Britain and France seek U.N. aid over Suez plan
Britain and France ask the United Nations Security Council to meet in New York to discuss international control of the Suez Canal after Nasser's nationalization. Egypt backs bringing the dispute to the U.N. and Moscow likely supports Egypt, with Dulles endorsing the move.
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James F. King
London
Britain
France
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Nasser
Emilio Nunez-Portuondo
Cuba
New York
Cairo
Egypt
Security Council
Dulles
U.N
Council
Russia
Soviet Union
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Foreign Office
Guy Mollet
Lens
Eden
Mollet
Paris
U. N
Thut
Stevenson Pushes New America Plan for 15 Million Elderly
Adlai Stevenson released the first New America policy statement calling for a federal effort to improve health, happiness, income and usefulness for 15 million Americans aged 65 and over. He outlined the plan during a Denver stop and planned a 11 state tour totaling about 7000 miles. The statement urges Congress to create an office of older persons welfare and marks a broader campaign approach.
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Denver
Adlai Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rocky Mountain
Stevenson
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Congress
Older Persons’ Welfare
No Further Plans for Libby Dam
Washington reports that the Libby Dam project on the Kootenai River has no definite plans for immediate construction. Rep. Flare notes the project costs about 285 million dollars and would back water into Canada, with no funds appropriated yet and potential Canadian concurrence required. The plan is under consideration by the International Joint Commission.
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Washington
Army
Libby Dam
Kootenai River
Flare
R-Mont
Sunny
Libby
Columbia River Basin
Canada
Army Engineers
International Joint Commission
Season's Eighth Typhoon Located Harriett Near Guam
The U S Air Force reports Guam based weather planes located the season s eighth typhoon named Harriett about 440 miles south of Okina wa Winds reach 75 mph and the storm is moving northwest at 14 mph
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Harriett
Okinawa
Two More Lives Lost in State Auto Accidents
A car left the highway 30 miles south of Cut Bank killing George W. Burd and injuring his brother Arthur and Al Runninghorse of Browning. The incident raised Montana 1956 highway deaths to 193. Burd's family survives. Charles X. Jones, 73, Moscow resident, died after his vehicle left the highway near Superior. his death brought Montana traffic fatalities to 194 for 1956 with a Phoenix daughter as survivor.
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Babb
George W. Burd
C. Murl Beck
Beck
Arthur
al Runninghorse
Browning
Montana
Burd
Missoula
Charles X. Jones
Moscow
Idaho
Pullman
Wash
Jones
Superior
Phoenix
Ariz
Montana Weather Cloudy cool totals across state with showers
Montana east sees considerable cloudiness and cooler north central portions with few showers in the extreme north and high temperatures from 60 to 75. West of the stateExpect scattered showers in the north Monday and Monday night with highs 55 to 72 and cooler nights. The table notes the maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending 5 30 p m Sunday.
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Montana
Furious Storm Flossy Threatens Louisiana Coast
Hurricane Flossy battered offshore crews and stranded 40 at sea as it neared the Louisiana coast with 75 mph winds. Two crewmen were presumed drowned as the storm forced Coast Guard evacuations and delayed rescue efforts.
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New Orleans
Flossy
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Golden Meadow
Here
Weather Bureau
Carport
Mississippi River
U.P
Generals Push Army Air Arm Growth in Atomic Age
Washington AP reports Lt. Gen James M. Gavin and Maj. Gen Hamilton H Howze advocate expanding the Army air fleet to support ground forces in the atomic era. Gavin warns that mobility decides victory while Howze notes current Army aviation lags the Air Force, urging fieldable aircraft capable of accompanying troops.
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Washington
A.P
Army
James M. Gavin
Hamilton H. Howze
Air Force
Hundreds Search for Lost Child Denise Reynolds
In Isle Minnesota a two year old girl Denise Reynolds wandered from a cottage while her parents hunted nearby. National Guardsmen joined 350 volunteers from Isle and three nearby communities in a search that began soon after she was reported missing.
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Isle
Minn
U.R
National
Oliver Hardy Shows Slow Improvement After Stroke
Comedian Oliver Hardy of the Laurel and Hardy duo showed very slow improvement Sunday at St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank. The 64 year old suffered a stroke on September 14 and had a fairly comfortable night with some response and recognition of persons according to a hospital spokesman.
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Hollywood
Oliver Hardy
St. Joseph Hospital
Burbank
Hardy
Bolivia imposes martial law after La Paz riots
Rioting in La Paz left three dead including a policeman and about 10 injured. A state of siege was ordered for the country as soldiers and police restored order. Officials blamed vandals financed by ex mine owner Aramayo while citing food price unrest.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Hernan Siles Zuazo
Carlos Victor Aramayo
Aramayo
Kefauver Attacks Nixon Over Hoover Parallels in Washington
Senator Estes Kefauver assailed President Eisenhower policies as harming Main Streets and accused Vice President Nixon of echoing Herbert Hoover. He spoke at a Longview, Washington news conference during his state campaign swing, arguing Nixon cannot deliver on his lofty promises.
