Montreal apartment blaze leaves at least twenty dead
A four story brick building on Saint Mathieu Street in Montreal suffered a fast moving fire possibly started by a gas stove explosion. Authorities recovered eight bodies with many residents unaccounted for among about 100 tenants and two hours into the blaze. Witnesses recalled screams and mothers with infants as firemen battled the flames and a man saved his child by tossing him to bushes below.
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Montreal
Que
Ing
Europe
Cecil Rowe
Dead End St. Mathieu Street
Oldfield
Marcelina Krzymowski
Canada
Britain
Edgar Eisenbraun
Eisenbraun
Eisenhower proposes five point aid plan for Asia
President Eisenhower outlined a five point international economic aid program for Asian nations at the Colombo Plan meeting in Seattle He urged heavy Congress support and free nations cooperation to aid 700 million people in free Asia He highlighted technical skill sharing private investment and self help measures while avoiding a fixed price tag.
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Seattle
Wash
Eisenhower
United States
New Congress
Free Asia
South
Southeast Asia
Free World
Jordan King Hussein's plane attacked by MIGs near Damascus
Jordan's King Hussein said Soviet-made MIGs of the United Arab Republics attacked his jet 15 miles from Damascus during a Europe trip. He returned toward Amman after six raids, summoned a special cabinet meeting, and was greeted with a 21 gun salute on landing.
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London
Jordan
Hussein
United Arab Republics
Syria
Europe
U.A.R
Damascus
Amman
Jordan Air Force
United Arab Republic
Jordan Radio
Farm Plan Changes Proposed by National Grange Leader
Herschel Newsom head of the National Grange urged federal farm program reforms to end taxpayer subsidies and require Americans to pay American prices for farm products. He called for government withdrawal from buying and selling farm goods to avoid depressing prices.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
National Grange
Herschel Newsom
The
Grange
Newsome
Newsom
Russian Demands Voiced at Geneva Conference
At Geneva a Russian deputy foreign minister called for free nuclear disarmament and removal of foreign bases as the price for any international warning system to prevent surprise attacks. He urged ending brinkmanship and stockpile reductions, while Western delegates cautioned they cannot negotiate disarmament, only assess technical feasibility for a warning system.
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Geneva
Aceanid
Vassilii Kuiznetsov
Kuznetsov
Soviet Bloc
Khrushchev Says Soviets Ready To Quit Berlin
Moscow reports Khrushchev urged ending four power control of Berlin and handing Berlin functions to East Germany. He argued Potsdam was violated except for Berlin and warned West Germany risks a modern war and subversive activity against Warsaw Pact nations.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Radio Moscow
Khrushchev
Lenin Stadium
German Democratic Republic
Communist East
Germany
Soviet Union
East Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
West Germany
Missing plane near Cape St Vincent with 36 aboard
A U S Navy search plane picked up a faint distress signal 180 miles west of Cape St Vincent from a Portuguese flying boat missing with 36 aboard including six Americans. The aircraft was en route Lisbon to Madeira when it radioed an emergency landing at sea. Oil slicks were seen but no wreckage. Names include Leon Lazarus Kohlmann and Jane Kohlmann of New Orleans, Louis Slater and Dorothy Slater, Henry Rennell of Southport, and George Long of Far East assignment.
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Lisbon
U.S. Navy
Cape St. Vincent
Beaver
Portugal
Madeira
Civil Aviation
Vitor Veres
Cabo Ruivo
Funchal
George W. Long
National Geographic Mag
Plane crushes in training flight at Idlewild
A Seaboard and Western Airlines Super Constellation crashed during takeoff from Idlewild Airport. The five crew members escaped unhurt, according to airline officials.
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New York
Western Airlines
Idlewild
Streetcar Motorman Roy Anderson Retires in Pittsburgh
A gaily decorated streetcar carried Roy Anderson and about 60 relatives for two hours Sunday to honor his retirement after 38 years with Pittsburgh Railways Co. His three sons organized the tribute, paying about 25 dollars an hour.
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Pittsburgh
Roy Anderson
Anderson
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Robert
Cleveland
Donald
Meadville
Tribune
Samuel
Court Proposal Altered Court Altered
A North Carolina bar group studying the courts will not seek to end elected Supreme and Superior Court judges. The committee favors nonpartisan regional and statewide nominating commissions to propose three candidates per vacancy, with the governor selecting from those nominations. The governor currently fills vacancies by appointment.
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Charlotte
Bar Assny
North Carolina
Byth
J. Spencer Bell
Bell
General Assembly
Judicial Council
Mother Takes Over 14 Children
Chicago tale of Mrs. Marie Smith who, at 22, becomes guardian for 14 siblings and her own four children after her mother Mrs. Albert Williams dies following twin births. The family, living in a six room basement, faces hard times with relief funds and steady but modest earnings from jobs as a plasterer and a filling station attendant.
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Chicago
Albert Williams
Marie Smith
Near North Side
Mrs. Smith
Atlanta
Williams
Cook County
Belgian Dominican Father Pire Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Belgian Dominican Father Dominique Georges Pire, 48, heads Europe of the Heart and won the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize for his refugee aid work. The prize of 41 227 dollars was awarded by the five member Norwegian Parliament committee, with Stockholm ceremony set for December 12.
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Oslow
Dominique Georges Pire
Father Pire
Europe
Dinant
Meuse
Sweden
Alfred Nobel
Stockholm
Sarthe Sminican
Hay
I. Jolling
Oslo
Norway
Anne Oslo
Morgenbladet
Court orders Rock Arkansas School Board to push integration
The 8th Circuit directs the Rock, Arkansas School Board to advance integration as court mandated. The decision remands to Judge Miller and enjoins any action without District Court approval to control or transfer senior high school facilities for segregated use. The ruling notes private schools may intervene in ten days if they claim rights to public buildings and equipment.
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ST. Louis
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appo
Title Rock
Ark
Miller
U.S. Dist
John E. Miller
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
District Court
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