States vie as major arenas in 1956 Senate race
Washington based report outlines 14 to 20 states as key battlegrounds for control of the 1956 Senate. Republicans hold 17 of 32 seats up, Democrats 15, with GOP hopes hinging on Missouri New York Oregon and Washington and possible Kentucky shifts amid a party fight. Democrats target California Colorado Connecticut Idaho Illinois Maryland Ohio Pennsylvania Utah and others. Some states like Iowa Indiana Wisconsin remain competitive. Arizona Nevada Oklahoma lean Republican.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Vermont
New Hampshire
Kansas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Missouri
New York
Oregon
Kentucky
GOP
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Idaho
Ilinois
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Utah
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Arizona
Nevada
Oklahoma
Model Kills Two Big Bulls In Ring Debut
Mexico City crowd of 25 000 watched Bette Ford 24 earn praise as first American woman to fight in the Plaza ring. She killed both bulls with a single thrust each, received ears from the animals, and was hailed for a stunning debut amid flowers and fanfare.
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Mexico City
New York
Plaza Bull Ring
Bette Ford
Miss Ford
Plaza Ring
Bull Ring
Lea
Red Police Flee Berlin Deserters Reach 2336 This Year
East Germany's communist police saw another 100 members flee to West Berlin last week, lifting this year's deserters to 2,336. The exodus underscores growing unrest within the border regime and adds pressure on Berlin authorities amid tension with the West.
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RED Police
Berlin
East Germany
West
People’s Police
City Restaurant Razed By Flames
An early morning fire destroyed the Farmhouse cafe at 3124 Cache Road. Fire Chief Harris Hancock said the blaze started in the kitchen after a food warmer was left on after closing. The five room building suffered heavy smoke and heat damage. the kitchen and cooking equipment were completely burned. The restaurant, a converted home owned by Tommy Lewis and leased by Sgt. W. H. Dooley, had been operating about two months and catered to private parties. Mrs. Dooley estimated losses, excluding the building, at about 2500 dollars. The fire was found at 4:30 a.m. Sunday after closing about midnight Saturday.
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Harris Hancock
Tommy Lewis
Sgt
W. H. Dooley
Week-Old Theft Probed at Clyde's Caravan Club
Lawton deputies investigate a burglary at Clyde's Caravan club on 23rd Street, closed since August 19. About $60 was taken from a cigarette machine after the machine was pried with a screwdriver and the music machine overturned. Entry was gained through a broken west window.
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Lawton
Clyde’s
S. 23Rd
Carl Phillips
Janitor Gone So’s The Suds At Club Savoy
Police with Don L Brooks manager of Club Savoy at 1315 Washington discuss a missing janitor and four cases of beer after leaving the club about 1 50 a m Saturday. Brooks reported the club was not cleaned when opened Saturday afternoon and the janitor had not been located by late Saturday evening.
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Don L. Brooks
Savoy
Washington
Brooks
Preston Williams
Hampton Man Disappears After Midnight Nude Swim
A Hampton man stripping to swim beside Mills Creek bridge was spotted by a motorist at 2 a.m. Police and fire crews, aided by Army helicopters, searched for nearly two hours before the absent man arrived home unharmed but unclothed. The police withheld his name.
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Hampton
Mills Creek
Fire Department
Cop Killer Denied Right To Attend Church Services
Richard Carpenter, 26, who confessed killing a policeman and wounding another, was denied permission to attend Roman Catholic services in county jail. Chaplain Cronan Murphy visited him as his only visitor. Carpenter remained under special guard in the maximum security wing while Detective William J. Murphy’s slayer and police casualty Kerr stayed under care at St. Mary’s Hospital.
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Chicago
Richard Carpenter
Cronan Murphy
Father Murphy
Carpenter
William J. Murphy
Clarence Kerr
Kerr
St. Mary’s Hospital
Packed car tied to speeding stop near Columbia
In Columbia South Carolina the sheriff's office reports a sedan with the driver and 18 passengers, including 16 children, was stopped by a deputy for speeding. The incident highlights a crowded vehicle encountered during a routine traffic stop.
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Columbia
S.C
Sheriff's Office
Watkins urges Europe Refugee Act extension
Senator Watkins calls for extending and revising the European Refugee Admission Act, noting the goal of admitting 214000 refugees may be near by year end. He cites 1400 weekly admissions and concerns about Greeks, Italians, Germans escapees, and Low Countries entrants, with only about 50000 refugees admitted so far.
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Washington
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
Lehman
DNY
Judiciary Committee
Germany
Yank To Be Freed AWOL For 7 Years
In Heidelberg Germany the U S Army announced the release of Cpl Murray Fields of New York City who has been AWOL since 1948 from Nuernberg. Fields also known as Murray Feingersch is among three Americans to be freed by the Soviet Union along with Wilfred C Comish of Amesbury Massachusetts and Frederick Charles Hopkins. Deserters Fields and Cumish face arrest and trial upon return to U S custody.
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U.S
Cpl
Murray Fields
New York City
Russia
Nuernberg
Fields
State Department
Washington
Soviet Union
Wilfred C. Comish
Amesbury
Mass
Vienna
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Army
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Cumish
Striking City Employees Roam Singapore Streets
Throgs of striking city employees roamed Singapore's streets today, blocking garbage trucks and assaulting temporary workers keeping sanitary services in operation. Police arrested 11 strikers. Some 10,000 city workers walked out last Wednesday demanding higher wages and back pay for last summer.
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Singapore
Encephalitis Strikes Seoul Children, Fatal Toll Rises
Fast spreading encephalitis has struck 49 Korean children with 29 deaths since last week. Health officials report rapid spread across Seoul and surrounding areas, mobilizing vaccination efforts and emergency clinics.
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Seoule
Capital Boy in Critical Condition After Rifle Accident
Eight year old Jimmy Ray Stingley, son of Mrs. Louise Stingley, was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the neck. The injury occurred when a .22 caliber rifle accidentally discharged while being cleaned by his brother at their Oklahoma City home.
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Oklahoma City
Jimmy Ray Stingley
Young Stingley
Louise Stingley
ROK AAA activated at Osan base in Korea
South Korea's first antiaircraft artillery brigade was activated by President Syngman Rhee at Osan U S air base thirty five miles south of here. It is American trained.
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ROK Aaa
Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Osan U. S. Air Base
Here
Typhoon Iris Threatens Formosa Near Tokyo Coast
The 11th tropical storm of the year in the Pacific named Iris was spotted bearing down on Formosa, about 288 miles away, with warnings issued for coastal areas as weather officials track its path toward Taiwan and nearby regions.
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Iris
Pacific
Formosa
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