Michigan Governor labels Eisenhower an old man
Democratic Governor G Mennen Williams of Michigan says President Eisenhower is an old man who may be forced by Republicans to run in 1956. Williams leaves open running for his party's nomination and warns of events before next year’s conventions. He cites age concerns and notes Stevenson and Harriman faces if they pursue the nom. He urges a committee to study atoms for peace and discusses highway policy and Stassen disarmament ideas.
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Chicago
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Eisenhower
Williams
Averell Harriman
New York
Stevenson
Harriman
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
Robert B. Meyner
D-Nj
Robert J. Burkhardt
Meyner
Schmidt
America
Ana
Travis
Air Force
Lausche Gets Republican Boost for Democratic Nomination
Utah Governor J Bracken Lee a Republican voiced tentative support for Ohio Governor Frank Lausche as a Democratic presidential candidate at the 47th Governors Conference in Chicago. Lee said Lausche could be strong if chosen but warned Lausche himself has shown no certainty about a bid.
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Chicago
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Lee
Lausche
Democratic Party
Nude swim suit sparks Charleston court case
In Charleston Claudia A. Hamilton sues Glamor Shops Inc for 20000 claiming a new bathing suit turned transparent from the waist down during a sea swim. She alleges mortification and permanent nervous and psychic injury after crowds saw her semi nude rising from the water and a friend shielded her.
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Charleston
Claudia A. Hamilton
Glamor Shops, Inc
New York
June Auto Death Toll Shows Gain
Ohio's June traffic deaths rose to 131, up 12 percent from 117 last year. For the first half of 1955, 839 deaths, 1 percent more than the 834 in 1954, with 601 rural and 238 urban fatalities and 65,612 accidents. Injury toll reached 5,862 in June, 31,311 for six months, while deaths per 100 million miles fell to 5.2. Property damage June total about 3.95 million, six months 23.2 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Tragedy at Springfield rail crossing claims life
Springfield Ohio report says 28 year old Hiram Williams of Ary Ky was struck by a freight train last night at a railroad crossing southwest of Springfield. Clark County sheriff deputies investigated the fatal accident.
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Springfield
Ohio
Hiram Williams
Here
Clark County Sheriff's Deputies
Freed Airmen Ely Ocean Headed For Hawaii Home
Eleven U.S. airmen freed from 32 months in captivity speed eastward to home. Two Bataan airplanes depart Tachikawa with Colonels and Lieutenants aboard. a second ship mirrors the flight. After Hawaii layover, they proceed to Travis Air Force Base and then to nearby home towns. Airmen receive leis in Honolulu and may choose Hawaii lodging or Royal Hawaiian hotel. One interviewee recalls relief of saluting the flag. families await reunions with travel plans.
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Tokyo
U.S
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Tachikawa Air Base
Hawaii
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
John Knox Arnold Jr
John Vandi
Elmer F. Llewellyn
Harry M. Benjamin Jr
John W. Thompson
ITT
William H. Baumer
Wallace L. Brown
John W. Buck
Howard W. Brown
Steven E. Kiba
Daniel C. Schmidt
Honolulu
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Ike Signs Two Business Bills
President Eisenhower signed the Defense Production Act for one year, directing material allocations to military and atomic contracts and restricting shipments to Red China. He also extended a small business measure two years, raising the revolving loan fund to 175 million dollars and the maximum loan per firm to 250 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Red China
Baby Dies After Rattle Stuck In Throat
In Cleveland Kathleen Gallagher seven month old daughter of William and Eileen Gallagher of Bay Village died after a rattle became lodged in her throat last night.
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Cleveland
Kathleen
William
Eileen Gallagher
Bay Village
Planes Flee To Columbus Ports From Hurricane Connie
Air Force Navy and Coast Guard planes fled east coast bases and massed at Columbus ports to escape Hurricane Connie. About 150 planes expected at Port Columbus Naval Air Station and over 100 Air Force planes had landed at Lockbourne Air Force Base yesterday to avoid contact with the storm.
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Columbus
Ohio
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Port Columbus Naval Air Station
Lock Afb
Connie Strengthens Storm Warnings Across East Coast
Hurricane Connie stalls off the North Carolina coast with 135 mph winds and threatens the East Coast. Weather officials anticipate slow movement toward land near Wilmington with hurricane winds likely by later today. Evacuations proceed as coast guards and Red Cross activate disaster plans across seven Carolina cities and coastal towns.
