Planters and Families Slain in Angola Uprising
Dispatch from Luanda reports Portuguese troops flown north to quell a brutal antiwhite uprising in Angola. Militants killed at least 30 planters and families on remote plantations near Quitexe and Maquela while refugees fled to Luanda. The conflict echoes Mau Mau unrest, with heavy machete violence and clashes along the Congo border.
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Quitexe
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Lisbon
Congo
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Maquela
Uige
Quibavi
West Africa
America
Racial clashes mark St Patrick’s Day parade disturbances
Fights broke out between white youths and Negroes in Savannah Georgia after a march by Negroes. Police arrested 32 Negroes and eight whites as a citywide disturbance lasted about two and a half hours. Injuries were minor but property damage occurred. Similar tensions and broader storm damage were reported across the Deep South with tornado warnings and high winds.
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Settle Dispute At Atomic Works in Richland Washington
A 72 month labor dispute at the Hanford Atomic Works near Richland Washington was tentatively settled early today. General Electric Co the prime contractor for the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford said it and the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council had reached an in principle agreement Union members will be asked to vote on it.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council
Etna lava show lights Sicilian sky Friday night
Mount Etna in Catania Sicily staged another volcanic display sending lava jets reaching 1 800 feet into the air on Friday night drawing spectators and photographers to the eruption.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Lady Barwick Plans Charity Clothing Sale at Thimbleby Hall
Lady Barwick announces a charity clothing sale at Thimbleby Hall in Yorkshire next Wednesday. Sir Richard Barwick says he will avoid the sale, while the former film star plans proceeds for charitable gifts from her own wardrobe.
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Sir Richard
Thimbleby Hall
Yorkshire
Barwick
Fire destroys Milwaukee plant damaging 175000 dollars
More than 100 firefighters battled a four alarm blaze lasting over an hour at the American Marietta Co heavy equipment division plant in Milwaukee. One firefighter injured, 21 rigs and two special calls responded. traffic along U S 41 and St Paul Avenue was snarled as flames were contained.
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American Marietta Co
Asst
Lewis Hoeft
Frank Kupling
Milwaukee County Emergency Hospital
County Stadium
U.S. 41
Menomonee River
St. Paul Avenue
Space Capsule Test Planned Under Severe Conditions
The space agency schedules a Mercury capsule and escape system test today under the harshest conditions likely in an orbital attempt. A successful run would complete the capsule qualification flights before manned orbit.
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Washington
Space Agency
Mercury capsule blasted aloft for violent test
The Mercury space capsule launched on a high intensity test aimed at evaluating escape chances for astronauts in case of flight mishap. Officials indicated the test is a critical step with potential timing close to the manned mission window.
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Washington
Ipi
Astronaut Rides Identical Cabin in Brief Space Hop
An astronaut rides an identical cabin on a brief hop into space atop a Redstone rocket. A Little Joe rocket stood ready on the Wallops Island pad with an escape rocket aimed to fire at about 35 000 feet to test capsule survivability under maximum forces.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rusk Gromyko Meet Over Laos Drops Hint of Wider Pact
Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko prepared for a face to face lunch at the State Department to discuss Laos and key cold war issues. Attending were Adlai Stevenson and Arkady Sobolev as UN actors. Officials said Laos current Soviet arms airlift and Western aid to Laos shape negotiations on disarmament and Berlin.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
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Adlai Stevenson
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United Nations
Arkady Sobolev
Rusk
Gromyko
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State Department
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Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Germany
Congo
Tokyo pressure to probe Dewey export promotion pay
Parliament faced calls to investigate a reported 200000 dollar yearly payment to former New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey for promoting Japanese exports in the United States.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Local leaders urged to boost self help for national goals
Dr Henry M Winston head of the Presidents Commission on National Goals told Wingspread Assembly near Racine that Americans should start reform at home by evaluating state constitutions city charters and school boards. He said urban renewal succeeds when local energy and funding precede federal aid and that unused federal money sits idle without local initiative.
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Commission On National Goals
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American Assembly of Columbia University
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Wingspread Assembly
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Ile
London Sign in Window Sells Ongoing May 1946 Sale
A local furniture store displays a shopfront sign announcing a sale that began in May 1946 and remains active. The message reads Sale Started May 1946 still on.
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London
Unemployed total shows drop again in early March
The Labor Department reports insured unemployment fell by 62 300 in the week ended March 4 while initial claims declined 42 000. A record 3 346 500 people were drawing benefits at the start of March as states report easing auto industry layoffs and improved outdoor employment. Michigan saw a rise in insured unemployment but the largest drop in initial claims.
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Labor Department
New York
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Illinois
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
Fumes Halt Recovery Of Bodies In Shin-Otsuji Mine
Carbon monoxide fumes in the Shin-Otsuji coal mine in Kyushu Japan halted rescue efforts to reach 26 men trapped underground since Thursday. Officials said there was no hope the workers were alive.
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Yahata
Japan
Shin-Otsuji
Kyushu
Vaccine showdown as Sabin and Salk clash in hearings
Washington reports a House health subcommittee hearing on polio vaccines ends in a sharp clash between Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin. Salk backs his injected vaccine. Sabin advocates an oral vaccine and federal endorsement to speed production and nationwide immunity. Public Health Service says six months for oral vaccine production and new manufacturing standards due this month.
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Kenneth A. Roberts
House Health
Albert Sabin
Jonas Salk
Salk
Sabin
Leopard Men Terrorize Congo as U.N. Moves In
Hundreds of fanatic leopard men threaten to massacre Europeans in Kivi Province as U.N. Malayan and Congolese forces race to Kasonga. The Katawala sect, armed with bows, targets Belgians while clashes occur in Nyanzu and negotiations over Matadi and Banana bases continue without agreement.
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the Congo
Congo
Kivi
United Nations
U.N
Kasonga
Nyanzu
Katanga
Kamina
Albertville
Matadi
Banana
Youth Admits He Drove Hit Run Car
A 22 year old man admitted he probably was the driver who struck and killed Charles Shinnick, 75, Thursday night in Hillsboro Wisconsin. Ronald J Nemec, of rural Hillsboro, said he thought he had hit a cuckhole. The next morning he found blood on his bumper and after a radio report of the accident called police. Shinnick, a bachelor, often hitchhiked the 16 miles from his home near Ontario to Hillsboro. An inquest was scheduled for today.
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Wis
UPI
Charles Shinnick
Ronald J. Nemec
Nemec
Shinnick
Ontario
Weather Outlook For Keno sha South Area
A mixed rain sleet or snow forecast for Keno sha and the extreme south portion of the state tonight. Temperatures 26 to 34 degrees with Sunday mostly cloudy and little temperature change. Noon readings: 32 at Southport 33 at American Motors 34 Downtown. Yesterday high 33 low 28 sunrise 5 58 sunset 6 01.
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Southport
American Motors
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