Eden reshapes cabinet with Macmillan Lloyd moves
Prime Minister Eden conducts a broad reshuffle shifting Harold Macmillan from defense to foreign affairs and elevating Selwyn Lloyd from supply minister to defense. The changes cut average ministerial age, involve nine posts, and fuel talk of a possible early general election.
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Eden
Defense
Harold Macmillan
Foreign
Selwyn Lloyd
Winston Churchill
Foreign Ministry
First Vamp Of Movies Dead at 65
Theda Bara, famed silent film vamp and Box Office lure, died at Angeles hospital at 65 after abdominal cancer surgeries. Born Theodosia Goodman in Cincinnati, publicists invented an exotic lineage and Egyptian royal sheaf for her screen persona. She retired in 1921 and did not have children.
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Hollywood
Theda Bara
Angeles
Theodosia Goodman
Cincinnati
William Fox
Pyramids
Egypt
Fox
Miss Bara
Charles J. Brabin
Testers State Powerful Blast in 1953 Nuclear Test
Reports describe a large 1953 blast atop a 400 foot tower at Frenchman Flat as part of the nuclear age tests. Experts surrounded the site with vehicles fortifications and supplies while drone planes were to be used to study military and civil effects including asphalt and terrain impacts.
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SAS
Vegas
New
Frenchman Flat
Ithe Abc
Weekend and midweek forecast with warmer days
The forecast shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal with ranges from 53 to 62. Normal minimums are 35 to 40. Expect dry weather and warmer Saturday, with above normal temps Sunday and Monday. Showers likely Tuesday or Wednesday, turning cooler by Wednesday, with total rainfall of a quarter inch or less.
Cross tragedy ties two Barrett sisters in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City University Hospital two 16 year old Barrett girls Barbara Jo and Barbara Lou Share a floor but in different rooms as both fight serious illnesses. Barbara Lou of Haskell was admitted three weeks ago with leukemia and Barbara Jo was rushed in Sunday with meningitis and is unconscious under doctors care.
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Onlahoma City
ian—Tn
Oklahoma
Barbara’ Jo Barrett
Barbara Lou Barrett
University Hospital
Barbara Lou
Haskell
Barbara JO
Drugs Show Power Against Mouse Cancers
Dr. Sidney Farber reports two drugs destroy four cancer forms in mice including two leukemias. He notes potential for human testing but warns animal results do not guarantee human success.</analysis>
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Sidney Farber
I's Big and Good Reds Using New Base
In Formosa Taipei AP reports the Sense Ministry announced a newly built airbase north of the Matsu Islands is usable. The base is described as a large facility expected to enhance air operations against Red China. The statement frames the base as a strategic asset in northern Formosa defenses.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Islands
China
Reds
Foochow
Matsus
Swatow
Quemoy
Strait of
Halung En-teh
Strait of Formosa
Luchino
Withou
Police Seeks Paroled Man In Big Queens Bank Theft
Police and the FBI hunt for ex convict Redmond Crib_bins alias Mike Malloy, a parole violator, amid a three man bank robbery at Chase Manhattan Bank Woodside Queens that netted 306000. A bank employee identified Cribbins from a gallery of photos and authorities pursue him for the Wednesday morning heist.
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New York
FBI
Queens
Thomas P. Cullen
Redmond
Ninny) Cribins
Mike Malloy
Chase Manhattan Bank
Woodside
Nhe
I Cribbins
Cribbins
Man interrupts train with body block on Long Island tracks
Alvin Hernon lay on a Long Island Rail Road track as a motorman stopped an electric train 20 feet away. He rose, told a friend there was the train, and claimed they had stopped at several taverns before he lowed onto the train. A judge suspended the disorderly conduct charge after advice to take the pledge.
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Garden City
Alvin Hernon
Long Island
Rooster Revives After Pickup Troubles in Medfield
Ernest Simpson opened the hood of his pickup in Medfield Massachusetts when the engine failed to start and found a reportedly dead rooster. He removed the bird and the engine started. The rooster then revived moments later, restoring the vehicle.
