Flossy Threatens East Coast With Heavy Rains Floods
Tropical storm Flossy moves toward the New York New England coast after causing at least 16 deaths and extensive damage along the Gulf. Weather warnings extend from Cape Hatteras to Provincetown with gusts up to 50 mph and two to three feet of tide rise.
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Washington
Flossy
New York-New England
Wilmington
N. C
Cape Hatteras
Provincetown
Mass
Long Island Sound
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
New England
Block Island
Cape Cod
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Jump in Major Crimes Noted
FBI figures show major crimes rose 14.4 percent in January to June 1956 from the same period in 1955. Auto theft led gains with 22.3 percent, while robbery fell 1.1 percent. An estimated 1,291,120 major crimes occurred, with one major crime for every 129 people.
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Washington
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Uniform
Divided Jerusalem sees Israeli Jordan clash continues after overnight war
Israeli and Jordanian troops exchanged heavy gunfire in divided Jerusalem after an overnight Israeli raid into Jordan. U N observers urged a cease fire but casualties were disputed with Jordan reporting dozens of dead and others wounded while Israel raised its toll.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
U. N
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Jordan Army
Arab Legion
Golda Meir
E. L. M. Burns
Palestine U.N
Musan
Baghdad
U. N. Truce Supervision
Palestine
Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower Leadership in Missouri Swing
Adlai Stevenson, with former President Truman present, charged President Eisenhower with avoiding positive leadership duties. He criticized farm policy and questioned who manages the administration during a Jacksonville to Kansas City trip aiming to win Missouri in November. He spoke aboard the plane The Joe Smith Express and pressed broader criticisms.
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Kansas City
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Truman
Stevenson
Jacksonville
Fla
Illinois
Florida
Missouri
Chicago
Stevenson Eyes Montana Campaign Stop at Great Falls
Adlai E. Stevenson plans to campaign at the Great Falls Municipal Airport at noon October 9 with three DC6 planes aboard. Montana Democrats expect up to 5 000 attendees and contemplate a second Montana rally in Butte if feasible.
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Great Falls
Adlai E. Stevenson
Montana
Illinois
Butte
Stevenson
Arnold H. Olsen
Helena
Leif Erickson
Democratic Central Committee
Cascade County
Leo C. Graybill
James R. Paul
Principal Stumped by Elvis Ban at Glendale High
Glendale Arizona principal Robert Scott faced complaints after removing Elvis Presley records from the Glendale High School cafeteria jukebox. One football player said he has no pep for calisthenics since Elvis was taken off.
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Glendale
Ariz
Robert Scott
Elvis Presley
Glendale High School
Elvis
Havre Man 195th Road Fatality
Veral E. Leek 21 a Havre construction worker died in a single vehicle crash on U S Highway 2 seven miles east of Havre. He apparently dazed, left the road into a borrow pit and struck the bank. Leek unmarried, survived by his parents and several siblings. Montana's 195th highway death of the year.
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Havre
Veral E. Leek
Montana
Haston Broadus
Leek
Broadus
U. S. Highway 2
Earl Leek
Billings Boy Drowns In Irrigation Ditch
Gregory Paul Bummer aged 2 died after falling into an irrigation ditch near his Rimrock Road home in Billings. His parents and neighbors searched the ditch for hours before the child’s body was found around 12:15 p.m. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Coroner Mel Boice noted no inquest would be held.
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Rimrock Road
Mel Boice
Yellowstone County
Death Dealing Typhoon Lashes Japan
Typhoon Harriet slammed into Japan driving northward with 115 mph winds. Near Nagoya about 20 passengers are missing after a landslide toppled a train car into a water filled ravine, with the car tumbling from a 24 foot cliff. Early reports list 2 dead 1 missing and 3 injured as communications reopen the toll is expected to rise. The U S Coast Guard rescued 34 crewmen from the British freighter Bedford Earl buffeted by seas off Okinawa.
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Tokyo
Harriet
Japan
Nagoya
National Railways
Kyushu
Shikoku
Tokyo- Yakama
U. S. Coast Guard
Okinawa
Whites Boycott of Integrated Henderson Schools Spreads
In Henderson Kentucky a white boycott of integrated schools spread to two more city schools, with attendance up slightly at Weaverton Elementary where it began. The White Citizens Council urged parents to keep children from all schools with Negro students, while officials noted 180 of 800 pupils stayed home at Central and Seventh StreetElementary Schools.
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Henderson
Weaverton
White Citizens Council
Central
Seventh Street
Donald E. Jones
Henderson County
Herman Barnes
Montana Weather Summary for East and West Regions
East region shows increasing clouds and stronger winds turning colder with scattered showers. Highs reach 50s to 80s, nights near 30s to 40s, Friday cooler with mixed cloudiness and continued cool air. West region expects much cooler days, scattered showers, highs 55 to 65, and nights around 35 to 40.
