King Hussein seeks Iraq aid as Jordan warns of Israeli attack
Jordan's King Hussein told the Beirut paper Al Jerida he asked Iraq for military help against Israeli aggression as Egypt is preoccupied with the Suez crisis. He said Syria's aid would follow if Israel attacks boldly, and that Jordan's army is on the front lines ready to strike.
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Jerusalem
Hussein
Jordan
Beirut
Iraq
Egypt
al Jerida
Syria
Israel
United Arabia
U.N
John D. Royer Receives 33rd Degree Masonry Honor
John Daniel Royer secretary treasurer of Home Packing Company was awarded the 33rd degree at Cincinnati joining a class of 175 Masons. He has long held Terre Haute Lodge No 19 offices and led local Masonic bodies including Royal and Select Masters and Knights Templar. George E Bushnell led the ceremonies as sovereign grand commander.
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John Daniel Royer
The
Home Packing Company
Cincinnati
Royer
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masons
Northern Jurisdiction
Detoit
Terre Haute
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Knights Templar
Scottish Rite
Valley of Terre
Detroit
Supreme Council
Stevenson Links Eisenhower To Weak Presidency At Kansas City Rally
Adlai E. Stevenson accused President Eisenhower of a limited concept of the presidency and leadership. He said his critique targets philosophy and rejection of responsibilities, not the president's health, and spoke at a Kansas City rally introduced by former President Truman. He planned to write speeches and then address Wyandotte County officials in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Truman
Stevenson
Washington
Ike
Kaw River
Wyandotte County
Kan
Eisenhower Plans Two Or Three More Campaign Speeches
President Eisenhower announced at a news conference that he will add two or three major campaign speeches beyond his initial plan. He will not engage in barnstorming or whistle-stopping and offered no dates or locations for the extra talks. He cited numerous friend-made representations and said there is no current health issue prompting the tempo.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Temperature drop forecast in Indiana storm relief area
Indiana weather outlook shows cooler temperatures with highs mostly mid 70s to low 80s. Fort Wayne records 74 while Evansville reaches 83 as lows dip to the mid 40s to low 50s with no rain expected.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Weather map bulletin for Terre Haute area and Indiana
Mostly fair conditions with little temperature change through Friday. Terre Haute and vicinity expect a high near 78 and a low around 48 tonight. Indiana statewide forecast similar with minimal temperature variation through Friday. River stage listed at 3 feet and stationary.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Record Crime Wave For U S Seen By Hoover
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said the United States may hit a record 2.5 million major crimes in 1956 if the current trend continues. First half 1956 reports total 1,291,120, up 14.4 percent from a year earlier, with auto theft up 22.3 percent and declines only in robbery. The data come from police reports nationwide.
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Washington
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Bureau
Uniform Crime
Gabor's Jewelry Store Looted in New York Heist
The display window of Mrs. Julie Gabor's jewelry shop, mother of the Gabor sisters, was broken with a brick and jewelry valued between 4000 and 5000 dollars was stolen. Mrs. Gabor said the loss was not insured.
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New York
Julie Gabor
Gabor Sisters
Gabor
Indiana Demos Rally For Stevenson Campaign Swing
Indiana Democrats staged their largest rally of the year in Anderson as Adlai Stevenson prepared to address Monument Circle in Indianapolis. The 18,000 strong crowd heard Wickard and Kefauver criticize the Republican farm policy and urge 90 percent parity price supports amid a cross state rail tour ending at the Madison County Fairgrounds.
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Indiana
Anderson
Wickard Farm
Madison County Fairgrounds
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Wickard
Camden Farmer
Roosevelt
Noblesville
Kefauver
Tennessean
Gover
Typhoon Harriet Strikes Tokyo and Yokohama
Typhoon Harriet struck Tokyo and Yokohama delivering a glancing blow before moving to the Pacific. Two dead, 13 injured and about 30 missing in Japan. The storm destroyed 500 homes.
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Tokyo
Harriet
Yokohama
Pacific
Japan
Security Council Dates Debate Over Suez Charges
The United Nations Security Council voted to debate conflicting charges in the Suez dispute with the United States siding with six others to include Egypt's complaint on the agenda. Britain France Australia and Belgium abstained and the debate is set to begin late next week.
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N. Y
U.N. Security Council
Suez
U. S
United States
Russia
Council
Britain
France
Australia
Belgium
Suez Canal Co
Yugoslavia
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Egypt
Woman Keeps Mummified Roommate for 18 Months
Washington police report Zeita Louise Baker, 59, cared for her elderly roommate Lisle Thomas in a shared apartment since 1947, praying to revive her with spiritual healing after Thomas died from a heart ailment on a February night. Baker slept in a lounge chair while keeping the body in the bedroom and cashing pension checks to support herself. Neighbors detected a foul odor, leading to complaints and a police inquiry.
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Washington
Miss Thomas
Agriculture Department
Henderson School Attendance Up Amid Boycott
In Henderson Kentucky on September 27 attendance rose at the white boycotted Weaverton elementary school as a segregation foe laments leadership gaps. The Weaverton tally shows 267 white students and 5 Negroes in class, while two other schools report 220 absent among districts with Negro enrollment.
