Eisenhower Illness Tops AP Selects Ten Best Of 1955
The AP list names the year’s top stories led by Eisenhower’s heart attack in Denver and recovery at Gettysburg. Other items include Salk polio vaccine issues, deadly 1955 floods and hurricanes, the Geneva Conference, Townsend Townsend romance fallout, Peron’s fall, Malenkov reshuffle, the Graham bomb murder, desegregation struggles, and Americans freed by China.
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Pharmaceutical Filed
United States
Mexico
Diane
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Asia
Africa
Margaret Peter Townsend
Britain
Juan Domingo Peron
Argentina
Peron
Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Graham
John Gilbert Graham
South
China
U S
Red China
Geneva
Princess Margaret of
Peter Townsend
Peronouster
Gilbert Graham
Mother
President’s heart attack shocks nation
Early reports indicate the President suffered a heart attack prompting medical care and nationwide concern. Officials provided updates on his condition as the nation watched for further information.
One Yard Apron Pattern Offers Easy Kitchen Accessory
Jiffy apron pattern 614 uses one yard of 35 inch fabric with iron-on trim in pink and green. Medium size, sends 25 cents plus 5 cents for extra patterns by mail to Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept New York. Includes Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog tease and requests for name address and zone.
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Terre Haute Tribune
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft
Pilot Mistakes Taxi Strip For Runway Crash Kills Air Force Pilot
An Air Force Captain, Dwight M. Cook, died after his T33 jet trainer misread a taxi strip at Los Angeles International and slammed into U.S. Highway 101. He ejected as the plane overturned and burned, badly injuring a passerby, Louise La Montagne, 25, of Oakland. Authorities called the incident a miracle that casualties were not higher.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Los Angeles International Airport
Dwight M. Cook
Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital
U.S
Oakland
Calif
Two Brazil Women Injured in U S 40 Crash Near Bridgeport
Special report states two Brazil residents, Mrs Ruffeen Deakins 45 and her daughter in law Mrs Harold Deakins 20, were injured in a car collision on U S 40 east of Bridgeport. They, and Herbert R Deakins, were treated at Indianapolis General Hospital and Clay County Hospital. The trio was returning from the airport after a Christmas visit. a local Indianapolis driver was involved.
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Brazil
Ind
U.S
Bridgeport
Ruffeen Deakins
Harold Deakins
Herbert R. Deakins
Indianapolis General Hospital
Clay County Hospital
Lawson
Indianapolis
Fort Riley
Kan
Unconventional lead shapes contract bridge play
North dealer vulnerable. South opened two notrump and faced a bold spade lead by West. West overruled partner to reveal king spade. defense misled declarer as East followed with four, South won and ran diamonds and hearts to secure game. Distribution by King Features Syndicate.
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West
North
South
East
Declarer
Nationalist China Returns Christmas Package From Post Error
Washington dispatch reports the Nationalist Chinese government recovered a Christmas package sent to two Chevy Chase children after a postal mistake. The package contained an 877 page United Nations transcript written in Chinese, which the children did not want.
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Washington
Chevy Chase
Post Office
United Nations
Harvard Students Die In Auto Truck Crash
Passavant Hospital officials said Stevenson suffered a damaged kneecap removed successfully and he will stay 10 to 14 days. William C. Boyden Jr and William S. North III died in the collision last Wednesday. a fourth youth was injured. Driver Fred Gill, 29, Detroit, faces involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide charges.
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Ind
Harvard
Passavant Hospital
Young Stevenson
William C. Boyden, Jr
William S. North, III
Fred Gill
Detroit
Stevenson’s Son Recovers From Crash Surgery
John Fell Stevenson, 19, son of Democratic presidential hopeful Adlai Stevenson, was reported improving after surgery following a traffic accident near Goshen. He remains under medical care and is expected to recover in time.
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Chicago
John Fell Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Goshen
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Mel Ferrer
Garfield
Gene Kelly
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Michael Kipp
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Heel Blyth
Ghay Damone Wort
Bole
Sebastias
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Miss Dove
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Central Press
King Features Syndic
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Kitchen Cabinet Co
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Canada
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