Disaster Mounts as Floods Raze Ohio and Pennsylvania
Thousands of residents flee rising floodwaters as levees fail and debris fills rivers. President Eisenhower declares disaster areas in Ohio and Pennsylvania and orders federal aid while Red Cross mobilizes to assist victims across multiple states amid widespread homelessness and hundreds of deaths.
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Mine Rescue Fights To Plug River Break
Rescue workers battled a Susquehanna River breach to reach 12 miners entombed for two days in an anthracite coal mine near Pittston Pennsylvania. Floodwaters threaten 5000 local jobs as federal aid is mobilized after Governor Lawrence reports a major disaster.
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UPI
Bil Cael
Knox Coal Co
Eisenhower
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Stolen Auto Recovered After Chase Through ChermMand
Alfred L. Bernard reported his taxi car stolen from a lot at B and Commercial St. in ChermMand. A high speed pursuit followed through Laurel Princeton Avenues to Cherryland High School site where the thief abandoned the vehicle. Bernard later found it intact with a full tank of gas.
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St Bernard
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Laurel
Princeton Aves
Scott Watts
Jean
Watts
Gove
Cherryland High School
Rain Outlook With Continued Showers In Alameda County
Light rain began in Southern Alameda County this morning and is expected to continue tonight with clearing tomorrow. A weather front will move south, leaving cloudy skies and a few showers with snow above the 5000 foot level. Temperatures stay above normal with highs near 58 and lows 45 to 50 as southerly winds shift 12 to 25 mph.
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Alameda County
California Education Panel Probes Public Schools Again
Sacramento officials faced a marathon session as a citizen commission questioned six of seventeen educators on curriculum focus and basic subjects. Heffernan stressed grouping to manage overcrowded schools and democratic learning, while others argued for longer school days to balance study time with student transport.
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Prayer for Today Prayer for Today
Lod, who has made this Wonderous Universe pass all our understanding, help us to find our way. Protect us from pride and presumption. Defend us from doubt and despair. Give us a humble and obedient mind to follow thy Word so that we may find thee amid the mysteries that surround us. Amen.
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Mikoyan Seeks West's Proposals on Berlin Talks
Moscow signals possible delay of the May 27 deadline for turning over Berlin controls to East Germany if the West agrees to begin negotiations beforehand. The move suggests a minuted diplomacy approach as Moscow pressures Western powers for talks prior to the deadline.
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Russia
Berlin
Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan frames Berlin talks
Anastas Mikoyan told Moscow reporters that negotiations with the West should not be tied to a strict deadline on Berlin. He praised Western talks as useful yet urged concrete actions, noting U.S. leaders and business circles favor dialogue. He criticized the U.S. for slow, insufficient steps toward solving international issues.
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Killer to Face Court Monday in Slaying Case
Clyde J. Briedlander pleaded guilty to killing his business partner at a Foothill and Mattox car wash. He will likely be arraigned Monday in San Leandro Municipal Court. The victim, Royal, 38, died after a Jan. 13 shooting. Royal’s family include wife Florence and daughters Dianne and Suzanne.
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Farm Hand Slays Four in Minnesota Farm Deaths
In Waseca Minnesota a lone survivor explains a farm hand Howard Erno 56 killed Ellen Yanke 37 and her two uncles Clarence and Herman Denny before taking his own life. The Yanke couple briefly wed in June 1957 before an annulment ended their marriage due to a Minnesota cousin-marriage prohibition.
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Herman Denny
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Laughter Proves Best Cure for Polio Patient
Doctors in London took 13-year-old Peter Wood to a musical comedy to trigger independent breathing after ten months in an iron lung. During Cinderella at the London Coliseum, Peter laughed, his chest muscles began moving, and he breathed unaided for portions of the performance, signaling a possible return to normal breathing.
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UPI
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Four youths injured as car overturns on Livermore road
A northbound car rolled over on Livermore Boulevard north of BE St after drifting onto the shoulder. Driver John Mullins 20 and Fred Martin 16 of Pleasanton received treatment and were released. Passengers Robert Griffiths 17 and James Heinz 17, both of Livermore and Pleasanton respectively, were hospitalized in serious condition with injuries including a possible skull fracture and a dislocated vertebra. No citations issued pending further investigation.
Castro to End Color of War Trials in Cuba
In Havana Fidel Castro signals the end of the war crimes trials and begins a crackdown on dissidents as he tours Caracas, Venezuela. He vows justice for victims of Baslista era while a massive crowd greets him in Caracas. A Cuban court plans transfers and limits media coverage as the first Havana execution proceeds with 75,000 plus in attendance. Sosa Blanc is confirmed despite appeal.
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