West Palm Beach Circus Tragedy Sparks Mixed Family News
A sergeant and his family were returning from a circus when an elephant collapsed during unloading. The sergeant's wife Lucille and two children Ray and Eddie were slightly hurt, $800 repair costs were noted, and the elephant carcass was bought by L. D. Plantes Co. of Oviedo for soap. Separate items report the Spurgeon Cunninghams welcoming their 20th child in York, a railroad museum planned in Jackson, Tenn. for Casey Jones, and a fire incident in Turners Falls, plus a Lewistown police arrest involving a husband arresting his wife for careless driving.
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West Palm Beach
Lucille
Ray
Eddie
L. D. Plantes Co
Oviedo
Jackson
Tenn
Vpi
West Tennessee
Naney Jones
Casey
Vaughn
Miss
George Smith
Sage. Ie
Lewistown
Mont
Thomas Powell
Powell
Denise
Forwell
Adlai Attacks Housing Cutbacks In New Proposal
In Miami Adlai Stevenson blasted federal housing program cuts under the Republican administration and urged an immediate, realistic plan to improve living conditions for families. He called for a coordinated attack by local, state, and federal governments on slums and urban renewal.
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Miami
Fla.pi
Adlai Stevenson
President Eisenhower Accepts Gadget Loaded Tractor
President Eisenhower accepted a gadget loaded tractor and cultivator with built in radio and cigarette lighter in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. He joked about scaling down agricultural ambitions and said he might become a tractor driver on a farm. The presentation drew laughter and featured a red and yellow tractor with a built in aerial and radio. He also planned meetings with top officials at Camp David and Gettysburg before addressing housing and defense budget topics.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Eisen “Ower
Thelrun
Kower
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Farm ‘Bureau
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
National Security Council
Gettysburg Post Office
Defense Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
GOP Committee Plans for 1956 Convention Sessions
GOP officials meet in Washington to outline plans for the 1956 convention. Leonard Hall briefs on foreign policy progress and peace efforts as Eisenhower sends a personal message to the National Committee amid anticipated partisan debates.
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GOP
Chicago
Hall
Eisen
Secre Administration
Dulles
Publican National Committee
Washington
Demos See Hopes for Housing Policy Truce Scant
Public housing demands rise in cities with Philadelphia needing 70 000 and New Jersey 5 000 units. Stevenson warns slogans do not build houses as the 1949 Taft act aimed for 810 000 units in six years but only 490 000 had been built. Democrats and Republicans clash on foreign policy talk in 1956 campaigns with Richards saying criticism will not be banned and Dulles urging bipartisanship.
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Stevenson
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Sen Taft
Ohio
Stevenson Sn
Congress
Dulles
Richards
Turkey Show Opens at Lithan With Hundreds of Entries
The Far West turkey show opened here with hundreds of entries from western area growers. The event features dressed and ready for the oven divisions along with live birds showcased to judges and attendees.
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Lithan
Nual
Far West
Turkey
Fragmented Press-Telegram OCR Item
A garbled newspaper fragment from Press-Telegram mentions addresses at Sixth Street and Pipa Avenue Lower Beach, with stray names and phrases about a post office and election question Do You Agree amidst jumbled references to people and places. The legible bits include Long Bosch Mander Ast of Naren 3 and 15701, but concrete facts or events are unclear.
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Press-Telegram
Stet
Pipa Avenue
Lower Beach
Cevereia
Siender Awdy Buena
Post Offica
Long, Bosch
Dig de Mander
Naren
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Nork
Spurgeon Cunninghams
York Hospital
Cunningham
York
Hellambone
Casey Jones
Flatiron
Earley
Jeanette Lowe
Noord
Turners Falls
Charles G
Stephen A. Broz
P Beach
Calle
Web
Hov
Orlando
Fla
UPA
S/Set
John C. Schewbert
West Palm Beach Air Force Base
Lere
Big Jewel
Ringling Bros.and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Fila
Myrt
Benny White
Aroad
Folger
Folge
Corte
Thur
Sun
Folger’s Coffee
Adlai
IEVEN
RADIO
Nover
Ivan
Ivan Feaster
Lodge
Eisen-lorshower
Ersi
Alsmough
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Hal
Ever Marine Glass Co
Magnelia
Heritan’s
Vis
Demos
Vel
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ser. George
D-Ga
George
Senate
Storety Am Wells
Ianeciha
Americsn Jemorous
Vols Pe
Worthmore Millinery
First ST
Pine Ave
General Electric
General Electric Appliances CO
Southern California
General Electric Distributing Corp
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