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Hatteras, N. C
Carolina
Savannah
Weather Bureau
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Virginian
Capes
Provincetown
Mass
Connie
Coast Guard
Ft. Macon
N.C
Morehead City
Beaufort
Atlantic Beach
Salter Path
Emerald Isle
Seaboard
Red Cross
Charleston
S.C
Elizabeth City
Washington
New Bern
Manteo
North Carolina
Civil Air Patrol
Coast
Carol
Florida
Long Island
New England
Edna
Cape Cod
Maine
Canada
Youth 19 Confesses Slayings of Parents in Columbus
Nineteen year old Robert J. Miller, recently released from a federal reformatory, confessed to bludgeoning his mother Gomer Thomas 50 and step father Betty 39 in their Columbus home. Prosecutor Samuel Devine said charges may follow after further homicide squad questioning. Miller described the attack as sparked by a family argument over a girl and said he used fists knives and hammers before fleeing in his step father’s car.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert J. Miller
Franklin County
Samuel L. Devine
Miller
Cambridge
Gomer Thomas
Betty
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
State Highway Patrol
Devine
Thomas
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Hagerstown
Bank Teller Faces Embezzlement Charge Over Missing $46,000
William Gerard Gravius, 26, a Jamaica National Bank teller in New York, is held on embezzlement charges after $46,000 vanished from his drawer. He says the funds were moved to the vault and later disappeared during an audit at the Hillside Avenue branch. He admits taking the money to the vault and notes a $2,000 personal deposit tied to track bets.
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New York
William Gerard Gravius
East Hampton
Long Island
Hillside Avenue
Jamaica National Bank
Gravius
Meadow
N.Y
Bank
Gens
Lausche Plans Salk Vaccine Advisory Committee
Gov. Lausche will appoint an advisory committee to assure fair distribution of Salk polio vaccine in Ohio. Dr. Malcolm L. Robbins announced the plan as the U S Public Health Service approved 1,177,068 shots nationwide, with Ohio receiving 53,346 doses of 1 cc.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Malcolm L. Robbins
State Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Health Service
Death Takes Two in Marion Traffic Spree
In Marion Ohio two people died in quick succession late yesterday. Carl Large 52 a city employee fell from a dump truck and was run over by the rear wheels. Ralph Craig 54 was fatally struck by a car while crossing a street.
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Marion
Gino Prato quits on $64,000 Quiz after Papa's advice
Gino Prato, a Bronx cobbler, takes his father’s counsel from Genoa and quits The $64,000 Question after earning $32,000. He received a live voice recording from his 92-year-old father, plans to visit Italy with his wife and daughter, and recalls Toscanini’s daughter as a top thrill.
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Gino
Poppa
New York
Gino Prato
Papa Prato
Italy
Bronx
Prato
Genoa
WOW
Statale
Caroline
Lorraine
Eugene Jonnides
Arturo Toscanini
Vladimir Horowitz
Auto Crash Kills Mother and Daughter at Fairgrounds
In Bowling Green Ohio a car leaving the Wood County Fairgrounds collided with another vehicle killing Mrs Dorothy Redman 32 and her 4 year old daughter Barbara Ann Harold Redman, husband of the victims, sustained a broken arm rib and leg injuries Mrs Rhoda Herbert of Bowling Green was the other driver and passenger in the second car
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Perrysburg
Wood County Fairgrounds
Dorothy Redman
Barbara Ann
Harold Redman
Rhoda Herbert
Yanks Stop Rioters As Korean Protests Continue
About 300 Koreans defied President Rhee’s no violence order and tried to storm Wolmi Island near Inchon. U.S. troops with tear gas and rifles halted the mob at barbed wire. 22 Americans and 980 Koreans were injured. Other ports saw milder demonstrations as the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission met at Panmunjom to review the Saturday midnight ultimatum.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Wolmi Island
U.S
South Korea
Inchon
Kunsan
Pusan
Kangnung
Taegu
Korea
Sygman Rhee
Foreign Ministry
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Panmunjom
Tired Mamie Eisenhower Resting At Farm Home
Mamie Eisenhower rests at the family farm in Gettysburg Pennsylvania not ill just tired after a busy weekend. President Eisenhower says she will be all right and may join him in Colorado for the vacation.
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Mamie
Gettysburg
Mamie Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
White House
Washington
Congress
Denver
Snyder
Colorado
American Bar Assn
Philadel
U S Worries Over Korea Riots Escalate Tensions
Washington officials monitor rising anti Communist protests in Korea as the United States weighs protecting Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission members amid clashes. South Korea orders the panel to quit, risking public backlash and potential shifts in aid and troop posture.
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Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Korea
South Korea
United States
State Department
Lincoln White
Neutral Nations
Supervisory Commission
Truce Supervision Group
Sweden
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
U.S
Commission
Japan
Warm Miami Valley Forecast Sees 90s With Scattered Thunderstorms
A tug of war between cool and warm air over the Miami Valley suggests a warm win. Today will be partly cloudy, hot and humid with scattered thundershowers tonight. Thursday remains partly cloudy with little change. Highs in the mid 90s, overnight lows around 72. Unofficial yesterday reached 97 at 5 30 p m and 75 at 6 30 a m.
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Miami Valley
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