Cameron Gambled on Storm Victims Stay as Death Toll Grows
Survivors describe Cameron s fate after Hurricane Audrey. Officials report hundreds dead and hundreds of millions in damage. President Eisenhower declares a disaster area as rescuers search Cameron and Lake Charles for survivors and bodies.
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Cameron
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Dorothy Whatley
Raymond Barber
Norman McCall
Cecil W. Clark
Chile
Tunis
Eisenhower
Texas
Val Peterson
Weather Bureau
Peterson
White House
Audrey
David G. Connor
Eisenhower News Conference Covers Economy Civil Rights and More
President Eisenhower outlined views on inflation, potential consumer resistance to higher prices, and a possible backward step in the economy. He discussed civil rights, uranium grants, court jurisdiction in the Paris murder case, Algeria, nuclear testing, and foreign interviews. The briefing also noted a columnist death in Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Eisenhower
Fisenhower
United States
U.S
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
White House
Paris
Asmuch
McGuffey Readers Group Meets at Miami University
In Oxford Ohio delegates from California gather for the national Federated McGuffey Societies meeting at Miami University. An old fashioned spelling contest and recitation tests revive memories of William Holmes McGuffey’s readers and their role in early education 125 years after his basic work.
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Miami University
William Holmes McGuffey
Federated McGuffey Societies
California
McGuffey
Senate OKs Arms Cash Battle Over Defense Funds
The Senate approved a defense appropriation totaling about 26.1 billion, with 16.38 billion for Air Force, 10.05 billion for Navy and Marines, and remaining for interservice activities and the defense secretary. Dworshak’s 182.7 million cut failed 49 to 24 as Democrats and Republicans blocked shifting cuts to the secretary.
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Navy
Marines
Office of the Defense
Senate
Sen
Dworshak
R-Idsho
Defense
Sen. Chavez
Congress
Knowland
California
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
National Guard
Airman slain in row over few old dishes
Kansas City AP report details the killing of Leonard Meadors, 23, an airman shot by landlord Walter H. O Grady as he and fellow airman Homer Gillham moved a refrigerator from their apartment. The dispute, centered on missing dishes and a carving knife, ended with O Grady returning inside, eating, and being arrested. Meadors and his wife Bonnie Meadors recently moved in with their 18 month old son George, after returning from overseas duty at Richards Gebaur Air Base.
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Kansas City
Bonnie Meadors
Leonard
Walter H. O' Grady
O'Grady
Meadors
Richards-Gebaur Air Base
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Algeria
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
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Gilham
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