Eisenhower Begins Fourth Colorado Vacation
President Eisenhower arrives in Denver for a Colorado summer vacation with golf clubs and fishing gear. He opens a Lowry Air Force Base office to handle state affairs and signs three bills before leaving Washington for Philadelphia.
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Eisenhower
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Ike
Lafayette Street
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Cherry Hills
Rocky Mountains
Lowry Air Force Base
White House
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District of Columbia
North Carolina
Philadelphia
American Bar Assn
Gettys
Lowry Air Base
John S. Doud
Min
San Marino Stays Red in Tight European Vote
San Marino reaffirmed communism as the leftist bloc won 3,008 votes to 2,257 for Christian Democrats and allies. Ninety seven expatriates in Detroit New York and Sandusky Ohio failed to sway the election as consular trips home aided the Communist effort and turnout.
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San Marinese
Detroit
New York
Sandusky
Ohio
Apennines
Italy
America
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Christian Democrats
Wanted To Die Physician Gets Life For Wife Murder
Dr. Ben T. Galbraith, former Pittsburg County Medical Society president, is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife Mary Katherine on March 17. The jury rejected insanity defenses and also found him responsible for the deaths of the couple’s three children in the house fire. Sentencing is expected to be formal before Dist. Judge W A Lackey.
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McAlester
Okla
Galbraith
Pittsburg County Medical Society
Oklahoma
W. A. Lackey
Mary Katherine
Galbraiths
Frank
Jere
Srah Ann
James P. Whyte
CIOs Seek Ballot Vote On Higher Unemployment Pay
The Ohio CIO Council will file petitions today to place a measure on the November ballot to raise unemployment compensation from 30 to 50 dollars weekly for 39 weeks and boost dependency allowances from 2.50 to 3 dollars for three dependents. The 101st General Assembly had raised benefits to 33 dollars for 26 weeks and increased dependencies to three, effective Oct. 10.
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Ohio
Ohio Cio Council
Jacob Clayman
Council
CIO
101St General Assembly
Bing Crosby Son In Hospital After Near Fatal Crash
Pvt Phillip L Crosby 21, son of Bing Crosby, is hospitalized in Raymond with a broken back after his car left a guardrail and fell 20 feet into the Willapa River bed while en route to Fort Lewis for KP duty. He suffered three fractured vertebrae and other injuries and will be moved to Madigan Army Hospital. Bing Crosby flew from a Spokane golf event and spoke with Dr Bussabarger as his son recovers.
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Bing
Russell Starns
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Morse Sees GOP Defeat After Postsession Sparring
Sen Morse predicts voters will oust the Eisenhower administration next year as Bridges and other Republicans press a study claiming Republicans backed the President while Democrats blocked his domestic program. Democratic leaders rebut, urging focus beyond next election on highways, schools, health and immigration.
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Mrs FDR In Tokyo En Route To Bangkok
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in Tokyo today and will travel to Bangkok for a World Federation of United Nations Associations meeting.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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World Federation Ofnited Nations Associations
Carolinas Brace for Hurricane Diane Landfall
Georgia and the Carolinas monitor Hurricane Diane as it weakly intensifies toward landfall with 115 mph winds. The Miami Weather Bureau warns of rising winds tonight and advises coastal residents and shipping to take precautions while forecasters expect little change in intensity. Damage from previous storms and Bermuda seas are noted as officials stay on alert.
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Bermuda
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Cecil Gentry
Tulsa publisher killed by plane prop at airport
William H Atcheson 49, district manager for Gulf Publishing Co of Houston, was killed at Municipal Airport in Tulsa Sunday when he ran toward a plane during a 21 minute layover and was struck by a moving propeller as Braniff DC3 began taxiing for takeoff.
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Tulsa
Municipal
William H. Atcheson
Gulf Publishing Co
Houston
Tex
Atcheson
Minneapolis
Weather in Miami Valley Turns Mild and Sunny
The Miami valley trends toward mild seasonable weather through Tuesday. Officials forecast sunny and warmer conditions today with little temperature change tonight and Tuesday. Scattered showers are possible. Highs near 90 with a overnight low around 60. Sundays high reached 89 and the morning low was 59.
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Miami Valley
Guards End New Prison Riot at Washington State Penitentiary
Guards with rifles and tear gas quelled an inmate uprising at the Washington state penitentiary after six hours. Ten officers were held hostage but released unharmed as inmates sought talks with state officials. The riot damaged only a few windows amid tear gas and gunfire during the takeover and release.
