Drought devastates 1956 GOP convention coverage streams
The piece notes drought across the eastern United States as crops suffer severe losses. It describes the stormy convention scene with a mythical Joe Smith banished from the Republican gathering, and reporters detailing irrigation and rainfall failures from the Carolinas to Maine. Damage estimates reach tens of millions in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maryland with farmers facing major losses. Virginia and southern Maryland report the worst corn and tomato drought since 1930. Federal disaster classifications are sought. rain-making hopes fade amid scant showers and bleak forecasts.
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Joe Smith
United States
GOP
National Committee
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Tin
Carolinas
Maine
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New Jersey
Vic Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Pinia
Maryland
Smith
Vice Press
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Carpenter
Joe
Joe Stith
Martin
Jon Smith
Long Island
New Ot Nixon
Jersey
Virginia
Gald
Harry Beggs
Yporchester
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Virginia Agriculture Department
Blue Ridge Mountains
U. S. Department of Agriculture Marketing Service
Muted horns protect mate at Lincoln Park Zoo
At Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago an African antelope wears rubber hose pieces over his horns to protect a female during mating season. Keepers take precautions each mating period to reduce risk.
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Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago
Ousted Regents Return to Jobs
WARSON CITY Nev UPI Gov Charles Russell Wednesday renamed the four new regents of the University of Nevada who were ousted by the Supreme Court. The high court ruled the four vacant posts created by the 1957 legislature and to be filled by the governor, rather than by the legislature. Russell reappointed Cyril Bastian of Caliente Grant Sawyer of Elko William Elwell of Las Vegas and M. E. Broadbent of Ely.
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Nev
UPI
Charles Russell
University of Nevada
Supreme Court
High Court
Russell
Cyril Bastian
Caliente
Grant Sawyer
Elko
William Elwell
Las Vegas
M. E. Broadbent
Ely
Inventor Dies at 75 in Mountainville
Lawson Valentine Pulsifer 75 inventor of the first waterproof varnish and contributor to protective finishes for the Armed Forces during both world wars died Wednesday in Mountainville. He patented waterproof varnish and aided military coatings programs and research throughout his career.
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Mountainville
Lawson Valentine Pulsifer
Bridge changes promised after surprise Colorado River snag
Arizona farmers and navigation interests welcomed a Corps of Engineers review after a bridge over the Colorado River restricted river traffic. The agency ordered modifications to provide adequate vertical and horizontal clearance, signaling a formal crackdown on the construction team and a pending update timeline.
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Expert Says Smoking Not Cancer Link
Yale pathologist Dr. Harry S. N. Greene told a House subcommittee that investigations have failed to prove a direct causal link between smoking and lung cancer. He questioned statistical methods and noted different mouse strains respond differently to tobacco tars, urging caution in applying animal results to humans.
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Yale University
Harry S. N. Greene
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Greene
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Faked Hari-Kiri Ends in Tragic Self-Injury
Tokyo report says Koji Nishikwa bled to death Wednesday after accidentally stabbing himself while faking Hari-Kiri to frighten his wife, who had accused him of drinking too much. She fainted and could not summon help.
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Tokyo
Koji Nishikwawa
Ceylon envoy criticizes abuse of Americans and thanks aid
Colombo Ceylon’s ambassador to the United States denounces fellow countrymen who abuse Americans yet accept their aid. Gunawardene says he is no stooge of America but acknowledges the 25 million dollars provided by the United States last year and expresses gratitude.
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Gunawardene
British Jets Pound Muscat in Oman Uprising
British RAF jets pressed the revolt in Oman with 12 sorties against rebel strongholds near Nizwa and Wad Halfinj. The sultan asked Britain for help as Imam Ghaleb Ben Ali led gains across about 2,000 square miles of the 82,000 square mile sultanate. Ground troops were not planned, though Kenyan cameroonian rifle companies arrived at Sharje Base for desert action.
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Imam Ghaleb Ben Ali
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London
Said bin Taimur
Cameronian Rifles
Kenya
Sharje
Cairo
Arabian Peninsula
Prof Quits England and Attacks GI Foreigners
Waldane, a renowned biologist and former editor of the Communist Daily Worker, emigrated and departed by plane for India on Wednesday. The report notes his move following his resignation from England and his remarks toward GIs and foreigners.
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Communist Daily Worker
India
Bulganin accuses West of stalling arms talks
Soviet Premier Bulganin says Western powers stall disarmament talks to aid Adenauer’s election bid. He files a 6000 word letter to Prime Minister Macmillan, proposes mutual aid withholding against aggressors, and links German reunification to disarmament talks while urging reciprocity in London talks.
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Konrad Adenauer
Macmillan
United States
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Adenauer
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Germany
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