Eisenhower Declares Decisions His Alone in Newark Speech
In Newark Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower insisted his choices are his own and he remains a no deal man. He praised Gen. George C. Marshall while rebuking critics tied to Taft and McCarthy and pledged to remake policies on fair employment and immigration after a New England campaign swing.
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Vishinsky Plans Answer To Acheson
At the United Nations Vishinsky set to address the Assembly as Ecuador speaks, with Western diplomats expecting a long tirade and hoping for a new plan to break the Korean War deadlock. Polish Foreign Minister Skrzesczewsky presented terms for armistice disarmament and a peace pact with Red China, but critics deemed them nothing new.
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Motherly Woman Holds Up Bank
In Los Angeles a gray haired woman in her sixties robbed a California Bank branch. Marguerite Everet, a teller, said the grandmotherly suspect shoved a bag and whispered to fill it with money, then fled after taking about $1000 with her gun in hand.
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Nixon Blasts Hiss and Stevenson in Illinois Campaign Stop
Senator Nixon accused Adlai Stevenson of being duped by Hiss as he campaigned across Illinois tying the Hiss case to Communist threats. He praised Eisenhower and challenged Stevenson’s leadership, drawing large crowds in Winnetka after stops in Freeport, Rockford and Kankakee.
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Eo Alger Hiss
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Roosevelt charges Truman with scuttling U S military might
John Roosevelt, son of FDR, claims the Truman administration scuttled the military strength built by his father. He spoke in Philadelphia during a tour for Dwight D. Eisenhower and said he switched parties, voting for Dewey in 1948, as he considered the administration unfit to govern its successor.
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Dayton Doctor Posts Bond In Narcotics Case
Dayton physician Dr. Lee Lenz 54 who has practiced in Dayton since 1926 posted a 1000 dollar bond and will appear before U S Commissioner Charles Ozias on October 31 for a preliminary hearing on charges of illegally selling narcotics to patients.
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Sparkman Optimistic After Keystone Tour in Pa
Sparkman reports strong Democratic enthusiasm after campaigning across 27 states including a Luzerne County dinner in Wilkes-Barre. He predicts a November victory with Pennsylvania key and urges cooperation among labor, industry, and the public while criticizing Eisenhower’s reliability. He foresees tax cuts by 1954 if the cold war remains non hotter.
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Byrd Withholds Endorsement in Democratic Presidential Race
Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd declines to endorse the Stevenson Sparkman ticket or Democratic platform in a statewide radio address. He remains a Virginia Democrat but will not urge votes for any candidate, criticizing Trumanism and warning of socialist drift.
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Harry F. Byrd
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Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Stevenson Denounces GOP as Political DDT in Korea Fight
Gov Adlai E Stevenson assails Republicans for offering a tax free path to victory in Korea arguing the fight against world Communism demands effort and sacrifice. He criticizes Eisenhower Taft leadership and urges unity while appealing for state support in Texas and a broader view on submerged coastal lands.
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Trio Reunited After Chester Massacre Fear
A three-member party including a two year old child and two men were found safe northwest of Chester California after a rumored massacre followed last weeks slaying of grocer Guard Young and three children. Deputies announced the trio had returned from a movie and offered no comment on the earlier disappearance.
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ROKs Repel Three Chinese Attacks on Sniper Ridge
United States and South Korean forces repelled three Chinese assaults on Sniper Ridge near Triangle Hill as fierce fighting raged on the Central Korean Front. Artillery, air strikes, and ground assaults marked a costly engagement with heavy Communist casualties and ongoing patrols around Pike's Peak and Triangle Hill.
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Truman accuses Eisenhower of false hope for votes
President Truman assails Dwight D. Eisenhower for offering "false hope" to American mothers as he campaigns in New England. He denounces the GOP nominee's Korea policy and emotional campaigning, predicts a Democratic victory, and defends U.S. troops abroad while attacking Eisenhower's ties to McCarthy and Jenner. He speaks in Providence and Boston and plans three New York speeches.
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Night Battle at Sniper Ridge in Korea Brings Daylight Flares
AP war correspondent John Fujii filed from a frontline outpost 200 yards from Chinese and ROK positions as dusk fell in Korea. Chinese forces assaulted Sniper Ridge while Allied aircraft dropped flares and searchlights lit the battlefield. ROK and U.S. artillery answered with mortars and howitzers as Maj. Kwon Chon Yong and Lt. Col. Walter Drysdale coordinated defense and artillery support through the night.
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Kwon Chon Yong
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Walter Drysdale
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Drysdale
WSB to rule on coal wage boost as miners walkout lingers
The Wage Stabilization Board prepared for a vote on legality of a 1.90 per day raise for 350,000 miners led by John L. Lewis. Public members held swing power while labor backs the rise as inflationary rate disputes. If approved, most mines should resume Monday. if cut, a full-scale strike looms.
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New Lincoln to Talk Today at Gettysburg pageant
Gettysburg Pennsylvania hosts a reenactment with Ray Middleton portraying President Lincoln at the Western Maryland Railway pageant honoring the railroad’s 100th anniversary. The event recreates Lincoln’s 1863 visit and the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery attracting an anticipated 50,000 spectators.
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Mundt Attacks Stevenson Over 1951 Farm Losses
Senator Karl Mundt claimed Adlai Stevenson’s 1951 income tax returns show a loss on farms, challenging Democratic says farmers are prospering. Mundt said Stevenson lost 1521.64 dollars on prime farmland and would push different farming policies if his livelihood depended on the land.
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Last West Lawman William Anson Dies at 92
Santa Monica Calif Bill Loomis 92 longtime law officer who tailed bandits of the old West died yesterday He knew Jesse James Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp and said he officiated at 15 hangings.
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