Flood Toll Rises Across the East After Severe Floods
Death toll climbs to 39 as floods inundate Fairfield County Connecticut and surrounding regions. Norwalk Danbury Stamford suffer multi million dollar damage while 5,000 workers face temporary layoffs at Uarga duck plants. Governments coordinate relief as towns evacuate thousands and rail service resumes with bus links.
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Naugaduck
Danpury
Stamford
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Www Haven
Sunda
New York
White House
National Guardsmen
Townsend royal fees rise amid clergy rows over remarriage
Clergy split over Townsend nuptials as the church hierarchy signals a firm stance against divorcees with living former spouses. The Daily Sketch urges an archbishop statement while The People warns against assuming a betrothal. Rumors swirl over Princess Margaret and a royal farewell amid a Somerset cottage disappearance.
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Margaret
Townsend
Daily Sketch
Trie
the People
Chessman Wins New Legal Move in Court Battle
The article reports on Chessman being freed from a conviction after the U S Circuit Court in New York found he was not a union representative under Taft Hartley triggering a Supreme Court decision. The case involved Ryan and a six month sentence plus a 2500 dollar fine while Chessman faces his Death Row status and his prior crimes including robbery kidnapping and sexual offenses for which he was convicted in 1948. He has written two books including Cell 5 Death Row and Trial by Ordeal and a film was made from the former.
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Ryan
U. District Court
New York
U.S. Circuit Court
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Army Officer Confined After Belvoir Party Shooting
1st Lt. George E Balcom of Washoe New Hampshire was confined at Fort Belvoir Virginia after a late Saturday shooting at an officers party left 18 year old Sylvia Diller of Leesburg seriously injured with abdominal chest and arm wounds. Capt William Ball was also treated for a knee wound. Balcom reportedly fled in a white Jaguar after the incident.
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Assachusetts
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Weather Bureau
Vermont
New Hampshire
Boston
New York
Blackstone
Woonsocket
R. 1
Diane
Belvoir
Army Engineers
George E Balcom
Washoa
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Baloor
Richmond
Sylvia Diller
Leesburg
Ft. Belvoir Hospital
William [N Ball
United plans Northwest service to Portland and Seattle
United Air announced a new nonstop service between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. The line will inaugurate three weekly flights with a 6 hours 45 minutes Chicago to Portland and 7 hours 45 minutes Chicago to Seattle route. Medals were given to Navy and Marine helicopter crews who rescued nickell from floods in Tampico.
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U. S. Navy
Chicago
I Corps
iPortland
Ore
Tampico Country
Seattle-Tacoma
Nickell
Eisenhower Convenes Parley With Defense Chiefs
President Eisenhower and defense chiefs plan a parley as Wilson and Radford meet. Red Cross to accept voluntary flood relief through local chapters, not a national drive. Farm City Week proclaimed for 1955 to honor agriculture’s role. Attendants report patient progress with heart attack recovery and reduced hospital activity, while Dulles Brownell and Anderson prepare for upcoming meetings in Geneva and Washington.
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Roland Harriman
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Farm City
Thomas W. Mattingy
Lew
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Mattingly
Denver
Theospital
Wilson
Redford
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Geneva
Herbert Brownell
Justice Department
Dillon Anderson
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