Hungarian Refugee George Barcza Tops Coe Science Pace
George Barcza, 24, a Hungarian refugee and Coe College freshman, joins chemistry and math with four years of prior study in both fields. He fled after the 1956 revolution, arrived with 1 700 others at Bremerhaven, spent months learning English in Vermont, and now pursues science with funding from the college and alumni. He plans to major in liberal arts then engineering to become a chemical engineer and hopes to visit Hungary someday.
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Red China to Build Its First National Car in Manchuria
Communist China designs a six seat national car to be built at its first fully Chinese run factory in Changchun Manchuria. Radio Peiping says 180 Russian specialists have left. Designers expect four years to lay out the car and tooling up. The plan includes motor cars medium and heavy lorries and tip lorries.
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Two men mug Indianapolis shopkeeper after tire help
Hu bert O'Haver was approached by two men offering tire aid in front of his store in Indianapolis. After fixing the tire one assailant pulled a knife and stole his money and jewelry.
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SAC Forms First Guided Missile Squadron With Rascal B-47 Duo
Officials of SAC have organized the nation’s first GAM squadron using B-47 Stratojet bombers carrying the Rascal air to surface missile. The Rascal, 32 feet long and four feet in diameter, is launched in flight from a special pylon and armed with a nuclear warhead. The B-47’s 4,000 mile range and 600 mph speed, extended by refueling, enable global reach from SAC bases.
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Union contract gives Waikiki dancers weekly pay boost
Honolulu AP reports the Hawaii branch of the American Guild of Variety Artists signed its first contract with Henry Kaiser's Hawaiian Village hotel. Main performers will earn 125 dollars a week, marking a boon for Tahitian dancers at the Waikiki venue. The piece also notes a TV listing for The Lone Ranger and Tonto on Channel 9 at 5 30 p.m. Sunday.
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Tito Pushes East West Talks for Little Summit Role
Yugoslav President Tito urges a bigger East West top level conference with non aligned nations and backs a proposed smaller summit. Nehru Nasser Sukarno supported, while Belgrade clocks a neutral moderator image and seeks a spring or summer start date amid Cold War deadlock.
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Alligator Blamed by Driver in Brazil Indiana Crash
Gordon Wesner told police an alligator caused his crash in Brazil Indiana. Officers found a three foot alligator in his station wagon that had escaped from a box as he headed to DePauw University for a biology class.
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Scotland Yard’s John Capstick Probes Welsh Farm Mystery
Police Superintendent John Capstick travels to Carmarthen to investigate the disappearance of John and Phoebe Harries at Cadno farm known as The Farm of the Grey Fox. The famed Ghost Squad sleuth, nicknamed Charlie Artful, pursues clues in a case that defies the notion of a perfect crime.
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Detective Capstick Targets Hidden Clue in Greenhouse Murder
Welsh farm boy Ronald Harries hanged on April 28 1954 for killing his aunt and uncle. Capstick uses a planted green cotton thread net and a staged search to flush the killer, uncovering the bodies in a cabbage field and exposing a planted crime scene clue.
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