Pro-West Arab Kings To Meet In Iraq This Week
Reports say King Hussein of Jordan will join King Saud of Saudi Arabia and Faisal of Iraq for talks in Baghdad this week. The meeting, their first since Jordan ousted pro-Egyptian forces, signals a bid for a stronger Western-aligned axis among the three kingdoms amid tensions with Egypt and the Baghdad Pact.
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Jordan
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Amman
Egypt
Nuri
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Britain
Jordan Radio
Syria
Soviet Union
Libya
Investigators Examine Beck Demands in Union Case
Senate racketeers probe turns to Dave Beck demands for favors from two businessmen linked to Teamsters funds. Roy Fruehauf of Fruehauf Trailer Co and A M Burke of Occidental Insurance are summoned to discuss a $200000 loan Beck sought and other demands tied to a $1 million insurance placement.
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Washington
Um — Senate
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Roy Fruehauf
The
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Detroit
A. M. Burke
Occidental Insurance Co
Los Angeles
Beck
Fruehauf
Brown Equipment Co
Fruehauf Foundation
McClellan
D-Ark
Teamster
Burke
Occidental
Railroad gateman indicted for negligence in Willoughby
Charles Albaugh, 50, a Vine Street crossing watchman in Willoughby suburb, is ordered to appear in Willoughby Municipal Court Friday on improper operation of crossing gates after two cars were trapped and nearly struck by a passenger train Saturday afternoon.
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Cleveland
Charles Albaugh
Vine St
Willoughby
Willoughy Municipal Court
Copter Crashes into James River. one dead, one injured
First Lt. James F. Pate of Canton Ohio was injured when a helicopter he piloted lost a rotor blade and plunged into the James River near Williamsburg. One other soldier aboard was killed in the crash.
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Williamsburg
James F. Pate
Canton
Ohio
James River
Here
Farmers to Get Share of Prosperity Benson Says
Secretary Benson told President Eisenhower agriculture can rise to a bigger share of the nation’s prosperity. He projected farm income about 5 percent higher this year, crediting prosperity and rising consumer income for improvement. He cited declining price-depressing surpluses and tools like surplus disposal, flexible price supports, and the soil bank as key aids. He noted a need for flexibility in price supports to solve long term surplus.
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Washington
Benson
Pres Dent
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Congressional
Police Hunt for 10 Year Old Boy in Ohio River
Authorities continued searching the Ohio River at Portsmouth for the body of 10 year old Richard Hacker Jr presumed drowned after the body of 11 year old Fred Alberson was found by a fisherman below the U S Grant Bridge. Police and firemen pressed the river search.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ohio River
Freddie Alberson
U. S. Grant Bridge
Richard Hacker Jr
10000 Coal Officials Attend Convention
The American Mining Congress biennial meeting opens at Public Hall in Cleveland with more than 10,000 coal executives from across the United States and several foreign countries expected to attend.
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Cleveland
American Mining Congress
United States
Girl Ends 21 Day Fast for Glory of God
Evelyn Jenkins a 16 year old girl in Fort Oglethorpe Georgia ended a 21 day fast Sunday night. She says her weight has not dropped much below 120 pounds having weighed 130 pounds at the start of the fast.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Evelyn Jenkins
River Pirates Board Safely But Vessel Too Much for Them
Two Ohio River men Elmer E Grandstaff Jr. and William E Rife faced grand larceny charges after allegedly driving a ferr y boat while the operator ate, starting the barge from Moundsville to Dilles, then drifting offshore as bystanders alerted police. Stanley Gamble aided with a motorboat rescue.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Bottom
Ohio
Elmer E. Grandstaff Jr
William E. Rife
Dilles
Stanley Gamble
Gunmen Take $455 From Western Union Office
Warren Ohio police captured two gunmen as they left the Western Union Telegraph Co office. They forced Leo F. Dowden, the night manager, to open the safe and took 421 dollars plus 34 dollars from Dowden. A passerby alerted police to the men entering the office.
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Warren
Ohio
The
Western Union Telegraph Co
Leo F. Dowden
Dowden
Stock Plan Approved in Ohio Exchange Deal
MARION Ohio General Telephone Co of Ohio and Peninsular Telephone Co announced a stock exchange plan today confirming the agreement between the two firms.
