Disarmament Hope Fades As Dulles Signals Caution
Washington hearings reveal Secretary Dulles resisting immediate disarmament steps tied to foreign aid reform. He stressed safeguards and verification to avoid Soviet manipulation while acknowledging possible U.S. gains from mutual security. Congressional panels weigh Eisenhower’s foreign aid plan amid Civil Rights debates.
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Twisters Rip Midwest Five Feared Lost Gulf Coast
Violent storms lashed the Plains with tornadoes in at least three states and heavy rains in Kansas and Oklahoma. Funnel clouds were sighted in Arkansas and along the Central Rockies. Gusts exceeded 90 mph in Hutchinson Kansas. 50 mph winds common in central Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma. A tropical storm near St Petersburg Florida capsized a cabin cruiser with five deaths. Weather outlook calls for showers and thunderstorms across the plains into the Ohio valley and Southeast.
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Man Escapes Death in Well at Kingsburg Cave-In
SELMA to Kingsburg resident Joe Ramirez, 34, was trapped for over four hours in an abandoned 20 foot well pit on Joe Garcia ranch near here after a cave-in. Rescuers lowered a 44 inch steel pipe to keep dirt from sliding in as they dug. Ramirez appeared uninjured and was later released after a routine hospital checkup. He had been digging to locate the old well when the cave-in occurred.
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Health Chief Alsays Flu Fear
San Francisco health authorities discounted the severity of an Asiatic influenza aboard the liner Cleveland arriving from the Orient. Dr Edgar W Norris said cases on the ship are mostly recovered or improving, with no fevers. He noted the high death rate in the Orient due to poor sanitation and misattributed deaths to other ailments.
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Man Saves Wife From Freight Train Crash Near Norwalk
John Mechikoff, 45, stopped a box car seconds before it crushed his car with Athena Mechikoff, 31, pinned beneath the dashboard. He freed the lever and pulled the car from the moving train, narrowly saving his wife from death.
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Headless Diver Unearthed in Britain Mystery Case
Portmouth officials report a decomposed body in Chichester Harbor wearing a rubber diving suit, with head and hands missing. The find revives interest in Cmdr. Lionel Crabb, who disappeared April 19, 1956 during covert dives near a Soviet cruiser, prompting parliamentary secrecy and Cold War intrigue involving Eden and Soviet leaders.
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Reds to Release Bay Area Clerics in China
Hong Kong report says two of eight Americans still jailed in Communist China may be freed this month. Jesuit priests John A. Houle of Oakland and Charles J. McCarthy of San Francisco, arrested June 15, 1953 in Shanghai, were sentenced to four years and held in a Shanghai house after transfer from Ward Road prison. If pattern holds, release could come June 14, leaving six Americans jailed with varied sentences.
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Japan Leader Demands U S Honor Troop Pact
Tokyo Justice Minister Umeiichi Nakamura urged the United States to honor treaty commitments as Japan seeks to proceed with the manslaughter case against American GI William S. Girard. He argued American public is not fully informed about the firing range death of 46-year-old Naka Sakai and claimed the act was not official duty. The Maebashi district court is slated to hear the case in mid August, though defence counsels face delays after Girard dismissed Japanese lawyer Itsura Hayashi.
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Plane Crashes In Patio Killing Four In Valley
A Piper Tri-Pacer struck a patio in Pacoima last night and killed four aboard. Eight others at Barry Worth home narrowly escaped injury as the craft slammed through a roof and disintegrated. Victims were Chico residents Harry Harris Smith 42, Terrance P. Lockhart 33, Robert F. Patterson 32, and Owen S Walls 33, who had rented the plane from Dennis Air Services in Northern California.
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Youths Nabbed in Stolen Car in Fremont
Three youths were arrested late Saturday in a stolen car linked to Centerville. Oscar L. Mijares 19 and Vernon R. Bac 19 were taken to San Quentin Prison, while a 16 year old remained in juvenile hall in San Leandro. The car was reported stolen Friday from Francis Newman 379 Dogwood Ave Centerville. Deputies observed suspicious activity in a Centerville parking lot, prompting the arrest.
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Knowland Baits Red Leader on TV Claims
Senator Knowland challenged Soviet Premier Khrushchev on CBS Face the Nation. He proposed pulling Soviet troops from Hungary in exchange for the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Norway, disclosed yesterday in a letter to Secretary of State Dulles.
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Cleaners Union Signs Year Pact
Six months of negotiations between employers and Local 23 of the AFL-CIO Cleaners and Dyers Union end in a three year agreement. It provides for a total 30 cent hourly pay rise, with immediate 10 cent for pressers and cleaners, and two 10 cent raises scheduled for June 4, 1959 and the following year. About 1950 workers in 300 plants across Alameda Contra Costa Solano and Napa counties are affected.
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