Viet Nam Seeks OK as Republic
South Viet Nam aims to proclaim a republic pending recognition by the Western Big Three and allied Asian states. Diem’s government wants Bao Dai deposed, with two assemblies demanding transfer of powers to Diem until a national assembly is elected. Bao Dai travels to Paris to seek Western intervention while Diem reshuffles the imperial guard to strengthen loyalty.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Japan
Philippines
China
South Korea
Cambodia
Thailand
Bao Dai
Indochina
Annam
United States
Paris
French Riviera
Edgar Faure
Dulles
Nguyen Tuyen Linh
Imperial Guard
Linh Quang Vien
National Army
Three vie for two Austin School Board seats
May 17 election will decide two Austin School Board spots among Roy Tedrow the incumbent, and new candidates Dr Chester D Litz and Robert O Babcock. Brooks Cutter retires after 18 years on the board, having been appointed in 1937 to fill a vacancy.
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Austin
Roy Tedrow
Chester D. Litz
Robert O. Babcock
Brooks Cutter
Lafayette French
Austin Junior College
Explosion Kills Two at Iowa Ordnance Plant
An explosion at the Iowa ordnance plant killed two employees Thursday afternoon. The victims were Leslie R. Schrock 58 of Burlington and Pat J. Venard 25 from near Wapello. Officials called it an industrial type blast likely set off by a blowtorch in a pipecutting operation away from ammunition component areas.
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Burlington
Iowa
Leslie R. Schrock
Pat J. Venard
Wapello
Woman reports stolen steering wheel in Scottsbluff Neb
A woman called police saying she did not know her location but would call back after finding out where she was. She did not return the call and officers could not locate her, though her complaint claimed someone stole her car steering wheel.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
Sponsors to Hear Details of 350000 Hospital Drive
About 165 Mower County families are invited to a 6 30 p m dinner at Queen of Angels Hall Park Dougherty building fund chairman announced The meeting aims to fully explain the St Olaf Hospital building fund program with no solicitation of funds. Details to be announced soon. The sponsoring committee lists numerous local residents and families.
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St. Olaf Hospital
Mower County
Queen of Angels Hall
Park Dougherty
Building Fund
Dougherty
Committee of Sponsors
Rollin C., Alderson
David P. Anderson
Harold J. Anderson
John Anderson
Milo Anderson
Wallace R. Anderson
Andrew Anhorn
Richard D. Arney
Charles S. Ashton
Wayne H. Austin
A. O. Austinson
David R. Averbook
Gertrude Banfield
Helen Banfield
Tracy E. Barber
Robert A. Bateman
William J. Bandler
C. Gordon Beale
Pius D. Beaulieu
Herman C. Bentrup
Ove E. Be
Firemen Battle Indiana Industrial Blaze Amid Losses
Fire crews in Hammond fight a six story Great Lakes Warehouse Co building blaze near the business district with damage estimated at five million dollars. In Columbia City a separate factory fire Thursday left three dead in a million dollar blaze in the northeast corner of the state.
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Indianapolis
Hammond
Indiana
Columbia City
Great Lakes Warehouse Corp
Century-old tree toppled by morning wind on Winona
A 100-year-old tree that withstood the 1928 tornado and Winona Street widening fell this morning at about 11:25 a.m. on the southeast corner of Greenwich and Winona, blocking Highway 16. Park crews cleared the scene by 11:40, as witnesses described the crash of the falling tree.
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Winona Street
Greenwich
Winona
Park Department
Cannes Battle of Flowers Wounds Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly, Oscar winner for The Country Girl, was struck in the eye by a flying carnation during the Battle of Flowers in Cannes. She returned to her hotel after the parade as about 300000 bouquets were thrown with many film stars in attendance at the festival.
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Cannes
France
W . Grace Kelly
Obstacles in Austrian Negotiations
Vienna reports two remaining hurdles in drafting Austria’s independence treaty. The Big Four seek a Western pledge on oil property restitution and a public neutral declaration, with foreign ministers to finalize the terms and sign after weeks of talks. Austria aims to guarantee neutrality and UN backing, while troop withdrawal is tied to ratification.
