Storm toll rises as floods lash East Coast
Strong winds and up to 75 mph gusts swept the coast causing floods and road closures. New York State reported seven dead with casualties across Pennsylvania Connecticut New Jersey Maine and Massachusetts. Evacuations occurred along shorelines and inland flood warnings remained as authorities tracked a second storm.
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Russ Chiefs in Top Level Crimea Talks
Moscow dispatch reports Khruschev and Bulgarin convening in Sebastopol with Molotov and senior aides for high level Crimea talks. Tass says party and government leaders present, including Mikoyan Zhukov Voroshilov Kuznetsov and Gazshkov amid disarmament and 20th Congress preps.
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Bus Strikes Truck Injuring 22 Near Louisville
Twenty two persons were injured, none seriously, when a Southeastern Greyhound bus struck a carrier with four new cars and a private auto on Muldraugh Hill near Louisville. The bus was driven by Robert M. Dowell and the truck by Ralph E. Jacobs. Damages to the bus estimated at about $5,000.
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Newtonville
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Jury Deadlock on Dope Charge Fortunes in Long Beach Case
A Long Beach man James A Wood 25 of 1040 E Plymouth St was found guilty on one charge of possession of a hypnotic drug and sentenced date set after a judge ordered sentencing. His wife Betty Sherwood 24 faced a hung jury on a similar charge and retrial was scheduled for November 2. Deputy City Prosecutor Dop Grisham led the case with attorney Al Ramsey for the defense.
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Ex L A Reporter Hangs Self in Cabin
SAN LUIS OBISPO LVPt Former newspaperman Pat O Hara is dead at four. Deputies say his body was found Friday hanging by a noose near the cabin he rented. Officials call it an apparent suicide, noting the body had rested about a month. O Hara worked in New York City and for the Los Angeles Daily News until its last issue.
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Oregon Farmer Brings Eight Korean Orphans Home
Holt family in Creswell Oregon welcomes eight new children from Korea four boys and four girls aged eight months to three years. Barbara Holt describes the lively night as the kids settled in with cries and roars of a busy household. Holt and his wife had traveled to Korea to adopt the siblings with aid from Congress allowing the move. Additional Korean children came to the United States with Holt for other families.
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Benton Harbor
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Margaret and Townsend Move Toward Marriage Rumor
Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend appear to be pursuing marriage as Britain weighs royal privacy and church implications. Townsend arrived at Binfield as reporters hovered, while the queen mother’s niece Mrs Wills hosted him. A Clarence House statement sparked front page speculation and a chorus of public curiosity about the couple’s future.
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Somerset Cottage
Eisenhower’s convalescence progresses amid birthday notes
In Denver President Eisenhower enters the fourth week of recovery with doctors dropping the daily cardio gram. White House secretary James Hagerty says healing is satisfactory and the president, who turned 65, receives an outpouring of well wishes as doctors plan a more liberal routine including increased time sitting up and looking out the window.
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Bus crash kills six, injures twenty-one in Massachusetts
A chartered University of Massachusetts bus carrying twelve soccer players and a coach crashed through a temporary bridge barrier on Route 2 in heavy rain and sank eight feet into Canant Brook. Six died and twenty-one were injured, with five treated at the scene. the bus driver survived. Police cited a passing car that knocked warning lights out of position. The team had just defeated Connecticut en route to Amherst.
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Carlson St
Seaside Hospital
Matthew Sloan
Lime Ave
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Sloan
Gems and furs stolen from Grace Sundberg home
A burglar took nearly $2,000 in jewelry and furs from Grace Sundberg's residence at 1247 E 67th St before Friday night. The thief entered by cutting a screen and unlocking a window, then rifled a divan and chair searching for valuables.
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Knight Leaves Sunday on East Speech Tour
Gov Goodwin Knight departs Sunday for a weeklong East Coast tour addressing Republican meetings. He and Mrs Knight fly from San Francisco to New York City with events planned in Newark Essex House Sea Girt and the National Republican Club of New York. A speech is slated for Thursday in New York City before returning to California October 23.
