Adenauer Wins Landslide in West Germany Election
Bonn reports Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his pro Western Christian Democrats win a four year term with 244 seats and 45.2 percent of votes. The CDU led a coalition with the Free Democrats and German Party, while Socialists and Communists lose ground as 86.2 percent turnout.
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Don Doane
Bonn
Germany
West Germany
America
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Adenauer
Christian Democrat Party
Bundestag
Free Democrats
United States
U.S
Dulles
Georgi Malenkov
East Germany
Christian Democrat
Schleswig Holstein
Hamburg
Christian Democrats
Communist Party
Max Reimann
German Reich Party
United States of Europe
Labor Day Calls for Union Unity Across AFL CIO
On Labor Day U S workers hear pledges from Dave Beck and John L Lewis for unity in the labor movement President Eisenhower defends economic freedom and Truman weighs in with domestic issue focus Meany and Carey attack Congress and the Republican regime Mashburn notes a bright overall economy despite troubled sectors AFL plans merger talks with Lewis urged to join before next Labor Day.
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Dave Beck
AFL Teamsters Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Organized Labor
Truman
Detroit
White House
Congress
George Meany
AFL
James B. Carey
CIO
Meany
CBS
America
83Rd Congress
Carey
NBC
Lloyd A. Mashburn
California
Sacramento
Econo
Teamsters
Beck
St. Louis
Lewis
Labor
Weather forecast and local high and low temperatures
The forecast for the final long holiday of 1953 calls for fair and clear conditions. Middletown recorded a high yesterday around 70 degrees at 4 p.m. A low near 55 degrees was noted on the East Side Main Gate area yesterday. Today's low was 59 degrees at 6 a.m. The temperature rose to 62 degrees by 9 a.m.
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Middletown
Yesterda
Fraco
Dulles Denies Rift With Eisenhower Ahead of Denver Talks
Secretary of State Dulles says no rift with President Eisenhower as he arrives in Denver for Labor Day discussions. Reporters press about friction after rumors but Dulles and White House officials dispute such claims. Main agenda includes Indo China and Far East issues with a docket of about 10 foreign policy matters.
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Denver
Dulles
Eisenhower
Washington
Esenhower
White House
Murray Snyder
West Germany
India
Trieste
Japan
Indochina
Far East
Korea
Death toll from holiday driving reaches 271 lives
As Labor Day weekend ends, 271 people died in traffic accidents, 34 in drownings, and 49 in miscellaneous incidents. The National Safety Council had estimated about 440 traffic deaths for the holiday period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ohio Labor Day toll rises to twenty two deaths
With the holiday still ahead in the long weekend, Ohio reports a total of 22 fatalities from the traffic period. Twenty victims are confirmed as traffic deaths across the state, highlighting the ongoing dangers of holiday travel.
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Ohio
Holiday traffic deaths rise and fall with travelers
The council forecast about five deaths per hour during the Labor Day period with similar averages on the first day. Ned H Dearborn warned the pre holiday total may be reached and possibly exceeded as travelers head home. Inclement weather will influence outcomes as in prior years. Last Labor Day saw 558 deaths overall, 432 from traffic mishaps, while 1951 set a record of 658 total deaths with 461 traffic fatalities.
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Council
Midwest
Ned H. Dearborn
Dearborn
Ohio Briefs report on thefts infant found and water crisis
Ohio brief items note Lazar Ciolak reporting 6000 cash and 4000 in checks stolen in Cincinnati on a trip from Miami. Columbus police seek parents of a newborn found at a cellar door naked and exposed. Georgetown group lists emergency water measures in response to drought. A retiring chaplain at Crile Hospital receives a meritorious service award along with MacArthur and Rickenbacker.
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Cincinnati
Lazar Ciolak
Detroit
Miami
Fla
Columbus
Ohio
Frank Hughes
Cleveland
Albert D. Talbott
Crile Veterans Administration Hospital
Army and Navy Union
Douglas MacArthur
Eddie Ricken
Georgetown
Hurricane Carol Brushing New England Coast Officials Warn
Washington reports the Weather Bureau warns hurricane Carol will brush the New England coast today then veer to sea. The storm is still dangerous with winds near 100 mph at the center and is expected to pass east of Nantucket around 9 or 10 this morning.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Carol
New England
Nan- Se Mass
Defeat For Russia Hailing Adenauer Victory Prompt Western Unity
Washington officials praised Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's German election win as a major blow to Russia and a boost to Western unity. President Eisenhower planned a congratulatory message. Secretary Dulles called the result not surprising amid U.S. concerns over his endorsement.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Eisenhower
Denver
Dulles
Adenauer
Fears Mount That Reds Have Not Freed All GIs
Americans freed on the final day of Operation Big Switch boarded a troopship home as fears grew that prisoner exchanges did not include all who wished to return. The UN Command would hand the Communists a list of missing men, including Capt. Harold Fischer of Swea City Iowa, a Sabre jet pilot. Fischer was shot down April 7 1953 and reported captured by Peiping radio, yet he was not among the last 111 freed.
