Pamir Aground Lost in Atlantic Storm With 86 Aboard
Hamburg based Pamir crew and cadets, 86 aboard, are feared lost after the four masted bark disappeared 550 miles southwest of the Azores in Hurricane Carrie conditions. Rescue aircraft and ships scoured the area after two lifeboats and a raft were found empty. The ship, sailing from Buenos Aires to Hamburg with barley, had listed at 45 degrees before losing all sails.
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London
Hamburg
Atlantic
Shipping Industry and Government Foundation
Azores
mid-Atlantic
Carrie
Buenos Aires
Four Die In Two Plane Crashes In Wisconsin
In southeast Wisconsin two crashes killed four people including Donald Norton 10 and Ann Norton 8 of Racine and Illinois pilots Donald Salvano 28 of Lansing and Baryle Eugene Hinderer 28 of Northbrook. Salvano's Ercoupe crashed after striking a tree while lifting off. Hinderer died when his light plane went down in Kenosha County. Salvano's passenger life risked by local response near the burning wrecks.
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Sturtevant
Wis
Illinois
Wisconsin
Donald Norton
Racine
Ann
Norton
Donald Salvano
Lansing
Ill
Baryle Eugene Hinderer
Northbrook
Here
Kenosha County
Salvano
John Wirtz
Highway Accidents Claim Nine Lives In Wisconsin Weekend
Nine people died in Wisconsin highway crashes over the weekend raising the year’s toll to 630. Evelyn Rogers ten. of Marshfield, was killed when a hit and run driver struck her while biking near Marshfield. Her brothers Gerald fourteen and Elroy seven witnessed the crash and the car flee.
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Wisconsin
Evelyn Rogers
Highway 97
Marshfield
Gerald
Elroy
Dunn County
Chalmer Johnson
Eau Claire
Highway 170
Colfax
Red Cedar River
Elmer Greene
Racine
Train Piles Off Rails Near Peabody injuring 24
The Rock Island Twin Star Rocket derailed near Peabody Kansas while en route from Minneapolis to Houston. Twenty four people were treated at area hospitals with one rider Wallace Hutchinson of Wichita in serious condition from a possible skull fracture.
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Peabody
Kan
Rock Island Railroad
Minneapolis
Houston
Wallace Hutchinson
Wichita
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Eisenhower to return to Washington for world bank talks
President Eisenhower interrupts vacation for brief Washington visit to discuss international and domestic issues with Crown Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Attorney General Brownell. He plans two speeches in D C and holds sessions on Syria Middle East and Little Rock school integration. He associates with golf before departure.
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Newport
R.I
Eisenhower
Washington
World Bank
Denver
White House
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Middle East
Brownell
Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Naval Base Hospital
Newport Country Club
Rep Smith to Seek Re election in Wisconsin
Rep Lawrence Smith of Racine announces plans to run again for Congress in 1958. The 65 year old lawmaker is in his ninth term as Wisconsin’s senior House member and says the Rock County Republican committee urged an early announcement to quiet re election rumors.
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Washington
Lawrence Smith
Racine
Wisconsin
House
Congress
Smith
Rock County
Republican Committee
Eisenhower appeals to IMF World Bank leaders to curb inflation
President Eisenhower urged the 12th annual IMF World Bank meeting to fight inflation as a global threat to growth. He asked finance ministers to limit expansion and investment and warned rising prices erode savings and public finances. Secretary Anderson echoed calls for concerted action.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Free World
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Treasury
Anderson
Common Man Uncommon Touch Governs Southern Leaders Speech
Governors Collins and McKeldin argued a Southerner can win the presidency only if elected by a strong national party and respected by the nation. They spoke amid tension over school integration as Faubus’ actions drew scrutiny at the Southern Governors Conference in Georgia.
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Sea Island
Leroy Collins
Florida
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
United States
Collins
McKeldin
Hodges
Braves Can Clinch NL Pennant Tonight
The Braves need two to clinch the NL pennant after a 9-7 10th inning win over the Cubs. They face St Louis in a three game series with a Milwaukee win or Cardinal loss likely sealing the title. St Louis beat Cincinnati 7-5 to stay five games back with six left. The Yankees clinched a tie by beating the Red Sox 5-1 while Chicago kept the race alive by upending Cleveland 9-5. The White Sox play Kansas City as New York rests.
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Milwaukee Braves
Chicago Cubs
Braves
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Cardinal
Cincinnati
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
White Sox
Kansas City
A’s
Fallout as eight Negro students withdrawn from Central High
In Little Rock eight Negro students who entered Central High School were withdrawn by order of Superintendent Virgil Blossom after a clash between protesters and police. Police escorted the youths to cars as crowds hissed and fights erupted inside and outside the building. Police and state troops were arriving as the melee lasted about 40 minutes with injuries reported and witnesses describing violent scenes and warnings from bystanders.
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Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Little Rock
Nathan Gordon
Central
Lcon
National Guard
Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock High School
Central High School
Virgil Blossom
Gene Smith
Smith
Governor Freeman speaks to 15 000 at La Crescent Apple Festival
A record Apple Festival parade drew an estimated 15 000 to 17 000 spectators in La Crescent Minnesota. Gov Orville Freeman flew in from Minneapolis and addressed the crowd after an opening speech by Paul Harvey. Mayor Milo Knutson introduced guests Leo Brown and T E Thompson. Freeman praised Minnesota's southeastern region and the state's 1956 farm revenue.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
Gov. Freeman
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Paul Harvey
ABC
Milo Knutson
Hiawatha Valley
Knutson
Leo Brown
Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture
T. E. Thompson
MDA
Guv
Leonard Anderson
WKBH
WKBT
White boy admits torch story false in Albany
A 1 year old boy, John Somma, who suffered second and third degree facial burns, confessed in Albany hospital that his earlier accusation that a gang of Negro youths set him afire was untrue. He said he lit matches near flammable liquid and lied to get others in trouble. His condition remains good.
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Albany
N.Y
John Somma
State Capitol
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