Vessels Collide In Heavy Fog In Japan Inland Sea Disaster
In thick fog two large ferries, the Shinn Maru and the Udaka Maru, collided off Takamatsu. The Shinn Maru sank within minutes. 143 dead or missing, 692 saved with 51 injured. Aboard were about 779 passengers including many schoolchildren. Rescue efforts involved American Army personnel and Japanese forces.
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Hokkaido
Maj
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Charlotte
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Uno
Okayama
Honshu
Japan National Railway
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Masao Nakamura
JNR
Yoshitaka Ishimoto
Hiroshima
Tetsuo Hanawa
NATO seeks end to hostilities in Formosa area
Paris NATO council of foreign ministers voiced hope to end hostilities and avoid further force in the Far East. The communique urged cessation and backed Western Big Three proposals for talks with Soviet Premier Bulganin to resolve outstanding issues. Les ter Pearson suggested surrender of Quemoy and Matsu in exchange for a collective security pledge to Chiang Kai-shek's Formosa regime.
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Far East
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Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
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Britain
NATO Council
Nikolai Bulganin
France
United Kingdom
United States
Soviet Union
Horrible Dream Woman Recalls Japanese Ferry Sinking
Mrs. Bernardine Adams of Junction City Wisconsin and her husband Willis of Pleasanton Kansas were aboard the Shinn Maru when it sank in Japan's inland sea after a foggy collision with the Udaka Maru. Sixty plus bodies have been recovered and 16 are missing. the couple, Evangelical Alliance Mission workers since 1950, survived with pelvic injuries and exposure.
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Japan
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Junction City
Wis
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Pleasanton
Kas
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Evangelical Alliance Mission
Soviet peace plan calls for troop pullout and disarmament
Moscow unveiled a world peace plan demanding immediate withdrawal of most foreign troops from Germany, big power arms cuts, and a ban on atomic weapons. It also proposed a UN supervised international control agency under the UN with posts at major hubs to monitor compliance, while a NATOlike East European alliance was discussed in Warsaw.
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U.N. Assembly
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Body Found In Coliseum Wreckage
New York workers recovered the body of cement worker Joseph Lombardi 55 from the collapsed Columbus Circle Coliseum site. He was given last rites as relatives and friends watched amid tears, following a Monday collapse that left 52 injured and 51 others safe.
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Revenue bill moves in North Carolina House awaits vote
A revenue bill calling for $9.751 million annually in new taxes over two years was placed before the North Carolina House. Rep. W. B. Rodman urged action tomorrow as Senate plans total $9.815 million with a 2 cent beer tax option. Both sides seek balance of the 640 million biennial budget.
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House Committee
George Uzzell
Rowan
Hodges
Bulganin Seeks End to Cold War and German Reunification
Warsaw report says Soviet Premier Bulganin urged end to cold war at Eastern Security Conference. He proposed withdrawing most occupying troops from Germany and keeping skeleton forces until Germany can be one free and independent nation. He stressed readiness to discuss German reunification under acceptable conditions.
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Warsaw
Poland
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Russia
Bulganin
Germany
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Eisenhower Eyes Big Four Talk To Clarify World Atmosphere
President Eisenhower said he agreed to a top level Big Four meeting to test Soviet sincerity and clarify the international atmosphere. He noted no definite summit date or host, and mentioned possible participation by Eden Faure Bulganin with a preference for a neutral country venue possibly Switzerland in July. He said the summit could help determine Soviet intent to ease world tensions and that he remains willing to travel for peace.
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Eisenhower
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Eden
Britain
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France
Marshal Bulganin
Paris
Switzerland
Soviet assent expected to Big Four meeting this summer
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France have invited the Soviet Union to a top level Big Four meeting with Premier Bulganin after high level talks in Vienna. Officials see a two stage approach focusing on German unification satellite states freedom and disarmament. A short session lasting only a few days is anticipated with Eisenhower possibly traveling to a neutral country.
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U.S
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Edgar Faure
France
Nikolai Bulganin
States Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
V. M. Molotov
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Geneva
Indochina
Stockholm
Moscow
Bulganin
United States
West Germany
Paris
Russia
House debates defense bill with $31.5 billion package
The U S House considers a $31 488 206 000 defense bill with manpower cuts central to debate Fronting the plan the administration seeks greater reliance on air and atomic power while reducing Army and Marine strength A vote is expected tomorrow as Rep Flood pushes to preserve manpower at June 30 levels and block retirements of naval transports and amphibious vessels The bill totals Army 1 027 000 Navy 657 000 Marines 193 000 Air Force 975 000 with overall force down 12 000 from June projections and appropriations split across services
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West Europe press favors Big Four talks amid polio vaccine hopes
Western Europe papers welcomed top level Big Four talks with cautious notes on any East West settlement. In London, editors hailed the move as boosting Eden’s election prospects while German and Soviet comment varied on rearmament and German reunification. Eisenhower pledged confidence in the polio Salk vaccine as public inoculation resumes. scientists and officials moved to inspect manufacturing plants and possible vaccine releases.
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Germany
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Britain
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United States
Segregation Opinion Presented Before Raleigh Committee
Attorney General Harry McMullan told the House Education Committee that state constitutional provisions for segregated schools would likely be unconstitutional if tested in court. The panel postponed a measure by Rep. Satterfield to withhold state funds from districts operating integrated schools. McMullan said U S Supreme Court rulings would overrule existing state practice and that withdrawing funds over nonsegregated schools could violate the 14th Amendment.
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