Hammarskjold in Cairo as Middle East truce teeters
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo in urgent talks to preserve the Middle East truce. Reports say saboteurs cut Port Said water supply as Britain warns of renewed clashes and Victor ports face mine threats while UN forces mobilize to deploy.
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London
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Middle East
Britain
Port Said
Hammarskjold
Suez Canal
UN International
Egypt
Nasser
UN Assembly
Nile River
el Qantara
Anthony Eden
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Abu Suweir
Ismailia
Fourteen Union Officials Indicted For False Affidavits
A federal grand jury in Denver indicted 14 officials of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers on charges of filing false anti Communist affidavits with the NLRB. The indictment accuses conspiracy to defraud the government by using NLRB services without meeting eligibility. Four named Communist leaders were listed as co conspirators but not indicted. Bonds were set at 5000 dollars each. Maurice Travis of San Pablo California, former union president, is among the defendants and previously convicted of falsely denying Communist Party affiliation and is appealing a prison sentence.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Jean S. Breitenstein
Maurice Travis
San Pablo
Calif
Navy Sends New Task Force Into Atlantic Waters
The Navy announced a new powerful task force will depart Norfolk aboard the aircraft carrier Saratoga, with Lake Champlain and destroyers for a training operation between Norfolk and Mayport. Officials describe the actions as prudent training amid Middle East tensions.Deployment will bring total U S carriers to 15 across Pacific Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Saratoga
Lake Champlain
Norfolk
Mayport
Fla
Continental
United States
Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
U.S
Middle East
Air Force
Pacific
Mediterranean
Abnormally Cold Wet Weather Forecast for South
The Weather Bureau projects a 30 day period from mid November to mid December with cooler than normal temperatures for most of the nation. Above normal temperatures are expected on the west coast and in the northern plains, with Gulf Coast and Atlantic seaboard areas likely wetter than normal. Precipitation will be above normal along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, while the west of the Continental Divide and upper Mississippi Valley see below normal rainfall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Continental Divide
Mississippi Valley
East Coast and Gulf ports paralyzed by longshoremen strike
New York dispatch reports 10 000 idle longshoremen from Portland Maine to Houston Texas and over 200 ships stranded as 50 000 members of the Independent International Longshoremen's Association strike. The loss is pegged at 20 million dollars daily as the group threatens spread to other coasts and President Eisenhower is urged to declare a national emergency under Taft Hartley.
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Walter McNeil
Edward Rossy
New York
Independent International Longshoremen’s Association
Atlantic
Gulf
Texas
West Coast
Alaska
Hawaii
Independent International Longshoremen's Association
Portland
Houston
Tex
Army and Navy
New York Board of Trade
Eisenhower
British Jamming Cairo Radio Amid Wild Statements
Port Said Egypt reports that British French forces began jamming Cairo radio last night to suppress what Lt Gen Sir Hugh Stockwell called very wild statements unsettling the population. He said residents are settling down as Egyptian arms movements trend up for the week.
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Port Said
Egypt
Cairo
Hugh Stockwell
Stockwell
Rebuttal Witness Affirms $2 Million Statewide Rate Increase
A Jackson Mississippi item notes a rebuttal witness reaffirming Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company's need for a $2 million statewide rate increase. W. C. Gilman of New York, private engineer, testified to support the proposal.
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Jackson
Miss
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Howard Outlines Austerity Plan If Monroe Tax Fails
Mayor Jack Howard outlined drastic measures to offset a 1957 operating deficit of 917 136 if the proposed one cent sales tax fails in the November 27 election. Budget gaps include 15 million debt with a 2 346 662 requirement. proposed cuts cover Zoo closure 10 000 Golf rates 7 000 Parks 21 000 Natatorium fees 21 000 Fire 100 to 75 personnel saving 100 000 to 115 000 Street 40 to 50 per cent cut saving about 150 000 Police cuts noted.
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Monroe
Howard
C.O.D
Swayze Natatorium
Sixta
Hopeful Louisiana to Fund Teachers' Pay Amid Call for Support
Education Superintendent Shelby Jackson expressed confidence that Louisiana will finance higher teacher salaries. He urged teachers to uphold standards as the 1956 Legislature approved a higher schedule but failed a funding bill, amid a looming teachers union convention and possible strike. The state seeks urgent, dedicated revenues to implement pay scales and ensure quality education.
