Koreans Continue Their Rhee Demonstrations
In Seoul crowds opposed President Syngman Rhee and Vice President Lee Ki-poong amid renewed clashes. Tear gas and blanks fired by troops wounded several. a reported death was retracted. Martial law expanded as tanks and infantry blocked streets near the National Assembly and presidential palace.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Lee Ki-poong
Hapdong
National Assembly
Rhee
Assembly
Liberal Party
Capitol
Ten Hurt In Racial Violence At Biloxi Beach
AP report details a racially charged weekend clash at a Biloxi beach where about 50 Black swimmers faced white resistance. Gunfire injured ten people and four more were wounded in ensuing fights near the Gulf, marking Mississippi’s worst race riot in memory as chaos unfolded near the all white shoreline.
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Biloxi. Miss
Mexico
Mississippi
Iranian City Devastated By Giant Earthquake Sunday
A massive earthquake ripped through Lar in southern Iran on Sunday, killing and injuring hundreds. Official death toll ranges 1,200 to 1,500 with unofficial estimates up to 3,000. Gerash village near Lar was also destroyed. Rescue workers recovered hundreds of bodies as relief efforts began with airlifted food, medicine, and tents. The U S pledged aid and Iran ordered rapid relief. Queen Farah offered to shelter orphaned Lar children in Tehran.
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Tehran
Iran
Lar
Aghdar
Morocco
Nusrat Qarib
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlev
U. S
Farah
Shiraz
Gerash
Cost Of Living Hits New High In March
The March consumer price index rose to 125.7, a new peak above the 1947-49 baseline. Food costs edged up, railroad pay rose for 800,000 workers by one cent per hour, and clothing plus gasoline prices also trended higher while heating oil dipped seasonally. Labor official Arnold Chase warned of gradual food price increases into late summer but said overall inflation seemed restrained.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Chase
Body Of Missing Judge Found In Lake Michigan
The body of missing Federal Judge W. Lynn Parkinson was recovered Sunday, near the Loop’s north edge, close to the Drake Hotel where he vanished Oct 26. Autopsy indicated drowning with no clear signs of violence, fueling earlier foul play theories. Parkinson’s widow and son offered continuing uncertainty about the judge’s fate.
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Chicago
W. Lynn Parkinson
Lake Michigan
Loop
Drake Hotel
Pirates Slay Skipper In Bahama Island Robbery
In Nassau Bahamas two shipwrecked Americans seized a charter boat and killed skipper Angus Boatwright 55 aboard the Muriel III off Elbow Cay. Barbara Table 18 Alvin Table 23 and William Lees 23 fled toward Cuba after a struggle over radioing Coast Guard. Four Pennsylvania fishermen were harmed. Boatwright died. authorities questioned the evacuees in Nassau while Coast Guard planes pursued the vessel.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Bahama
Cuban
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Isla Morada
Fla
Muriel III
Angus Boatwright
Barbara Table
Sees
Isl
Cuba
Ariadne
Miami
Hokanson
Mrs. Table
Boatwright
Stanton C. Fogue
East McKeesport
Chester Har
Wilkinsburg
F. J. Schoalz
Monroeville
Edward McCrady
Pittsburgh
Monroe County
Tables
Lees
Key West
Bradford De Molay Chapter Installs Officers in Biddeford
Bradford chapter of De Molay installed a full slate at the Biddeford Masonic hall yesterday afternoon. Richard Milne leads as senior counselor with a large roster including Larry Chelder Stuart Ruben and other officers. Robert Gass of Portland addressed the group. a meeting is set for 7 tonight at the same hall.
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Bradford
Order of de Molay
Biddeford Masonic Hall
Richard Bryce Milne
Larry Chelder
Stuart Ruben
William Soucy
Theodore Milne
Charles White
Herbert Sandler
John Parola
John Huntress
Albert Bunson
William Hutchins
Howard Shapiro
Order of DeMolay
Pay Raise Approved for Bates Mills Workers
AP reports a 5 percent wage increase for Bates Manufacturing Co. mill workers in Lewiston and Augusta, approved over the weekend by locals of the Textile Workers Union of America.
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Lewiston
Bates Manufacturing Co
Augusta
Textile Workers Union of America
Maine Politicians Speak at Portland and Rumford
Rep. James C. Oliver argues business opposition to federal aid to education shows government limits, criticizing Maine Chamber of Commerce propaganda. He cites Maine's low per pupil expenditures and teacher salaries. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith touts satellite achievements to VFW voters in Rumford, contrasting with Soviet capability. Rumford is home to Lucia M. Cormier, Smith’s opponent in November.
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Associated Press
James C. Oliver
Portland
Maine Chamber of Commerce
Oliver
Maine
New England
Margaret Chase Smith
America
Rumford
Lucia’ M. Cormier
Mrs.Smith
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Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. John Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Leona Ouellette
Caribou
Rene Roy
Agnes Daley
Sanford
Patrick Daly
Arthur Boissonneault
Boissonneault
Lydia Desjardins
Diana Gregoire
Gulf of Mexico
Biloxi
Gulf
Simard’s
Franklin Street
Bagley
Stamps
Nestle
Boston
Betty Crocker
WED
Rochambeau Club
Dames Rochambeau
Main Street
Antoinette Gagne
Dorothe Neault
Rita Regis
Bertrand Dutil
The
American Union
Dominique Gagne
Lewis
Oak Street Beach
Elsie Ruth Main
Parkinson
William L. Parkinson Jr
West Lafayette
Ind
Table
de Molay
Bryce Milne
Richard Falvey
Internal Revenue Clerk
Gen
Fea, Corp
Potters
Edward
Swift
Windbrook Creamery
Oranges
Florida
Het Aan
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