Storms Hit U S West Coast Area
Storms struck the northern Pacific Coast with gale winds and swollen rivers isolating 3500 people in Myrtle Point Powers Coquille Valley. A cofferdam on the Rogue River was swept away near Grants Pass. Losses pegged at 50000 with highways blocked and lowland floods threatening the Willamette Valley.
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Ore
Pacific Coast
Oregon Coquille Valley
Tainswollen Coquille
Coast Guard
Myrtle Point
Powers
Lee Valley
Grants Pass
Rogue River
Williamette Valley
Oregon
California
Two Senators Clash Over Europe Troop Commitments
Senators Hickenlooper and Humphrey differed on U S troop commitments in Europe as a lever for a European Defense Community. Hickenlooper opposed binding the U S to a fixed overseas presence, while Humphrey favored assurances as Western European nations back the E D C. Both expect the issue to surface in Congress and at Bermuda talks.
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Hickenlooper
Iowa
Humphrey
D-Minn
United States
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Bermuda
European Defense Community
U.S
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Army-Navy-Air Force Journal
Pentagon
Tito Wins Likely Victory in Yugoslavia Elections
Belgrade officials report a heavy nationwide vote with final returns due Wednesday. President Tito and the Communist regime appear certain to win as tallying completes across Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Yugosavia
Yugoslavia
Tito
India ready to ask UN help on Korean prisoner deadlock
A U.N. informant says Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya plans to urge the General Assembly to decide the Korean prisoner repatriation stalemate. His report, completed for circulation to all U.N. members, outlines sides’ views and avoids judgment, pushing the issue to the Assembly for action.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N
K. S. Thimayya
U.N. General Assembly
Neutral Nations
Korea
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Thimayya
Assembly
Red
Elizabeth II Starts On Trip Today
Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh begin a six month Commonwealth tour departing London for Bermuda via Gander New York. Security is tight with 24 hour guards at Heathrow and eight destroyers patrolling the north Atlantic for radio watch on the 2,400 mile flight. Prime Minister Churchill will attend the farewell at the airport with other royal and Commonwealth officials.
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London
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Bermuda
Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Churchill
Commonwealth
North Atlantic
Gander
Dean Says Reds Plan Too Vague
AP dispatch from Panmunjom reports Allied negotiators approve Russia as a full participant on the Communist side of the Korean peace conference while seeking clarity on neutrals attending. Dean says Reds refuse to detail roles. talks drag in fifth week as Sweden’s Svenstrom aligns with Allied view on civilian prisoner releases per the armistice.
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Russia
U.S
Arthur Dean
Reds
Dean
United Nations
Korea
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Jan Svenstrom
Indian Red Cross
MRC
Svenstrom
U.N
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
AF Denies Jim Crow Is Issue In Dismissal
The Air Force plans to dismiss 6,500 airmen nationwide for budgetary reasons, not for refusing to ride in segregated seating. NAACP says Lt. Thomas Williams of Philadelphia faced retaliation for defying Jim Crow travel rules, while the Air Force maintains the bus incident did not affect his dismissal. Williams trained as a pilot at Craig Air Force Base in Alabama.
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Air Force
Philadelphia
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Thomas Williams
Clarence Mitchell
Supreme Court
Williams
Mitchell
Craig Air Force Base
Ala
Florida
Alabama
Hurricane Flattens Homes In Florida and Louisiana
A Woodville Florida tornado damaged six homes and injured 21 as residents surveyed debris after the Sunday morning storm. Earlier a Louisiana twister struck Lafayette and St Martin parishes, injuring one and destroying 26 homes near Broussard during the day.
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Fla
Woodville
Florida
Louisiana
Lafayette
St. Martin
Broussard
Mansfield Seeks Trade Prompt for Japan Rearm Aid
Senator Mansfield says Japan must gain expanded trade or receive more U.S. military aid to rearm. He notes about two of the five billion dollars yearly wartime outlays, tied to Korea, went to Japan and these expenses have been reduced with the truce.
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Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Japan
U.S
United States
Italy Approves Five-Power Trieste Conference
Rome says unconditional approval to a five-power conference on Trieste. Yugoslavia rejects any plan that cements Italian control. Rome and Belgrade header a tense exchange as the Western trio proposes talks with Italy and Yugoslavia, while Tito’s government remains firm against ceding zone parts.
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Italy
Trieste
Belgrade
Tanjug
Tito
United States
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Zone A
Zone B
Philadelphia Police Crack Down On Teen Age Gangs
Philadelphia police launched a major crackdown after rounding up more than 1,000 youths over the weekend. Capt. Leary and Commissioner Gibbons said they would harass and halt gang activity, amid reports of beatings and robberies. Police chief said 625 youths were seized in one northern division and 400 more elsewhere, with guns and switch blades found. 250 processed and released to parents after warnings.
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Philadelphia
Howard E. Leary
Juvenile Aid Bureau
Thomas J. Gibbons
Gibbons
John F. Driscoll
Einstein Medical Center
Driscoll
Leary
Army Investigators Stumped In Slaying Of 9-Year-Old
SAGAMIHARA Japan AP Army CID said they had no clues in the brutal murder of 9-year-old Susan Rothschild daughter of Col Rothschild. They suspect the killer knew the child. Funeral planned for Tuesday. No suspects named. A Japanese houseboy was questioned and released after an alibi.
