Iran City Destroyed by Massive Quake in Lar
TEHRAN Iran A giant earthquake devastated the south Iranian city of Lar and neighboring villages. Official death toll ranges 1200 to 1500 with unofficial estimates up to 3000. Rescue teams retrieved 380 bodies in Lar and others found in the city of 17000 as Shah Pahlavi ordered urgent relief and U.S. aid arrived.
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Tehran
Iran
Lar
Agidar
Reseue
Nosrat Karib
Qarib
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
U. S
Farah
Shiraz
Gerash
Gorash
Pupils Return to Classes After Vacation in Adrian
Adrian public schools resumed after a week off as 850 pupils attend senior high and 1116 in junior high. Absent student counts were low with 29 at senior high and 36 at junior high, well below usual totals for a typical day. Report cards are due Wednesday for both schools, marking the fifth issuance this year.
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Adrian Public School
Rule Smoke Ban Applies To Ships
The Supreme Court ruled Detroit’s anti smoke ordinance may apply to merchant ships with coast guard licenses engaged in interstate commerce. The 7 to 2 decision was delivered by Justice Steinart with Douglas dissenting joined by Fortas. Portland Cement Co contested the ordinance as applied to its cement vessels from Alpena to Great Lakes cities. penalties reach 200 dollars and 30 days per day of violation.
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Supreme Court
Detroit
Coast Guard
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Douglas
Rankfurter
Portland Cement Co
Alpena
Mich
Great Lakes
Cement Company
High Tribunal
Wife's car hits husband's truck in Tecumseh and Blissfield area
Antonia Perez, 4, of 908 Hoch Avenue, drove into the rear of her husband Jesus Pérez's truck on Broad Street near Maple Avenue. A child passenger suffered bruises. separate Tecumseh and Blissfield incidents led to several traffic summonses and a probate court appearance for improper overtaking.
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Hoch Avenue
Jesus Pérez
Nativiedad Parez
Broad Street
Maple Avenue
Blissfield
David F. Blough
Palmyra
Terry Stork
Brough
James F. Mason
Route 2
Britton
Mason
Jeff
Army Tests Backback Fuel Cells for Front Line Power
The army plans a 20 day desert test of a 20 pound backpack producing 200 watts of 24 volt direct current from 300 fuel cells. The unit, developed with General Electric, requires no moving parts and could power radar stations for 14 hours and be recharged by a beer-can sized hydrogen container. If successful, fuel cell power may replace large dams and steam generators.
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Angeles
General Electric
R. J. Sheehan
Vu. W. Acre
Rhode Island
Calangclo
Tanea Coast
Morenci Adrian area burglaries loot TVs radios and more
A spate of weekend burglaries hit Morenci and Adrian, with Cottrell Appliance on Gorham Street and Lenawee Electric among targets. A portable TV and 41 radios worth over 500 dollars were stolen from the Morenci store after window and door breakages. In Adrian a man seen near Mann Chevrolet prompted police, while the American Legion home on North Main and other sites suffered entry damage. A power lawn mower disappeared from a resident, and a safe in Deerfield High School offices was cracked with minor losses. Police solicit sightings to identify the intruder.
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Morenci
American Legion
Adrian
Cottrell
West Maumee Street
Sheriff's Department
Bulding
Mann Chevrolet
Lenawee Electric
Trent Street
William Saunders
Legion
North Main Street
Maurine Kibble
South Scott Street
Nettie Harper
North Winter’ Street
Deerfield High School
Blissfield
Nehru Chou Enlai Close Seventh Talks On Border
Prime Minister Nehru and Premier Chou Enlai held their seventh marathon session on the India China border dispute, meeting at Nehru's home for over 21 hours since Wednesday. Observers fear no settlement. officials hope for improved atmosphere and another meeting.
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Nehru
Chou Enlai
India
China
Chou
Tibet
Plane Hits Car in Ohio Kills Six in Flaming Crash
A single engine plane struck a moving car on US 40 about 17 miles east of Columbus killing the two aboard the plane and three car occupants. Five others were injured, including Mrs Dorothy Wingle who pulled victims from the wreckage. The crash left both vehicles burning as witnesses described the wind and low flight contributing to the disaster.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dorothy Wingle
Vingle
Jim
Rita Cecile Lyle
Wingle
John
Linda
Colbert
Living Costs Hit New March Peak Across Nation
The nation's living costs rose to a record 125.7 percent of the 1947 49 average in March, with food prices marking the first rise in six months. The monthly rise was 0.1 percent, and year over year costs were up 1.6 percent. Labor Department price chief Arnold Chase forecast continued gradual food price increases into late summer, while clothing and gasoline saw spring bumps and auto and home heating oil saw declines.
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Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Koreans In New Outbreak Rhee’s Offer Rejected
In Seoul violent protests erupted again as crowds clashed with troops under martial law. Demonstrators demanded the resignation of President Syngman Rhee and Vice President Lee Ki-poong amid claims of a fraudulent election. Police and troops used tear gas and blanks fired from tanks as students, civilians, and professors marched on the national assembly building seeking political reforms and fresh elections.
