Special Attorney Added in Murder Trial of Two Men
Sumner Mississippi report notes Robert B. Smith III a former FBI agent was named special assistant attorney general to aid the prosecution in the Emmett Till murder case. Trial on murder indictments opens Sept. 19 with defendants Roy Bryant and J Milam facing death penalty.
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Sumner
Miss
Chicago
FBI
Robert B. Smith III
Ripley
Emmett Till
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Smith
Atty
Gerald Chatham
Roy Bryant
Money
J. Milam
Glandora
Till
Bryant
Milam
Wright
Heavy Rains Strike Odisha Coast and Flood Shelters
A low pressure system unleashes heavy rain along Odisha's 170 mile coast, flooding Orissa’s rice belt. Three million suffer as seven confirmed dead and at least a hundred feared drowned. Rescue by planes and boats tries to feed and save marooned victims. Special temple food packets reach stranded families amid cultural resistance to army meals.
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Calcutta
Orissa
Mindus
Puri
Orisea
Street Car and Bus Strike in French City
Street car and bus workers in Mantes struck while Nantes union leaders called for a general strike Monday in protest against a shipyard lockout. The lockout, ordered by employers after alleged abnormal working, followed a recent strike. Riots three weeks earlier left one dead and scores injured as workers demanded a 40 franc hourly raise and a 25 percent wage increase.
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Mantes
Frances
Nantes
Employers Association
Board declines to reconsider airline ruling
The Civil Aeronautics Board will not revisit its July 12 decision granting Capital Airlines non stop Norfolk Va to Atlanta service. The ruling also rejected rival applications from Delta Eastern and National. Delta and Eastern had filed petitions for reconsideration.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Capital Airlines
Norfolk
Atlanta
Delta
Eastern
National
Miss America Contenders From Miami and Watertown
Miami baton twirler and drama student Virginia E Maf fucci of Watertown Massachusetts along with four other contestants are seen as strong finalists as judging nears the final stage tonight at the pageant.
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Miami, Fla
Virginia E. Maffucci
Watertown
Mass
Turkish engineers study quake resistant designs with Japanese help
In Istanbul on September 10 Turkish architects and engineers study earthquake resistant materials and designs hoping to profit from Japanese experience. Prof. Takahiro Hagiwara of Tokyo finished a two year UNESC assignment in Turkey helping establish a seismological institute and three observation stations.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Takahiro Hagiwara
Tokyo
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Court Action Sought in Furore Over Pastor
Covington Virginia factions dispute the Rev. Barney Freasier’s pastorate at Covington Baptist Church. A declaratory judgment action seeks an ouster and requests church records. The protest group accuses Freasier of misrepresenting educational qualifications from 1952. A postponed hearing is now set for next Friday.
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Covington
Barney Freasier
Covington Baptist Church
Oustor
Freasier
Lexington Avenue
Richmond
Seven of Fourteen Children Stricken With Polio
In Durand Illinois Keren Walsh farmer has seven of fourteen children stricken with polio. Rosellen 5 diagnosed Sept 2 is at St. Anthony's Hospital near Rockford. David 17 is at Winnebago County Hospital in Rockford. The remaining five ill children are Francis 2 Susan 11 Joan and Julia 13 and Ann 15, all cared for at home.
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Durand
Keren Walsh
Rosellen
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rockford
David
Winnebago County Hospital
Francis
Susan
Joan
Julia
Ann
Czechs Destroy Glass Factory Near Bavarian Border
Bavarian police said Czech forces blew up a glass factory near the German frontier after issuing warnings to residents. The strike followed the razing of two Czech border villages and aimed to remove border hideouts used by refugees fleeing West, authorities noted.
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Furth
Germany
Grant Permission To Climb Peak In Nepal
Nepal grants permission for an international expedition led by Norman Dyrenfurth to attempt Lhotse, the second highest Everest group peak. The team initially planned Gyan Chung Koan but balked due to route through Red China.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Lhotse
Norman Dyrenfurth
Gyan Chung Koan
Red China
Tons of American Goods Distributed To Flood Victims
Less than 24 hours after a cloudburst struck San Sebastiano Italy relief services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference said tons of American food and clothing were given to victims. The report noted spaghetti oil butter milk and cocoa for 15 days and four people killed while 35 homes were destroyed and 120 damaged.
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Rome
San Sebastiano
National Catholic Welfare Conference
NCWC
Ambassador Cancels India Inspection Trip Over Labor Unrest
U S Ambassador John Sherman Cooper cancels a planned inspection of an American owned Ludlow Jute Co mill in Calcutta due to labor unrest. Workers had held the plant manager and staff for three days over payroll deductions for a state health insurance levy. Similar disputes affected British mills Bird & Co and Andrew Yule & Co as workers opposed the health plans citing existing company health services.