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Vienna
Austria
Big Four
United Nations
Russia
West
U.N
Plane Hops Duke Jarred by Tire Blowout in Paris
The Duke of Windsor on a London to Paris flight with a tire blowout. The British European Airways plane from London landed at Le Bourget and taxiing when the tire failed, touching a wing to the ground. Passengers were removed uneventfully. The Duke was on a five day private London visit. the Duchess stayed in Paris.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
London
British European Airways
le Bourget
Nine Die as Flames Roar Through Chicago Skid Row Hotel
A rapid fire on West Madison Street killed nine men and injured twelve in a five story hotel row of cubicles. Fire officials estimated $5,000 damage and said most victims inhaled smoke while asleep. Police and fire crews rescued about 25 men, with several jumping from windows.
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Chicago
Madison Street
Comfort Hotel
Madison St
James O. Casey
Cook County
Albert Peterson
Peterson
Cook County Hospital
al Reese
Eugene Reynolds
Robert Becker
Reynolds
Scheele Sees Polio Vaccine Policy Mixed With Confidence
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele voiced confidence that scientists will deem the polio vaccine excellent and that nationwide inoculation should continue. He described federal release of new vaccine as halted for several days while a complete study is conducted, with production ongoing and releases pending federal approval. The Banking Committee urged legislation to ensure proper distribution prioritizing children and those unable to pay.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Scheele
House Banking Committee
Fisenhower
Dr. Scheele
Spence
D-Ky
Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Miss Minneapolis Pageant Names New Entrant
Maureen Beck, a University of Minnesota freshman living at 1224 Russell Ave North, replaces disqualified Miss Zenith Svalgaard as Minneapolis entry in the Miss Minnesota Pageant. Beck is 18 and majors in English and music.
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Maureen Beck
Russell Ave
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Zenith Svalgaard
Miss Beck
Mother of 7 Dies in Crash Near Hollandale
A mother of seven, Mrs. Santiago Selazer, 32, was killed and her husband Cruz Selazer, 35, and two children injured four miles east of Hollandale on Highway 251. The car traveled at high speed, left the road, rolled multiple times, and hit a post, with the trunk lid ejected 60 feet. The injured include the husband in critical condition and two children moderately hurt. seven other children were at home. No inquest planned. traffic charges expected after hospital release. This marks Freeborn County’s seventh traffic death this year.
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Hollandale
Here
Santiago Selazer
Nueve
Albert Lea
Cruz Selazer
Raul
Consuelo
Selazer
Carl Lindahl
Lindahl
Texas
Ward
Freeborn County
Confers With Chiefs Before Paris Talks on Far East
President Eisenhower called top military and diplomatic aides to the White House session. Dulles planned to depart for Paris to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Council where West Germany would join as the 15th member. He would also meet with Antoine Pinay and Harold Macmillan to discuss Far Eastern matters and press Pinay to back Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Dulles
Paris
Western Europe
Wilson
Herbert Hoover Jr
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
North Atlantic Treaty Council
West Germany
Antoine Pinay
Harold Macmillan
Pinay
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Rain Sprinkles Soap For Williams Freshmen Dance
Rain Saturday night would make it awfully sudsy around Williams College. The freshmen hold an outdoor dance on the blacktopped parking lot and will spread soap flakes to keep the event danceable.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Hindenburg Disaster Remembrance Echoes in Ridgewood
Ridgewood resident Charles Barnes recalls the May 6 1937 Hindenburg explosion at Lakehurst New Jersey. He narrowly escaped when the airship burst into flames as squalls delayed its landing. he cites rain soaked skin and a drenched flight jacket as factors in his survival.
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Charles F. Capaldo
Ridgewood
N. J
Charles Barnes
Nazi Germany
Lakehurst
N.J
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Barnes
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T. E. Colescott
H. H. Corey
E. Ray Cory
Ralph P. Crane
Race F. Crane
B. J. Cranwell
D. A. Cunningham
Ralph H. Daigneau
Ernest M. Diederich
Richard C. Dougherty
Frederic Dean
Leonard Dugan
M. F. Dugan
R. A. Dunnette
Cecil Dye
S. P. Elam
Gladys M. Emerson
Myron Hokeness
Peter J. Holand
W. C. Holbert
William Holmquist
William M. Howley
Burton E. Hughes
James G. Huntting Sr
B. J. Huseby
Ernest Jacob
Paul E. Johnson
Charles E. Jones
John R. Jones
Carl E. Kehret
C. R. Kellogg
Paul Kimball
Paul
Indiana Blaze
Grace Kelly
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Britain
Soviet Union
Duke
Cutter
Robert Cutter
Cutter Laboratories
Janette Lundblad
Berkley
Calif
Janette
Gayle
Stephen Brown
U.S. Halls
U. S. Public Health Service
U.S. Public Health Service
Berkeley
Eli Lilly & Co
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Dirigible
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