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Montana High
Billings
Acces
Belgrade
Broadus Ae
Great Falls
Havre Einai An
Kalispell
Lewistown Ow
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Nasser Meets With Cabinet on Suez Dispute Talk
Cairo President Nasser convened his Cabinet as the U N Security Council opened debate on the Suez Canal dispute. Informants said Nasser submitted a draft case Egypt would present against Britain and France.
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Cairo
Nasser
U. N. Security Council
New York
Egypt
Britain
France
Security Council
Matusow Guilty in Perjury Case
Harvey Matusow was convicted on five federal counts of perjury in New York after a 10 day trial. The former anti Communist witness faced sentencing Friday with a maximum 25 year term. The verdict followed his recantation that his prior testimony had been built on lies and an accusation against Roy Cohn.
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New York
Harvey M. Matusow
Matusow
John F. K. McGahey
Roy M. Cohn
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Cohn
U. S
Three Montana Road Projects Begin In District
MISSOULA Work started on three road construction projects in western Montana. Max Wilcomb of the Bureau of Public Roads said the Garrison to Avon job covers three miles with curve straightening. Grading on the Butte west four lane highway is finished and will be oiled this fall. Seal oiling is completed on the Whitehall section of U S Highway 10 and on the Virginia City Ennis road.
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Missoula
Montana
Max Wilcomb
Bureau of Public Roads
Garrison and
Avon
Silver Lake
Anaconda
Divide and Wisdom
Big Hole
Garrison-Avon
Butte West
Wilecomb
Whitehall
U.S. Highway 10
Virginia City
Ennis Road
Nixon Declares Adlai Not in Ike's League
Vice President Nixon said Adlai Stevenson isn’t in the same league as President Eisenhower as a world leader and critiqued his farm program as political demagoguery. He spoke in Kansas City and Springfield on a day highlighting civil rights remarks and foreign policy contrasts with Stevenson.
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Kansas City
Kan
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Missouri River
Springfield
Louisville
Truman
Florida
Dean Acheson
Korea
Formosa
Mr. Stevenson
Dulles
Quemoy
Matsu
United States
Houston
Tex
Dulles Sees Economic Pressure Forcing Suez Settlement
Secretary of State Dulles told reporters that mounting economic pressure would push Egypt toward a reasonable settlement of the Suez Canal dispute. He warned Western nations against a formal economic warfare while urging patience and persistence, noting Egypt risks losing development and Western ties if its anti West policy continues. He also announced plans to require U.S. flagships to pay tolls through the canal to Egypt.
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Washington
Dulles
Egypt
Suez Canal
United Nations Security Council
New York
Nasser
Security Council sets debate on Suez crisis next week
UN Security Council approved a far reaching debate on the Suez crisis beginning next week. Egypt and Britain France spar over violations of the charter and threats to peace amid preparations for high level talks in Paris and Washington.
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King Saud
Arabia
Shukri El-Kuwatly
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nasser
Kuwatly
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Suez Canal
What's in a Name A Ghost Writer and Want Ads
A newspaper item explains that a ghost writer produces articles or books under another name and that want ads fill homes, appearing day and night to sell rent buy or arrange services. It advertises dialing 5451 to get a ghost writer to craft effective want ads.
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Dial 5451
Lumber Trailer Flips on Highway West of Nissler
Leo M Richards 21 of Smithfield Utah escaped injury when a loaded flat bed trailer hauling 1x6 green lumber left U S Highway 91 14 miles south of Nissler and overturned. The trailer separated during a sharp curve. the tractor remained upright. Cantwell Brothers Lumber Co. owned the outfit. Richards posted bond on a “careful and prudent driving” charge.
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Leo M. Richards
Smithfield
Utah
Nissler
Herb Slack
Richards
Cantwell Brothers Lumber Co
Deer Lodge
Slack
Somoza Improves After Assassination Attempt Injuries
Doctors reported Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza is improving after serious wounds from an assassination attempt Friday night. Medical staff in Balboa Canal Zone provided the update on Wednesday as Somoza shows continued improvement.
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Somoza
Balboa
Canal Zone
Anastasio Somoza
Youth Charged in Taxi Theft
A youth was charged in a taxi theft case after taking a cab from Owl Cab Co downtown. Police tracked the stolen taxi to old Highway 91 near Meaderville where it was recovered. the cab, valued at $1,400, was parked at the stand before being driven away.
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Owl Cab Co
Vern Maddock
Highway 91
Meaderville
Dulles Rejects Peron Appeasement Charge
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles disputed Adlai Stevenson’s claim that Eisenhower aides urged appeasing former Argentine dictator Juan Peron. Dulles praised Milton S. Eisenhower for his 1953 Latin America mission and said he never interfered with State Department policy. He noted Peron’s overthrow occurred under the current administration.
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Washington
U.P
John Foster Dulles
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Juan Peron
Argentina
Dulles
Milton S. Eisenhower
Latin America
State Department
Peron
Miami
Fla
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