United States asks UN to discuss Siberia plane shootdown
The United States brought a Siberia air incident before the UN Security Council. A U S Navy Neptune patrol aircraft was shot down by Soviet jets near international waters. nine crewmen were rescued, one died. US protest labeled the attack wanton and unprovoked as Moscow denied wrongdoing. The U S and Soviet notes followed.
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Russia
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State Department
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Atsugi
Japan
Ernest Louis Pinkevich
U.S. to Increase Air Power in Europe via Unit Rotations
The United States announces a plan to rotate tactical Air Force units for temporary tours in Europe to test mobility and provide crew experience. The program will mirror Strategic Air Command practices, expanding presence with several squads overseas to sustain vigilant air strength in the European theater.
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England
Eisenhower Shows Openness on Peaceful Atom Pool
President Eisenhower signaled openness to Soviet participation in a broad atomic energy cooperation plan while moving ahead without Russia. An aide named Britain France Canada South Africa and Australia among likely participants as the United States seeks peaceful use and spread of atomic technology.
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Creator of Mutt, Jeff Comic Dies
Bud Fisher, 69, creator of the Mutt and Jeff comic strip, died in Roosevelt Hospital of cancer. Born Harry Conway Fisher in Chicago on April 3, 1885, he began the strip for the San Francisco Chronicle in 1907 and built a long career as a leading cartoonist under contract with William Randolph Hearst.
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Buffalo Bob of TV Suffers Heart Attack
Bob Smith, 36 known as Buffalo Bob on the Howdy Doody show, is reported in good condition at New Rochelle Hospital after a heart attack. He was under treatment as the story notes.
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Buffalo Bob
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Gas Fumes Blamed For 25 Deaths At Shannon Crash
In Shannon Ireland the coroner's inquest into a Dutch KLM airliner disaster heard 25 of 28 victims in the cabin died from asphyxiation due to gas fumes. One survivor later died from crash injuries. Names include Caroline Platt of New York and Elizabeth Snyder credited with preventing a larger explosion.
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William Flynn
Adriaan Viruly
Elizabeth Snyder
New York
Flying Boxcars Sent to France by 18th Air Force
In Greenville South Carolina Maj. Gen. Robert W. Douglass Jr. announced two 18th Air Force troop carrier wings will send Cu9 Flying Boxcars to France for a temporary airlift mission under United States Air Force Europe. Sabrejet wings of the 5th Air Force will rotate to squadron to France to airlift personnel supplies and equipment.
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Hurricane Alert Seen For South Florida
A hurricane alert looms for south Florida as a tropical storm in the Atlantic strengthens to 85 mph. Miami weather chief Grady Norton said a hurricane hunter plane flew into the system this morning and data will guide the alert decision. The storm was about 500 miles east-southeast of Miami moving west-northwest at 12 mph with center near Watling Island in the Bahamas.
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Castillo Armas to let Arbenz leave Guatemala
A Foreign Ministry source said President Carlos Castillo Armas will permit ex-president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman and regime leaders to depart soon. Exit permits had been issued for Arbenz and wife and for other officials and Communists taking refuge in Latin American embassies after the ouster in June.
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Flanders level new charges against McCarthy over forgery
Senator Flanders charges McCarthy with covering up forgery and weaponizing FBI material from Ft Monmouth. He questions who doctored the FBI memo used in Army hearings. The Watkins committee and its counsel face calls to testify as a public hearing ends amid protest from McCarthy’s lawyer.
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Mississippi Legislators Gather for Historic Special Session
Mississippi legislators met in Jackson for a special session aimed at preserving racial segregation in public schools. The proposed constitutional amendment would abolish public schools either statewide by two thirds vote or locally by county and district option. LEAC Leaders rejected immediate committee of the whole consideration to avoid charges of steamroll.
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Ture
al Education
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Guilford County to Study Consolidated School System
Guilford County Commissioners unanimously authorize an Institute of Government study to evaluate merging Greensboro High Point and county school units into a single countywide system with a countywide tax rate and a countywide board of education. Officials seek cooperation from teachers principals and superintendents for data.
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Aew
Mixed Classes Open In Baltimore
Mixed classes were opened in Baltimore public schools where integration faced delays in exact figures. Officials said enrollments would be mixed and available in several days as districts adjusted to the policy.
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Secret SEATO talks approve eight nations pact articles
Manila reports two more SEATO treaty articles approved in secret talks with a reliable source saying eight nations may sign by Wednesday. Delegates adopted an article on mutual aid and self help while nations push for concrete economic stability measures and regional inclusion for Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.
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Labor Day Weekend Traffic Toll Drops to Lowest Since 1949
The Associated Press reports traffic fatalities over the Labor Day weekend fell to 527 390 with drownings 91 and miscellaneous 79, the lowest three day toll for the holiday since 1949 though overall deaths remain tragically high per Ned H Dearborn National Safety Council.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Ike to Award Medals of Honor to Two Infantry Heroes
President Eisenhower announced the Medal of Honor presentation to two members of the Army’s 3833rd unit in Denver. The ceremony marks the 70th Korean War veteran to receive the nation’s highest service award, following a routine annual physical.
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Benjamin Medical Corps
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Mize
Labor Day Heat Bakes North Carolina Readings
Central North Carolina reports Labor Day temperatures near 100 degrees with Charlotte Raleigh and other cities reaching 103 to 104. Ashevile and Wilmington show lower highs while interior areas expected to cool tomorrow. Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with possible scattered showers in western and northern mountains today and tomorrow.
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