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Walla Walla
Wash
State
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Delmore
Yakima
Eastern State Hospital
Thomas A. Harris
Harris
Boy Swept Into Sewer Rescued After Upriver Plunge
In Corona California a 15 year old boy was swept a half mile through a 36 inch underground pipe while swimming near a flood control dam. He surfaced unconscious and was revived by an unidentified nurse after picnickers hauled him from the outfall. He suffered only a head bump. Mike Elliott of Torrance California and three companions helped in the rescue.
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Calif
Mike Elliott
Torrance
Mike
Elliott
Handless Corpse Found Near River in Lovers Lane Area
Two fishermen found a nude, decomposed woman's body near the Ohio River in Burlington Kentucky. The victim, with long red hair and aged 20 to 30, had both hands removed and had likely been dead about five weeks. Police had not yet determined a cause of death.
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Burlington
Ohio River
Flash Fire Injures 13 On Pittsburgh Trolley
A jolting blast and flash fire aboard a downtown Pittsburgh trolley injured 13 people today. Police attributed a short circuit in the wiring as the likely cause. Most victims were hurt while escaping through shattered windows.
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Pittsburgh
Scalch Victim Dies After Steam Accident
Lancaster Ohio Leslie Harper 35 co owner of a dry cleaning shop died in a hospital after being scalded Friday while adjusting steam equipment in the basement. Five pints of blood transfusions failed to save his life.
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Ohio
Leslie Harper
Harper
Red Rockets 300 Miles Up and Earth Satellite Plans
Moscow reports experimental rockets carrying live animals reaching beyond 300 miles with follow up satellites planned in the near term. Russia aims to study solar and cosmic phenomena while US plans basketball sized satellites at 200 to 360 miles for circumnavigation.
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Russia
A. G Karpenko
Moscow Pravda
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Commission and Interplaneta Communication
White House
Raiders Hit Wales Garrison In Second 48 Hour Raid
Five masked men assaulted guards at a British army garrison near Rhyl Wales. Lt Col Langford said a sentry alerted others and the raiders fled, nothing missing. Two days earlier IRA-linked attackers raided near Reading taking weapons. 3 Irish youths were arrested and a nationwide hunt followed. The IRA aims to drive Britain from Northern Ireland.
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The
Sunday Express
Sunday Graphic
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Eden
Hampshire
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Orange Queen In Apple Land Opens Convention With Delegates
The International Apple Assn opens its Detroit convention with 1,200 delegates and 32 “guests” who arrived by chartered airliner from Florida led by Sally Aurdary, Florida’s citrus queen. Apple spokesmen vow reciprocal action by sending a delegation to Florida next month.
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Detroit
International Apple Assn
Florida
Sally Aurdary
Citrus Growers Assn
Cobalt Missing From Geneva Exhibit Sparks Police Search
Geneva police scoured the city for a small piece of radioactive cobalt taken from the atoms for peace exhibit in downtown Geneva. The material, displayed by a French firm on an open stand, was a quarter inch thick and the size of a postage stamp, encased in copper to prevent contact. The disappearance was revealed last night as officials warned the substance could injure someone who handles it.
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Geneva
Gen Edson Found Dead In Garage
Maj Gen Merritt A Edson a World War II Medal of Honor recipient known for leading Ed sons Raiders was found dead in the garage of his home from carbon monoxide poisoning. The 58 year old retired Marine officer had been executive director of the National Rifle Association and former Vermont state police head. Capt Merritt A Edson Jr said his father had been very tired and worried about the American prisoner of war question at Quantico Virginia.
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Washington
Merritt A. Edson
Marine Corps
Merritt A. Edson Jr
Quantico, Va
Polio Toll Rises Across New England
New England's unofficial polio total stands at 1,523 with at least 17 new cases and five deaths over the weekend. Boston reports 435 cases after 13 more yesterday, while New Hampshire notes three cases and a National Guardsman at Camp Drum in New York is ill. Four Massachusetts adults and a 27 year old Connecticut mother of three died yesterday, lifting the regional polio death toll to 53.
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New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Camp Drum
N.Y
Connecticut
Five Week Search Ends with Slain Scout Found in Woods
Peter Gorham, a 12 year old from Evanston Illinois, was found dead in Muskegon County Michigan woods after a five week search. A small caliber bullet pierced his skull, and investigators including camp counselors face questioning as state pathologists confirm death soon after July 5 disappearance. This follows two prior child slayings in Michigan where Barbara Gaca and Jeannie Singleton were killed in similar fashion.
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Mich
Peter Gorham
Evanston
Michigan
William Jannega
Peter
Leroy R. Hunt
Frederick A. Gorham
Gorham
Barbara Gaca
Detroit
Pontiac
Jeannie Singleton
Kalamazoo
Barbara
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