Eisenhower Sees Inflation as Key Global Problem
President Eisenhower, in Washington, tells Free World financial leaders inflation endangers savings and depresses government, industry, and people. Speaking before leaders of the IMF, World Bank, and IFC, he urges joint action to defend currency value during a Newport RI vacation pause. He planned talks with Crown Prince Feisal and Attorney General Brownell.
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International Finance Corp
Newport
Columbine
Crown Prince
Feisal
Saudi Arabia
Herbert Brownell
Peical
Atomic Test Thunderclap at Angel's Peak Desert
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated Whitney, the summer series test, atop a 500 foot tower in Nevada. The 15,000 kiloton yield test drew guests including Secretary of State Dulles and Ambassador Abball Alkhayyal. Observers noted the Middle East situation and a Brownell briefing on Little Rock school integration developments followed the casual reception.
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Sheikh Ab
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Stranded Water Skiers Trigger Island Brush Fire
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND UP A fire lit as a signal by stranded water skiers burned unchecked in southeast brush. About 200 airmen and 75 naval ordnance men battled the 300 acre blaze spotted by a Western Airlines plane. The Coast Guard cutter Morris helped as the two boats were refueled and escorted to Avalon. Boat owners were identified as W. B. Sterns of Downey and Robert Reen of Pacoima. Navy construction work remained safe.
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Japan In New Plea For End To H-Bomb Tests
Washington reports Japanese Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama brought a new appeal to the United States to halt H-bomb tests in the Pacific. He planned to push the issue in talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Public sentiment in Japan remains strongly against further testing.
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Washington
Aiichiro Fujiyama
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Pacific
Joan Foster Dulles
Albert Schweitzer
Tokyo
Knowland Nearing End of State Tour on Gubernatorial Bid
California Senator William F Knowland on the final stretch of his state tour as he weighs a gubernatorial bid. He plans a homecoming in Oakland Oct 4 and has narrowed possible announcement sites to Los Angeles San Francisco or Sacramento. He toured the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood and planned a rally with the Los Angeles County Republican All-Nationality Council.
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California
German Training Ship Sinks Leaves 87 Youths Dead
Reports say the German training ship Pamir foundered in mid Atlantic after losing sails amid hurricane Carrie. 52 cadets and 35 crewmen aboard aged 16 to 18. lifeboats found empty. rescue ongoing with 80 mph gusts and heavy seas hindering efforts.
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Desert Test Blast Sparks Mushroom Cloud Over Sierra Nevada
A nuclear test at Yucca Flat in California created a towering mushroom pattern, its eerie purple flash seen across the western United States from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Media observers watched from 55 miles away as shock waves rolled across the desert, with impacts reportedly felt as far as Bishop and Cedar City.
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Explosion Traps Eleven In Marianna Mine Rescue Ongoing
In Brownsville Pennsylvania a gas explosion trapped eleven miners at the Bethlehem Steel Marianna shaft. Four men, all supervisors, were later confirmed burned as rescuers worked through fires and debris to reach the others. Rescue plans pursued a five mile main shaft route with multiple teams exploring an old shaft to locate all entombed workers.
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William Nelson
John Krupzik
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Winds Fan Newhall Blaze Grows On Santa Ana Winds
Dry Santa Ana conditions pushed a brush fire southwest of Highway 99 toward Oat Mountain. The blaze threatened Orcutt Willett Ranches an oil field and a Nike base as it jumped lines and burned 550 600 acres. Several firefighters were injured including two 16 year olds Richard Flores and Walter Fonteno hit by a falling tree.
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Oat Mountain
Richard Flores
Long Beach
Walter Fonteno
Los Angeles
Florida Governor Warns Southern Colleagues
Florida Governor Leroy Collins told the Southern Governors Conference at SEA ISLAND Ga that the South risks political decay if it clings to a Confederate racial furor. He urged Southerners to embrace change and competence for presidential viability, while Arkansas Governor Faubus criticized national figures for aggravating Little Rock integration tensions.