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Henderson
Weaverton
Rayburn Sugg Jr
White Citizens Council
County School Board
Central
Seventh Street
Collinsworth Held By Federal Authorities In Theft Case
William Joseph Collinsworth, 22, of 511 North Sixth Street, admitted stealing 1200 dollars in checks from a Mattoon bakery on August 4 and was taken to Indianapolis in federal custody to face a charge of transporting stolen property across state lines. He claimed Indiana State Teachers College enrollment, but staff denied official registration.
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William Joseph Collinsworth
North Sixth Street
Collinsworth
Mattoon
Ill
Indianapolis
U.S
Kenneth Scott
Edward Rauscher
Indiana State Teachers College
Richard E. Thursfield
L.T.C
Thursfield
Down the Stretch Standings and Schedule
Milwaukee leads with 91 60 and a .603 win pace three games left. Brooklyn sits 90 61 .596 with two remaining while Cincinnati has 89 63 .586 and two games left. Milwaukee and Brooklyn host three games each. Cincinnati travels to Chicago.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Tito Accompanies Khrushchev On Sudden Russia Trip
Belgrade reports Tito and Soviet leader Khrushchev took a sudden trip to Russia to rest at the Black Sea. They had not announced the travel and may discuss Yugoslav Communist status and possible new Soviet aid amid Western concern.
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Yugoslavia
U.P
Tito
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Black Sea
Khrushchev
Brioni
Soviet Union
Moscow
Cominform
Vienna
London
Britain detonates tower atomic device at Maralinga test
Britain today exploded a tower mounted atomic device at Maralinga Australia in the first test of a new series. The blast confirms Britain’s ongoing nuclear weapons program and advances foreign security concerns in the Pacific region.
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Maralinga
Australia
Britain
Trials Begin for 12 Poles in June Riots
Twelve men go on trial in Poznan in two courtrooms for crimes during the June 28 riots. Three youths face possible death by hanging for allegedly killing an unarmed police corporal. Nine others are tried for burglary and attacks on police, with 142 more to be tried later.
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Poznan
Poland
Western Provocateurs
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Injuries Fatal in Millersburg Auto Collision
James A. McCoy, 88, of Paoli, died Wednesday from injuries suffered September 15 when he walked into a car on Ind. 56 in Millersburg. The crash occurred near Paoli, and authorities reported his death Wednesday.
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Paoli
Ind
Millersburg
James A. McCoy
Registration Drive Sets Voting Deadline and Locations
Voters must be registered by November 6. Traveling boards will operate 1 to 9 PM on listed dates, with sessions at Vigo County locations including McClure residence South Fourth Street and several precinct sites such as Gibbons residence Ninth Street and Rea School Fourth Street. The Vigo County Board of Registration Office welcomes registrations 8 AM to 9 PM on those dates.
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Vigo County
McClure
South Fourth Street
Armpriester
South Tenth Street
Gibson
Twenty-first Street
Gibbons
North Ninth Street
Rea
Fourth Street
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-second
Linden Streets
Harrison D—Weldele
Blakely Avenue
Fayette
Babe Didrickson Zaharias Dies After Cancer Battle
Galveston reports Babe Didrickson Zaharias, famed multi sport star known as The Babe, died at 41 after a long fight with cancer. Her career spanned A A U basketball and track, Olympics, and golf, with a comeback after a 1953 cancer surgery before passing in John Sealy Hospital.
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Galveston
Tex
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
A.A.U
Beaumont
John Sealy Hospital
George Zaharias
Zaharias
Payton Loses Plea To Gain Freedom In Murder Case
Ernest C. Payton, now 61, lost a bid for a new trial in the Indiana Supreme Court. Convicted in Vigo County Circuit Court in 1925 of sponsoring the 1924 murder of Bugs Peters, he served most years at Michigan City prison after fleeing and being recaptured. The 16 year old accomplice, Alta May Wallace, was found guilty of manslaughter.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Ernest C. Payton
Alta May Wallace
Bugs” Peters
Payton
Indiana
Michigan City
Decatur
Ill
John P. Jeffries
Supreme Court
Five die in Michigan head on crash near Benton Harbor
Five people die and three are injured in a head on collision on U S 12 six miles east of Benton Harbor. The dead include elderly couple Bernard Willming 67 and Florence Willming 63 and teens Walter Cox 18 of Benton Harbor and Richard Kinsler 18 of Coloma along with two Marines David Immons 19 of Coloma and another Marine.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Michigan
Art Johnson
U. S. 12
David Immons
Coloma
Bernard Willming
Watervliet
Immons
Willming
Florence
Walter Cox
Richard Kinsler
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Gabor’s Jewelry Store
By Irwin J. Miller
Security Council
Henderson School
Babe Zaharias
Haute
Henry Bush
Herm Ermish Cleaners
Hulman Street
Huston
South Fourteenth Street
Cowan Bros. Florist
Twenty-first
Spruce Streets
Ninth Street
Lafayette Avenue
Maiden Lane
Harrison F
John Palmer
Margaret Avenue
Lest Creek
C—Glenn High School
East Glenn
Prairie Creek
Sugar Creek
West Terre Haute
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