Panama Crisis Fades as Cuban Invasion Fails
Panama ends its crisis after Cuban invaders surrender and the government seeks help from the OAS. Cesar Vega led 89 invaders with scant popular support. Roberto Arias faced suspicions of funding unrest while Margot Fonteyn was detained and later sent abroad.
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Jack Rutledge
Panama
Fidel Castro
Ernesto de la Guardia
Organization of American States
de la Guardia
Cuba
Castro
Roberto Arias
Arias
Margot Fonteyn
Moscow
Gulf of Panama
Dame Margot
San Blas
Caribbean
Cesar Vega
Panama Probes Suspected Mystery Landing Near Bahai Hondo
National Guardsmen rushed to an isolated Veraguas beach about 150 miles from Panama City to investigate reports of 30 men landing by four or five motorboats at Bahai Hondo. A government spokesman urged calm and did not call it a new invasion.
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Panama
Panama City
Bahai Hondo
Veraguas
Picket Lines Form at Struck McArthur and Austin Powder Plants
Picket lines formed at two Winona County plants McArthur Brick Co and Austin Powder Co after contract expirations. About 60 McArthur Brick workers affiliated with United Brick and Clay Workers Local 946 AF of L and around 200 Austin Powder employees Local 12035 UMW District 50 went on strike seeking higher wages. offers ranged from five to eight cents with the union asking 25 cents. Both plants located just outside McArthur with no talks scheduled.
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McArthur
Winon County
Austin Powder Co
McArthur Brick Co
United Brick and Clay Workers
AF of L
Austin Powder
UMW
McArthur Brick
Milwaukee firm eyes Pomeroy foundry site for expansion
A Milwaukee boil er maker shows definite interest in the Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co. foundry building in Pomeroy to replace operations that closed, leaving 120 workers jobless. James Fletcher of Cleaver Brooks will report after talks with local officials. decision rests with company, which seeks river and rail access and wants only the foundry space.
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Pomeroy
Milwaukee
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Rig and Reel Co
Parkersburg
James Fletcher
Cleaver Brooks Co
Chamber of Commerce
Fletcher
Milwaukee Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Brooks Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Pulitzer Prizes to Be Awarded Today at Columbia
New York reports the 43rd annual Pulitzer prizes will be announced today at Columbia University. Categories cover journalism letters drama and music. The prizes stem from a 1911 endowment by publisher Joseph Pulitzer to the university.
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New York
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
Berserk Dayton Man Kills Daughter Then Shoots Self
Paul M. Hall, 37, described as deeply religious, killed his seven year old daughter Betty with a 16 gauge shotgun and then shot himself. His wife Jane, 31, reported a violent argument during which Hall injured her eye and attempted to choke their daughter Brenda before fleeing. Detectives classified the incident as murder and death by self-inflicted wound.
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Dayton
Paul M. Hall
Betty
Hall
James Alltop
Alltop
Jane
Northridge
Brenda
Body found solves missing Martin family mystery
The body of 11 year old Susan Martin was found in a Columbia River slough near Camas Washington. Coroner and dentist confirm identity and close five month missing family case for Ken Martin 54 his wife 48 and daughters Barbara 14 Virginia 13. A Seattle teacher sister Margaret Martin reacts with relief and caution.
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Vancouver
Wash
Columbia
Ken Martin
Portland
Susan Martin
Paul Mylan
Barbara
Virginia
Susan
Martin
Columbia River
Camas
E. A. Waterman
Margaret Martin
Seattle
Sir Winston Churchill Arrives for US Visit
London reports Sir Winston Churchill flies to the United States for a three day visit to President Eisenhower. He arrives in New York this afternoon and will fly to Washington on the Columbine III. In Washington he is expected to spend much time at the White House with stag dinners planned at the White House on Tuesday and Wednesday and at the British Embassy Thursday night.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
Eisenhower
New York
Churchhill
Columbine III
Washington
Churchill
White House
Weather Forecast West Virginia Ohio Five Day Outlook
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers today tonight and Tuesday. West Virginia low 4 to 62 east in 60s. Ohio partly cloudy warm and humid today through Tuesday with scattered afternoon or evening showers. Highs today and Tuesday near 60s to 70s. lows 55 to 62. Five day forecast shows temps 3 to 6 degrees above normal north and 10 above south, with one inch precipitation and showers mainly north.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Weheathers
ALORS
Bismarck
Cleveland
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
Sesces
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Loudy
Philadelphia
Portland Ore
Richmond
Salt Lake City
Tampa
Washington
Malik Leaves London for Moscow Talks on Geneva Conference
Soviet envoy Jacob Malik departed London to confer with Kremlin leaders about the East West foreign ministers conference opening in Geneva next Monday.
