United States backs UN force for Middle East peace
U N General Assembly approved an international emergency force to replace British French and Israeli units in Egypt. Dozens of nations offered troops as Washington warned of possible Soviet intervention if fighting escalates. Canada readies Magnificent carrier and battalion force while Israel agrees to UN cease fire and pull back from Sinai.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Egypt
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Cor
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Middle East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Forrestal
Strategic Air Command
San Diego
Calif
Navy
West
Western Pacific
Defense Department
Air Defense Command
U.N
Canada
David [Bee-Gurion
Israel
Sinai Penin
VU Ules
Port Said
Suez Canal Zone
U. N
Edson Burns
Palestine
Antony Head
Britain
Shaar
Hagai
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Jordan
David Ben-Gurion
U. S. Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Atlantic
Morton Narrowly Tops in Kentucky Senate Race
Louisville report says Republican Thruston Morton won a Kentucky Senate seat, defeating Earle Clements and giving Republicans two Senate seats from the state. John Sherman Cooper beat former Gov. Lawrence, while the Democrats held 62nd overall position.
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Louisville
B. Morton
Kentucky
Earle Clements
Morton
John Sherman Cooper
India
Lawrence
Wives Swapped as Las Vegas Divorces Settles Custody
In Bellflower California a plastics firm president and treasurer returned from Las Vegas where they swapped wives. Each couple, married six years, divorced Monday and received custody of their children. The Bach and Omobundro families plan to move to nearby homes within ten miles.
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Bellflower
Calif
Las Vegas
Omohunidea
Omobundro
Rachel
Capps
Mabel
Bach
Hearing Aid Would Be Good Investment
Baltimore AP report describes police battering three doors at Myrtle Avenue apartment where 14 people kibitzed two checker games and 10 sets of dice lay warm behind a table. Judge Joseph L. Carter convicted 49 year old Clarence Scott of gambling, sentencing three months in jail and a $250 fine.
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Baltimore
Myrtle Avenue
Joseph L. Carter
Clarence Scott
Scott
Surviving the Sea A Laurinburg Man Rescued After 12 Days
Douglas Wilson Sessoms, 20, of Laurinburg, recounts a 12 day voyage in a 14 foot homemade boat after a companion died. Sharks swarmed his craft and he survived on rainwater and prayer. A passing ship finally spotted him and transferred him to a Coast Guard boat near Southport. He was later hospitalized at Dosher Memorial Hospital.
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Southport
N. C
Douglas Wilson
Laurinburg
J. Eddie
Boone
Sessoms
Laurinbcrg
pSace
Hess Petrel
South Carolina - Georgia
Petrel
Coast Guard
Dosher Memorial Hospital
Norman Honstein
Mad Machine Mauls Man In Omaha Incident
William Gundy, 47, a house to house salesman, was crossing a street when a car bearing down struck him, careened 100 feet into a power pole, and left him bruised. He later told police the brakes slipped after parking on a hill, and the car was his own.
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Omaha
William Gundy
Gundy
Victory Means Little as Congress Plans Rough Time for President
Eisenhower faces a hostile Congress after a sweeping re election victory. Democrats gain margins in both houses, eroding GOP support despite his wide popular vote lead. Senate stands 232-203 with 229 Democrats in, six races undecided. House 229 Democrats to 200 Republicans, six undecided. Johnson cites unity while pledging scrutiny of Eisenhower domestic proposals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
House
Stevenson
Kentucky
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
America
Johnson
Cold Front Brings Colder Weather to Miami Valley
A cold high pressure system from the west lowers temperatures across the Miami Valley with possible snow flurries. Today’s forecast shows a high of 47 and mostly cloudy skies. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a forecast low near 25. Friday remains cold with a high around 45 and fair conditions. Middletown’s Wednesday high reached 57 at 1 55 p.m. and the morning low was 36 at 6 30 a.m.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Community Snippet on Neighbors and Family Manners
A brief, humorous 19th century style note laments children needing proper upbringings and families completing chores. It comments on the expectation of politeness and cooperation with neighbors in daily life.
Famine threat and renewed fighting in Hungary amid Soviet intervention
Rebel radios report ongoing clashes as famine and shortages threaten civilians in Budapest and other cities. Soviet and puppet government efforts push food and aid, while international protests rise. reports describe heavy shelling, hospital damage, and civilian casualties across Hungary.
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Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Bat- Ad
Oem
Fyivnseruas
Radio
Finance Ministry
Janos Kadari
Pecs
Central Committee of the
Hungarian Socialist Workers (Communnist
Front Remains Tensely Charged in Middle East Clash
Reports say Arab raiders from Jordan attack a 30 mile front in Israel area while UN officials push to solidify a Egypt cease fire. Sniper fire frustrates Port Said as Israeli operations and British Egyptian incidents continue. US urges rapid UN police presence with Soviet intervention fears rising.
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London
Israel
Jordan
United Nations
Egypt
UN Pushes Suez Canal Policing Plan Amid Tense Standoff
The General Assembly backed Dag Hammarskjold’s plan to create a Middle East police force to oversee the Suez crisis and supervise foreign troop withdrawals. Britain and France faced continued opposition as Egyptian and UN leaders urged immediate troop disengagement and full withdrawal.
Lausche Signals Independence in Senate Organization
Ohio governor and senator-elect Frank Lausche hints he may not back Democratic efforts to organize the new Senate. He says he will finish his term as governor and, if unorganized by his swearing in, will vote considering the Senate composition and Eisenhower’s presidency. The question of resignation and party alignment dominates post election coverage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
George H. Bender
Eisenhower
Lausche
Senate
John W. Brown
Brown
William O'Neill
GOP
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ike
Stevenson
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
New York
U.S. Senate
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North Side
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Suez Canal
N.Y
General Assembly
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BE. L. M
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