Dinner Planned Mrs. Roosevelt Marks Her 70th Year Today
New York AP report details Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt turning 70 with a banquet for over 1,000 at the Hotel Roosevelt. She chairs the UN association board, travels widely, and remains active in UN advocacy and public life. The prior Hyde Park family celebration featured four of five children and others connected to the Roosevelts.
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United Nations
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California
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James Halstead
Franklin
Elliott
Colorado
Shooting Result Of Quarrel Over Domestic Matter
A domestic quarrel last night left 38 year old Mabel Flinchum dead at 2945 Wilbraham Rd. Her husband Lee Flinchum, 41, was critically wounded and rushed to Middletown Hospital where an emergency operation was performed. Deputy Sheriff Frank South stated the husband wielded the revolver.
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Mabel Flinchum
Wilbraham Rd
Frank South
Lee Flinchum
Middletown
Tragedy in Small White Frame Home Ends in Homicide
Deputy reports a 9:45 p m shooting in a couple’s home. Mrs Flinchum died from a chest wound while Flinchum was also shot. evidence shows two of four revolver shells discharged. Coroner rules homicide. investigation continues with no charges until Flinchum’s condition clarifies. Mrs Flinchum’s children, work connections, and surviving relatives are listed.
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Denzil Huffman
Robert Huffman
Millie Huffman
Robert
J. E. McCann
McCann
Sheriff's Office
Jess Dennis
Ed Gordon
Paul Fouts
al Carr
Armco
Shady Lawn
McCoy - Leffler
Garret J. Boone
Cleo Schwartz
Olympia
Ollie Lawson
This City
Daley
Middletown
Ray
Gratis
Talmadge
Mt. Sterling
Clayton
Camden
Hobart
Lawrence
Lloyd
Security firings Listed
Washington AP reports 1,743 federal employees with subversion related info quit or were fired between May 28, 1953 and last June 30. Civil Service Commission data show 2,611 fired and 4,315 resigned without a final determination, totaling 6,926, up from 2,427 last spring. The report also cites 618 sex perversion, 2,272 felonies and misdemeanors, and 3,657 miscellaneous deroga tory records. The Army led with 284 separations for subversion, then Air Force 260, Veterans Administration 231, Navy 227. Philip Young notes no category equals disloyal persons.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Nixon
Stephen Mitchell
Army
Air Force
Veterans Administration
Navy
Philip Young
Civil Serve Commission
Massive rainstorm floods Chicago area and Indiana towns
Torrential weekend rain inundated Chicago and northern Illinois and Indiana. Railways and highways shut down as the Chicago River surged and reversed its flow to prevent downtown flooding. Evacuations affected hundreds, with damage estimated around ten million dollars and power cuts across the region.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Hammond-Gary
Vietminh Parade In Hanoi Amid Celebration And Trophies
Vietminh divisions paraded through Hanoi’s business district with captured French materiel from Dien Bien Phu. U S consul Corcoran and international editors watched as soldiers sang and carried flowers in a festive display after Hanoi’s change of control last weekend.
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Dien Bien Phu
Francis Garnier
U. S
Joseph Corcorn
International Armistice Commission
Haiphong
Corcoran
Jema
State Department
Strike Hits London Press
A pressroom strike sparked by interunion quarrel halted publication of all 13 London morning and evening papers. Daily circulation reaches about 20 million. The Liberal Manchester Guardian stood ready, not part of the National Newspaper Proprietors Assn to which others belong.
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London
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Red Sox hire Pinky Higgins to manage for two years
Boston announces Frank Pinky Higgins will manage the Red Sox for the next two seasons replacing Lou Boudreau who led the club the last three years. Higgins, a former star third baseman, has managed in the Red Sox system eight years and piloted the Louisville Colonels to the Little World Series title this season. Cronin says the club has decided to make a change.
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Boston Red Sox Today
Frank
Pinky” Higgins
Lou Boudreau
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange Charged by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission charged the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange with unlawfully restraining international coffee trade and promoting price increases. The complaint names the exchange, four officers, eight members, and the New York Coffee and Sugar Cleaning Assn Inc.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, Inc
New York Coffee and Sugar Cleaning Assn., Inc
Mendes-France Seeks Fast Endorsement of London Arms Pact
Premier Pierre Mendes-France claimed a sizable majority in the National Assembly for quick approval of the London arms pact to rearm Germany. He cited expected backing from Socialists and the MRP, while warning of solid opposition from the Communists and allies.
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Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
London
Germany
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Socialist Council
EDC
Mendes-France
Pont Saint-Pierre
Normandy
Three Farmers Buried In Sand Pit Victims Named
MEDINA Ohio dozens of tons of sand collapsed on three farmers while they dug at the edge of an abandoned pit. Roy Reusch 62 and his son Willard 24 died of suffocation in an accident. A third man was buried up to his neck for a half hour before rescue. Claude Reusch suffered minor injuries.