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Medfield
Mass
Ernest Simpson
Spring's cruel deception as jet streams fuel wild temp swings
Weather expert Namias links abrupt spring turmoil across the nation to a stalled jet stream pattern. Frigid Arctic air battled warm sun, producing snow, freezes, and record heat in rapid succession from March into April, with widespread crop damage and shifting storms.
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Washington
U. S
Canada
Lamb
St. Louis
Dan
Wyo
Dallas
New England
Muskegon
Mich
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Rame Namias
United States
Bus Folk Seek End to Atlantic Greyhound Strike
Charleston reports an effort to settle a strike by 725 drivers of Atlantic Greyhound Lines. Monday’s meeting between company officials and AFL Motor Coach Employes Union negotiators follows a stoppage sparked last midnight to obtain a new wage contract. The carrier serves about 16 million passengers annually across a region from Pittsburgh to Jacksonville, affecting towns including Point Pleasant and Gallipolis.
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Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
AFL Motor Coach
Atlantic Greyhounds
Pittsburgh
Washington
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Archbishop denies rumor of Princess Margaret Townsend affair
Dr Geoffrey Fisher the Archbishop of Canterbury denied a circulating rumor that Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend were involved. He said on arrival in Capetown that he had no comment when asked about the reports.
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UNUMN
Canterbury
Denice
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Geoffrey Fisher
Granamatown
South
Capetown
Youll Get Many A Bite With An Ad On Used Items
A reader advertisement urges selling used items for cash via a Want Ad. It promotes placing low cost ads by calling 31242 before 9 AM to have the ad appear the same day. It mentions fishing tackle and summer shorts equipment as examples and stresses quick payoff.
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To & Messeng
State Dept Ends Job of Target State Dept Ends Job of Target
Edward J. Corsi, named three months ago to assist Secretary of State Dulles on refugee and immigration issues, is dismissed effective Sunday as a special consultant. Officials say the post was temporary and not renewed, amid political attacks led by Representative Walter. Corsi says he may seek another post. Walter offers no comment. The program aims to admit 214,000 immigrants by 1956, but visa issuance has reached about 22,000.
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Igzitenilan
Eden
Churchill
United States
Loyd
Foreign Office
Ing
Supply Ministry
Britain
United Nations
Russia
Andrei
Viscount Swinton
Ear St
Swinton
L's
Reginald Maudling
Treasury
Lloyd's
Cnaries Int
Washington
State Department
Edward J. Corsi
Walter
D-Pa
Corsi
ICT
Coat
Asst
Lou W. Henderson
Fate Department
Easton
Dulles
Youth Work Shows Drop in Minor Employment in Ohio
Ohio reports a sharp decline in minor employment from 95,082 in 1963 to 57,668 in 1954, a 39 percent drop. The state notes injuries rose to seven per 100 youths employed, higher than 1953. Boys' permits fell 43 percent, while girls dropped 35 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Industrial Relations
Margaret A. Mahoney
Patrolman Guilty in Hit Run Death Trial
Lawrence County jury found former state highway patrolman Robert Brickles guilty of second degree manslaughter in the hit and run death of Coal Grove Policeman Carl Green, age 30. Judge Warren Earhart gave Brickles three days to appeal. Brickles testified he was not driving when Green was struck and killed March 5, 1954 near Ironton on U S 52.
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Lawrence County
Traffi
Coal Grove
Carl Green
Warren
Earhart
Robert Brickles
Gallipolis
Brickles
Green
Ironton
Resurrection Story to Ring Out Across America on Easter Sunday
The Associated Press reports a vast Easter sunrise across the nation with dawn ceremonies at Long Valley and the Cathedral of the Acre, drawing thousands to mountaintop, canyon, and cemetery venues. Sunrise services, processions, and musical pageantry will celebrate the resurrection with crowds in New England and Washington, D.C., amid ski lodge settings and scenic vistas.
