Rebels trapped as Indonesia reports battles on lakeshore
Indonesian army spokesman said rebels were trapped near Medan on Lake Toba with 300 fighters, government forces claimed control of Prapat area after clashes that left 19 rebels dead and 10 captured. Separately, reports from Paris and Algiers cited political and military tensions across Europe and North Africa.
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Sumatra
Bukittinggi
Jakarta
Sukarno
Rudy Pirngadi
Sprarno Boyke Navin Golan
Medan
Lake
Toba
Golan
Prapat
Old Grad Ike Hosts A-Expert West Point Tribute
The Army fraternity salutes atomic scientist Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence at West Point on the 156th anniversary of the Academy. Eisenhower, a 1915 alumnus, hailed Lawrence as the inventor of the cyclotron and presented him the first Sylvanus Thayer Award for service to the country.
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Ike Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ernest O. Lawrence
U. Military Academy
Lawrence
Sylvanus Thayer
University of California
West Point
3rd Aspirant for Sheriff Files Nomination Papers
Howard J. Kessler, a real estate man from Hermosa Beach, filed for the Los Angeles County sheriff race as a Republican against under sheriff Peter J. Pitchess. Dan Crowley, a baseball executive, also entered after filing March 13. Royal Registrar Benjamin Hite confirmed the nominations.
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CNS
Friday
Peter J. Pitchess
Los Angeles County
Howard J. Kessler
16Th St. Her
Mosa Beach
Benjamin 5
Hite
Pitchess
Dan Crowley
Two Miners Die After 60 Foot Shaft Collapse
In Iron River Michigan two miners Francis Boukula aged 25 from Iron River and Whelan Garland aged 43 from Florence Wisconsin were killed when a scaffold in a new shaft gave way. Officials of Walsh Construction Co reported they fell about 60 feet to the bottom.
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Mich
Walsh Construction Co
Francis Boukula
Whelan Garland
Florence
Wis
Parole Denied Again for Atom Spy David Greenglass
The U S Parole Board refused parole to David Greenglass for the fourth time. He has served seven years of a 15 year sentence at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. Greenglass helped implicate Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and testified against them. He became eligible for parole on April 5, 1956 after four applications. Robert Morris urged freedom due to cooperation with U S intelligence agencies.
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Atom
David Greenglass
Greenglass
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Rosenberg Atom
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Ethel Rosenbers
Robert Morris
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Parole Board
U.S
President Eisenhower plans Augusta golf weekend
President Eisenhower heads to Augusta Georgia for a weekend of golf and rest at Augusta National Golf Club. White House secretary Hagerty cited mild forecast and possible return Sunday night. Detected scraps in trash connected to a theater robbery case but no action on this trip.
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Hisenhower
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Augusta National Golf Club
White House
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West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Earnest O. Lawrence
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Snyder
William
E. Robinson
Coca-Cola Corp
Two Men Arraigned in Faking of Evidence Case
Los Angeles two men faced Superior Judge Sparling on charges related to fabricating evidence in the Evelyn Scott case. Terence Whitcher 20 and Richard Mowery 32 were indicted for preparing false footage and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Betty Sue Kidson identified a suspect in a police showup. The Scott case, tied to a theater robbery and a death, remains under life-term review.
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Los Angeles
R Ewing Scott
Terence LeRoy Whitcher
Maurice C. Sparring
Evelyn Throsby Scott
Richard Mowery
Whitcher
Frank Massad
Sparling
Betty Sue Kidson
Scott
Knowland Sees Nixon as GOP 1960 Front‑Runner
San Francisco report says Senator William F. Knowland declares Vice President Richard M. Nixon the Republicans’ leading candidate for president in 1960 and knows of no challengers. Knowland cautions his California governorship bid may shift, citing retirement plans and possible re‑election, while noting he is not a GOP candidate for president.
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William F. Knowland
Calif
Richard M
R Knowlana
California
Eoree
Nixon
Knowland
Estent
California Jy
Edmund G. Brown
Washington
Three Miners Suffocated at Butte Mine
Three veteran miners died in a routine inspection at an unused Butte metal mine. Officials of Anaconda Co said the men suffocated in dead air without oxygen. Foreman Steve Wurley, 56, Assistant Foreman Earnest Hrisbin, 49, and ventilation engineer Joe Shugert, 50, were identified.
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Butte Metals I
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Anacontia Co
Steve Wurley
Earnest Hrisbin
Joe Shugert
Titoists to Elect at Belgrade Congress in Ljubljana
Belgrade aligned Titoists plan to elect a new central committee at a party congress opening in Ljubljana on April 22. The meeting signals leadership changes within the Yugoslav Communist structure as it handles policy lines and regional concerns.
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Titoists
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Ljubljana
Attorney 87 dies in Norfolk hospital Friday
Norfolk Virginia obituary notes David Avery Haggard aged 87 who was a former law partner of Senator Joseph O’Majorey and a former senior attorney in the interpretive division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Washington. He died in a Norfolk hospital on Friday.
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David Avery Haggard
Joseph O'Majorey
D-Wye
Bureau’ of ‘Internal Revenue
Washington
Norfolk Hospital
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