Eisenhower Tracks Recovery as Small Indiana Riot Breaks Out
In Denver doctors report President Eisenhower had an excellent night as he fights a heart attack. The two week danger period remains near, with Mrs. Eisenhower visiting and a 7 year old grandson’s photo boosting morale. In Indiana a 5000 strong sympathy demonstration at Perfect Circle foundry ends in eight gunshot injuries.
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Gordon Moore
Washington
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da Eisenhower
David
Rocky Mountain
Connecticut
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Jack K. McFall
Finland
John D. Hickerson
McFall
Texas
McCarthy On Stand In Contempt Trial In D C
Senate investigation tensions rise as Sen. McCarthy questions Harvey O’Connor in a contempt trial. O’Connor, author of Mellons Millions, refused to testify about Communist ties under First Amendment arguments. The session highlights jurisdiction and relevance amid broader anti communism hearings.
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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Gerhard P. van Arkel
Hitz
Joseph C. McGarraghy
House Un-American Activities
Communist Party
van Arkel
Subcommittee
Bomber Crashes Near Oil Well in Kansas
A B47 jet from Smoky Hill Air Force Base crashed 100 feet from a producing oil well near Galva Kansas on Tuesday. The crew parachuted to safety and there was no damage to the well though the aircraft burned. The crew indicated trouble developed soon after takeoff.
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Kansas
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
Rains Flood Wichita Falls as Rivers Rise and Floods Spread
Wichita Falls Texas endures heavy rainfall flooding 150 blocks and displacing over 500 residents. River crests forecast above 22 feet as bridges wash out and farmland 5000 acres submerges. Guardsmen, airmen, police coordinate aid while health officials warn disease risk amid ongoing relief efforts.
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GOP Signs For Frisco Convention
National chairman Leonard W. Hall announced the contract to hold the Republican national convention in San Francisco on Aug. 20 next year. He denied reports of date or place changes due to President Eisenhower's illness and said the party still backs Eisenhower for president with Nixon as running mate. The contract for the San Francisco Cow Palace meeting is binding with minor changes resolved.
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Leonard W. Hall
San Francisco
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Eisenhower
GOP
United States
Nixon
Cow Palace
California
Gasoline Explosion Kills Two Youths in White Cloud Gym
A gymnasium fire following an explosion during floor cleaning by a high school basketball squad left two youths dead and others burned in White Cloud Kansas. Mayor Bill Scheer confirmed gasoline was used as a cleaner.
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White Cloud
Kan
Bill Scheer
Eisenhower Won’t Pay Hospital Medical Fees Food Bill Only
The Army will not bill President Eisenhower for medical costs at Fitzsimons Hospital Denver. He will be charged $1.10 daily for meals during recovery from a heart attack. Mrs Eisenhower’s meals will be added to the bill but quarters will not be charged. Secretary of the Army Wilber M Brucker announced the ruling.
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Wilber M. Brucker
Army Commission
Harry G. Truman
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Truman
Ammonia Leak Forces Town To Evacuate Gibson Iowa
Ammonia fumes from a broken valve on a railroad tank car caused a noon evacuation of about 100 residents in Gibson Iowa. No serious injuries were reported. 110 students and staff left from Gibson Consolidated School via special buses. Residents returned within hours as rain and low clouds kept gas aloft. A physician urged disposal of groceries not canned.
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Iowa
Gibson Fertilizer Co
Gibson Consolidated School
John L. Lewis Diagnosed With Very Minor Heart Attack
Doctors say John L. Lewis suffered a very minimum heart attack about two weeks ago. Physician Dr. John Minor reports Lewis is progressing and may be discharged home by week’s end. The UMW leader was hospitalized September 23 at Emergency hospital for rest and checkup.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Eisenhower
John Minor
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Minor
Colorado
UMW
Fernald Terms Are Turned Down By Workers
Cincinnati AFL production and maintenance workers at the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center rejected a contract agreement. The vote at the plant, operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by The National Lead Co., was 718 against and 669 for. The Fernald Atomic Trades & Labor Council represents 1,800 workers. contract expired last Friday.