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Calcutta
India
U. S
John Sherman Cooper
Earl Wentzel
Ludlow Jute Co
Bird & Co
Andrew Yule & Co
All Mills
Nations Move To Investigate Border Tension
Four guarantor nations Brazil Argentina Chile and the United States plan an on the spot inspection of Ecuador Peru border tensions. Ecuador urged the OAS to note Peru massed troops near the frontier and accepted the investigation by the four powers. Belgrade bridge funds The United States will fund over half of a new Belgrade Yugoslavia bridge project with five million dollars in counterpart funds.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Argentina
Chile
United States
Organization of American States
Washington
Quito
Penaherrera
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Armed Guards Quell Prison Riot at Nebraska Reformatory
In Lincoln Nebraska armed guards contained a riot at the Nebraska State Reformatory after fires in two shops and a fatal wound to inmate Luis Morales 28 of San Antonio Texas. Warden M L Wimberley and Lancaster County Attorney Elmer Scheele questioned 23 inmates as rioters were forced back into cells. The outbreak follows prior uprisings at the state peniten tiary and reflects tensions from recent board actions led by Supt George Morris.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Reformatory
Reformatory
State Penitentiary
Iron Bar
Luis Maroles
San Antonio
Tex
M. L. Wimberley
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Wimberley
Scheele
Morales
State Board of Control
Morris
Autopsy Ordered in Page County Man Death
A Charlottesville hospital will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death of 64 year old Frank Gilliam Burton Sr. His body was found yesterday upside down in a water filled barrel at his Page County home shared with his son after a farmer came to the house to fetch horses. police offered no speculation on how he ended up in the barrel.
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Shenandoah
Charlottesville
Page County
Frank Gilliam Burton Sr
Burton
Shenandoah Valley Group Ties Meeting to Woodrow Wilson Centennial
Shenandoah Valley Inc board in Staunton Virginia decided to combine its upcoming December meeting with the Woodrow Wilson centennial year beginning in 1956. The 15 county chamber will have committees draft activities through December for approval and adoption. Government commissions will plan observances for Wilson’s birth on December 28 1856 during WWI president centennial events. The board authorized printing 150000 revised folders and endorsed National Apple Week observing October 20 29.
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Staunton
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Convicts Reward Proposal For Lincoln Girl Rescue
Four prison convicts who pulled six year old Lynn Celeste Hooper from a deep Fairfax County mud pit near Prison Road Camp 30 would receive sentence reductions. The corrections director recommended leniency, with two potentially facing immediate release if the Welfare and Institutions Board approves. The rescuers were Charles K. Stewart, Millard Gibson, James Lane, and Preston King.
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Richmond
Corrections Division
Welfare and Institutions Board
Rice M. Youell
Lynn Celeste Hooper
Fairfax County
Prison Road
Charles K. Stewart
Millard Gibson
James Lane
Preston King
Man AWOL 20 Years Will Get Discharge
Fort Leavenworth Kan Leroy Van Camp 43 sent home to Blue Springs Missouri to await a discharge after leaving his outfit without leave 20 years ago He quit his Utah base in 1935 and was held under military custody The officer said the three year peace time desertion limit has expired and he will receive a discharge under conditions other than honorable
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Leroy van Camp
Blue Springs
van Camp
Kansas City
Ft. Douglas
Utah
Henry Robertus Jr
Tito to Visit France in Near Future Officials say
Paris reports President Tito of Yugoslavia will make an official visit to France soon but no date is fixed. UN and Big Four talks will keep Premier Edgar Faure and Foreign Minister An toine Pinay occupied until November, making Tito’s trip unlikely before then.
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Paris
Tito
Yugoslavia
France
United Nations
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Courts press contempt charges against ILA leaders
Courts move to pursue contempt of court against ILA officials and sue the union for 10 million dollars in damages. The ILA had signed a nostrike pact with shipping firms in January. A temporary injunction restraining New Jersey locals was granted in Jersey City. A show-cause hearing on permanence is set for next Thursday. Justice Hecht delayed action to Monday urging union lawyers to restore strikers to work by then.
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ILA
New Jersey Union
Jersey City
The
Shipping Association
Justice Hecht
State leaders urge early campaign disclosures
Several state leaders say an early announcement would help launch campaigns. They report finding attractive prospects for state and congressional offices but notes indicate those prospects are declining to commit.
President Race Uncertain as Campaign Move Hinges on Decision
The article notes candidates delaying campaigning until the President confirms plans for a potential second term, signaling strategic timing and pressure on rivals to adapt to an uncertain bid.
Braddock Street Kindergarten Opens Fall Term
The Daily Kindergarten of Braddock Street Methodist Church will open its fall term on Monday with sessions Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. It will be directed by Mrs Landon Boyer and Mrs Woodrow Harper.
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Braddock Street Methodist Church
Landon Boyer
Woodrow Harper
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