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Seoul
U. N
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Fischer
North Korea
Peiping
Peration Big Switch
Nine Die In South Side Blaze In Chicago
A early morning fire in a South Side block killed nine people, all reported as Negroes including six children. The blaze started in a business place and spread rapidly to adjacent brick buildings drawing thousands. Cause under investigation.
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Chicago
South Side
Northwest Airlines plane crash lands at McChord injuring 29
A Northwest Constellation crash landed at McChord Air Force Base Washington after engine failures and fog. Captain Russell Bird of Seattle landed with one wheel down and two engines dead, injuring 29 of 32 aboard, none in serious condition. nine remained hospitalized.
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Mcchord Air Force Base
Wash
Northwest Airlines
Russell Bird
Seattle
Lockheed
Seattle-Tacoma International
Bird
Chicago
Portland
Predict Dems Reject 1954 Midterm Convention
Washington reports that a midterm Democratic convention in 1954 is being forecast as likely to provoke party division over loyalty pledges and civil rights issues. Dixie Democrats favoring loyalty to the national party clash with others seeking to abolish the pledge as Sen. Hill and Gov. White urge unity while Sen. Hoey critiques the Chicago plan.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Chicago
Dixie Democrats
National Party
Sen
Hill
D-Ala
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Hugh White
Mississippi
Hoey
D-Nc
Stephen A. Mitchell
Dixie
House
Senate
Douglas
D-Ill
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Truman
Reds Puzzled By Charades in Korea
FREEDOM VILLAGE Korea repatriate Lt. Paul T. O Dowd Jr of Berkeley California says Chinese Communist guards were driven crazy by charades played by prisoners. The guards questioned them after seeing varied acts and the next day ordered punishment for playing such games.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Paul T. O'Dowd Jr
Berkeley
Calif
Jets Copter To Try For Speed Mark At Ohio Show
Two Sabre jets and a helicopter compete for speed records at the National Aircraft Show in Dayton Ohio. Brig Gen J Stanley Holtoner and Capt Harold E Collins pilot the jets aiming for the 100 kilometer world speed mark and a 15 to 25 kilometer record respectively. A Piasecki YH21 helicopter piloted by Capt Russell M Dobyns will attempt the aviation altitude and speed benchmarks as part of Thompson Trophy events.
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Dayton
Ohio
J. Stanley Holtoner
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Holtoner
Detroit
Fred Ascani
Jacqueline Cochran
Edwards Afb
Thompson Products, Inc
Cleveland
Air Force
Harold E
Tom) Collins
Fairborn
Miss Cochran
General Electric Co
Collins
Port Arthur
Tex
Wright-Patteson Afb
Russell M. Dobyns
Norton
Eglin Afb
Fila
Dobyns
Harold E. Thompson
Bridgeport
Conn
H. D. Jabbis
Forrest Wison
South Haven
Mich
Weir-Cook
Indianapolis
Proposals To Include H Bombs At U N Assembly
At the United Nations General Assembly opening Sept. 15 diplomats expect a dramatic Soviet push on disarmament and atomic control. The possibility of including the hydrogen bomb is discussed as Korea's armistice and Russia’s H bomb announce shape the agenda. The Disarmament Commission, chaired by Alexis Kyrou, aims to continue work and present a report to the 1954 Assembly.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Russia
General Assembly
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Paris
Alexis Kyrou
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Tito proposes international control for Trieste settlement
Yugoslav President Tito outlines a plan to place Trieste under international control while granting Yugoslavia the rest of the disputed area. He cites stalemate with Italy but signals openness to negotiations with Rome and denies any intent to annex the southern zone.
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Okragljica
Yugoslavia
Tito
Trieste
Adriatic
Italy
Yugoeslavia
Itala
Wainwright's Body Lying In State At Arlington
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright lay in state today at Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater in full military honors the first since the Unknown Soldier to receive such tribute. He will be buried tomorrow beside his father M R P Wainwright after arrival in Washington late yesterday.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Arlington National Cemetery
R P. P. Wainwright
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