Hawaiians Vote on Statehood and Pick Candidates
Hawaiians cast a straw vote on admission to the Union amid predictions of a strong yes, while advancing the first state primary voting for governor and U S Senate and House seats. The multi ethnic slate includes several candidates of Japanese and Chinese ancestry. turnout eyed at about 85 percent of 170000 eligible voters.
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Honolulu
Mid- Pacific
Hawaii Statehood Commission
Hawaii
Alaska
Mian Lame
Islands
Congress
U. S
U.S
First
Batista seeks new homeland after Cuban exile
Fulgencio Batista, stranded in the Dominican Republic for six months, seeks entry to the United States or Europe but faces cold welcomes from governments wary of Cuba's new regime under Fidel Castro. Diplomatic strains rise as Cuba breaks relations with the Dominican Republic over alleged suppression of its people.
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Dominican Republic
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
United States
Spain
France
Fidel Castro
Batista
Castro
Rafael Trujillo
Trujillo
Caribbean
Panama
Nicaragua
Castra
Mexico
Europe
Jews Plan Mass Migration From Slum Area in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish congregation Yetgev Lev D Satmar plans to move 50 miles to Franklin in Sussex County New Jersey after building their own village. About 1260 families will leave Williamsburg where slums encroach, seeking strict Sabbath living rules amid new high rise housing.
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Brooklyn
Green Fields
Franklin
Sussex County
N.J
Yetgev Lev D'Satmar
United States
Williamsburg
Gregation
John W. Rude
Federal Housing Authority
Manhattan
New Jersey
Satchmo Improves After Pneumonia Battle in Italy
Louis Armstrong's condition continued to improve after pneumonia. He slept through the night with normal temperature and joked with staff as fans worldwide awaited further updates.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Satchmo
St Lawrence Seaway Twins Stamp First Day Circulation
Washington reports the United States and Canada issue identical seaway stamps in a joint release. First day sales occurred in Massena New York and Ottawa. The U S stamp runs 120 million and the Canadian 40 million with many presumed to enter private albums.
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United States
Canada
Massena
N.Y
Ottawa
Seaway
U.S
Dominion
Speck of Dirt Sparks Courtship In Akron
Ed Gill with a speck of dirt in his eye visited B F Goodrich Co dispensary where Gerry Marzano worked and they met. The couple plan to marry in May. In Mexico City the Foreign Ministry said Mexico and Czechoslovakia will elevate their missions from legations to embassies and Israel and Mexico agreed to boost missions.
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Akron, Ohio
Ed Gill
Gerry Marzano
Gill
B. F. Goodrich Co
Miss Marzano
Mexico City
Mexico
Czechoslovakia
Israel
Stratosphere Camera Aims Sun Pictures This Summer
Scientists unveil the stratoscope plan to launch four unmanned balloons to 80,000 feet to film the sun with a 1,850 pound payload including a television camera. Ground observers will remotely steer the camera to chosen solar areas as Princeton astronomer Dr. Martin Schwarzschild notes a first in airborne remote control astronomy.
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Itors
Martin Schwarzschild
Princeton University Astonomer
Dr. Schwarzschild
Helen Keller Turns 79 In Quiet Connecticut Birthday
Helen Keller, who has been deaf and blind since infancy, reaches 79 today in FASTON, Connecticut. She will spend the day reading and writing as usual. Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, she learned through braille and a touch system with lifelong aide Polly Thompson, who is 74 and ill since December, affecting Keller’s plans.
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Faston
Conn
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Tuscumbia
Ala
Polly Thompson
Miss Thompson
Rhonda Fleming Finalizes Divorce After Troubled Marriage
In Los Angeles a final decree ends Rhonda Fleming and Dr. Lewis V. Morrill seven year marriage. Fleming, 35, testified the physician 42 found fault with her regardless of her actions and cited extreme cruelty. Earlier suits in 1954 and 1956 were dismissed upon reconciliation.
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Los Angeles
Rhonda Fleming
Lewis V. Morill
Superior Court
Miss Fleming
Corpse of Private Henneberg Found in Fort Ord Fire Site
Pvt. Dale R. Henneberg, 19, of McIntosh South Dakota, was identified in an unburned section of a fire damaged enlisted men's club at Fort Ord. Officials said he died at least three months ago with no signs of violence or poison and he had been absent without leave since February 11. The building burned March 31 and the body was discovered last Monday, hidden behind wooden siding.
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Fort Ord
Calif
Dale R. Henneberg
McIntosh
S.D
Don English
Nation
Henneberg
Equitable Living Insurance Offered for Sons Aged 25 to 40
John Plantikov touts a new Equitable policy promising a son guaranteed coverage every three years from ages 25 to 40 regardless of health. No medical exams and no questions asked are required to obtain reentry insurance.
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Equitable
Moere Insurance
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