Kennick Backed by Southern Demos for Congressman Nomination
Joseph M Kennick won backing from the Southern California Democratic committee for the 18th District seat after a close vote 11 to 12 with Harry Wade. The regional recommendation now awaits the statewide committee in Stockton. Kennick vowed to launch his campaign assuming ratification and pledged to build support with his backers.
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Harry Wade
Joseph Kennick
Southern California Democratic Executive Committee
Kennick
Stockton
Joseph M. Kennick
Southern California
Democratic Executive Committee
Long Beach Juvenile Bureau
Los Angeles
Kenrick
Clyde Doyle
Executive Committee
Los
Wadley
State Executive Committee
Cal
Explorer Safe After Nine Days in Pierre St Martin Cave
One of three explorers trapped 1100 feet underground for nine days rode to safety on a steel table as rescue teams inch out Jacques Labeyrie at under 200 feet per hour. Bernard Ochialni, Italian-born British physicist, remained inside. Two others awaited rescue including Harvund Lazieff and Dr Andre Mairey. Loubens’ body was left buried despite pleas to bring it to surface.
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Pierre ST. Martin
France
Jacques Labeyrie
Pierre St Martin
Marcel
Loubens
Bernard Ochiailnl
Harvund ‘Lazieff
Andre Mairey
Phyllis Thaxter in Fair Condition After Illness
Portland Maine August 16 Actress Phyllis Thaxter in fair condition tonight with infantile paralysis. The 32 year old star was stricken yesterday officials at Maine General Hospital reported no paralysis yet. James T Aubrey Sr of Van Nuys husband of the actress arrived tonight to be near his wife. She has a six year old daughter Susan and expects a second child next winter.
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Portland
Maine
Phyllis Thaxter
Maine General Hospital
James T. Aubrey, Sr
van Wuys
Susan
Violent West Virginia Storm Kills Three Injures Four
A violent thunderstorm with high winds struck southern West Virginia killing at least three people and injuring four. A Fayette County mine foreman, Jack Workman, was electrocuted when a high tension line was blown by winds. In Cabin Creek east of Charleston two others died as a small house was blown off its foundation. Power outages affected most Kanawha Valley towns as Appalachian Electric Power mobilized crews.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Fayette County
James Mining Co
Fayette
Jack Workman
Fayetteville
Beckley
Raleigh County
Typhoon Warnings Raised for Korea and Kyushu
Typhoon warnings were hoisted on Korea's southern tip and along Kyushu's west coast. Weather experts expect the storm, which damaged an Okinawa base Friday, to strike the Tsushima Strait between Japan and Korea early Monday.
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Tokyo
Korea
Kyushu
Japan
U.S
Okinawa
Tsushima Strait
Boy survives seven days in Sierra by fishing and berries
Brent Bradberry, 13, from Lynwood California, survived a week after becoming separated from Explorer Scouts near Emigrant Lake in the Sierra. He ate fish and manzanita berries, followed streams, walked through rugged canyons, and was located near Cherry Creek six miles southwest of Mercury Peak. Fishermen aided the rescue and relayed word to his mother as search planes circled the area.
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Sonora
California
Here
Brent Bradberry
Lynwood
Caht
Manzanita
Emigrant Lake
Sierra
Bud Shea
Jimmy
Emerald
Lea Joslin
Jawbone
Bradberry
Seoul
Cherry Creek
Mercury Peak
Yosemite National Park
Jawbone Forestry Station
Eleanor Bradberry
Los Angeles
Death Verdict for Nurse 54 in Poison Murder
An all male jury convicts Mrs. Earle Dennison a 54 year old nurse of poisoning her 22 year old niece Shirley Weldon for life insurance. The jury fixed the penalty at electrocution after a three day trial. The death sentence was stayed pending review by the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Earle Dennison
Dennison
Shirley Diana Weldon
Surance
Alabama J
Battered Enemies Quit At Bunker Hill In Korea
In western Korea near Bunker Hill the Chinese Red troops abandoned further assaults on U S Marines after seven bloody tries. Allied air forces struck a Communist HQ and troop concentrations near Chinnampo, destroying buildings and starting fires. The Eighth Army tightened censorship on Marine front updates as fighting raged with 3735 reported Communist casualties in multiple charges. Marine Sgt Ramond Chenette described close combat in foxholes.
