Huge Forest Fire Rages Toward San Bernardino Resorts
A California forest fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, started by a crashed jet aircraft, surged out of control with a three mile front. Firefighters battled to protect Lake Arrowhead area as cabins burned and thousands evacuated amid major disaster warnings.
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Lake Arrowhead
Santos Village
Crest Park
Dick Johnson
Federal
George Air Force Base
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United Press Facsimile
San Bernardino Mountain
Forestry Service
Halloween fears and harvest notes amid rough roads and property risk
The piece reports worsening driving conditions from a warm front and notes police vigilance for Halloween era hoodlums while Apple harvest begins and yields are forecast 30 to 60 percent. Youth playground scrimmages occupy lawns as communities brace for autumn.
Daily Weather Report Partly Cloudy With Seasonal Temps
Partly cloudy today with highs 64 to 72 and cool nights near 45 to 52. Tuesday trends toward sunny and warmer. US weather stats show 24 hour max 78 min 45 with 0.05 inches precipitation and river at 6.9 feet. Sunday follow up shows max 72 min 54 with trace precipitation.
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United States
Somoza Recovering After Four-Hour Surgery
Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza is resting comfortably after four operations by American and Panamanian surgeons. Bullets lodged in his spinal canal stomach and thigh caused partial paralysis of his right leg. A bullet in his shoulder was left in place. He was flown to the Canal Zone for treatment and underwent surgery at Gorgas General Hospital.
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Insi
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Somoza
Canal Zone Health Bureau
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Managua
Canal Zone
Gorgas General Hospital
Nixon Says Eisenhower Is More Popular Now
Vice President Richard M Nixon said Eisenhower is more popular today than in 1952. He noted Republican campaigns in the first 11 states visited are gaining strength and if the trend continues, Republicans could win seats decisive for a Republican House and Senate. He made the remarks as he left Colorado Springs after a weekend breather during a 16 day tour. He was scheduled to speak in Phoenix Arizona.
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Warren Duffee
United Press
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Richard M. Nixon
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Senate
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Colo
Phoenix
Ariz
Weekend toll of traffic in state soars to holiday levels
A United Press survey shows at least 20 people killed in Pennsylvania traffic accidents from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Twelve died in a six hour stretch Friday on rain slick roads. Four victims were children, including two run down by cars. Three teenagers died in separate crashes and five pedestrians were killed. Four died in a collision near Pittsburgh and three in a three car pileup near Erie.
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Rainwens
United Press
Pittsburgh
Erie
Ellwood City Fatalities Mark Monday Delth Record
John Mercuri aged 63 and Carl Ottebre aged 35, both of Ellwood City, are listed in the Delth Record for Monday, September 24, 1956, with MR 7.
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John Mercuri
Ellwood City
Carl Ottebre
Council Decrees DST End Sept 30 in Action Today
Daylight Saving Time ends officially in New Castle on Sept 30 following city council action. The city and surrounding communities will report to work at 8 a.m. Standard Time starting next Monday. County officials in Lawrence County and nearby towns have voted to end DST on Sept 30.
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Meadville
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Youngstown
New Castle News
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Ellis Diefenderfer
Pearson Furst
Sandy Lake Woman Slain in Mercer County
Police traced a cold trail in the slaying of Grace Rockhart 43 found in her Sandy Lake dining room by a mail carrier. Her throat was cut and she bore facial stab wounds with rope-burn evidence indicating strangulation. Death is believed Friday night. Rockhart, divorced, had two sons nearby.
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Grace Rockhart
Sandy Lake
Strange Accidents In Pittsburgh
A brown snake bit a woman in her back yard and a turquoise turned on a two year old boy in a Pittsburgh district. Alma Delandro, 46, of Hays, was bitten while hanging out the wash in bare feet and treated at Homestead Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Alma Delandro
Hays
Homestead Hospital
Five Children Die in Philadelphia Fire
Investigators searched the ruins of a north Philadelphia apartment for the cause of a blaze that killed five children Maur ice Williams 5 James 4 John Jr 2 Dolores Melton 3 and Debbie 13 months all by suffocation Firemen said the fire started in a third floor hallway closet just before midnight Saturday The children slept in two back rooms as their mothers Caledonia Melton 26 and Clarissa Williams failed to reach the bedrooms due to a hallway engulfed in flames
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FINS
Maurice Williams
James
John Jr
Dolores Melton
Debbie
Caledonia Melton
Clarissa Williams
Eisenhower to Speak Tuesday in Peoria Illinois
President Eisenhower returns to active campaign one year after his heart attack. He will address voters in Peoria at Bradley University fieldhouse about his farm program and farmers’ issues as part of the 1955 reelection drive. He described himself as feeling fine and pledged continued service in the White House.
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Eisenhower
White House
Peoria
Bradley University
Iowa
Security Council to address Suez crisis at midweek meeting
United Nations Security Council set to meet Wednesday to decide if the Suez Canal dispute will be on the agenda. Secretary of State Dulles signaled U.S. approval of the Anglo French move amid tensions over allied unity and timing.
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Suez Canal Users Association
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Guy Mollet
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France
Sel
Stevenson Attacks Nixon in Oklahoma Poverty Debate
Adlai E Stevenson called Richard Nixon’s poverty pledge a hollow echo of Hoover and accused Republicans of opposing every Democratic effort to end poverty. Prepared Tulsa remarks on court-house lawn precede Oklahoma City rally.
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Tom Nelson
United Press
Tulsa
Okla
Adlai E. Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Stevenson
Denver
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Radio Pioneer Dr Herbert Harmon Dies at Grove City
Grove City Dr Herbert W Harmon 84 former Grove City College physics professor died Saturday. He operated an amateur radio transmitter at the college in 1914 seven years before KDKA the first commercial radio station.
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Grove City
Herbert W. Harmon
Grove City College
KDKA
Hurricane Flossy Forces Mass Exodus From Gulf Coast
Hurricane Flossy battered the Gulf with 80-100 mph winds, leaving two dead in the gulf and forcing thousands to flee flooded lowlands from Louisiana to Alabama. High tides, water gales, and Lake Pontchartrain threats prompted evacuation as the storm moved northeast toward Florida.
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United Press
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Florida
Lake Pontchartrain
Brink's Trial Nears End as Prosecution Spurs Wrap Up
In Boston prosecutors seek to finish presenting their case against eight defendants by week’s end or early next week. Among 20 remaining witnesses is Jordan Perry Jr., tied to the $1,218,211 1950 Brinks holdup. Perry was captured in Baltimore on June 4 with $4,635, and a raid found over $60,000 in alleged Brinks cash at a Boston construction firm office.
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Obscure Classified Snippet From Community Page
A fragmented newspaper clipping lists various items including society notices, editorial notes, sports, obituaries, theaters and want ads. Readable lines mention Ellwood SP and a cross word feature along with contact phone listings for news and ads.
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Raalo
One Is Society
Ellwood SP
Fcccag
Experts’ Picks Prove Off On Season’s Last-Dazed Day
Arthur Mometer notes the experts overpredicted Maryland Pitt and Notre Dame as winter turns gray. The Irish fell behind in the South, Maryland lost, Pitt won by a point as defense faltered, proving expert forecasts miss the mark as sixty eight temperatures roll in.
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Pitt
Notre Dame
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