Waco Civil Defense Studies Disaster Mechanics at Workshop
Civil defense officials and deputies in district F examined the Waco disaster at a headquarters workshop. The group identified lack of central control and traffic issues as key failings and discussed surveying a 72 hour emergency kit and resources across engineering medical welfare and transportation.
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Civil Defense
Warden Service
Waco
C. D. Cuthbertson
FCDA
Denton
Tex
United States
David Agnew
Central Control Office of Civil Defense
Agnew
Civil Defense Services
District Office of Civil Defense
Clay Johnson
Philip J. Hannan
Jackson Parish
Hodge
Baker's Hair Tonic Promises Relief From Dandruff
Mrs Clar ence Matte of New Orleans says Baker's Hair Tonic cured her son's dandruff and itchy scalp after one bottle. Ad notes: use Baker's Hair Tonic for dandruff and itchy scalp and Baker's shampoo for clean scalp and lustrous hair. Refund offered if not satisfied. Send 10 cents for mailing cost to Box 95 Dallas Texas.
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Jeanerette
Clarence Matte
St. Charles Ave
Bex
Dallas
Texas
Seven Louisiana constitutional amendments defeated in vote
United Press reports seven of 31 proposed amendments appeared defeated in Louisiana elections with several others approved by large margins including the segregation proposal. Highway bond No. 22 trailed about 12 000 votes with 1520 precincts reporting. Remaining defeated measures include zoning outside Baton Rouge, liberalizing bail bonds, widening US 51, airport bonds for New Orleans, leasing state buildings to the federal government, and allowing military personnel 18 and over to register by mail or proxy.
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East Baton Rouge Parish
Baton Rouge
U. S. 51
LaPlace
New Orleans
New Jersey Returns Questioned Over Case Victory
Gov. Meyner ordered a statewide recheck of results as ballot boxes and voting machines were guarded. Republican Charles R. Howell announced that Clifford Case had won, while Democratic leaders prepared for further review. Sen. Frank Barret pressured the process to Trenton as Hendrickson urged acceptance of the Tuesday verdict.
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Crats
Robert B. Meyner
Hendrickson
Frank Barrett
Wyo
Trenton
Clifford Case
Charles R. Howell
Kenneth Perry
Wayne Buck to Lead Central Church Fall Revival
Wayne Buck, music director at College Place Baptist Church and Qua Chita Parish Baptist Association, will be songleader for Central Baptist Church fall revival November 7 to 14. He will be assisted by Central Church choirs directed by Charles P. Wood. evangelist Rev. E. V. Appling of Haynesville, La. Public invitation issued.
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Wayne Buck
College Place Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church
Buck
College Place
Quachita Parish
Election fraud stirs hopes of recounts in several states
The report notes Republicans claim large numbers of uncounted precincts in three counties while U S Attorney Robert Tieken and the FBI review Douglas complaint about home-taken returns in a fourth county. Recounts loom in Ohio and Oregon races as Neu burger edges Cordon and Burke beats Bender. Wyoming eyes possible recount but none begun.
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U.S
Robert Tieken
Douglas
FBI
Ohio
Oregon
George H. Bender
Thomas A. Burke
Richard L. Neuberger
Guy Cordon
Paul Patterson
Wyoming
Joseph C. O’mahoney
William H. Harrison
Violence described in forensic detail by Mahon at Sheppard case
Mahon testified for 65 minutes describing brutal blows that crushed the skull and fractured the nose in a quarrel over alleged infidelity. He stated Sheppard and his wife argued about his affairs, with details of injuries around the eyes and nails torn.
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Mahon
Sheppard
Peress Discharged Honorably Amid McCarthy Controversy
Army officials cleared Peress a New York City dentist of subversive ties and granted an honorable discharge after a 1954 inquiry. McCarthy pressed for a dishonorable ruling and questioned Army actions, prompting a possible censure of Senator McCarthy over the handling of the case.
