New Russian Blockade of Berlin Seen
Berlin reports indicate a new blockade as 2.5 million West Berliners were barred from the Soviet zone. A three mile no man’s land stretches along the frontier while Allied patrols are turned back. West Berlin identity cards prompt departures from trains at border stations amid warnings of arrest and jail.
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Berlin-Helmstedt
West Germany
Jawy
Bonn
Paris
West Berlin
Potsdam
Babeleberg
Stahnddorf
West
Red
Death Toll Tops 400 During Holiday Travel Record
United Press reports the Memorial Day weekend toll surpassed 400 with 430 accidental deaths since Thursday, including 282 in traffic. Drownings reached 80, plane crashes nine, and other mishaps 59. California led with 44 deaths, Ohio 32, New York 3(, Indiana 24, Texas 17.
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United Press
National Safety Council
California
Ohio
New York
Indiana
Incis
Texas
Great Lakes
Rockies
Secway Bul ay Building Delays Told
Washington June 1 av. D Matthews Canadian minister to the United States said the St Lawrence Seaway will take four and a half to five years to complete after it begins possibly in the spring of 1963. He doubted all authorizations could be obtained in time to begin before 1963 and projected shipments through the canal not before 1958. Canada will start the seaway by itself as Congress has declined participation.
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Washington
Av. D. Matthews
United States
St. Lawrence Seafway
Gannett News Service
Matthews
P Canada
Congress
Fast Life Gas Supply Shrinking Sparks City Concern
Time appears to run out on city gas supply as production from city wells drops from 72,000,008 to 41,000,000 cubic feet. The decline threatens revenue relied on for past years, with last year’s gas money raised in taxes. It suggests the honeymoon with gas revenue may be ending.
Seven Die and Twenty One Harmed in Bible Bus Collision
In Melbourne a train collided with a bus carrying 32 teen Bible students from a Church of Christ group returning from a picnic. Seven people were killed and 21 injured as the bus was crushed and dragged 50 yards along the tracks near Borchia.
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Melbourne
Australia
Borchia
Church of Christ Bible Groups
French Reds Call All-Out Strike in Crackdown
Paris reports CGT led by Communists calls general strike in Paris and nationwide wakouts to protest government crackdown on the Communist Party. Duclos and Marty among arrested leaders as raids seize documents. authorities guard headquarters and await provincial papers.
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Paris
General Confederation of Labor
Communist Party
Confederation
CGT
France
Jacques
Lyon
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
Duclos
United Pret
French Communist Party
Rede
Monkey Fleeing Master Causes Long Beach Chase
A 5 month old Rhesus chimp named Mike escaped from owner George W. Bradley at 1494 Temple Ave Long Beach. He slipped his leash yesterday and ran over rooftops, fenced alleys, and between parked cars before vanishing. Bradley asks anyone who spots the monkey to call 9-2208.
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Long Beach
Dum Dum
India
Mike
George W. Bradley
Temple Ave
Bradley
Bere
Douglas Urges Truman to Veto Immigration Bill
Washington June 1. Senator Douglas opposes the measure and urges President Truman to veto the immigration bill. He says it fails to shift the national origins quota toward northwestern Europe where numbers are largely unchanged, despite adjustments for minor differences.
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Douglas
Truman
Senate
Europe
Roosevelt's alma mater accepts first Negro student
Mass prepare to admit a Negro boy next year at the exclusive all male school linked to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Rev. John Crocker, rector, stated the move as definitive. The announcement marks a significant shift for the Fashionable Episcopal Preparatory School in a June context.
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Ekturen
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Crocker
Episcopal Preparatory School
Weather Hydrome tides report for tomorrow
The Weather Bureau reports high tides at 32 feet at 5 31 a m tomorrow with four low tides, high tides 3 2 feet at 6 24 a m and 5 1 feet in the afternoon, four tides 1 4 feet at 1 01 p m and 1 5 feet at 1 53 p m, with a May 25 forecast.
John Dewey Dies Father of Progressive Education
Dr. John Dewey, 92, famed philosopher and education reformer, dies in New York after years of aging and a hip fracture. His work shaped progressive education, expanding beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic to hands on activities, arts, and practical science concepts. His wife Roberta Grant Dewey, 48, was by his side as he remained mentally sharp to the end.
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New York
John Dewey
America
Roberta Grant Dewey
Phil
Dewey
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