California Quake Devastates Tehachapi Area Killing and Injuring Scores
Tehachapi Calif residents tally the quake toll with 11 dead and 25 hospitalized as the second strongest tremor in Blaze history rocks Tehachapi and nearby towns. Officials report millions in damage across businesses homes and utilities while roads and tunnels suffer landslides and closures.
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Calif
California
Mojave Desert
San Francisco
Tehachapi Mountains
Iitn
Red Cross
Women’s State Prison
Arvin
Walker Pass
Southern Pacific Railroad
Nevada
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Long Beach
Santa Rosa
San Diego
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Weather summary from United Press bulletin with scattered thunderstorms
Scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions expected in the west and north tonight with partly cloudy and cooler skies Wednesday. Low temperatures 60 to 65 in the northwest and about 75 in the southeast. highs around 75 northwest and 85 southeast. Data include ordinal times, temps, and notes from Northwestern Observatories and local dam rainfall readings.
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United Press
Randall Sauge
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Backstaff Obervatory
Siddar
Wisconsin Delegation Backs Kefauver at Democratic Convention
A tired bewildered Wisconsin delegation pledged solid support to Estes Kefauver for the Democratic nomination. After marathon sessions at Chicago's Stockyard Amphitheater they secured a loyalty pledge from all Wisconsin delegates in early hours of the convention. They stayed ready to endure roll calls to aid Kefauver though the outcome remained unsettled.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Stockyard
Wisconsin
Sen. Kefauver
Brief Panmunjom session ends after five minutes in Korea talks
U S negotiators met in Panmunjom for five minutes marking the shortest session since talks began on July 4 over a prisoner exchange. A second session was set for 11 a.m. tomorrow as officials trade barbs about deceit and distortion while Lt Col Borchert takes over as U S spokesman in Seoul. President Syngman Rhee signals mixed views, noting Chinese Communists may concede while North Korea resists.
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Munsax
Korea
US N. 1
Lars
Wuckels
Far East Air Forces
USN
Joseph J. Borchert
Seoul
Synzman Rhee
Flying Saucers Reported Over Washington Crunch
In a Washington area sighting, radar detected eight slow moving unidentified images near National Airport. Officers say the objects traveled about 70 to 150 miles per hour and were seen by an air traffic controller and two airline pilots, prompting an Air Force investigation at Wright-Patterson.
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Washington
Air Force Today
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Darton
Air Force
Centro
Washington National Airport
Potomac
Capital
2000 Scientists Convene in Paris for Intl Biochemistry Congress
Two thousand scientists from 40 nations including researchers from the United States and six from the Soviet Union assembled in Paris for the opening of the second International Congress of Biochemistry.
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Paris
The
U.S
Soviet
Russia
Angered Southerners Defy Fair Dealers to Expel Them
A long City Council session debated repeal of July 7 wage hour ordinances granting park cemetery and street department workers a 40 hour week and a 10 percent pay raise. The repeal measure was laid over by an 18 to 19 vote, delaying any change to the original act.
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City Hall
Park, Cemetery and Street
Jagain
Oshkosh
Stefer
Ernest R. Siewert
Jong
Northwestern
Harry E. Meyer
Democratic
Barkley Quits Race Attacks Labor Leaders
Alben W. Barkley abruptly withdrew from the Democratic presidential race in Chicago amid a bitter assault on self anointed political labor leaders. Kentucky officials voiced shock and discussed shifting votes to Adlai Stevenson on the first ballot.
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Barkley
Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Adlai Stevenson
Miinois
Susan Pollard
Lawrencesburg
Stevenson
High Cro Ach
AFL
Mossadegh Named Premier Again in Iran Crisis
Iranian premier Mossadegh resumes control, given command of the army by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. He also takes the war ministry portfolio, solidifying power as Ahmed Qavam flees the capital. In U.S. politics, Barkley withdraws from Stevenson’s bid, leaving uncertain support in the Democratic race.
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Yeheran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mossadegh
War Ministry
Consot
Mossadesh
National Front
Jamid
Ahmed Qavam
Bitter Loyalty Fight Splits Democratic Convention
Bitter battle over a loyalty pledge erupts at Chicago convention as Southern delegates challenge the Democratic rules and threaten to stay seated. Gov Adlai Stevenson remains a potential unifying figure while Rep Gene Cox hints Richard Russell may be kept off the floor. Vice President Barkley exits the race as Kefauver and Averell Harriman stay in the contest.
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Stevenson Barkley
Truman
Stevenson
Barkley
Illinois
Russell
Gene Cox
Georesia
Richard B. Russell
Cox
Republi ‘Can
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alben W. Barkley
Averell Harriman
Hefauver
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Georgia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Herman Talmadge
Fond du Lac Warns: Flame Thrower Car Arrests Loom
Fond du Lac Wisconsin police chief James Cahill orders arrests of any motorist using a flame throwing exhaust device under state motor vehicle safety laws. Witnesses describe blue flames up to eight feet long and motorists fear for their safety on Main Street.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
James D. Cahill
Cahill
Main St
Dever Predicts Democratic Victory at Chicago Rally
Massachusetts governor Paul A. Dever rallied Democrats in Chicago to claim a sixth straight victory over Republicans and fossils. He denounced the GOP while praising Wilson Roosevelt and Truman administrations, blasting Eisenhower as the opposing nominee.
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Chicago
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Dever
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
China Reds Regain Crest of Old Baldy
The Chinese forces recaptured Old Baldy on the fifth day of heavy fighting west of Chorwon on the Korean front. United Nations infantry still held the southeast slope as U N and Chinese artillery exchanged operations. U S Fifth Air Force planes bombed the area after the crest change and air activity slowed the rest of the line remained quiet.
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Seoul
Korea
Old Baldy
United Nations
Chorwon
Baldy
U.N
Associated Press
George McArthur
U. N
Sameansi
Pyontvang
Kagital
Fifth Air Force
Compromise Rejected By Steelworkers
Pittsburgh dispatch reports renewed noncompromise union shop demands by the United Steelworkers under Philip Murray as negotiations stall in the steel strike. Industry representatives presented their case. Murray asked members to reconsider, but the committee unanimously rejected any move toward a compulsory union shop. Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel had offered peace formulas, withdrawn after internal industry disagreement.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Philip Murray
Murray
Presi
Dent Joseph M. Larkin
Bethlehem Steel
John Morse
Bethlehem
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Ben Morcell
Jones and Laughlin Steck
Jcompulsory
Republic Steel
Democratic National Convention Program Highlights
The program for today’s Democratic National Convention session lists morning and evening events. Gov. Paul A. Dever serves as temporary chairman, with invocations by Rabbi Louis Binstock and the Rt. Rev. Charles L. Street, plus addresses by Perle Mesta, Eugenie Anderson, India Edwards, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and others. Resolutions and credentials reports are scheduled, with a recess and a reminder of an 11 a.m. Wednesday continuation.
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Ilinois
Democratic National
America
Eugenie Anderson
U. S
Denmark
Richard J. Nelson
Yours Democratic Clubs of America
Georgia Neese Clark
South
Sam Rayburn
Texas
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