Stevenson Attacks Nixon Bid in Harrisburg Rally
Adlai Stevenson charged that Republican leadership would pass to Vice President Nixon, condemning a part time presidency and big business rule. He spoke at a Farm Show Arena fund raiser in Harrisburg, noting ticket sales near 8,500 and gross about 425000 while TV and radio costs topped 200000. He mocked Nixon, praised Joe Smith as the GOP alternative, and warned of continued influence of business interests on government.
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Adlai Stevenson
Nixon
Eisenhower
America
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James A. Finnegan
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Dixon
Yates
Joe Smith
Gettysburg
San Francisco
Joe
Prison track star nabbed after purse snatch escape
Brooklyn police captured James Herring a 29 year old North Carolina prison baseball outfielder after he fled a purse snatching and ran from a game into the arms of an officer. Herring who should be serving a burglary term at Center Prison Raleigh NC was held on grand larceny charges.
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New York
Brooklyn
North Carolina
Gertrude Horn
Irving Kartzevite
Kartzevite
James Herring
Center Prison
Raleigh
N.C
Herring
Winston-Salem
Eisenhower to Speak in Peoria on Farm Issues
President Eisenhower will deliver a major farm policy speech in Peoria Illinois at the Bradley University field house on September 25. He will also give Vice President Nixon a sendoff on a nationwide 15 000 mile three state campaign tour beginning with a breakfast at Washington National Airport.
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Eisenhower
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James C. Haggerty
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Field House
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Stevenson
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Bess Myerson, Allan Wayne settle custody dispute
In New York City, Miss America 1945 Bess Myerson and husband Allan Wayne reach a mutual custody agreement for their nine year old daughter Barbara after a State Supreme Court in chambers settlement. The mother will have custody with visitation rights for the father.
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New York
Bess Myerson
Chambers of
State Supreme Court
Matthew M. Levy
Levy
TV i
Barbara
Allan Wayne
Wayne
Manhattan
Miss Myerson
Cautionary Chuckle About Ransom Note Exchange
A twisted ransom threat prompts a sharp reply. The reader notes they lack funds for the demand yet shows curiosity about the proposition, highlighting a wary, wry response to coercive blackmail.
Eisenhower Menzies Plan Moves On Suez Crisis
President Eisenhower will discuss Suez developments with Australian Prime Minister Menzies as the five nation commission seeks Egyptian consent to international operation of the canal. Dulles plans a premeeting and warns Egypt against blocking transit while Britain backs UN action. The plan envisions diverting ships and oil around Africa to pressure Nasser.
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Eisenhower
United States
Egypt
Gettysburg
Suez
Robert Menzies
Menzies
Nasser
Dulles
Venezuela
Europe
Fugitive Captured After Violent Staten Island Gun Battle
Henry Bryant, 28, an escapee, led a two hour gun battle across Staten Island injuring three officers and another officer with a heart attack. Police cornered him in a New Brighton garage where he surrendered after being wounded. Officers Johnson Lipka Daggett Heisinger were involved with varying injuries and conditions.
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New York
Staten Island
Henry Bryant
Richmond County
Bryant
Max Rudtz
Rudtz
Russell Johnson
Johnson
Island
Manhattan
St. George
New Brighton
John Lipka
Edwin F. Daggett
Lipka
Daggett
Henry Heisinger
Ellis Island Sale Planned By Federal Agency
Ellis Island in New York Bay will be sold to the highest bidder for commercial use after the Immigration Service relinquished control on November 12, 1954. Walter F. Downey announced the sale as the GSA regional commissioner, with bids due by November 19 and ads to run in newspapers next Tuesday. The move ends hopes of preserving the historic site as a public area. 35 buildings exist on the island along with other structures.
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Ellis Island
New York Bay
America
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Immigration Service
Walter F. Downey
General Services Administration
Downey
J Island
Suez Canal Crisis Moves Toward U N Action and Debate
London reports say Prime Minister Eden seeks U N action before force in the Suez dispute while pushing a canal users association plan. Egypt condemns the move as aggression and warns it could spark war. Dulles supports U N involvement and three-party action if needed.
