Violent Turks Riot Against Greeks In Istanbul
In Istanbul last night tens of thousands of Turkish youths roamed the city smashing Greek storefronts and assaulting property. The violence followed a dynamite blast near the Salouika Greek consulate and saw infantry, marines, and police struggle to control the mobs. A Greek pastry shop employee was stabbed. many injuries resulted from flying glass as churches and stores were damaged.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Salouika
Moba
Kemal Ataturk
Salonika
Ataturk
Golden Horn
Globemaster Crashes at Kirtland. 1 Dead, 1 Hurt
A four engined C124 Globemaster crashed on takeoff at Kirtland Air Force Base with 69 aboard. One man killed, one seriously injured, 67 others escaped with minor injuries or no injuries as the aircraft burned and firefighters battled the flames. The victim's name was withheld pending kin notification.
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Albuquerque
Kirtland Air Force Base
Air Force Transport
Biggs Afb
el Paso
Tex
CBS Rejects Time For GOP
CBS radio and television networks rejected GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall’s request for equal time to answer Harry S. Truman's Labor Day speech. NBC and CBS had carried Truman’s speech. ABC offered Republicans an equal time slot and suggested Richard Nixon as spokesman.
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New York
CBS Radio and Television
GOP
Leonard Hall
Harry S. Truman
American Broadcasting Co
Truman
Richard M. Nixon
National Broadcasting Co
Hall
CBS
Sig Mickelson
NBC
Fireball Meteor Stuns Troy Area Observers
Residents report a greenish white fireball across the Troy sky at about 8 30 p m The event drew inquiries at The Troy Record office Professor Benjamin Ross of Dudley Observatory Albany describes the glow as an outside meteor with a green head and tail traveling about 15 miles per second Some witnesses may have seen the meteor in Elmira, officials note
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Troy
Benjamin Ross
Dudley Observatory
Albany
Ross
Elmira
Chenung County
Forest fires steam toward Yreka as thousands fight blazes
A vast northern California Oregon fire complex surged to within ten miles of Yreka forcing evacuations and water use bans as 1500 plus firefighters plus 400 soldiers battled multiple blazes. In Sequoia National Forest a separate fire scorched 14 300 acres destroying millions in timber and threatening General Grant grove.
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Foiesl
Oniclais
California
Klamath National Forest
Craggy Peak
Humbug Creek
Yreka
Humbag Ridge
San Francisco
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Klamath River
Highway Patrol
Sequoia National Forest
Sierra Nevada
Grant Grove
Hume Lake
General Grant Grove
Redwoods
Texans Flee Flooded Homes as Storm Lashes Coast
Tropical storm Gladys drenched Texas coast with cloudburst rains. Corpus Christi evacuees rushed to safety as 5 to 8 inches fell downtown and up to 6 inches on King Ranch land. Coast Guard rescued mariners and searched for missing vessels as weather watchers tracked a new low pressure trough from Yucatan to western Mexico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Coast Guard
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Francis
Corpus Christi
King Ranch
Paul Muni Undergoes Eye Removal At Mt Sinai
New York AP reports actor Paul Muni had his left eye removed at Mt Sinai Hospital after contracting a tumor. Doctors say the right eye remains normal. The 59 year old star left the Broadway hit Inherit the Wind last week and is expected to stay in hospital four or five days.
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New York
Paul Muni
Mt Sinai Hospital
Muni
Long
Record Heat Extends Seventh Day in Los Angeles
Los Angeles endures 102 degree heat the seventh straight day as smog alerts reach a new record. The county air district issued a 3 hour 46 minute ozone alert peaking at .56 ppm in Vernon before cancellation at 2 42 pm. Three deaths and crop losses reported amid hottest September span.
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Los Angeles
County Air Pollution Control
Vernon
Red China ready to issue exit permits for 12 U S civilians
Geneva AP Red China announced it will issue exit permits to 12 detained American civilians. The move follows five weeks of talks toward freeing 41 U S civilians held by the Chinese Communists. Nine Americans including four women and two young girls could depart at once with others to follow. Johnson said little. Talks to continue Saturday.