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McManus
Peress
Stevens
McCarthy
New York City
Army
McCarthy Committee
Zwicker
Wisconsin
Controversial Dixon Yates Plant Contract Near Signing
Cole rejects Democratic complaints and argues delaying the contract serves no purpose as the Dixon Yates power plan nears signing. The $107 million steam plant on the Mississippi River at West Memphis would supply 600,000 kilowatts to TVA, replacing power TVA would send to an AEC plant in Paducah, amid TVA opposition fears.
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Congress
Cole
Dixon- Yates Power Combine
Middle South Utilities, Inc
Southern Co
Bank of the Mississippi
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
AEC
Paducah
White House eyes Collins plan to bolster South Vietnam
The White House argues Gen Collins could push a program to win government and congressional support for aiding South Vietnam. Eight years of war have left Vietnam split between free and Communist zones amid Indochina settlement tensions. Sen Mansfield warned against further aid without realistic chances of success, while administration views Ngo Dinh Diem as the best hope to stabilize the country amid mass displacement and refugee flows.
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South Viet Nam
Collins
Congress
White House
Indochina
Mansfield
Ngo Dinh Diem
Oregon Elects and Shifts in Northwest Politics
In the Oregon race, Edith Green unseated Republican Tom Lawson McCall to win a Congress seat from Multnomah County amid a late Democratic turnout. Republicans Norblad Ellsworth and Coon won re election, while Paul Patterson was re elected as governor with a strong majority. The Taylor administration’s hydroelectric partnership program showed strength in upstate areas.
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Hower
Pacific Northwest
Upstate
Edith Green
Portland
Congress
Multnomah County
Tom Lawson McCall
Homer Angell
Walter Norblad
Harris Ellsworth
Sam Coon
Weather Roundup Reports Hotter Southeast Readings
Heavy rain totals ranged from 0.25 inches in Meridian to 1.12 in Greenwood and 0.65 in McComb. Skies cleared across the Southeast with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above yesterday, except Florida and southern Georgia where only small changes occurred. Cross City reached 30, Jacksonville 33, Tallahassee 34, Tampa 44.
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Florida
Georgia
Cross City
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Tampa
Weather map shows cold spell with mixed readings coast to coast
56 in Miami Albany Ga reported freezing with a low of 32. A slight warming was reported from Texas to the Great Lakes and eastward to the Atlantic coast excluding New England. Temperatures rose 20 degrees in places while cooler Pacific air lowered readings across the Plains and southern Rockies. Most readings ranged from 20s to 40s with some 50s along the Pacific coast and near the Gulf as rain and snow fell in many eastern regions.
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Miami
Albany
Texas
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
New England
Pacific
Rockies
Plains
Pacific Coast
Gulf
Tidelands dispute between Louisiana and federal government
The dispute centers on submerged offshore lands in Louisiana waters. Louisiana claims title to historic borders beyond ten miles while the federal view limits to three miles. The disputed zone between three and 104 miles awaits leasing guidance, pending a state shoreline determination and aerial mapping by a state federal committee.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Shore Line
Eisenhower Eyes Bipartisan Path After Election Shifts
President Eisenhower signals a bipartisan approach as House and Senate shifts unfold. He states no change in plans for a second term and notes efforts to work with Democratic leaders while acknowledging losses including Sen. John Sherman Cooper in Kentucky.
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House
White House
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Cooper
Eisenhower
Joseph T. Meek
Illinois
New Jersey
Indiana
Congress
Historic wins reshape 1956 political map across states
The piece notes G Mennen Williams winning a historic fourth term as Michigan governor. J Strom Thurmond achieves a Senate win in South Carolina via write in. Averell Harriman defeats Irving Ives for New York governor and signals support for Stevenson in 1956. Other Democrats named as potential presidential contenders include Lyndon Johnson Estes Kefauver Richard Russell and Frank Lausche.
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G. Mennen
Soapy) Williams
Williams
Michigan
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
U.S
Democratic Party
States’ Rights Party
New York
Averell Harriman
Irving Ives
Harriman
Washington
Stevenson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Frank J. Lausche
Olle
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