East Coast Storm Leaves Seven Dead Across States
A rain laden gale battered the Eastern Seaboard with gusts near 75 mph and up to 5 inches of rain. Flooding closed roads, with 2 in Connecticut auto crashes, 5 deaths in New York state, and 80 families trapped by high tides in Norwalk.
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Middle Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Carolina
Tropics
Hazel
Pennsylvania
Canada
New England
Diane
Providence
R. 1
Norwalk
Conn
Connecticut
New York State
New York City
Idlewild
LaGuardia
Indiana bus pileup kills six on Chicago to New York run
A Greyhound double decker crashed into a parked semi on U S 20 near Michigan City Indiana killing six. The bus carried 25 passengers en route from Chicago to New York with most believed asleep. The truck driver Harry Williams 43 survived and described warning flares prior to impact. Names identified include Sylvia Money Sol Sender and Mrs Charles G Roth among the dead.
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Ind
Jal
Sylvia Money
York
Sol Sender
Ainslie
Chicago
Charles G. Roth
Lafayette Hill
Helen Ruswak
24Th Bivd
Friedel Groenhoff
Los Altos
Calif
Anthony William Bruno
Bloomington
New York
Harry Williams
U.S. 20
Williams
Ogden Jarvis
Jarvis
Charles Miller
Pennsylvania
Crescent
Adlai Knows But Keeps Quiet On 1956 Nomination
Former Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson said he has made up his mind on whether to seek the Democratic presidential nomination but would not reveal it. He noted he would accept if offered, though he doubts he will be asked, and expressed confidence in a Democratic victory in November 1956. He spoke in Kingston while receiving an honorary degree at Queen's University and commented on Truman Harriman’s position.
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Ont
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago
Queen University
Truman
New York
Averell Harriman
Princess Margaret's Wedding Plans Rumor Sparks UK Media
Britons believe Princess Margaret will marry RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend after a weekend together near Windsor. Clarence House issued a privacy plea while newspapers declare an engagement likely, as Townsend returns from Brussels on home leave.
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England
Margaret
RAF
Peter Townsend
Townsend
Windsor Forest
Clarence House
London
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Margart
Princess Margaret
Elizabeth II
Brussels
Lord Rothermere
Daily Mail
Liberal News-Chronicle
Townserd
Molotov Not Present For Red Parley
In Sevastopol Soviet leader Bulgarin and Khrushchev meet top aides in Crimea omitting Foreign Minister Molotov. Attendees include Mikoyan Zhukov Kuznetsov Voroshilov Kirichenko and Gorshkov amid talk of Geneva talks and Eisenhower’s disarmament letter.
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Bulgarin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Crimea
Geneva
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Sebastopol
V. M. Molotov
Tass
Sevastopol
A. I. Mikoyan
Georgi Zhukov
Klementi Voroshilov
Adm
N G. Kuzinetzov
A. I. Kirichenko
Ukrainian Communnist Party
S. G. Gorshkov
Daytonian Killed in Auto Crash Near Xenia
Robert W. Parkinson, 22, of Dayton, died when his car apparently lost control on U.S. 42 two and one half miles northeast of Xenia. The county’s 25th traffic fatality of the year was reported by the state highway patrol.
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Xenia
Ohio
Robert W. Parkinson
Dayton
U.S. 42
State Highway Patrol
Returning POW Says Son Of Stalin Slain By Nazis
Camp Friendland Germany Maj Walter Reuschle recounts Stalin’s son Jacob Djugashvili dying at Oranienburg in 1945 after charging a high voltage fence to avoid capture. He says the commandant told him SS guards shot him as the Red Army neared Berlin. Reuschle arrived with 39 other Russian POWs.
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Friendland
Germany
Jacob
Walter Reuschle
Radio
Stuttgart
Jacob Djugashvili
Oranienburg
Berlin
Ike To Run, Mundt Says
Karl Mundt states he supports Ike and believes he will run. He adds the Republicans will win if Ike runs with a strong platform and strong vice president. Mundt warns voters may hesitate if fear of an Eisenhower death looms.
