Queen Elizabeth Pledges Britain’s Resources for World Peace
Queen Elizabeth II opened Parliament pledging Britain’s resources to world peace and outlining aims including an early Big Four meeting, strengthening NATO, and pursuing Austrian independence and German unity settlements. She referenced relations with Persia and Mossadegh after the oil dispute.
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Elizabeth
Britain
London
Elizabeth II
Soviet Union
the Young
Churchill
House of Lords
France
United States
Persia
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Seven Dead 13 Injured In Freighter Fire
A fire aboard the freighter Black Falcon left seven dead and 13 injured in the hold with five firefighters burned. The blaze started near a drum of sodium peroxide mixed with bauxite ore as a water bucket caused a violent chemical reaction. Coast Guard launched a court of inquiry. the ship's master K Langballe was ashore for clearance. Survivor David McConnell died saving others. Other vessels also suffered fires in Boston harbor during October.
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Flaherty
Edward F. Montgomery
Boston Fire Department
Coast Guard
Black Falcon
K. Langballe
Shelbourne
Australia
Customs House
Philadelphia
David McConnell
Jack Crowley
Quincy
McConnell
Crowley
Peeves Aired in East Hartford Pet Peeve Week
East Hartford held a Pet Peeve Week to collect citizen complaints. Public Works Director George J. Penney cites chief gripes including loose manhole covers, low tree limbs, excessive speeding on certain streets, and too much automobile horn honking on others.
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East Hartford
Conn
Public Works
George J. Penney
Vet Reconnects With Queen on Greek Royal Visit
New York report recounts Navy veteran Edward P. Kelly meeting Crown Princess Frederika years earlier on a Cairo-Capetown flight. Both attend Columbia University where Queen Frederika receives an honorary degree as her husband King Paul tours the United States during a 25 day visit. The couple stay at the Waldorf Astoria as King Paul and Queen Frederika conclude their NYC stay before traveling to Boston.
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New York
Cairo-Capetown
Edward P. Kelly
Columbia University
Frederika of
Greece
Paul
Kelly
Columbia
Salem
N. Y
United States
Waldorf-Astoria
King Paul
Frederika
New York City
Bos
Trial in Absentia Nears Close in Italy
In Novara Italy a trial of two Americans and three Italians on charges of murder of Maj William Holohan in 1944 nears conclusion A Italian lawyer accuses the U S of grave error for refusing extradition arguing the government doubts the Americans guilt The alleged victims include former Lt Aldo Teardi and former Sgt Carl Dolce with Italian defendants Migliari Mannini and Tozzini claiming they were only casually involved.
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Novara
Italy
United States
Giuliano Allegra
Allegra
Aldo Teardi
Pittsburgh
Set
Carl Lo Dolce
Rochester
N. Y
William Holohan
New York City
Christian Democrat
Catholic University of Milan
Aminta Migliari
Giuse Mannini
Gualtiere Tozzini
Holohan
Pleasant Fall Weather Across Nation Prolonged
Pleasant fall weather continued across much of the eastern half of the United States with little rain. Only isolated showers touched Galveston Texas and parts of Michigan while cooler air moved east from the Plains. Temperatures ranged from 13 degrees in Mond Montana to 74 in Yuma Arizona with varied readings in major cities.
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Associated Press
Man
Texas
Rockies
Michigan
Galveston
Tex
Plains States
Lower Michigan
Missouri
Mond
Mont
Yuma
Ariz
New York City
Nashville
Duluth
Guerrillas Active in Western China Reported by Nationalists
The Interior Ministry's Ta Tao News Agency reports Chinese Nationalist sources say thousands of guerrillas are active in western Red China, with raids staged in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in the far southwest.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Red China
Interior Ministry
Ta Tao
Szechwan
Yunnan
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