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London
Jacob Malik
Moscow
Kremlin
Geneva
Nehru Reaffirms Nonalignment Policy in Tibet Debate
New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru closed a parliamentary debate on the Tibetan revolt and declared India will maintain its policy of nonalignment militarily.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
Three Euclid Firefighters Treated After Home Fire
Three Euclid firefighters were overcome by smoke battling a suburban house blaze Sunday. They were treated and released from Euclid Glenville Hospital.
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Cleveland
Euclid
Euclid- Glenville Hospital
Soviet Attache Flown Out Of Burma Amid Escape Attempt
In Rangoon a Soviet military attache Col. Mikhail I. Stryguine tried to flee by leaping from a hospital window. He was flown out on a Chinese Communist transport with 40 embassy guards. He allegedly sought asylum and later denounced the Soviet regime.
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Rangoon
Burma
Mikhail I. Strygaine
Kunming
Peiping
Stryguine
Soviet Union
Legal challenge to Little Rock school closing law
A three judge panel in Little Rock hears NAACP arguments against Act 4 of 1958 and a second law transferring funds from closed to segregated schools. The case extends the 1956 suit seeking faster integration and questions state police powers cited by Gov Faubus to prevent violence.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.S. District Court
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Arkansas Supreme Court
Theslaw
Orval E. Faubus
NAACP
Little Rock Board
Boy Dies After Drinking Coal Oil in West Virginia
Funeral services and burial were held in Annamoriah for 15 month old William Howard Stevens of Long Bottom Route 2 who died Saturday night after drinking kerosene. He died at Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg after emergency treatment from a Coolville physician. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs William Glenn Stevens.
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Coolville
Annamoriah
W. Va
Long Bottom
William Howard Stevens
William Glenn Stevens
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Godfrey Walks After Lung Cancer Surgery
Arthur Godfrey 55 year old TV and radio star is reported in satisfactory condition at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center recovering from a lung cancer operation. He was out of bed Sunday and walked unaided around the room for the first time since the five hour operation Thursday.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Florida A and M Students Stage Quiet Protest
Florida A and M University Carried mass protest as 2800 Negro students and 700 in a Sunday meeting stayed from classes. Four white men charged with rape by State Attorney W. D. Hopkins with bail set pending grand jury review June 1. Legislature weighs death penalty implications.
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Tallahasee
Fla
Florida A&m University
W. D. Hopkins
Leroy Collins
UAR Treasurer Hassan Gabbara Dies at 61
Hassan Gabbara, 61, treasury minister of the United Arab Republic, died Sunday in Cairo of a heart attack.
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UAR
Cairo
Egypt
Hassan Gabbara
Treasury
United Arab Republic
Suspect Held In Columbus Girl's Incident
In Columbus an 11 year old girl was abducted at gunpoint and sexually assaulted Sunday. Police surrounded a 300 acre area and cornered 24 year old James Franklin Bond in bushes near an abandoned house after a neighbor heard screams. Bond surrendered after his brother spoke to him over a loudspeaker. No charges were filed immediately.
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Columbus
James Franklin Bond
George W. Scholer
Bond
State Psychologist Dies From Bullet Wound
DAYTON April 26 A bullet wound in the head proved fatal Saturday to Kermit Thomas 3 of Alliance an assistant psychologist at a state orphanage near Xenia He was shot April 24 by a beserk employe Herman Oxford 61 who killed himself seconds later Thomas never regained consciousness after the shooting at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Doctors feared surgery would kill him.
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Dayton
Kermit Thomas
Alliance
Xenia
Herman Oxford
Thomas
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Albania Protest to Italy Over Missile Bases
The Albanian government objected to Italy's plan to host missile bases on Italian soil. The protest emphasizes security concerns and regional tensions between the two countries amid Cold War alignments.
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Rome
Albania
Italy
Senate seeks immediate SUB payments plan in budget talks
Columbus lawmakers push a House approved bill to release about 25 million dollars in Supplemental Unemployment Benefits immediately as part of a broader budget and tax agenda. The measure would let eligible workers in steel, rubber, automotive, and other industries draw SUB ahead of June 19, while opponents warn of state cost.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Ohio Supreme Court
Michael V. DiSalle
Senate Taxation Committee
House Elections and Federal Relations Committee
DiSalle
Rep
G. D. Tablack
D-Mahoning
House Finance Committee
Tablack
Adenauer Ends Italian Vacation Heads Back to Bonn
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer closes a three week Italian vacation and departs for Bonn after visiting Cadenabbia Italy. He wrapped up meetings and sightseeing with Italian leaders and will resume duties in Germany.
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Cadenabbia
Italy
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Queen Reprimands Charles at Windsor polo game
A 19 year old Prince Charles provoked his mother Queen Elizabeth II by punching a canvas canopy at a polo match between Ascot and Windsor Park. The canopy roof sagged as water pooled, and the Queen called Charles to sit down while Prince Philip's team won before 4000 spectators.
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London
England
Ascot
Windsor Park
Prince Charles
Prince Philip
Elizabeth II
Windsor Castle
Charles
Anne
Philip
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