Yanks and Dodgers Open 1955 World Series Today
Mickey Mantle remained a doubtful start as rain cleared into a opening game at Yankee Stadium. Weather forecast improved with clearing skies and strong betting favoring the Yanks. Mantle tested his injured leg. if unavailable, Irv Noren would move to center and Elston Howard to left with Phil Rizzuto at short.
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Jack Hand
New York
Mickey Mantle
Yanks
Mantle
Ebbets Field
Mickey
Casey Stengel
Enemy Park
Irv Noren
Elston Howard
Phil Rizzuto
Stengel
Ford Frick
Brooklyn
Walter Alston
Alston
Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
Top Democratic Leaders to Huddle in Texas
Three top Democrats Adlai Stevenson Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn meet in Austin and on Pedernales Ranch amid talk of revived party chances after Eisenhower heart attack. Stevenson to speak at Gregory Gym on Americas Economic Colossus. dinner labeled social with Johnson and Rayburn. Shivers plans noted.
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Austin
Tex
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Stevenson
Rayburn
University of Texas
Johnson
Pedernales
Eisenhower
GOP
Gregory Gymnasium
America
Economie Colossus
Texas
Democratic Party
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Master Masons Gather for Rocky Mountain Meet in Butte
Master Masons from 18 lodges in and near Butte will attend the semi annual Rocky Mountain District Conference in the Mining City. The session opens at 8 oclock in the Masonic Temple with Montana grand master Charles W Johnson as a guest and speaker.
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Butte
Mining City
Rocky Mountain District Conference of Blue Lodges
Ben F. Bentley
Masonic Temple
Charles W. Johnson
Plains
Montana
Bentley
Byron Gaither
DeForrest Reed
Morris Sanford
Helena
John H. Davies
Earle N. Genzberger
Lima
Dillon
Wisdom
Philipsburg
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Marysville
Parkinson Named VP of Anaconda Aluminum Co
NEW YORK Anaconda Aluminum Co. announced the election of C. Jay Parkinson as vice president and a director. He has served as counsel for The Anaconda Co. and its subsidiaries since 1941. Robert F. Buechner was named assistant to the president after joining as a metallurgist in 1953.
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New York
Anaconda Aluminum Co
C. Jay Parkinson
Anaconda Co
Robert F. Buechner
Driver Charged in Six Deaths
Los Angeles prosecutors ordered six counts of manslaughter against Victor L. De Casaus after a four car crash on the San Bernardino Freeway killed six people including a family of five and injured four. Witnesses cited weaving at high speed and an opened vodka bottle found in De Casaus' sedan.
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Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Dist. Atty. S
Ernest Roll
Victor L. de Casaus
Hollywood
Roll
de Casaus
Alfonso
William H. Tobin Sr
Statler
Tobin
Xavier Cugat
Abbe Laine
de Casaus Brothers
California
de Casatis
Vincent Weiner
Joseph Golden
Duarte
Calif
Minnie
Linda
Robert
Barry
William L. Spackler
David R. Hearn
van Nuys
Plato First to Record Earths Roundness
A brief note recalls Plato as the first to record that the earth is round in 399 B.C., while Socrates is also tied to the era. The piece then shifts to a want ad pitch, urging readers to hire an ad writer at 5451 to sell or rent goods or find jobs. A 1 Guernsey cow with phone number 0000 is mentioned.
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Plato
Socrates
Furious Storm Janet Pounds Caribbean and Threatens Plane
Hurricane Janet roared across Swan Island with 125 to 135 mph winds en route to British Honduras and Yucatan. It is feared a Navy hurricane hunter plane with 11 aboard was shot down between Guantanamo Bay and Panama. An intensive search continues as forecasters estimate gusts up to 150 mph and warn of high tides and heavy rain.
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Miami
Fla
Janet
Swan Island
British Honduras
Yucatan
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Panama
Jacksonville
Caribbean Sea
Chetuman Bay
Belize
Quintana Roo
Mexico
Typhoon Louise Threatens Japan After Iwo Jima Smash
Typhoon Louise, packing 140 mph winds at its center, bears down on Japan after devast at ing Iwo Jima where the air base suffered major damage but no major injuries. Okinawa likely to be spared. Tokyo faces heavy rains as the storm moves northwest toward Kyushu.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Iwo Jima
Tokyo Weather Central
Iwo
Okinawa
Air Force
Kyushu
Central Meteorological Observatory
U. S. Air Force
Eisenhower May Not Need Delegation Yet Says Atty Gen Brownell
Atty Gen Brownell said President Eisenhower could handle all essential duties himself if still able, discounting any immediate need to delegate powers. He noted Denver reports were encouraging with Eisenhower having a good night and staying outside his oxygen tent.
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Washington
Brownell
Eisenhower
Spain
New York
Denver News
Benson Concedes Wrong in Security Case
Washington Secretary of Agriculture Benson admitted he erred in labeling Wolf Ladejinsky a security risk. He told a Senate subcommittee that most VA employees dismissed on security grounds would have been fired anyway, and he noted his ideas on security were shared with the President but would require legal review before disclosure.
