Will Take 72 on Thanks Tour to Sweden
Chicago contractor Ragnar Benson plans a three week goodwill voyage taking 72 relatives and friends to Almholt Sweden aboard a Scandinavian Airlines charter from O’Hare on April 14. The trip costs about 40000 dollars and includes Benson’s relatives many of whom helped him immigrate in 1911.
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Governor weighs guard deployment over Southern Ohio phone blackouts
Gov. C. William O'Neill considers sending Ohio National Guard to aid 90,000 residents after a third phone outage in seven months near Portsmouth. He ordered a mobile communications unit and standby emergency crews to maintain links with Columbus. A Portsmouth Bar and Library Assn urged guard deployment. Officials will report back before action.
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Senators May Quit U N Job Over Israel Sanctions Threat
Senator Humphrey said he would seriously consider resigning from the U N delegation if the United States supports economic sanctions against Israel. Senator Knowland reportedly told the secretary of state he would quit in protest if Israel is singled out. Humphrey blamed the Eisenhower administration for not leading in Middle East peace efforts and clarified his stance differs from Knowland’s.
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Americans For Democratic Action
Senate probes link gangsters to West Coast Teamsters
Senate investigators plan to use secretly taped gangster talks and testimony from prostitutes gamblers and others to prove ties between Seattle Portland racketeers and Teamsters officials. The Portland start point for hearings follows a Portland grand jury indictment campaign and a $350000 funding grant for the inquiry.
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Army Private Refuses 40 Million Inheritance To Keep U S Citizenship
Fort Knox Kentucky AP 21 year old private first class Rolf von Reitzenstein says he spurned a possible inheritance of as much as 40 million dollars rather than renounce his American citizenship. He said he decided to be American after living abroad 1946 to 1954 and would not be disinherited despite a nine point ultimatum from his father.
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Middle East Crisis Advances Toward U N Sanctions Decision
President Eisenhower prepared to decide on U N sanctions against Israel as Dulles invited congressional leaders to a Sunday conference. Abba Eban traveled to Washington with Ben-Gurion’s report while Israel sought British French support. Opposition to sanctions remained strong in Congress.
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New Arms Flow From Soviet Bloc To Arab Nations
Reports from London Vienna and East Berlin indicate new shipments of arms weapons tanks planes and spare parts have been sent from Czechoslovakia and the Soviet bloc to Egypt Syria and Afghanistan. About 400 Russian instructors are in Egypt and a Czech led arms deal moved weapons into Syria last year.
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Ike Mollet talks seen restoring Big Three unity
Washington officials anticipate a two day White House visit by French Premier Mollet beginning Monday. President Eisenhower will host Mollet with red carpet treatment to emphasize goodwill and renew allied harmony after the October rift over Egypt.
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Foreig
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Storms Flood Los Angeles Region Cause Flood Damage
A surprise storm struck California causing moderate flood damage and at least six traffic deaths in the Los Angeles area. Forecasters warned of more rain from a new system Sunday with southern coastal sections getting 1 to 2 inches and mountains up to 6 inches. Winds up to 70 mph lashed the Monterey coast as floods soaked West Los Angeles with vehicles and benches swept from La Cienega Boulevard.
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la Cienega Boulevard
Cattleman Cuts Arm to Save Life From Tiger Snake
Charles Williams, a cattleman near Mitchell in Queensland, Australia, shot off part of his own arm to stop a tiger snake bite. Unable to find a knife, he fired his rifle into the wound. fellow cattlemen aided his escape to medical care, and doctors credited the action with saving his life.
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Australia
Charles Williams
Williams
Mitchell
Head Winds Force Nine Hawaii Bound Planes to Turn Back
In Oakland California the CAA reports head winds up to 100 miles per hour forced nine Hawaii bound planes to return to the mainland. A Pan American Stratocruiser a Japan Airlines DC6B and a Trans Ocean DC4 were among those attempting to reach Hawaii with fuel concerns. Eight of the returning aircraft were military and en route from Travis AFB to Hickam AFB with one Trans Ocean DC4 chartered by the Military Air Transport Service.
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Hickam Afb
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Russian radio reports 27.28 pound nugget found at Bodaibo
Moscow radio said a nugget weighing 27.28 pounds was mined in the Bodaibo goldfields along the Lena River in Siberia, highlighting a notable ore discovery in the region.
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Moscow Radio
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Ilena River
Siberia
Norway to Receive More U S Warships from Washington
OSLO AP Norway's navy shifts from British to U S built warships. Rear Adm Rolf Andresen chief of staff said on a Washington visit he was promised two American destroyers.
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Rolf Andresen
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Emerine Brothers Injured in Highway 75 Crash
Cecil E. Emerine 28 of Council Bluffs was killed and his brother Eddie injured in a collision on Highway 75 north of Council Bluffs on Saturday.
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Eddie
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Fifteen Hurt as Southwind Collides with Diesel at Frankfort
In Frankfort Indiana a Pennsylvanian Southwind passenger train struck a Nickel Plate diesel engine Saturday night injuring fifteen people. Most injuries were minor cuts and bruises with three sent to a hospital for overnight care. Cause of the collision was not yet determined.
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