Eisenhower Tour Chooses Four Midwest Swing Stops
President Eisenhower heads to Cleveland Detroit Louisville and Wilmington for a one day campaign swing to bolster GOP Senate hopefuls in Ohio Kentucky Delaware and to rally airport crowds with Mrs Eisenhower aboard. The trip follows his radiotelevision rally and aims to spur turnout ahead of Tuesday’s election.
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GOP
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
GOP National Committee
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Thomas A. Burke
Bender
Ohio
Burke
Robert A. Taft
Herbert R. Warburton
Delaware
J. Allen Frear Jr
Demos Granted Free TV and Radio Time for Stevenson Speech
NBC will provide free television and radio time for a talk by Adlai E. Stevenson in response to recent Eisenhower speeches. The Democratic National Committee urged gratis air time amid claims of partisan content in the president's broadcasts. Stevenson's half hour address airs Saturday at 8 30 p m EST on TV and 10 30 p m EST on radio.
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National Broadcasting Co
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
NBC
Mitchell
Stevenson
Mountbatten Named Britain's First Sea Lord
Adm. Earl Mountbatten, commander in chief of Allied forces in the Mediterranean, was named Britain's first sea lord. The 54 year old admiral takes a post once held by his German born father Prince Louis of Battenberg who resigned in 1914 over his name and ancestry.
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Earl Mountbatten
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Britain
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince Louis
Dewey Claims Harriman Ineligible for Governor Seat
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey argues Averell Harriman may be barred from serving as governor if a court finds he lied about residence by voting in a Washington DC presidential primary two years ago. Harriman says the DC vote did not affect his New York residency or eligibility.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Averell Harriman
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Harriman
Irving M. Ives
Dewey
District of Columbia
Riman
Washington
State dismisses juror amid Sheppard murder trial
In Cleveland the state dismissed juror Genevieve Pelsey after she sobbed and asked to be excused from the Samuel Sheppard case. The move, replacing her with James Manning and Frank Kollarits, delayed jury completion as two challenges remained. Pelsey said she was sympathetic to the young osteopath and could not take the boy away from his mother.
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Sheppard
Genevieve A. Pelsey
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James Roger Manning
Frank J. Kollarits
Chemical Company
Parrino
Dr. Sheppard
Marilyn
Five-Power Talks on Disarmament Approved by UN
The U N Political Committee unanimously backs five power talks on disarmament with Russia and the West in apparent accord. The plan calls for Russia Britain France the United States and Canada to lead negotiations and urges renewed efforts toward arms limitation and major reductions. East West divisions remain over certain proposals despite cautious optimism.
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Canada
London
Diplomatic clash over American embassy wives photo incident
U S Ambassador Bohlen met with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow to press protests after two American embassy wives were involved in a camera incident. Sommerlatte and Stiff were accused and countered by U S officials who say the Soviets misread the events. The case sparked sharp Soviet press campaigns against the wives and ongoing diplomatic tensions as details emerge of earlier minor clashes and police interventions.
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V. M. Molotov
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United States
Karl E. Sommeriatte
Houston Stiff
Sommerilatte
Russia
Molotov
Bohien
Sommerlatte
Dayton Siamese Twin Boys Mark Their Third Birthday
Dayton Ohio report on Donnie and Ronnie Galyon two Siamese brothers joined at the abdomen who celebrate their third birthday with ice cream and cake. Their mother Mrs. Wesley Galyon notes their lively appetites and mischievous mischief while physicians once warned surgery could end one twin. The boys began walking last year and alternate roles as they grow.
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Ohio
Galyon
Donnie
Ronnie
Wesley Galyon
Italy Flood Death Toll Near 400 After Gulf of Salerno Disaster
In Salerno and surrounding towns the death toll from Italy's flood and landslide disaster neared 400 as 7 more bodies were recovered. About 200 missing feared buried or swept away. State funeral services were held in Salerno cathedral and aid items arrived for hundreds left homeless.
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Adenauer and Dulles Hold Talks in Washington
West Germany’s Chancellor Konrad Adenauer meets with U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Washington during a 66 hour visit. Topics include Europe’s state and the future sovereign German state with rearmament. Adenauer later visits the White House for talks with Eisenhower.
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Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
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John Foster Les
Europe
Germany
Dulles
Adenauer
Waite House
Elsener
Eisenhower
Life sentence reduced for Korean War collabo Cpl Batchelor
In San Antonio Texas the life term for Cpl. Claude Batchelor convicted of collaborating with the enemy in Korea was cut to 20 years. Lt. Gen. J D White 4th Army commander announced a review upheld the verdict while he was a POW.
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Tex
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Korea
J. D. White
4Th Army
Batchelor
Amish Parents Ordered to Send Children to School
In Millersburg Ohio Holmes County officials demanded 166 Amish parents enroll children in school or face jail. About 150 families had not complied and officials vow stricter action after five Amish farmers were convicted for denying education.
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Ohio
Holmes County
D. C
Egger
Russell
John D. William Detwiler
Hemingway Wins 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature
American novelist Ernest Hemingway is awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm. He will receive a gold medal and 181,646 Swedish crowns. The ceremony includes other prizes in medicine chemistry and physics.
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Albert Camus
John F. Enders
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Robbins
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Cleveland
Sinclair Lewis
Eugene O'Neil
Pearl Buck
William Faulkner
Philadelphia Blast Kills 3 Firemen
A violent explosion at a North Philadelphia chemical plant killed three fire department officers and injured 24 others, including police, after a telephoned warning led crews to inspect fumes believed to be ammonia. A 15 foot steel tank on a wooden stand ruptured, tearing the yard apart and shattering nearby windows.
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Thomas Kline
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