Glasgow Rector ceremony erupts in riot with eggs and soot
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Butler was pelted with flour, soot, and eggs at Glasgow University as students rioted during the rector installation. Police restored order after chaos spread beyond the hall, with four students arrested and damage including a broken window and clashes with officers.
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St. Andrews Hall
Glasgow University
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Macmillan
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Edinburgh University
Prince Keating
Philip
Eliza
Jheth Mo
Jside
London
Britain
Ford Plans 14000-Worker Layoff at River Rouge Plant
Ford Motor Co announces a major layoff affecting about 14,000 workers next week at its River Rouge complex to align production schedules. An additional 4,000 assembly line workers will be idled Thursday and Friday, with total 18,000 idle over the two days next week. Rouge divisions will spread the 14,000 cuts as the plant had employed around 33,000 workers recently.
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Jain
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Rouge
Flood Bursts Wall at Demirkopru Dam IZMIR Turkey
Government orders evacuation for about 100 villages after an auxiliary wall burst at Demirkopru Dam caused flooding in the area. No loss of life reported but damage described as heavy and extensive.
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Izmir
Turkey
Demirkopru
Betrothal of Swedish Princess Reported Likely
Stockholm circles say Princess Margaretha 23 and Robin Douglas-Home 25, London pianist, are about to announce their engagement. King Gustaf handling publicity. Baron von Essen deflects questions as unofficial reports say the couple are very much in love and may join royal life in Stockholm next month.
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Robin ‘Douglas-Home
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Douglas-Home
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Youthful fugitive jailed over unpaid Lake Mead fishing fine
Sonny Wisecarver, known for eloping with two married women before age 16 and drawing national attention, remains jailed in Las Vegas for failing to pay a $100 fine for fishing on Lake Mead without a license. At 27, Wisecarver had married Betty Joe Reber in March 1947 after troubles with the California Youth Authority.
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Sonny Wisecarver
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Wisecarver
Betty Joe Reber
California Youth Authority
Fred Pabst Dies at 88 Brewer and cattleman
Fred Pabst 88 longtime Pabst Brewing Co retired chairman died Friday at his Pabst Farms estate near Oconomowoc Wisconsin. He suffered a cardiac collapse after a stroke left health failing last year. His wife Ida and son David, president of Pabst Farms Inc, were with him. Private funeral is planned Monday at the family home with burial in Summit Cemetery.
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Pabst Farms Inc
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Summit Cemetery
Tunis Paris Peace Plan Pushed by U S
U S deputy to the U N Murphy left for London to pursue secret peace proposals aimed at easing the French Tunisian crisis. He expected talks with British leaders and Tunisian officials, while Britain joined the effort to prevent the North African conflict from widening.
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James Wadsty
Stateworth
U.S
Robert Murphy
Ace U.sithe
United Nations
London
Europe
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New York
Harold Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Paris
Tunis
U.N
Dag Hammarskjoldlicy
iTunisia
Britain
Tunisia
Spire Gleams with New Monument Lighting
The Washington Monument shone Friday after Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant III flipped the switch to unveil a floodlighting system rated at 141.7 million candlepower. Grant leads the Washington National Monument Society, and the new lights are more than 14 times brighter than the prior 1931 installation.
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Grant
Washington National Monument Society
Schools Fund Distributed Across State Districts
The State Education Department announced a Friday apportionment of $13,356,000 for growth to school districts for the first half of fiscal 1957-58. The total apportionment for the year reaches $534,251,000, with $21,753,000 remaining in the state school fund for cities and districts. Samuel L. Meyer and Roy E. Simp er are noted in the report regarding college leadership changes.
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State Education Department
Fayette, Mo
Samuel L. Meyer
Cen
Roy E
Stockton
Calif
Ring worth twenty thousand found in Phoenix gutter
Mrs. Max Cohn of Phoenix seeks ownership of a $20,000 diamond ring found by Lester Gooch, a cotton picker, in a Phoenix gutter. Gooch was briefly jailed while police verified the tale before release. Mrs. Cohn plans to fly to San Francisco to prove ownership and offers a reward.
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Ariz
Ito
Max Cohn
Wichita, Kan
Lester Gooch
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