Moroccan Rebels Strike in North Africa Riots Kill Hundreds
Grim reporting says French troops and Foreign Legionnaires battled rebel bands across French North Africa as death tolls climbed toward 800. Algeria saw most casualties while Morocco endured heavy fighting in the hills near Marrakech and the Atlas approaches.
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Casablanca
Aix le Bains
Morocco
Algeria
Constantine
U.S
French Indochina
Britain
Kenya
Oued Zom
Oued Zen
American farm delegation leaves hints for Red in Berlin
U S farm delegation returning from a month touring Soviet farmlands says further exchanges would reduce tensions and build friendship. Attendees Dean W. Lambert of Nebraska Agricultural School Ferris S. Owen of Newark and Dr Willam Reed of Greensboro note Russians are friendly at heart though many live simply while Americans see poverty but also capitalist contrasts.
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Berlin
U.S
Soviet Union
Dean W. V." Lambert
University of Nebraska Agricultural School
Russi
Ukraine
Siberia
West
Dean Lambert
Russia
Ferris S. Owen
Newark
Ohio
Willam
Reed
Agricultural and Technical College
Greensboro
N.C
United States
Long Way Short Way Through Flooded Connecticut Journey
Herald reporter Sel Micciche set off for New Jersey and returned through flood ravaged Connecticut and Massachusetts. He recounts fear, delays, and the slow, winding trip home from Mount Holly to Kittery, noting widespread damage and sparse reporting in regional outlets.
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Herald
Mount Holly
Nal
Garson
Connecticut Valley
Kittery
Portsmouth's tax rate trimmed by surplus funds
City Auditor Wilfred E. Young disclosed that Portsmouth's 1955 local tax rate of 37. a revised budget raises 1,577,327.39 in taxes. Surplus allocations of 70,000 and higher school federal aid totaling 211,002.31 bolster revenue while investments of the three million dollar high school issue yield additional income. Revised motor vehicle registrations reach 80,000 with 79,000 collected, and lower county tax estimates reduce expected revenue to 11,896.66. The overall outlook remains favorable with plans for manageable tax rate changes next year.
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Portsmouth
Wilfred E. Young
Concord
State Tax Commission
Young
Connecticut's Great Disaster From Flood Waters
Connecticut endures a catastrophic flood as the Naugatuck River and others burst their banks. Gov. Ribicoff calls it the greatest disaster, with 68 dead and 70 missing. towns like Waterbury and Waterbury area industries suffer vast losses, including U S Rubber Co plants.
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Connecticut
Naugatuck
Waterbury
Shelton
Ansania
Torrington
Putsam
Mechanicsville
U.S Rubber Co
Mot
Worker Electrocuted On Memorial Bridge
Eugene K Hills, 45, a WS Public Service Co. substation foreman, was electrocuted Saturday while repairing the Memorial Bridge control tower. He died at Portsmouth Hospital after being injured when he touched a 440 volt circuit as center span remained raised for a ship. Bridge operator Sherman Moody was also charged but unharmed. Traffic was rerouted and service restored by 8 a.m. the next day.
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Eugene K Hills
Rockland Sh
Ws, Public Service Co
Memorial Bridge
Portsmouth Hospital
Fire Department
Hills
Tee Hee
Sherman Moody
Theodore M. Blood Jr
Donald Lane
Memorial’ Bridge
Two 4
Hollis
J. Charles Hills
Marietta
Kenzi Hills
Portsmouth
Egyptian Soldiers Killed in Gaza Frontline Clash
Egyptian military spokesman Salah Gohar said three Egyptian soldiers were killed and five wounded in a 2 14 hour exchange of fire with Israelis near Gaza. He charged Israel started the fighting to time the visit of Maj. Gen. Edson Burns to Cairo for frontier talks. An earlier report cited one officer killed and four wounded.
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Gaza
Palestine
Cal
Salah Gohar
Egyptian War Ministry
Palestine Department
Cairo
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
U.N. Truce Supervision
Eisenhower to inspect six-state flood area by air
President Eisenhower plans an aerial tour of the stricken Northeast, leaving Denver for Hartford to meet Red Cross chair E Roland Harriman and urging nationwide relief. The disaster has killed hundreds and left thousands missing as flood damage mounts across Pennsylvania Connecticut and nearby states.
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Ribloff
Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Hartford
Conn
E. Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
American Bar’ Assn
Philadelphia
Herter and Officials Plan Flood Cleanup Effort
Massachusetts Governor Herter held two State House conferences to coordinate flood recovery. State department heads and legislators discussed rubble removal, civil defense, and federal aid. Industry leaders report extensive damage with several plants flooded and weeks of disruption ahead.
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Boston
Herter
State House
Istriecken
Massachusetts
State Department
Carl Sheridan
John A. Volpe
Charles Greenough
Samuel B. Kirkwood
U.S
Total Defense
State Civil Defense Agency
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Maginnis
Richard Preston
American Ontjeal Co
Southbridge
Big van Norman Co
Springfield
Red Cross survey details flood displacement and damage
The Red Cross announced a survey showing 34,169 families displaced by floods across six Eastern states. It reported 439 homes destroyed and about 14,600 damaged, with health issues in Pennsylvania worsened by dead poultry and livestock losses. Scranton faced severe water shortages, supplied from 17 Army canvas tanks. In northeast Pennsylvania, 43 camps reported children safe with adequate food and water.
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Washington
Red’ Cross
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Svory Corners
Simmer
Manchester Bank Burglary: $20,000 Stolen in Weekend Heist
Manchester National Bank reported an estimated $20,000 stolen from a basement vault over the weekend. police say the attack opened the vault from the rear boiler room and a night deposit box was emptied of ten bags between Friday night and Saturday afternoon. FBI agents assisted as investigators questioned bank staff with no suspects yet identified.
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Manchester
Manchester National Bank
William ©. Stearns
Albert, J. Girouard
Manchdé Ster
Francis P. McGranaghan
FBI
Boston
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Herald Starr
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Diane
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New England
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Bo Hae
New Haven
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
Gerrish Island
Paul E. Hayward
Washington St
Donald B. Smith
Smith
Portemouth Herald
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Rhode Island
New York
Virginia
Telcopter Dryide
Flyst
Fielicopters
Stroudsburg
Pocono Mountain
Reilea
Nancy Johnson
Tersey City
N.J
Linda Christensen
Staten Island
Camp Davis
Nancy
Linda
House
Michael F. Sher
Westfield
Palmer
Spencer Mfg. Co
Chicopee
A. G. Spalding & Bros., Inc
Wyman Gordon Co
Reed- Prentice Co
Worcester
Department of Commerce
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
The
Small Business Administration
Massachusetts Business Development Corp
Manchester Bank
Crawford's Lobster Co
Badger's Island
Kittery, Maine
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