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Sagamihara
Japan
Susan Rothschild
Jacquard H. Rothschild
Army
Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Rothschild
Agencies Urge Cutting Some Tax Offices
House tax fraud investigators propose eliminating some of the 64 federal district tax collection offices. The Ways and Means subcommittee notes the IRS reorganization of 1952 was a major accomplishment but faults its hurried drafting in 1951. They warn many districts lack necessity and a local revenue headquarters concerns lawmakers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Service
Truman
Eisenhower
Congress
Suspect Arrested Wearing Shoes Of Man Found Dead
Two suspects, one wearing the dead man’s shoes, were in Middletown jail after admitting beating and robbing Herschel Sorrell of West Middletown. Sorrell, a welder, died from a double skull fracture after being found on Ohio 4 near Todhunter Road. Suspects Richard Nolan and Lloyd Burkhardt face questioning, with Nolan reportedly wearing the victim’s shoes and carrying his driver’s license.
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Middletown
John Fitzgerald
Loren Gustin
West Middletown
Herschel L. Sorrell
On Vine Street
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Sorrell
Ohio
Todhunter Road
Middletown Hospital
Richard Nolan
Belmont St
Youngstown
Lloyd Burkhardt
Camden
Nolan
Atco St
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Virgil Sorrell
Burkhardt
Franklin
Soorrell
Gustin
Fitzgerald
State Patrol
E. S. Sherron
Robbery Ties to Halfway House Incident and Beatings
Deputy Gustin described the event as robbery. Nolan and Burkhardt allegedly picked up Sorrell and Cecil near the Halfway House on Route 4, then drove to Route 4 Todhunter Road where Sorrell was robbed and beaten. Cecil, reportedly Sorrell’s uncle, was later arrested after a separate Ohio 122 Elk Creek Road crash. Sorrell suffered a fractured cheekbone and head injury. authorities noted possible stomping. Cecil claimed to have been part of the earlier transfer.
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Nolan
Burkhardt
Sorrell
Ben George Cecil
Elk Creek Road
Halfway House
Route 747
Route 4
Cecil
Trenton
Todhunter Road
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Forgive-And-Forget Air Greets Ex-Progressive
Cpl Ed Dickenson returns to Cracker's Neck Virginia after fleeing PRG forces from Korea, greeted with forgiving warmth by family. He plans rest and home cooking while weighing return to Army or staying in the hills he fled years ago. Father Van Buren hopes he reenlists. neighbor expects he will stay if welcomed. Dickenson, 23, left 22 others who refused repatriation and avoided death threats.
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Cracker'’S Neck
Ed Dickenson
Dickenson
Korea
van Buren Dickenson
Ohio Businessmen Split Over Ike Cash Policy
Washington reports Eisenhower administration's hard money policy draws complaints from downstate Ohio businessmen. Representative Polk notes higher interest rates and harder installment sales. He says farmers in his district largely vote Republican but warns farm votes hinge on future programs and possible two-year extension despite Benson calling the current program a monstrosity.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ohio
Polk
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Loudonville Blaze Damages Bakery Market and Apt Building
A fierce Loudonville fire caused an estimated 75 000 in damage to Temple Bakery and Ray's Market on the ground floor while four families living above escaped. Smoke injuries were reported for two firefighters as crews battled the blaze yesterday.
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Loudonville
Ohio
Temple Bakery
Ray's Market
Not Enough CD Groups Not Enough CD Groups
The Federal Civil Defense Administration reported in a training manual that fewer than a quarter of the 10,000 civilian rescue squads needed for an atomic attack are formed and equipped. A WWII bombing study shows 10 percent of casualties would be too trapped to dig out with household tools, and even an eight-person team would need about 24 hours to free a victim.
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Washington
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Probers Dig Deeper Into White Case
Washington AP Senate investigators pressed for Justice Department answers on links between White collaborators and Red espionage. Public hearing aimed to document evidence from Atty. Gen Brownell, who rekindled the controversy. FBI chief Hoover testified, while Truman denounced Brownell’s charges as political trickery.
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Senate
Justice Department
Truman
Harry Dexter White
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Atty
Brownell
FBI
White
the Treasury
U. S
International Monetary Fund
J. Edgar Hoover
Weather summary notes mild conditions and rain
An eastward moving low pressure system brought rain to New England and the Mid Atlantic yesterday. Cloudy and mild weather is predicted for tonight and tomorrow in the Miami Valley. Middletown records a high of 59 and a low of 42 with 0.58 inch of rain yesterday and various prior totals across late October.
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New England
Middle Atlantic
New York
Miami Valley
Vandalia
Kentucky
Middletown
Pi Kappa Pledges Ditch President Returns to OSU
Pi Kappa Alpha at Ohio State reports their 21 year old president Yee A West from Elyria was gagged and left on a Putnam County road during a weekend prank. He returned to campus today amid the incident that shocked fraternity members and campus officials.
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Ohio
Ohio State University
Putnam County
Yee A. West
Elyria
Pi Kappa Alpha Fra
Ohio State
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