Prediction Of Sky Show Tonight Told
Moonwatchers predicted Russia's new satellite may be seen tonight in the United States as Sputnik TT was heard. C Newton Kraus reported picking up a strong five minute signal on 20 003 megacycles and noted a steady Morse code letter L. World Moonwatch mobilized teams through the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to watch for the space vehicle.
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Cambridge
Mass
Russia
United States
C. Newton Kraus
Warran
RAL
United Press
Bickley
England
World Moonwater
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Kraus
Dole Pineapple Founder Dies in Hawaii
HONOLULU UP James Drummond Dole founder of Hawaii’s pineapple industry died of a heart attack at his Manoa Valley home at age 80. A Harvard graduate, he opened a small plant near Honolulu at 24 and pledged to put canned pineapple on shelves nationwide. He borrowed 20000 dollars and planted 75000 plants on 12 acres, later buying Lanai and transforming 13000 acres into a pineapple region. He led the Hawaiian Pineapple Company as president and manager from 1903 to 1932 and chaired the board from 1932 until retirement in 1948.
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Honolulu
James Drummond Dole
Hawaii
Manoa Valley
Boston
Dole
Harvard University
San Francisco
Lanai
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Rocket Nose Hits Home of Woman
Mrs Ray Belletto reported to police that a homemade rocket nose cone struck the side of her home in New Orleans. Officers said the missile was fired by a rocket club about four miles away. No one was injured.
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New Orleans
Ray Belletto
Zsa Zsa Laments Big Trouble in Fur Coat
Zsa Zsa Gabor laments trouble over a fur coat given by Trujillo. Rep Hays referenced gifts from the dictator and urged cutting foreign aid, but the House defeated the proposal. The coat, said to be chinchilla or mink, valued around 17,000 to 31,000, sparked questions about celebrity gifts and government spending.
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Trujillo
Gabor
Kim Novak
Hollywood
Kansas
Eisenhower
Zsa
Washington
Triilla
Pay Hike OK For Bakers
The International Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union has won a large wage package on the Pacific Coast. The tentative agreement raises weekly pay by 10.25 dollars by next May 2 for 18,000 bakery workers in California Oregon and Washington. New scale begins with a retroactive 3.50 increase this month and 3.50 next February. The current 95.70 weekly wage applies for a 35 hour week.
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San Francisco
International Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Fresno
Long Beach
Afl-Cio
American Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union
IBCW
Sex Charge Guilty Plea In California Case
Dr. Harold Zimmerman an X ray specialist pleaded guilty in Superior Court to a felony sex perversion charge. He was a leading figure in a city wide crackdown on a sex ring and faces up to 15 years. Sentencing set for May 28 as he changed his plea from innocent to guilty at trial opening before Judge H Mundt. The charge involved an illegal act with 18 year old Edwin Powell a UC Davis student. Two other counts remain under consideration.
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Harold Zimmerman
Zimmerman
H. Mundt
Edwin Powell
University of California At Davis
Ist
Bolivia declares siege as troops clash with rebels
In Bolivia, government imposes a state of siege and sends troops into Santa Cruz Province to quell a rebel movement led by communists and rightwing nationalists. Rebels seized Santa Cruz, Vallegrande, Comarapa, and Choreti oil region as violence erupts with one oil town worker killed at Camiri during clashes.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
Herson Siles
Richard M. Nixon
Interior Ministry
Vallegrande
Comarapa
Choreti
Camiri
Cormmuunique
Three U S Satellites in Orbit From US Efforts
Washington reports three earth satellites in orbit the Army's Explorer I and II and the Navy's Vanguard 3. Bakersfield notes trial remarks as the Jupiter-C rocket launch at Cape Canaveral on January 31 and March 17 amid disputes over space efforts. Brunswick details a local joke about D A Gannes and family initials as Russia’s first two Sputniks had disintegrated.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Vanguard
Bakersfield
INS
America
Cape Canaveral
St. Pat
Rick
Brunswick
D. A. Gagne
D.A.G
Russia
Nixon Trip Boosts U.S. Ties With Latin America
Washington reports say Nixon's goodwill tour, despite mob interruptions, may harden anti-Communist posture against him but likely improves U.S. Latin American relations. Diplomats hope his private briefings reveal U.S. aims and limits, guiding future policies.
