Rebel General Becomes Argentina's President
Argentina's rebel forces won a peace agreement and unconditional surrender from loyalists of Juan Peron. Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi named provisional president as Peron’s fate remained unclear, with reports of him aboard a Paraguayan gunboat in Buenos Aires harbor. The junta announced Lonardi would assume power Thursday.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Lonardi
Alianza Nacionalista
Alianza
Cordoba
Eduardo A. Lonardi
Juan Peron
Paraguay
International Radio
U N General Assembly Sidetracks Red China Seat Issue
The U N General Assembly shelved the Red China seating question for 1956 after a 42 12 vote on a U S motion. Chile’s Jose Maza was elected president as Molotov urged Peiping while Lodge and Nutting argued against debate. The agenda for the 10th session moved to Steering Committee for initial review.
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United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
China
Russia
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Chile
Jose Maza
Molotov
Peiping
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Dulles
Anthony Nutting
Lodge
Britain
Indonesia
Burma
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Soviet Ukraine
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Israel
Afghanistan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
Red China
George Yeh
Harrison Township annexed to Terre Haute in historic vote
Terre Haute City Council unanimously approved Special Ordinance No. 21 to annex Harrison Township adding about 12 000 residents or more than a 20 percent population increase. Mayor Ralph Tucker hailed the action as a big step forward for a bigger, better city. The measure includes a two year bond on municipal services funded from a special tax fund.
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Harrison Township
Terre Haute
Ralph Tucker
City Hall
Charles Harrington
Joan Brentlinger
Harrington
Robert X. Kelly
Ernest Nicosen
Plane Crash Injures Fifteen At Dow Air Force Base
A four-engine refueling plane from the 341st Air Refueling Squadron crashed on approach at Dow Air Force Base Maine injuring fifteen. Maj. Bert H. Lynn Jr. and eight other crew members plus three base firemen were hospitalized for burns and minor injuries.
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Dow Air Force Base
Maine
Air Force
341St
406Th Air Refueling Wing
Strategic Air Command
Bert H. Lynn Jr
Centralia
Alonzo R. Dodson
Middleton
Wis
Howard I. McKinney
Brainerd
Minn
Kenneth E. Danielson
Mountain City
Albert J. Thome
Moorland
Iowa
Nationalists Fire On British Ship Off Foochow
A Chinese Nationalist warship fired on the British freighter Helikon near Foochow, port area under Communist control. The Royal Navy said there were no damages or casualties.
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Hong Kong
Helikon
Foochow
Royal Navy
Sheriff Defends Deputies in Stout Beating Claim
Sheriff John Trierweiler denied accusations that deputies beat Jerry Stout during removal from the motorcycle crash. He said deputies did not see Stout until hospital arrival, and that Stout allegedly swung at a nurse in the emergency room. The sheriff added Stout kicked Deputy Raymond after hospital transport.
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John Trierweiler
Jerry Stout
Union Hospital
St. Anthony’s
Trierweiler
Stout
Donn R. Gossom
Raymond
Evansville City Coach Lines drivers weigh possible strike
Evansville Indiana drivers and mechanics voted to authorize a strike if a new contract isn’t negotiated by September 30. The potential action could impact service as the city awaits a bargaining outcome.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansville City Coach Lines
Voter Registration Drives Ahead of City Election
Indiana statutes require registration before the City Election on November 8. Traveling registration boards will operate in all city sections from 1 PM to 9 PM and at Room 3 in the courthouse from 8 AM to 5 PM. Boards will be at Ward and Precinct locations on listed dates.
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Indiana
Weather summary from The Weather By U & Weather
Partly cloudy conditions with temperatures around 67 at 6 am and rising toward afternoon. Sunrise at 6 36 and sunset at 6 49 with river stage data indicating a fall.
Local weather summary for yesterday and night
Highest temperature yesterday was not recorded. Lowest temperature last night was 60. Precipitation totaled none.
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Indiana
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers. Lows around 65 tonight, highs near 85 Thursday. Friday trends show partly cloudy and cooler. Indiana sees considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunder, warmer in the north and central areas tonight. Thursday to be partly cloudy and somewhat warmer with showers likely. Morning temperatures around 68 and a 2 PM reading of 93.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Local Airline Seeks City Help to Block Merger
Lake Central Airlines requests city intervention to halt the merger with North Central Airlines. Gwin Hicks and James Humphreys spoke at a Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee meeting, noting growth and a pending Oct 24 Federal Court hearing in the Northern District of Indiana.
