Dulles Attacks Termites in Government at Amvets Meet
John Foster Dulles told World War II veterans in Grand Rapids that government size breeds influence from inconspicuous officials. He urged rooting out loyalty problems, abandoning containment, and pursuing a positive program for peaceful liberation amid Cold War tensions.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
John Foster Dulles
Amvets
Republican Party
Sorriiies
Dulles
Truman
Eisenhower
Tragedy Stricken Family Awaits Soldier Return Home
Nebraska soldier Buggy from Winnorgs missing one of his two children to polio and his wife facing spinal surgery as Coast Guard planes ferry him home after rescue at sea. Family illness and hospital stays compound the tragedy.
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Salsom
Mass
Ave
Nebraska
Orh
Cauries
Winnorgs
Alexander Patch
New York
Bremerhaven
Germany
Bugsy
Coast Guard
Buggy
West
Air Force Base
Salem
Beverly
Westover Aire
William G. Fenlon
J. D. Hudgens
Salem Air Station
Kathleen
McCarthy labeled coward by Tydings in Wisconsin clash
Senator Tydings called Senator McCarthy a coward and challenged him to expose communists in government. McCarthy declined a Wisconsin debate saying he would not waste time debating the dead. The feud traces to the 1950 Maryland race and McCarthy’s past support for Butler.
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Marviender
Tydings
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Maryland
John Marshall Butler
One prisoner dead and 26 hurt in UN prison riots
The United Nations reported August 29 that new incidents at UN prison camps since August 24 left one prisoner dead and 26 wounded. Combined with prior casualties, July and August totals reach six dead and 77 injured, prompting Communist protests over alleged UN slaughter.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Los Angeles Board Reinstates UNESCO Study Program
After six months of debate the Los Angeles City Board of Education voted to reinstate the United Nations Educational UNESCO study program in city schools on an impartial and factual basis. The board banned the teachers guidebook The E in UNESCO citing doubt it meets impartial presentation. One member dissented.
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Los Angeles
Unesco
Edith Stafford
Sparkman Defends Democratic Platform in Mississippi
Senator Sparkman addressed 3,000 to 5,000 at Mendenhall High School criticizing Republican calls for change and praising the Democratic platform. He defended U N Korea policy, praised broad foreign policy progress, and cited Eisenhower as a Republican who supported bipartisan goals.
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Mendy 'Nhall
Miss. W . Sparkman
Ensall
Democratic Party
Sparkman
United Nations
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
Alabama
Polices
Dw Eisenower
Riots Highlight Tehran Rallies by Communists and Nationalists
In Tehran, about 5 000 Communist demonstrators gathered at Fawzieh Square and 10 000 nationalists held a rally in a suburb to denounce the shah and Western powers. Martial law was lifted for 12 hours to allow 40th day commemorations of the July riots.
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Tehran
Iran
United States
Mohammed Mossadegh
Fawzieh
U.S
Britain
U. S
William Alton Jones
Cities Service Corp
Jones
Communist Tudeh Party
Friof
Stripper Tries Death Jump From Burlesque House
Dorothy Hart Burkenstock known as Miss New Orleans of 1946 leaped from the second floor of a burlesque house in Los Angeles. She suffered non life threatening injuries and told police she acted of her own will amid despondency and a prior wrist clash.
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Los Angeles
Dawn Glory
Dorothy Hart Burkenstock
George Beetlepuss’ Lewis
Police Eliminate Dahlia Suspect as Mourned Mystery Deepens
Riverside police cleared John Chauncey Lawrence 37 of the Black Dahlia case while ex convict Alvin Turnbow claimed the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short in Phoenix but officials discounted his confession. Lawrence had been held in the bath murder of his 16 year old niece Kathryn Knode.
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Riverside
Calif
John Chauncey Lawrence
Phoenix
Ariz
Alvin
Turnbow
Elizabeth Short
Miss Short
Oklahoma
Lawrence
Kathryn Knode
Slain Girl Buried As Killer Father Weeps At Grave
Adela Meskal, eighteen, was buried after her father John Moskal killed her to end her suffering. He sobbed at the grave and later was freed on a five thousand dollar bond on a murder charge.
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Miami
Fla
Adela Meskal
John Meskal
Adela
Moskal
Heat Drops Briefly as Texas Braces for More 100-Degree Days
Texans welcomed a brief cool spell as temperatures slipped below 100 across many areas but the Weather Bureau warned a new surge of 100-plus heat is coming. Only three sites topped 100 on Thursday while Big Spring Amarillo and Lubbock reported the high. A pressure system from Louisiana Arkansas and the Gulf cooled the state briefly before heat returned by Friday afternoon.
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Weather Bureau
Big Spring
Amarillo
Lubbock
Louisiana
Arkansas
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Corpus Christi
Gulf
Attorney General To Probe Lane fraud Charges
In Austin on August 29, T W Buck shot Lane filed suit in Galveston County district court contesting the Galveston County vote in the Thompson Lane congressional race. Attorney General Price Daniel said the office will investigate Lane’s fraud allegations in the run off. Lane, who lost narrowly to incumbent Rep Thompson, requested state investigation citing two or more counties. Lane says voters feel the county tally was not honestly counted or reported.
