Northeast Faces Huge Cleanup In Wake Of Floods
Floodwaters drained back into river beds as six Northeastern states tackled a back breaking cleanup. The disaster left 42 dead or missing, hit hardest in Connecticut, with disposal of slimy backwash, wrecked homes, and damaged infrastructure. Federal aid and disaster declarations spread across New York New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Red Cross counted about 6900 homeless families or those returning to damaged dwellings.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
Boston Weather Bureau
Sherman Adams
Val Peterson
1 Cil Defense
Hartford
Peterson
Eisenhow Arho
Red Cross
New Raids Cited At Paris Parley
Paris Premier Edgar Faure won a vote of confidence in his Algeria reform program. Reports of serious Nationalist attacks in northeast Algeria reached Paris as the National Assembly debated. Rebel gunmen ambushed a bus, killing five of the African guards and eight Europeans. Rebels besieged Stora near Philippeville as Montcalm sailors reinforced defenses.
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Edgar Fau
French National Assembly
Algeria
Faure
National Assembly
Edgar Faure
el Mizer Pass
Bettas
Philippeville
Montcalm
Stora
Warm Temperatures In State Forecast With Cool Air
TOPEKA Kansas forecasters predict warmer temperatures tonight with a new surge of cool air moving into the northwest portion of the state by Wednesday. Minimum readings are expected in the upper 40s with top temperatures in the 60s in the extreme northwest on Wednesday. Elsewhere values should reach the upper 60s to 70s under generally fair skies. The rest of the week looks for readings 4 to 8 degrees below normal with little chance of precipitation.
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Topeka
Kansas
P. N. Bland
Eland
Cabinet Hubbub Over Margaret Drives Royal Schedule
London reports say Prime Minister Eden ended a cabinet meeting to discuss Princess Margaret's romance with Townsend. Townsend visited Clarence House daily, while Queen Elizabeth II returned from Scotland to face growing uproar. The Queen and royal family prepared for a late-night family conference at Buckingham Palace.
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Peter Townsend
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Clarence House
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Townsend
Hove
England
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Eden
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
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Balmoral Castle
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Margaret
Playboy plane crash kills three in North Hollywood
A plane piloted by Joel W. Thorne slammed into a two story North Hollywood apartment, killing Thorne and two others. Nine people were injured including a newborn's parents and two children were critically burned. The craft plummeted after a wing detached and eyewitnesses noted the impact near the christening party.
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Thorne
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Suta
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Nev
AKC
Betty Jean Wolf
Sheryll Camille Preston
Michael Preston
Frank Marchica
Los Angeles
Anna Presinzano
Lyndhurst
Marchicas
John
Patricia
Preston
Mike
Two Southern Chiefs Back Plan For Powerful Democrat Voice
POINT CLEAR Alabama leaders report two Southern Democratic governors endorsed forming a coalition to voice Southern interests at the Democratic National Convention. Other governors at the Southern Governors Conference doubted success, with Hodges noting a group approach while Griffin supported moderation without full commitment. Some governors withheld names.
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Ala
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Gress
Congress
Adlan Stevenson
Stevenson
South
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Two Eudora Residents Die In Olathe Wreck
Two Eudora residents Berthold Durr and Delta Durr died after a two car collision near Olathe on US 50. A Kansas City Kansas woman Catherine Johnson died about an hour after the crash. Johnsons husband James Johnson drove the other car. he survived in fair condition with chest injuries. Witnesses are sought as the cause remains unknown. The cars left the roadway and overturned into a field at the intersection northwest corner. Funeral services will be held Thursday at St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church in Eudora with burial in Eudora Cemetery.
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Oynthia
Olathe Community Hospital
Berthold Durr
Delta Lee Durr
Catherine Johnson
Kansas City
Johnson
James F. Johnson
Kansas Highway
Durr
Charles Durr
Waldo Durr
Lawrence
Teckla Henderson
Colorado Springs
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Arthur Reiss
Eudora Cemetery
Schubert Chapel
Newsprint price rise by St Lawrence Corp adds five dollars a ton
New York based St Lawrence Corp of Montreal has raised newsprint prices by 5 a ton effective immediately. Harold Smith president of Wright Co distributing unit said notices were sent to all newspapers late yesterday. The new delivered rate to St Lawrence customers in New York is 131 a ton.
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St. Lawrence Corp
Montreal
Navy
Harold Smith
Wright Co
St. Lawrence
Pasadena Youth Admits Murdering His Mother
Pasadena police reveal 17 year old John P. Hawley confessed to fatally beating Iris Hawley, 50, wife of Foster and Kleiser executive William Hawley. The youth attempted suicide by stepping under a moving truck after the attack. Iris Hawley was found slain in her blood spattered bedroom. William Hawley was away in San Francisco at the time.
