Floods raise toll as Northeast reels from disaster
Rescue crews counted 186 dead with the tally rising toward 200 as Pennsylvania and Connecticut reported as many as 130 missing. Floods damaged homes, factories, and bridges across multiple states while emergency aid, antiviar, and dry ice were flown in to sustain survivors.
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Rhode Island
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French Plan to Expand Morrocan Self Rule Triggers Violence
French troops and Foreign Legionnaires battled rebels in Morocco and Algeria after a bloody weekend with about 1000 deaths in North Africa. Tank and air attacks hit Oued Zem as Aix les Bains talks on wider governability began, while fires burned in Marrakesh and coastal cities stayed tense. The casualty tally varied, with reports ranging from 800 to over 1300, official counts incomplete due to disrupted communications.
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Reds to Return Injured Airman and Captain Body
North Korea agreed at a Sunday armistice meeting to return U S Air Force 2nd Lt. Guy H. Bumpass of Jackson Mississippi and the body of Capt. Charles W. Brown of West Louisville Kentucky near Korisal in the neutral zone. Major General Harlan C. Parks warned that cross border flights could trigger allied artillery action. The Communists said Bumpass had a cracked skull but was conscious with a normal appetite.
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Miss
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South Korea
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Portugal Defies India's Goa Sovereignty Claim
Foreign Minister Paulo Cunha declares Portugal will not consider ceding Goa. He says Portugal seeks neighborly talks with India on mutual issues but refuses any transfer of sovereignty after 450 years of Portuguese rule.
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Death of General Duval Amid North African Uprisings
Reports from Algiers confirm General Raymond Duval, commander in chief of French forces in Morocco, died in an airplane crash as France struggles to quell nationalist uprisings across its North African empire. In Wisconsin, 83 year old Esther Moglowsky of Milwaukee was killed when her car collided with another on Highway 141 near the Mil waukee Ozaukee county line. five others injured, hospitalized in good condition.
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Egyptian officer killed as clash hits Gaza border post
Cairo reports one Egyptian army officer killed four soldiers wounded and unspecified Israeli casualties after a two hour clash at a border outpost in eastern Gaza.
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Gaza
Benson hails Soviet farm visitors as ambassadors of peace
Secretary Benson praised the visiting Soviet farm chiefs as ambassadors of peace and urged applying American agricultural advances to Soviet farms. He framed free enterprise as key, noting U.S. harvests could be richer with mutual trust and understanding, while acknowledging differences from government controlled farming.
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Benson
America
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Soviet Union
Bandits Hold Up Schultz Brothers Dime Store
Two men robbed the Schultz Brothers Dime Store in Lake Geneva and fled with 560 dollars after forcing manager Royce Schutte at gunpoint into his office tied him with a belt and gagged him with a canvas bag. Clerk Judy Hansen alerted help, but the bandits had left before police arrived.
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Wisconsin Rapids dedicates Jackston Street Bridge over Wisconsin River
The Jackston Street Bridge over the Wisconsin River was dedicated Saturday with about 1,500 people in attendance. Mayor Nels Justeson and Rep. Melvin Laird spoke at the ceremony amid a large community turnout.
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Chicagoan Drowns at Twin Lakes
A 19 month old Chicago girl Beverly Van Dale drowned at Twin Lakes near Lake Elizabeth manor subdivision. She toppled from a pier into about two feet of water around 11:35 a.m. Rescuers and two physicians failed to revive her. Coroner William Raven and deputies investigated. a man mowing nearby was present.
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State Fair Milk Stand Booms Amid Heat
Milwaukee reports scorching weather boosting sales at the Wisconsin state fair dairy stand. By Sunday noon the stand had dispensed 400 gallons as dairies restocked after a Saturday night rush when a record 930 gallons were consumed.
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Helicopters Prove Worth in Floods Across Pennsylvania
In Stroudsburg and surrounding towns, Army Navy Marine and Coast Guard helicopters delivered food medical supplies rescued the living recovered the dead and transported teams. Many pilots are Korean War veterans. They airlifted 180 to 200 children from two camps and even moved a mother and newborn from a church to a hospital.
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Weather records: Wisconsin end heat wave with cooler air
The city and state endured a fourth day of extreme heat with 97 degrees at the lakefront treatment plant and a statewide high of 103 at La Crosse. Madison hit 101, matching August records, while readings in Milwaukee Lone Rock and Green Bay marked the hottest Aug 21 on record. Temperatures were 75 at the plant and 80 downtown by noon with a 58-65 night low and 80-85 high forecast. Pollen count reached 180.
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Lake Ships In Mishaps
A freighter hit a rowboat with three men aboard off Round Island in Lake Superior. Search crews scoured for the missing men while another collision between the Cason J. Callaway and B. F. Jones occurred in the St. Marys River. One crewman sustained a dislocated shoulder. both freighters took on water and prepared for repairs.
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Three Die as Kohinoor Coal Breaker Collapses in Shenandoah
Three men were killed and eight injured when the 100 foot high Kohinoor coal breaker's steel frame collapsed at the southwestern end of Shenandoah Pennsylvania, an anthracite community, today.
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Eisenhower to Survey Flood Areas By Air From Hartford
President Eisenhower will fly a six state aerial inspection of eastern hurricane and flood damage Tuesday. He will meet with Harriman and six state governors in Hartford after arriving from Denver and appeal for Red Cross relief contributions.
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Secret session by six nations in Geneva
The United States Britain France and Russia led a secret urgent conference with Canada and Czechoslovakia to study technical steps to make the atomic age safer for mankind. The meeting, convened as delegates left Geneva after the Atoms For Peace conference, was held under unusual secrecy.
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Beloit Officials Resume Talks Tuesday At Fairbanks Morse
Officials of Fairbanks Morse and Co. and the CIO United Steel Workers agreed to resume negotiations at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The meeting was announced Sunday as more than 3,000 Local 1533 USW-CIO members remain on strike after wage bargaining collapsed August 13.
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