Governors Dodge Issue Of Highways
The Governors Conference pressed Congress to finance a vast highway program deemed vital to the economy and defense. They elected Washington Governor Arthur Langlie as chairman and chose Atlantic City for next year’s session. They backed the program objectives but dropped financing language and avoided tax increase mentions.
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Chicago
Congress
Washington
Arthur B. Langlie
Atlantic City
N. J
Eisenhower
Averell Harriman
New York
U.S
Langlie
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Senate
Warren
Doctors Warn X Ray Harms Mother To Be
American scientists told the 72 nation atoms for peace conference that pelvic X rays for women of child bearing age may injure unborn infants if pregnancy is unsuspected. They urged restricting X rays to two weeks after menses and cited mouse embryo studies to support the risk during organ formation.
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Geneva
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
L. B. Russell
W. L. Russell
Oak Ridge, Tenn. National Laboratory
D. E. Clark
University of Chicago
Undertow Drowns Woman and Girl Off Erie Coast
In Painesville Ohio yesterday a strong undertow pulled Eunice Walker and Patricia O'Donnell, both from Wickliffe, about 1,000 feet from shore and drowned them in Lake Erie while their two young daughters played nearby.
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Painesville
Ohio
Lake Erie
Eunice Walker
Patricia O’donnell
Wickliffe
Connie Hits Chesapeake Bay as Warnings Drop
Connie, downgraded from hurricane to gale, moved north up the Chesapeake Bay as warnings were lowered from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport Maine. The storm caused 27 aboard the Levin J Marvel to capsize off Calvert County with 10 dead and four missing, while heavy rain and high tides lashed New Jersey and New York and winds reached near hurricane strength along the coast.
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Connie
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
Eastport
Baltimore
Washington Weather Bureau
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake
Calvert County
Maryland
Levin J. Marvel
New Jersey
Long Island
Ocean City
Little Egg Inlet
New York
North Carolina
Virginia
Norfolk Weather Bureau
Rappahanock River
Baltimore Weather Bureau
Potomac
Atlantic
Washington
Boston
Block Island
R.I
Maine
Richmond
Girl Named Connie Born In Knoxville Hospital
Reverend and Mrs. Swan Bush welcomed Connie Diane Bush at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. The family noted the unusual naming after hurricanes in a lighthearted moment.
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Connie Knoxville
Tenn
Swan Bush
Connie Diane Bush
Baptist Hospital
East Coast Hit by Hurricane Connie Drenching Widespread
Hurricane Connie slammed the East Coast with wind driven rains extending to Pittsburgh and Portland. At least 21 deaths were reported, including 10 vacationists drowning after a Chesapeake Bay schooner wreck. New York City logged heavy rainfall and several fatalities, while some regions remained dry.
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Connie
Pittsburgh
Norfolk
Portland
Maine
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Witis
Chesapeake Bay
New York City
Washington
Rockies
Arizona
Plains States
South Atlantic Coast
Gulf
California
Thermal
Calif
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Grand Marias
Pellston
Mich
Blast Victims Identified After Ohio Explosion
All 21 victims of the An dover block blast and fire have been identified. Barbara Offut, 18, of New Lyme, Ohio, the Gateway Restaurant waitress at the center of the blast, is among the dead. Mrs. Margaret L. Kirkhan of Ingram, Pa., was previously identified as another victim. Twenty-one people were injured. only a small ash strip remained in a crawl space at the restaurant front.
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Andover
Ohio
Village Square
Barbara Offut
New Lyme
Gateway
Four Exchange Students Drown In Washington
Four Thai exchange students vacationing in Washington drowned when their car collided with another vehicle and careened into Rock Creek. Police said the car slid down a 20 foot embankment and into 10 feet of water. Victims include Absorn Devahstin of Arlington Virginia and three Bangkok natives attending UC Los Angeles and Florida Southern College.
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Washington
Thailand
Rock Creek
Park
Absorn Devahstin
Arlington
Bangkok
Somsak Naramitrekhakarn
Sumarn
American Motors CIO Contract Extended Avert Strike
Detroit Amrican Motors Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers extend their contract to September 1 delaying a 24 000 worker strike planned for midnight Friday. Negotiations on a new pact recessed until August 30 and will resume then.
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Detroit
Amrican Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Diane Small But Growing In Strength
Miami AP reports hurricane Diane a growing tropical storm moving northeastward well east of Bermuda with 115 mph winds and 250 mile gales. Diane and sister storm Connie exhibit Fuji whara effect as outer forces clash making Diane move north while Connie stalls near the Carolina coast.
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Miami
Fla
Diane
Atlantic
Bermuda
Palm Beach
Puerto Rico
Connie
Carolina
Gordon Dunn
Dunn
Propaganda Says Reds Refute Arnold Torture Tale
The Chinese People's Daily called Col. John Knox Arnold story of torture by Chinese authorities vicious propaganda. Arnold 42 of Silver Spring Maryland spoke at a Tokyo press conference after being released Aug 4 in Peiping. He described being beaten kicked manacled and forced to stand until he screamed before returning to his Montgomery Alabama home.
