Compact Car Backed By Wolfson In AMC Interest
Louis Wolfson eastern investor and principal AMC stockholder says AMC uniquely meets the American market need for small compact cars. He denies merger talks with Merritt-Chapman & Scott and notes plans to work with AMC President George Romney on a future program.
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Louis Wolfson
American Motors
Wolfson
Miami
Hudson Motor Company
Hudson Motors
Merritt-Chapman & Scott
George Romney
Dulles States China Policy Remains Unchanged
Secretary of State Dulles told the SEATO Council that the United States continues to recognize Nationalist China and opposes seating Peiping in the United Nations. He stressed the policy serves national and international interests and would not strengthen international relations if the Communists represented China.
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Canberra
Australia
Dulles
United States
China
United Nations
Peiping
Seato Council of Ministers
U. S
America
South Asia
Seato Council
Girl 4 Dies After Eating Blood Pressure Pills
In Gloversville New York a four year old girl Charmaine Emily Jordan died after ingesting blood pressure pills prescribed for her grandmother. Her five year old sister Darlene Ann Jordan also swallowed some pills but is in fair condition. Authorities say the siblings found the pills in an envelope in a bedroom.
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Gloversville
N. Y
Charmaine Emily Jordan
Darlene Ann
Bruce nomination approved for West Germany post
Washington report says the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved President Eisenhower's nomination of David K. E. Bruce as ambassador to West Germany without opposition. The panel also approved Amory Houghton of Corning, New York, for ambassador to France in a closed session.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
West Germany
Amory Houghton
Corning, N. Y
France
Eisenhower Split on Billboard Ban After White House Meeting
Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks urged a 750 foot ban on billboards near the new interstate system at a White House conference with Republican leaders. President Eisenhower did not take a position, deferring to Congress.
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Washington
M. Secretly
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Congress
Weeks
White House
Eisenhower
Egyptian Minister Claims Gulf Waters Are Egyptian
Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian Foreign Minister, stated during a stopover from New York to Cairo that the Gulf of Aqaba and the Straits of Tiran will always be Egyptian territorial waters.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Gulf of Aqaba
Straits of Tiran
Mahmoud Fawzi
Cairo
New York
Purdue Campus Blast Injures Six Workers on Campus
Investigators search for cause after an explosion on the Purdue University campus injures six construction workers. Four were hospitalized as the blast damaged a two story housing project. workers say gas was turned on before lighting a furnace and the explosion followed. One worker was blown through a wall.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Portland Mayor Schrunk denies taking payoffs under oath
Portland mayor Terry D. Schrunk testified before Senate investigators that he never received payoffs from pinball operators bootleggers or gamblers He refused a lie detector test saying the inquiry felt like a fishing expedition Crosby Oregon union boss presented new evidence about rackets in Portland but was barred from reading it Crosby also supplied wire recordings seized from a private Portland residence under a warrant described as fraudulent and illegal.
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Washington
Terry D. Schrunk
Portland
Oregon
Senate
Schrunk
Camatn Wanlentn
Clyde C. Crosby
Teamsters Union
Senators
Crosby
McClellan
D-Ark
Freighter Colorado Radioes for Help Off Hokkaido
The 7,600-ton American freighter Colorado reported taking water in heavy seas off Hokkaido north of Japan. En route from Seattle to Yokohama with 50 crew aboard, the ship asked for assistance.
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Tokyo
Colorado
Hokkaido Island
Japan
Pacific Transport Line
Seattle
Yokohama
Gang Kills Negro Youth in Chicago
Alvin Palmer a 17 year old Negro high school student was beaten to death by a group of eight white teenagers on the Southwest Side. He died later at Holy Cross Hospital from a skull fracture sustained when struck with a hammer like weapon after a passer-by told detectives Wheeler and Fryer the attackers surrounded him without a word spoken.
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Chicago
Alvin Palmer
Palmer
Holy Cross Hospital
Clyde Wheeler
Kenneth Fryer
Gang of Eight
Wheeler
Aleutian Quake Recorded by Boston College Seismograph
Weston Massachusetts reports the Boston College seismograph detected a very strong earthquake at 6 55 a m EST probably in the Aleutian Islands. Father Daniel Linehan S J said it was among the strongest in the last two days with 46 on Monday and four today. Some West Coast sources call it an aftershock.
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Weston
Mass
Boston College Seismograph
Aleutian Islands
Daniel Linehan
S. J
Father Linehan
West Coast
Budget cut predicted by Rayburn and Eisenhower budget
House Speaker Rayburn said Congress will substantially cut the Eisenhower budget for the coming fiscal year. He discussed a $71.8 billion spending plan and $73.3 billion in new appropriations for the 12 months starting July 1 and joined debate on a request for specific recommended cuts.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Building Collapse Injures Two Carpenters in East Troy
A nearly finished single story supermarket building collapsed after rain thawed ground. Walter Curran about 60 and his son Robert 27 were treated for bruises with Walter pinned under a beam until Bernard Helser and others freed him.
