Tragic swamp hike claims six Marines at Parris Island
Young recruits recount a panicked night march into a swamp where six were lost and five bodies recovered. Sgt McKeon, praised for rescue efforts, led the group into the icy 65‑foot stream amid darkness and confusion. An inquiry is underway under Maj. Gen. Burger with Gen. Pate present.
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Duncan Parris
S. Set
Matthew C. McKeon
Worcester
Mass
Ralph Wood
Parris Island
Sgt. McKeon
N. Jerry Lamont Thomas
Alexandria
Wave Thompson
Brooklyn
Norman Alfred Wood
Bay Shore N.Y
Thomas Curtis Hardeman
Vidalia
Burger
McKeon
Pvt
Edwin Leonard
Walnut St
Roselle Park
David H. McPherson
Chatham
N.J
Dayton Train Crash Claims Second Victim
Second victim Donna Best, 26, of near Convoy Van Wert County, died Monday at Miami Valley Hospital from injuries in the Dayton car train crash that also killed her husband Gerald, 24, who died at the scene.
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Dayton
Ohio
Donna Best
Convoy
van Wert County
Miami Valley Hospital
Gerald
Weird Crop May Sprout From Walls
In Dallas a dust storm raised concerns about plaster on the new Temple Emanu-E walls. Contractors cited a past El Paso incident where windborne seeds caused weeds to sprout from walls weeks after plastering. The congregation awaits tests and potential repairs.
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Dallas
Emanu-E
el Paso
Egg money stolen from suburban Cleveland home
Police hunt for a burglar who took about $20,000 from the farm home of 69 year old Molly Tomes an egg dealer. The cash from egg and real estate sales was kept in a steel box hidden in an old phonograph top.
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Cleveland
Strongsville
Urglar
Molly Tomes
Dixie Democrats To Battle New Civil Rights Program
Washington reports Southern Democrats ready to oppose a new Eisenhower civil rights program amid claims of political maneuvering. Rep Barratt O Hara criticized lack of prea pproval talks with House members while Sen Hill condemned the plan as election year politics. The package proposes a federal civil rights division, new court access for rights violations, a bipartisan rights commission, and powers to challenge intimidation schemes.
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Washington
Senate
Rep
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D-Ill
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House
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Sen. Hill
D-Ala
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Hill
Brownell
Capitol
Eisenhower
Congress
Scott
R-Pa
Keating
R-Ny
William L. Miller
Justice
Reuss
D-Wis
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower seeks 547 million defense fund hike
President Eisenhower asked Congress for a 547.1 million dollar increase in defense spending to speed up B52 production, expand Strategic Air Command bases, and accelerate the Dew line project. The request drew mixed reactions on Capitol Hill with some senators urging larger boosts and others warning it could hamper tax cut prospects.
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Sen
George
D-Ga
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Defense Wilson
Capitol Hill
Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Kefauver
Dtenn
Hill
D-Ala
Senate Armed Services
United States
Russia
Rep. Mahon
Dtex
House
Mahon
White House
Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey
Ohio Drivers Face Test To Renew License
Ohio motorists may face re-examination to renew licenses. VU C Felty says state law allows compulsory testing and the program hinges on new mechanized records. About two million licensed drivers have never been tested, with exams planned first for those never examined. A fatal Saturday crash involving an epileptic driver prompted the discussion.
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Columbus
Ohio
VU. C. Felty
Highway Gafety Department
Felty
Franklin County
UN Envoy Opens Palestine Peace Talks Amid Gaza Violence
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold lands in Israel to launch a on the spot Palestine peace mission amid ongoing Arab Israeli violence. He meets Maj Gen Burns and plans to travel to Cairo for talks with Egyptian Premier Nasser, then to Damascus and other capitals as tensions rise and Fedayeen raids continue across Gaza and southern Israel.
