Bikini blast seismographs report new test near Bikini
Japanese scientists say instruments show another hydrogen blast at Bikini today with atmospheric waves and earth shocks similar to the May 21 test. Tokyo Observatory notes 15 gauges across Japan detected pressure waves for about 40 minutes while a Matsushiro seismograph recorded signals earlier than the air shock. The AEC expects current tests to extend into June despite no immediate Washington comment.
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United States
Bikini
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Tokyo
Matsushiro
AEC
Tokyo Observatory
Adlai Estes Finish Florida Primary Campaigns
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver wrapped up their Florida primary campaigns shaping a southern test for 28 Democratic National Convention votes. They split public volleys over tactics, as Stevenson heads to California to campaign for June 5 primaries while Kefauver plans a 17 hour Miami tour and both seek to consolidate support against Eisenhower in GOP circles.
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Jess Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Florida
North Carolina
Tueday
Kefauver
Stevenson
K Tr
Kefsuver
California
Tennessee
Key
Logan Woman Killed in Route 33 Collision
Pauline Wadsworth, 48, was killed when her pickup collided head on with a second truck on Route 33 near Mt. Pleasant. Her husband Ralph Wadsworth, 47, driving the second pickup, and his children were injured along with Howard Thompson, Alfred Hatcher, and a fifth passenger. Witnesses cited an unidentified car that forced the trucks off the road before veering back onto the pavement. Deputies investigated.
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Logan
Rockbridge
Wadsworths
WitTe
Wort
Hocking County
Thompson
Pauline Wadsworth
Mt. Pleasant
M Wadsworth
Ralph
Howard B. Thompson
Columbus
Wadsworth
Ralph F. Wadsworth
Mary Etta
Alfred Hatcher
Joe Breeze
Kenneth Rheinscheid
Death Toll Recaps Normal Weekend Fatalities
An Associated Press survey shows 16 people killed in weekend accidents with 31 traffic deaths. The worst crash occurred north of Lancaster, where a three car wreck killed a Grove City man, 40, and a Zanesville woman, 60. Lucille Morgan, 52, of Shreve, died when her car was hit by a pursuing vehicle near Vermilion on the Lake.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Taffic
Lancaster
Grove City
Zanesville
O Lucille Morgan
Shreve
Vermilion-on- the-Lake
Parkersburg Crash Fatal To Ohio U Freshman
William Clark Wright Jr an Ohio University freshman was killed when the auto he rode in skidded on a rain slick Parkersburg street The front seat passenger door opened and he was thrown from the car on Fifth Street Bridge over the Little Kanawha River Wright nephew of Parkersburg Mayor Frank Wave Jr was dead on arrival at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital The driver was 17 year old David Lee Creel and another passenger was Wrights brother Richard Creel Police say the car skidded after the brakes were applied on the wet roadway The student had just entered Ohio University to study electrical engineering after graduating from Parkersburg High School
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Ohio University
Parkersburg
William Clark Wright, Jr
Parkersburg Coroter
Frank Wave, Jr
Ace
Wright
Fifth St
Kanawha
David Lee Creel
Richard Creel
Creel
Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
Parkersburg High School
Road Fund Plan Attacked in Senate Debate
Gore denounced a House highway funding plan as inequitable and urged continuation of the current allocation. The Senate aimed to finalize action on the multibillion dollar highway bill by Tuesday night before Memorial Day, with tax provisions including raising the federal gasoline tax from 2 to 3 cents and higher levies on tires trucks and diesel fuel.
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Masmington
Gore
D-Tenn
House
Senate
Mistrial Declared In Schwimmer Trial Illness
A mistrial was declared in the case of attorney Harry S. Schwimmer and two Truman administration officials on a conspiracy charge in U S District Court. Schwimmer fell ill in the courtroom last week and was taken to a hospital, halting proceedings for the day.
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ST. Louis
Harry S. Schwimmer
U.S. District Court
Schwimmer
Mother Shot by Son Ends Parental Fuss in Akron
John Frank, 16, told police he used a 22 caliber pistol to quiet an argument between his parents, killing his mother Anes E Frank at their Akron apartment. He was held at Summit County Detention Home for a hearing before Juvenile Judge Russell W. Thomas. The incident followed a party at Akron Municipal Airport attended by the family.