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Baton Rouge
Shelby Jackson
Louisiana
Louisiana Teachers Assn
New Orleans
Jackson
Cool Weather Forecast For Louisiana And Nearby States
Partly cloudy and cool with occasional rain expected in Louisiana. Sunday should be cloudy but warmer. Arkansas predicts fair and warm conditions with highs in the low 60s. Selma field recorded a Friday high of 52 and a low of 40 degrees.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Selmanfield
UN votes to shelve debate on Red China
At the United Nations General Assembly the issue of seating Communist China was shelved for a year. Senator Knowland criticized Indian diplomat V. K. Krishna Menon for backing Russia, while Menon urged Lodge to repudiate the statement. Lodge declined comment.
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Red
China
United Nations
N. Y
Sen. Knowland
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Knowland
Texan Confesses to Killing Motorist Near Alexandria
Dalton Rayford of Tyler Texas confessed to killing a man between Lake Charles and Alexandria after an indecent proposal and struck blows to the head The 22 year old hitchhiker said he drove the car into a roadside bayou and headed toward Houston before turning himself in Police held him in Rapides Allen and Calcasieu parishes as they pursue where the slaying occurred
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New Orleans
Lake Charles
Alexandria
John Pinero
Dalton Rayford
Tyler
Tex
Rayford
Bayou
Houston
Alabama
Beaumont
Rapides
Allen
Calcasieu Parishes
Rebels Free 1 000 Comrades From Hungarian Rail Deportation
Eyewitnesses in Budapest say Hungarian rebels raided a railroad station and freed more than 1,000 comrades from a train headed to Russian slave camps. Sabotage on lines to the Soviet Union followed as Janos Kadar faced pressures over a three phase Soviet troop withdrawal and a coalition government. The Budapest Central Workers Council opposes ending the nationwide strike, while rebels seek aid to protect detainees, including students.
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Vienna
Budapest
Soviet Union
Janos Kadar
Romanian Family Flees Communism From Buenos Aires Embassy
A Romanian family escaped officials at the Romanian embassy in Buenos Aires after police say they seized their nine month old son as a hostage. The father fled with his four year old son and the mother Mrs George Coman climbed from a balcony while residents cheered. Police reported the mother was menaced with a cigarette lighter and beaten. The baby was later returned to Argentine authorities who argued he is an Argentine citizen born in the country.
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Buenos Aires
Bourgoise
George Coman
Coman
Anton Moisescu
Moisescu
Gig
Luciano
Dulles Cites Morgan Wisdom At Dinner Party
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles recalled a gem from J P Morgan he once applied to his work. Morgan rebuked a young associate for indiscretions in his personal life which had reached Mr Morgan. The man argued I am always open.
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John Foster Dulles
John Pierpont Morgan
J. P
Morgan
Marine gets one year, cashiered for mistreatment
A 19 year old Marine from New York City was sentenced by a general court martial to one year at hard labor, forfeiture of pay, a bad conduct discharge, and reduction from private first class to private for forcing recruits to balance on toes and elbows under a bayonet and for knocking a recruit to his knees. Renton pleaded guilty to two charges and was confined at the brig. The case followed a prior restriction violation and will be reviewed before final.
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Parris Island
S. C
Frederick A. Renton
New York City
Renton
Brig
Pfe
$175 Crossword Jackpot Spared In Morning World
There were no winners in this week’s Morning World Crossword, leaving the $175 jackpot unreached. The next edition will carry a $200 value. Explanations for tougher clues include CANE versus CASE and POLICE versus POLITE, with notes on how misusing authorities affects liberty and fines.
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Bonanza
Bill
Hoover blasts Soviet deportations of Hungarians to Siberia
United States Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. urged immediate U.N. action to halt forcible deportations of Hungarians by Soviet forces. He called for reconsidering Hungary on the General Assembly agenda and condemned the ongoing deportations as barbaric. The General Assembly had earlier rejected China's seat bid, amid sharp exchanges over Knowland and Menon.
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United Nations
United States
Siberia
Herbert Hoover Jr
General Assembly
Hoover
U. S
John Foster Dulles
China
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Krishna Menon
Total Eclipse Of Moon Scheduled For Late Tonight
New York reports a total lunar eclipse tonight with the full moon entering Earth's shadow around 10 p.m. CST and becoming fully eclipsed by about 12:08 a.m. Sunday. The event, last this year and not visible again in the U S until 1960, will tint the moon red.
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New York
Joseph M. Chamberlain
Hayden Planetarium
United States
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