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Lake Central Airlines
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Board of Aviation Commissioners
Terre Haute House
Gwin Hicks
James Humphreys
Lake Central
North Central Airlines
Federal
Northern District of
Indiana
Three Youths Die In Hamilton Car Crash West Of Richmond
In Ohio, three youths from Hamilton aged 20 17 and 20 died when a car failed to stop at a side road and collided with a semi on U S 40 nine miles west of Richmond Indiana. A fourth occupant 18 was injured and hospitalized. the truck driver 56 suffered minor injuries.
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Richmond
Ind
U.S. 40
Hamilton
Ohio
Dominic Mottolo Jr
Alfred
John W. Thompson
Philip C. Garrod
Oteey
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
John E. Lindsey
Indianapolis
Edward Cordell
Emmett Till Murder Trial Opens in Mississippi Court
Mose Wright testified as the first prosecution witness in the murder trial of white half brothers J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Wright described the night of Aug. 28 and the alleged display of a pistol and flashlight by one defendant.
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Sumner
Miss
Mose Wright
J. W. Milam
Roy Bryant
Emmett Till
Chicago
Bryant
Tallahatchie County
Mississippi
Young Till
Milam
Gerald Chatham
Wright
Eden to Explain Spy Bungling in Missing Diplomats Case
British Prime Minister Anthony Eden is ready to explain personally the alleged Foreign Office bungling in the investigation of missing diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess. The two disappeared from Britain while the Labour government ruled and reports claimed they were Soviet spies. Eden planned to address the cabinet as Hope signaled Eden would answer questions over why the men slipped behind the Iron Curtain during inquiry.
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London
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Donald Maclean
Guy Burgess
Britain
Labor
Eden
Lord Hope
Hope
Search for kidnapped baby Robert Marcus grips San Francisco area
San Francisco police led a three county hunt for three day old Robert Marcus snatched from Mt Zion Hospital. A blonde woman described as 35 to 40 and 5 feet 6 inches was sighted in San Jose Marin County and San Francisco as officers searched hospital environs and questioned residents.
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San Francisco
Robert Marcus
Donald Scott
San Jose
Santa Clara County
Marin County
Robert
Mt. Zion Hospital
Sanford Marcus
Henrietta Guerrara
Guerera
Ruth Haugan
Novato
Point Reyes
Marin
Hanna Marcus
Holland
England
Dr. Marcus
Philadelphia
Marcus
Austrian Princess Marries German Prince in Venetian Ceremony
In Venice on September 21 a 15 year old Austrian princess Virginia Furstenberg wed 31 year old German prince Alfonso Hohenlohe Langeburg before a grand assembly. The church, canal procession, and lavish gifts echo Kaiser era pomp with Europe’s nobility present.
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Venice
Italy
Kaiser Wilhelm
Virginia Ira Furstenberg
Holy Roman Empire
Alfonso Maximilian Hohenlohe-Langeburg
San Sebastian
Tassilo Furstenberg
Europe
Franz Kheve
Eller
Charming
Maricano Moore Heavyweight Title Bout Shifts to Tonight
Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore were set for the heavyweight title fight tonight at Yankee Stadium after a postponement. Odds stayed 4-1 for Marciano with gate potential near 900000 dollars as officials expected a 70 thousand attendance if weather cooperates. Moore faced nerves at the physicals while Marciano avoided disruption ahead of another exam.
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Jack Cuddy
New York
U.P
Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
International Boxing Club
Yankee Stadium
Moore
Marciano
Eight Die as Coney Island Fire Blaze Fueled Suspicion
A late September morning blaze in a row of aging Coney Island residences killed eight people and injured at least 12. The fire, possibly arson, broke out near dawn trapping residents in beds and destroying a boarding house two blocks from the beach and amusement park. Police and Fire Commissioner Cavannagh called the origins very suspicious and launched an arson probe.
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New York
Coney Island
Coney Island Beach
Edward Cavanagh
Agriculture Dept Reports Record Farm Subsidy Losses
The Agriculture Department said losses from price support programs hit a record 799,061,464 dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30, up from 419,477,074 dollars the prior year. Losses stemmed mainly from giving away or selling farms acquired under price support purchases and from loan liquidation operations.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Indiana Traffic Toll Near 750 For Year
Indiana state police report 749 traffic deaths through last Sunday, up 20 from a year earlier. Rural highways accounted for 591 fatalities and city streets for 158.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
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Ohio Streets
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Crawford Streets
Lulu Osborne
College Avenue
Liberty Avenue
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E Taylor
North Third St
Merke
First Avenue
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Lafayette and
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REA School
Terhorst
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Eighth
Idaho Streets
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Seventeenth Street
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17Th
Franklin Streets
RED Men’s Hall
Mulberry
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Chase Streets
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Fourth St
Fourth Ave
Fifth Ave
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U & Weather 6 Bureau
City Aid
Hicks
Babe
Wecs
Jacques Griffe
Paris
Edward Egon
Sebastiano
Marocco
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