Conferees Break Deadlock at Asian African Conference
Delegates from 29 nations return home after a seven day Bandung meeting that backed a seven point coexistence plan. Chou En-lai rejected direct talks on Formosa while endorsing noninterference and self determination.
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Indonesia
Red China
Chou En-lai
United States
Formosa
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
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South Africa
France
Palestine
Israel
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Burma
Two Dead in Headon Collision Near Austin
A head on crash eight miles north of Austin on Highway 218 killed Clarence E. Verplank 60 and Sherelyn Jean Tesch 19. Patrica McCelland 17 and Leslie Newman 26 were injured with serious chest head and leg injuries. Authorities investigate driver details and timing.
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Austin
Clarence E. Verplank
Ellendale
St. Olaf Hospital
Sherelyn Jean Tesch
Williams
Patricia McCelland
Elizabeth
Patricia
Samuel McCelland
Leslie Newman
Austin Rt. 2
Verplank
Gerald Benson
Grand Rapids
Dorothy Lehman
Nancy Lehman
Dorothy
John A. Kalina
Lakeville
Minn
Paradox Signals Chinese War Anxiety and Tragedies
Murata cites Chou En-lai saying China hates war yet will be liberated as U S policies push arms nearby. Separate reports detail fatal crashes in Iowa and Minnesota, with multiple deaths and survivors, including Miss Tesch and Verplank, plus updated highway tolls in Mower County.
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Tokyo
Shozo Murata
Manila
Chou En-lai
Formosa
Taxes Accept Withholding Tax Plan Near End Of Session
Minnesota lawmakers reached a conference committee agreement on a package tax plan expected to raise 13.177 million dollars for the general revenue fund each year for two years to balance the budget. Approval by both houses and Gov. Freeman’s signature remain required before midnight to avoid a special session. Some legislators oppose the plan and debate is anticipated.
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Jack MacKay
Adolph Johnson
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Conference Committee
House
Fred Cina
Aurora
Senate
Gov. Freeman
Dina
Rep. Cina
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Teachers Colleges
Department of Education
Western Big Three to discuss four power conference in Paris
Western diplomats say the United States Britain and France will meet in Paris on May 8 to discuss plans for a four power conference with the Soviet government aimed at European problems. Moscow signaled interest in a Bulganin Eisenhower Eden summit while insisting talks should occur among ministers first.
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Paris
State Department
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Eisenhower
Dulles
Europe
Germany
London
Eisenhower unveils Atomic Ship plan and tariff cuts
President Eisenhower announced a plan to build an atomic powered merchant ship that could circumnavigate the globe without refueling. He paired the unveiling with a push to cut tariffs 15 percent over three years and urged Congress to pass the Reciprocal Trade Act extension amid Cold War tensions.
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Eisenhower
America
Congress
Associated Press
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Red China
United States
Formosa
China
Russia
House
Senate
Atomic Test Postponed By High Winds In Nevada
High winds over the Nevada desert forced postponement of the atomic civil defense open shot for at least 24 hours. Dr. Alvin Graves, scientific chief for the tests, announced observers this morning that the test will not be held before next Wednesday at the earliest.
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Survival City
Nev
Nevada Desert
Atomic Civil Defense
Alvin C. Graves
Tornado Kills 4 in Alabama as Storms Hit East
A tornado ripped three Alabama communities yesterday killing an elderly couple and two children and injuring 25 others. It destroyed 40 houses and two churches, with damage estimated at 750000 dollars as the storm tracked near Piney Grove, Cedar Plains and Andrews Chapel, 75 miles north of Birmingham.
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Piney Grove
Cedar Plains
Andrew's Chapel
Birmingham
Ronnie Lee Nails
Near
Massey
Hartselle
Ida Marie
Clyde Nails
Nails
Will Smith
Vatican Simplifies Two Catholic Rites
The Vatican's Sacred Congregation of Rites will abbreviate the Roman Mass and the daily breviary to give priests more time for parish duties. Pope Pius XII approved the change after bishops worldwide requested it. The decree takes effect January 1 and shortens the mass mainly at the start and after communion, while keeping the offertory, consecration, and communion intact.
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Vatican
Sacred Congregation of Rites
Pius XII
Wreck Damages 47 Frisco Freight Cars Near Dallas
Forty seven cars of an 86 car Frisco Lines freight train derailed near Dallas yesterday. Cars were strewn for over a mile of track. No injuries reported. The train was traveling from Kansas City to Fort Worth.
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Frisco Lines
Kansas City
Fort Worth
U. S. crime rate climbs in 1954 with 34 murders daily
FBI data show a 5 percent rise in 1954 major offenses to 2,267,250 across 5,787 agencies covering 90 percent of the population. On average 34 people were feloniously slain per day, with increases in robbery, burglary and larceny, while murders and auto thefts edged lower.
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Washington
U. S
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
London Daily Worker Faces Financial Struggle
The Communist Daily Worker announced new financial difficulties and said it discontinued its final morning edition and moved to an earlier printing deadline to conserve resources.
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London
Communist Daily Worker
Red Organ
YDFL Elects New Chairman At State Convention
Paul S. Anderson of Grand Rapids was unanimously elected chairman of the Young Democratic Farmer Labor organization at the state convention in Minneapolis. Mary Richardson of St. Paul was chosen state chairwoman, with Harlan Goulett named national committeeman and Bette M. Jones as national committeewoman. Delegates tabled a resolution backing Red China’s UN admission and US recognition, and adopted a stance against insisting on Quemoy and Matsu.
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Minneapolis
Paul S. Anderson
Grand Rapids
Minn
Young Democratic Farmer Labor
YDFL
Mary Richardson
St. Paul
Harlan Goulett
Bette M. Jones
United Nations
United States
Thieves Steal Car From Lot by Jail Near Police Station
Los Angeles carnival concession owner Albert R. Cohn, 54, said he lacked $3,000 for safe keeping in the trunk of his car parked across from the county jail. The auto was stolen early yesterday.
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San Antonio
Tex
Albert R. Cohn
Minneapolis dentist held in death of pregnant woman
Detectives await coroner’s ruling on cause of death after the body of Mary Moonen 21 was found in an alley in the Lake of the Isles area. Dr. A Arnold Axilrod 49, a Minneapolis dentist, is in custody. Moonen claimed he fathered her unborn child and said she came to his office Friday evening and he blacked out after she threatened exposure. Moonen was in her third month. the couple’s daughter is 9 months old.
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Minneapolis
Eugene Bernath
Hennepin County
Mary Moonen
Lake of the Isles
Plummer
Thief River Falls
Minn
Matt
Korea
A. Arnold Axilrod
Charles Wetherille
Axilrod
Moonen
Wetherille
Dr. Axilrod
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