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Korea
Syngman Rhee
Lee Ki-poong
Hapdong
National Assembly
Rhee
Supreme Court
Assembly
South Korea
Mott
Liberal Party
Thunderstorms Cool State Across Michigan
The Associated Press reports scattered thunderstorms cooled Michigan after a warm spell with highs in the 80s in the south. Weather bureau forecasts show lower Michigan may see showers tonight and tomorrow. A hail storm hit San Jacinto County in the Thumb, winds toppled a chimney in Applegate, a barn shifted on its foundation, and a tree fell near Elmer. In Bad Axe temperatures fell from 59 to 47 as a cold front moved through, Port Huron dropped 22 degrees in minutes, and Detroit saw a brief rain shower.
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Lower Michigan
Sanjac
Thumb
Applegate
Elmer
Bad Axe
Port Huron
Detroit
Mayor ignores drug question as arrests follow on TV program
New York a late night Direct Line program featuring Mayor Robert F Wagner prompted a narcotics bust on a west side Manhattan address. Police arrested four people Olean Washington 38 Elmer Clyde Clark 45 Catherine Clark 28 and Floyd Moore 39. Moore charged with vagrancy while the Clarks faced illegal possession of barbiturates.
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Robert F. Wagner
Direct Line
West Side Manhattan
Olean
Washington
Elmer’ Clyde Clark
Catherine
Floyd Moore
Moore
Clark
Gottfried fixes Pioneer V after diode fault in space
Robert Gottfried Space Technology Laboratories scientist traced garbled data from Pioneer V while in solar orbit 5.8 million miles from Earth to a faulty diode. In his Los Angeles lab he developed a new translation code to bypass the diode and restore the probe’s function.
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Robert Gottfried
Space Technology Laboratories
Earth
Pioneer
Los Angeles
Calif
Gottfried
Reasons For Not Being Juror
Los Angeles man summoned for jury duty wrote to the county superior court jury commissioner that he refused to serve for five reasons. He cited long incomprehensible judge instructions, lawyers relying on a fictitious reasonable man, no way to measure beyond a reasonable doubt, objection to high pay, and Judge Frank G Swain doubling as a juror creating awkwardness.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Frank G. Swain
Gates Defends U S Military Policies
Secretary of Defense Gates defended U S military strength during a speech to the Associated Press annual meeting. He argued no gap exists in deterrence and that comparisons show the United States remains ahead of the Soviet Union in overall military programs. He noted space matters, ICBMs, and the Atlas program as proof of US capabilities and rejected claims of lagging in military power.
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Khrushchev backs separate East German treaty threat
Khrushchev warned Western powers they would lose rights to Berlin if they sign a separate peace with East Germany and vowed to meet force with force. In Baku he reiterated readiness to act alone, while hoping common sense prevails and noting air lane plans amid Berlin siege.
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Germany
United States
Britain
France
De Gaulle urges disarmament as future of man hinges on restraint
French President Charles de Gaulle told Congress that destruction of nuclear weapons under international supervision offers the only hope for mankind. He warned against forcing settlements in Berlin and urged a de flente to ease Cold War tensions, noting Soviet threats over West Berlin and Khrushchev’s propaganda.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Union
French Republic
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Senate
Eisenhower
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Germany
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West Germany
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West Berlin
Floods and Winds Lash Michigan and Texas Towns
Floods and winds struck Michigan, Wisconsin, and upper Michigan communities as spring storms moved through the nation. In Wisconsin up to sight inches of rain swelled rivers, washing out roads and isolating residents. About 400 people fled homes, with 240 from the Bad River Odana village and 70 families in Ironwood Hurley areas evacuated. Governors Nelson and Williams ordered National Guard aid for flood response. In Texas, the north Terrell area saw major property damage, with airport and business district damage and three house trailers demolished but no injuries reported.
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Wisconsin
Bad River
Gaylord Nelson
Naonal Guard
Jaca
Hurley
Wis
Montreal
Ironwood
Mich
Michigan Gav
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North
Texas
Terrell
Dallas
Eight Traffic Deaths Listed Over Weekend
Michigan reported eight traffic deaths and one drowning over the weekend with 39 weekend fatalities in April so far. The heaviest count occurred the weekend of April 2 with 16 dead. Richard R. Dietz, 3, of Livonia, drowned in his grandfather Germano Malaconi’s Bedford township pool near Detroit. NAACP RAISES $50,000 AT DETROIT RALLY. About 1,000 attendees paid $50 each for the Fight For Freedom dinner, Governor Williams calling it a tremendous occasion.
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Richard R. Dietz
Livonia
Germano Malaconi
Bedford Township
Detroit
NAACP
National
Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Fight For Freedom
Two New Methods For Launching U S Missiles
The report describes revolutionary horizontal firing hangars a 35 by 96 foot coffins housing Atlas missiles stored horizontal with a roof that slides back before launch The Navy demonstrates launching from floating platforms capable of converting oceans lakes or streams into missile launch pads at Vandenberg and Point Mugu after testing a horizontal firing method previously used only for vertical silos
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Wnear
Navy
West Coast
Air Force
Vandenberg
Point Mugu
Vander Air Force Base
Berg
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