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Marion
Ohio
General Telephone Co
Peninsular Telephone Co
U S Pledges Weapons for Korea Defense
President Syngman Rhee announced that the United States has unofficially indicated it will provide modern weapons to defend Korea, signaling a significant military support pledge amid the Korean crisis. The statement underscores Washington’s commitment as tensions in the region remain high.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
United States
Korea
Eisenhower warns U S faces scarcity of nuclear scientists
Dr Milton S Eisenhower opened the Inter American atoms for peace symposium at Brookhaven NY with 200 scientists from 21 nations. He warned manpower is the main obstacle to peaceful nuclear progress, noting Soviet Russia will graduate far more engineers and scientists than the United States between 1950 and 1960. He urged expanded training and resources for STEM education.
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N. Y
Milton S. Eisenhower
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Eisenhower
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Atomic Research Center
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Soviet Russia
U.S
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson Seeks Clear Budget Stand From Eisenhower
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged President Eisenhower in a TV radio appeal to state clearly whether the administration seeks economy or more spending. Johnson faulted the administration for mixed messages as Eisenhower prepares a radio address defending an 71.8 billion dollar budget and lawmakers weigh further cuts.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Eisenhower
Johnson
Senate
Sherman Adams
Adams
Rep
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R-Ny
Congress
Body Falls Into House After Plane Crashes Nearby
In Portland Oregon a small plywood plane disintegrated over a residential area Sunday causing debris to crash into a living room. Willis Allen Wood 21 of Salem Oregon, an Oregon State College senior, died as the craft broke apart and investigators probe whether he was thrown or jumped from the craft. Fred Thom son 35, owner of the house, described the moment as his family heard an explosion-like sound and found the body inches away.
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Portland
Ore
Fred G. Thomson
Willis Allen Wood
Salem
Wood
Oregon State College
Union says it was locked out at Lima News plant
Lima Ohio May 1 pressmen union claims it was locked out at the Lima News plant after the American Newspaper Guild struck the afternoon daily. The picket line set up at the plant has been honored by the pressmen since May 1.
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Lima
Ohio
Printing Pressmen’s Union
Lima News
American Newspaper Guild
Weather outlook with warm week and scattered storms
The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday with a risk of local severe storms west this evening. Temperatures stay warm but trend cooler in the northwest by Tuesday, with tonight's low around 65 and Tuesday's high near 85. The five day view shows 6 to 10 degrees above normal temperatures, widespread showers and occasional thundershowers Tuesday through Friday, and total rainfall of 1 to 2 inches across the region.
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Ike and Monty Clash On Gettysburg War Tactics
In Gettysburg, Eisenhower and Montgomery debated Civil War command decisions during a weekend at the Eisenhower farm. Ike praised troop movements but faulted southern coordination while Monty blamed Meade for Lee escaping, calling Lee's performance the worse of the two.
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Meade
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Cemetery Ridge
Von Stroheim Dies at 71 in France
Erich von Stroheim, 71, famed for portraying Prussian officers, died of cancer Sunday night at his château in Maurepas near Paris after six months of illness. He had lived in France eight years, following his American film Sunset Boulevard, and recently worked in French and Italian movies while writing a novel and a biography.
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Erich von Stroheim
Maurepas
France
Gloria Swanson
Americans Consume 15 Percent More Fat
The Agriculture Department reports Americans consume about 15 percent more fat than 20 years ago. Doctors, especially heart and artery specialists, caution on whether this rise is beneficial or harmful.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Missing Man Found Dead Beneath Porch
In Toledo Ohio a 71 year old man Harold D DeWart was found dead beneath his porch after crawling out Saturday in search of a gas leak His wife Luella thought he was visiting friends when he did not return Coroner Paul Hohly planned an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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Toledo
Ohio
Harold D. DeWart
Luella
Paul Hohly
Home dynamited in Cleveland case shocks locals
Police said two sticks of dynamite exploded on the porch of a South Euclid contracting company executive at his home in Cleveland. No injuries were reported and investigators began examining the incident for a motive.
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Cleveland
South Euclid Contracting Company
Oxygen Administered After Heart Attack at Riverside Drive
Fire department emergency crews administered oxygen to Helen Kerner, 31, at her home on 15 Riverside Dr after a heart attack. The squad was called at 12 45 p m Sunday and remained until a local physician arrived. Border squabble ends as Honduras and Nicaragua pull troops back from the disputed border.
