No Speeches Yet Candidates Put Show On Road
The 1956 campaign opened with Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver traveling to Santa Fe and beyond for a chain of daily meetings with party leaders. Nixon flew to Washington for campaign conferences while Eisenhower continued golfing in Pebble Beach. Hagerty said Eisenhower is no longer a convalescent and may speak in mid September. Stevenson and Kefauver will visit 34 states with grassroots conferences ahead of Labor Day Detroit rallies.
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Associated Press
Adlai E.tevenson
Estes Kefauver
Santa Fe
N. M
Vancouver
Wash
Sioux City
Iowa
Knoxville
Whittier
Calif
Washington
Eisenhower
Cypress Point Club
Pebble Beach
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
San Francisco
Stevenson
Kefauver
Detroit
Bank Teller Accused of Skimming 21000 Funds
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania a 27 year old bank teller and part time minister faces fraudulent pretense charges after allegedly taking 21000 from a customer account. Robert Dredge of Mount Morris allegedly admitted taking money over two years saying he spent it on family and helping friends. He claimed he intended to repay it and used some for home improvements. Dredge worked at First National Bank of Morgantown West Virginia and is held without bail. He is a Morgantown Methodist Church assistant pastor and former local pastor.
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Waynesburg
Robert Dredge
Mount Morris
Ray Fisher
Drodge
First National Bank of
Morgantown
W.va
Fisher
Justice of the Peace
Earl H. Fulton
Dredge
Thomas Boyd
University of Pittsburgh
Youth 16 killed in township road crash near Columbus
Ronald Kendrick, 16, died after the car he rode in left a township road and plunged into a ditch near Columbus. Police said the incident occurred early today. no other details were released.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ronald Kendrick
Congressional Study Blames Communists in Rosenberg Case
A House Un American Activities Committee report says communist led campaigns exploited the Rosenberg trial to manipulate public opinion and raise funds. It accuses fraud and outlines propaganda used to attack U S institutions while bolstering the communist movement and diverting attention from Soviet moves.
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Washington
U.S
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Russia
Reyes
Communist Party
National Rosenberg Committee
Rosenberg
Japan
France
United States
Egypt awaits Nasser reply on Suez talks with Menzies team
Cairo sources say Egypt will respond Tuesday to the Menzies five nation committee proposal for talks on the Suez Canal crisis. Nasser expected to meet the committee in Cairo with a proviso that Egypt is not obligated to adopt the plan. London awaits Egypt's reply transmitted to its embassy.
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Wilton Wynn
Cairo
Egypt
Menzies
Nasser
Robert G. Menzies
London
Sunda
United States
Suez
India
Britain
France
Southampton
Moscow
Poland Admits Mine Disaster at Chorzow
Poland's official news agency PAP confirmed a mine disaster at Chorzow with reports of 29 dead disputed. Early travelers to Berlin said miners were trapped and a fire likely caused by the weekend incident.
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Berlin
Poland
PAP
Chorzow
Weekend Flood Toll in Turkey Reaches 81 Lives
Turkish floods from a weekend disaster swept a wide area from the north to the southeast. At least 81 people were confirmed dead and 40 men were missing and presumed drowned. Local authorities faced rescue challenges as landslides and rising waters hampered search efforts. The victims included families and workers affected by sudden surges that cut roads and flooded villages.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Weather swelter continues with scattered thundershowers
The Miami Valley faces hot and humid conditions with possible showers and thundershowers. Forecasts call for cloudy warm weather today with a high near 90, and a warm humid stretch into Tuesday with a high near 95 and a low around 70. Sunday's high was 81 and low 54.
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Miami Valley
Kidnaper Quizzing Continues in Weinberger Case
Police resumed grilling Angelo John La Marca in the Peter Weinberger kidnapping. Authorities say he confessed abducting the 32 day old infant on July 4 from Westbury and abandoning him in a honeysuckle patch. FBI traced note handwriting to La Marca who may face the death penalty.
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Angelo John LaMarca
Plainview
N. Y
Peter Weinberger
LaCarca
Mineola
N.Y
LaMarca
Westbury
Brooklyn
New York
Morris Weinberger
FBI
Donna
CWA Okays New Contract for Western Electric
Western Electric Co announced a new one year contract covering 18 000 telephones installers. The Communications Workers of America joined in the announcement. The pact includes a general wage increase of 8 to 12 cents an hour plus fringe benefits. Pay ranged from 1.36 to 2.36 dollars an hour. The agreement, dated Sunday for retroactivity, was finalized this morning.
