Gasoline Truck Hit by Train in Fort Green Florida
A Seaboard Air Line passenger train collided with a gasoline transport truck in Fort Green, Florida. Witnesses said the train cars burst into flames but the engine did not, with several injured passengers moved to area hospitals as responders fought the blaze. The branch line runs between Tampa and Boca Grande, with initial report from a Bartow air base aircraft observer.
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Fort Green
Fla
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Trai
Tom Cooper
Barow
Seaboard
Tampa
Boca Grande
Bartow Air Base
Ocean salt may add health minerals to foods say chemists
American Chemical Society researchers report sea salt contains iron calcium fluoride and iodine that could combat anemia rickets tooth decay and goiter. They note many eat sea salt worldwide where deficiencies are rare and cite a Rutgers study showing pigs on sea salt gained more weight and fared better than those on regular salt.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
AP Science
Dallas
American Chemical Society
Arnold E. Schaefer
Olaf Mickelsen
R. B. Ing
H. R. Sand- Stead
National Institute of Health and
National Institute of Arthritis
U.S. Public Health Service
Bethesda
India
Boston
Eport
Rutgers University
Two Fail To Show for Probe Of Graft in Clothing Buys
Washington notes two New York garment industry witnesses refused or failed to appear before the Senate investigations subcommittee led by Chairman McClellan. The panel cites missing testimony tied to alleged graft in purchasing Army uniforms using phony names. The record lists bonds bought in the names of Jack Schwartz and Attilio Musto, with further questioned purchases in Abrams and Joey Joseph's firms.
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Washington
Abrams
New York
Senate
Subcommittee
McClellan
D-Ark
Schwartz
Senate Invest
Musto
Jack Schwartz
Attilio Musto
Joseph
Joey
Mock Atom incident set for nationwide drill
Columbus officials announced a five hour nationwide mock atom incident dubbed Operation Alert. The planned training targets include Canton Dayton Steubenville Youngstown Hamilton and the Wheeling area with roughly 125 nuclear hazardous device drops to test civil defense capabilities.
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Columbus
Canton
Dayton
Steubenville
Youngstown
Hamilton
Ohio Civil-Defense
Wheeling
Ohio I ‘River
Eisenhower Chases Work and Golf at Augusta
President Eisenhower arranged a work session on domestic and international problems and planned more golf at Augusta National. He spoke by phone with Secretary Dulles about Middle East strife, then played 18 holes with Ed Dudley, club pro, during a Washington-to-Augusta trip for a week of relaxation mixed with duty.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
Middle East
Dulles
Ed Dudley
Lausche Scores Low in Illinois Presidential Preference Vote
Sparse write in votes reported for Ohio Governor Frank Lausche in the Illinois presidential preference primary as the Democratic contest moves forward with limited support noted.
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Chicago
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Reds Deny Attacking Truce Zone in Korea
North Korean authorities deny charges after UN Command accuses Pyongyang forces of a wanton attack on a sentry post inside the Korean Armistice Commission zone six miles north of Chorwon. UN spokesmen described the incident as a breach of the truce.
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Unsan
Korea
United Nations Command
North
South Korea
Chorwon
Ike Leads in Illinois Presidential Preference Primary
Illinois results show President Eisenhower ahead of Adlai E. Stevenson by about 2 to 1 in Illinois with 55 percent of the vote in. Kefauver write ins show weak support. Stevenson leads in Cook County and downstate results split with delegates to be chosen later at a state convention.
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Chicago
Isenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
Tennesee
Eisenhower
Stevenson
William F. Knowland
Lar Daly
Knowland
Daly
Kefauver
Downstate
Cook County
GOP
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
OHA Defends Hospital Costs in Ohio
Ohio Hospital Association leaders dismiss calls to regulate hospital costs by law. Jay W. Collins of Cleveland challenges Insurance Supt August Pryatel at a board meeting, noting cost accounting since 25 years and disputing hospitals as utilities. Medical relief care for general relief patients rose by over 44 million dollars from 1953 to 1955, per State Welfare Director Henry J. Robison.
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Columbus
Ohio Hospital Association
OHA
Jay W. Collins
Cleveland
Pryatel
Collins
Ohio
Henry J. Robison
No Victory Claims GOP Faces Uphill Fight on Farm Bill
The article reports a Democratic decision on farm legislation with both parties refraining from victory claims. Republicans face uphill odds to shaping the farm bill to Eisenhower policy while seeking to win back deserters and avert a presidential veto. The proposed measure includes price support changes, a soil bank, and dairy and grain provisions amid administration opposition.
