Volunteers Corner Vicki the Elephant After 11 Days
In Charlotte North Carolina Vicki the six year old Indian elephant wandered free for 11 days from her amusement park home. A volunteer posse cornered her with rope and an elephant hook then guided her back to the park under police oversight. Owner Jack Partlow and trainer Smoky Strickland assisted in calming the frightened animal.
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N.C
Vicki
Mecklenburg County
Joe Whitley
Mecklenburg County Police
Louie Reed
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Jack Partlow
John
Smoky) Strickland
N. C
Dems Blast GOP Budgetary Record in 3 Year Deficit Claim
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler circulated a fact sheet alleging the Eisenhower administration ran a three year deficit of about 9.3 billion dollars, versus a 4.3 billion dollar surplus in two of four Truman peacetime years, urging Democrats to stress the budgetary contrast.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Truman
Indian Cabinet Bans Foreign Newspapers Editions
New Delhi officials said the Indian Cabinet approved a press commission recommendation to ban editions of foreign newspapers in India. The move followed a request from the New York Times to publish an Asian airmail edition in India, ideally from Calcutta.
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New Delhi
Ministry of Information
Press Commission
India
New York Times
Calcutta
Oklahoma State Fair Opens Amid Big Plans and Record Slates
Oklahoma City readies the 49th State Fair with C. G. Baker predicting attendance above 500000 under favorable weather. Preview night, ribbon cuttings, amid full midway, stock car races, a 50-band downtown parade, Fair Follies shows, and barrages of acts from balloonist Cashman to Thrillcade, Elsie the cow, and a German V-2 rocket exhibit.
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Oklahoma City
C. G. Baker
Tinker Field
Baker
Nor
Vodka Proves Muscle Yet Lacks Distinct Personality
In Washington a report suggests vodka is strong but characterless, tasteless and odorless, a neutral spirit suited for quick consumption rather than flavor. It links rising U S vodka output from 1950 to 1954 and notes over 60 brands while most vodka consumed in the United States is not Russian.
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Washington
Moscow
United States
Nikita St. Krushchev
Europe
Bond U.S
U.S
Russia
Arizona Beverage Journal
California
Sergei V. Vasiliev
4th Army Chief Gets New Post
Lt. Gen. Samuel T. Williams named Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group Indo china by the Department of Defense. He will assume duty November 1, succeeding Lt. Gen. John W. O. Daniel who will retire. Williams previously led Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston since June and held posts in Korea and Europe including Normandy and five campaigns.
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Samuel T. Williams
Indochina
Department of Defense
Williams
John W. O. Daniel
Fourth Army
Fort Sam Houston
Korea
XVI Corps
Japan
IX United States Army Corps
V Rok
Eighth United States Army
90Th Infantry Division
Normandy
Europe
Killing Starts Wave Of Fear Near Prison
STOCKBRIDGE Michigan faces growing fear after a farmhouse hammer slaying of Howard Herrick and Myra Herrick on September 3 near the State Prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson. Nealy Buchanan, the escapee with fingerprints at the scene, remains at large as townspeople brace for possible danger.
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Stockbridge
Mich
Michigan
Southern
Jackson
Howard Herrick
Myra
Nealy Buchanan
Buchanan
Joseph Southwell
Egypt moves to oust Patriarch of the Coptic Church
Cairo reports the government plans to remove 85 year old Patriarch Anba Youssab II of the Coptic Church in Egypt and Ethiopia after his suspension by church authorities. The cabinet backs younger church leaders amid long running disputes over his administration.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anba Youssab II
Ethiopia
OU Dean D B R Johnson Dies at 73
Norman Oklahoma September 22 D B R Johnson 73 dean emeritus of the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy died early Wednesday after a heart attack.
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Norman, Okla
D. B. R. Johnson
University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
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