Jordan Quiet Again, Rough Path Lies Ahead
King Hussein restored stability in Jordan briefly but the power struggle continues. Dr Hussein Khalidi leads a new cabinet purged of Communists amid East West tensions. Hussein’s conditional victory follows the ousting of Suleiman Nabulsi though Nabulsi remains foreign minister in Khalidi’s government.
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Uniter Press
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Jordan
Middle East
Hussein Khalidi
West
Israel
Mideast
Egypt
Iraq
Khalidi
Suleiman Nabulsi
Nabulsi
Diamond in Rough Pays Off in Charleston Purchase
Mrs. Annie Lee Small, wife of a traveling salesman, bought a tarnished stone for five dollars, claiming it looked like a real diamond. The shopkeeper and later appraisers confirmed the 72-point blue white diamond is genuine and valued at about 750 dollars, with all sales final.
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Charleston
Annie Lee Small
Cemetery Vandal Jailed In Germany
German police jailed a 21 year old laborer for damaging 25 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in Luebeck. Many stones marked graves of concentration camp victims. Jewish groups say the act was anti-Semitic. The suspect Hans Heinrich Hertz said he held a grudge against the cemetery keeper.
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Luebeck
Germany
Hans-Heinrich Hertz
Oakland Voters At Polls In Hot Municipal Election
Oakland voters cast ballots in a hotly contested city election. City Clerk Gladys Murphy predicted about 43 percent of the 185,222 registered voters would vote today.
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Oakland
Gladys Murphy
Ex Boxer Testifies in Probe About Dynamite Plot
Former prizefighter Paul Bradshaw told the Senate Rackers committee that Scranton mayor James T. Hanlon urged him to wait until after an election before revealing details of a dynamiting case. Bradshaw said he was coerced by rivals in his union and claimed he took the rap for a crime he didn’t commit.
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Washingston
INS
James T. Hanlon
Scranton
Paul Bradshaw
Senate Rackers Committee
Bradshaw
SF Man Hangs Self In Park
In San Francisco's McLaren Park, 40 year old Edward B Rising hanged himself with clothesline. Police say family quarrel over drinking preceded the tragedy and that Rising threatened death, fleeing to the basement garage before officers found him suspended from a tree.
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San Francisco
McLaren Parks
Edward B. Rising
Mildred
Rising
Car Train Crash Kills Four in Flandreau
Four elderly people died in a late night car train collision in Flandreau South Dakota. The victims are Mr and Mrs Sayles both 74 Leslie Belden 75 and Mrs Ethel Breed 76 of Seattle Washington. Mrs Breed was the Sayles sister.
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Flandreau
S. D
Sayles
Leslie Belden
Ethel Breed
Seattle
Washington
Belden
Mrs. Breed
Peace Council To Meet In Columbo On Nuclear Tests
The new president of the Ceylon Peace Council announced that the World Peace Council meeting in Colombo will run for a week starting June 10. The chief topic will be the danger of nuclear bomb tests and their global impact.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Ceylon Peace Council
World’ Peace Council
Colombor
End to Mail Cutback Seen End to Mail Cutback Seen
The Senate quickly approved a 2.41 million emergency appropriation to restore postal service, sending the measure to the House for final action by nightfall. Postmaster General Summerfield would not rescind the cutbacks until funds are secured, and denied using the delay to push for rate hikes. He plans to announce a resumption of suspended mail service later, amid questions from Rep. Porter about his resignation.
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Senate
House
Eisenhower
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
Doc Mae Ey Summerfield
Charles C. Porter
D-Ore
Missing LA Man Hustled From Canada
Lennard Ewing Scott of Los Angeles, 60, fled into Canada after his wife vanished. He carried a suitcase with vitamins and ulcer pills as he was hustled back to the United States through the Detroit Windsor tunnel. He admitted his identity after FBI fingerprints matched earlier California prints.
