Survive 75-Year-Old Tells Of Pan American Crash
Mrs Emma Peterson, 75, recounts her Hawaii bound Pan American crash off the Oregon coast. Her husband John, 80, and three others died after the Stratocruiser ditched in the sea. Seventeen survivors and crew endured cold, currents, and drift before rescue.
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Pan-American World Airways
Pacific Ocean
Oregon Coast
Navy Transport
Bayfield
Maine Miller
Seattle
Mary Harrison
Honolulu
Gail Dillingham
Claude Hollister
New York City
J. Edward Clark
Hollisters
Jakarta
Indonesia
Emma Peterson
Emma
John Peterson
Byrd Opposes 1956 Tax Cut Ahead of Balanced Budget
Sen. Byrd of Virginia rejects any tax cut while the budget remains unbalanced. He says reductions should come only after balancing the budget and opposes Eisenhower's year ahead cut plan. House Democrats plan a long term probe into last year’s tax revision, citing Treasury findings of at least 70 mistakes.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
House Democrats
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate
House
Rep
Mills
D-Ark
Treasury
Red Demands Rebuffed At UN Meeting
At the UN ECAFE session in Tokyo the Soviet delegate Menshikov demanded seating for Chinese Nationalists and South Koreans, claiming illegitimate occupancy of seats. He called for ousting those delegations but was ruled out of order by ECAFE secretary Lokanathan. Six Chinese Communists attended as observers from the World Federation of Trade Unions. Japan aims to aid East Asian economic strength following Prime Minister Sato’s meeting with leaders.
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South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
World Federation of Trade Unions
Japan
Ichiro
GinAattas Jenen Monitee
UAW aims for 30 hour week after wage gains
Cleveland CIO and United Auto Workers plan a 30 hour work week as the next bargaining target after the guaranteed annual wage drive. Walter Reuther urged year‑round pay, with 3,000 delegates at the UAW convention backing the move as part of ongoing labor demands amid economic growth.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Ecos
Wnl
Reuther
Campbell opposes Eisenhower highway program in GAO clash
Campbell GAO head and Gore ally against the administration plan to finance a 21 billion dollar highway bill. He testified that federal borrowings should be part of the public debt, calling the financing method objectionable while Weeks and Gen. Lucius Clay defend the plan’s key benefit of not draining new funds.
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Washington
Joseph Campbell
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Campbell
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
General Accounting Office
Congress’ Housekeeping Agency
GAO
Commerce Weeks
Lucius D. Clay
Diem Survives Viet Nam Crisis With Unified Front Split
In Saigon Premier Ngo Dinh Diem defeats a potential civil war as Cao Dai and Hoa Hao factions split from the united front. Gen Trinh Minh The and Cao Dai leaders shift toward a more conciliatory stance while Diem seeks U S support to address veteran unemployment and government control.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Diem
United Front
Trinh Minh
Cao Dai
Hoa Hao
Binh Xuyen
Pre
Mier
Jia Hao
Eden Says Big Four Talks With Russia Possible
Britain with the United States and France is already discussing a Big Four approach with the Soviet Union. Foreign Secretary Eden told Parliament Britain is ready to discuss Germany Austria disarmament and a European security system with the Russians after France approved West German rearmament. Eden outlined a staged meeting plan starting with officials and possibly foreign ministers and summit-level talks.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Eden
House of Commons
Germany
Austria
West
Churchill
Eisenhower
Paris
Western Alliance
Scelba to Meet Ike Over East West Disarmament
Premier Mario Scelba of Italy meets President Eisenhower in Washington to urge a new approach to break the disarmament deadlock with the Soviet Union. The talks focus on East West relations and a plan for worldwide arms reduction as Scelba departs for American cities after the White House visit.
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Washington
Mario Scelba
Italy
Eisenhower
Russia
Canada
White House
Scelba
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Soviets Deny Secrecy Violation at London Talks
London dispatch says the Soviet Union denies breaching secrecy rules by publishing its proposals. Pravda quoted by Moscow radio as saying secrecy was unnecessary and that Gromyko’s Tass interview aimed to tell the world the truth. Western allies accused him of delaying talks by pushing for immediate nuclear disarmament, while proposing gradual steps.
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London
Soviet Union
Canada
Gromyko
Sweden
Moscow
Jacob Malik
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
Tass
Mundt Accuses Hiss of Espionage Role at Yalta
Senator Mundt on NBC claims Alger Hiss acted in an espionage capacity when given secret papers before Yalta. He cited 1945 remarks by Edward Stettinius and criticized the Yalta price as a diplomatic blunder, while Sparkman disputed the Poland Manchuria outcomes and China’s elections.