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Eden
U.N
Suez
Labor Party
Dulles
United States
Egypt
Users’ Association
House of Commons
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Nasser
Israel
Suez Canal Co
The
Commons
House of Lords
Mediterranean
U. S
Tthat
Big Ditch Is Tricky Pilots Say
Veteran pilots advise new arrivals at Port Said that the Suez Canal width and bottom slope make navigation difficult. Ships must stay centered as currents vary with southbound and northbound traffic and fogs, sandstorms, and reduced visibility worsen the season.
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Red Sea
Suez
Lawyer Killed In Train Crash In Ohio
A 29 year old attorney Sherman Edward Lamb Jr. was killed when his car was struck by the New York Central Fifth Avenue Special passenger train on a county road near Wauseon Ohio. Lamb lived in Swanton and practiced law in Delta. The train was en route from Chicago to New York.
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Wauseon
Ohio
Sherman Edward Lamb Jr
New York Central
Lamb
Swanton
Delta
Chicago
New York
Weather Turns Colder as Miami Valley Sees Weekend Cool Down
A cold air invasion ends the September heat wave in the Miami Valley. The forecast calls for partly cloudy cooler conditions today tonight and Saturday with a high near 80 and a low around 57. Sunday may bring warmer weather with scattered showers and a Thursday high of 91 and a 67 low. Rain measured about .01 inches this morning.
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Miami Valley
Three-Year-Old in Oil Puddle Found Safe at Hospital
Three-year-old Johnny Durham was found by a neighbor sitting in a three inch deep crude oil puddle near his Wilmington home. His mother Edna Durham had reported him missing. Hospital attendants said he was unhurt and wrapped in a plastic bag for the ride home after a long bath.
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Johnny Durham
Wilmington
Calif
Edna Durham
Johnny
Blue Ribbon Bacon Causes Car Crash in Cromwell
A county fair blue ribbon winner pig in Cromwell Oklahoma caused a rear door to fly open as it wriggled from its owner’s car. The vehicle veered into a ditch while driver Rayford C Wakefield and a friend tried to restrain the pig, leaving the pig muddy but unharmed.
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Cromwell
Okla
Rayford C. Wakefield
Hall Attacks Stevenson Silence Over Alger Hiss Issue
Philadelphia GOP national chairman Leonard W. Hall called Adlai Stevenson’s silence on Alger Hiss a travesty on statesmanship. Hall and other Republicans urge Stevenson to repudiate Truman’s remarks that hinted Hiss might be a Communist spy. Truman had earlier said he did not consider Hiss a spy. Stevenson had not replied by press time.
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Philadelphia
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alger Hiss
Union League Club
Hall
Truman
Hiss
State Department
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
Gettysburg
Stevenson
Two Negroes Escorted to Clay School Amid Integration Row
In Clay Kentucky adjutant general J J B Williams will escort two Negro youngsters to the all white Clay school despite Attorney General J M Ferguson ruling their enrollment illegal. More than 500 students stayed home and two minister teachers resigned. 250 white students and seven Negroes attended nearby Sturgis with no disorder reported.
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James Gordon
All-White Clay
Webster County Board of Education
Webster County
Abernathy
General Baptist Church
Williams
State Board of Education
Clay
Sturgis
10 Cent Pie Makes $1500: OKC Man News of Dishonor
Clarence Clifford Wilson sued Honest John grocery claiming a 10 cent fried pie led to wrongful arrest. A district court jury awarded him 1500 dollars after he testified he was jailed three years ago and labeled the Fried Pie Man despite eventual exoneration.
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Oklahoma City
Clarence Clifford Wilson
Wilson
Honest John
Marine Corps Probes Strike Claim by New Recruit
Donald Hamilfar, 20, of near Norwalk, alleges a Fifth Recruit Training Battalion corporal struck him in the stomach at Parris Island on Aug 23, prompting emergency surgery for a stomach rupture. Marines say investigation began Aug 27 and medical officials must determine if the blow worsened his condition. Hamilfar is hospitalized for a congenital hernia and will testify after recovery.
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Ohio
Marine Corps
Donald Hamilfar
Parris Island
S. C
Hamisfar
R. L. Hamisfar
U.S. Naval Hospital
Beaufort
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Marine
Corps
Pvt. Hamistar
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