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Dallas
Tex
South Dakota
Karl Mundt
Ike
25 Injured As Bus Drops Into Gully
A chartered bus carrying 25 people including 22 University of Massachusetts students plunged eight feet into Conant Brook after striking a temporary bridge barrier on Route 32 in Monson Massachusetts. Five were treated on site and the rest evacuated to Wing Memorial Hospital Palmer. state police cited a passing car displacing warning lights in inclement rain as a contributing factor.
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Monson
Mass
University of Massachusetts
Wing Memorial Hospital
Palmer
Conant Brook
U S risks prestige in UN debate over Philippines seat
The United States faced a potential loss of prestige as it fought to win a Security Council seat for the Philippines. Poland's defeat and Yugoslavia's rise altered dynamics, with observers noting U S missteps and shifts in backing amid 60 nation General Assembly ballots.
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N. Y.P
United States
U .N
Philippines
Security Council
U. S
Russia
Poland
Council
General Assembly
Yugoslavia
Rusia
U N
Big Parking Plan Studied In Cincinnati
A 10 percent million dollar downtown Cincinnati parking plan was proposed with an underground garage under Government and Fountain Squares. An engineering firm submitted the project to City Manager C A Harrell, detailing seven off street sites for 3399 cars. Municipal bond experts say revenues would cover costs.
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Cincinnati
C. A. Harrell
Ohio Leaders Push 150 Million Bond for Schools and Hospitals
Gov. Lausche rallies at Ohio State University urging voters to approve a constitutional amendment to fund new schools state hospitals and other buildings with 150 million dollars via a penny per pack cigarette tax. Mechem and others argue about surplus projections and financing timelines.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio State University
General Assembly
Lausche
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Mechem
House
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
John D. Porterfield
State Department of Mental Health and Correction
Dwight Arnold
Kent State University
Ohio Education Assn
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Citizens’ Committee
Brief Seeks Release Of Dr Sheppard
In Columbus attorneys filed a 3004 page brief with the Ohio Supreme Court seeking release for convicted wife killer Dr Samuel H Sheppard. The 31 year old osteopath now works as auto mechanic at Ohio Penitentiary. A jury found him guilty on December 21 of the July 4 1954 murder of his pregnant wife Marilyn.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sanuel H. Sheppard
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Penitentiary
Marilyn
Sheppard
Bay Village
Court of Appeals
Cleveland
Saul S. Danaceau
High Court
Fall Fatal To Painter In Cincinnati Norwood
Arthur Greine aged 41 died after falling from a scaffold while painting gutters on a building in an adjoining Norwood area. The incident occurred yesterday and authorities described it as a fatal painter’s accident with no immediate witnesses.
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Cincinnati
Arthur Greine
Norwood
Butler Hall Debate Frames 1956 Electoral Outlook in Chicago
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler calls the Geneva summit a Communist success and attacks a huckster foreign policy. Republican Chairman Leonard Hall counters that Eisenhower era prosperity and peace prevail with wide employment and rising wages.
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Paul M. Butler
Geneva
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
America
Hall
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
CBS
Huckster
Butler
Russia
Bulgaria
Britain
Eden
France
Faure
Free World
Trumans Heading Back To Missouri From New York
Former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman departed New York by train Friday night bound for Independence Missouri after a five day stay in the city. At Pennsylvania Station Margaret Truman, recently home from abroad, saw them off and Harry Truman said he had nothing new to say to the press.
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Harry S. Truman
Mrs. Truman
Independence
New York City
Pennsylvania Station
Margaret Truman
Izzard
Truman
Eisenhower Hints At Recovery On 65th Birthday
President Eisenhower spends his 65th birthday in Fitzsimons Hospital Denver as Humprey visits for a cabinet level briefing. Officials say cardiogram has stabilized and a gradual increase in mobility will begin this week with daily sitting up and light activity planned.
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Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humprey
Washington
Humphrey
Denver White House
Humbrey
Sherman Adams
James C. Hagerty
White House
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Milee Stone
White
Gas Tragedy In Hubball Five Men Hurt
A blast ripped the United Fuel Gas Co plant in Hubball, West Virginia, wounding five workers two seriously as explosions raged. Ten thousand gallons of gas in nearby tanks and 70,000 gallons in another block remained safe, while rail cars on a nearby spur were moved to prevent ignition and no children at a nearby two room school were injured. The explosions were caused by vapor and liquid escaping from a natural gas tank ignited by sparks from a gasoline engine.
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Hubball
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Co
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