Fire fuels three building blaze on N Franklin St
Firemen battled a shed fire at 426 N Franklin St and spread to adjacent buildings at 428 and 424. An empty five gallon can was found. investigators consider arson. A Precision Cast Inc. watchman reported a man fleeing the shed but provided no description. Mary Springer alerted firefighters by smashing a window, waking three occupants. One firefighter later burned his hands removing a baby carriage. Concluded on Pages, Column 2.
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Franklin St
Frankline St
Francis Ferren
John Dacey
Franklin, St
Dacey
Precision Cast Ing Co
Franklin 'St
Mary Springer
Frederick
Springer
Sultan's Return Triggers Moroccan Coalition Standoff
In AIX LES BAINSFrance Istiqlal demands Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef’s return from Madagascar before joining a coalition. Paris rejects this, aiming to form a government first. Faure delays cabinet plans as talks continue amid threats of Moulay Arafa removal.
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France
Istiqlal (Independence
Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef
Pierre July
July
Ben Yous
Sef
Madagascar
Edgar Faure
Paris
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Faure
Istiqlal
Istatement
Ben Youssef
Think Granddaddy Is Asleep
Five year old Mark Dane was riding with his grandfather near Galway when the driver slumped at the wheel sending the car into a wire fence. Troopers found the man dead at the wheel, a natural death, as the boy walked to safety along Route 147. The grandfather was a 64 year old Albany conductor for the New York Central Railroad for more than 35 years.
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Mark Dane
William Dane
Albany
Saratoga County
Mark
P. George Sheldon
William J. Hickey
Sheldon
New York Central Railroad
Sacandaga © Reservoir
Five Air Crash Victims Found in Azores Wreck
Search parties recovered five charred bodies from a U S Air Force amphibious aircraft that crashed in the Terceira mountains. A sixth person is missing. The ill fated flight was enroute from Newfoundland to an Azores base. victims’ names were not released.
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Azores
U.S. Air Force
Terceira
Newfoundland
Quake Rocks City Arica Chile At 10 40 Last Night
An earthquake of medium intensity struck Arica in northern Chile at 10 40. No casualties or damage were reported immediately after the tremor.
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Arica
Chile
Today’s Editorial Pages Highlight Congressional Functions
The piece outlines functions of congressional investigations and committees with diagrams by David Lawrence in Today’s Editorial Page. Regular features appear across Amusements Editorials Bridge Letters Classified Radio-TV City Life Women’s Deaths Sports and Today’s Pictures.
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Radio-Tv
City Life
Blackboard Jungle Withdrawn as US Entry in Venice
Venice festival officials announced Blackboard Jungle was withdrawn as a U.S. entry at the request of Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce. A U.S. delegate said the film’s portrayal of American school life provoked the decision, with Interrupted Melody to be substituted.
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Italy
U. S
Clare Boothe Luce
Boothe Luce
U.S
Mitre
Young
Ures
Smun
United States
Air Chief Clears Risky Reservist Branzovich
Air Force Secretary Donald A. Quarles drops all security risk charges against reservist Stephen Branzovich whose father was accused of Communist party membership. He says Branzovich’s service aligns with national security interests and will end questions ahead of a planned Oct. 6 hearing.
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INS
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Stephen Branzovich
Communist Party
Quarles
Branzovich
Woman Clings to Party Line Amid West Huntington Fire
A woman refused to hang up her party line leading to a fire in Huntington West Virginia that destroyed one home and damaged two others. Chief John W. Gallagher said the blaze caused 6900 dollars in damage and left 19 people homeless. a neighbor pulled the alarm after five minutes. No serious injuries were reported.
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John W. Gallagher
Gallagher
West End
Fight Looms Over 1956 Tax Cut Plans
Washington faces a bruising election year fight as Democrats and Republicans align around possible tax relief. President Eisenhower may seek a balanced budget and a tax cut in January or frame one in 1957. Byrd cautions against premature cuts. George remains more hopeful for both balance and relief.
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Congress
Eisenhower
House
Harry F
Byrd
Dva
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Senate Finance Committee
Virginia
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Edith the Weak Sister forms in Atlantic as storm Edith stalls
Hurricane Edith, the fifth tropical storm of the year and third this month, drifts slowly toward the north north west with winds near 75 mph. Miami forecaster Gordon Dunn calls Edith a pretty weak sister as the storm remains disorganized with unclear cloud patterns. Edith was born Wednesday about 700 miles east northeast of Puerto Rico and 1 600 miles east of Miami and shows little signs of rapid intensification. Concluded on Page 2 Col 1.
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Dunnn
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Diane
Weather Man Predicted Fair Weekend Amid Rain
Andrew Keller forecast a mild, fair weekend but a cold front brought showers to Syracuse. He cited two high pressure areas causing the unexpected rain and said tonight will drop to 60 with an 82 tomorrow, wind turning easterly at 15 to 16 mph.
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Keller
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Lake Superior
West Virginia
New England
Corn Grinder Kills Boy on Farm in Boonsboro
State Trooper says a 4 year old boy Jonathan Harrell was killed near a silo while his father fed a corn grinding belt. The boy’s 7 year old sister described the sequence as they sat on a wagon end watching stalled belt loading into a four inch pipe. The incident occurred at noon near the barn where stalks were ground into silage for cattle fodder.
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Carrey Harrell
Ben
Clyde Tucker
Tucker
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Luther Har
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Malbad
Chine
Harold
Bill Pick completes Channel swim for Bloxwich
Calais France Bill Pick 32-year-old 252 pound pool manager swam the English Channel in 14 hours and 6 minutes after a deputation from Bloxwich urged him to start or quit. He left Dover and reached Calais this morning saying he swam to satisfy his hometown which raised about a thousand dollars for expenses.
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France
Bloxwich
England
Bill Pick
Dover
English Channel
Big Bill
Poison Milk Toll Rises in Japan
The national toll from poisoned powdered milk rose to 39 dead and 4,448 sick as families resorted to rice and gruel. Reports cite arsenic in a brand of milk and radioactivity detected by Osaka University as possible causes. Authorities say arsenic did not come from calcium enrichment from a nearby lime plant.
Today’s Chuckle
A humor note jokes that for the typical married man a timely stitch arrives as a total surprise.
Explosion at Standard Oil refinery devastates Whiting area
A massive blast at Standard Oil of Indiana in Whiting killed two people and injured at least 19 as windows shattered and flames roared across five-block zones. Homes, streets, and a 26 story hydroformer unit were damaged, with fires spreading toward a crude oil tank field.
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Ronnie
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Indianapolis Boulevard
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Plewniak Boy
Walter Thea
Charles Stoval
Stiglitz
125Th Street
Trujillo Donates $100,000 to Red Cross Flood Relief
Former Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo donates 100000 dollars to the American National Red Cross flood relief fund for use in the Northeastern States.
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Washington
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
American National Red Cross Flood
Plane lands on speeding truck in Idaho highway incident
Pilot Merc Bowler and Rex Yates were aboard a high wing plane that touched down on a moving truck trailer top along a highway near Orofino Idaho. Driver Lloyd Coons said he felt a slight jar and saw a shadow when the wing lifted. Neither were hurt and both aircraft and truck sustained damage. Deputy Sheriff Chris Fredricksen called it the darndest thing he had seen.
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Idaho
Ius
Kamiah
Merc Bowler
Lloyd Coons
Coons
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Bowler
Rex Yates
Chris Fredricksen
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