Italy approves West German rearmament pacts
Rome approves Paris accords backing West German rearmament after two weeks of clashes. Senate vote 139 to 82 amid riots. Italy becomes eighth of 15 nations to finalize parliamentary action. Pacts allow German troops in Western defense, restore sovereignty, and admit Bonn to NATO.
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Luigi Einaudi
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Canada
Greece
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Norway
Portugal
Turkey
Belgium
France
West Germany
Denmark
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United States
Bonn Republic
Divorced UW Coed Agrees to Support Son After Split
Gloria W. Solberg, 22, UW freshman, and Gunerd D. Solberg, 22, UW senior, were granted a divorce in Circuit Court on cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs Solberg agreed to pay child support totaling 66 a month for year one 58 for year two 50 for year three and 14 monthly thereafter. She owns a farm and has substantial income.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Coed
Gloria W. Solberg
School of Letters and Science
Gunerd D. Solberg
School of Commerce
Sverre Braathen
Baby Bomb Lights Sky In Fifth 1955 AEC Test
Nevada's fifth atomic blast of 1955 lit the desert from Yucca Flat a 5:20 a.m. detonation seen as a brief white flash miles away in Las Vegas Phoenix and San Francisco. The Army and AEC tested a 50 foot high smoke screen to reduce thermal radiation while noting blast and gamma effects remain. No troops participated. 65 aircraft were in the air and the cloud rose to 36,000 feet amid a southeastern drift.
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Nevada
Army Chemical Corps
Yucca Flat
Los Angeles
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Ariz
San Francisco
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Army
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Camp Desert Rock
Texas Dust Storm Scares Baltimore With Radioactive Rain Rumor
Baltimore residents reported red or brown droplets on cars and windows sparking fears of fallout from a Nevada bomb test on March 7. The Weather Bureau received hundreds of calls but officials confirmed the rain was not radioactive. it originated as a Texas dust storm dampened during its eastward journey.
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Weather Bureau
Nevada
Texas
Thye Urges Russia Farm Groups Visit Minnesota Sites
Senator Thye proposes inviting Russian students and farm groups to Minnesota to ease tensions by showing a family farm model. He cites Casper Peterson near Northfield and notes Peterson operates three units with his sons after starting on rented land. He suggests trips to Carleton and St Olaf colleges and the Farmington cooperative milk plant.
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Casper Peterson
Northfield
Thye
State Department
Peterson
Highway 119
Carleton
St. Olaf
Farmington
Formosa residents trust US defense against Reds
On Formosa seven million Formosans and two million Chinese regain confidence in the United States backed defense treaty. They view US promise to defend Formosa and the Pescadores as credible while Nationalists vow to fight for Quemoy and Matsu with possible American aid, signaling a shift from past warnings.
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Formosa
Tachens
Nanchishan
United States
Pescadores
Japan
Quemoy
Matsus
Matsu
Formosa Strait
Funeral services for Mrs Joseph Matejcek in Owatonna
Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Joseph Matejcek 85 whose son Hugo was the first Steele County soldier killed in France in World War I. Survivors include two other sons Otto of Minneapolis and Hubert of Owatonna and a daughter living in town.
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Owatonna
Minn
Joseph Matejcek
Hugo
Steele County
France
Otto
Minneapolis
Hubert
Sturgeon Bay Worker Killed and Bonds Missing
A 44-year-old unemployed shipyard worker, Donald E. Cross, was found shot to death in his three room shack in Sturgeon Bay with his dog. Relatives said he concealed about $10,000 in government bonds and carried around $500 in cash. Police suspect a shotgun was used though the weapon was not found.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Donald E. Cross
Ernest Glesner
Crass
Wisconsin Couple Murdered In Ambush Killings
Emil Salzman aged 45 and his wife Clara 39 were found shot to death at their Hayward Wisconsin home. Police traced an abandoned 1950 Ford sedan found in St Paul to the Salzman party and report two assailants fled the scene after the killings. The motive remains undetermined and no robbery signs were found.