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Washington
Benson
Wolf Ladejinsky
Senate
The
Veterans Administration
Agriculture
Ladejinsky
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Sen
Olin Johnston
DSC
White House
H. V. Higley
Higley
Prsident Eisenhower
Paul Hadlick
Senate Civil Service
Can Disgruntled Debtor Pay Off His Bills in Pennies
A California man tried to pay an $88.19 debt with 8819 pennies, but the creditor and judge ruled it ineligible as legal tender. Treasury officials offered conflicting guidance on what counts as legal tender, noting that pennies and nickels cover small sums while other coin rules vary. Experts said paying large debts in pennies would provoke counting and not be welcome, with humor about wheelbarrow loads.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Downey
Calif
Raymond P. Vinzant
Anthony J. Rivera
Rivera
A. Daniel Boone
Vinzant
Ft. Knox
Treasury Dept
U. S
Treasury
United States
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
The
Pennsylvania Avenue
Humphrey
Encouraging Report On Ike Prompts Public Hope In 1956
President Eisenhower shows continued recovery with long periods outside the oxygen tent and a restful night. Mrs. Eisenhower thanks well-wishers as physicians report stable vitals and a satisfactory day with progress and comfort. Maj. Eisenhower visits and aides foresee no early resignation.
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Denver
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Maj
John Eisenhower
White House
State Won't Get Missile Range
Navy spokesmen announced that a site near Fort Peck Dam in northeast Montana is no longer under consideration for a guided missile range. Rep. Lee Metcalf had claimed unofficial reports tied the range to Montana with about 700 jobs, but the Navy stated no decision has been made. Governor Hugo Aronson said officials had not committed to any location and that exploration was ongoing in several western sites.
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Helena
Navy
Montana
Fort Peck Dam
Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Metcalf
Glasgow
Hugo Aronson
Man Uses Denture Name to Cash Check at Ionia Bank
Celia Kennedy, a teller at Ionia National Bank in Ionia Michigan asked a customer for identification when he presented a paycheck. He flashed denture plates engraved with his name and his check was cashed without further questions.
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Ionia, Mich
Celia Kennedy
Ionia National Bank
Adenauer Pressured to Alter West German Alliance
West Germany faces pressure from Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s coalition and FDP leader Thomas Dehler to revise ties with Western powers. Dehler rejects Paris Treaties as a path to reunification and calls for direct talks with Moscow to end division, signaling a possible coalition split over foreign policy.
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BOM
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Russia
Free Democratic Party
FDP
Paris
Thomas Dehler
Adenauer
Lower Saxony
Bonn
Montana Weather Seen With Clouds and Showers
Montana forecast shows east region increasing clouds with scattered showers west and north, partly cloudy southeast Wednesday. highs 60 to 70. West region mainly cloudy with frequent rain Wednesday and Thursday, cooler. highs 55 to 65. Table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums to 5 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Lead in Kidnapping Case Fizzles as Elmira Visit Tied
Waverly New York police tracked a possible lead in the Bobby Marcus kidnapping to a hurried Elmira store visit by a woman with a baby. Mrs Mary Covey of Elmira phoned deputy sheriff Charles Van Riper claiming she matched the mystery woman and reported the encounter occurred Sunday night amid a border area search for a California plated car.
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Waverly
N. Y
Bobby Marcus
San Francisco
Elmira
Charles van Riper
Chemung County
Mary Covey
Poland objects to Dulles on Eastern Europe at UN
Poland's Marion Naszkowski denounces Secretary Dulles for labeling Eastern European states as Soviet satellites. He urges concrete steps and cites a need for a Geneva spirit while noting that coexistence with different systems gains ground. Continued.
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United Nations
Poland
U. N
Dulles
Soviet Union
Marion Naszkowski
U. N. Assembly
Geneva
Eisenhower
Naszkowski
Death Penalty Sought in Car Bomb Slaying Case
In San Angelo Texas the state seeks the death penalty as jury selection starts for Harry L Washburn in the car bomb killing of his ex mother in law Helen Harris Weaver. Prosecutors say Washburn planted the bomb aiming at Harry Weaver the husband. they allege he killed by mistake. The motive cited is a belief the Weavers damaged his marriage.
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San Angelo
Tex
Harry L. Washburn
Texas
Helen Harris Weaver
Washburn
Houston
Harry Weaver
Egypt Looks to Czechoslovakia for Arms Amid Tense Middle East
Washington and London warned against fueling an arms race as Egypt announced plans to obtain weapons from Czechoslovakia, a Soviet ally, in exchange for cotton. Nasser asserted Western refusals to arm Egypt and defended defense needs.
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New York
Egypt
Moscow
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Russia
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Britain
Gamal Abdel Naser
Cairo
Skoda
Nasser
Washington
State Dept
Dulles
Macmillan
Swift Founder's Son Fatally Shot
Corona Calif. sheriff deputies say Louis F Swift Jr aged 60 founder family member of Swift & Co fatally shot himself in Willows Ranch after telling his wife he wanted lunch He was in failing health and underwent throat surgery earlier He left a son Louis III and a wife Libby Chase Swift.
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Corona
Calif
Louis F. Swift Jr
Chicago
Willows Ranch
Swift
Swift & Co
Libby
Bouillion
Louis III
San Dimas College
Texas
Denver
Libby Chase
Clarence Carpenter
Carpenter
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
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