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Sesdentary
Summit County
Russell W. Thomas
Anes E Frank
Thomas Hospital
John
Akron Garfield High School
Akron Municipal Airport
Phillip R. Frank
Akron Air Station
James Crane
Frank
Crane
Bride Held In Slaying in Hammond Family Tragedy
Opal Agnes Collins, 25, awaiting grand jury on fatal shooting of her husband and three inlaws after a family dispute. She allegedly admitted killing her mother-in-law and two sisters-in-law and shooting her paraplegic husband in his wheelchair. Victims include Julia M. Collins, Martha Ann Collins, Mary Sue Collins, and Ben Collins Jr. The bride claimed relatives were pressuring her over money.
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Ben Collins, Jr
Collins
Advertisers urged to place low cost Messenger ads
The notice touts the selling power of Messenger Want Ads in the Classifieds. It claims thousands read the columns daily and that small ads effectively connect buyers and sellers for items like white elephants.
Just Dial Ad Policy Prompts Early Morning Ad Taker
A brief notice instructs readers to dial si242 and request an ad taker for placing ads before 9 A.M. The guidance implies ads phoned in before deadline appear in the same way as prior communications. The message emphasizes a simple dialing sequence and timely submission.
Heavy Rain Strands Cars in Eight Mile Area
A heavy Sunday night storm flooded Route 35 at Eight Mile stranding several families for hours. Tourist court operator Mrs E H Bussell and residents Floyd Cole and Mrs Charles Brown described water up to knees. Six inches flooded a storage shed of Thornton Burgess. basements in Bellmeade flooded. two Union District bridges washed out and a Rayburn Road bridge closed. about 100 feet of highway rendered one way.
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Point Pleasant
Eight Mile
E. H. Bussell
Floyd Cole
Charles Brown
No Paper Wednesday Memorial Day Holiday Notice
The Messenger will not publish on Wednesday due to the Memorial Day holiday observing schedule. This brief notice informs readers of a one day publication gap and a return to normal schedule next day.
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The
Messenger
Escapee Sought: Convicted Murderer James Esson Flees Prison Farm
A statewide alert covers James Esson, a convicted murderer who stabbed guard Ray Gordon and escaped last night from London Prison Farm. Superintendent R B Eckle said the attack happened in a truck on prison farm roads. Gordon received hospital care for knife wounds to his hand and side.
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London
James Esson
M. C. Roblents
State Division of Correction
R. B. Eckle
Ray Gordon
Deputy Shot During Gun Battle at Service Station
A Lorain County deputy sheriff, Steve Mohowski, 20, of Elyria, was critically wounded at a local service station in a gun battle with three officers. He was taken to University Hospital in Columbus with a bullet lodged near the back of his skull after opening fire on Sgt. Walter Marshall and Patrolmen Lang Laytart and Elmer Kelly. Police described Mohowski firing from behind a parked car as Laytart fired through the windshield, and a final shot from Laytart felled him after he claimed more shots.
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Waoninwrun Court House
Lorain County
Steve Mohowski
Elyria
University Hospital
Columbus
Mohowski
Walter Marshall
Lang Laytart
Elmer Kelly
Clarence
Marshall
Laytart
Mohowsk
India Receives French Areas Transfer Pact Signed
India and France signed a treaty transferring four coastal settlements Pondicherry Karikal Yanam on the east coast and Mahe on the west to India. Nehru said Parliament would ratify the transfer and noted Goa and two other Portuguese colonies might follow. Portugal refused to negotiate.
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New Deli
Inga
France
Nehru
Count Ostrorog
Pondicherry
Karikal
Yanam
Mahe
Goa
Portugal
New Contract Talks Open in Steel Industry
United Steelworkers and major producers begin talks on wage scales job security and benefits amid looming 630000 union members affected. USW President David J McDonald leads proposals including pay for weekend shifts layoff protections union shop and company paid insurance in early sessions with U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Jones Laughlin and others as industry eyes possible cost impacts and a history of strikes since World War II.
