Eisenhower Opens Nationwide Detroit Leg Of Speaking Tour
President Eisenhower arrives in Detroit on the first leg of a cross country speaking tour amid the presidential campaign. He attends the 43rd annual auto show dinner and plans stops in Red Wing Abilene and Denver with a nonpolitical intent, while Republican hopes ride on his popularity. Mrs. Eisenhower stays home after her mother’s death.
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L. L. Colbert
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Chrysler Corp
Harry A. Williams
White House
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Military Air Transport Service
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Hiawatha
Mississippi River
Abilene
Kan
New
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Colorado
California
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco
San Diego
Chula Vista Rotary Club
Palm Springs
George E. Allen
Mexico
12 Killed in New York Over Weekend
Traffic accidents in New York State claimed 12 lives over the weekend. Two men died in one crash from Friday 6 p.m. to midnight. Francis M. Landau of Shirley Suffolk County and Clifford Shaw of Passaic New Jersey perished in a Sunday Patchogue collision. Anthony Coloneri, 17, of Ronkonkoma was killed Saturday night in Patchogue when his car struck two trees.
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New York State
Francis M. Landau
Shirley
Suffolk County
Clifford Shaw
Passaic
N. J
Patchogue
Anthony Coloneri
Ronkonkoma
United Nations Day Proclaimed in New York State
Governor Gav Rockefeller declared October 24 United Nations Day in New York State. The proclamation marks a day for recognizing the international organization and its goals within the state.
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Record voter registration hits new high in New York
New York State politics heat up as registration edges top previous records in New York City Rochester Buffalo and Syracuse plus Broome and Nassau counties. City turnout reaches 3 662 196 under universal personal registration with Dems and Reps predicting victory and a Kennedy win in the state.
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Ogdensburg
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Beacon
Oneonta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert F. Wagner
John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Michael Prendergast
Lyle W. Hornbeck
Hornbeck
Explosion injures crew aboard Capetown Castle near Las Palmas
The Union Castle Mail Steamship Co reports 13 injured in an engine room blast on the 27,000 ton Capetown Castle at Las Palmas Canary Islands. A company spokesman said the cause of the explosion is not known.
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Union Castle Mail Steamship Co
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Silent Screen Star Clara Kimball Young Dies at 70
Clara Kimball Young, a prominent silent screen actress, died in Woodland Hills California at age 70. She had surgery in March for a chronic bronchial condition.
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Clara Kimball Young
Schenectady IUE Local Ends Strike at GE Plant
Thousands of IUE members in Schenectady returned to work at the General Electric plant, ending participation in the strike under the old contract terms minus cost of living. The move stunned national union officers as police kept order at the gates and pickets dwindled after an initial showing.
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Massive tidal wave kills thousands in East Pakistan
AP reporting from Dacca describes winds over 150 mph and a tidal wave that left more than 3,000 dead and 30,000 homes destroyed. Islands in Noakhali District suffered heavy losses as communications failed and entire communities were displaced.
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Dacca
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Noakhali
Jabbar
Amin
Hatiya
Bhata
Alexander
Ramgati
Kennedy Attacks Nixon On Economics And Cuba Policy
In a swing through Southwest Ohio Kennedy condemns Nixon as worse than Hoover on economics and questions the Eisenhower era stance on Quemoy and Matsu. He ties Nixon to high interest policy, calls for broader civil rights advancement and urges more Black Americans into high office.
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Richard M. Nixon
Herbert Hoover
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Ohio
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Africa
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Eisenhower
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Formosa
Pescadores
Richard Nixon
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Munoz Marin Wins Puerto Rico Debate By Default
Gov. Luis Munoz Marin of the Popular Democratic party won Puerto Rico’s gubernatorial debate by default after Republican opponent Luis Ferre failed to appear. The event aired Sunday night and set the stage for the election.
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Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
Popular Democratic Party
Luis Ferre
Nixon presses Quemoy issue as campaign nears end
Hartford report notes Vice President Nixon frantically keeps Quemoy and Matsu in the campaign spotlight. He presses for defense of the offshore islands while Kennedy signals flexibility, calling for a drawn line around Formosa. Nixon meets Lodge and GOP leaders to finalize last campaign push.
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Niagara Mohawk Hike In Rates Prompts Broad Opposition
Albany AP reports officials from cities, villages, counties, and industry groups opposing Niagara Mohawk Power Corp’s $11.2 million rate raise affecting over a million customers across Upstate New York. A PSC hearing opened before William T. Wilkinson to decide impact amid Niagara power project developments.
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Niagara Mohawk
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Wilam T. Wilkinson
State Public Service Commission
Niagara
Joseph A. Drago
Schenectady
Abraham I. Okun
Buffalo
Luke C. Ownes
Ene County
Clarence W. Greenwald
Niagara Falls
J. Milford Newman
Arcade
Edwin Kuzdale
Dunkirk
Robert J. Cooney
Syracuse
P. Augustus Hopkins
Onondaga County Welfare Department
Wiliam G. Conable
Basic Industries Power Committee
Homer H. Woods
Industrial Power Consumers Conference of
American tourist in Soviet jailed for spying Kaminsky
Tass reports American tourist Mark I Kaminsky from Jefferson Township Michigan, 26, convicted of spying by a Kiev military tribunal. He received seven years in prison but was expelled after pleading for clemency and showing repentance for photographing military installations and noting base locations. Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett, 26 of Tracy California, were arrested Aug 25 en route from Moscow to Minsk.
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Leslie Bradley
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Cuba
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Cienfuegos
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Jefferson Township
Mich
Kaminsky
Harvey C. Bennett
Tracy
Calif
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Uzhgorod
U. S
Fair Craft Fund
Kaminisky
Kiev
Bennett
Minsk
Three Big Winners on Twenty One Face Perjury Charges
Three top winners from the defunct TV quiz show Twenty One Charles Van Doren Hank Bloomgarten and Elfrida Van Nardroff have been charged with perjury. They surrendered with 14 others amid a grand jury investigation into rigged quiz shows. Each faces possible penalties up to three years in jail and fines up to $1 000.
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Charles van Doren
Hank Bloomgarten
Elfrida van Nardroff
Frank S. Hogan
Van
Doren
Bloomgarten
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van Doren
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Louis Taber Died National Grange Head at 82
Syracuse obituary reports Louis J. Taber former national master of the Grange died at home at age 82. He led the organization for 19 years and headed the Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Co. Taber also served as Ohio Agriculture Director and won Governor's Award in 1957 and the Silver Buffalo from the Boy Scouts.
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Ohio Grange
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