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Tokyo
Peiping
People’s Daily Today
John Knox Arnold
Arnold
Silver Spring
Hong the
People’s Daily
Travis Afb
California
Montgomery
Ala
TV Actors Strike Near Settlement
Negotiators report a formula agreed to end the weeklong TV actor strike. Spokesmen say details will stay confidential until submitted to the boards of SAG AMPP Alliance of Television Film Producers for approval.
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Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
The
Assn. of Motion Picture Producers
Alliance of Television Film Producers
Prisoner Reunites With Son as Wife Remarries
Airman Daniel Schmidt, released from China imprisonment, meets his son in Nevada City while his wife Una, now married to logger Alford Fine, plans to decide on the future after several private meetings. Schmidt asks for privacy as reporters linger.
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Daniel Schmidt
Redding
Calif
Evelyn McQuary
Alameda
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Alan Cline
Nevada City
Daniel C. Schmidt
Una
Logger Alford Fine
Schmidt
North Korea
Dannny Jr
Harold Berliner
High Sierra
Berliner
Fine
Sierra
Sacramento Bee
Alvin Trivelpiece
Three Killed As Jet Plane Strikes Albany Building
A FSF jet fighter crashed after striking a power line and a house in Albany. Army Sgt. Harry Vereen died from burns. Pilot 1st Lt. Charles H. Dudley and Mrs. Nannie Mae Barry suffered critical injuries. The jet had taken off from Turner Air Force Base on a routine training flight. The apartment building was demolished.
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Albany
Air Force
FSF
Army
Harry Vereen
Thomasville
N.C
Charles H. Dudley
308Th
Bist Wing
Turner Air Force Base
Birmingham
Ala
Nannie Mae Barry
Turner
Ten Dead Four Missing As Old Schooner Sinks
A historic schooner Leven J Marvel sank in Chesapeake Bay storm near North Beach Maryland leaving ten killed and four missing. Thirteen others rescued by firemen police National Guardsmen and volunteers after waves wrecked the 128 foot ram vessel. Survivors including skipper John Mechling and crew described a rapid capsize as the boat took on water and foundered before Hurricane Connie arrived.
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North Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Washington, D. C
Levin J. Marvel
Annapolis
New York
Baltimore
John Mechling
Marvel
Stephen Morton
Chesapeake
Morton
William McWilliams
George Kellum
Eyewitness Denies Slaying In Newport
A Newport slayings case sees Rosemary Bedford recant her eyewitness account and be jailed for her protection after reporting a window peep. Melvin Clark was shot behind a Newport cafe. Frank Andrews faces murder charges claiming self defense. Evelyn Farmer, Clark’s girlfriend, is held in Toledo on federal bond and accessory charges.
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Cincinnatip
Melvin Clark
Newport
Rosemary Bedford
Pelice
FBI
Toledo
George Muchelkamp
Campbell County
IRA raiders seize guns at British Army post in Reading
A band of armed men raided a British Army post in Reading England early today and seized a cache of guns and ammunition. Police identified the raiders as members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army vowing to fight to end the partition of Ireland.
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Reading
England
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Barricade News as Rhee Demands Truce Inspectors Exit
Riot conditions flare across Korea as President Rhee extends the deadline for neutral truce observers to depart. A large mob clashes with tear gas and guards at truce compounds in Kangnung and Wilmi Island while U.S. troops defend compounds and insist on avoiding bloodshed.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
Walter Robertson
U.S
Wilmi Island
Wilmi
Satces Seeeeewey Rho
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Truce Team
Kangnung
8Th Army
Kunsan
Inchon
Pusan
Taegu
North Korea
South Korea
U. S
Soviet to Cut 640000 From Armed Forces by Dec 15 1955
The Soviet News Agency Tass announced a reduction of 640000 troops by December 15 1955 to ease international tension and build confidence among nations. Estimations place Russia’s army at 2.8 million and the navy at 750000, with official totals never publicly disclosed.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Russia
Austria
Geneva
United States
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Onetime Nazi Spy Deported
Erich Gimpel, 46, one of two Nazi spies who slipped into the United States from a German submarine during World War II, was deported to Germany. The Justice Department said he entered as an immigrant lacking valid papers and he left from Atlanta Prison to New York, then aboard the S S Italia. His partner William Colepaugh, 37, is jailed at Leavenworth after their 1941 espionage conviction.
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Washington
Erich Gimpel
Germany
Justice Department
Gimpel
Atlanta
New York City
S.S. Italia
William Colepaugh
United States
Leavenworth
Kaw
Colepaugh
FBI
New York
Maine
Enet
Doctor's Trial For Slaying Wife Drawing To Close
In McAlester Oklahoma testimony nears end in the weeklong murder trial of Dr. Ben T. Galbraith accused of killing his wife Mary Katherine Galbraith and setting their two story home on fire. The state recalls 10 rebuttal witnesses while the defense argues insanity. Former colleagues testified they saw no signs of mental illness and would have avoided working with him.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
Mary Katherine
Galbraith
McAlester Clinic
Motorist Killed in Lisbon Rogers Crash
Richard Tul lis, 19, died in a two car collision on Ohio 7 near Rogers outside Lisbon. He was the driver of one of the vehicles.
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Lisbon
Ohio
Richard Tullis
Rogers
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