Search Is Held For Downed Navy Plane
U S and allied forces hunted for a four engine P4M Mercator patrol plane believed shot down by Communist Chinese aircraft 32 miles off Wenchow China near Formosa. Essex carrier warships land based planes and several destroyers joined the search as navy personnel were recalled from Hong Kong.
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Shang
Peiping
Formosa
U.S
Wenchow
China
Navy
Japan
U. S
Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Shanghai
Maan Islands
Chengsi Islands
Hwangtehshan
Essex
7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
Okinawa
Foss
Walton
Orca
Hong Kong
Cowell
Cushing
Owen
Prichett
Ike Is Matched With Stevenson For 1956 Presidential Race
1 323 GOP convention delegates roared approval of an Eisenhower Nixon ticket and predicted a repeat of 1952 against Stevenson. Nixon won his place after Stassen urged voters to back him. Eisenhower quashed Stassen’s bid to drop Nixon and praised Nixon as a strong choice. Nixon expressed gratitude from Whittier for delegate support. Eisenhower to accept renomination later today. Nixon may address if his father’s illness allows.
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Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Libertyville
Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Congress
Whittier
Calif
United States
Pigeons Cause Death of 14YearOld at Bridge Trestle
In St. Louis 14 year old Marvin D Ivey died after a 60 foot fall from a railroad trestle under MacArthur Bridge while his 15 year old companion Dale Moon watched. Moon said Marvin was climbing the trestle to take pigeons from nests when he lost his balance.
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ST. Louis
Marvin D. Ivey
MacArthur Bridge
Dale Moon
Marvin
Rains Bring Some Relief Across Texas Panhandle and Plains
Rains across Texas provided temporary relief to drought areas but critical conditions persist in many regions. In the Panhandle and South Plains, moisture helped pastures and some crops, while non irrigated cotton and grain sorghum deteriorated in southern Plains counties. Farmers hope additional rain will come as livestock feeding continues and harvests proceed in the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
G. G. Gibson
Panhandle
New Hope
Knox Parr
Amarillo
South Plains
W. H. Jones
Lubbock
Plains
Joe Glover
Fort Stockton
South Texas
Joe Rothe
Weslaco
Winter Garden
Rio Grande Valley
Coastal Bend
Eisenhower Opens Campaign Drive At San Francisco Convention
President Eisenhower met 27 House candidates at the St. Francis Hotel as he prepared to deliver his renomination address. He planned to outline the administration’s record for a second term and later receive senatorial hopefuls. Calhoun Allen of Shreveport praised the President’s cheerful appearance. Nixon returned from Whittier after visiting his ailing father as delegates cheered for the re election bid.
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Eisenhower
House
St. Francis Hotel
Calhoun Allen
Shreveport
Louisiana Dist
Cow Palace
Nixon
London Suez conference ends with 18 powers majority plan to Egypt
The Suez Canal conference reached a conclusion as 18 powers agreed to present an international operation of the canal to Egyptian President Nasser. The five-power emissary group includes Menzi and others to Cairo. Dulles may not attend. The Indian plan for supervision remains as an alternative.
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Suez Canal
United States
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Russia
India
Indonesia
Ceylon
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Cairo
Ethiopia
Iran
Sweden
V. K. Krishna Menon
Nasser
Menon
New Zealand
T. L. McDonald
U. S
Dulles
Dmitri Shepilov
Deadlock in CWA Western Electric contract talks studied
New York union leaders study options as 18 000 telephone installation workers threaten a nationwide strike after the contract expired. Negotiators have not met since Monday. Union seeks 8 cent pay boost, union shop, more vacation and hospitalization benefits, and elimination of regional pay differentials.
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New York
Communication Workers of America
Western Electric Co
Bell Telephone System
Joseph Dunne
CWA
Joseph Beitte
North
South
Deadly Turnpike Pileup Kills One, Wounds Twenty Seven
A foggy New Jersey Turnpike crash on a three lane stretch near the Raritan River bridge left one dead and 27 injured. William Parker of Washington DC died at Middlesex General. State police called it the worst pileup in years as vehicles including a trailer with frozen chickens and another bus were scattered across the roadway.
