Tropical storm Gladys barrels toward Texas coast
Storm Gladys threatens the Rio Grande Valley with 50 mph winds and flood warnings as it tracks inland toward Roma Texas. Two Guzman sisters, Anita nine and Lucille eleven, drowned off Padre Island while their family vacationed in the area. Flood watches extended along the Devil and Pecos rivers while meteorologists warn of possible heavy rainfall similar to last July.
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Rio Grande Valley
Gladys
Brownsville
Tex
Mexican
Texas
Rio Grande
Falcon Dam
Mexico
U.S
Roma
Devil’s
Pecos
John Hagen
del Rio-Hagie Pass
Weslaco
la Feria
Cease Fire Pact Fails as War Breaks Out in Gaza
Cairo reports 4 Israelis killed with no Egyptian casualties after 20 Israeli troops invade the Gaza Strip at 7 30 p m and clash with Egyptian forces in Tabet El Assra. Israel disputes the charge while UN Armistice Commission notes may be accidental border crossing.
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Gaza Strip
Tabet el Assra
Egypt
Israel
Truce Commission
Jerusalem
U.N. Armistice Commission
U.N
Labor Day Toll Tops Record as Global Crisis Grows
The World News Roundup notes 397 dead nationwide with 301 in highway crashes on Labor Day. Eisenhower and officials laud workers as nation builders. Tropical storm Gladys heads for northern Mexico and the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Hurricane Flora remains at sea. Firing resumes on the Gaya strip as cease-fire fails. Florida Governor Collins criticizes Senate opposition to reapportionment but vows no coercion.
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Gladys
Mexico
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Flora
Quake rattles Santa Clara County jail and homes
A minor quake in Northern California rattled San Jose causing cracks in the Santa Clara County Jail walls and plaster, food toppled from shelves, dishes shifted, plate glass shattered, and several chimneys loosened their stance as residents felt the tremor.
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San Jose
Calif
San Andreas
California
Santa Clara County
Word of Caution On '56 Tax Cuts
Rep. Daniel A. Reed of New York, senior Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, warns that a word of caution is in order about the chances for tax cuts next year.
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Washington
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means
Train Collision Injures 25 Near Bucyrus
The Manhattan Limited passenger train bound from New York to Chicago collided with an eastbound freight four miles west of Bucyrus Ohio. About 25 people were injured though none were in serious condition. The crash occurred at 2 55 a m EST five minutes after departure from Bucyrus.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Manhattan Limited
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Here
Bucyrus Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Labor Day Festivities Wind Up With Water Show Golf Tour Dinner
Fireworks at Lido Beach close Sarasota area Labor Day events tonight. A water skiing show begins at 2 30 off Bayfront Park, golf at 3 30 at Sarasota Bay CC, and livestock association dinner at 5 30 at Belspur building. Fireworks start at 8 30. Local business and city activity pause until midnight. traffic incidents remain minimal.
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Bayfront Park
Sarasota Bay Country Club
Sarasota
Bright Spot Pupils to Learned Professor
A humorous dialogue explains laughter as a contortion of the human countenance caused by external circumstances that are ridiculous or funny and accompanied by varied sounds such as giggle and roar. The professor notes laughter arises from a mix of voluntary and involuntary responses.
Nation honors labor as workers enjoy Labor Day
President Eisenhower and top labor leaders saluted workers on Labor Day while the nation marked a new employment peak with about 66.4 million Americans employed in August. Mitchell said the job total reached a record high for the third straight month. Meany and Reuther predicted increased union political activity after the impending AFL CIO merger.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
AFL
George Meany
CIO
Walter Reuther
Egypt Considers Russian Arms Offer Amid U S Pressure
Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Gamal Salem said Cairo may accept arms from Russia if Western nations fail to honor promises and existing contracts. Reports from Calcutta note the move as Cairo weighs its suppliers amid Western delays.
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Egypt
Russia
Calcutta
India
Gamal Salem
Collins Attacks Senate Bloc Over Redistricting Stand
Gov Collins labels the 20 member Senate majority selfish and greedy for opposing his reapportionment plan. He vows not to use force, in a Labor Day speech amid a three month redistricting battle. The governor says the bloc fights to maintain power over legislation rather than aid small counties.
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Florida
LeRoy Collins
Senate
Dunnellon
Collins
Fatal Accidents Mark 397 Lives During Labor Day Holiday
A safety expert warned Americans were dying violently on highways and streets at a rate of one every 12 minutes as the Labor Day holiday neared its end. Anticipated road tolls suggested the final count could surpass the 1951 record of 461 deaths.
Florida Labor Day weekend toll nears 400 deaths
Nine people died in Florida over the holiday weekend with seven in traffic crashes and two drownings. An Associated Press tally shows 301 motor vehicle deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. today, plus 47 drownings and 49 other accidents for a total of 397. The pace exceeds the annual average and nears the three day holiday record.
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Associated Press
Florida
Clint Rigsby
Escambia
Sheriff’s
Vinell Owens
Fort Myers
James W. Orr
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Orr
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Sarasota County Labor Day Quiet Weekend Record
Sarasota County reported an unusually quiet Labor Day weekend with no drownings or deaths, no injury traffic accidents, and only one arrest for reckless driving from midnight to noon. State police confirmed no injury crashes occurred.
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Sarasota County
Americans Freed By Soviets After Captivity
Berlin reports three Americans including Wilfred C. Comnish of Amesbury and Murray Fields of Brooklyn, held seven years, plus Frederick Charles Hopkins, released by the Soviet Union. They were sent to an Army hospital for checkups and detained as deserters or under review.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
U.S
Wilfred C. Comnish
Amesbury
Mass
Vienna
Murray Fields
Brooklyn
N.Y
West Germany
Frederick Charles Hopkins
U.S. State Department
William T. M
William A. Verdine
John H. Noble
Ringling Tiger Injures Worker in Cage Gap Incident
A 500 pound Bengal tiger at Ringling Bros. circus reached through cage bars and clawed a meat cutter from menagerie staff. Charles Red Oswald, 47, of Sunbury Pennsylvania, suffered a gashed arm and was hospitalized.
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San Francisco
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Charles
Red) Oswald
Sunbury
A Good Day For School
A weather note forecasts a peculiar phenomenon tomorrow as 7000 county school children start early dawn. Minnie Mermaid notes graduates will see dawn on time with late afternoon showers. Sarasota area expects scattered showers and thundershowers through Tuesday with a mix of early morning and night showers on the East Coast.
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Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Lower East Coast
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Marines Battle
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Geneva
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Dick Miller
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Herb Stolander
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