Eisenhower Urges Voter Registration Drive for Republicans
President Eisenhower, frustrated by Democratic attacks, announces a new push to boost stay-at-home Republican registrations before November. He says polls show slower GOP registration than Democrats and plans a meet with 500 Republican leaders at his Gettysburg farm. He defends draft policy and outlines a federal role on school integration only at a state's request.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Get’ A
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Freeways For Ohio Move Toward 1963 Buildout
Ohio plans to replace toll roads with freeways by 1963 on two main turnpike legs linking Conneaut to Boston Heights in Summit County and linking Dayton to Cincinnati. Director S C Linzell notes these routes meet interstate specs and qualify for 90 percent federal aid with Pennsylvania and New York extensions shaping timing and connections. The effort aims to connect with the New York Thruway and ease Cleveland traffic by prioritizing freeway segments pending Pennsylvania action.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
S. C. Linzell
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Conneaut
Boston Heights
Summit County
Dayton
Cincinnati
Linzell
Buffalo
New York
Ohio Line
New York Thruway
New York City
Cleveland
New Jersey
Indiana
Noted Brady Family Gets Evicted From Mansion
In Cleveland Judge Paul Jones orders Alexander J Brady to move from a 17 room mansion after seven years of paying $1 a year rent. Brady must pay $1,800 back rent and faces eviction for refusing to vacate built for a proposed veterans hospital that never materialized.
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Cleveland
Alexander J. Brady
Paul Jones
Brady
Veteran’s Hospital
Asst
U.S
Russell Ake
Jones
Escape at Stokes County Prison Sparks Caution
Romney Duncan and John Ireland, misdemeanor convicts, slipped from a road gang after bidding farewell to a guard. The guard could not stop them under state law, highlighting how misdemeanor prisoners may not be restrained.
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Danbury
Romney Duncan
John Ireland
Stokes County Prison
AFL-CIO Endorses Stevenson Kefauver Ticket
The general board of the AFL-CIO endorsed the Stevenson Kefauver national ticket in a nearly unanimous vote. Only about six officials reportedly dissented as union leaders urged support for the Democratic slate in the 1952 race.
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Afl-Cio
Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
AFL - Cio
Stevenson
Kefauver
Forest Park
John Stevenson
The
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Carpenters
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
David Dubinsky
Garment Workers Union
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Fear Of Failure Drives Cadet Dropouts In Flight Training
Naval research director Capt Ashton Graybiel said fear of failure is a major factor in pilot fatigue and cadets dropping out of flight training. He noted some cadets performing well still leave due to fear of failing and spoke at an Ohio State aviation medicine course.
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Columbus
Ohio
Naval Research
Ashton Graybiel
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Ohio State University
Young Quincy boy starts kindergarten with costly library set
Five year old William Jacques begins kindergarten in Quincy Massachusetts surrounded by books and workbooks for a 13 year course path in public schools. Total initial costs for books, workbooks and globe come to 569.71 dollars with a 125 dollar encyclopedia and a 3.75 globe and 2.75 abridged dictionary.
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William Jacques
Quincy
Mass
Quincy Public
Race Riots At Clinton About Over
National Guardsmen head ed home from Clinton Tennessee and Sturgis Kentucky after a week of demonstration against school integration. About 590 Clinton residents attended classes together. in Sturgis 250 of 310 white students and seven Negroes attended. President Eisenhower praised Louisville schools for peaceful integration and urged home guidance to curb violence.
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National Guardsmen
Clinton
Tenn
Sturgis
Tennessee Guardsmen
Kentucky
Tennessee Federation For Constitutional Government
State Supreme Court
Knoxville
J. J. B. Williams
Kentucky National Guard
Clay
Texarkana
Tex
James Gordon
Texarkana Junior College
Washington
Eisenhower
Omer Carmichael
Louisville
South
Precinct Vote Locked Tight in Denver After Clerk Error
Denver tallies from 429 precincts delayed as the lone precinct tally sheet remains locked inside a church voting room. Four judges left the area and found the church door automatically closed. no keyholder could be found to access the poll book.
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Denver
City Election Commission
Moroccan Police Arrest French Citizens in Pre-dawn Raids
Moroccan police carried out pre-dawn raids in Rabat and other areas arresting about 60 French nationals. detainees were held for expulsion amid actions targeting the Presence Francaise organization seen as opposing Moroccan interests.
