May Day Celebrations Across Nations Mark Tense Global Day
Workers celebrated May Day in many lands with parades amid international tension. In Berlin crowds split between West and East demonstrations, while Peiping and Tokyo held large rallies denouncing alliances and expanding displays of military power.
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China
Peiping
Heavenly Peace Square
Peng Chen
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsus
Tokyo
Japan
United States
South
Peru
Manuel Prado
Dillon Amateur Who Made Good
Dillon’s rise from local amateur to ambassador to France in 1958 is noted. He later held a Washington post, while his family’s Bordeaux estate remained in the line, and he cultivated an appreciation for wine.
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Dillon
France
Paris
Washington
Clarence Dillon
Haut-Brion
Bordeaux
Martian Moons Claimed as Ancient Artificial Stations
London AP reports Soviet scientist Iosif Shklovsky arguing Mars moons Phobos and Deimos are hollow artificial satellites built by an extinct Martian race. He cites increasing Phobos speed, low Martian oxygen now, and historical oxygen in early Mars as support for intelligent life once thriving on the planet.
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London
Mars
Phobos
Shklovsky
May Be Diamonds In Moon Says Wisconsin Scientist
Wis Becomes Yerkes Observatory expert Kuiper suggests moon craters like ice cream cones resemble diamond mining funnels. He notes two crater types, bowl shaped and another kind, tied to meteor impacts.
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Washington
Wisconsin
G. P
Yerkes Observatory
Bay
Wis
Kuiper
FHA Aid May Be Rationed Amid Congressional Deadlock
FHA planners warn insurance rationing could start within a month if Congress does not pass a housing bill by June 1. Only about a billion dollars of insurance authority remains, with six billions and four billions more blocked.
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Washington
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Federal Housing Administration
Congress
House Rules Committee
FHA
Montgomery Returns Home Apologizes for Slippage Remark
Field Marshal Montgomery arrived from Moscow and apologized for suggesting U S leadership was slipping. He said he would apologize unreservedly if his remarks offended friends across the Atlantic after meetings with Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
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London
Montgomery
Moscow
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
Atlantic
Britain
Hodges Dedicates Paper Machine in North Carolina
Governor Hodges visited Haywood and Henderson counties to dedicate Champion Paper and Fiber Co. new machine boosting daily capacity. He praised industrial peace in the county and highlighted its beef cattle, rubber factories, hatchery business, hydro power plant, and recreation areas as reasons for pride.
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Canton
N.C
Hodges
Raleigh
Henderson
Champion ‘Paper & Fiber Co
Haywood
North Carolina
Wood County
Kaywood County
Leader of Cuban invaders ready to surrender in Panama
Cesar Vega, former Havana night club owner who led a force of under 100, says the invaders are prepared to surrender unconditionally and submit to Panamanian courts. He plans to consult his men at the coastal base before formal approval and notes an opinion poll shows a preference for settlement.
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Panama
Cesar Vega
Havana
Caribbean
Ernesto de la Guardia
OAS
U.S. Albrook
de la Guardia
Lpare
Col
Bolivar Vallarino
Cote Ceed Fan
Nombre Dios
Canal
Godfrey Cancer Diagnosis Report Surprises Fans
Arthur Godfrey learned the tumor removed from his chest was cancerous. The 55-year-old radio TV star remained in good spirits. doctors say the operation on his left lung was successful with the upper lobe removed and recovery proceeded without complications. He is not expected back on air for at least two months.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center
Godfrey
Luce resigns as ambassador to Brazil after clash with Morse
Clare Boothe Luce quits as ambassador to Brazil after a public row with Senator Wayne Morse. President Eisenhower regrets the decision after an hour at the White House. Luce cites a poisoned climate of good will and ugly charges against her as reasons for stepping down. Morse had opposed her Senate approval and faced criticism for his role in Latin American affairs.
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Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Brazil
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Eisenhower
Sen
Morsei
Senate
Morse
Four Mice Will Sail Into Space
Four black mice will ride in a specially designed life package capsule at the nose of Discoverer III. The satellite aims for a polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in about 30 days, with the capsule drifting Earthward over the Pacific and Hawaii planes ready to net it.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
West Coast
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Pacific
Democrats Jolted By Veto Vote
In a stunning turn, the House failed to override President Eisenhower’s veto of a rural utility loans bill. The vote 280 to 146 left the plan to strip Secretary Benson of loan denial power unreversed, while the Senate had supported overriding it 64 to 29.
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Four Rules Committee
House
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Senate
Brain Picks Derby Winners
UNIVAC the electronic brain selects First Landing to win the Kentucky Derby with Tomy Lee second and Royal Orbit third. Experts also favor Tomy Lee for second and Sword Dancer for third, while UNIVAC lists a long alternate order based on race data but admits no crystal ball for track conditions or horse condition.
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New York
Univac
Electronic Brain
World-Telegram
Sun
Tomy Lee
Royal Orbit
Figure Sword Dancer
Silver Spoon
Easy Spur
Sword Dancer
Troilus
Atoll
Finnegan
Our Dad
Open View
Dance
Festival King
John Bruce
Rico Tesio
Die Hard
Chosen One
Performace
Remington-Rand
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Cme
West Berlin
THE
Associated Press
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Red Square
Rodion Malinovksy
Malinovsky
Socialist Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Berlin
Walter Reuther
Free World
Far Hills, N. J
Comes
Masten Cones
Harvard
Forrestal
Clare Luce
Panamas
Vega
Castro
Raul
Organization of American States
Tke
Mrs. Luce
Air Force
Charles A. Halleck
Brain
Harry S. Truman
C. Douglas Dillon
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