Stevenson blames GOP failures in Seattle campaign speech
Adlai Stevenson addressed 400 at a $25-a-plate Democratic rally in Seattle urging that peace is not a partisan issue. He attacked Republican “frequent and foolish failures” and warned that communism cannot be stopped by slogans while citing the Eisenhower administration as unprepared for the new threat. He also stated he would oppose force in desegregating public schools and urged gradual progress.
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Seattle
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Illinois
Sharp Criti
Cism
South
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Miami Beach
Fla
Lausche May Intervene In IUE Strike
Gov. Frank Lausche said he will decide on helping settle the 120 day Westinghouse strike after meeting with six Ohio IUE locals leaders. He stated he will conduct inquiries before choosing a course, amid calls to use his office to urge fact finding. Attendees included Ladd Bollinger Lima Local 724 Russell Yarman Mansfield Local 711 Richard Fisher Mansfield Local 759 Charles H. Clark Columbus Local 746 Ted Nolan Cleveland Local 777 and William E. Selby Newark Local 714.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Westinghouse
Lausche
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Westinghouse Electric
Lausch
Ladd Bollinger
Lima
Russell Yarman
Richard Fisher
Mansfield
Charles H. Clark
Ted Nolan
Cleveland
William E. Selby
Newark
Storms Kill One, Injure Two in Arkansas Towns
Tornado like storms hit Cleveland and Sardis near Morrilton Arkansas killing a 67 year old man Verne Ashford and injuring his wife Ethel. Four houses destroyed at Cleveland and four at Sardis along with several farm buildings. One injury reported at Sardis. Sheriff reports 300 yard wide damage swath and midnigh tornado hit after warning lift.
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Morrilton
Ark
Here
Cleveland
Sardis
Verne Ashford
Ethel
Marlin Hawkins
Ashford
Morriston
James Burrell
Hawkins
U. S. Weather Bureau
Robert Parette
Little Rock
Landing Gear Stuck Ditch Bomber In Desert
Edwards Calif Aboard Navy A3D jet ditched in Mojave Desert after hours of circling to burn fuel three airmen bailed out safely. The two million dollar aircraft, on ferry from Los Angeles to Patuxent River Md, was shot down by three Air Force F100s as it flew pilotless about 20 miles north of Edwards. Lt W B McGinty Norman Okla piloting the plane said gear would not lower and a belly landing was abandoned due to suspected damage to the horizontal stabilizer. Copilot Lt Kenneth L Mellin Alexandria Minn and Aviation Machinist's Mate 3c Co Huffines Gainesboro Tenn were unhurt. All three are stationed at Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
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Norman
Okla
Muroc Dry Lake
3.C. Co. W. Huffines
Gainesboro
Tenn
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Hot Springs Flood Deluge Strikes Downtown
A flash flood in Hot Springs Ark swirled through downtown with water up to six feet causing multimillion dollar damage. The 244 hour cloudburst hit before the spring horse racing season at Oaklawn Park opening Feb 25. unconfirmed reports of drownings.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Oaklawn Park
Oldtimers
It's Too Good To Last
MAYSVILLE Kentucky nine highway workers in Mason County enjoy de facto autonomy as bosses of their own cells. W. E. Hall resigned as road supervisor and no decision has been made on appointing a temporary foreman among current workers.
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Maysville
Mason County
W. E. Hall
Eisenhower Doctors Say He Is Fit For Another Term
President Eisenhower's medical team reports he is physically able to serve a second term and could remain active for five to ten years. The six doctors cite no heart weakness, a well healed scar, normal pulse and blood pressure, and a weight around 172 pounds. They caution about potential future heart events but see no medical prohibition to re election.
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Eisenhower
Leonard Heaton
Walter Reed Hospital
Byron Pollock
Fitzsimons Hospital
Paul Dudley White
Boston Heart
James Hagerty
Howard Snyder
Thomas Mattingly
Walter Reed
Maj
Walter Tkach
White House
Washington
Thomasville
Boston
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
Seattle
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
White
Dr. White
Georgia
Army
Eisenacted
2 Mothers 2 Children Die In Crash
PORT CLINTON Ohio Two young boys and their mothers were killed Tuesday when a flat bed steel truck swerved into the path of their car on Ohio 2. The victims were Mrs. Evelyn O'Day Perry 31 and her son Ronald 8 and Mrs. Winifred Ronoldt 37 and her boy Tommy 10, all of Monroe Michigan. Four vehicles were involved in the accident, the worst in the county in two years. Sheriff's deputies said Carl Prokop 30 of Port Clinton stopped his dump truck to turn left into a side road. Edward F. Tupa 3 of Calumet City Illinois a salesman halted his car behind the dump truck. Richard M. Davison 24 of Youngstown apparently feared his flat bed steel truck would hit the back of Tupa's car and swerved into the path of the westbound Michigan car.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Evelyn O'Day Perry
Ronald
Winifred Ronoldt
Tommy
Monroe
Mich
Carl Prokop
Edward F. Tupa
Calumet City
Ill
Richard M. Davison
Youngstown
Tupa
Michigan
Shooting of U S Air Force Captain in Morocco
In Casablanca French officials say the first American casualty of the Moroccan nationalist conflict was killed by mistake. U S Air Force Captain Nelson Brown, 42, was shot in the head Monday night while stopped behind another car on the road to Nouaceur air base. French Foreign Office called it a tragic mistake and a regrettable incident. U S officials imposed travel limits on service members following the death. Brown, from Green Forest Arkansas, had served 15 years in the Air Force.
