Hurricane Alert Issued For Florida East Coast
Weather bureau raises alert for Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida as hurricane Iane packs 90 mph winds and moves west north west toward the coast. Forecasters warn of potential U S impact within 24 to 48 hours and advise small craft to avoid Atlantic travel. Hilda lashes Yucatan with 75 mph winds and moves inland toward Cozumel and the border region with British Honduras.
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Ione
Atlantic Ocean
Arrow
Florida
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Iane
Jone
U.S
Yucatan
Cozumel Island
Chetamel
British Honduras
Argentine revolt broadens as Peron regime faces three provinces
The largest military uprising since Peron took power erupts in three Argentine provinces exactly three months after a June naval rebellion that killed thousands. East German Premier Grotewohl arrives in Moscow with a delegation to begin talks with the Kremlin. Hurricane Hilda strikes the Yucatan Peninsula with 110 mph winds while Ione lingers offshore. Red China frees two American civilians, part of a promised release of 22. U S Bureau of Mines teams join volunteers to rescue two uranium prospectors trapped in an ancient Kansas mine. Chancellor Adenauer says West Germany will keep its stance against Moscow despite potential diplomatic ties. Eisenhower receives a UN disarmament briefing on Russia’s attitude toward inspection plans.
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Juan Peron
Grotewohl
East Germany
Moscow
Kremlin
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Buenos Aires
INS
Juan D. Petron
Trapped Miners Rescued Silence Looms Over Old Shaft
In Georgetown Colorado Bureau of Mines experts join 100 volunteers in a tense rescue of two Kansas prospectors Glenn Dew 33 and Melvin LeBlow 45 both farmers from Ulysses Kansas believed dead after entering an ancient mine shaft 3000 feet inside near Georgetown. The men were last seen at 2 30 p m yesterday following their Geiger counters beneath rotted timbers.
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Colo
Bureau of Mines
Kansas
Glenn Dew
Melvin LeBlow
Ulysses
Kan
Denver
Sarasota
Governor Collins Sees Hope on Reapportionment Impasse
Governor Collins reports a ray of hope in the reapportionment deadlock but cannot announce any specifics after consultations with several opposing senators during the August legislative recess. He vows to continue the fight, insisting the Legislature must fulfill the constitutional reapportionment mandate.
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Collins
Senate
Bay, Monroe
Manatee
Sarasota
Bay
Monroe
Bay-Monroe
South Florida
North Florida
Runaway Elephant Vicki Near Charlotte In Jeopardy
A 2300 pound elephant named Vicki fled from an amusement park and roamed toward Douglas Airport six miles west of Charlotte. Police join a growing posse of handlers and volunteers as the animal charges at pursuers and may be destroyed if not captured soon.
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Charlotte
N.C
Vicki
Douglas Airport
U.S. 29
John Ringling North
Smoky Strickland
U N Disarmament Talks Report From Stassen
President Eisenhower receives a first hand briefing from Harold E. Stassen on United Nations disarmament talks in New York. Stassen, deputy U S representative, notes Soviet attitudes toward the inspection proposals and the broader Geneva process entering its third week. American officials see Moscow weighing the era proposals amid expanded talks on ground inspections.
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Eisenhower
Harold Stasgen
United Nations
Russia
Sarasota
Denver
Harold E. Stassen
United States
U.N
Bright Spot Doctor Medicine Given to Family
A mother explains a medicine left for a baby has been consumed by the family. She says the baby did not receive it all and lists that the father, mother, sister, brother, and Aunt Sue each took a spoonful to coax the infant.
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Big Brother
Adenauer Firm On Red Issue
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer affirmed that establishing diplomatic ties with Moscow will not alter West Germany’s opposition to a Communist East. He said Moscow’s rejection of West German claims to represent all Germany did not surprise him and warned that leaving one satellite could alarm the others.
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Adenauer
West Germany
Moscow
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Jet bomber crashes near Cleveland after test flight
A four engine B45 jet bomber from Eglin Air Force Base crashed nine miles southeast of Cleveland Texas after four crew parachuted to safety. The aircraft belonged to the 3244th Test Squadron and was on a test flight.
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Cleveland, Tex
Here
3244Th
Eglin Air Force Base
Pensacola
First Of 22 To Be Freed Red China Frees U S Civilians
Two American civilians, Walter A. Rickett of Seattle and Rev. Harold W. Rigney of Chicago, were released by Red China as the first of 22 prisoners promised freed. Rickett admitted espionage for the United States during the Korean War era. Rigney, dean of Fu Jen University in Peiping, spoke of the border release with officials and reporters.
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Red China
Hong Kong
Red China Today
United States
Walter A. Rickett
Seattle
Harold W. Rigney
Chicago
Fu Jen University
Peiping
All News Agenboth
East German Leaders Arrive in Moscow for Parley
East Germany Premier Otto Grotewohl led a delegation to Moscow for talks with the Soviet government. Walter Ulbricht and Lothar Bolz joined him as Moscow officials including Molotov Khrushchev Kaganovich Malenkov greeted them. Premier Bulganin was ill and absent.
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Grotewohl
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Otto Nuschke
Lothar Bolz
Molotov
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Pervukhin
Lazar Kaganovich
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Nixon to Open Indiana Campaign Tour in 1956 Bid
Vice President Nixon begins Republican 1956 campaign in Indiana with a speech at the National Plowing Contest in Wabash and a GDP dinner in Indianapolis. GOP leaders warn declining farm prices threaten gains for a GOP Congress, signaling Nixon as the party's response to Democratic attacks on farm policy.
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Nixon
Wabash
Ind
Eisenhower
Indianapolis
Leonard W. Hall
Tax Rate To Remain At 12.5 Mills Preliminary City Budget Presented For Study
Sarasota's preliminary budget for 1955-56 totals 2.75 million dollars with the tax rate kept at 12.5 mills for the sixth year. City Manager Kenneth Thompson presented the plan to the City Commission, outlining a general fund of 1.21 million dollars, a revenue producing and capital program totaling 1.06 million, and a water and sewer output of 759 thousand. The general fund includes staff additions for fire and police services and improvements to garbage collection, with a public hearing set for October 10.
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Sarasota
Kenneth Thompson
Lido Casino
Bobby Jones Golf Club
Mobile Home Park
Municipal Auditori
Departments of Public Safety and Public Works
St. Armands Key
Nationwide Revolt Hits Argentina Amid Siege
Rebel forces rise in Cordoba Entre Rios and Corrientes provinces prompting a state of siege. Loyalist troops claim early victory while reports from Eva Peron city and Curuzu Cuatia indicate ongoing clashes as Gen Morello pledges suppression of rebels. Rosario remains quiet amid regional unrest.
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Buenos Aires
Alberto Morello
Entre Rios
Corrientes
Brazil
Paraguay
Curuzu Cuatia
Rosario
Argentina
San Nicolas
Santa Fe
Minnie Named Amid Hurricane Hopes in Florida Report
A Florida weather note discusses hurricane discussion and calls for a playful Minnie weather figure to calm storms. It cites Sarasota forecasts with partly cloudy skies, 90 degree highs, and scattered showers along the southeast coast. Readings include 83 degrees, low 72, and light SE winds. Read Herb Stolander’s fishing column for tides and almanac.
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Florida
Coast
Keys
Southeast Coast
Kelys
East Gulf
Herb Stolander
Tides and Almanac
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