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Faubus
Herbert Brownell Jr
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Officer Convicted Of Trying To Sell Secrets To Russia
SHREVEPORT La UP An Air Force officer is held under maximum security awaiting review of his court martial conviction for attempting to peddle secret Air Force data to Russia Captain George H French World War II veteran and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient was convicted Friday and sentenced to dishonorable discharge life imprisonment and forfeiture of all pay and allowances A spokesman said French dropped a letter at the Russian Embassy in Washington listing a hotel address and promising to furnish information for a price
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Placecalliss
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Democrats Fear Split In California Senate Race
California Democrats wary of a party split as they face United States Senate and attorney general contests. Factions in the California Democratic Council back Rep. Claire Engle of Red Bluff or San Francisco Sen. Robert I. McCarthy. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown leans Engle. McCarthy has funds and support. The council meets in Fresno January 10 to 12 to consider endorsements.
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Goodwin J. Knight
William F. Knowland
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Dodgers Site Trade Subject of Lawsuit
A tax payers suit filed in Superior Court seeks to halt action in the Los Angeles Brooklyn Dodgers trade. Attorney Julius Rubin represents two plaintiffs living at Chavez Ravine alleging the deed from the Federal Housing Administration to the city limits the land to public use for a housing project, not private development.
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Admiral Soemu Toyoda Dies in Tokyo at 72
Admiral Soemu Toyoda, once Commander in Chief of the Imperial Navy's Combined Fleet, died of pneumonia in Tokyo at age 72. He led the navy General Staff when Japan surrendered in World War II and was tried but acquitted of war crimes by a U.S. tribunal in 1949.
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U.S
Nine Negroes Enroll At Central High. Crowd Forcing Pullout
Nine Negro students integrated Central High School in Little Rock but were withdrawn by Mayor Mann as a resisting white mob threatened to surge out of control. The crowd jeered police and demanded proof of the move, while city officials and the attorney escorted an elderly woman inside to confirm the action. Meanwhile, in Washington, the Senate Rackets Committee prepared to air charges that Hoffa loaned one million dollars of union funds to aid a Minneapolis store during a teamsters strike.
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Midwest
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John W. Thomas and Co
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Bob Welsh
iLife Magazine
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Chessman Alleges Harassment of Attorney in Court
Los Angeles author convict Daryl Chessman claims his attorney has faced ongoing harassment as he fights the death penalty. The case involves a Marin County grand jury subpoena for George T. Davis to appear on October 7, with a later November 25 hearing on Chessman’s appeal for a new trial. Davis notes Chessman seeks release of funds from a sold manuscript impounded during an investigation into how The Face of Justice was smuggled from San Quentin.
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Daryl Chessman
Chessman
George T. Davis
San Francisco
Marin County
Herbert V. Walker
Davis
Walker
San Quentin
Judy Garland Calls Off Show Due to Flu Rumor Created
Judy Garland canceled her all star variety show appearance after a Sunday performance as a fever spiked to 103 degrees. The singer, resting in a Washington hotel, said she only has the flu and is in good shape once treated by her physician.
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Judy Garland
Miss Garland
Confidential Jury Deadlocked in Obscenity Case
HOLLYWOOD UP prosecutors report a hung jury in the Confidential magazine case. Six men and six women allegedly deadlocked on conspiracy to commit criminal libel and print obscenity. Both sides say a hung jury is likely as deliberations continue on day six.
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William L. Rizzi
Rizzi
Arthur Crowley
Five Cars Leave Rails Rock Island Train Wreck at Peabody
Rock Island Twin-Star Rocket derailed five cars near Peabody Kansas injuring 22 people none from the Far West. Ambulances ferried the injured to Marion and Newton hospitals. Cause listed as possible broken switch point on a siding. Train was a Minneapolis to Houston run and did not stop at Peabody, speeding through yards at 60 to 80 mph.
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Tropical Storm Frieda Stalls East of Florida Coast
Tropical storm Frieda stalled 500 miles east of Palm Beach as Weather Bureau forecasters expected a northward turn away from Florida. Chief Forecaster Gordon Dunn said the revised path would remove danger to Florida while small craft along the northern Bahamas and southeast U.S. coast were warned not to venture far offshore.
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Frieda
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Bahamas
U.S
Atom victim in Hiroshima cited as 25th radiation death
In Hiroshima a 51 year old man Yoshio Naramoto died yesterday and doctors said he is the year's 25th casualty from radiation effects linked to the 1945 atomic bombing.
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Yoshio Naramoto
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