State Of Siege Declared As Peron Seizes Power
Congress granted President Juan D. Peron emergency police powers for a siege aimed at crushing opponents. The act covers over 3 million Argentines and lasts 13 days. Peron urged annihilation of enemies as he spoke to cheering crowds after rejecting resignation.
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Argentina
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Juan D. Peron
Peron
all-Peronista Senate
House of Deputies
Angel Enrique Peralta
Piaza de Mayo
Perowista
Oscar Bidegain
Bidegain
Queens Mother Admits Killing Infant in Bath
Christine Tegerides, 22, confessed to police that she drowned her 242 month old son George in a Queens apartment bathtub. She initially claimed a diaper saleswoman/kidnapper scene but later led officers to the body found in a closet. She was booked on a homicide charge.
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New York
Christine Tegerides
Asst. Dist Alty
Bernard M. Patton
Patton
Truman seeks rest to stay strong for 1956 campaign
President Truman said he needs rest between speaking engagements to endure a heated campaign next year and canceled two Democratic fund raising dinners in California. He denied any rift with Edwin Pauley, saying they remain friends and he will not withdraw from politics.
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Pauley
Dean Atcheson
California
Truman
Paul Buller
Democratic National Committee
Butler
Four Twin Jet Bombers Join Japan Mission
Four BS7 twin jet bombers capable of carrying an atomic device took off yesterday for Japan. The planes arrived last Thursday from Hamilton Air Field, and the U.S. government ordered changes to Hungarian legation activities in Budapest amid protests of police harassment toward Hungarians who visit the American legation for publications.
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Japan
Hamilton
la Sean Ie Vaile
Udena
Washington
Hungarian Legation
Wein Aas Trgad
Dulles
U.S. Bars Distribution of Hungarian Publications
The note to the Hungarian legation protested harassment of Hungarians contacting the American legation in Budapest. It cited 12 Hungarian employees arrested deported or disappeared, with one death and two later re employed by the legation.
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Legation
Baseball score roundup across leagues and cities
National League results include Cincinnati 7 New York 4 Brooklyn 6 Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 7 St Louis 6. Eastern League games show Allentown 2 Albany 1 Johnstown 14 Elmira 3 Schenectady 4 Reading 3 Binghamton 11 Williamsport ?
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New York
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Allentown
Albany
Johnstown
Elmira
Schenectady
Reading
Binghamton
Williamsport
Auto Group Tax Plan Hit By Johnson
Albany AP The state public works superintendent attacked the New York State Automobile Association leader as misinformed and seeking to misguide motorists over a proposed 750 million dollar state bond issue. John F. Johnson rebutted Oscar J. Brown who urged an immediate gasoline tax rise and a constitutional amendment to earmark funds for roads. Johnson said Brown’s plan rests on a complex network of ifs.
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Public ‘Works
New York State Automobile Assn
John F. Johnson
Oscar J. Brown
Association
The
Automobile Association
Johnson
Brown
Lworks
Russians Stall On Ike's Proposals
United Nations dispatch reports Russia's Arkady Sobolev pressed the West to state positions on Moscow disarmament plans citing major points and possibly delaying Eisenhower aerial inspections until responses arrive. He posed questions on armament ceilings for US USSR China and Britain France, signaling a broad test of Geneva spirit in the fourth Disarmament Subcommittee meeting.
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Francis W. Carpenter
United Nations
Russia
Arkady A. Sobolev
Moscow
Eisenhowler
West
U.N. Disarmament
Geneva
Sobolev
Julies Moch
France
Eisenhower
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Soviet Union
Sobelev
Britain
Canada
London
China
Russians Tito Agree to Expanded Yugoslav Trade Pact
Belgrade AP reports Russia and Yugoslavia will more than double trade, making Yugoslavia Russia’s top partner. Yugoslavia will receive a 54 million dollar credit for Russian raw materials and a 30 million dollar foreign currency loan. The accord pledges 70 million dollars in two-way trade annually for three years with possible peacetime nuclear cooperation.