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Ohio
A. G. Karson
Roy Reusch
Willard Reusch
Reusche
Claude
Steve Helli
Eisenhower Sets Colorado Conference During Campaign Push
President Eisenhower schedules a Denver meeting with Senator Frank Barrett to get updates on Wyoming Senate candidate William Henry Harrison. Democratic opponent is Joseph C. O'Mahony. He plans a Midwest farm speech, another Washington area address, and a final get out the vote speech on November 1. White House press secretary Murray Snyder notes generally favorable reaction to the Friday national TV radio address.
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Eisenhower
Congress
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Frank Barrett
Wyoming
Barrett
U. S. Senate
William Henry Harrison
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Harrison
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Washington
Murray Snyder
White House
Fatemi Faces Death Sentence Over 1953 Rebellion
Tehran reports a military court condemned former Foreign Minister Hossein Fatemi to death by hanging for alleged plot to overthrow Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi last autumn. Two Mossadegh advisers, Ali Shayegan and Ahmad Rezavi, received life terms. All planned to appeal.
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Tehran
Iran
Hossein Fatemi
Sheh Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ali Shayegan
Ahmad Rezavi
Bowles Refuses To Turn Over Financial Records
Milford Delaware Bryant Bowles under arrest on charges of conspiring to break Delaware education law said his pre segregation organization will refuse to turn over all of its financial records to the state attorney general He will turn records over to any authorized court but not to the attorney general Subpoenas were issued by State Attorney General H Albert vomng to the National Association for Advancement of White People NAAWP to hand over data on finances and operations Bowles 34 year old Marine veteran faces other troubles in his fight against the U S Supreme Court antisegregation edict He was arrested twice yesterday on conspiracy charges for leading a boycott of Milford high school where 11 Negroes were admitted to classes last month He is free on 6000 bond for a November 3 hearing Gov Boggs ordered Bowles arrested on the conspiracy charges Two news photographers covering an NAAWP mass meeting were cornered for 20 minutes by a crowd and relieved of some film
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William G. Stratton
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Hammond-Gary
Hammond
Vernon Anderson
Illinois
Iinois
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Wolf Lake
Munster
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Del
Bryant Bowles
Delaware
Bowles
Bowl
Dover
NAAWP
J. Caleb Boggs
Troops Massing in Formosa Oppose Nationalists at Amoy
The Central News Agency reports Red China has moved a fourth army into the mainland Amoy area opposite Nationalist Amoy Island. Official dispatches say forces concentrate near the coast as tensions rise in the Taiwan Strait.
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Formosa
Red China
Amoy
Amoy Island
Bender and Burke Get Specific in Akron Debate
In Akron the Bender Burke Senate debate turned sharp as both candidates attacked each other. Burke labeled Bender a county political boss with a malodorous record while accusing him of racketeer protection. Bender denied any wrongdoing, praised past press support, and challenged Burke to present evidence to the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury.
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Akron
Ohio
Burke
Bender
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury
Cleveland
Ike
Robert A. Taft
Eleven survive capsized freighter disaster off Virginia
Eleven sailors, rescued by three Navy destroyers after 150 miles east of Cape Henry, describe two days adrift amid stormy seas and hundreds of sharks. Forty residents died, including captain Patrick J. McMahon. Coast Guard inquiry begins to determine causes of the sinking as bodies and missing crew remain.
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Norfolk
Patrick J. McMahon
Valley Biseam
N.Y
Coast Guard Board of
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Hurricane Hazel Near Jamaica Heads Toward Haiti
Hurricane Hazel, previously off Jamaica, shifts course toward Haiti moving north northeast at about eight mph. The Miami Weather Bureau says winds near 115 mph in a small area by the center, with gales extending outward. Forecasters warn of danger as Haiti’s southern coast sees rising winds and the storm remains a dangerous hurricane.
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Fla
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Miami Weather Bureau
Por Au Prince
Haiti
Center
Weather Bureau
Jaamaica
Cecil Gerry
Hazel
Kingston
Armco Chartered Freighter Mormackite Sinks With 37 Lost
Armco, via traffic manager E H Dorenbusch, confirms charter of the freighter Mormackite which sank at sea, carrying 9,000 tons of open hearth ore from Brazil. Loaded at Victoria on September 25, bound for Baltimore with a stop in Middletown by rail. Armco expresses sorrow, noting ore can be replaced but lives cannot.
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Dorenbusch
Brazil
Victoria
Baltimore
Middletown
O Dwyer Returns to U S for Congressional Testimony
William O Dwyer former New York mayor and ex US ambassador to Mexico has returned to the United States to testify before a House subcommittee in Los Angeles investigating Communist infiltration in Latin America. He arrived at Tijuana from Mexico City and drove to his brother Frank O Dwyer's ranch. He said he plans to practice law in the city and retire from politics.
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