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Casablanca
Morocco
U. S Air Force
Nelson Brown
U. S
Strategic Air Command
Nouaceur
Brown
Paris
Green Forest
Ark
Air Force
Arraignment in three narcotics case recessed to 2 PM
After 244 hours of testimony the arraignment of three alleged narcotics violators was recessed until 2 p.m. in Municipal Court. Judge J T Lamb overruled the defense motion to suppress evidence seized in the case as illegally obtained. Westinghouse Electric Corp rejected Governor Leader of Pennsylvania’s proposal to submit issues in a 122 day strike to a fact finding board.
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J. T. Lamb
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Humphrey attacks civil rights stall in Congress
Sen. Humphrey urged the Eisenhower administration to lead on civil rights and blamed Republicans for stalling. He contrasted Nixon’s New York remarks with GOP inaction during the 83rd Congress and defended court desegregation as political. Stennis echoed the criticism, saying Nixon admitted the court decision is political.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nixon
New York
Stennis
D-Miss
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Senate
McClellan Says Free World Help Fuels Russia War Machine
Senator McClellan opened Senate Investigations hearings accusing high officials of withholding details on growing free world sales of strategic materials to Russia. He cited a 1954 Paris agreement easing curbs and warned that the trade volume has become very disturbing. Hoover Jr. reportedly advised against a public probe, fearing harmed relations with Western allies.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Paris
United States
Soviet Union
Administration
Herbert Hoover Jr
Hoover
Subcommittee
U. S
Girl Gang Beat 12 Year Old Newsie In Cleveland
In Cleveland fifteen teenage girls attacked a 12 year old newspaper boy Tuesday. Gerald Espvander said eight girls grabbed him while the others tore up his 44 papers. His mother blamed it on ornery neighborhood kids.
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Cleveland
Gerald Espvander
Josephine
Balloon Weather Vessel Strays Over Russia
An American weather balloon launched from Japan veered off course over Russia and stopped transmitting near Chita at 6:20 am local time, drifting westward due to variable winds and low pressure near the Aleutians. The Navy says it carries only weather instruments and a radio transmitter, amid Russia’s protest of military reconnaissance use. The balloon, part of a series launched to gather readings high over the Pacific, was expected to drift west before resuming its United States bound path.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
United States
Siberian
Chita
Outer Mongolia
Asian
The
Aleutians
Navy
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Gallant Lad Wedged in Chimney to Aid Front Door
In Altadena California nine year old Dennis Bittle tried to descend a chimney to unlock a locked front door for his friend Patty Wil son. He became wedged above the damper but firefighters freed him with ropes. He was uninjured and mused that she was his second girlfriend and he might not have more.
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Altadena
Calif
Dennis Bittle
Dennis
Patty Wilson
Patty
Paul Wilson
Weather turns messy with rain sleet snow forecast
In the Miami Valley by Thursday a storm system brings rain sleet and snow with colder temperatures. Today features light rain then sleet or snow overnight with highs near 35 and lows mid twenties. Unofficially yesterday reached 50 with a 34 low and .25 inches of rainfall.
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Miami Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Europe Ice Furrow of Death Deepens Across Continent
Europe endures a brutal cold wave with 429 deaths reported as subfreezing temps lock seas and rivers. Italy, Britain, France, Yugoslavia suffer fatalities from cold and storms while Denmark and Germany face inland shipping freezes. U S Army engineers, German guards clear Danube floods and airlift delivers 70,000 relief supplies to Italy. Spain briefly rebounds with sun and warmer temps as orange crops suffer.
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London
Europe
St. Tropez
French Riviera
Matilda
Sweden
Baltic
Denmark
Italy
France
Yugoslavia
Britain
Greece
Germany
Turkey
Austria
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
Poland
Libya
Iron Curtain
Western
West Germany
Me Rhine
Kaub
Lorelei
U. S. Army
Danube
U.S. Air Force
Berlin
Madrid
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