Saco Youth Held In Fatal Beating Of Little Girl
An 11 year old girl Doris Trudeau was found dead in wooded suburb after an alleged attack by Fortunat Michaud a seventh grader. He faced a murder warrant in Saco Municipal Court the charge continued for counsel.
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Saco
Maine
William T. Roussin
Doris Trudeau
Fortunat Michaud
William P. Donahue
Michaud
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Doris
Donahue
Fron Donahue
Raymond Kerry
Vernon
Jum
Elm Street
Woods
Edwards
Saco- Lowell
North Street
Fortunat
Engineers Hear Plea for Work at Pepperrell Cove
Officials from federal state and local levels plus fishing and yachting interests backed navigational improvements at Pepperrell Cove at a two hour hearing. Lt Col Miles Wachdendorf led the session with broad support including letters from Margaret Chase Smith Frederick G Payne Gov Edmund Muskie and Rep Robert Hale. Selectman Dennett highlighted lobstermen protection and harbor safety as a path to new industry and longer seasonal employment by enabling herring fishermen to load catches at nearby shoals and ship to northern packing plants.
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Kittery
Pepperrell Cove
Arity Engineers
Fristge School
Miles Wachendorf
USA
New England
U.S. Sons
Margaret Chase Smith
Frederick G. Payne
Edmund $. Muskie
U.S
Robert Hale
Maine
Pepperrell
Rockport
Portland
William FE. Dennett
Board of Selectmen
Dennett
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Repperrell Cove
Eisenhower to Hear Spokesmen Discuss Western Problems
President Eisenhower, returning from a brief East trip, plans talks at the Summer White House on Western reclamation projects with Interior Secretary McKay, Senator Watkins of Utah, and Reclamation Commissioner Wilbur Dexheimer. He earlier supervised federal aid talks for flood damage and delivered a firm anti appeasement message in Philadelphia. Mrs. Eisenhower stayed at Gettysburg during his Denver visit.
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Denver
Eisenhower
White House
McKay
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Wilbur Dexheimer
Russia
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
America
Germany
Gettysburg
Tests Fail to Reveal Exact Reasons for Infective Vaccine
The Public Health Service released a four month report on the Cutter Laboratories incident noting live virus in the Salk polio vaccine caused polio in some children. It cites inadequate inactivation and failure of safety tests as key factors and states revised production testing now provides safeguards.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
PHS
Culler Laboratories
Berkeley
Alf
New Hampshire polio cases total 121 in 1955
Concord report shows the state’s polio tally reaching 121 for 1955, up from 109 in 1954. The latest cases include a 39 year old Concord man and a 56 year old Tedlinsford resident, with 33 cases reported by this time last year.
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Concord
State Health Dept
Tedlinsford Gick
Hurricane Edith Strengthens Into Major Storm Off Atlantic
Miami reports Hurricane Edith gaining force with top winds believed to reach 125 mph by Saturday. Forecasters say Edith is a tighter, more concentrated system moving west-northwest at about 13 mph, with gales up to 150 miles from the center and expected gradual intensification.
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Edith
Atlantic
Connie
Diane
Miami
Fla
Gordon Dunn
Weather Bureau
Saan
Puerto Rico
Cape Hatteras
Wcod
Dunn
Thor
Miami Weather Bureau
San Juan
P.R
Carolinas
Ginia
Pennsylvania
Canada
Flood Relief Drive Sets Portsmouth Quota For Mood Help
The Portsmouth Red Cross chapter faces a 950 dollar quota for flood relief in the northeast disaster area. Local chair Francis J. Riordan and national chairman E. Roland Harriman say needs continue to grow as over 10,600 families seek aid. Checks have arrived and donation containers are placed in merchants and stores for prominence.
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Portsmouth
Francis J. Riordan
Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
Disas
Harriman
Washington V
Congressional
Eisenhower
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Wilte House
Jap Foreign Minister to Visit U.S. on China Trade Ties
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu flew to Washington to press a defense and trade upturn tied to China. He said restrictions on shipping war materiel to China remain, suggested possible tariff relaxation, and called for washing away wartime grievances while noting Japanese prisoners held at Sugamo.
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San Francisco
Japan
Fies
Washington
China
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Uss
Missouri
Faure Talks With Moroccan Nationalists Over Morocco Peace
French Premier Edgar Faure met with four leaders of the Istiqlal party in Aix les Bains as part of a push to end bloodshed in Morocco and Algeria. Faure aims for a regency council and a Moroccan government with broad participation while nationalist demands center on Ben Youssef’s acceptance of the regency. Protests by French residents sharpen pressure for tougher action amid mounting casualties and political upheaval.
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Aix -le§ Bains
France
Edgar Faure
Morovcé
African Protectorate
Red
Istiglal
Independence
Stasiaeh
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arata
Faure
Istiqlal
Ben Moulay ‘Arata
Ben Youssef
North Africa
Morocco
Algeria
Casablanca
Gilbert Grandval
Raymond Duval
Grandval
Georges Emile Leblanc
Oued Zem
Atlas ‘Mountains
Reconstruction drive maps flood relief costs and roles
The government launches a broad flood rehabilitation effort in the Northeast led by Eisenhower with funds and manpower. Agencies coordinate via a Civil Defense framework while Red Cross appeals rise, as thousands face housing loss and business disruption across multiple states.
Flood Wrecked Town Hosts Simple Wedding
In Southbridge Massachusetts flood-ravaged streets forced Shirley Maio and Normand St Germaine to wed by candlelight at Sacred Heart Church. The bride wore the only dress spared by the flood and the groom served in National Guard fatigues. They reached the church by boat as floodwaters filled the area with evacuated residents and church attendants. The ceremony began as a Nuptial Mass with a reporter and photographer among witnesses.
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Southbridge
Mass
National Guard
Sacred Heart
Shirley Maio
Normand St Germeine
Mose Ledoux
St. Germaine
Miss Malo
Army Engineers Arrive To Aid in Massachusetts Flooded State
Army engineers arrived by air at Boston Logan Airport to aid flood ravaged Massachusetts. They target critical spots, plan surveys, and design defenses for future floods, with Bailey Bridges arriving from Pt Belvoir training center to Worcester. Railroads marshal crews to restore traffic as civic defense assigns engineers to Charlton and Southbridge and a cement shortage looms amid reconstruction. Massachusetts faces about 66 million dollars in industrial damage per a Commerce survey.
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Agriculture Department
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maryland
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Farmers Home Administration
Small Busness Administration
Commerce Department
Agricuture Department
Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
Housing and Home Finances Agency
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Worcester
Mass
Marion
Ohio
Army Engineers
Ft. Belvoir
Brimfield
Southbridge
Auburn
Boston
W— Army Engineers
Logan International Airport
Pt. Belvair
Boston & Albany
New Haven
Charles
Neponset
Sudbury
Charlton
State Department of Commerce
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Cape ‘Hatteras
Oma
National Red Cross
Ton
United States
John Foster Dulles
Shigemitsu
Sugamo Prison
Hartford
Conn
American Bar. Assn
Army
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Val Peterson
Father LeDoux
Haven
Millbury Street
Providence
New London
Winsted
Sige Agency
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