Iowa Lass Crowned Miss United States in Miss Universe
Carol Morris 20 of Ottumwa Iowa Drake University junior and lifeguard won Miss United States at Long Beach entry night beating 42 other Americans. She stands 5 ft 7 in 129 pounds with 36 25 36 measurements and will join 15 others for the Miss Universe final. She credits fate after wishing upon a star and shed tears when announced winner.
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Iowa
America
Carol
Morris
Ottumwa
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
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U.S.A
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Davis Street Christian Church
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George Goebel
Des Moines
Drake
Betty Cherry
South Carolina
Nancy McCollum
Arkansas
Shaun Lewis
Nebraska
Jo Dodson
Texas
Gang feud suspected in slaying in Ohio town
In London Ohio police and the Ohio Bureau of Investigation probe the shotgun death of 27 year old Harry C Cross of West Jefferson found on a West Jefferson street with a stomach wound A possible link to a local secret society referenced by West Jefferson Police Chief Steve Nelson is being explored as investigators consider initiation rites and identification marks on the victim and the nearby shotgun.
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London
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Identification and Investigation
West Jefferson
Harry C. Cross
Mt. Carmel Hosital
Columbus
Steve Nelson
Cross
Nelson
Society
John F. Sharp
Pair Nabbed in Ohio Slaying Case In Odessa Texas
Odessa police arrest Charles Taylor, 34, and Edith Lucille Sinkorn, 40, sought by Columbus police in the March 8 killing of bookstore operator William H. Hakill. Coroner says Hakill died from blows. suspects denied involvement and face U S marshal handover in Pecos.
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Tex
Columbus
Ohio
Jesse Ca
Robert A. Evans
Hukill
Cariker
Taylor
U.S
Scattered Showers Over Miami Valley Through Friday
The forecast calls for thundershowers today tonight and Friday with partly cloudy warm conditions. Highs reach 83 today and 85 Friday while lows dip to 66. Middletown's Wednesday high was 81 and morning low 61.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Official Estimate Sets State Check Scandal At Eight Hundred Thousand
Illinois Attorney General Latham Castle announced an official estimate of about $800,000 involved in the state check cashing scandal, with six warrants forged in the names of two Springfield men who did not endorse or receive the funds. Auditor Adlai Hodge resigned amid the controversy as investigators probe checks endorsing via typewriter and other questionable circumstances.
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Ill
Latham Castle
State Auditor's
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Urviue
Noage
Atty
Castle
Hodge
Warren Wright
Illinois
Senate rejects Idaho Hell's Canyon dam bill
Washington AP bulletin reports the Senate voted 51 against and 4 in favor on a 485 million dollar federal dam authorization for the Snake River at Hell's Canyon on the Idaho border. The rejection ends the proposal in this session.
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Washington
Senate
Snake River
Hells Canyon
Ida
Ike Denies Pressure In Steel Strike
A White House official said there was no ultimatum or warning from President Eisenhower to steel dispute parties. Murray Snyder stated there was no top level deadline or plan for federal intervention and no Taft Hartley injunction discussed.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Mom Pleads For Word On Kidnapped Baby Boy
WESTBURY N Y Mrs Beatrice Weinberger appeals to the kidnapper of 6 week old Peter Weinberger for proof he is alive. No trace found after the infant was taken from a carriage outside the family home. A Brooklyn grand jury indicted Gordon Rowell and Robert Giebler for attempted extortion of 5000 dollars.
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Westbury
N. Y
Beatrice Weinberger
Peter Weinberger
Peter
Brooklyn
Weinbergers
Gordon T. Rowell
Robert F. Giebler
Queens
Work Quits On Stalin Project
Vienna reports Romania's Communist government has quietly halted work on the Danube Black Sea canal once favored by Stalin. Western sources say the project lacks economic value when weighed against its construction costs.
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Vienna
Austria
Romania
Danube-Black Sea
York Police Stall Derby Day Helmet Plan in Heat
York police officers refused to work for over two hours to protest an order requiring sun helmets and Bermuda shorts for Soap Box Derby Day. Officials described it as a summer uniform experiment but decided against permanent helmet use after a lawyer for the police union intervened.
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York
Fraternal Order of Police
Frank Buck
Clyde Beatty
Make-Believe Washington Doom In Atomic Assault Limited Civil Defense Drill
Operation Alert 1956 tests a six day civilian war game starting 11 a.m. EDT tomorrow. Officials and hundreds relocate from the capital to secret centers in six states while President Eisenhower flies to Panama then returns. The drill includes a nationwide daytime Cone radio network test and a 15 minute FM AM radio shutdown.
