Snowstorm and Gracie Wreak Havoc Across Regions
Hurricanes Gracie and a September snowstorm battered Charleston and the Rocky Mountain area with high winds, flooding, and widespread damage. In South Carolina, 11 foot tides, uprooted trees, and power outages disrupted the port city while mountain snow snarled Denver area traffic and left homes and schools without electricity. Four boys were reported missing west of Denver and a Pueblo hunter was also missing amid ongoing storm dangers. The Weather Bureau warned of up to 15 inches of rain and potential severe flooding as Gracie moved inland toward North Carolina and beyond.
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Charleston
S.C
Gracie
South Carolina
Savannah
Myrtle Beach
St. C
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
U. S
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
NATO diplomats weigh Berlin threat after Camp David talks
Washington reports say a summit or foreign ministers meeting on Berlin is very likely after the Eisenhower Khrushchev discussions. Alphand says rights in West Berlin unchanged but Soviet threat removed. diplomats remain hopeful yet skeptical about a Berlin settlement.
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Washington
United States
NATO
Berlin
Herve Alphand
Camp David
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Harold Caccia
Alphand
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
U. S
Greenwich Village Battles Youth Gangs in Hoodlum Clash
In Greenwich Village a turf war erupts as white Bronx bagel babies clash with Harlem Negro youths. Police close Washington Square fountain area after 6 p.m. to curb violence. Italian youths form gangs to push back perceived intrusion.
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New York
UPI
Greenwich Village
Walter Arm
Fountain
Washington Square
Bronx
Harlem
Children Find 16 Live Bombs at Shreveport Base
Barksdale Air Force Base officials, aided by base children, found 16 live bombs dropped by British pilots during 1941-42 training. The 25-pound fragmentary bombs were discovered after two youngsters brought one home. A wider search found 14 more in the Moon Lake area. hunt to continue.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force
Moon Lake
Nationalist China condemns Tibetan atrocities at UN
At the United Nations in New York the Nationalist Chinese representative Tsiang condemned alleged Communist atrocities in Tibet. The Soviet bloc walked out during his speech praising a full UN debate on Tibet. The 82 nation assembly prepared to consider a steering committee proposal to add Tibet to the agenda.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N. General Assembly
China
Tibet
T. F. Tsiang
U. N
Tsiang
Nikita Khrushchev
Peiping
Assembly
Free China
Red China
Four on Leave From North East Louisiana State College
Four faculty members at North East Louisiana State College will take leaves of absence for advanced study this year. John Luffey will miss fall semester at LSU. E. H. Allen will study at Mississippi State for a year. Joe Barry Mullins will study at the University of Illinois over the school year. Miss Gertrude Myers will be at George Peabody College.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
John Luffey
Louisiana State University
E. H. Allen
Mississippi State
Joe Barry Mullins
University of Illinois
Gertrude Myers
George Peabody College
West Monroe band booster to host spaghetti supper
Theron Supree, president, announced the West Monroe High School band booster club will hold a spaghetti supper Saturday night. Proceeds support band activities and travel needs.
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West Monroe
Theron Supree
Russell Long Testifies At Abadie Appeal
Sen. Russell B. Long testifies before a Louisiana Civil Service Commission hearing on Gov. Earl K. Long's mental ward confinement. He follows former state police Chief John Nick Brown on the stand as the Abadie case centers on Gov. Long's mental health and a hospital escape. The hearing, held in the Welfare Building auditorium, drew active participation from observers and counsel on both sides.
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State Welfare Department
Moise Dennery
New Orleans
Sen. Long
Gov. Long
Elvin Ponder
Abadie
Cleburn Dalton
State Police Department
Executive
Kiwanis Leaders Warn About Inflation Risks
BATON ROUGE AP The Louisiana Mississippi West Tennessee Kiwanis district elected new officers at its annual meeting closing session. Delegates heard David L. Agnew Monroe warn inflation could price U.S. businesses out of Europe and possibly the home market. He noted farm surpluses equal the year’s Army spending and urged Kiwanis clubs to foster world peace through local clubs and youth. Edward B Moylan Jr Miami a Kiwanis international trustee warned of club dropouts, saying most leaving are in their early 40s due to business pressures busy schedules strict attendance rules or local membership dissatisfaction.
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Baton Rouge
Kiwanis International
David L. Agnew
Monroe
Agnew
Europe
America
Edward B. Moylan Jr
Miami
Moylan
Kiwanis
Man charged with felonious assault after concrete drop from window
Salvatore Parrinello, 63, was arrested on felonious assault charges for dropping a 19 pound chunk of concrete from a second floor window onto neighbor John Susich, 62. Susich suffered a three inch head wound amid ongoing feuding between the two.
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Detroit
UPL
Salvatore Parrinello
John Susich
Coffins Row on Row Nagoya City of Horror
UPI reports Nagoya Japan end less rows of coffins and sodden mats as Typhoon Vera devastation unfolds. 1 799 dead 1 953 missing 8 073 injured 970 000 homeless. Faces of survivors reveal hunger dysentery and grief amid rubble.
