Reds Threaten Island Invasion On Quemoy
Reds threaten invasion of Nationalist held Quemoy within ten days as Radio Peiping says garrison is cut off from reinforcements. Officials note U S warnings and ongoing artillery fire between island defenders and mainland. Authorities in Taipei check IDs as the Formosa garrison tightens internal security. Fire kills 56 miners in a Polish coal mine in Warsaw reported by ADN.
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East Germany
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Miss U S A 57 to Be Teacher at South High
Salt Lake City report: Charlotte Sheffield Miss United States 1957 begins a teaching career next week as speech and dramatic arts instructor at South High School. She rejected several show business offers to pursue teaching.
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Salt Lake City
Charlotte Sheffield
United States
South ‘High School
Sheffield
Long Beach pushes for faster freeway action in state plan
A 13 member Long Beach delegation urged the State Highway Commission in Sacramento to accelerate construction of the San Diego Freeway from Harbor Freeway to the Orange County line and to move quickly on acquiring right of way for the San Gabriel Freeway along the San Gabriel River. They argued Long Beach has been underrepresented in freeway funding and need immediate access to land for bridge and road connections.
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San Gabriel River
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Harry E. Ridings Jr
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Robert McClure
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Ridings
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Lonely Hearts con man and mother held for fraud
A 54 year old man and his 85 year old mother were detained in Bad Axe Michigan on Thursday as lonely hearts bandits after extracting about 20000 dollars from three Michigan widows. They used addresses in Danbury Connecticut New York City Lauderdale Florida and Battle Creek Michigan. They were arrested south of Bad Axe after collecting 8500 from Mrs. Sarah Myers 60 of Bad Axe. Myers grew suspicious and reported to police. They claimed the money was for future marriage and Florida living.
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Huron County
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Anna S. Smith
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Sarah Myers
Ane
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McBride
Wirs. Myers
Florida
$50 000 Winner Blasts TV Fix
Herbert Stempel of Queens says he was coached and given answers before appearing on NBCs 21 and ordered to miss a question. He won $50,000 before being eliminated by Charles Van Doren. Dist Atty Hogan reports no grand jury action yet and continues digging amid viewer anger over possible misrepresentations.
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New York World Telegram & Sun
New York Journal-American
Herbert Stempel
Queens
N. C
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Charles van Doren
Frank S. Hogan
No Action in Racial Dispute
The Supreme Court deferred ruling on seven Negro children’s bid for immediate admission to Little Rock Central High School. Chief Justice Warren announced oral arguments would be held again on Sept 11 to address legal issues, as the school opening was postponed to Sept 15.
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UPI
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Flaming Airliner Rescue In Minneapolis
Sixty two persons escaped a downed airliner in Minneapolis as rescuers battled flames. Authorities reported all survivors accounted for and casualties were limited to injuries. The incident prompted an emergency response and investigations into the cause.
Teenage suspect arrested in Torrance plane crash case
A 15 year old girl was shot and raped before a plane crash near Torrance. The runaway youth was captured about an hour later at Redondo Beach Esplanade. The Northwesh Cherry Air plane slid through a farm field after failing on takeoff, injuring many aboard. Forty nine people, including Magnuson and crew, were hospitalized.
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Threat of Silibuster saved the Supreme Court and censure
After a short visit police said Henderson brandished a .22 pistol and forced a girl into a bedroom. A 15 year old friend, Spencer Sedgwick, tried to intervene but Henderson pistol whipped him and fled with $3 from the girl and $8 from Sedgwick. A pistol found on Henderson led to his arrest. The girl, treated at Harbor General Hospital, is in critical condition. Sedgwick treated for a head laceration. Henderson was booked on rape robbery and attempted murder charges.
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Harbor General Hospital
Young Sedgwick
Torrance
Atlas Intercontinental Missile Completes 3000 Mile Test
Cape Canaveral reports an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile traveled 3000 miles in a completely successful trial since Thursday night. The 85 foot missile launched at 11 30 p m with all three engines burning and carried a new radio command guidance system.
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Daisy North Eastward Hurricane Threat To New England
Hurricane Daisy veered toward the New England coast with gale warnings from Portland Maine to Provincetown Massachusetts and Block Island to the Virginia Capes. The center moved northeast at about 18 mph with winds near 125 mph. Daisy could bring 2 to 8 foot tides and Nantucket Island was expected to feel its effects around noon. The Red Cross sent 43 disaster workers, and President Eisenhower postponed a Newport trip to reassess Weather Bureau forecasts.
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Weather Bureau
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New England
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Provincetown
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Block Island
R.I
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Nantucket Island
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