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Ephrata
Wash
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Longview
Columbia River
Colorado Springs
Kefauver
Hoover
Algerians Ambush French Convoy in Western Algeria
Nationalist rebels ambushed a military truck convoy in the Ksour Mountains of western Algeria. Six French soldiers were killed and thirteen wounded in the Sunday attack.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ksour
Nixon resumes campaign on rest break in Colorado Springs
Vice President Nixon, fatigued by a swift campaign pace across 11 states, rests in Colorado Springs. He walks, attends church, and plans to stay on a high level, avoiding attacks while urging voters to choose continuity of Eisenhower era prosperity. He and Pat Nixon discuss campaign strategy as they resume travel toward 21 states.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Nixon
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Sen. Kefauver
Secret Service
Broadmoor
O. W. Griswold
Griswold
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Czechs Steal Plane and Gas to Escape Reds
Two Czechs, Air Force Lt Vladimir Vrzal and Ludovic Sebela, stole 20 gallons of fuel and a single engine plane at Vyskov Air Base near Brno, flew 170 miles to Peinting in West Germany after overpowering a guard. They reached Denmark later, seeking asylum after slipping from a folk troupe.
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Passau
Germany
U.P
Freedom
Air Force
Vladimir Vrzal
Ludovic Sebela
Vyskov
Brno
Peinting
Vizal
Sebela
Danube
Austria
Nuernberg
U. S
Body search for missing boy in Missouri River near Great Falls
Great Falls fire department Cascade County Sheriff's Posse and police searched the Missouri River near Broadwater Bay for Neil Bergstrom a 12 or 13 year old who reportedly drowned after slipping from a dock. Witnesses heard a cry for help but initial alarms faded as the river conditions hindered recovery efforts. The pole remained on the dock and officials believe the body may have drifted away from the dock area.
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Great Falls
Berserk Jordanian Kills 3 Israelis
A Jordan soldier seized a Bren gun and shot three archaeologists near Jerusalem with fifteen others wounded. The United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission cited a Jordan delegate saying the soldier acted in a sudden madness before being arrested and sent for mental examination. An Israeli spokesman reported machinegun and rifle fire hit the group.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
U. N
Mixed Armistice Commission
Ramat Rahel
Strange Death At Calcutta Funeral
Abdul Khalek died at his own funeral in Calcutta's Muslim cemetery. Gravediggers noticed breathing as his body was lowered. A doctor determined he was alive but comatose. An ambulance was summoned but Khalek died before it arrived. The service resumed.
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Calcutta
Abdul Khalek
Khalek
Evacuation Ordered As Massive California Fire Advances
A timber fire storm east of Lake Arrowhead forced nearly 1,000 residents from Sky Forest Running Springs and Crest Park as 14,00 firefighters battled 5 000 to 6 000 acres of timber blaze. The jet crash started the fire, with hundreds of firefighters from California Arizona New Mexico and Riverside and San Bernardino counties aiding the effort.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead Mountain Resort
U. S. Forest Service
Richard Johnson
Forest Service
Crest Park
Johnson
Deep Creek
Santa's
California
Arizona
New Mexico
U. S. Forestry
San Beragg
City Creek Road
U. S. Highway 30
Running Springs
U. S. 30
Arzona
Surgeons Remove Bullets From President Somoza
President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua was flown to the Canal Zone where three surgeons at Gorgas Hospital operated on four bullets. His condition was described as satisfactory. He suffered a bullet through the spine and another in the shoulder. two hours of surgery.
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Panama
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
U. S
Gorgas
Ancon
Canal Zone
Somoza
Leon
Managua
Central America
Leonard Heaton
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Arab leaders converge in Riyadh for three nation talks
In Riyadh three Arab leaders King Saud Egypt's Gamal Nasser and Syria's Shukri al Quwatli opened a new conference amid plans for a communique likely to reaffirm support for Nasser's Suez Canal nationalization. Indian Prime Minister Nehru arrives to join discussions. Prince Feisal accompanied his brother.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
A.P
King Saud
Gamal A. Nasser
Egypt
Shukri Fl Kuwatly
Syria
Saudi
Dammam
Jawaharlal Nehru
Prince Feisal
Saud
Feisal
British Soldier Killed by Bomb in Cyprus Attacks
In Cyprus a British soldier was killed by a blast as a security patrol entered a cave near Limassol. Three other soldiers were wounded by timed bombs on a Kyrenia beach. In Larnaca a gun attack wounded a soldier and his wife as they walked home with their 10 year old daughter. two suspects were arrested.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Limassol
Kyrenia
Larnaca
German Freighter Shelled by Reds at Amoy Harbor
In Amoy China, the West German freighter Monika, 1106 tons, took shelter from a typhoon and was shelled for about an hour by Communist shore batteries. One German engineer was killed and two others were wounded, including the chief engineer, as the ship fled eight miles offshore in heavy seas. A British ballistics expert called the fire big but provided few details.
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Hong Kong
Rey China
Amoy Sunay
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