Eisenhower Wins Large Iowa Crowds At Campaign Swing
President Eisenhower and aides returned from a two day Iowa tour where crowds estimated from 75,000 to over 106,000 gathered at the Newton plowing contest and Des Moines. Children swarmed the motorcade as Ike spoke and he announced a nationwide radio TV address from Peoria next Tuesday. He contrasted 1952 and 1956 gains and defended GOP policies while promising tax fairness and individual effort.
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Newton
Ike
Aru Pele
Iowa
Des Moines
Washington
Lisenhower
Peoria
Ill
Group Formed to Support Rep Smith Reelection
Racine Wisconsin reports Jack Burcess announced forming a group to back Rep Lawrence Smith of the 1st District for reelection. The club will organize efforts across the counties to campaign for Smith’s candidacy.
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Jack Burcess
Racine
Tre
Lawrence Sith
R-Wis
Destructive Storm Heads For Formosa
Typhoon Gilda lashed the Philippines with 140 mph winds, killing 12 and leaving 6 missing as it neared Formosa. Rain drenched the islands while U S forces tracked the center 75 miles southeast of Taiwan moving northwest. Authorities warned the storm could reach southern Formosa by Sunday afternoon.
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Formosa
Tyshoon Gilda
Philippines
U.S. Air Force
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Taiwan
Air Force
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Bicol
Luzon
Grocery owner recounts robbery by two armed men
Manuel Montane says two armed men held up his Albuquerque store and took 548 dollars, explaining that they must make a living.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Manuel Montane
Jury Finds No High Negligence In Fatal Neenah Crash
A six man coroner's jury in Neenah found no evidence of a high degree of negligence by Martha Grundman in the August traffic death of Marla Gifford of Eau Claire. The inquest in Neenah City Hall concluded after 45 minutes of deliberation that the accident did not involve negligent homicide.
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Martha Grundman
Ninth St
Menasha
Marla Gifford
Eau Claire
Nee] Nah City Hall
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Ina
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Linda
G. R. Anderson
Neenah
Marla
Edwin A. Harwood
President Somoza Wounded In Assassination Attempt
The report states Nicaragua President Anastasio Somoza was shot in an attempted assassination as he and his wife entered a celebration at the Workers' House in Managua. Doctors said his condition is not serious after three bullets hit him in the chest leg and jaw. Separately race clashes flare nationwide with Southern officials opposing integration and NAACP activities halted in Texas.
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Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
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Kenneth Holmes
Issa Warsaw
Everett Luebben
Lincoln St
Frank Ryan
Garfield Ave
Mena
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Gus Stephan
San Francisco
Walter Angell
Lorraine
Asbury Park
Police
Elmer Schultz
Hew
Pitt St
Neenah
Cedric Reynolds
Washington, D.C
Reynolds
Texas
Otis T. Dunnagan
John Ben Sheppard
NAACP
Somoza survives assassination as shootout wounds bystander
Gunman is shot dead by Somoza's bodyguards after an assassination attempt. A bystander is wounded in the exchange of shots. The government declares a state of siege and the army leads the investigation. An unspecified number of people are arrested. Ambassador Whelan seeks U S specialists for the president's care. Somoza, a long-time ruling figure, is nominated by the Liberal Party for another term.
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Somoza
Thomas F. Whelan
United States
Liberal Party
Blast Kills Two On Land Fill Job
An explosion on a Miami land fill project killed two men instantly. Paul Barnes aged 48 and Frank Murphy aged 63 were handling dynamite used to break soft coral rock for fill. The blast scattered rock debris up to 75 feet from the site.
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Miami
Fla
Paul Barnes
Frank Murphy
Air Force tanker to fly world charting Earth's true middle
A large KC-135 Stratojet tanker will launch from MacDill Air Force Base Tampa to circle the globe in a 20,000 mile flight. The mission will use a 1,500 pound cosmic ray model to locate the magnetic equator with Maj. Charles S. Jones commanding a crew of six and two physicists from the Air Force Research Center. The flight supports the International Geophysical Year with no direct link to the Vanguard satellite. An AC-124 Globemaster will precede the mission to carry supplies.
