Adlai Plans Virginias Campaign Stops Amid Attacks
Adlai Stevenson prepared two Virginia appearances while Senator Knowland denounced his Harrisburg speech as harmful. Kefauver launched a 15 state tour from Tampa as Stevenson worked from Washington. NAM urged business involvement to counter labor influence in politics. Republican candidates pressed for a Senate probe into Harriman's final presidential bid costs.
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Adlai Stevenson
Virginia
Reno
Sen
Knowland
Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tampa
Fla
Eisenhower
Harrisburg
Soviet Union
Rep. Halleck
R-Ind
National Assn. of Manufacturers
NAM
New York
Senate
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Judge Opens Court in Western Mining Camp
An old-time judge in a western mining camp opened court with a formal announcement signaling the start of proceedings in a rugged frontier legal setting.
Yale Man Seeks Returned Inheritance After Rejection
Former Yale student Eugene F. Suter Jr. petitions Surrogate's Court to reclaim a $385,000 trust he refused last year for moral and political reasons. He cites dire medical and psychiatric need and notes his father's estate reached about a million dollars when he died in 1943.
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New York
Yale University
Eugene F. Suter Jr
Suter
Yale
Socialist Party
William T. Collins
Collins
Boys Who Slew Dad Face Tests
Three youngsters aged 10, 9, and 7 asked for clinical tests after admitting to shooting their father, Thomas Richard Parker, 31, while he slept. Judge Burdette announced results would be filed Oct 3, while 4-year-old Harry was held for alleged poor home supervision.
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Los Angeles
Burdette
J. Daniels
Tommy
Robert
Richard Parker
Thomas Richard’ Parker
Harry
Parker
Final Hope Sheppard Appeal Hinges On Kirk
Lawyers for Dr Samuel Sheppard urge that Dr Paul Leland Kirk can prove another person killed Sheppard's wife. They argue the defense must show a different suspect to gain freedom for Sheppard in the ongoing appeal.
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Sheppard
Kirk
Washington
Samuel H. Sheppard
Paul Leland Kirk
RM Nnilecen Tusles
U. S. Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County
Sheppards’ Bay Village
Ohio Penitentiary
School of Criminology
University of California
Dr. Kirk
Supreme Court
Brink's Vault Robbery Plan Juiced At Two Years
Joseph O Keefe testified in Boston that the Brink s headquarters robbery where $1 219 000 was taken was planned for more than two years. He said the eight defendants studied the building, opened doors with ice picks, and finally decided to invade the vault with guns on January 17 1950.
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Boston
Joseph “Specs
O'Keefe
Brink's
Asst. Dist
Frederick T. Doyle
Student Riot Quelled in Santiago
Havana police and troops quelled a student riot at Santiago last night after violence by college students. Authorities said order was restored after windows desks and furniture were smashed and set on fire. No injuries were reported and no cause for the outbreak was given.
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Havana
Santiago
Wealthy Ruth Latham Abduction Claim Declared
Mrs Ruth Latham a 51 year old San Diego investment broker's wife said she was conscious while buried alive and naked by two women identified as suspects in a kidnapping and attempted murder case. Bail was set at 50000 for Beatrice Winn and Lucille Whisenand.
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San Diego
Calif
Ruth Evelyn Latham
Beatrice Winn
Bea
Lucille Whisenand
Latham
el Centro Hospital
Cion
Lathams
Winn
George Latham
el Centro
UN Observers Probe Jordan Israel Border Clash
U N observer teams conducted on the spot checks after a flare up near the Jordan Israel border. Jordan reports say an Israeli force of about 1000 troops destroyed the Gharandal police post inside Jordan with bombers and incendiaries, while Israel denies or remains silent. Airborne raids in reprisal for killings of three Israeli Druze were cited by Amman.
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Jerusalem
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Jordan
Gharandal
Amman
Israel
Snow plow theft shocks Denver service station
DENVER police investigated a theft at a service station after Cliff Kilgore reported a bright red snow plow stolen. The incident followed an unusually warm day with temperatures near 91 degrees.
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Denver
Cliff Kilgore
Nasser denounces West plan as declaration of war
In Cairo President Nasser calls the Big Three plan to run the Suez Canal a declaration of war and accuses Britain and France of pressuring employees to quit. He praises Egyptian pilots and reports Soviet pilots may be sent to ease canal traffic as Egypt seeks international backing for a peaceful solution.
