Earthquake Toll Rises in South Lebanon to 112
Beirut reports three shocks Friday night and a second tremor today as south Lebanon bore the brunt. At least 112 dead with many buried in ruins, 16 bodies recovered at Kfarhetta, Jezzine damaged, Telzenoud in Bekka Valley saw over 100 homes destroyed, and inmates at Beirut prison attempted escapes before controlwas restored.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Peraane Eenana Limad
Svlis Welle Kaieua
Kfarhetta
Jezzine
Telzenoud
Bekka Valley
Fire and arson probe hit Chicago and Algeria crisis
Fire officials hunted arsonists after a church blaze and six apartment fires north of the church. Damage neared one million dollars for St Pauls Episcopal Church with a burned pipe organ and art. In Paris, Mollet moved to push emergency powers as Algeria battles worsen with paratrooper actions and curfews.
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Chicago
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Raymond J. Daley
William D. McLean Jr
Christ
Father McLean
Paris
Guy Mollet
France
Algeria
Robert Lacoste
Mollet
Senate
National Assembly
Algiers
Algier
Lacoste
One Dead Five Hurt On Student Outing
Six University of Minnesota students traveling to a Smoky Mountains trip in Tennessee were involved in a collision with a runaway tow truck nine miles south of Richland Center Wisconsin on U.S. 14. Richard Ferrand, 20, Minneapolis, was killed. Kenneth Larson, 23, Minneapolis, Paul Lucas, 21, Madison, John Swesey, 20, St. Paul, and Barbara Ferrand, 19, were hospitalized in serious condition. Barbara Kincaid, 19, International Falls, Minn, was lightly injured.
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Richland Center
Wis
University of Minnesota
Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Here
U.S
Richard Ferrand
Minneapolis
Kenneth Larson
Paul Lucas
Madison
John Swesey
St. Paul
Barbara Ferrand
Barbara Kincaid
International Falls
Minn
Coast Guard Rescues 30 From Grounded Italian Freighter
Coast guardsmen using a breeches buoy rescued the 30 man crew of an Italian freighter that ran aground in a northeast storm near Scituate Massachusetts. The two hour operation ended with the crew ashore at the Scituate lifeboat station pending immigration processing.
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Scituate, Mass
Coast Guard
Scituate
Avalanche Kills Seven in Sapporo Japan
Seven forestry workers were killed today when hit by an avalanche in western Hokkaido on Japan's northern main island.
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Sapporo
Japan
Hokkaido
Auto Combine Posts Heavy 1955 Losses
Detroit Studebaker Packard Corp reports a net loss of 29,705,093 for 1955. Consolidated sales reached 480,006,110 in the first full year since the Packard and Studebaker merger in 1954. Working capital stood at 54,793,411. Factory dealer sales were disappointing due to record inventories and losing defense contracts amid the merger.
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Detroit
Studebaker- Packard Corp
Packard Motor Car Co
Studebaker Corp
Packard
Studebaker
Large Crop Surplus Expected Despite Cuts in Acreage
Washington reports the Agriculture Department projects a bumper crop this year with 352 million acres planned across 59 main crops, down from 355 million last year. Corn acreage is cut to 78,686,000 acres, the smallest on record, while soybeans and several grains rise or remain near plan.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Soil Bank
Congress
Fire destroys home on Charles Johnson farm near Watertown
Fire of undetermined origin Friday destroyed the two story residence on the Charles Johnson farm near Watertown. Water town firefighters saved some furniture before flames were brought under control.
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Watertown
Charles Johnson
Slaying Tips To Take Time In Chicago Case
Police said two months or more are needed to test tips from the triple murder of John Schuessler Anton Schuessler and Robert Peterson. Calls have surged after new leads, including steel scraps under fingernails and impressions from a rubber floor mat in Packards from 1942 to 1950.
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Chicago
John Schuessler
Anton
Robert Peterson
Packard
Cyprus Strife Deepens Amid Greek Union Drive
British patrols exchange fire with Cypriot attackers in the Troodos Mountains near Nicosia. Five soldiers wounded, one pro Greek Cypriot killed, raids and house to house searches follow in a tense security operation.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Troodos
Greece
Makarios
Greek Union Movement
Britain
St Patrick’s Day spirit shifts beyond Ireland borders
The piece notes St Patrick’s Day enthusiasm abroad outshines Ireland with New York hosting about 120000 Irish marchers along Fifth Avenue under Premier Costello. Two million spectators expected as crowds fill parades with traditional tunes and festive events despite domestic bar closures.
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Dublin
St. Patrick’s
Ireland
St. Patrick's Day
New York
Fifth Avenue
John A. Costello
Costello
Order of Hibernians
Red Paper Demands Courts Crush Georgia Rioting
The Georgian Soviet official paper editorial urged the courts to crush violations of law and order as reports from Washington and London described bloody riots last week in Stalin’s home state Georgia after anti Stalinist lines from Moscow.
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London
Kremlin
Stalin
Georgia
Tiflis
U. S
Washington
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Jacob Malik
Malenkov
Khrushchev
the Mail
Ukraine
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Communist Party
City Sleet Brief Predicts Warmer Weekend Ahead
A surprise snow dump dropped about one inch between 2 and 4 30 a m with a modest morning low. Forecasters expect fair and warmer conditions tonight and Sunday with light snow, while temperatures range from mid 20s to low 40s across the city.
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American Motors
Fire destroys Case Tractor plant in Charlotte
Fire destroyed the J I Case Tractor Co plant in Charlotte North Carolina on Friday causing about 750000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. Assistant branch manager H C Gripe said damage to the plant and farm equipment would total three quarters of a million dollars. Volunteers from three fire companies aided city firefighters for more than an hour before the blaze was checked leaving only a small amount of office equipment saved.
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Charlotte
N. C
J. I. Case Tractor Co
H. C. Gripe
Teen gang leader Sally Ann Lowell held on burglary charges
Sally Ann Lowell, 21, held in Madison Wisconsin as gang leader in break-ins at five churches a liquor store and a grocery. District Attorney Richard Bardwell says she admitted smuggling hacksaw blades into Dane County jail. Four boys are being questioned in the case.
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Sally Ann Lowell
Madison
Wis
Richard Bardwell
Sally
Dane County
Three Navy Men Die After Blizzard Groundings
Three navy sailors were found dead in an open launch that washed ashore on Ocean Drive near Narragansett Bay following a blizzard that left four navy vessels aground. Names withheld pending next of kin notice as other ships are refloated and secured.
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Newport
R. I
Ocean Drive
Narragansett Bay
Barclay Douglas
Fiske
Willis A. Lee
M. C. Fox
Coolbaugh
Lee
Jamestown
Gould Island
Cottington Cove
Eight Wisconsin Private Colleges Share in Socony Gift
Eight private colleges in Wisconsin will share in 673770 dollars contributed Friday by the Socony Mobile Mil Co to institutions of higher learning in the United States and Canada.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Socony Mobile Mil Co
United States
Canada
Seek Passage Of Farm Bill Next Week
United Press reports the Senate will try again to pass the amended omnibus farm aid bill next week after a Friday vote was postponed due to many amendments. Senator Clinton Anderson criticized the bill, saying it becomes a Christmas tree of provisions.
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Senate
Sen
Clinton P. Anderson
Danes Plan Strike In Copenhagen Demands
About 30,000 Danish workers prepare to walk out in Copenhagen to push for higher wages a shorter 44 hour work week and sick pay benefits.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
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