Refinery Fire Dwindles After Explosions at Standard Oil Plant
In Whiting Indiana a massive fire at the Standard Oil refinery burned 10 acres and slowed to smoldering flames by nightfall. Two dead and 45 injured with 950 families evacuated. officials expect most fires controlled by night. Insurance and losses cited range around 10 million for the plant, with higher potential totals outside the facility.
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Standard Oil
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Chicago
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Truman lashes at GOP and backs Stevenson in Mackinac dialogue
President Truman denounced what he called business domination by the Eisenhower administration and reaffirmed support for Adlai Stevenson. He avoided naming individuals and said he would not run for office, while Nixon touted the Truman-Nixon contrast as voters approach 1956. Truman will speak at Mackinac Island tonight before Detroit on September 5.
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Tennessee
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Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Texas
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Ohio
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Bender
Nixon Says Soviets Hold Key To Peace Roadblocks
Vice President Nixon warned in a Boston speech prepared for the VFW that five roadblocks block peace and only Soviet leaders can remove them. He listed issues including Germany’s division, arms race, Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe satellites, and Moscow directed subversion. He urged the Chinese, Russian, and American people to pursue friendship and said decisive Soviet action could bring the end of the Cold War closer.
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Europe
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Anti Stevenson Moves Founder No Opponents
Southern Democrats struggle to unite against Adlai Stevenson as Sen Russell Ga exits race leaving no clear rival. Kefauver Harriman Lausche and Shivers eyed as potential alternatives but southern backing remains uncertain amid civil rights tensions and shifting loyalties.
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New York
Stevenson
Harriman
Children Drown In Flash Flood Near Taipokow
In Taipokow, New Territories, a flash flood swept through a canyon where picnicking Chinese schoolchildren were set to end a day outing. The known death toll reached 24 with reports of dozens more missing as rescue teams found 21 bodies and recovered three more.
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New Territories
Taipokow
Border clashes flare as Gaza frontier fights continue
Cairo reports renewed hostilities along the Gaza Sinai frontier with six killed in a day. Four Egyptian jets crossed into Israeli territory near the Gaza Sinai junction. one was hit by Israeli fire. Israel says Egyptian planes were driven back. Cairo notes two hours of border gunfire with no Egyptian casualties. This marks the fifth day of clashes. toll totals 7 Egyptians and 13 Israelis over the past week.
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French move to form new Moroccan government for peace
Paris reports the French cabinet endorsed a Moroccan policy to form a representative government in French Morocco by Sept 12. Negotiations with nationalist leaders focus on exile of Sultan Ben Youssef, removal of current Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa, and a regency plan while a final status is decided.
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Democratic Independence Party
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France
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Faure
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Gilbert Grandval
North Africa
Pleasant August Forecast Shows Mild, Fair Weather Ahead
The forecast calls for fair and mild weather through Tuesday with some clouds today and tonight. Highs in the 90s and a low around 70 degrees tonight, little temperature change expected Tuesday. Sunday's high reached about 99 degrees with a 73 degree low reported this morning.
Father O'Reilly Dies Former UC President
Very Rev. Bernard P. O'Reilly former president of the University of Dayton dies at 81 in Dayton hospital. Funeral services set for Wednesday. led the university from 1908 to 1918 and again from 1923 to 1932.
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Disarmament Talks Open At Geneva
United Nations delegates from the Big Four and Canada convened in Geneva for a new round of disarmament talks. The five power subcommittee at U.N. headquarters aimed to expand Geneva proposals as Western and Soviet envoys prepare groundwork for higher level negotiations ahead of the October foreign ministers meeting.
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Calf Rassler Gets Tail Hold on Highway
ST. LOUIS Patrolman Gilbert Kennedy pursued a runaway calf along the express highway for an hour. He leaned from a moving patrol car and grabbed the calf by its tail then held on until police and helpers subdued and tied the animal.
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Edith Tracks North East Away From Bermuda
The hurricane Edith curved to a north north east course keeping 80 to 85 mph winds over open sea. Forecasters said the East Coast and Bermuda are probably spared hurricane winds as Edith moves northeast and offshore.
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Fila
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UN agrees to cut truce inspection teams in Korea
The United Nations Command and Communist representatives agreed to reduce the four nation inspection setup to end obstructions. The plan calls for closing four of ten ports of entry and halving team sizes while keeping each bloc represented, amid violent protests and claims of Communist spying.
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Couple Held For Murder In Western Slaying
Palm Springs building inspector Donald E. Graham was found beaten and suffocated. Robert Kenneth Miers and his wife Elizabeth, arrested near the state line, faced questions over the death and a linked theft of clothing, valuables, and a vacuum cleaner from Graham’s home.
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Here
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Mohave County
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Nine Die In Ohio Traffic Toll Rises Over Weekend
Ohio roads claimed nine lives over the weekend in vehicle crashes. Three more drownings are reported with one believed missing. A Fremont crash added three deaths during the 54 hour survey from Friday evening. Another two fatalities occurred in vehicle related incidents near Cleveland and in Knox County at Fredericktown.
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Fremont
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Fredericktown
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Shell blast kills three children in El Paso picnic
In El Paso Texas a 90 mm shell exploded over a yard killing Velma Morales 4 George Valdez 6 and Riccardo Lujan 10 while injuring ten others. Tiny Hector Ramirez 4 is in critical condition with both legs amputated. Police said the father had placed a fire in the yard and the shell, believed to be a dud, may have been collected near Fort Bliss Casner range months earlier.
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