59ers Trip To Alaska Hindered
ANGOLA IN AP The Alaska bound 69ers from Detroit faced a rough first day of their 4300 mile journey as a midwestern snow storm slowed travel up to 50 mph winds and eight inches of snow in parts of Wisconsin Illinois and nearby states. The caravan of 13 men 10 women and 14 children planned to reach the Kenai Peninsula within three weeks to homestead 160 acres each though delays forced an overnight stop at Pokagon State Park.
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Five men arrested for narcotics ring using minors in New York
Federal agents seized the men after a six month probe in East Harlem. They were arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Earle N. Bishopp and held on $110,000 total bail for a March 19 hearing. The ring allegedly used two girls under 18 and a 10 year old boy to deliver heroin, earning pennies while moving 13 ounces valued at $300,000.
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Eisenhower Cabinet Faces Possible Double Dent
President Eisenhower may endure a double cabinet dent as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles fights cancer and Secretary of Defense Thruston McElroy signals resignation this year. The shift would test governance amid Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and Germany.
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George C. Marshall
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Ezra
Hisenhower
Taft Benson
Max Conrad Completes 50th Transatlantic Flight
Pilot Max Conrad landed at Ci lasiping Airport signaling the 4,000 mile nonstop trip from Chicago in a single-engine Piper Comanche. The Rome total flight time neared 3 minutes, marking his 50th transatlantic crossing and continuing a record for small planes held by M. J. Boling with a Beechcraft Bonanza.
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