Five Killed and Seven Injured in Newport Blast
An explosion at the Navy Underwater Ordnance Station in Newport damaged a dynanometer room of a 150 foot one story block building. Five civilian workers were presumed dead and seven injured with Daniel E. Sullivan among the bodies recovered. The blast followed by a quick fire, with several doors and windows blown out.
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Newport
R. I
INS
Navy
Underwater
Daniel E. Sullivan
John Lavender
Fall River
Mass
Anthony Zimon
New Bedford
Howard Staats
Peter Lada
Naval Si
Bouchard
Jess Barker
Martin Dugan
Portsmouth
Michael Edwards
Middletown
New Orleans
Chill Wills
Ine
Miss Hayward
Barker
Navy Base Fire Department
Sunset Strip
Bob Neal
Metteluthers
Business Gain Nearing Peak
The Commerce Department reported that in the first quarter of the year business nearly recovered to the 1953 peak. Large firms worth 50 million dollars or more largely regained ground, while smaller firms lagged. new orders revived for both, signaling a broader recovery ahead.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Man Fined for Failing To Mark Merchandise
Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Satler said Thomas Moore of Shrewsbury Kanawha County was fined $40 and costs by Justice Guy D. Hull on charges of selling sour molasses in jars not marked as to size or quantity. The charges alleged Moore misled customers to think the containers held a gallon when they contained seven pints.
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Charles J. F. Satler
Thomas Moore
Shrewsbury
Kanawha County
Justice of the Peace
Guy D. Hull
Moore
Man kills wife in hospital then shoots himself
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania an elderly man Madore shot his hospitalized wife Nelle twice in the back to stop her suffering after she suffered a brain hemorrhage. He then wounded himself in the chest and slashed his abdomen but survived. Nurses said the couple were devoted and visited daily. District Attorney John R. Miller described the sequence at Centre County Hospital with the wife dying in surgery and the husband later treated for injuries.
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Bellefonte
John R. Miller
S. Madore
Alvarez
asCollege
Nelle
Aizette
Centre County Hospital
Miller
Madore
Mont
U. S. Opens Door Wider For Cease-Fire Meeting
The United States signals willingness to hold cease-fire talks with Red China and says Nationalist China need not attend initial negotiations. Dulles stresses equal participation for Nationalists if talks address Formosa, while testing Chou En-lai's sincerity. Senator George supports exploring talks without full nationalist representation. Memorial Hospital reports charity bed reductions to aid cost concerns. A harried family scene closes the page.
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Washington
United States
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Dulles
Formosa
China
Chou En-lai
Herbert Soover Jr
Eisenhower
Chou
Far East
Sen
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ofj Istate
Peace-Seekers Map Neutral Barrier Across Europe and Asia
Russia and China plan a wall of neutral states to separate East and West. U S British and French diplomats prepare talks with Moscow to ease Cold War tensions. ministers Dulles MacMillan and Pinay will decide on approach for Russian talks in Paris May. shifts include Austria independence stance Yugoslavia ties Scandinavia neutrality Sweden Finland Norway Denmark.
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Arthur Garshon
London
Russia
China
Europe
Asia
U. S
Red
Meeeting
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antonine Pinay
Paris
Austria
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Andrei Gromyko
Stockholm
Kremlin
Survival City Bomb Test Plans Amid Weather Worries
Atomic chiefs tentatively scheduled a 40 kiloton explosion over Survival City tomorrow pending improved weather. Dr. Alvin C. Graves and authorities weighed forecasts as 5,000 observers and workers waited through a 24 hour postponement, with a dawn firing decision expected.
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Alvin C. Graves
Atomic Weaponeers
Jon
Viscount Benn’s bid to keep son out of peerage rejected
In London on April 26 the House of Lords refused Viscount Stansgate’s plea to allow his son Anthony Benn to stay a commoner. The peer favored shelving the title during the son’s lifetime and reviving it after his death for his three year old, a plan that would prevent a future Labor MP from sitting in the Commons. The decision ends the attempt to avoid a hereditary title for Anthony Benn and his American wife.
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London
House of Lords
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Viscount Stansgate
Lords
House of Commons
Lord Stansgate
Stansgate
Fords
Anthony
Salk Shot Cost Still Indefinite
A West Virginia Medical Association spokesman says the price of Salk polio inoculations remains unclear until vaccine supply and cost to doctors are known. Health Director Dr. N H Dyer forecasts limited private availability before May 1 with steady increases afterward and immunization possible for grades 1 through 9 by Sept 1. He cites plans for a national advisory commission on equitable distribution and similar state level control.
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Medical Association
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
South Charleston Sewer Plan Fails Over Rate Vote
South Charleston city council deadlocked on the proposed sewer rate ordinance with three of eight council members opposing and petitions from property owners representing over 32 percent prodding a four fifths majority requirement. The State Water Commission warned of a possible citation if the program does not begin, threatening penalties for officials.
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South Charleston
H. K. Gidley
State Water Commission
Water Commission
F. R. Copper
John Coles
H. F. Jones
Coles and Copper
Coles
Copper
Coutesiman
Harry Stansbury Jr
Hess Trys Suicide With Insecticide In Spandau Prison
Berlin April 26 Rudolf Hess once Nazi number two attempted death by ingesting insecticide in Spandau Prison. American Army medics acted quickly with stomach pumps and antidotes to save his life. Reports say Hess has deteriorated mentally and believes he has cancer, though no evidence supports that.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Spandau
Anny
Hitler
U.S. Army
Hess
Scotland
Nazi Germany
Labor Raps Consumers Tax Boost in WV
A West Virginia labor committee representing CIO AFL Brotherhoods and United Mine Workers condemned a proposed 2 to 3 percent sales tax increase to fund teachers pay. The group argued the tax would burden the poor and vulnerable and urged opposition as the Legislature considered the measure amid delays.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Labor Legslat
Lre
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