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America
Associated Press
Stana
Acre
Sanaa
Pines RC Rindse
Uru
Mount Manet
New England
Mount Mangent
Salem
Window-Saiers
Pageton
J. Ken
Atlantic
Chauncey
Moraton
D.C
Wil
Wanraveyard
God's Acre
Grand Canyon
2Owa
Howard Pyle
Ton Amphitheater
Nelsonville
Bethea
Point Pleasant
Eisenhower
Pomeroy
Pilgrims observe Good Friday across churches and Vatican
Christians worldwide marked Good Friday with ancient ceremonies from St Peters to Arab Jerusalem where 5000 pilgrims traversed the Way of the Cross. In the United States both Catholic and Protestant churches opened their doors for solemn services and three hour sermons commemorating the crucifixion.
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Associated Press
Christ
St. Peters Basi
Vatican City
Holy Land
Israel
Jonan
Arab Jerusalem
Jerusalem
East Wall
Pontius Pilate
Calvary
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
United States
Khrushchev chides Russian farmers at Kremlin farm talks
In Moscow Khrushchev closed a three day farm managers' conference with a rebuke to Soviet farmers for not boosting crop output. Premier Bulganin Malenkov and other top officials attended the Kremlin meeting focusing on grain and livestock production and farm planning shifted to individual collective farms.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita S. Krushchev
Kremlin
Khruschev
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Georgi Malenkov
Russian
Khrushchev
Central Committee
The
Communist
Auto Makers And Workers Resume Talk
The United Auto Workers resumed efforts to secure a guaranteed annual wage in contracts with auto makers, focusing on General Motors and 325,000 hourly workers. GM’s five year pact expires May 29, signaling a potential pattern for the industry and broad economic impact. GM vice president Harry W. Anderson urged cautious optimism, stating both sides aim to secure favorable terms.
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Sestrots
United Auto Workers Today
General Motors
Harry W. Anderson
Mao Proclaims End to War With Germany
Mao Tse-tung announced through Peiping radio that the state of war between the Peoples Republic of China and Germany ends and peaceful relations are to be established. He cited the Potsdam conference and United States Britain and France’s policy of dividing militarism in Germany as factors.
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POKYO
Germany
Peoples Republic of China
Rubber Tiff Nears End In Nationwide Strike
A tentative agreement between CIO workers and United Rubber Workers ends a nine week nationwide strike affecting 18 plants and about 3,000 employees. A company spokesman said the pact would likely be signed today and workers could return to work as soon as possible. Partial operations resumed at some plants while production was set to restart soon at others after the contract expired last Thursday over working conditions vacations and wages.
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New York
C1o
C1o United
Passaic
Tony
1 Killed Near Jackson
A Sneccar accident on the Jackson Furnace road killed Arthur Hitt of South Webster about a mile north of here last night. Police did not release further details.
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Jacksy
Arthur Hitt
South Webster
Jackson Furnace Road
Here
Flag of Surrender Notes Bataan Fall
In Santa Fe the white flag of defeat will fly at the Capitol monument honoring New Mexico's famed 200th Coast Artillery Regiment. It recalls the April 9 Philippines time fall of Bataan after American and Philippine defenders were overwhelmed by Japanese forces. Congress last year set April as Bataan Day.
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Bataan
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
200Th Coast Artillery
Philippines
Cgress
Senator Sparkman Warns on Red Chine air buildup near Formosa
Senator Sparkman says it would be folly to allow Communist air power to grow near Formosa if their aim is invasion, urging U S action only when concentrations show a real threat. He notes Nationalist China bounds by a mutual defense pact not to strike mainland China without U S consent.
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Washington
Sparkman
Ala
Formosa
Eisenhhower
United States
Nationale Iste
South China
Eisenhower
Red
China
Ormosa
Nat Yeader Chiang Kal Sonal
Mesa
United States Administration
General Sun
U.S
Red China Fe
Sparks
U.S. and France Plan April Talks on Indochina Policies
Washington and Paris eye coordinated policy in Indochina with a likely April 20 meeting in Washington or Paris. Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr. will lead the U.S. delegation as officials seek clearer French American understanding on bolstering Ngo Dinh Diem's anti communist government in Southern Vietnam. Congressional sources say NSC discussed how far Washington should go to strengthen Diem.
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Washington
Polley
Paris
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Willead
Preemier Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
National Security Council
United States
Diem
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London
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Nev
State Dept
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France
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