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East Troy
Walter Curran
Robert
Curran
Bernard Helser
Harry Riese
Admiral Byrd, Arctic Explorer, Dies at 68 in Boston
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd died in his sleep at his Beacon Hill home at 6 20 p m aged 68. The Navy veteran led Arctic and Antarctic expeditions and headed Operation Deep Freeze during the IGY. He was noted for polar flights and charting vast ice regions. His survivors include his wife Marie Ames Byrd and four children.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Beacon Hill
Byrd
Poles
Antarctica
Little America
Antarctic
South Pole
Southeast
Pacific
Eisenhower
United States
Winchester
Marie D. Ames
Richard Jr
William A. Clarke Jr
Swarthmore
Robert G. Breyer
Los Angeles
Lawrence J. Stabler Jr
Philadelphia
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Egypt limits Gaza role to administrative duties
Egyptian officials say Cairo plans only administrative units in Gaza Strip and doubts sending military forces soon. UN and U S officials fear a new crisis as Gen Hassan Abdel Latif assumes military governor while UNEF continues policing the area.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Saleh Gohar
Palestine Department
Ralph Bunche
Hassan Abdel Latif
Abdel Latif
Abdel Hakim Amer
UNEF
Strip
Gaza
Sinai
Sinai Desert
Fire Bouts Eight Milwaukee On Near South Side
A two alarm fire displaced eight occupants from a restaurant and a nearby home on Milwaukee's near south side Monday night. Fire officials estimate total damage at 26000 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Near South Side
Weather improves after soggy spell with mild temps
A damp spell eased as skies brightened and the weatherman forecast mild temps for today and tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 50 and low 37 at the sewage plant, with 36 reading early this morning. Readings by late morning included 50 at the plant, 54 at American Motors, and 52 downtown. Precipitation totaled 0.81 inches yesterday and today. Sunrise was 6 09 and sunset 5 54.
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American Motors
U.S. Urges Egypt UN Cooperation on Gaza Crisis
The United States called for Egypt to work with the United Nations to maintain peace in the Gaza Strip and Suez area. The State Department reaffirmed support for the UN and its emergency force as tensions rise over Egypt’s potential takeover and Suez Canal actions. President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles were monitoring the situation from Australia.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
United Nations
Gaza Strip
State Department
Gaza
Suez Canal
Department
Lincoln White
Middle East
United Nations Emergency Force
Canadian dollar hits 24 year high against U S dollar
The Canadian dollar advanced to $1.04 23 32 per U S dollar in early trading, the strongest premium since November 1933. The gain marked the highest level in 24 years, with the 1933 peak noted at $1.05.
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New York
U. S
Polar Days With Byrd Remembered By Kenosha Scout
A. Walker Perkins, a Boy Scout with Admiral Richard Byrd on the 1928 Antarctic voyage, recalls Byrd as a guardian of his men and a persistent financier. Perkins notes Byrd’s hands on leadership during a ice breakup near their ship. Friend Paul Siple heads Operation Deep Freeze at the South Pole, chosen by Byrd, with radio contact planned this spring by Bill Vincent.
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Byrd
England
United States
Humber River
North Pole
South Pole
Richard Byrd
A. Walker Perkins
Adm
Kenoshan
Paul Siple
Perkins
Siple
Bill Vincent
FBI Chief Sees Ties To Moscow
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that American Communists fake breaks with Moscow to thwart prosecutions and maintain loyalty to the Soviet Union. He labeled the convention a Moscow dictated effort to hoodwink the public and warned it aims to unite left groups, establish fronts, recruit members, and win back financial support.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Moscow
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Justice Department
U. S
New York
Kremlin
Comunist Party
United States
Hoover
Soviet Union
Suez salvage work in home stretch
The UN salvage fleet moves into the final phase to reopen the Suez Canal. It has lifted the 4 ton tug Edgar Bonnet as the team aims to clear the canal by April for all shipping. Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler leads the operation and confirms the timeline.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Suez Canal
Edgar Bonnet
Raymond A. Wheeler
Sign Troop Accord with East Germany
Soviet Foreign Minister Andri Gromyko and Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov arrived to sign an agreement with the East German regime on the status of 400000 Russian troops stationed in East Germany.
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Berlin
Andri Gromyko
Georgi K. Zhukov
East Germany
One Dollar Drives Food Aid and Hungarian Resettlement
A faith based appeal urges giving through church campaigns for overseas relief. It cites distributing over 150 pounds of food per dollar and claims 96 percent of Hungarians resettled in America benefited. Funds support Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish relief funds and promote the Better Way in a public service via The Advertising Council.
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America
Catholic Bishops
UJA
Spiritual Brotherhood
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Great Arctic
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Purdue
Deniel
Secret Service
Jeaders
Treasury
Humphrey
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Naval Academy
Atlantic
U.S
Bunche
Gen. Amer
UN Assembly
Abdel Fattah Hassan
Foreign Office
John Foster Dulles
Walker Perkins
Suez
The
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