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Helen Kerner
Riverside Dr
Masked men blow up canal lock gates at Newry port
A gang of masked attackers with blackened faces exploded the lock gates on the canal linking Newry to the Irish Sea. Authorities seek suspects as repairs begin on the damaged infrastructure and harbor operations face disruption.
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Newry
Northern Ireland
Irish Sea
Air Force to Retry Billy Mitchell in Board Hearing
The Air Force announced a retrial this week for Billy Mitchell the former Army brigadier general who died 21 years ago. Mitchell had criticized Army and Navy air services calling for a separate air force and was convicted for advocating his views.
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Washington
Billy Mitchell
Air Force
Army
Mitchell
Navy
Linda Stamm Kidnaper Released From Prison
Nancy Campbell, 49, left the New Mexico State Prison at dawn in Santa Fe and drove away. Six years earlier she kidnapped 9 year old Linda Stamm for 20000 dollars ransom. She served six years of a 10 to 15 year sentence with good behavior time off.
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Santa FE
N. M
Nancy Campbell
New Mexico State Prison
Miss Campbell
Linda Stamm
Scientists Ready Nuclear Tests After Labor Dispute
In Las Vegas Nevada AEC scientists and newsmen prepared for the 1957 series of nuclear tests with the first explosion set to start Thursday. The plan went forward after a labor dispute delaying the test was settled late Saturday.
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Las Vegas
Nev
P—Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Bombay Congress Party Loses Power Shocks Nehru Government
In Bombay the ruling Congress party suffered a surprise defeat ending its grip in the city. The setback challenges Prime Minister Nehru's national leadership and signals shifting political sentiment in a key metropolis.
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Bombay
India
Nehru
Congress Party
Mrs. America Crowned Loyal Arlington Bride
Mrs. Lindwood Findley, 32, of Arlington Washington, representing the District of Columbia, was crowned Mrs. America after a week of cooking sewing ironing and housekeeping contests. She is married to Lt. Col. Harry Findley and mother of four. Her prizes include a 1957 automobile household appliances a $500 wardrobe a silver service and $100 in U. S. bonds.
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Lindwood Findley
District of Columbia
Findley
Harry Findley
Armed Forces Industrial College
Washington
British Merchantmen To Use Canal Again
London reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons that Britain now permits its merchant ships to use the Suez Canal again. The government will no longer advise shipowners to refrain from using the canal.
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London
Britain
Suez Canal
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Bus Rams Car Rear Killing Four on Ohio Turnpike
A Greyhound bus rear ended a station wagon on the Ohio Turnpike four miles west of Youngstown, killing four from a Blairsville, Pennsylvania family. Police jailed the driver Edward Bukosky, 30, on traffic manslaughter and following too closely. The crash raised weekly highway deaths to 22. the bus passengers reported the wagon swerved as the bus began to pass.
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Pennsylvania
Youngstown
State Highway Patrol
Greyhound
Murray Lockard, Sr
Blairsville
Mary Jane
James Maurice
Elizabeth Jane
Edward Bukosky
Pittsburgh
Bukosky
Cleveland
McKibben
Highway Patrol
Officials Trace Fire To Leaky Oil Burner
Stratford fire officials report a leaky oil burner caused a blaze that killed seven children in an old house. Fire Chief Theodore S. Lockwood described the burner as part of a kitchen range in the second floor apartment of Mr and Mrs Martin Davis.
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Stratford
Conn
Theodore S. Lockwood
Martin Davis
Duke of Harrar dies in Ethiopian mountain crash
The Duke of Harrar, 34, second son of Emperor Haile Selassie, was fatally injured Sunday in an automobile accident on a mountain road near Addis Ababa. The prince had earlier been reported wounded in the crash.
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Ethiopia
Duke of
Harar
Emperor Haile Selassie
Jets Honor Jamestown Settlement Flight to Virginia
Three US Air Force jets departed London Airport on a non stop flight to Jamestown Virginia to mark the 350th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement. The planes carried replica ships ships charter documents seals and coins linking to James I and Elizabeth I and refuel over the Atlantic en route to Langley Field. They followed the voyage of the Susan Constant Godspeed and Discovery and aimed to reach Virginia within 72 hours.
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U. S. Air Force
Jamestown
New World
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Constant
Virginia
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Sir Winston
John Hay Whitney
Britain
W. D. Morin
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Langley Field
Carlos M. Talbott
Jamestown Colony
James I
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