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Yugoslavia
Russia
Cominform
Addi-on
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Nineteen Lehigh Freight Cars Derailed Near Corfu
Nineteen cars of a Lehigh Valley Railroad freight train derailed about two miles east of Corfu. Damage was estimated at 50 000 dollars. Six crewmen were uninjured. A railroad spokesman cited a defective wheel on the thirteenth car as the cause. The 90 car train was traveling from Manchester to Niagara Falls and 19 following cars including 13 loaded with coal left the tracks.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Genesse
Manchester
Niagara Falls
Benson At The Hague The Hague EU Trip Opens
U S Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson arrived yesterday by air from London for a 17 day European tour surveying prospects for disposing of American agricultural surpluses.
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Netherlands
U. S
Ezra Benson
London
Benson
D H Railroad Ordered To Maintain Key Passenger Runs
The New York State Public Service Commission ordered the Delaware and Hudson Railroad to continue all existing passenger service between New York, Albany, Whitehall, Plattsburg and Rouses Point until December 13, 1955. The order stays pending a study on the public interest of operating all trains.
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Delaware & Hudson Railroad
New York
Albany
Whitehall
Plattsburg
Rouses Point
Troy
Metropolis
Saratoga Springs
Laurentian
Montreal
Tray
Trov
Court House
Ticonderoga
George N. Mack
Auto Pact Talks Continue At Detroit After Midnight Strike Deadline
The midnight strike deadline for 24,000 American Motors Corp employees in three states passed with talks ongoing in Detroit. The UAW gave locals permission to walk out if no agreement is reached, following the pattern set by Ford GM and Chrysler as settlements arrived quickly in similar disputes.
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American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
American Motors
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
UAW
President Acts To Avert Penn Railroad Strike
President Eisenhower moved to avert a strike by 35,000 nonoperating Pennsylvanian railroad workers. The CIO Transport Workers Union threatened a midnight walkout over six years of grievances and mobilized 100,000 more members for picket duty at Pennsy terminals. An emergency board was created in Denver under the Railway Labor Act, delaying action for 60 days.
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Arthur Everett
Heiress Died Of Illegal Operation
Herman RK Silver, father of Doris Jean Silver Oestreicher, told District Attorney Samuel Cash that his family did not know the Schwartzes, who lived in the apartment where the 22 year old heiress died on August 24. Dash announced the death was due to an illegal operation and questioned whether criminal abortion was involved. Silver pledged cooperation as investigators probe the case and verify details about the alleged pregnancy and visit to the Schwartz apartment.
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Philadelphia
Herman RK. Silver
Doris Jean Silver Oestreicher
Silver
Dist. Atty
Samuel Cash
Oestreicher
Dash
Food Fair, Inc
Seaboard
Milton Schwartz
Schwartzes
Cash
Schwartz
Congress faces clash over Boston rope factory shutdown
Congress and President Eisenhower head toward a constitutional clash over closing the Navy rope factory in Boston. The Defense Department seeks to privatize rope production, while Sen. Hayden pushes to keep the plant running until hearings in January. A rider grants Congress power to block such shutdowns, but the President calls the rider unconstitutional.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Navy
Boston
Defense Department
Department
Sen
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pentagon
Executive Branch
Senate Committee
Israel accepts UN ceasefire with Egypt after border fighting
Israel conditionally accepts a UN ceasefire on the Gaza Egyptian border after days of heavy fighting. Claims list 61 killed and 91 wounded in nine days. An air clash killed two pilots as Egyptian and Israeli jets collided. Ground fighting hit Khan Yunis with significant casualties on both sides.
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Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
U.N
Gaza
Navy Reviews Landy Case for Navy Reserve Commission
The Navy said a special board will meet in New York on September 10 to review Eugene Landy’s case after he was denied a reserve commission due to his mother’s Communist ties. The board is led by Rear Adm. E M McManes with Capt. Albert B. Cook and Cmdr. Alfred E. Gallant Jr. The Navy plans to seek a transcript of Mrs. Deborah Landy’s behind closed doors testimony from the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Navy
Eugene Landy
New York
Landy
Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Navy Reserve Commission
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas
E. M. McManes
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Albert B. Cook
Alfred E. Gallant Jr
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Deborah Landy
Bradley Beach
N. J
Walter
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