French Troops Faced Rebels as North Africa Turmoil Mounts
Grim French forces including Foreign Legionnaires hunted rebel bands in the Moroccan hills amid a toll approaching 800 dead from weekend unrest across French North Africa. Premier Faure and other leaders rushed to Aix les Bains for talks with Moroccan authorities aiming to grant more self rule. The weekend toll exceeded 764 with forecasts of reaching 1,000, as incidents spread through Morocco and Algeria with curfews and night fires.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Foreign Legionnaires
France
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Aix le Bains
Algeria
Constantine
U.S
Reds Will Return Injured U S Flier to UN Control
SEOUL W Air Force Lt Guy H Bumpas of Jackson Mississippi is to recross the line to freedom tomorrow after six days as a prisoner of the Communists He will be returned to UN Command near Kumwha on the Central Korean Front with the body of Army Capt Charles W Brown of West Louisville Kentucky Also readied is a large helicopter and a doctor to meet him Brown was killed when their trainer plane was shot down Bumpas suffered a possible skull fracture and the Communists claim the other pilot was murdered by a gang of gunmen The Allied delegate Maj Gen Harlan C Parks condemned the incident and warned of retaliation if one sided control cannot be maintained
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W—Air Force
Guy H. Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
Freedom
United Nations Command
Kumwha
Army
Charles W. Brown
Brown
Bumpas
Harlan C. Parks
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Parks
Demilitarized Zone
Trigger
Contro
United Nations
Kimpo Air Base
Officer Killed in Gaza Clash
An Egyptian military spokesman said one Egyptian officer was killed and four soldiers wounded in renewed Israeli Egyptian clashes near Gaza. Col. Salah Gohar named the dead as a captain and four enlisted men, with machinegun and artillery fire reported at the eastern Gaza end. Israeli sources said a patrol captured an Egyptian position and then withdrew as UN observers arrived.
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Gaza
Palestine
Salah Gohar
Egypt
Department of Palestine Affairs
Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
U. N
Ottumwa Batters by Severe Storm and Fires
Ottumwa Iowa faced strong winds and a heavy rainstorm Sunday night. Unofficial rainfall reached about 4.2 inches and two fires caused extensive damage in the area.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
French General Dies in Morocco Plane Crash
Commander Ray mond Duval, leader of troops in violent Morocco, was killed in a plane crash reported by the French News Agency. Rebels attacked outposts and fled as French forces responded. At Oued Zem, 4000 Berber tribesmen reportedly attacked the town, amid a wider upheaval across the region.
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Paris
Raymond Duval
Morocco
Moorhead Man Dies in Shooting Accident
Donald C. Alm 29 native of Moorhead was accidentally killed while target practicing near the Reed farm seven miles northwest of Fosston. A .22 slug pierced his chest causing fatal internal hemorrhage. Polk County officials ruled it an accident. He was the son of Mrs. Evelyn Alm, living in Grand Forks during his UND studies.
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Crookston
Minn
Donald C. Alm
Moorhead
Edgar Reed
Fosston
Carl Knutson
H. E. Nelson
Polk County
Alm
Evelyn Alm
Grand Forks
University of North Dakota
Typhoon Iris Near Formosa Tracks Toward Tokyo
The 11th Pacific storm Iris was spotted bearing down on Formosa about 288 miles away as it approaches Japan's Tokyo area, prompting warnings and preparations for potential impact.
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Iris
Tokyo
Pacific
Formosa
Blood Letting in Oued Zem Follows Alarming Attack
In Oued Zem, 4000 robed tribesmen joined by 2000 townsmen attacked the mining town. They killed about 50 Europeans, burned homes, and damaged the town before Foreign Legionnaires restored order late in the day. Many Moroccans fled, and casualties were heavy on both sides amid French Morocco tensions.
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Oued Zem
France
Ben Youssef
Foreign
Death Toll Near 200 in 7 States
The flood disaster in the Northeast leaves 188 dead with missing in Pennsylvania and Connecticut potentially reaching 130. States report widespread destruction from Torrington to Stroudsburg as emergency aid and disease prevention efforts mobilize.
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Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Putnam
Five Die In Minnesota Auto Crashes This Weekend
A weekend of severe crashes left five dead and multiple injured across Minnesota. Elmer Carlson of Minneapolis and Harry Sheffer of St. Paul were among the drivers in a fatal Highway 10 collision near Coon Rapids. Rochester and Luverne incidents added to the toll, with 351 traffic deaths to date.
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Coon Rapids
Anoka
Twin Cities
Harry Sheffer
St. Paul
National Travel Assn
Carlson
Bessie
Hilma Schale
Minneapolis
Vera Sheffer
Harry Campbell
Rochester
Luverne Farmer
Federal aid available for Minnesota airports totals $887000
Senator Thye announced $887 110 in federal funds earmarked for Minnesota airports under the federal airports program. Remaining allocations include $65 000 to Eveleth Virginia, $85 000 to Worthington, and $16 000 to Grand Rapids, with $172 320 left for other projects.
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Sen
Thye
R-Minn
Minnesota
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Eveleth - Virginia
Worthington
Grand Rapids
F. B. Lee
Derailment Halts GN Freight Spine After Oil Wheat Fire
Great Northern Railway traffic resumed today after a derailment Saturday that left 44 cars off the rails, burning half a mile of track. A transient man named John Joseph Kelly was found dead near the wreckage. officials still seek the cause of the incident.
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Stanley
N.D
Great Northern Railway
John Joseph Kelly
Northern Pacific Railroad
Cool Canadian air brings first cool spell in a week
A blast of cool Canadian air lowered Austin area temperatures to the low 80s today with a 55 to 60 degree low expected tonight and a high near 80s predicted for Tuesday. Showers may cool southwest districts as a new cool spell edges in.
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Weather Bureau
Austin
Eisenhower to Make Six-State Aerial Flood Tour
President Eisenhower announced a six-state aerial inspection of hurricane and flood damage from the East. He will depart Denver for Hartford to confer with Red Cross chair E. Roland Harriman and invite governors to join. He will also address the American Bar Association in Philadelphia and appeal for relief funds.
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Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Hartford
Conn
E. Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
American Bar Assn
Philadelphia
First antiaircraft artillery brigade activated in Korea
President Syngman Rhee activated South Korea's first antiaircraft artillery brigade at Osan U S base, 35 miles south of Seoul. The unit is American trained.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Osan U. S. Air Base
Here
439 Homes Gone and 14000 Damaged in Floods
The Red Cross reported 34 169 families displaced across six eastern states. It found 439 homes destroyed and nearly 14 000 damaged. In Pennsylvania the health crisis worsened by thousands of dead chickens and drowned livestock. A Red Cross survey in northeast Pennsylvania showed 43 summer camps with safe children and adequate food and water.
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Washington
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
State Fair Opens Saturday With Judges at Work
Minnesota State Fair opens for a 10 day run as judges examine needlework, canning and handcrafts for purple ribbons. Home activities entries close Saturday. baking entries due Thursday. horticulture forms due today. bee culture and agriculture entries close Wednesday. Top cheddar cheese honors go to Bongards entrants Elroy Buesgens and others. notable butter and cheese entries noted with perfect scores. Stock car and speedway entrants arrive for time trials Friday and racing Saturday.
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ST. Paul V
Bee Culture
Bongards
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