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Rabat
Morocco
Wiley Wins GOP Senate Nomination in Wisconsin Primary
Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin’s senior senator, won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate after a hot primary that delayed results until Milwaukee reports came in. He defeated Rep. Glenn R. Davis who had edged Wiley at the state convention last May.
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Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Republican Party
GOP
U.S. Senate
Senate
Glenn R. Davis
Wiley
Davis
Akliad
Milwaukee
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Colorado
Lee
Eisenhower
Brannan
John A. Carroll
Georgia
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Wis
Consin
Elliott Walstead
Henry Maier
Walstead
Vernon Thompson
William Proxmire
Walter J. Kohler
Dan Thornton
Cincy Man Wounded In Florida
Joseph Campbell 39 of Cincinnati was found critically wounded beside his burning car near Live Oak Florida. Sheriff Hugh Lewis said Campbell was taken to Live Oak Hospital with a pistol wound to the left lung as bloodhounds hunted the area. His wife said he left Cincinnati Sunday to seek medical help and did not return.
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Live Oak
Fla
Joseph Campbell
Cincinnati
Here
Hugh Lewis
Lewis
Live Oak Hospital
Campbell
General Hospital
Dayton sign touts school supplies including bean shooters
A Dayton pharmacy displays a sign claiming it offers official school supplies including bean shooters inviting attention from shoppers and raising questions about safety and compliance.
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Dayton
Ohio
Norwalk Boys Admit Plot to Kill Father in Sleeping-Home Shooting
Three brothers ages 10 9 and 7 confessed to a plan to shoot their father after he reprimanded them for breaking into a neighbor's garage and taking ammunition. Thomas William Parker 31 died from a bullet to the head. The mother Betty Parker 28 was home and a fourth child excluded from the plot. The boys were placed with juvenile authorities.
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Norwalk
Calif
Three Barthers
Homicide
al Etzel
Thomas William Parker
Etzel
Tom
Bobby
Richard
Tommy
Harry
Betty Parker
Autumn Calm Rules as Forecast Extends
The weatherman predicts continued mild autumn weather with partly cloudy skies. Officials forecast highs around 80 and lows near 70 through today and Thursday, noting yesterday’s high of 85 at 2:30 p.m. and a 56-degree low at 2:30 a.m.
Britain and France propose Suez traffic protection group
Eden and Mollet announce a new international association to manage Suez transit with Egypt as a cooperating member and transit dues paid to the group. The plan, backed by the United States, aims to safeguard canal traffic amid pilot walkouts and Egypt’s crisis, drawing mixed reactions in Parliament.
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London
Britain
France
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Eden
Guy Mollet
Moose misidentification joke from a casual aside
A humorous remark declares that anyone mistaking another for a moose and getting shot is better off dead, framing the idea as a grim one‑liner joke.
Pilots on Canal Set to Leave Egypt Warns of Canal Crisis
Egypt weighed options as more than 100 foreign pilots and other non Egyptian technicians prepared to quit Suez Canal duties by the weekend. Britain and France accused of plotting an incident to seize the canal. force to retain staff could draw in British and French troops. The notice to 1,475 non Egyptian employees authorized quitting Friday or Saturday. Most critical was the 146 pilots on duty.
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Suez Canal
Egypt
Britain
France
Mediterranean
Suez Canal Co
Paris
Arabs Clash With Israel Near Jordan Border
A two hour clash on the Israel Jordan frontier left 15 to 19 Jordanian police and National Guardsmen dead. Jordan filed a U N complaint and U N truce monitors investigated. Israel was accused of attacking Rahwa village near Hebron and killing multiple security personnel. six Israeli soldiers died in a prior border incident.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
U.S. Truce Supervision
U. N
Amman
U.N
Rahwa
Hebron
Fireworks Truck Blast Kills One, Harms Twenty in Spain
In Albacete Spain a truck carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded killing one person and injuring twenty others. The blast levelled several buildings and left over seventy people homeless in the aftermath.
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Albacete
Spain
Last Run Soon Short Rail Line Faces Closure
Cassville Missouri braces as the Cassville and Exeter Railroad nears its end with a final unload. Engineer Jim Ashley plans the last run to Exeter on a 4 1/2 mile line once the feed is cleared, tracing a casual operation once tied to Frisco main. The line, founded 60 years ago to serve Cassville, delivered lumber cement oil and more but dwindling freight and highway competition push it to shut down.
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Casville
C&e
Frisco Railroad
Ashley
Exeter
Frisco
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