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Seoul
U. S
Bunker Hill
Korea
Chinnampo
Bunker Il
Eighth Army
First Marine
Heer
Panmunjem
Ramond Chenette
Worcester
Mass
Impulsive crash at auto agency ends with escape
Orie Lee Bundick, 25, of 240 W Eishth St, drove his car through a 9 by 8 foot showroom window at 1633 American Ave last night. He exited via a 15 by 15 foot side window. He claimed the crash was accidental and that the car ran through the windows. Bundick was uninjured.
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Orie Lee Bundick
W. Eishth St
American Ave
Bundick
Stevenson Promises Intensive Campaign Across Nation
Gov. Adlai Stevenson outlines a sweeping national campaign with plans for multiple swings and extensive television use. Campaign manager Wilson Wyatt projects one of the most intensive efforts in American history as Stevenson meets with a nine member strategy board including Sen. John Sparkman and Democratic leaders from Springfield to Washington.
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Springfield
Adlair
Stevenson
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Sparkman
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Jacob M. Arvey
Illinios
Democratic National
Eisenhower to Open Campaign with Three September Speeches
Denver dispatch reports Gen Dwight D Eisenhower set to launch a pivotal campaign battle against Gov Earl Warren and Adlai Stevenson. Warren aims California as doubtful but pledges aggressive efforts. Eisenhower will address the nation Sept 4 in Philadelphia and follow with a foreign policy speech Sept 6 in Kasson Minn and another Sept 9 at Butler University Indianapolis.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Warren
Eisenhower
California
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Fisenhower
Stevenson
Warren Spox
Pacific Northwest
Philadelphia
Plowin
Kasson
Minn
Indiana
Indianapolis
Butler University
Arthur E. Summerfield
Double Tragedy in Michigan Well Drowns Boy, Father Dies
In Ann Arbor area a farmer father Willard Reynolds 36 and his 15 year old stepson Samuel Pitcher died in a water well at their home. Samuel suffocated after being mired head first in muck at the bottom while Reynolds died from gas poisoning. The 12 year old son Philip found the bodies after a three hour absence. Authorities theorize Samuel fell into the well head first and Reynolds tried to reach him, becoming entangled on a cross pipe about six feet down.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Samuel
Pitcher
Willard E. Reynolds
Reynolds
Philip
Mercury Reach 84 Carloads Of Grade A Sumshine Deliveries
Mercury reports 84 carloads of Grade A sumshine scheduled for delivery this afternoon with a forecast maximum surface temperature near 64 degrees. Yesterday’s high reached 89, the month’s peak so far, while Long Beach Municipal Airport and Los Angeles logged a six degree lower reading. Lifeguard HQ notes a good Saturday crowd at beaches and several routine rescues without serious incidents.
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Long Beach Municipal
Los Angeles
Heat wave drains Vienna water supply in record demand
Vienna authorities report the city of two million has nearly exhausted the capital's water supply amid a blistering heat wave. Officials threaten fines and arrest for water wasters as consumption triples. Black marketeers faced arrests for selling admission tickets at inflated prices to overcrowded pools.
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Vienna
Austria
Tods
Eleven Die in Lynmouth Flood in Southwest England
Eleven people were killed and 35 missing as violent flash floods hit the Lynmouth coast. Homes were swept away and town was partly submerged as rescuers formed human chains to pull victims from the rising waters. Troops and police roped off the area while aid crews supplied fresh water and attempted to salvage the disaster zone.
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Lynton
Eng
England
Lynmouth
Tce
Dulverton
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Flies to San Francisco
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek arrived in San Francisco for health treatment after a transpacific flight from Honolulu. She stepped from a Pan-American World Airways Stratocruiser at 10 25 p m and was greeted by several hundred people including many Chinese.
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San Francisco
Chiang KaiShek
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pan-American World Airways
San Francisco International
Honolulu
Madame Chiang
Polio Strikes Fifth Child in Family of Eight
In Taylor Wisconsin the Hjornevik family reports Beatrice 20 died of bulbar polio at St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse. Ardella 12 Bernard 14 were hospitalized after contracting polio. Helge 16 and Danny 4 were also stricken and admitted Friday and Saturday. This marks Jackson County’s fifth polio case in the week.
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Taylor
Wis
Helge Hjornevik
Beatrice
St. Francis Hospital
Lacrosse
Ardella
Bernard
Helge Dr
Danny
Jackson County
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