State Chiefs Would Seek End to Crisis
Premier Bulganin proposed a six nation conference of heads of state to resolve the Suez crisis. Countries named were the United States Britain the Soviet Union France Egypt and India. He said the talks could safeguard Egypt sovereignty and free passage of ships through the canal and that any agreement could be submitted to the United Nations for ratification.
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Bulganin
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
France
Egypt
India
London
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Suez Canal
United Nations
Air Force grounds B52 fleet after California crash
The Air Force orders all B52 bombers grounded pending investigation into Monday's crash at Castle AFB California. Gen. Edwin Rawlings announces the precaution while crews remain on standby and the force may rely on other long range bombers for nuclear deterrence.
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Washington
Air Force
California
Air Force Headquarters
Edwin Rawlings
Air Materiel Command
Castle Air Force Base
Calif
Strategic Air Command
Man Fails to Place in Crocheting Race at Fair
At the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona a crocheting race featured 35 women and one man, Ernest Van Houten of Burbank, who finished with eight scallops as the judges called time. The winner was Mrs. Agatha K. Becker of El Monte with 2134 scallops, marking her fifth consecutive victory.
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Pomona
Los Angeles County
Ernest van Houten
Burbank
Agatha KE. Becker
el Monte
Oldest Human? Colombia Man Aims For Age Record
Javier Pereira arrives in New York en route to Cornell Medical Center for tests to determine if he is the world’s oldest living human. At 4 foot 4 and 75 pounds, estimates place him as high as 167 years, though he cannot read or write and is unsure of his age. Doctors note unusual vigor in blood circulation and heart action, while Pereira recalls events from Simon Bolivar’s era.
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Miami
New York
Javier Pereira
Colombia
Cornell Medical Center
Pereira
Jose Miguel Restrepo
San Civente de Paul Hospital
Medellin
Fla
Democrats Offer Help Clean GOP Windows After Vandals
Democrats offered to help clean up defaced windows at the GOP headquarters at 324 Broadway after vandals smeared black grease. Don Foltz, a local Democrat, said he and others would assist, though GOP leader Gladys O'Donnell welcomed the gesture.
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GOP
Broadway
Don Foltz
Foltz
Gladys O'Donnell
Weather Outlook Mostly Sunny With Coastal Fog
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies Thursday with some night and early morning fog along the coast. Expect little temperature change with a daytime high near 83 degrees.
Eisenhower Opens Campaign With Radio Address Tonight
President Eisenhower prepares his first formal campaign speech as a seven million dollar fund drive unfolds. He is slated to deliver the address on KNX and KAJ at 9 30 p m and will travel to Lexington Kentucky October 1 to speak at the University of Kentucky Coliseum amid a tight Senate race. Adlai Stevenson outlined party fundraising plans in Washington including a door to door drive October 16 and dinners on October 9.
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Eisenhower
Maineal
KNXAT
KAJ
KNX
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
Riot at Newport Rock n Roll Dance Riot
At the Newport naval station enlisted men’s club a Tuesday night rock and roll event erupted into a riot involving about 1,500 sailors Marines and women. Fifteen hospitalized, 22 service members detained, police and Navy authorities moved to quell the violence.
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Newport
R. T
Naval Station
NAVAL
Fats Dominic
Newport Police Gaid
Navel Hospital
Police capture shadowy figure linked to Riesel acid attack
New York police announced the arrest of Theodore Rij, a 43 year old dressmaking firm executive and close associate of Johnny Dio, in the acid blinding of labor columnist Victor Riesel. Rij was arrested on a federal warrant and to be turned over to the FBI after an appearance at Manhattan's WW. 30th St station. The investigation ties Rij to Dio's network and to bodyguarding duties amid charges against six other men for conspiring to obstruct justice.
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New York
Theodore ‘Rij
Labou
Victor Riesel
FBI
Rij
Thej
WW. 30Th St
Manhattan
Ris
Johnny Dis
Dio
Riesel
New Jersey
Fire emergency in Arizona forests declared
An emergency was declared in federal forest lands in Arizona today. Regional Forester Fred H Kennedy said the timberlands will be closed to smoking. The ruling applies in U S forests in the state except on paved roads. Kennedy said the Arizona forests are very dry and the fire situation is acute.
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Albuquerque
Arizona
Fred H. Kennedy
U.S
Nixon campaign warns tide lands at risk if Stevenson wins
Vice President Richard Nixon on a 32 state swing warned Californians that a Democratic victory in November could jeopardize state ownership of tidelands. He cited Eisenhower’s Submerged Lands Act signing and urged reelection to protect the asset. Nixon spoke in Long Beach and Whittier, then flew to Reno, with Patricia Nixon and staff.
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Richard Nixon
Whittier
Lyme
Nixon
Long Beach
Reno
Don Ebster
Malcolm Epley
Tidelands
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Stevenson
California
Patricia
Northwest
Heat Hangs On as Smog Follows Suit
With summer fading, Long Beach saw a record warm afternoon as temperatures topped near 93 degrees, while the Air Pollution Control District warned of smog later in the day and possible alerts. A smog alert was briefly issued in Burbank and Azusa before being cancelled as autumn arrived.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
Air Pollution Control District
SFATH
Burbank
Azuza
Vagabonds 13 Ride to Mexico Fails in Half Moon Bay
Two 13 year old boys from San Francisco attempted a horseback journey to Mexico. They rented two 14 year old horses on Monday and rode eight miles down the coast before walking eight more miles into Half Moon Bay. Deputy Gene Wise found them wandering and they were sent home.
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Mexico
Half Moon Bay
Stirling Olivera
James Handléin
San Francisco
Gene Wise
Young Olivera
City Ife
Mexica
Fourteen Year Old Hero Foils Bank Robber
Fourteen year old Robert Nube l American schoolboy killed a would be German bank robber and was credited today with saving his father's life in a dramatic incident. Details appear on page A 3.
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Robert, Nubel
Ohio City Phoneless in Strike
Portsmouth Ohio residents faced a total telephone blackout as the Consolidated Telephone Co halted exchanges after an attack on repair crews. Police and state officials ordered emergency measures, with telephones the only link to outsiders as local hospitals relied on courier services.
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Hugh Rudity
Bred
Ohio
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Robert L. Moulton
State Utilities Commission
George Mingle
Consolidated Telephone Co
Portsmouth
Sciotoville
Here
C. E. Williams
Heke
Generous Cardinal's Will Reveals Charity Over Wealth
London reports the will of Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, who died August 20. The volume shows only 262 pounds left, yet his staff say he gave largely to charity and often had little money, while his spiritual leadership guided Britain's Roman Catholics.
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London
Bernard Caredinal Griffin
Westminster
Britain
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Mitzi
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Ohio City
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Hal Boyle
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