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Austin
T. W. Buckshot
Lane
56Th District Court
Galveston County
Clark W. Thompson
Congress
Atty
Price Daniel
Rep
Thompson
Daniel
Texas
Attoracy
Wharton County
Polio Victim Barry Bishop Jr Returns to Critical List
Barry Bishop Jr a polio victim and son of the U S Embassy press attache in Mexico City is again on the critical list at Hedgecroft hospital in Houston He remains completely paralyzed in an iron lung after a new drug trial was halted due to no evident benefit Dr Albert Trencavel of Mexico City had sent the drug hoping for improvement and the patient had been briefly off the list before this relapse.
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Houston
Barry Bishop Jr
Hedgecroft Hospital
Young Bishop
U. S
Mexico City
Albert Trencavel
Miss Universe Refuses Finnish Contract Offer in Hollywood
Armi Knusela, 19, Miss Universe from a California pageant, rejected a Hollywood contract with a Finnish producer. Universal Studios protested the decision, having sponsored the beauty contest with hopes of signing the winner.
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Helsinki
Finland
Armi Knusela
California
Hollywood
Universal Studios
Wanted Criminal Thought Ringed Conside Time
Police and civilians hunt William Merle Martin 42 a top FBI fugitive ringed around woods near St Louis after a carjacking suspect fled troopers and armed farmers sight a man matching his description as the man evades capture while authorities press for a hunger break.
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Pacific
Folice
William Merle Martin
FBI
Lewis Howard
Missouri Highway Patrol
Birmingham
Ala
St. Louis
Martin
Willard Carver
Olathe
Kan
Hurricane heads for East Coast from Atlantic storm
Miami reports the Atlantic storm became a hurricane and moves toward the East Coast with winds near 75 mph. Center near 28.0 N 76.5 W about 280 miles east of Melbourne Florida. Storm warnings posted from Vero Beach to Wilmington North Carolina as forecasters urge prep. Strong winds expected along the coast tonight.
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Miami
Atlantic
Melbourne
Fla
Weather Bureau
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Vero Beach
Wilmington
N. C
Gulf Stream
Florida Peninsula
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Polio Still Hits Children in Dallas and Houston
Polio claimed a 15 year old Dallas girl who wished to be a nurse. Houston recorded four new cases, with one death before diagnosis. Parkland Hospital released age breakdowns showing most cases among children 1 to 14, with 231 Anglo-American and 39 Negro patients among 267 in Dallas.
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Dallas
Houston
Theresa Frances Boyd
Charles E. Boyd
Parkland Hospital
Parkland
Harris County
Powell backs Adlai to the limit in civil rights push
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell and a delegation of Negro leaders met Gov. Adlai Stevenson in New York to press for a strong civil rights stand. Powell said he and others are ready to back Stevenson to the limit, citing clear positions on segregation in Washington and minority rights. William Tobias and NAACP leaders joined Stevenson discussions, with Tobias noting willingness to announce views later. Baruch also conferred with Stevenson during the visit.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Adlai Stevenson
Powell
Atlantic Seaboard
Stevenson
Washington
Channing Tobias
Tobias
United States
United Nations
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wilkins
Eisenhower
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Democratic Party
Truman
Bernard Baruch
Star Must Wait For Husband
Hollywood AP reports makeup man Frank Westmore will marry Ginger Clayton next month but must delay the honeymoon to complete gilding seven showgirls for a film scene. The couple plans the wedding in Hollywood with Westmore’s work delaying the couple’s plans.
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Hollywood
Frank Westmore
Ginger Clayton
Westmore
Miss Clayton
Vandenberg Claims Air Force Lacks Counteroffensive Options
Detroit AP report cites Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg stating no means exist to stop an American atomic counteroffensive and none likely soon. He urged restraint on cheap aircraft fleets and favored selecting the most effective planes for essential jobs, noting atomic weapons' rising production could avert costly world war replays.
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Detroit
Hoyt Vandenberg
Shivers Assures Government Texas Drouth Exists
Governor Allan Shivers told Ray mond M. Foley of the Housing and Home Finance Agency that Texas faces its severest drought in modern history. He asked President Truman to declare a drought disaster area and urged timely relief without further delay.
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Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Truman
Texas
Shivers
Foley
Fort Worth
President Truman
Rayburn and Johnson Back Stevenson Amid Texas Tideland Dispute
In Dallas Rayburn and Senator Johnson rallied for Adlai Stevenson as Texas loyalists split over Tide lands. Gov Shivers and Atty Gen Daniel oppose Stevenson citing Trumanism links, while Beckworth Calhoun and Rayburn back the national Democratic ticket and urge unity in the Texas race.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn
U. S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas
Johnson
Rayburn
Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Tom Connally
Shivers
Daniel
Truman
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Negro Solon
Adlai
Star
Vandenberg
Air Meeting
Air Force
Air Force Association
Drouth
Tidelands
Benham
Lindley Beckworth
Gladewater
John C. Calhoun
Democratic Executive Committee
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U. S. Senate
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Chicago
Gen. Eisen
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