nixon asserts broad GOP optimism that Eisenhower will seek reelection. He notes health and leadership strength, critiques McCarthy as a divisive force, and cites state chairmen meeting to map 1956 strategy. He also comments on Stevenson Harriman Kefauver race prospects.
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Toll of Labor Day crashes tops 423 nationwide
The Associated Press reports 423 people died in traffic crashes during the three day Labor Day weekend, with 80 drowning deaths and 88 other accidents, totaling 591 across the country. States listed include California, New York, Texas, Ohio, and Illinois among others.
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Surge in U S new car sales as August nears record pace
Detroit report from Automotive News cites dealers nationwide buying a late summer boom in new car sales. August shows a surge over July, with 600,000 plus annual pace and shrinking profits as dealers slash delivered prices to move stock.
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Pioneer Pilot Ed Newkirk Buried in Sumter
Capt Ed Newkirk a pioneer barnstorming pilot in the Carolinas during the 1920s was buried in Sumter S.C. He died Sunday at Long Beach New York age 50 a native of Winston Salem N C He was assigned to Mitchell Field AFB as an employee of Fairchild Aircraft Engine Co The widow and one daughter survive
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National Merit Scholarship Corp Forms Huge Program
Chicago announces the largest independent college scholarship effort in U.S. history with 200 million dollars in initial funds. The National Merit Scholarship Corp will conduct a nationwide high school talent search and allocate funds to colleges chosen by winners. Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corp. support, with ten million for four year national merit scholarships and eight million to match donor gifts over ten years.
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Shaky Peace Maintained Amid Gaza Border Clashes
Israel and Egypt traded fire near Gaza with 2 Israelis killed and 1 captured after a patrol entered Egyptian held territory. Egypt reported no casualties. U N armistice commission said both sides violated the 1948 accord in the Aug 22 incident and talks stalled.
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Storm Gladys Strikes Mexico City Floods City and Surrounding Areas
Tropical storm Gladys veered from Texas toward Mexico causing the worst floods in Mexico City in recent history. About 40,000 families affected as heavy rains, power outages, and floods hit Tampico and northern coast. In Mexico City four square miles underwater, 3,000 stranded, two children dead, five missing.
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Convicted Killer Coffin Tricks Jail Break with Soap Gun
In Quebec, convict Wilbert Coffin, sentenced to hang for the 1953 murder of Richard Lindsey, escaped jail early today aided by a soap carved gun. He escorted seven guards, rode a taxi toward the Quebec Bridge, and returned to Maher’s home before surrendering after about 1% hours of freedom.
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Six Women Included In Red China Move
Geneva report: China informs the United States that nine American civilians detained in China are now free to return home. Among them six women, with two others able to depart on exit permits and a third to leave within two to three months. The list includes Emma Barry, Ralph Sharples Boyd, Juanita Huang, Robert Parker, Howard Lischke Ricks and spouse, Eva Dugay, Nadesha Romanoff and Irene Romanoff, plus Bishop Edward Walsh and Peter Huizer. The talks, ongoing since Aug. 1, aim to free 41 Americans.
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Charles Sydney Miner
Truman Attacks GOP After Detroit Labor Day March
Former President Harry S. Truman blasted the Republican administration during a Labor Day event in Detroit. He urged AFL CIO union members backing the Democratic candidate in 1956, criticized Taft Hartley Act, praised the merger of unions led by Meany and Reuther, and noted his reluctance to run again.
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Civilian Hopkins Questioned Over Citizenship Claim
Berlin civil case centers on Frederick Charles Hopkins a civilian handed over by the Soviets after seven years in labor camps. U S officials say his changing stories raise doubts about his true citizenship while he and Pvt Stephen Fields a Bayside New York man face potential desertion charges.
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Ike Calls Physical Conference On Youth Fitness
President Eisenhower called a conference at Lowry Air Force Base on September 27 28 to chart ways to improve physical fitness among American youth. About 80 participants from sports education and government will attend with Nixon present. The event follows a July White House luncheon urging action after a shift toward spectatorship and concerns over juvenile delinquency and draft fitness.
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Lowry Air Force Base
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Planarian Worms Found in Alaska Evidence on Ancient Land Links
The Smithsonian Institution reports discovery of planarian worms in Alaska by Dr. Roman Kenk, indicating Asia and North America were joined long ago. The primitive creatures suggest Siberia Alaska land connections during the ice age and Alaska may have been ice free then.
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