Dentist Axilrod Pleads Innocent in First Degree Murder Case
Min neapolis dentist Dr. Ascher A. Axilrod 49 pleads innocent to first degree murder in the strangulation death of 21 year old Mary Moonen whose body was found in an alley. Moonen’s husband Pfe Mathias Moonen attends from Korea as lawyers seek time to prepare and bond may be set at 15000 if released. Autopsy shows Moonen was three months pregnant.
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Minneapolis
Ascher A. Axilrod
Mary Moonan
Pfe
Mathias Moonen
Korea
Sydney Goff
St. Paul
Axilrod
Jaroscak
Michael J. Dillon
Axilred
Moonen
Charles Wetherille
Morale Woes at Nevada Atomic Test Site
Morale among civilians and troops at Survival City Nevada sited atomic test drags on with open shot postponed. Civil defense workers threaten withdrawal while Harold L Goodwin tests resolve with field talks. Ohio factions show split, one ready to quit, another to endure.
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Nev
Civil Defense
Harold L. Goodwin
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Ohio
House Debates Vaccine Controls Amid Claims of Favoritism
Washington hearings loom as the Eisenhower administration weighs limits on polio vaccine distribution. Hobby signals possible curbs if findings support polio fight. a government advisory panel backs voluntary controls. Congress eyes swift review. senators cite uneven allocation in New York while foundation cautions early to judge vaccine impact.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Hobby
White House
Congress
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Rep. Celler
D-Ny
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Senate
New York
National Foundation For
The Guilty One Free in Clothes of Innocent One
In Los Angeles an error let Rudy Garcia Megiorino assume Espana’s identity after Espana was released by a judge. Megiorino wore Espana’s clothes and left the jail with Espana’s pilfered property slip, while Megiorino’s own robbery sentence was left unexecuted. Espana, 29, wondered when he would go to court.
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Los Angeles
Depuuies
Eusebio Espana
Espana
Rudy Garcia Megiorino
Gas Workers Reach Agreement in Dubuque Strike End
Dubuque Iowa union negotiators accepted a new offer from North Central Public Service Co ending a gas workers strike that had disrupted service in the city. The deal avoids further disruption as talks concluded with union approval of the utility proposal.
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Dubuque
Iowa
North Centra Public Service Co
Polio Cases Rise in Chicago Record High
Chicago polio reached its highest level in 45 years with 15 cases reported since January 1. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen noted the rise may be significant and warned the trend requires watchfulness. Only one of the cases had received Salk vaccine. An 18 month old boy was inoculated with Cutter Laboratories vaccine later withdrawn by the Public Health Service.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
Cutter Laboratories
Berkley, Calif
U. S. Public Health Service
Teenage flareup after New York funeral sparks fear
In the Bronx outside a chapel for William Blankenship Jr., about 100 teens chanted and jeered as reporters were pushed back. Police dispersed the crowd after threats. Frank Santana is charged with homicide and Ralph Falcon with rioting. District Attorney Sullivan seeks first degree murder. bail denied for Santana and set at 50,000 for Falcon. The case follows a youth gang feud over jackets and amid calls for stronger anti crime measures.
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New York
William Blankenship Jr
Bronx
Blankenship
Francis W. H. Adams
Daniel V. Sullivan
Santana
Hyman Korn
Ralph
Rocky) Falcon
Korn
City of
Cao Dai General Killed in Saigon Action
Gen The Minh Thien, a top Cao Dai general and ally of the free Viet Nam movement, was killed in Saigon while directing four Cao Dai battalions in an assault against Binh Xuyen rebels allied with Hoa Hao. He died when hit by Binh Xuyen gunfire in an armored boat.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Trinh Minh
Cao Dai
Free Viet Nam Revolutionary Committee
Neo Dien Diem
Binh Xuyen
Binh Xuyen Society
Hoa Hao
Diem
National Assembly
Bao Dai
le van Ty
Mixed May Weather Hits Central Plains and Beyond
The Weather Bureau reported a heat wave from North Dakota to Texas with 78 in Fargo and Abilene versus 65 in Miami. Temperatures in the spring heat belt ran 15 to 30 degrees above normal while a cold front brought snow to Laramie three inches and a tornado near Lexington Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Central Plains
North Dakota
Texas
Fargo
N.D
Abilene
Tex
Miami
Bismarck
Burwell
Neb
Presidio
Kansas
Minnesota
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
Rockies
Farm Youth Killed When Tractor Tips
Graceville Minnesota. A 13 year old farm boy Roger Reynolds died when the tractor he drove overturned on a country road and pinned him in a water filled ditch. His parents found the body about 20 minutes after the accident on a farm 10 miles northwest of Graceville.
