Eisenhower Heads to Connecticut and New York Campaign Tour
President Eisenhower resumes a two day national campaign swing after a Denver stay. He will receive an honorary degree in Hartford and attend a birthday event for Governor Lodge. A major nonpartisan address in New York City is planned with widespread radio and TV rebroadcasts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Denver
Connecticut
New York
GOP
New York City
America
Hartford
John Lodge
Columbine
LaGuardia
DuMont
Astor Hotel
NBC
CBS
New York State
Roosevelt Hotel
Averell
Harriman
Camgn
Enem Ge York Gop
Congress
Fourth Juror Seated In Sheppard Murder Trial
In Cleveland AP reports a fourth juror was tentatively seated for the first degree murder trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard. Omars J. Solli, railroad foreman and father of three, joins three others as the panel grows under Judge Blythin. The process continues with further voir dire and peremptory challenges to shape the jury.
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Cleveland
Samfel H. Sheppard
Omas J. Solli
Marilyn
Louise K. Feuchter
Edwin
Lolli
Blythin
Susan Hayes
Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Bay Village
Miss Hayes
California
Soili
Fred Garmone
Arrow
Solli
Garmone
Ohio
Elsie F. Jack
Edna I. Fritz
Michael Marmush
Marmush
Richard N. Sheppard
Samuel
Parrino
River Crests Below City Flood Level in Ohio Town
PORTSMOUTH Ohio The Ohio River crest reached 38.8 feet about 11 feet below the 50 foot flood stage as volunteers aided Scioto Valley farmers racing to harvest corn before floodwaters. Backwaters inundated lowland fields causing some corn damage while crews and neighbors worked to save crops.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Sciote Valley
Ges Ulver’ Cwaiadd Oh Wnttaahel
Food Supply Threatened As Half Britain Dock Force Goes On Strike
Britain's dockers walk out in a 39,000 strong walkout across London Liverpool Birkenhead Hull and Southampton halting 200 million dollars in trade. Union leaders accuse Communists while Churchill weighs calling in troops to unload meat butter and eggs before Saturday.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
America
Tlee
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Hull
Southampton
Dock Labor Board
Britain
Walter Monckton
Disarmament Debate Near Vote Stage At UN
The United Nations disarmament debate moved toward a decisive stage as Britain and France push for a position outline by Selwyn Lloyd. US concerns about Soviet world conquest linger amid factional votes delaying two key agenda items on Formosa and anti ship attacks.
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United Nations, Nly
U.N
Selwyn Lioyd
Lioyd
James Wadsworth
Soviet Union
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
U.S
Formosa
China Sea
China
Britain
France
Vishinsky
Form
School Rolls Cut in Juarez Overcrowding Forces 3000 Transfer
In Juarez Mexico more than 3000 pupils were removed from school rolls yesterday due to overcrowded conditions causing significant disruption to local classes and student placement.
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Juarez
Mexico
Erie Mayor Stripped Of Powers In Bribe Case
Erie Democratic Mayor Thomas W. Flatley was stripped of mayoral powers as charges of taking bribes from a gambling syndicate surfaced. City Council named George Brabender acting mayor while Flatley remains on payroll. two police officers facing bribery and conspiracy charges amid a numbers and pinball racket.
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Erie
Thomas W. Flatley
Flatley
George Brabender
Jack Martin
Edward
Council
Dist. Atty
Damian McLaughlin
Lausche Defends Record in Ohio Mental Health Push
In New Philadelphia Ohio Governor Frank Lausche defended his fifth term bid on mental health reforms including nine state hospitals now operating and twenty two outpatient clinics. He touted over 90 million dollars spent on rehabilitation and expansion and predicted a six million dollar end term surplus, arguing against deficit financing and asserting independence from special interest groups.
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New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Carrolton
Gas fumes kill eight in Detroit rooming house
Nine others were rushed to the downtown vaca Hospital in temporary serious condition after deadly carbon monoxide fumes from a faulty chimney spread through a three story rooming house in Detroit. Owner Joseph Filjackowski acted quickly to save residents and reported finding victims as the gas entered via a furnace vent.
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Detroit
Vaca Hospital
Muroc Emine
Joseph Filjackowski
Filjackowski
Petersen Indicted On 3 Charges
Petersen, 40, longtime National Security Agency employee, was indicted on three counts of unlawfully handling government defense secrets. One count involves use of classified information prejudicial to the United States and beneficial to another. The Netherlands is identified as the nation that received information, with official confirmation noting Amsterdam acted in good faith. Petersen pleaded innocent.
