Eisenhower Asked by GOP House to Seek Second Term
A group of GOP House members led by Frelinghuysen Curtis and Avery delivered a petition urging President Eisenhower to run again. They said there is strong party sentiment he should seek a second term, while Eisenhower has not committed. National figures note prosperity could aid the Republicans in 1956 campaign plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP House
Frelinghuysen
R-Nj
Laurence Curtis
Mass
William H. Avery
R-Kan
Curtis
White House
Avery
GOP
House
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Gore
D-Tenn
CBS
Tennessee Valley Authority
Leonard W Hal
Ex-Soldiers Turncoats Face Consequences on Return
Three former U S soldiers William Cowart Otho Bell and Lewis Griggs who defected to Red China prepare for midnight departure from Hong Kong for home They say they faced hell in captivity and anticipate possible punishment while awaiting U S authorities.
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Hong Kong
U.S
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Beauty Ellis Fails Clemency Appeal for Gallows
Ruth Ellis a 28 year old former model lost her final appeal to avoid execution for the murder of her lover David Blakely a 25 year old racing motorist. Home Secretary Lloyd George rejected clemency petitions citing no grounds to interfere with the law.
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London
Ruth Ellis
Holloway
David Lloyd-George
Memphis Eyes Own Power Plant to Replace Dixon-Yates
Administration officials press Memphis to confirm plans for a city built plant, meeting with Mayor Tobey and TVA head Vogel to assure self sufficiency. Senate and AEC probes push cancelation if Memphis proceeds with its plant rather than Dixon-Yates.
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Washington
Dixon-Yates
Memphis
Tobey and
Allen
Brownell
Rowland R. Hughes
Vogel
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dixon-Yates Power
TVA
Sen
Anderson
D-Nm
Atomic Energy Commission
Kefauver
D.tenn
Senate
AEC
Eisenhower
Dixon- Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Mississippi River
Tobey Said
Leavin Lenphis
Lausche faces midnight veto deadline on about 30 bills
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche must decide by midnight on about 30 measures still pending from the 101st General Assembly. He has vetoed 17 acts and has announced an 18th veto, a potential new record for his five terms. The Legislature can override with a three-fifths vote.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
101St General Assembly
Foreign Aid Bill Dodges Crossfire
The Appropriations Committee advances a 2,638,741 dollar foreign aid bill to fund current year military and economic aid to non Communist nations, supplementing about 8.7 billion dollars in unexpended balances. Debate splits on cuts but Rep Passman expects no major changes before the House sends it to the Senate.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
John Taber
New York
Taber
Rep
Passman
D-Law
House
Senate
Naval buildup and North Korea arms shipments reported
The Tatao agency in Formosa claims a Communist fleet gathers near the Chushan Islands south of Shanghai. It cites 12 light destroyers a 7,000 ton supply ship 50 gunboats and landing ships gathered offshore. The report also notes 30 more MIG-15s sent to North Korea in June reaching 350 total and arms shipments from Vladivostok to North Korea.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chushan Islands
Shanghai
Tatao
Soviet
Russia
Chushans
North Korea
Vladivostok
ThreeCar Crash at Hillsboro Claims Multiple Lives
Weekend traffic toll tops Ohio as nine others drown amid violent storms. Fatalities include nine victims in Cincinnati area and several deaths from drownings and electrocution across multiple counties. The Hillsboro crash involved three cars and occurred Saturday night.
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Hillsboro
Marion
Goshen
Clermont County
Mansfield
Warren
Jessie Maul
William Elder
Eileen Sawyer
Cincinnati
Ohio
John Becker
Cheviot
Hamilton County
Whitewater
Harrison
Robert L. Baker
Norwood
Ohio River
Coney Island Amusement Park
John S. McNaul
Nathaniel Johnson
Ivy Mae Watkins
Raymond R. Zugg
John
Rt. 1
Wilmington
Wiley
A. Gross
Carl W. Hill
John F. Rammel
Dayton
Zugg
Gross
Guy R. Ewing
Republic Steel Co
Thomas Borland
Rt. 5
Chillicothe
Carl Rhea
West Portsmouth
Turkey Creek
Friendship
Scioto County
Tommy Burkett
Rochester
N. Y
Greenville
Weather Today in Miami Valley Returns to Fair, Cooler Air
A cool north air mass moderates heat with showers and thundershowers cooling the region after 90s. The Miami Valley expects a high near 90 today and a cool night around 60s. Sunday's high reached 98 at 5 pm with 66 by 6 am, while yesterday’s rainfall was a tenth of an inch.
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Miami Valley
Turncoats Seek Quick Cash After Red China Escape
In Hong Kong, three American POWs Lewis W. Griggs 22 William A. Cowart 23 and Otho G. Bell 24 dine and talk at dance halls while pondering offers to sell stories for money. They discuss anti Communist underground contacts and claim to have outsmarted the Reds though details remain evasive. Cowart improvises a sensational tale of underground contracts in Red China before shifting to paid interviews and personal chatter over drinks.
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Korea
Cowart
Hong Kong
U.S
United States
President Cleveland
San Francisco
Japan
State Department
California
China
Wilson
Griggs
Red China
Peiping
Roger Devriendt
Louis Verdyk
Indian Red Cross
America
Hitler
Bell
Lewis W. Griggs
William A. Cowart
Otho G. Bell
Red
Dalton
Hillsboro
Miss
Paula
Olympia
Ash
Griggs Weowen
States
Maine
Billy Graham May Be Invited to Moscow on Tour
Russian church leaders at a Britain visit say Billy Graham could be invited to Moscow as a guest of the Evangelical Christian Baptist Council. Graham, touring Europe, would preach if allowed. Russian dignitaries claim the church is freer in the Soviet Union, while monasteries and seminaries flourish and most Russians remained faithful through prior anti religious campaigns.
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London
Billy Graham
Moscow
Evangelical Christian Baptist Council
Soviet Union
J. L. Zhidkov
Russian Baptist Movement
Graham
Russia
Britain
Geoffrey Fisher
Pitirim
Minsk
Poison Juice Kills Husband. Wife Is Held
A Cedar City Utah woman faces first degree murder charges after her husband died from poison. Her sister Lacey Ashdown is serving a life sentence for poisoning her own husband in 1949. The Cedar City woman admitted adding five to six grains of strychnine to lemon juice.
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Cedar City
Utah
Raymond Ashdown
Lacey Ashdown
Vivian
Raymond
Iowa Girl 2 Kidnaped From Crib While Parents Watch TV
A Sioux City couple reported their 2 year old daughter Donna Sue missing from her crib last night after a window screen was removed. Neighbors saw a man near the duplex and a neighbor chased a suspect with a bundle but could not catch him. The child, last in pink pajamas, is feared abducted with no motive yet determined.
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Iowa
Sioux City
James Davis
Donna Sue
Davises
Mary Clair
Timmy
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