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Graceville
Minn
Roger Reynolds
Squire Reynolds
Here
Diem consolidates power as Bao Dai ouster moves ahead
Diem tightens grip as National Revolutionary Committee pushes Bao Dai removal. Saigon forces rout Binh Xuyen remnants in a cleanup across Cho Lon and Saigon center. The states general convenes to approve the plan, with U.S. and French support backing Diem while Bao Dai faces possible exile.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Binh Xuyen
Diem
Bao Dai
National Revolutionary Committee
Army
Hormel Wage Plan Faces Threat in Senate Amendment
Fayette Sherman of Hormel Foods told a Senate Labor subcommittee that a proposed change to the Federal Wage and Hour Law could strike at the core of the annual wage plan. He described how Hormel’s system provides year round employment with 52 equal pay checks, using seasonal hours to balance rush and slack periods and offering production bonuses for over‑quota work.
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Washington
the Herald
Hormel
Fayette Sherman
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Austin
Sherman
Jay C. Hormel
Hormel Company
Floyd Iowa Woman Keeps Track of 114 Relatives
Mrs. Emma Stewart, 82, of Floyd Iowa, lists 114 relatives in the community or within 300 miles. She has 30 grandchildren and 50 great grandchildren and keeps in touch by frequent letters and birthday cards, explaining she never misses a birthday.
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Floyd
Iowa
Emma Stewart
Grandma Stewart
Burglars Foiled by Electronic Guard at Michigan Electronics
In Chicago the Michigan Electronics plant faced a burglary attempt ended by a male warning voice and alarm. Engineers Grossi and another colleague had set up the device as a gag. burglars fled after the alarm and police were alerted.
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Chicago
Michigan Electronics, Inc
Paul Grossi
Pine Island Driver Questioned in Fatal Crash
In Minnesota, 22 year old Donald M. McKay of Pine Island was questioned after a car he allegedly drove struck five year old Allen Schlaeppi, who died later at a Rochester hospital. The incident occurred as the child visited relatives near Manterville. McKay had his license revoked April 5 after a prior drunken driving conviction.
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Kasson
Minn
Donald M. McKay
Pine Island
St. Paul
Rudy Benson
Dodge County
McKay
Allen Schlaeppi
William Schlaeppi
Manterville
Allen
Rochester
Faribault Accident Raises Minnesota Traffic Toll in 1955
Carl V. Bell of Davenport Iowa, 59, died from injuries after his car left a highway near Faribault Friday night and plunged down an embankment. He was ejected as the car burned. Services will be held here Thursday. The 1955 Minnesota toll reached 154, compared with 201 at the same point last year.
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Faribault
Minn
Carl V. Bell
Davenport
Iowa
Bell
Minnesota
Orchid Diet Rejuvenates 100 Sheep in Calif Shelter
In Woodland Hills O H Wilkins a NBC lighting director shelters 100 endangered sheep in an orchid hothouse after a rainy windy spell. He and veterinarian treatment with penicillin revived the flock while 400 sheep died and were sent to rendering.
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Woodland Hills
Calif
O. H. Wilkins
Wilkins
National Broadcasting Co
Nick Costa
Costa
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Tarzan) Santana
Viet Nam
Ralph Henwood
Lancaster
U.S
National Army
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French Riviera
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Dalat
Prinh Xuyen
le van Vien
Vien
Can Gioc
Go Cong
Cho Lon
Casino de
Austria
Ivan I. Ilyichev
U. S
Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr
Sir Geoffrey Wallinger
Roger Lalouette
Vienna
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