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Calif
John P. Hawley
San Bernardino
Leonard Alter
William
West Coast
Foster and Kleiser
San Francisco
Pink pennant spread of new daughter in Palm Springs
Officer Nick Matt flew a pink pennant from his radio antenna on his three wheeler to announce the birth of his daughter Nikki Lynn. He passed cigars to merchant friends as he rode through the business district, sharing his joy after Mrs. Betty Matt’s Sunday birth.
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Palm Springs
Clif
Polleman
Nick Matt
Betty Matf
Nikki Lynn
Matt
President Eisenhower Takes 24Hour Recess From Parley
President Eisenhower pauses cabinet-level talks for 24 hours after approving assurances there will be no further military cuts without a radical world change. Dulles and Wilson headed to Geneva talks, with Dulles flying in for a final conference before joining the ministers. Medical bulletin notes he slept eight hours and is progressing, though doctors urge careful pacing of conferences this week. Brownell to meet Friday, with possible brief talks with Dillon Anderson in between.
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Dulles
Washington
Wilson
Geneva
Atty
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Brownell
Dillon Anderson
Boy 3 Survives Night Trapped In Basement Freezer
ST PAUL Minn three year old Mark Swanson spent most of yesterday afternoon in a basement fruit freezer after slipping inside a door that shut behind him. His mother Mrs Carl E Swanson searched the house and neighbors helped until a neighbor found him cold but alive on the bottom shelf. A hospital thermometer read 51 degrees but attendants reported he is improving and doing well.
Responsibility to Farmland Tour Highlights Conservation Tour
A Monday conservation tour near Eudora showcased farmer duties to the land for about 50 Douglas County ministers and escorts. At Winston McKee farm erosion and topsoil loss contrasted with Homer Gerstenberger’s terraces and seeded waterways reducing runoff, with government aid cited. Gerstenberger stressed cost-effectiveness of waterways and terraces, noting a 1950 save, and Wertzberger demonstrated soil retention under terracing and contour farming.
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Douglas County
Winston McKee
Homer Gerstenberger
Eudora
McKee
Melvon Wertzberg
Gerstenberger
Wertzberger
Eudora Phone Group To Decide on Dials
Stockholders of the Mutual Telephone Co of Eudora meet at 7 45 pm in Eudora High School to vote on converting to a dial system and to approve by law changes. The 1915 established firm led by O Pp Dunlap may spend 126000 for the switch with 75000 raised by common stock sale to current stockholders first, then others. Bartz oversees operations with a small staff, serving Eudora area subscribers.
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Mutual Telephone Co
Eudora
Eudora High School
Pp. Dunlap
George Bartz
Bert Seiwald
Ralph Terre
Homer Gerstenberger
Bartz
Joan
Kansas Traffic Deaths Topeka Report 1955 Totals
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 3 in the last 24 hours, 448 to date in 1955, versus 475 in the same period of 1954. The Topeka report records ongoing fatalities across the year with year over year comparison.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chest Drive For 1955 Will Begin Oct. 28 in City
The 1955 Community Chest drive in Lawrence starts Friday Oct 28 with a goal of 19810. Kenneth Whitenight as drive chairman named division chairs and block workers to oversee campaigns across advance gifts downtown outlying districts KU and more. Agencies receive specified budget shares including Boy Scouts 5400 and Salvation Army 5570 while remaining funds cover campaign costs and shrinkage.
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Ken Whitenight
Journal-World Photo
City
Guy Keeler
The
Lawrence Chest
Kenneth Whitenight
Drive
Keeler
Divalon
Budeget
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Soci Service League
Kansas ‘Children’s
Community Cheat Board
Wuolent
Harold Ke
Pate to Lead Marine Corps as Commandant
Gen. Randolph McCall Pate will take over as commandant of the Marine Corps on January 1, succeeding Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd who retires. The transfer was announced by Secretary of Defense Wilson after a call on President Eisenhower in Denver. Pate said the elevation surprised him and he was excited and humble.
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Washington
Randolph McCall Pate
Marine Corps
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Shepherd
Pate
Wilson
Eisenhower
Denver
Weather synopsis and temperature trends across states
Regional forecast notes cooler north and moderating temperatures through Wednesday and Thursday with no precipitation expected. Nebraska and nearby areas show normal highs around the mid 70s with overnight lows near 50s, while Oklahoma and Kansas expect fair conditions with warmer southeast and winds shifting cooler by midweek.
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