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Claude Bourdon
Suez Canal
Oscar Loza
Spain
Port Said
Egypt
Marcel Fourcat
Jean Carron
France
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Matrovitch
Cairo
Nasser
Britain
Dulles
United States
Suez Canal Co
Moscow
Canal Company
Bilbeis Air Force College
England
Suez
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
China
Middle East
Pakistan
Panama
Syria
Jordan
Indonesia
Afghanistan
Sudan
Romania
Poland
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
India
London
Red Sea
Eden
Eisenhower
State Dulles
New Nyel For Ike s Peace Plan
Washington reports Russia refused Eisenhower open skies plan for disarmament in a Bulganin letter dated Sept 11. He says concessions trigger Western retreats and urges a halt to nuclear tests as a first step toward unconditional bans. He also proposes force limits for the superpowers and China plus Britain and France at specified levels.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Bulgarin
Central Asia
Soviet Union
Stolen Radioactive Tubes Threaten City
Police hunted for ten glass tubes containing a chemical powder that could cause radioactive poisoning if exposed. Investigators said the tubes from Southwest Products Inc. had intact seals, reducing danger, and believed young boys may be responsible. Geiger counters were used and stations warned thieves to leave the sealed tubes untouched.
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San Antonio
Tex
Tony Munn
Southwest Products Inc
Oliver Hardy Stricken in California Stroke
Oliver Hardy of the Laurel and Hardy duo lies in serious condition after a stroke at his Burbank home. The 64 year old comedian was found semiconscious and rushed to a hospital. The pair made more than 200 comedies together.
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Burbank
Calif
Oliver Hardy
Laurel and Hardy
Hardy
Stan
Laurel
Hollywood
Man Is Electrocuted Near Alexandria
Newark Ohio reports Wayne Yantes 28 of Alexandria attempted to move a fallen power line with a yard stick on a county road one mile west of Alexandria. The line carried 14 200 volts and electrocuted him as it touched his back.
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Newark
Ohio
Wayne Yantes
Alexandria
Man Arrested On Federal Threat Charge In St Louis
A 57 year old St. Louis man, Paul H. Flackmeier, was arrested on a federal warrant for threatening President Eisenhower. He claimed he sent the letter to disrupt a rival for a 60 year old widow, with the other man named in the letter. The threat could bring up to five years in prison.
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T. Louis
St. Louis
Eisenhower
Paul H. Flackmeier
Gettin So Kid Can't Daydream
Denver police received a call about a man armed with two guns at Stapleton Airport. Officers found an 8 year old boy inside the fence with a toy space gun and a plastic shotgun, calmly watching planes take off and land.
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Denver
Stapleton Airfield
Enrollment Of Negroes Is Blocked At Clay School
Clay Kentucky a school board blocks enrollment of three Negro children at Clay School despite National Guard protection. Supt Wilbur Collins says they were not formally enrolled but admitted under protest. Guardsmen to remain, Gov Chandler expected to act. An Advisory Integration Committee is formed to draft plans for October.
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Clay
Webster County School Board
National Guard
Wilbur Collins
A. B. Chandler
Dixon
Jo M. Ferguson
James Gordon
Collins
Herman Z. Clark
J. J. B. Williams
Northeast Storm Wreaks Havoc Across New England
A triple threat storm blasted New England with wind up to 80 mph in Boston and 73 mph in Rhode Island. Hail the size of acorns fell in Maine as floods and power outages disabled parts of Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and Maine. Numerous trees toppled power lines and at Danbury airport planes were damaged with 90 blocked streets reported. No injuries among the chaos and cold air moved into the region from the Mississippi Valley toward the Great Lakes and North Atlantic states.
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New England
Rhode Island
Maine
Boston
Augusta
Norway
F. J. Mazzia
Danbury
Conn
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
North Atlantic
International Falls
Minn
Car thief stalls getaway after milk box misstep
In Newark New Jersey Mercurio started a car and sped away but found no wheels. He discovered the theft after stepping on the gas and the auto resting on its axles on four milk boxes.
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Newark
N. J
Carmine Mercurio
Train Kills Girl Near Cincinnati
A Cincinnati bound passenger train struck and decapitated 10 year old Patricia Ann Miller as she gathered coal near her Plainville home. Fireman George Loring, 40, said the girl became confused and stumbled into the train’s path while reaching for a bucket.
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Cincinnati
Patricia Ann Miller
Plainville
George Loring
Commando Kelly Seeks Job After War Heroism
Medal of Honor recipient Charles Commando Kelly, 35, is seeking employment amid mounting medical and living costs after an appendicitis surgery led to peritonitis. WKLO will host a benefit for him next Thursday. Kelly hopes to earn a living, not charity, while remaining in Louisville with his wife and six children.
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Louisville
Charles
Kelly
WKLO
Italy
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Joan M. Walker
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Big Three
Wilton Wynn
U. S. State Department
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Nyel
Ike
Red China
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Ihe
By Tom Duncan
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Walker
Federation of War Veterans
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