Six Soldiers Hurt In Bus Convoy Mishap Near Las Vegas
Six soldiers injured when five Army buses collided 15 miles north of Las Vegas while waiting for a convoy carrying two new atomic cannons to Frenchman Flat for a test. Injured were five from Ft Dix New Jersey and one driver from Camp Desert Rock.
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Las Vegas
Here
Frenchman Flat
Nellis Air Force Base
Ft. Dix
N. J
Pfe
Fred Daniels
31St Transportation Company
Camp Desert Rock
Daniels
Charles. Edwards
Vivendi Pacpaco
Charles F. Jones
James J. Brown
Richard LaPierre
New Manpower Plan Being Devised by Ike
President Eisenhower plans to present Congress a White House manpower blueprint. He discussed the plan during a weekend at State College with Dr. Milton Eisenhower. A White House conference May 18 will include James D. Zellerbach Grayson L. Kirk and Rowan Gaither. The President and his family traveled from Washington aboard the White House train and were hosted by Dr. Eisenhower.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
State College
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Milton 5
Pennsylvania State College
Centre Hills Country Club
Robert L. Harpster
Philipsburg
South America
Murray Snyder
Snyder
James D.zellerbach
San Francisco
Crown-Zellerbach
Grayson L. Kirk
Columbia University
Rowan Gaither
Ford Foundation
John 8. Doud
Denver
Washington
Altoona
Michigan State College
Fire chief puts out car seat fire caused by bottle of carbon tetrachloride
Alton Fire Chief James Lewis left a bottle of carbon tetrachloride on the front seat of his parked car. Sunlight through the bottle focused on the seat cushion, causing it to smolder until he used an extinguisher containing the same chemical to put out the blaze.
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Hair OF
Alton
Ill
James Lewis
Lewis
Dead Man Returns To Collect Cash In Fairfax Land Claim
Joseph Foote, 62, who was declared dead in 1938, arrived in Alexandria after a 40 year silence to assert his share in his father Frederick Foote’s Fairfax County land. His sister Margaret had challenged the will. brothers Frank and Virginia confirmed his identity after questioning him.
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Alexandria
Joseph Foote
Cleveland
Foote
Washington
Fairfax County
Frederick Foote
Fairfax Farm
Lynn Investment Corp
Margaret Foote Jackson
Margaret
Frank C. Foote
Virginia Foote Jackson
Withdrawal Of Red Forces From Laos Seen As Trick
Saigon reports French and Indochinese officials view the Laos pullback as a possible phony Vietminh armistice bid. Premier Nguyen Van Tam doubts sincerity, says armistice only if enemy surrender is unconditional, while sources warn talks would stall and end with France weakened when war resumes.
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Laos
Saigon
Indochina
Nguyen van Tam
Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Moscow
Peiping
Luang Prabang
Sisavang Vong
Plaine Des Jarres
Little
Mountain Kingdom
Hoang Minh Tao
Xiengkhouang
Pak Sane
Noma
Thaiand
Tam
Jean Letourneau
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Ike
Harllee
Harnee’s and Pacific Will
Cancer Society
Ray Ee FF
Wonderful
Pacific
Life Magazine
TOR
Excello
Cannon’s Luxury Bath
White Sale
Wamsutta
Letourneau
France
Stice
Salisbury
Greensboro Road
Jamestown
Welder
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