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Michael Goldsmith
Geneva
Red China
U. S
Wang Ping-Nan
Peiping
Poland
Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovaki
Wang
Johnson
Washington
State Department
China
United States
Reds
Emma Angelina Barry
Shanghai
Ralph Sharples Boyd
North American Syndicate
Washington, D.C
Juanita Byrd Huang
Southern Baptist
Mount Olive
Miss
Robert Howard Parker
Philadelphia
Howard Lischke Ricks
Billa Motors
Boscobel
Wis
Eva Stella Dugay
Theresa
New Polio Cases Listed in Massachusetts
Sixty four new polio cases were reported in Massachusetts yesterday raising the state total to 2338. Gov Herter said the epidemic may be leveling off and no new peak is expected if trends continue.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Herter
State Health Department
New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Brockton
Milford
Pittsfield
Weymouth
Flood Death Toll in Pennsylvania Reaches 102
In Stroudsburg and surrounding areas the flood death toll rose to 102 as five more bodies were identified. The disaster wiped out Davis Camp, a private holiday retreat, with at least 38 confirmed deaths and three people are still officially listed as missing.
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Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Davis Camp
Polio Cases In State Top 1 200 Polio Cases In State Top 1 200
New York State and New York City health departments report a season high of 272 polio cases last week pushing the state total to 1 211 through Sept 3. NYC added 99 cases with 447 total. upstate counties contributed 764. Paraly sis accounted for about one third of cases.
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Albany
New York State
New York City
State Health Department
Upstate
Nassau
Erie
Westchester
Broome
Monroe
Suffolk
Onondaga
Chautauqua and
Dutchess
Jefferson
Oneida
Herkimer and Lewis
Columbia
Ontario
Rockland
Ulster
Clinton
Genesee
Niagara
Orange
Putnam
Sullivan
Wayne
Cortland
Delaware
Franklin
Montgomery
Oswego
St. Lawrence
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Seneca, Steuben
Tompkins
Yates
GOP Chairmen Map Campaign Strategy
Republican state chairmen gathered in Denver to discuss a national campaign plan for Eisenhower's potential 1956 bid. Vice President Nixon urged a coordinated effort to strengthen local and state parties. Michigan’s John Feikens noted party leaders expected Eisenhower to run and discussed ballot changes aligning national and state candidates.
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Leonard Hall
GOP National Committee
Washington
Hall
Eisenhower
Walter Grimm
Springfield
Lloyd Ruppenthal
McPherson
Kan
Morton Hollingsworth
Joliet
Don Pierson
Des Moines
Ray C. Bliss
Akron
Ohio
Midwest
United Press
Jack Bell
Nixon
Republican Party
John Feikens
Michigan
Denver
Feikens
GOP
Four Die in C-119 Crash Near Alexandria
A C-119 Flying Boxcar crashed shortly after takeoff from England Air Force Base near Alexandria Louisiana. Four persons were killed and two seriously injured. Base officers said engine trouble on takeoff caused the crash. the aircraft carried six aboard.
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Alexandria
Here
England Air Force Base
Ike Calls Conference On Sports
President Eisenhower announced a September 27 28 conference in Denver to boost youth athletic participation and fitness across the nation. The event coincides with effort to expand U S information programs to Russia and other Communist nations, as urged by USIA chief Theodore C Streibert.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Eisenhower
America
Russia
Theodore C. Streibert
United States Information Agency
Streibert
Asia
Nixon
Stevenson Tops Democrat Poll for 1956 Nomination
Chicago Daily News reports Adlai E. Stevenson leads among Democratic delegates in a 1956 presidential nomination poll. Kefauver, Russell, Harriman trail with Stevenson projected to win on the third ballot but faces delegate loyalty challenges and potential contests.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Adlai E. Stevenson
Charles B. Cleveland
Stevenson
Kefauver
Russell
Harr
D Man
Kefauger
Harriman
Stassen Urges Post Geneva Stand On Disarmament
Harold Stassen told the U N Disarmament Committee to present post Geneva positions on inspection and control. The United States plans a fresh approach focused on effective inspection as Washington and Moscow discuss a new study of the entire problem.
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Francis W. Carpenter
United Nations
United States
Geneva
Eisenhower
Americas
Harold FE. Stassen
U.N. Disarmament Committee
Hisenhower
Arkady A. Sobolev
Moscow
Sobolev
France
Britain
Canada
Russia
Stassen
Washington
Soviet Union
Pair Indicted In Boy's Death In Mississippi
Sumner Mississippi AP two white men Roy Bryant and J W Milam indicted by a county grand jury on kidnapping and murder of 14 year old Emmett Louis Till of Chicago accused of whistling at a white woman. They plead innocent and await trial as term opens.
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Sumner, Miss
Emmett Louis Til
Chicago
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Curtis Swango Jr
H. C. Strider
Tallahatchie
Charleston
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