Soviets Reassess Ties With Tito in Belgrade Parleys
In Belgrade Khrushchev and Bulganin press Yugoslavia to accept neutralist coexistence as Moscow seeks a bloc realignment. Tito rebuffs closer party ties and aims to unite nonaligned nations, saying Yugoslavia wants leadership in resisting a binary Cold War split. Borba signals Yugoslav caution toward Soviet consolidation.
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Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Kremlin
Russia
Khrushchev
Borba
Communist Party
Storms devastate Oklahoma Kansas with deadly twisters
Massive funnel clouds battered Oklahoma and Kansas over Friday and Saturday causing widespread destruction. In Udall Kansas a tornado killed at least 73 and left 50 missing. relief groups including the Red Cross pledged aid and 300 vacant Wichita housing units were opened for the homeless.
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Udall
National Guard
Washington
Charles E. Slusser
Wichita
National Red Cross
Tornado
Most Courteous Cop Fined for Looting Meters
Tampa traffic officer J W Hause once named the most courteous cop of 1954 pled guilty to petty larceny for looting parking meters. He admitted ill health and lack of awareness of the offense and was fired after confessing. He found a key unlocking coin boxes and was caught collecting at 5 a m. The loot totaled 49 21 in cents and nickels, close to grand larceny thresholds.
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Tampa
J. W. Hause
Hause
Weather outlook shows showers ending tonight and strong northerly winds
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers ending tonight. Low temperatures around 50 to 55 degrees. Expect decreasing clouds and strong northerly winds Sunday with a high near 65 to 72 degrees.
William M Maltbie wins car on Yale club raffle
Hartford report states William M Maltbie retired chief justice of Connecticut's supreme court who once ruled raffles illegal while in office learned he won a car from a ticket purchased for a Yale club gathering. The note highlights his past stance on raffles and the current prize.
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Hartford
William, .M. Maltbie
State Supreme Court
Yale Club
Severe Weather Touches Northeast Iowa With High Winds
A Des Moines weather bulletin warns of scattered severe thunderstorms with strong gusts and a chance of tornadoes along a line from Des Moines to Allamakee county between 1 and 6 p.m. Winds up to 84 mph hit Des Moines and 60 mph Cedar Rapids as a squall line crossed the state. Power outages occurred in northwest Cedar Rapids and parts of Des Moines with several downed wires and trees. Memorial day weekend forecast shows showers north and east Saturday night, then clearing Sunday and a cool, damp end with 65 to 74 degree highs.
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Iowa
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Allamakee County
Marshalltown
Waterloo
West Union
Cedar Rapids
Bureau
Newton
Harrison
Ellis Boulevard
Fifteenth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
F Avenue
Oakland Road
K Avenue
Daniels Street
Sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Vaccine Rollout Seen Next Week for Polio Shots
AP reports U S Surgeon General Scheele optimistic the polio inoculation drive will resume next week with second shots for nine million schoolchildren before peak season. A third booster may follow seven months later as six manufacturers meet tighter safety standards and tests to prevent any live virus.
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Washington
U.S
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Stra
Public Health Service
No June Wedding For Eddie and Debbie
New York — Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds延期 marriage scenes. Fisher says engagement remains but wedding postponed indefinitely. He plans to discuss future plans with Reynolds before her June film work starts, but cites private matters between the couple.
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New York
Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie
Eddie
Hollywood
Mosquito Invasion Strikes New Orleans
In New Orleans a severe mosquito invasion swarmed offices streets and Bourbon Street. Weather officials said only a wind change could help and biologist Percy Viosca urged cutting holes in window screens to let them out.
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New Orleans
Bourbon Street
Weather Bureau
Percy Viosca
President Eisenhower Urges Safe Driving This Memorial Day
President Eisenhower urged Americans to take maximum care for safe driving this Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer. He was joined by Harlow Curtice and the President's committee for traffic safety, and he asked every motorist in the nation to heed the plea.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harlow Curtice
President’s Committee For Traffic Safety
GIs Sentenced by Japanese Court
A Japanese court sentenced two U S army privates for assaulting and robbing a taxi driver. Pvt Paul Lesperance, 20, Woonsocket Rhode Island, received seven years while Pvt Richard W Haviland, 19, Stamford Connecticut, was given four years.
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Yokohama
Paul Lesperance
Woonsocket
R.I
Richard W. Haviland
Stamford
Imminent Rail Halt Threatens Whitsun Travel in Britain
Union officials warn a 70,000 member rail strike is inevitable on the eve of Whitsun. Engineers and firemen would halt four five of trains, forcing an emergency service focused on food and fuel delivery. The Trades Union Congress meets to mediate while James Baty cites no peace talks.
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London
Britain
Eden
Trades Union Congress
James Baty
Associated Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Tom Williamson
TUC
Three Youths Electrocuted After Water-Fed Power Line Incident
In Kansas City three 17 year old youths died after stepping from a stalled car into six inches of water charged by a fallen 2300 volt power line. Their bodies were found in the water outside the vehicle and all left their shoes inside the car.
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Kansas City
Chessman Book Source Is Riddle
San Quentin Warden Harley Teets asked the state attorney general to block Prentice-Hall from publishing Convict Author Daryl Chessman's manuscript Trial By Ordeal claiming it may exist as a single copy. Chessman says he authored only one copy confiscated in March when offered to his attorney without clearance. Agent Joseph Longsteth received a carbon copy but refused to identify the sender.
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San Quentin
Calif
Harley .O
Teets
San Quentin Prison
State Attorney General's Office
Daryl Chessman
Death Row
Prentiss-Hall
New York
Los Angeles
Chessman
Attorney General’s Office
Prentice-Hall
Joseph Longsteth
Ssay
Strike Ties Up Port of Chicago
The port of Chicago was tied up by an AFL longshoremen strike involving about 800 workers. Work halted on seven ships at Chicago South Chicago and Calumet harbors amid wage and welfare fund demands. The union sought 12 cents an hour plus a 7.25 cent employer welfare contribution. companies offered 7 cents now and 5 cents next year.
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Chicago
AFL
Calumet Harbor
Four Survivors of Dionne Quints Note 21st Birthday
In Callander Ontario the surviving Dionne quints marked their 21st birthday with a surprise reunion. Parents and three sisters organized a guarded welcome after three daughters slipped from Montreal to join Marie and their mother. Emilie died last August. the quints inherit a million-dollar fortune on adulthood.
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Callander
Dionne
Papa Oliva Dionne
Annette
Yvonne
Cecile
Montreal
Marie
Papa Oliva
Circle of Five
Emilie
Oliva
Maurice Girouard
Waterloo
Que
Iowa Atty General Uses Air Sweep on Liquor Dealers
Atty. Gen. Dayton Countryman led a statewide air clean up of liquor license holders in nine counties. In thirty raids only three places were found to have liquor. authorities seized at Blue Sail tavern Sioux City The Showboat Dubuque and Hank's Ute Monona county. Countryman said the campaign will tighten enforcement before the federal stamps renewal on July 1.
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Des Moines
Dayton Countryman
Countryman
Gifford Strand
Polk
Plymouth
Woodbury
Monona
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Lee
Dubuque
Clinton
Blue Sail
Sioux City
Hank
Ute
Monona County
Iowa
Justice of the Peace
LeMars
Onawa
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
Capitol
Attorney General
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Strand
Dayton
Robert Nelson
Nevada
Nelson
Polk County
Ray Fountain
E. F. Head
Don Sagers
M. Dubuque
J. E. Whelan
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Thorntown
Mechanicsburg
Crawfordsville
New Market
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Blackwell
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Earl B. Rowe
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