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Mundt
Hiss
Yalta
Washington
Sen. Mundt
RSD
Alger Hiss
NBC
Department of State
State Department
New York City
Edward Stellinius
Russia
Japan
Far East
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
China
Manchuria
Poland
Five Million Dollar Tar Heel Peach Crop Wiped Out By Cold
North Carolina peach growers seek federal disaster loans after an record cold late March decimated the five million dollar peach crop in the Sandhills and western regions. Henderson County suffered near million dollar losses, while others reported up to 100 percent in some fields. Damages extended to small grains, potatoes, vegetables, and strawberry beds, with flower and azalea areas also hit. A Candor meeting planned to push for hearings with state and federal officials to coordinate relief.
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Candor
N.C
North Carolina
Sandhills
Tm Tha
Sammaraial
Annla
Aneho
Eric
Henderson County
Dwight Bennett
Henderson
Jaywood County
Luther Hodges
L. Y. Ballentine
Raleigh
H. L. Raser
T. Clyde Allman
West End
W. C. Capel
North Carolina Mutual Peach Growers
Montgomery
Moore
Richmond
E. L. Harris
Harris
Winston-Salem
Nash County
J. P. Woodard
O. P. Owens
Lumberton
Robeson
Pasquotank
Duke University
Wilmington
Henry Rehder
Sarah P. Duke
T. C. Haddon
Fiddle Fair Draws Thousands to Oklahoma City Event
About 4 000 fiddle fans packed Oklahoma City's Fiddle Fair where 28 week old instruments from Italy Germany and France were shown. George R Clarke violin maker and connoisseur found none of the 44 cadavari Guarneri and Amati violins authentic. The audience enjoyed the eight hour program as roughly 200 violins were on display.
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Oklahoma City
George R. Clarke
Moves Back Into Canada Storm Leaves 38 Dead In Its Wake
A historic blizzard battered the United States and Canada, killing dozens and crippling transport. Snowfalls shattered crops across eight states and Canadian provinces, with up to 15 inches in Syracuse and 12 foot drifts in Ontario and Quebec. Recovery efforts included coastwise rescues and weather relief as temperatures moderated nationwide.
Record cold wave cripples crops across seven states
A spring freeze swept from the Great Plains into the South causing over 50 million dollars in damage to orchards and crops. The peach crop was nearly wiped out in seven southern states while early vegetables, fruits and nuts suffered heavy losses. The weather killed at least three people and set record lows from New Orleans to Asheville, with Atlanta recording 15.8 degrees.
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New York
Syracuse
Unite States
Ontario
Quebec
United States
Illinois
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Dixie
Lake Marion
South Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
New York Harbor
Niagara River
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Great Plains
Cutbank
Mont
Fort Valley Ministerial Association
Georgia Beach District
Kentucky
Birmingham
Ala
Owen Dudley
Flora Henderson
Knoxville
Riots injure twenty in Chemin Grenier Mauritius clash
Twenty people are reported injured in Hindu Muslim riots at Chemin Grenier Mauritius. Police seized firearms from nearby villages as sympathizers threatened to march. The unrest followed council merger tensions between Hindu and Muslim communities amid local elections.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
Chemin Grenier
Chem Grenier
Chamounix
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Industrial Leader Dies In Accident Near Concord
J H M Reeves 51 district manager for Westinghouse Electric Corp died in a highway wreck four miles south of Concord while en route from Charlotte to Raleigh. H E Cofer 62 office manager was seriously injured. Jer xs Rows 24 of Charlotte drove the tractor truck involved. Reeves, a 30 year veteran, came to Charlotte from Greenville and was a Futaule Alabama native. Cofer suffered shock and bruises and was hospitalized.
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Concord
N.C
J. HM. Reeves
Carolinas
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Here
H. E. Cofer
Charlotte
Reeves
Greenville
S.C
Futaule
Ala
Westinghouse
Cofer
Raleigh
Jerxs Rows
Wilson
Can
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital
Apartment Fire Kills Mother and Three Children in Indiana
A young mother Susie Battle and three of her four children perished in a blaze that swept a basement area of a 24 story frame building in East Chicago Indiana. The bodies were found near an open window in a basement portion of the structure. A family of six lived on the first floor and a bachelor occupied the second floor while investigators determined the fire’s cause.
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Chicago
Ind
Susie Battle
James
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