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New York
Western Electric Co
The
Communications Workers of America
Will prompts a wife remarry condition in jest
A humorous legal quip has a husband stipulating in a will that his estate goes to his wife only if she remarries within a year. He wants someone to be sorry he died, prompting the lawyer to respond about differences in this will.
Hitchhiker Sought After Kidnap of Family in West Springfield
West Springfield police investigate possible kidnap of Mrs. Wendell Simpson and three children after an injured hitchhiker forced them from a car. Witnesses say the hitchhiker commandeered a family wagon, then fled. search continued through the night.
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West Springfield
Mass
Wendell Simpson
Richard Basile
Basile
Simpson
Cyprus paper blasts British Makarios indictment
A Greek Cypriot paper called Britain’s indictment of exiled Archbishop Makarios an unfortunate act. Lennox-Boyd claimed Makarios directed EOKA attacks. Alithia warned the charges would worsen the Cyprus crisis while urging resolution through sincerity and goodwill. The diary of Dighenis allegedly links Makarios to EOKA, with Grivas named as author of the diary and through it as a conduit to Makarios.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Britain
Makarios
Cyprus
Alan Lennox-Boyd Ch
Nicosia
Alithia
Lennox-Boyd
London
EOKA
Mediterranean
Greece
Seychelle Islands
Indian Ocean
Colonial Office
Dihenis
George Grivas
Athens
Greee
Anthimos
Kitium
Col. Grivas
Genikos
Dighenis
Dighouis
Youth Riot After Buddy Is Arrested
In Oxnard California a massive riot erupted in the Colonia district Sunday night after the arrest of a youth. About 50 officers took an hour and a half to quell the disturbance. A 16 year old girl was hospitalized with head injuries as beer cans were thrown at officers and several police cars were damaged. No arrests were reported.
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Oxnard
Calif
Colonia
Adlai Stevenson to Speak in Ohio on Sept eight
Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson will give a major address in Columbus Ohio on September eight. State Democratic Chairman William L Coleman confirmed the appearance and said the talk will be among his first major campaign speeches as he travels from Chicago to New York.
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Columbus
Ohio
Adlai Stevenson
William L. Coleman
Coleman
Stevenson
Chicago
New York
AFL-CIO debate over endorsing Stevenson Kefauver ticket
National AFL-CIO leaders at Unity House Pocono camp weigh endorsing the Democratic ticket of Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver or remaining neutral in the November election. Opinions split though Democratic backing appears favored. group may delay a formal endorsement and let unions decide locally.
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Norman Walker
Afl-Cio
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Council
Afl-Cio General Board. Com
Stevenson-Kefauver
George Meany
Aflcio
Walter Reuther
The
Auto Workers
CIO
David G. Dubinsky
Garment Workers
Joseph Keenan
Electrical Workers
Segregation Fight Looms In Virginia
In a special session Virginia lawmakers focus on keeping public schools segregated after the Supreme Court ruling. Gov Stanley proposes tying state funds to race-free schools, a plan backed by Sen Byrd but facing opposition from pro-assignment and anti-closure factions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanley
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Assembly
South
New Typhoon Near Okinawa Heads West NNW
A new typhoon roared in the Pacific Ocean about 450 miles southeast of Okinawa with winds up to 85 mph. It was moving west-northwest at 15 mph. The U.S. Air Force said the storm would pass south of Okinawa and enter the East China Sea, following two earlier typhoons this year.
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Tokyo
Charlotte
Pacific Ocean
Okinawa
U.S. Air Force
East China Sea
Umpire Shot at After Amateur Baseball Game
Miami police report umpire Dink Lester was fired upon after a local amateur baseball game. Lester said a motorist exited a parking lot, collided with another car, then fired four to six shots at him and fled. No one was harmed.
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Miami
Fla
Dink Lester
Lester
Tailored Radiation Doses Boost Leukemia Survival
A medical team reports that individualized radiation therapy for chronic leukemia, using X rays or radioactive phosphorus, can double survival time versus standard doses. Of 100 patients started, about half survived over five years, with many remaining active in demanding jobs and recreation.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Reporter
Boston
E. E. Osgood
A. J. Seaman
R.D. Koler
Portland
Ore
Osgood
Interimational Society of Hematology
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