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Gop
Eisenhower
Benton
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Senate House
Divorce Told by Wife of Psychiatrist in Los Angeles
Mrs Dorothy K Thompson obtained a divorce from Dr George N Thompson a psychiatrist who agreed to grant her property valued at 180000 and monthly support of 1200 for herself and their five children She testified that on leaving home he summoned neighbors to drink and proposed a toast for the occasion He said he disliked married life and wished to live independently
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Los Angeles
Dorothy K. ‘Thompson
George N. Thompson
Thompson
UN Chief Talks With Egypt Leader Aims to Calm Middle East
UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjold met with Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo for 75 minutes as part of a push to ease fighting in Palestine and halt raids by Arab saboteurs. Reports say two limited attacks occurred Tuesday night, while Israel and Egypt traded accusations over Gaza and border clashes amid renewed ceasefire hopes.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jerusalem
Palestine
Hammarskjold
Nasser
Mahmoud Fawzi
Jorda
Lebanon
Ic Israel
Isael
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Moshe Sharett
Tel ‘Aviv
Ike Approves River Project and Local Labor Dispute
President Eisenhower signed a $160 million upper Colorado River dam and irrigation program. In Cincinnati, McArthur boy Charles Zinn, 14, was accidentally shot by a brother during a family gathering. he was taken to Mt. Carmel Hospital for surgery with condition not confirmed. Local 10689 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic workers union accuses a plant of changing routines without bargaining. an NLRB review will determine if a hearing is needed.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Colorado River
Cincinnati
Goodyearporary
Pro Shop Atomic Corp
Augusta National Golf
Portsmouth Area
Oil, Chem
Upper
Colorado River Project
National Labor Relations
Charles Zinn
NLRB
Wrightsel
Zinn
Eisenhower Comments on Water as Nation's Most Valuable Resource
President Eisenhower noted that water is becoming the most valuable resource, stating with a rueful smile that he could do with not quite so much water on a day when a cold rain fell and golf prospects looked poor.
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Eisenhower
Alaska plane crashes kill seven in central coast range
Two twin engine aircraft crashed about 200 miles apart in rugged central Alaska coast highlands on Monday. Seven men died and an eighth was seriously injured. Remains were found by search planes that had dispersed after neither plane reported in on schedule.
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Nunraue
Alaska
Drowning Inquiry Focuses on Marine Sergeant Authority
Six Marine recruits who drowned during a night march at Parris Island are buried as a court of inquiry reviews the incident. Gen Randolph Pate says drill sergeant Matthew C McKeon ordered the march, but McKeon maintains he had no authority for disciplinary action. A survivor and families await updates as officials assess responsibility and potential actions.
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Parris Island
S.C
Guard of Honor
Beaufort
McKeon
Randolph Pate
Marine Corps
Con
Pate
Matthew C. McKeon
Worces
Marine Corps 1Ter
Mass
Parry Aw Vg
State Board To Hear Policy on Segregation
A Cuyahoga County member of the State School Board will reintroduce at the May meeting a proposal for a broad general policy to pattern school segregation. Last month Charles P. Lucas urged a committee to investigate alleged segregation in Ohio schools, but the board refused, saying action will follow law against districts where courts find unlawful segregation.
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Columbus
Cuyahoga County
State
Charles P. Lucas
Ohio
Nce
Ceylon election boosts neutralist coalition leadership
In Colombo three day general election ends with the People's United Front coalition led by Solomon Bandaranaike securing victory. The new government is viewed as a supporter of Nehru's policy of neutralism and peaceful coexistence with foreign communism, strengthening ties with India.
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Ceylon
Nehru
Colombo
Ceyon
People's United Front
Solomon Bandaranaike
India
U S Losing Religious Liberty Says Pastor
Cleveland pastor Dr Albert J Lindsey warned at a National Association of Evangelicals meeting that religious liberty in America is eroding. He argued that public displays of faith face greater scrutiny and that a culture of political correctness pressures believers to show only watered down beliefs.
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Cleveland
Eoka
Albert J. Lindsey
Mediterranean Island
Now
Brit
First Presbyterian Church of
Ish Colony
Greece
Tacoma
Wash
Association of Evangelicals
America
Millon
Lindsey
Dover Man Found Dead as Missing Father Sought Tolerance
Dover Ohio report on church tension and religious freedom follies as coroner cites death by own action. D. Blunt Jr., 11, linked to search for his father amid conservative denominations. Blunt had been missing since February 16 and the case centers on religious discussions and smokescreen accusations.
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Cilint
Lindsey
Dover
Ohio
Blunt, Jr
Pomeroy-Middleport
Philip Sports
Blunt
Ike's Call for GPs In Mid East Unlikely
Washington officials discounted the likelihood of President Eisenhower asking Congress for authority to use U S armed forces in the Middle East unless the Israeli Arab conflict grows far more critical. They said the major effort now is to prevent such a crisis and that no immediate request for broad powers is planned despite tensions and recent retaliatory actions.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U S
Middle East
Dulles
Formosa
Israel
Egypt
Nat King Cole Attacked On Stage By White Mob
Nat King Cole, the Negro singer, was assaulted on stage by a group of whites from the wings during a Birmingham Alabama concert. Three armed men were identified as Anniston residents, with two rifles found in a car later seized by detectives. Investigators questioned several others from Anniston, while Asa Carter and the North Alabama White Citizens Council pressed for an end to rock and roll performances under segregation laws. Cole returned to a lengthy ovation after the incident.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nat King Cole
Auditorium
Anniston
Ring
Willie Richard Vinson
B. le Vinson
Kenneth Adams
Orliss Clevenger
Mike Fox
Biringham
North Alabama
White Citiens Council
Asa Carter
Council Rroud
Cole
State Patrol to Have Reserved TV Channel
Ohio plans a closed national police TV network using a microwave link near New Albany to connect the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles with State Highway Patrol headquarters. The system will speed license checks and document transfers, though broadcasts may not reach living rooms. The setup inaugurates a broader network linking nine districts across the state.
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Ay Reed Smith
Columbus
W — Ohio
A. C. Felty
New Albany
Felty
Federal Communications Com
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Wit State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Bureau of Mortor
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