Eisenhower Opens 900 Million Flood Relief Loans
President Eisenhower authorized up to 900 million dollars in loans for reconstruction and defense industry restoration in six flood-ravaged Northeastern states. Army engineers report 1.6 billion dollars in damage. Sturgis warns of vast rehabilitation needs and flood-protection gaps nationwide.
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Eisenhower
Army Engineers
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Samuel D. Sturgis
Noah
Denver
Office of Defense Mobilization
Sturgis
Seaboard
Flying Debris From Bridge Demolition Kills Boy in Pennsylvania
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania a dynamited bridge abutment sent debris injuring six people including four children. Jon Keifer aged 16 died from the injuries while five others sustained injuries, police reported debris escaped a protective net during preparations for a new bridge over Pocono Creek.
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Stroudsburg
Jon Keifer
West Main Street
Pocono Creek
U S Seeks Veto-Free Agency For Atom Peace Program
The United States proposes a veto-free inter national atoms for peace agency run by a 16 nation board from the U N and specialized bodies. It would oversee nuclear material donations, sales at cost, and information exchange while allowing all members to join the agency. The plan, debated at the General Assembly starting September 20, lists the United States Britain France Canada and the Soviet Union among core members with other nations selected by the council.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
London
Security Council
General Assembly
Atoms-For-Peace Agency
Britain
France
Canada
South Africa
Portugal
Belgium
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Atomic Council
Soviets Ahead Of Us In Advanced Aircraft
Gen Nathan F. Twining warned at the National Aircraft Show that the Soviets are ahead in developing advanced military aircraft. He stressed the US must respond with startling progress and focus on weapon quality if another war begins.
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Philadelphia
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
Air Force
Sinatra Replaced In Carousel Lead Role
Frank Sinatra was replaced by Gordon MacRae in the lead of Carousel at 20th Century Fox. Sinatra did not report to Booth Bay Maine. MacRae announced to star, with pre recording sessions and a September shoot set. Shirley Jones will co star, as Sinatra explains two process filming prompted his departure.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Gordon Macrae
20Th Century Fox
Sinatra
Booth Bay
Maine
Macrae
Shirley Jones
Oklahoma
Flood Havoc Ravages Naugatuck Valley Towns In Connecticut
In Waterbury and surrounding towns floodwaters devastate the Naugatuck Valley from Torrington to Derby. Rescue crews search debris filled streets for bodies as bridges and roads fail and businesses are swept away. National Guardsmen cordon off the disaster area while cranes remove wreckage and dust swirls from drying mud.
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Torrington
Thomaston
Waterbury
Union ‘City
Naugatuck
Seymour
Ansonia
Derby
Brooklyn
George Russell
Health Department
Riverside Street
Civil Defense
Jazz and Symphony Unite in Lieberman Concerto
Baltimore Symphony under Massimo Freccia plans a fall concert featuring a 19 piece Sauter Finnegan Orchestra alongside 86 BSO musicians on the Lyric Theater stage. The modern German composer Lieberman writes a dialogue style concerto for jazz band and symphony.
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Baltimore
Massimo Freccia
Lyric Theater
Baltimore Symphony
Sauter-Finnegan
Lieberman
Massimo Said
Nine Russian Farm Experts Begin Canada Tour
Nine Soviet farm representatives arrived in Canada from a 12 000 mile cross border trip. They were greeted with mixed reactions as Ukrainian groups protested while Soviet Canadian Friendship Society members cheered. The visitors plan stops in Quebec Ontario and Western prairies ending in Ottawa on Sept 9.
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Montreal
Quebec
United States
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Jean Drapeau
Kohler Stresses Wisconsin Support as Favorite Son
Gov. Kohler says he will stay a favorite son candidate for the Republican nomination even if President Eisenhower does not run again. He plans to press Wisconsin delegates to support Eisenhower, citing the nation’s needs and the President’s duty to continue his enterprises. He offered no further political plans.
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Milwaukee
Kohler
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Chicago
Six pilots in family enough dad decides
Tom Lamb of The Pas has halted his expanding aviation plans by sending his youngest son Connie to veterinary studies in Seattle. Lamb, 57, runs Lamb Airways with six pilots including his four brothers and plans to manage a vast cattle and muskrat ranch at Moose Lake while father and other sons operate the four-plane air service from The Pas to northern Canada. Early bush pilots taught him to fly and he formed the company in 1935.
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Tom Lamb
Connie
Tom
Seattle
Moose Lake
Lamb Airways, Ltd
Pas
Canada
Recruiting Drive in Singapore Naval Base Sparks Rush
Recruiting officers asked for 80 candidates as 500 Malays Indians Chinese and Eurasians turned up at the Singapore naval base seeking enlistment in the Royal Malayan Navy amid a tense recruitment drive.
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Singapore
Royal Malayan Navy
Singapore naval,Case
Birthday of General Maxwell D. Taylor and career highlights
Today's birthday feature notes Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor born August 26 1901 in Keytesville Missouri. He served as U S Army Chief of Staff and advocated a flexible all purpose weapon approach. Known as intellectual and combat commander he did two parachute jumps with the 101st Division in World War II and taught French Japanese and Italian at Army schools. He was former superintendent of West Point.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Keytesville
U.S. Army
West Point
Traffic Officer Harold Worden Dies After Motorcycle Crash
Harold Worden a 35 year old traffic officer of Racine died after sustaining injuries from a motorcycle collision with an automobile at an intersection Sunday He did not regain consciousness and died Thursday in hospital.
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Racinew
Harold Worden
Recovery's Surer Through a Lost Ad in The La Crosse Tribune
A lost ad notice in The La Crosse Tribune prompts readers to call 2 8040 to recover missing listings. An ad-writer offers assistance with locating and restoring missing advertisement content.
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la Crosse Tribune
Dial
Killer mixup nearly frees man amid wrong name case
A Cook County Jail inmate charged with murder narrowly lost release due to a name mixup. A second Tom Brown appeared in court while awaiting the murder charge, later revealed as the inmate. the mistaken release had not been corrected. Police continue hunting Andrew Fullilove in a separate case involving assault and a separate man.
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Asst
Bernard Deeney
Brown
Andrew Fullilove
A. J. Fullilove
Mississippi
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