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Israel
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Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
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Lydda
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U.N. Palestine Truce Commission
Burns
Cairo
Tel Aiv
Foreign Office
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Damascus
Syria
Hussein
Jordan
Shukri Kuwaily
Abdel Hakim Amer
Gaza Strip
Fedayeen
East Judean
Lachish
Gaza
Egypt
Eisenhower
United States
Middle East
White House
Augusta
Congress
United Nations
Weather Outlook for Miami Valley
A low pressure system from the Southwest brings mainly cloudy skies and showers through Wednesday. Today’s high reaches 48 with occasional rain, tonight cools to 35 with more rain, and Wednesday turns partly cloudy as the rain ends in the early morning with a high near 50. Middletown reported an unofficial high of 55 yesterday at 4 15 p.m. and a 40 degree low at 6 a.m.
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Miami
Middletown
Eisenhower signals plan to ask Congress on Mid East troops
President Eisenhower indicated he would seek congressional authority to use U.S. troops in the Middle East if the United Nations votes to quell aggression. The White House released a policy statement stressing U.N. charter commitments, support for Hammarskjold’s peace mission, and a pledge to act within constitutional means. The plan frames U.S. action as contingent on UN designation of aggression and congressional approval.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Augusta
Eisenhower
U.S
Middle East
United Nations
Trme
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Ggiess Tigrty
White Mouse
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Hagerty
Mid-East
White House
Dulles
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Ued
U. S
Zsa Zsa Delays Third Gabor Wedding
Hollywood report says Zsa Zsa Gabor and fiancé Hal Hayes will not wed next Sunday as planned. She must rehearse for a TV show and says marriage will come in about a month. Zsa Zsa just returned from New York after Magda and Eva Gabor weddings. Eva wed Beverly Hills surgeon Dr. John E. Williams. Magda wed New York industrialist Arthur Gallucci.
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Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hal Hayes
Zsa Zsa
New York
Magda
Eva
John E. Williams
Beverly Hills
Calif
Arthur Gallucci
Nude teen found dead in hotel room in Chicago case
The nude body of 16 year old Carla Fisher from Lansing Illinois was found in a Planters Hotel room at 19 North Clark Street. Police hunt a man who registered as Mr and Mrs John Miller of Port Washington Wisconsin. A previous suspect, Harold Bachman, 29, is in a separate case of statutory rape.
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Chicago
Carla Fisher
Lansing
Thornton Township High School
Planters Hotel
N.clark St
John Miller
Foster Ave
Port Washington
Wis
Harold Bachman
Harvey
Liberty
Fisher
Bachman
Thomas Concialdi
Miller
Carl
Dulles Retirement Rumors Circulate in Washington
Washington whispers circulate that Secretary of State Dulles aged 68 may retire at the end of the Eisenhower administration next January. Rep. Brown of Ohio says the news in his weekly letter and the State Department had no comment.
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Brown
Ohio
Dulles
Eisenhower
State Department
Eisenhower Kefauver primary results eyed in Illinois
Illinois voters weighed the 1952 presidential preference in a crowded ballot mix. Kefauver led with 526,301 Democratic votes while Stevenson drew 54,336 write ins. Eisenhower faced write ins and observers questioned his popularity since the general election. Cloudy skies and possible rain or snow framed polling hours from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST.
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Eisenhower
Adilai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Illinois
Kefauver
Minnesota
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Taft
McCormack Entered In Democratic Race
Boston news reports House Majority Leader McCormack of Massachusetts is endorsed for the Democratic presidential nomination by a Boston City Council resolution. The measure lauds his dedication to economic and social improvement and his unflagging time and energy for his district and all mankind.
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Boston
McCormack
Dmass
Retired Teacher Kathleen Gillard Dies in Missouri
Kathleen Isabel Gillard 66, a former Denison College instructor, died Monday at her Cape Girardeau home. Obituary notes her long teaching career and local ties.
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Cape Girardeau
Kathleen Isabel Gillard
Denison College
Rainier Grace Honeymoon Cruise Includes Rome Visit
Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly sail on their honeymoon cruise in Italian waters visiting Capri Naples and Rome with a Rome stop on April 24. They will stay in a Via Veneto villa and receive a gala reception at the Vatican before touring St Peter's Basilica. Grace arrives aboard the Constitution ahead of the couple's yacht transfer off Monaco.
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Grace Kelly
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Eternal City
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Grace
Pius XII
Vatican
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Mone Carlo
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