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Nagoya
Japan
UPI
Stroke Claims Donald Nelson World War II Leader
Donald M. Nelson, longtime head of wartime production for the United States, died at 70 in Good Samaritan Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage following a monthlong stroke. He married Lena Peters in February and had led U.S. war mobilization efforts from 1940, later serving as Roosevelt’s representative to foreign governments before returning to private life.
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Los Angeles
Donald M. Nelson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Nelson
Lena Peters
Beverly Hills
U. S. War Production Board
Hannibal, Mo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Sears Roebuck & Co
WPB
Roosevelt
Europe
Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers
Ike Swaps Yarns With Rodeo Men
President Eisenhower meets rodeo champions at the White House in Washington and accepts an invitation to the Rodeo World Series in Dallas next December. The event was arranged by Harley May and attended by Jim Shoulders Mike Swift and John Van Cronkhite with Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson. Shoulders and Swift praised Ike as energetic and engaged in talk about rodeos cows and horse riding.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Dallas
Tex
Harley May
National Rodeo Finals Commission
May
Jim Shoulders
Mike Swift
Rodeo Foundation
Denver
John van Cronkhite
National Commission
White House
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
Swift
Shoulders
Henryetta
Okla
New Industry Unity, Hard Work Insures Payrolls
Auburn New York story shows citizens uniting after International Harvester closed its plant in 1950. An Industrial Development Foundation bought the vacant facility for one dollar and spurred various firms to locate in Auburn, adding up to fifteen hundred workers at peak. Current employment mirrors defense contracts and market conditions.
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Auburn
N.Y
New York
Finger Lake
International Harvester Co
International Harvester
Citizens Group
Deveopment
Industrial Development Foundation
U. S. Hoffman Machinery Co
Duster Pilot Killed In Crash Near Delhi
A 30-year-old Delhi cotton duster, G. W. Smokey Prestridge, was killed in a crash while dusting cotton on John H. Parks farm north of Delhi on highway 17. He operated his own dusting service and is survived by his wife Pegay Arender and three children.
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Delhi
Here
G. W
Smokey” Prestridge
John H. Parks
Highway 17
Prestridge
Pegay Arender
Corn Cob Wine Maker Cleared in Memphis Court
Ethel Webster, 78, admitted making corn cob wine for personal use but claimed the beverage can kick real hard. City Judge Beverly Boushe said there is no law against home production and acquitted her after witnesses testified she never said the drink. Webster described her recipe as sugar, yeast, water, and 13 green corn cobs per gallon.
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Memphis
UPI
Ethel Webster
Ethel
Beverly Boushe
U.S. Readies Quick Action If Steel Strike Triggers
Washington reports the Justice Department is gearing for quick action under Taft Hartley emergency provisions if President Eisenhower invokes them over the 77 day steel strike. White House talks with industry and union leaders aim to avert and, if needed, a fact finding panel and possible injunctions to pause the dispute.
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Washington
Justice Department
Eisenhower
White House
Justice
William P. Rogers
George
Junior's 75 Cent Gift Sparks Birthday Car Keys
A家庭 joke scene shows a mother noting junior wants a 75 cent present while the father asks what he asked for. The mother reveals the boy's request is for his own set of car keys, humorously highlighting his economy lesson takeaway.
Denver Snowstorm Closes Streets Across Colorado
A sweeping Colorado snowstorm blankets Denver and surrounding cities with heavy flakes and slush. Leadville reports 16 inches with over a foot on the ground, mountain passes show 2 to 3 foot drifts, and Western towns like Fairplay and Fraser record deep accumulations. Temperatures plummet with some areas noting the coldest readings of the day. Mixed precipitation advances east from the mountains as cloud cover holds temps high.
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Denver
Colorado
Leadville
Continental Divide
Wyoming
Big Piney
Fairplay
Colo
Fraser
Cooler Weather Outlook For Area
The weatherman issued a brief fall preview for tomorrow with partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Monroes vicinity reached a state high of 92 degrees yesterday, with a 71 degree low last night. pollen measured 527 grains per cubic yard. Tonight s low expected 66 to 70 degrees and tomorrow s highs 80 to 84.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Origin of Okay Traced to Choctaw or Andrew Jackson
The article surveys theories on the word okay with Khrushchev praising the term during his visit to the United States. It notes popular claims that okay derives from Choctaw phrases or from Andrew Jackson, while describing okay as an adaptable part of international slang marking positivity.
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Andrew Jackson
Amos Kendall
Hannah Likely To Follow Gracie Toward Coast
Miami forecast officer Gordon Dunn warned Hannah may follow Gracie’s path toward the U S mainland. He said a strong high pressure system could force Hannah inland or into the coast, though South Florida faces only possible danger if it strengthens and shifts west to northwest. Hannah sits about 1400 miles east of Miami with peak winds near 85 mph.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Hannah
Gracie
Miami Weather Bureau
South Carolina
Atlantic
Gordon Dunn
South Florida
Dunn
U. S
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