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Washington
U.S
Eisenhower
Panama
Cone
Who Needs A Divorce Anyway
In Chicago a estranged couple goes to divorce court but leaves arm in arm after deciding to try to save their marriage. Clarence Pennington 27 and Mary 24 waited as a crowded calendar held up action. Judge Walker Butler waived the cooling off period and allowed separate maintenance and a cross-bill for divorce but the couple later chose to withdraw.
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Chicago
Clarence Pennington
Mary
Pennington
Temary
Penningtons
Butler
Three Cleveland Negroes sue Kent tavern for damages
Charles C. Hart Enoch Riggins and Lonnie Saw yer filed suit in Ravenna Common Pleas against Montoni s Tavern Kent seeking 1000 damages each after being refused service July 18 1955 during a meeting of aaa workers They filed without paying court fees claiming poverty due to the steel strike.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Cleveland
Taxes In 22 Counties Total 2 Billion in Revenue
In the fiscal year ending June 30 residents of Revenue District paid about 1.988 billion dollars to the federal government. Income taxes comprised most of the total at 1.188 billion with corporate income taxes contributing 468 million dollars.
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Cleveland
Revenue District
Uncle Sam
Marine recruit deaths at Ribbon Creek court martial
Photos of six drowned recruits were admitted in the McKeon court martial at Parris Island. The defense objected, saying the images aim to inflame rather than inform. Witnesses described the night march as maltreatment and the search that followed the missing men.
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Thomas Meeks
Savannah
Thomas Curtis Hardeman
Parris Island
S.C
Matthew C. McKeon
S. C
McKeon
Emile Zola Berman
New York
Worcester
Mass
Ribbon Creek
Navy
Irving N. Klein
New York City
Robert A. Thompson
Syracuse
N.Y
Thompson
MccKeon
Berman
Thom
Stan M. McLeod
Spring City
MacLeod
McLeod
Maggie Meeks
Thomas C. Hardeman
East German paper hails Marilyn Monroe for Miller marriage
Junge Welt praises actress Marilyn Monroe for marrying playwright Arthur Miller after HUAC questioned his alleged past Communist ties. The communist youth paper says the actress deserves tribute for the risky union amid Cold War scrutiny.
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Berlin
East Germany
Marilyn Onroe
Arthur Miller
Junge Welt
House Un-American Activities Committee
Free Nagaland Declared by Naga National Council
In New Delhi insurgent tribesmen in Assam have proclaimed a constitution for a Free Nagaland. The Naga National Council, labeled an outlaw group by the Indian government, claims to have mobilized about a division of troops for their cause in the northeast.
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New Delhi
Assam
India
Naga National Council
Egypt Eyes Dam Aid Amid U.S Egypt Ties Strain
U S relations with Egypt tense as Secretary Dulles meets Ambassador Ahmed Hussein over the Aswan high dam loan package. Washington weighs a 70 million immediate grant and a 200 million World Bank loan against Egypt's pro Western stance. Hussein defends Western aid as essential to Egypt's development.
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United States
Egypt
Dulles
Ahmed Hussein
Britain
World Bank
Nile River
Hussein
Gamal Abdelere
Aswan High Dam
State Department
Widow sues CAA over plane crash near Cambridge
The Tulsa widow of Lloyd Cotton filed a $96,500 suit against the federal Civil Aeronautics Administration accusing the CAA control tower of delaying permission to descend while ice formed on the aircraft. Cotton, Gordon W. Silva, and a Gulf Oil Corp employee were killed when the light plane crashed in December near Cambridge, Ohio.
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Tulsa
Okla
Lloyd Cotton
Cambridge
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Dorothy L. Cotton
CAA
Husband
Cotton
Gordon W. Silva
Gulf Oil Corp
Nehru Tito Nasser hold Vanga talks fail to shake Cold War
The Big Three neutralists on Vanga meet on Tito’s island but no major decisions emerge. Nehru calls the session friendly with no binding action while Algerian leaders press for independence. A joint communique affirms peaceful coexistence and plans regular talks on Yugoslav Egyptian ties and peaceful atomic cooperation.
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Yugoslavia
Nehru
Tito
Nasser
Vanga
Adriatic
France
Pula
Tunis
Algeria
Paris
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