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New Brunswick
N.J. M
Trailways
New Jersey
William Parker
Washington, D.C
Middlesex General
Stephen J. Sakii
Raritan River
Nixon to Return to San Francisco For Nomination
Vice President Nixon, at the Republican National Convention, will fly back to San Francisco to accept renomination due to his father Frank A. Nixon's critical illness. Doctors say the elder Nixon, 77, is improving after a rupture of the main abdominal artery and remains in satisfactory condition.
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Nixon
Frank Nixon
Whittier
California
Clara Jane
Large Draft Call Asked in Texas for October
State Selective Service requested 847 men for October, the largest draft call since December, part of a national quota of 17,600 for the Army. Col. Morris Schwartz said about half of Texas local boards will be asked for 1,416 men to undergo pre induction exams. Boards not yet allocated will already have had September examinations. Local quotas will be mailed Aug 29 and targets are men 22 or older, with delinquents or younger volunteers excluded. Schwartz expects the call to be filled by volunteers and men without children.
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Austin
State Selective Service
Texas
Army
Morris Schwartz
Schwartz
Weather update from Snyder Texas forecast
Yesterday low 62 degrees. Today at 7 30 a m the reading is 66. West Texas remains clear to partly cloudy through Friday with isolated afternoon thunder showers mainly in Pecos valley westward and no significant temperature change.
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Snyder
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Plane lands on one engine after trouble over Kentucky
An American Airlines Convair carrying 32 people from Nashville landed in Louisville on one engine and prayer after the other engine backfired over Elizabeth Town. Captain R W Long said the faulty mechanism controlled firing in the engine and pumped oil. The flight arrived two minutes late and flew 19 minutes on one engine. Passengers remained calm during the ordeal.
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Louisville
American Airlines
Nashville
Tenn
Long
L. C. Latham
Tucson
Ariz
Snyder officer and fire crews search for missing boy
Police and firemen were summoned around 8:30 p m to the Canyon community to locate a boy missing since 7 p m. Mrs Ed Taylor reported the disappearance and later informed authorities the boy was found before responders arrived.
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Snyder
Canyon
Ed Taylor
Britain Plans Additional Hydrogen Bomb Tests Next Spring
The News Chronicle predicts Britain will drop two to four hydrogen bombs in tests scheduled for next spring at Christmas Island in the Pacific, expanding its nuclear program.
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London
The
News Chronicle
Britain
Lonely Christmas Island
Pacific
Advertising executive Robert Cornell dies at 78
Houston Chronicle former advertising manager Robert Cornell died yesterday at age 78. He led ad operations for the paper and helped grow its marketing strategy during his tenure.
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Houston
The
Houston Chronicle
Robert Cornell
Polio report shows drop in cases nationwide
Washington figures show 902 polio cases last week, under half of the 2,134 recorded the prior year. Michigan rose to 62 cases, Chicago 133 amid city outbreaks, with Illinois leading states at 180 and California 65. Through Aug 18, 7,095 cases this calendar year, versus 11,848 last year.
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The
Public Health Service
Michigan
Chicago
Illinois
California
Iowa
New York
Texas
Liberals Rebuffed In Move To Reconvene Texas Convention
Texas liberals failed to force a reconvened May convention as State Democratic Chairman George Sandlin denounced the effort as a smoke screen. Navarro County Judge Jim Sewell called the recessed May convention to order for Sept. 10 to consider party matters, while Raymond Buck urged waiting for the Sept. 11 session unless an emergency justified action.
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George Sandlin
Texas
Sandlin
Navarro
Jim Sewell
Democratic Advisory Committee
11Th Senatorial District
Democratic Party of Texas
Sewell
Raymond Buck
Fort Worth
Johnson
Johnson City
Chicago
State
Democratic Committee
Kathleen Voigt
San Antonio
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