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Alexandria
Joseph E. Petersen
Petersen
National Security Agency
Netherlands
Washington
The
Hague
High Court Takes Over Milford School Integration Case
In Wilmington Delaware the State Supreme Court takes the case over the Milford segregation dispute involving 10 Negro high school students. A hearing is set for Friday on the temporary injunction allowing Negro pupils to attend alongside 1,562 white students.
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Wilmington
Del
Milford
State Supreme Court
William Marvel
Delaware
Howard E. Lynch
Court of Chancery
Milford Board
Two Guardsmen Die in Berkshire Hills Jet Crash
Granville Massachusetts Air National Guardsmen were killed when their flameing jet trainer slammed into low woodlands near the Berkshire Hills last night.
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Granville
Mass
Massachusetts Air National
Nixon Says 163 Risks Holdovers
Vice President Richard Nixon told a Republican fund raising audience that 163 of 164 State Department workers deemed security risks were holdovers from the Truman era. He cited a Civil Service Commission report showing 6,926 security risks removed nationwide in 13 months ending June 1954.
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Philadelphia
Richard Nixon
State Department
Nixon
Civil Service Commission
Truman
United States
Eisenhower
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Washington
Pine Tree shillings found by Massachusetts farmer
A farmer near Williamstown, Massachusetts turned up old Pine Tree shillings while plowing, coins from 1652, the first money coined in America by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Profit for the day’s work was $2,700. The ad then references selling used items in closets and garages via Journal cords and provides a contact number.
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Williamstown
Mass
America
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Reds Break Up Senator Smiths Berlin Tour
Communist police detained four members of Senator Margaret Chase Smith's party in East Berlin for about an hour during a tour. CBS cameramen filmed Mrs Smith before guards escorted her away. The group included William Lewis Len Smiths aide Elmer Cox Robert Huttenloch and the German driver.
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Berling
Margaret Chase Smith
East Berlin
Columbia Broadcasting System
Maine
Mrs. Smith
Soviet Union
William c. Lewis
Len Smith
Elmer Cox
State Department
Robert M. Huttenloch
CRBS
Patterson Assassin Known in Phenix City Slaying
In Phenix City Alabama investigators close to the A L Patterson murder say they know the assassin’s name and have a sound case, though details remain sealed. Acting Attorney General Bernard Sykes declines to reveal timing for the emergency grand jury. The elder Patterson’s anti crime drive and his son’s nomination remain tied to the case as authorities pursue racketeers amid a broad probe.
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Phenix City
Ala
A. L. Patterson
Bernard Sykes
Sykes
Patterson
Dulles in Paris for talks on West Germany NATO role
Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Paris for meetings with Eden Mendes and Adenauer to discuss reviving Brussels treaty and NATO inclusion for a rearmed West Germany. He outlined hopes to transform London plans into Paris realities and end Allied occupation of Germany.
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Paris
Dulles
Washington
London
NATO
Anthony Eden
Pierre Mendes
France
Konrad Adenauer
Palais de Chaillot
Germany
Bonn
Brussels
Council
Sand Aled
West Germany
FBI arrests ten Puerto Rican Communist leaders in alleged Smith Act plot
In New York City and Puerto Rico FBI agents detained ten Puerto Rican Communist party leaders amid charges of conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government. Among those named are Eugenio Cuebas Arbona, Juan Santos Rivera, and Juan Emmanuelli. The arrests target a long-standing movement seeking island independence and cooperation with a Puerto Rico nationalist group.
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Washington
Office Department
FBI
New York City
Puerto Rico
J. J. Hoover
Eugenio Cuebas Arbona
New York
Cuebas Arbona
Communist Party
Uaison
Hoover
U.S
Juan Santos-Rivera
Juan Emmanuelli
United States
Emmanuelli
Rico
Santos Rivera
Maison
Jorge W. Maysonet-Hernandes
San Juan
Jane Speed de Andreu
Puerto Reo
Cristino Perez Mendez
Communist Party of Puerto
Thai security threatened by Vietminh led Cambodians
Bangkok Post reports Thailand fears internal security risks from a 4,000 man Vietminh led group and a doubtful element among 300,000 Gen. Chamras Thai minister to Cambodia. The 4,900 operate as free Cambodians from a base south of Battambang near the Thai border and reportedly take orders from the Vietminh, who control northern Vietnam.
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Bangkok
Bangkok Post
Thailand
Cambodia
Chamras
Battambang
Vietminh
Viet Nam
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