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U.S
U.s.-Latin American
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eiserhower
Arturo Fron
Dizi
State Department
Nixon in Puerto Rico cheers greet vice president visit
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in San Juan with Pat Nixon after a Caracas tour. A crowd of about six hundred greeted them at the airport, broke police lines, and shook hands. Nixon said Venezuelans resent oil import restrictions and noted unrest in Latin America, but violent protests threaten their goals.
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San Juan
Richard M. Nixon
Caracas
Pat
Luis Miinoz Marin
Nixon
Puerto Rico
U.S
Munoz
Washington
Puertas
Venezuela
Beck Traffic Case Delayed
A traffic isolation case against former Teamsters Union boss Dave Beck Sr. of Seattle was postponed to June 4 by Justice Ward G Bush. Beck, 64, was cited April 25 for driving south in the northbound lane of W 99 freeway near Tulare after claiming he missed an access pad and made a u turn.
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Tulare
Calif
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck Sr
Seattle
Ward .G. Bush
Beck
Rush
Worried Mother Left Out in Cold
Derby England report notes an inspector of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children briefly reviewed a case involving a mother distressed by her son’s smoking a saloon date with a girl. The inquiry ended when the son was found to be 21 years old.
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Derby
England
Navy rescuers grapple with twin jet crash near China Lake
Navy crews raced to rescue pilots after two jets and a helicopter collided near China Lake. First Lt. Matthew B. Peck Jr. parachuted to safety. Lt. Cmdr. S. J. Prenselaar ejected at 20,000 feet. All three men were recovered. Peck and Prenselaar sustained minor injuries. Lt. Cmdr. P. W. Nicholas also landed safely after a precautionary forced landing.
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Lake
Calit
Navy
Matthew B. Peck Jr
Squadron 491
3Rd Marine
Ir 1
el Toro
Calif
Were
Peck
P. W. Nicholas
S. J. Prense
Laar
Nicholas
Prenselaar
Proud Regiment Loses Cannons in Scrap Sale
Gillingham England INS reports a Royal Engineers unit loses two bronze cannons after a sergeant and two corporals pawn the guns to a scrap dealer for 343 pounds. The event marks the end of an era for the regiment and its ceremonial artillery.
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Gillingham
England
Ins
Royal Engineers
City Treasurer Returns Admitted Wrong Coin to Meter
Salt Lake City reports city treasurer Oliver G. Hillis surrendered a one half English sovereign after a local collector identified it as misplaced in a downtown parking meter by her husband.
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Salt Lake City
Oliver G. Hillis
A. Coin
Navy Constellation Crash Kills Five Aboard near Taft
A four engine Navy Super Constellation crashed into a hill near Taft California. Five crew members are believed killed with only partial identifications available. The plane, ferried from Ontario to Moffett Field, struck a hill and burned rapidly after failing to reach the airport. Investigators from Moffett were dispatched to examine the wreckage and bodies.
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Navy
Taft
Calif
Taft Airpart
Here
Ontario
California
Moffett, Field
San Jose
Naval Air Transport Squadron
Moffett
Honolulu Oil Company
James
Cecil Kehoe
Taft Airport
Weng
Tol
Ray Stanley
Honolulu Oil
President to Use Jet Transport for Long Trips
Washington reports that President Eisenhower will add a jet transport plane to the White House fleet. The White House says he plans to begin using a Boeing airliner for longer trips late this year or early 1959, expanding presidential travel by jet.
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Washington (Up
Eisenhower
White House
Boeing
France Faces Tense Calm as Civil War Threat Fades
Paris France UP The civil war threat eased slightly in France and Algeria today, as Premier Pilimlin won Socialist support to join a new government. Massu’s Committee of Public Safety to be replaced once a new minister for Algeria arrives. Riots still flare in Algiers and Oran with police and Mobile Guards blocking demonstrations. De Gaulle returned to his country retreat amid unsettled plans.
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Paris
France
Algeria
N ‘Ation
Pierre Pilimlin
Padicy
Algerias
Pflimlin
Robert el Caste
Chares de Gaulle
Jacques Massu
Frem Pilimtin
Rene Coty
Massu
Committee of Public Safety
Algiers
Pflimiii
Ay Eetreme
Polit
de Gaulle
Sugar Firms To Slash Aid For Striking Workers
Honolulu dispatch reports plantation owners warning about ending company provided medical services for about 13,000 striking sugar workers by month end. Maxwell invites union leaders to discuss continued protection on a basis not costing the companies. Union says the ten day strike has cost about 310,000 dollars.
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Honolulu
Aoe
Maxwell
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