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Sesson Ukuh
United Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Great Lakes Steel
McDonald
USW
David J. McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Protest Mob Carries Off French Troopers Bound For Africa
In St. Nazaire a mob of about 150 freed reservists headed for Algeria were carried home by train as police and guards failed to stop the demonstration. About 200 reservists rode the train. 300 protesters swarmed the tracks and station as unions split on supporting recalls. Demonstrators pelted police with stones and bolts. several injured. Order was restored after the reservists left the station amid broader calls to block troop recalls and push for negotiations in Algeria.
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ST. Nazaire
France
Algeria
Rie
Clube
Mediterranean
General Federation of Labor Car
Alge
France Morocco sign agreements on base rights in Morocco
Paris and Rabat sign a set of accords granting Morocco broader diplomatic freedom and a review right over 1960 U S France base deals. Moroccan officials hint at possible rental payments for continued use of bases built at about 300 million dollars. French Foreign Minister Pineau says Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef should smooth frictions between Moroccans and French.
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Paris
France
Morocco
U. S
United States
Christian Pineau
Sultan Sidi Mohammed , Ben Youssef
Morse
Memorial Day Traffic Death Toll Estimated at 110
The National Safety Council estimates Memorial Day traffic accidents will claim 110 lives, higher than the 70 usual on a nonholiday Wednesday. The council urged the public to keep the toll at 70 from Tuesday to midnight Wednesday.
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The
National Safety Council
Pushbutton War Ideas Seen as Dangerous Myth
Secretary of the Army Wither M. Brucker said pushbutton war is a dangerous myth and that the major combat burden would fall on the U S Army. He praised Army weapons both atomic and non atomic as best developed and capable in adverse conditions. He highlighted the corporal guided missile and the Redstone ballistic missile as interim atomic weapons.
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Detroit
Wither M. Brucker
U.S
Bender Predicts Re-Election Amid Ohio GOP Ties
Senator Bender of Ohio asserts re-election success as Ohio Republicans boast a half million dollar fundraising cache. He notes six Democratic House members in Ohio and references Governor Lausche’s past stances supporting Stevenson and Taft, implying shifting loyalties within state politics.
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Bender
Ohio
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Lausche
Adlai Stevenson
Taft
Party Heads Still Battling in TV Debate Call
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler urged President Eisenhower to debate the Democratic nominee on NBC TV. GOP Chairman Leonard Hall rejected the proposal, questioning Butler’s sincerity and vowing a clean campaign. The two leaders traded accusations over civil rights and prosperity during the Truman and Eisenhower eras.
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Washington
Paul Butler
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard Hall
NBCTV
Truman
Hall
Butler
Bartender Captured In Slaying Of Heiress In Carson City
A Vermont wife vows support as bartender William E. Boswell pleads guilty to a homicide charge in the slaying of a Philadelphia heiress whose body was found in a closet of his Carson City Nevada apartment. A suitcase scene device was found nearby. He is held without bail awaiting transfer for murder complaint.
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Middlebury
Vic
Vermont
Philadelphia
Carson City
Nev
William E. Boswell
Arline Boswell
Boswell
Train Hit Truck, Feed Mill, 2 Killed
A Pittsburgh to Cleveland freight train struck a truck at Atwater, derailing two coaches that crashed into a feed mill. The truck driver and a mill worker were killed in the accident.
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Alliance
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Atwater
Italian Elections Test Coexistence Amid Heavy Turnout
Italy held local elections seen as a test of coexistence amid Western alignment pressure. Premier Antonio Segni and Communist ally Social Democrats faced broad turnout across 10 regional posts, with Vatican favored Christian Democrats seeking anti Communist victory. Observers noted undecided races across 12 provinces as voters from Alps to Sicily weighed regional and national outcomes.
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Moscow
Nce
Vera
Antonio Segni
Social
Hest
Pietro Nenni
Pat
Vatican
Eratic
L’osservatore 12
Coun
Truman
Alps
Sicily
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