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Mundt backs Ike says he will run and Republicans will win
Senator Mundt of South Dakota told UP that he is for Ike and believes he will run. He urged a strong, appealing platform and a potent vice president, warning some Americans might not vote for Eisenhower if he were perceived as uncertain about his health.
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Commuters Witness Naval Pilot Crash Over Bay Area
In San Francisco a Navy pilot was killed when his Douglas Skyraider dive out of a fog bank and crashed near the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge in front of rush hour commuters. The plane hit near Xerba Buena Island, exploded, and broke apart after skimming a pier. Gilbert A. Reeve, USNR from Alameda, attached to VA-95, was the pilot. He left Alameda on a routine training flight and salvage crews recovered him from eight feet of water. He is survived by his wife Ruth and his parents.
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Bayes Faces Prosecution Questioning in Court Martial
In San Francisco a court-martial resumes Monday for Private Thomas Bayes of Kentucky aged 32. Prosecutors led by Lt. Col. Walsh pressed Bayes on allegations he collaborated with Chinese Communists while a prisoner of war in Korea. Bayes denied the charges or claimed memory gaps, recounting quiet resistance actions during prison group hours. Both sides aim to finish with final arguments by late next week.
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William W. Walsh
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Wrist watch given to man for 30 years with firm
W W Hussey of 1869 Cherry Ave reports losing a wrist watch engraved with his name, a gift from the Texas company marking 30 years with the firm. He says the watch was lost near Isih ISt and American Ave and was last year’s gift.
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Strong-Arm Robber Takes $42 From Man
A strong-arm robber knocked down and beat Darrel Le Rineur, age 62, Friday night and stole 342 It currency. Police reported the incident and are seeking leads.
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E M Jones Funeral Service Set For Monday
Edward Mer meduke Jones 85 of 1969 Chestnut Ave died Thursday at home. Funeral 10 a.m. Monday at Mottell's & Peek Chapel Long Beach with Elks Lodge 888 officiating. He was born in Monroe La and came to Long Beach 45 years ago. Survived by wife Margaret and daughter Mrs Jack Dengler both of Long Beach and brother Frank of Monroe. Interment Sunnyside Mausoleum.
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Mississippi
Margaret L. Jones
Jack ©. Denlinger
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Monroe
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Governors Urge Quick Action on Farm Prices in 1956 Plan
Midwest Republican governors backed a four point program to lift sagging farm prices. They urged rapid federal food purchases for consumption, with Secretary Benson to implement a prompt government purchase system. Attending were Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Indiana leaders and delegates from Illinois, Wisconsin, Wyoming, plus Earl Butz and Fred Seaton.
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Lea Hoegh
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Earl Butz
Fred Seaton
Tisenhower
Census Chief Sees No Fear in Automation Growth
Census Director Robert W. Burgess, with 25 years in service, argues automation will not displace workers long term. He cites rising car production and job totals, plus Ford's retraining of workers, predicting new machines create better jobs and more goods in fewer hours.
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Neb 2 Youths in School Vandalism
Two teenage offenders flooded Grant Elementary School at 64th Street and Orange Avenue twice over the weekend, causing thousands in damage. Police took the youths into custody Friday afternoon, after vandalizing the administration building with a fire hose and breaking five glass panes. They were released to parents and will face juvenile authorities again Monday.
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Edgar Guest Improves After Heart Attack at 74
Edgar A. Guest, renowned poet for the Detroit Free Press, was reported improved at New Grace Hospital after a slight heart attack Thursday night. Officials said his condition was better following a good night's sleep and noted he celebrated his 74th birthday on August 20.
City test for art curator set for Oct 28
The City Civil Service Board scheduled a competitive examination for Oct 28 for the new educational curator position. Salary ranges from 361 to 489 dollars monthly. Ben and jage are eligible to apply by Oct 20. Requirements include a master’s degree in art history and five years of art museum experience, with three years in education leadership or equivalent.
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