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Lennard Ewing Scott
Los Angeles
Canada
United States
Scott
Canadian Immigration Customs
Detroit - Windsor
Windsor
FBI
Toledo
Ohio
U. S
U. S. Immigration Service Office
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California
Top Teamsters Open Beck Meet in Galveston
Ten officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters including Dave Beck gathered in a Galveston hotel room for a closed strategy session to decide Becks fate and whether the executive committee will testify before the CIO AFL ethical practices committee on May 6.
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Galveston
Tex
INS
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
Galget Hotel
Senate
Iote
Executive
Cio-Afl Ethical Practices Committee
Penalties Cut For Turncoats
Washington Army halved the court martial sentences of two Korean War era turncoats, Edward Dickenson of Crackers Neck Virginia and Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas. Dickenson’s sentence dropped from 10 to 5 years, Batchelor’s from 20 to 10, with releases possible in 1961 and January 1960 respectively. Both are at Fort Leavenworth. The reductions followed an annual clemency review led by Assistant Army Secretary Hugh H. Milton, with defense secretary Charles E. Wilson directing special consideration for ex POWs.
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Ins
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Edward Dickensori
Crackers Neck
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
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Batchelor
Fort Leavenworth
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Army
Hugh H. Milton
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Men Lead Ladies In Economy Run
SAN FRANCISCO the Mobil gas Economy Run rolled on in its second lap today with the men leading the ladies as better drivers but the women drivers swept the fashion honors with spring tinted motoring. Easter Week blossomed with a rainbow of costumes for long distance driving. Mel Alsbury Jr, last year's sweepstakes winner, led the field for the Mobilgas Sweepstakes trophy as the driver of the gasoline stingfest.
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San Francisco
Nuibute
Yeading
Mel Alsbury Jr
Purchio Becomes Hayward Mayor At City Helm
John J. Purchio is named Hayward’s new mayor by outgoing Mayor Arthur Phillips and will chair the next Know Your City Forum at La Vista School. The city charter mandates rotating mayoral terms among long-serving council members, with Phillips serving as the first post charter.
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Hayward
John J. Purchio
Purchio
Arthur Phillips
Helm
la Vista
Westam Rd
Phillips
Purchie
Robert C. Wright
Area Boys Win Livestock Merit at Exposition
SAN FRANCISCO Two Southern Alameda County youths earned livestock merit awards at the Grand National Juror Livestock Exposition. Jay Conover 15 of Hayward Chapter 145 Future Farmers of America and Fred Reinstein 17 of Tassajara 4-H Club were among 28 winners. Edner 15 of Hayward received a bonus surprise as one of his sheep gave birth to a lamb.
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San Francisco
Alameda County
Rt. 1
Pleasanton
Hayward
Clarence
Bud” Edner
Clarence E. Edner
Montgomery Ave
Edner
Hampshire
French Ready For Easter Walkouts Paralyze Paris
Paris braces for a spring labor stoppage as railway workers and canal bargemen plan a 48 hour strike at midnight, part of the traditional Easter season agitation for higher wages. The walkouts threaten to paralyze the capital for several days.
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Paris
Ins
San Francisco presses for swift action on billboards ban
City officials renewed efforts to remove about 2000 billboards still visible in residential areas after a five year campaign. Building Inspection head Lester Bush cited November 1955 survey showing 219 large and 45 small billboards in violation. a $3500 fine exists for illegal installations. City attorney Dion Helm said no prosecutions planned, while voluntary compliance has improved. Advertising spokesmen note many sites originally listed in violation in spring 1952 have been removed, with no current removal drive underway.
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San Francisco
Lester Bush
Building Inspection Department
Dion Helm
Spokesmen
Passing Try Ends In Death Of 3
A risky passing attempt on a narrow road led to a head on crash near Lancaster Calif killing 18 year old Martin E Rini and two Air Force men 20 year old Furman 2/e Jerry F Mahan and 36 year old T Sgt John Sutyak all from Edwards Air Force Base Authorities say the collision occurred during an attempted pass on the oncoming lane and the three men died at the scene
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Calif
INS
Air Force
Lancaster
Highway Patrol
Martin E Rini
Furman
Jerry F. Mahan
John §. Sutyak
Edwards S Air Force Base
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