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Fernald Atomic Trades & Labor Council
Weather Summary Shows Scattered Showers Through Thursday
The forecast calls for cloudy and mild weather with rain today and tonight. Thursday will be mostly cloudy and warm with light showers. Winds around 8 mph from the south. Today’s high near 74 with a low around 64. Tuesday's unofficial high reached 82 and the low 67. Rainfall up to 8 am measured 0.04 inches.
Grace Kelly’s Beau To Meet Her Parents Tonight
Jean Pierre Aumont, linked romantically with Grace Kelly, will meet her parents for the first time tonight. He will host Mr and Mrs John B Kelly backstage at Locust Theater in Philadelphia.
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Jean Pierre Aumont
Grace Kelly
John B. Kelly
Knight Vows Open Battle With Nixon
California Governor Goodwin Knight says he will lead the state delegation to the 1956 Republican National Convention even if it means a fight with Vice President Nixon. He vows an independent delegation pledged to the party, not to any one man, and notes Nixon's supporters may seek their own slate if Eisenhower does not run. Knight and Knowland work together, and the delegation will decide the presidential nominee at the convention in San Francisco.
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Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
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Nixon
New York
Sen
Knowland
San Francisco
Wealthy Brazilian Pulls Ahead In Presidential Race
In Rio de Janeiro Adhemar de Barros led with about 10 percent of votes counted in Brazil's presidential race. Early tallies show de Barros 333 288 to Kubitschek 299 949, with Kubitschek backed by Vargas loyalists and poised to surge.
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Juscelino Kubitschek
de Barros
Kubitschek
Vargas
Train crash in West Newton kills six and injuries others
A run-away lumber truck crashed into a moving Baltimore and Ohio train on a hill near West Newton Pennsylvania killing the truck driver Claude Brandt 31 and four others. Dead include Jacob Casalé 50 Sheryl Ross 6 and Dora Whiteman 70. Explosive cars avoided detonation. Police and railroad crews investigated brakes failure suspected.
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Jacob Casalé
Sheryl Ross
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Dora Whiteman
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Martha C. McConnell
William Ross
Emily Peternel
William McManus
Connellsville
Lloyd Mauk
Civil Defense Auxiliary
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Pittsburgh
B&o
Cumberland
Howard E. Thomas
Tribute for Lost Fliers in Hurricane Janet Mission
A floral tribute and memorial services were held in Jacksonville for Julius J. Mann Canton Ohio and ten others, including two Canadian reporters, missing after their hurricane hunter plane disappeared nine days earlier while entering Janet's eye. Navy chaplain led prayers as 11 wreaths were dropped into the Atlantic after searches failed to locate the aircraft.
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Ohio
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Hero Dies as Greece Faces New Crisis
Athens reports the death of Premier Alexander Papagos, national hero and wartime victor, from heart exhaustion after a lung hemorrhage. His death leaves Greece’s conservative Rally party stunned and seeking unity and a new premier.
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Greece
Alexander Paepagos
Feidi Marshal Papagos
Greek Rally Party
Papagos
Stephan Stephanopoulos
Boys Admit Art Theft As Prank In Brooklyn
Two 14 year old boys admitted stealing tiny silver figurines from the Brooklyn Museum during a prank. Three of eight figurines were recovered. one reportedly was thrown into a sewer. The youths were released to parents for Juvenile Court processing as officials called the figures irreplaceable and priceless.
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Brooklyn
Guerrilla Attacks Reach Paris as Morocco Crisis Tightens
Moroccan nationalists launch fifth straight day of guerrilla operations in the Rif Mountains, surrounding French outposts and threatening Premier Faure's coalition. Mohamad Lyazidi warns terrorism will worsen without faster Moroccan reforms, while Gen. Latour du Moullin visits Fez area amid heavy fighting near the Spanish border.
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