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Fla
Air Force
Kcst Stratefretchier
Charles S. Jones
Lexington
Air Force Research Center
Cambroke, Mass
John F. Butler
Taunton
Mass
Ludwig Katz
Boston
Katz
Vious
MacThi
Air Force Base
Jones
Zigoramong
Barksdale Air Force Base
Stresport
Stockholm Off Course In Collision Probe
The third mate Ernest Carstens Johansen testified about the Stockholm's course three miles off target for nearly an hour before the collision with the Andrea Doria. He said fixes placed the ship 27 or 22 miles off the plotted center as Captain Nordensen steered from Ambrose Lightship to Nutmeg? Beach. The cross-examination continues Monday in the probe into the disaster costing 50 lives.
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Stockholm
Shmp
Andrea Doria
Ernest Carstens Johansen
Fnday
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Manan Lines
Eugens Underwood
Ginnat Nordensen
Ambrose
Nertacketth
American To Take Job As Pilot at Suez
Capt Walter A Equils veteran ship master to depart for Egypt to pilot ships through the Suez Canal with State Department approval. He expects a two year assignment funded by the Egyptian government and plans to be joined by his wife Elda from New Kensington.
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Suez Canal
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New Kensington
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Kensington
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Ethnarchy Official Held as Prisoner in Cyprus
In Nicosia Cyprus Ethnarchy secretary Kramdintis was taken to a Cypriot prison camp after a detention order was served Friday night following a two week hold for questioning. Authorities say he was linked to an attack on Ethnarchy offices and British underground activity.
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Ypouce
U.S. Lets Allies Ship Weapons to Israel
The United States is turning a blind eye as Canada France and other allies send modern weapons to Israel while Washington itself limits major arms to Israel officials note that the November request for jet fighters heavy tanks and other powerful arms remains on the shelf despite pressure. Diplomats credit the administration with clearing jet fighter shipments for allied delivery and say U.S objections could have blocked such sales.
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United States
Canada
France
Israel
State Department
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Flier Killed In Everglades Crash
MIAMI UP The Marine Corps Air Station identified 2nd Lt. David Lee Peterson 22 of Missoula Montana as the pilot killed when his single engine Skydraider crashed during aerobatic training 60 miles west of Miami Peterson died instantly when the aircraft lurched and fell about 3000 feet over the Everglades
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Everglades
David Lee Peterson
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Postmaster pleads for dogs tied to save mail delivery
Middlesex New Jersey Postmaster Robert Sanders pleads for residents to leash dogs as mail carriers run out. Mailman Frank Maletz was injured two months ago and hurt again yesterday. William Hartfelter was knocked out of action after falling from a porch while watching a dog.
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Middlesex
Robert Sanders
Frank Maletz
Wiliam Hartfelter
Britain invites 18 nations to Oct 1 Suez users meeting
London reports Britain asks the 18 Suez conference nations to send ambassadors to a October 1 meeting to form a canal users association. A council and an executive committee would run day to day work, with UN involvement likely before ships pass through.
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Britain
Canal Users’ Association
Ots
Selwyn Lloyd
United Nations
Dulles Returns to Drive Suez Peace Plan Forward
Secretary of State Dulles travels to Washington to brief President Eisenhower on London’s agreement to create a Suez Canal Users Association. Eleven nations endorse the plan with France delaying, while the A US Britain Italy trio support formation likely within two weeks. The group aims to engage Egyptian President Nasser with proposals for orderly canal use.
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Britain
France
Gamal Abdel Nasser
UN Security Council
Paris
Nasser
London
Moscow Radio
United States
Suez
Cairo
Canal Users Association
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Washington
U.S. Treasury
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Suez Co
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
E. D. Kisselev
Aly Yung
Menon
Dulles
Eisenhower
Londo
Italy
Soviet Plane Rescues Five From Glacier
Five scientists including two Swedes one Norwegian and two Russians were rescued from a glacier on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago. A ski plane landed on the glacier to retrieve the group after a blizzard prevented earlier access. The rescued were returned to a Soviet base on Franz Josef Land.
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