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Hayward
Wis
St. Paul
Salzman
Eau Claire
Power Company
Ohio River flood crest expected downstream from Louisville
The Ohio River flood crest was forecast to rise eight feet above flood level downstream from Louisville with crests at Tell City and Evansville. Upstream, Pittsburg cleanup began for damage totaling about 13 million dollars as thousands were left homeless. The crest was near 36.8 feet at Louisville and repairs totaled about one million dollars.
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Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Ohio
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Tell City
Cannelton
Evansville
Ind
Hawesville
Owensboro
Henderson
Weather Bureau
W. D. Milne
Madison
Cloverport
Fire trapping accident injures man at railroad enginehouse
Doyle Sundell, 28, of Minneapolis, suffered serious injuries Friday when he fell through a trap door into the diesel enginehouse of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad during a blaze. He was hospitalized with injuries described as serious but not life threatening.
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Minneapolis
Doyle Sundell
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Fulbright Says Capital Gains Tax Not Driving Stock Prices
Sen. Fulbright of Arkansas, head of the Senate Banking Committee, says the inquiry has largely discredited the idea that the capital gains tax keeps stock prices high. The panel, in recess for the weekend, will hear Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. next. Witnesses argued taxes on gains push prices up by limiting sales.
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Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Wall Street
Senate Banking Committee
William Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Proposals' Future Is Uncertain
Gov Freeman's last two major program segments reach the Legislature with a reorganization plan to cut 100 departments into 10 and a tax bill aimed at raising 16 million to balance a 167 million budget. Uncertainty lingers over both bills as committees finish hearings and lawmakers debate exact funding needs and tax hikes.
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ST. Paul
Gov. Freeman
Nehru Survives Assassination Attempt in India
Prime Minister Nehru warded off a knife attack near Nagpur as a rickshaw puller was detained and another person held in connection with the incident. Nehru had just landed from New Delhi to attend the Bharat Sevak Samaj convention and has long faced danger amid India’s independence-era tensions.
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London
Nagpur
India
Basu Rao
Bombay
Nehru
Calcutta
Lokasatta
Sonegon
New Delhi
R. S. Shukla
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Mohandas Gandhi
Bharat Sevak Samaj
Senators See Close Tax Fight
The Senate race over an income tax cut tightens as leaders guard against absences for a showdown vote likely next Tuesday or Wednesday. Four hours of debate on the tax plan, two hours for amendments, and two hours of general debate precede the final vote with several key lawmakers speaking in support. Absentee standoff risk cited as Sen Kennedy recuperates in Florida and Sen Smith travels in the Far East.
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Senate
Sens. Land
D-La
Humphrey
D-Minn
Neuberger
D-Ore
Barkley
D-Ky
Gore
D-Tenn
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Far East
Sen
Kennedy
D-Mass
Florida
Tragic Hunting Trip Accident Claims Grand Forks Man
Grand Forks North Dakota 25 year old Donald B Onerheim died Friday after an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound to the head with a small caliber pistol following his return from a hunting trip.
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Grand Forks
N.D
Donald B. Onerheim
Albert Lea Strikers Urged to Return to Work Amid Labor Dispute
About 700 CIO production workers who joined AFL tool and die workers at Queen Stove Works in Albert Lea are advised to return to work. William Richter of CIO United Steel Workers questions whether the employer will comply. CIO says no strike against Queen Stove Works has occurred. Picketers from AFL Local 323 protested over alleged unfair labor practices after workers refused overtime. A Minnesota labor conciliator’s office plans a Tuesday meeting to settle the dispute.
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Minne
CIO
AFL Tool and Die
Queen Stove Works
William Richter
United Steel Workers District
Minnesota Labor Conciliator
Spanish-American War Hero Dies in Massachusetts
Edward Sullivan 87 a Medal of Honor recipient from the Spanish-American War died last night in a convalescent home in Uxbridge Massachusetts. Born in Ireland he earned the nation’s top award from President McKinley for heroism and gallantry under fire as a Marine cutting cables in Cuba.
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Mass
Edward Sullivan
Ireland
Sullivan
Willaim McKinley
Cuba
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