Hurricane Hilda Aims at Florida Coast
Hurricane Hilda, the eighth tropical storm of the year, is moving west-northwest of 13 mph toward the Bahamas and Florida coast. Warnings span from Cabo Frances Diejo to Cabo Samana as forecasters monitor potential hurricane development and rough seas offshore.
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Ike Pledges Longer School Time Amid National Debate
President Eisenhower urged lengthening school years as education faces modern life demands. He suggested a possible five year Air Force Academy course and noted specialists need longer college training in engineering sciences and education. Educators differed, saying individual aptitude and course type should guide the years spent in college. Meanwhile, Westinghouse Electric's CIO LUE strike hit 28 plants nationwide, with 43,000 workers striking over labor moves and a time study dispute at East Pittsburgh, affecting operations and triggering nationwide picketing.
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Veteran Actor Bernard Gorcey Dies at 67
Bernard Gorcey, 67, famed for the Isaac Cohen role in Abies Irish Rose, died in a hospital after injuries from a Aug 31 traffic crash involving his car and an airport bus. Six people were injured. Gorcey had a long New York stage career and later appeared in The Great Dictator and Here Come the Marines. He was born in Switzerland and is father to actor Leo Gorcey.
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Pneumonia Stricken Hiker Feels Fine After Rescue
Kathleen Weber a 35 year old dietitian at Sequoia Hospital Redwood City recovered from pneumonia after a Sierra trek near Shepard Pass above Lone Pine. Placed in oxygen by rescuers and treated by two doctors she rode home with a friend instead of going to Lone Pine Hospital.
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Miss America Bans Bathing Suit Pictures
Sharon Kay Ritchie, 18, Miss Colorado now Miss America, announced she will pose no more bathing suit pictures during the upcoming year. She spoke at a New York press conference, wearing a black sheath dress and hat, and said brains accompany beauty. Her parents sat nearby as she discussed ambitions, scholarship money, and plans for an all cotton wardrobe and drama studies.
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Faure Faces Moroccan Plan Foes In Paris Opposition Grows
Paris reports Premier Edgar Faure pushing his Morocco settlement amid strong right wing opposition. Cabinet ministers weigh the accord that replaces Sultan Mohammed Ben Moussa Arafa with a regency council and outlines a Moroccan government’s partnership with France. Bouillon and Catroux negotiated with Ben Youssef. Moulay Arafa resists departure as Thami el Glaoui urges firmness. The right warns of possible government resignation if reform stalls.
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Firefighting Expands Across Flames Across California Front
Fire crews battled multiple outbreaks from Santa Barbara to the Sierra foothills as new blazes emerged near Santa Ynez Peak, Six Mile Ridge, and Taylor Creek. Crews from Fort Lewis and Beale AFB joined 130 additional Native American firefighters. Sequoia rangers tackled two outbreaks near King’s River Canyon. State crews planned extra munitions and air support to contain fires across Mendocino and Siskiyou Counties and a large grass fire along Highway 49 in Grass Valley, allegedly set deliberately.
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Red China Rebuilds Major Power Station in Manchuria
Peiping radio announced rapid repairs to China’s largest hydroelectric station at Hulan near Harbin, with installation of modern Soviet type turbines. The Sungari River Dam has been strengthened and a 220000-volt line to industrial cities built. Generating capacity to reach 567000 kilowatts by 1959. Source notes damage attributed to Nationalist Chinese reactionaries.
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Tension Remains at Nebraska Prison After Riot
Lincoln Neb UPI report says Nebraska's men's reformatory stays tense. Supt M L Wimberley notes ongoing strain as twenty six inmates, named as ringleaders or participants in Friday's riot and fire, are in segregation. Cell doors remain locked for most inmates except those in the trusty dormitory.
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UPI
Nebraska
M. L. Wimberley
Red Korea frees 124 ROK agents in North Korea release
North Korea announced the release of 24 South Koreans as spies held for 50 days. Pyongyang radio said the men were captured by the coast guard on July 22 while attempting to land on the North Korean west coast.
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Air Force Won’t Alter Torture Class Says Quarles
Air Force Secretary Donald A. Quarles defended the survival training program at Stead Air Force Base Nevada saying it is justified and will not be altered or softened. He noted the course teaches airmen to withstand capture and survive wartime imprisonment against harsh methods and pressure. The CBS interview touched on criticism of the simulated brainwashing and other tactics used in the training.
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Wallet stolen as man waited at church steps
At St John the Roman Catholic Church in Newark New Jersey Robert Cronin said a pickpocket snatched his wallet from his pocket as he stood on church steps waiting for services to begin. The wallet contained personal papers and crash notes.
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N. J
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Khrushchev backs U S Soviet trade ties in Kremlin meeting
In a Kremlin reception with Senators Estes Kefauver J Allen Frear Henry Dworshak and George Melene Khrushchev called U S Soviet trade not only possible but desirable saying trade could cover agricultural goods and other commodities. He noted the trade ban spurred Soviet industrial growth while the visiting delegation inspected a new Soviet atomic power plant and judged it good though not as advanced as U S facilities.
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Egypt Found Guilty of Raid on Israeli Territory
The mixed armistice commission found Egypt responsible for infiltrators entering 25 miles into Israeli territory near Beer Sheba. A Bedouin was killed and about 100 sheep were taken.
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