President Eisenhower Signals Active Campaign Support for GOP
President Eisenhower sent a 300 word telegram to Republican leaders urging a strong, accurate report of the party record for 1956 and pledging to do everything in his power to aid the campaign. Leonard W. Hall praised the President’s leadership as the meeting planned an Aug. 20 San Francisco convention. The message outlined goals of economic growth, fair productivity sharing, improved health education and welfare, and pursuit of a just enduring peace.
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Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Leonard W. Hall
San Francisco
Hall
One Illinois 5-D Fatality Toll At Noon
Nationwide traffic deaths reached 14 by noon with Illinois and several states reporting fatalities. Snow and freezing rain warnings affected driving in northern and central Illinois. Victims included Gerald La Grow 27, a sailor. L T Ball 22. Donald Mosher 23. and Robert M Johnson 44. Eisenhower safety committee promotes careful driving and walking.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Indiana
Louisiana
Michigan
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
New York
Richmond
Robert M. Johnson
Centerville
Ind
Gerald LaGrow
L. T. Ball
Plymouth
Mich
Canton Township
Detroit
Donald Mosher
Glens Falls
N. Y
Eisenhower
Committee For
Occasional Snow For Southern Illinois Weather Update
Occasional snow or freezing rain this afternoon causes hazar dous driving conditions with more rain tonight and Friday. Temperatures fall to 30 tonight and reach the 40s Friday with a low 32 Friday night. Readings show 13 yesterday and 28 at noon today while Crab Orchard Lake sits 95 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 101 inches below spillway.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Benson Outlines Six Point GOP Farm Program
Secretary of Agriculture Benson presented to Republican leaders a six point farm program approved by President Eisenhower. The plan aims to dispose of surpluses, expand exports, purchase to curb gluts, assist low income rural families, boost research and markets, and accelerate the Great Plains wheat and grazing land program across ten states.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Eisenhower
Congress
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Brouth
Great Plains
Policemen Opt To Let Driver Park Near City Hall
Boston police ordered a tow truck to remove a car parked illegally outside City Hall. The driver rushed from City Hall claiming he was collecting the city pay master to deliver police pay checks to police headquarters. A policeman halted the tow saying this is one we can’t afford to tow away.
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City Hall
Engineer Dies In Cab Of Nebraska Zephyr Near Monmouth
The engineer E M Peck of Galesburg collapsed and died in the cab as the CBQ Nebraska Zephyr headed from Ottumwa Iowa to Galesburg Illinois. Fireman J I Wilson of Galesburg halted the train after crossing the Mississippi River bridge at Burlington. Another engineer W M Daniels of Burlington brought the train to Monmouth. Death was due to a heart ailment.
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Nebraska Zephyr
Monmouth
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Ottumwa
Iowa
Galesburg
Ill
E. M. Peck
J. Wilson
Mississippi River Bridge
Burlington
W. M. Daniels
Employment Up Washington Dec 1 Report Shifts Chicago Peoria
The Labor Department said employment conditions in Chicago and Peoria have improved and moved to a balance in labor supply from the previous slight unemployment category. The change places these cities among others with improved job conditions.
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Washington
Labor Department
Chicago
Peoria
Indictment Targets Truman Aides in Fraud Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in St Louis indicted three men on a conspiracy to defraud the government. Named are Matthew J Connelly former appointment secretary to Harry S Truman Theron Lamar Caudle former DOJ tax chief and Harry S Schwimmer a former Kansas City lawyer previously charged with perjury.
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Matthew J. Connelly
Truman
Theron Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Harry S. Schwimmer
Kansas City
French Drive For Assembly Voting Opens
France’s campaign kicks off hours after Premier Faure dissolves the National Assembly the first postwar move of its kind. Mendes France and Socialist backers rally against the dissolution and promise strong district by district bids as elections under the 1951 modified proportional system loom.
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France
Selby
Ed Faure
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes- France
Faure
Assembly
Mendes-France
Vey
L’express
Algeria
Morocco
Typhoon Patsy Rises to Typhoon Status Near Okinawa
A late-season tropical storm that battered the Philippines intensified into Typhoon Patsy south of Okinawa. It is generating 100 mph winds with 36 dead and over 100 missing in Manila reports and widespread damage. Reports mention 129 missing in boat disasters.
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Tokyo
Phillipines
Pacific
Okinawa
Patsy
Manila
Philippine Red Cross
Reserve Plan Results Poor in Early Army Training
The Army reports about 4 500 six month trainees in the first eight weeks of the new reserve program. Officials say the six month training phase is off to a slower start than expected. National Security Training Commission members and Army officials cite education and understanding of options as reasons for the slow enrollment.
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Washington
Army
National Security Training Commission
Commission
Mana
David Sarnoff
Caojen
Canton cab driver admits killing 8 year old girl
Canton police announced cab driver Lloyd Miller 29 confessed to the murder of Janice May, an 8 year old Canton schoolgirl. Miller described the assault and disposal of the body after meeting the girl near railroad tracks. He gave hours of questioning and was arraignment pled by the Fulton County state attorney.
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Springfield
Canton
All
Lloyd Miller
Tiny Janice May
James Christensen
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Miller
Christensen
Blaine Ramsey
Fulton County
Danville
Evansville
Ind
Lebanon Pair Missing After Bloodied Home Firearms Clues
Police chase leads in the Lebanon case of carpenter Harold Smith and his wife Arlene, declared missing after a bloodstained home with five bullet holes. A brown belt found near the wall is the only tangible clue. investigators consider a link to a previous nearby fatal shooting and two former mental patients. Robbery ruled out as motive. their 1954 car remains in the garage with keys in the ignition.
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Lebanon
Harold Smith
Arlene
R House
Clifford Flood
St. Clair County
Edgar Schaefer
St. Louis
Carey Rejects Debt Claim as CIO-AFL Merger Advances
CIO moves toward quick merger with AFL despite John L. Lewis demanding payment of about 1.665 million dollars. Lewis claims the UMW advanced the CIO about 7.25 million in the late 1930s and stresses the past loans, while Carey accuses Lewis of maneuvers to control big Washington banking interests.
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CIO
AFL
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Washington
James B. Carey
National Bank of Wachin
Carey
Caen
Alf
Dairy Workers End Rock Island Strike With Pay Boost
Milk production and deliveries return to normal after AFL Teamsters Local 37 members, about 300 workers, ratified a new contract ending an eight day walkout against nine Quad Cities dairy firms. The deal provides an average weekly raise of 15 to 20 dollars and immediate 16 cent hourly hike for skilled inside workers, with shifts to 40 hours weekly by June 1957.
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Quad Cities
AFL Teamsters and Chauffers Union
Assi
Rock Island
Silvis
Moline
East Moline
Ill
Davenport
Bettendorf
Iowa
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la Prensa
Form
Juan Peron
Gainza Paz Family
Aram
Driver
Boston
U.S
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Pekin
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