Stevenson Refuses Drop From Race Amid Minnesota Fight
Adlai Stevenson vows to stay in the presidential race after carrying Minnesota’s 5th district and leading in the 8th Duluth area. Kefauver wins big statewide, claiming 26 of 30 Minnesota delegates as late precincts could shift results. Stevenson urges renewed effort ahead of the Democratic convention.
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Stevenson
Minneapolis
Minnesota
St. Louis
Chicago
Duluth Iron Range
Duluth News-Tribune
St. Louis County
Stephen A. Mitchell
Durfee Named for Civil Aeronautics Board Chair
The Wisconsin State Journal reports President Eisenhower plans to nominate James Durfee of Madison as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Durfee, currently chair of the State Public Service Commission, was at the White House, with the nomination expected to go to the Senate for confirmation.
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Eisenhower
James Durfee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Wisconsin State Journal
Washington
Durfee
State Public Service Commission
White House
Dispatch
U. S. Senate
President Eisenhower Meets NSC on Middle East Standby Authority
Washington reports indicate the administration may seek congressional approval for stand by authority to deploy American military forces in the Middle East as Eisenhower consults the National Security Council today.
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Washington — i
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Administration
Congress
Middle East
United States offers to cut military manpower to 2.5 million
The United States proposed a reduction of its armed forces to 2,500,000 personnel and asked the Soviet Union to match the cuts. The offer signals a potential arms control move amid Cold War tensions.
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London
United States
Soviet Union
King trial defense rests in Montgomery bus boycott case
In Montgomery Alabama the defense rested in the trial of the Rev. Martin Luther King a 27 year old Montgomery minister and the first of 90 defendants to face conspiracy charges tied to the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King
Indiana Supreme Court Grants Stay for Mass Killer
Indianapolis demned mass killer Leslie Irvin was granted a stay of execution of nearly six months today by the Indiana Supreme Court.
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Indianapolis
Leslie Irvin
Indiana Supreme Court
Slashed Tires Reported in Forest Park and Southwest City
Unknown vandals slashed tires on about 60 vehicles late last night and early this morning in Forest Park and southwest city areas. Police received up to 60 calls by noon about tires being slashed while cars stood in driveways and along streets. Det Lt Arthur J Riley heard residents describe noises between 9 PM and 3 AM and saw three youths flee in a car.
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Forest Park
Arthur J. Riley
Kenoshans
Eisenhower Signs Channel Deepening Measure
President Eisenhower signed legislation authorizing deepening of the Great Lakes connecting channels west of Lake Erie at a cost of 110 million dollars. The plan would create a 27-foot depth from Lake Superior to the Atlantic, allowing ships to Duluth Minnesota, and ties to the St Lawrence Seaway under construction. Congress must appropriate funds to begin work, with a five million dollar initial request in the budget message.
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Eisenhower
Great Lakes
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Duluth
Minn
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
Man 36 Admits Guilt In Woman Slaying In Chicago
Chicago police say William Bourne 36 admitted beating Mrs. Sarah Finley 62 to death with a brick in a South Side alley. Bourne met Finley in a tavern and offered to walk her home, then enraged after she struck him in the alley near her home.
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Chicago
William Bourne
Sarah Finley
Bourne
Finley
Old Bolshevik Bubnov Returns From Living Death
Andrei Bubnov a veteran Bolshevik and 1903 party member has reappeared in Moscow after years in detention. Once a key figure in Pravda and the 1917 Bolshevik seizure, he was denounced as a traitor and believed dead. The 20th Congress era rehabilitation policy now lists his release or return.
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Andrei S. Bubnov
Bubnov
Lenin
Red Army
Communist Party
Party
Pravda
Petrograd
Three Alarm Blaze Destroys Kenosha Glass Co Facility
A three alarm blaze leveled the Kenosha Glass Co building at 2019 Roosevelt Rd injuring two firefighters and causing about 50000 dollars in losses. Fire units from multiple stations fought the fire as spectators watched and civil defense and rescue squads aided.
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Roosevelt Rd
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Rasico
Kenosha Hospital
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A. C. Fredrickson
Anthony Schlenker
29Th Ave
28Th Ave
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30Th Ave
Schlenker
Evening News
Favor Mission Averts War With Middle East Peace Effort
The United Nations Security Council plans to rush Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold to the Middle East with American backing to avert an Arab-Israeli war. Observers say the mission follows renewed violence including an Israeli land mine blast in the Negev, an Egyptian claim of truce-line violations, and Israel's threat to proceed with the Jordan River diversion unless Arabs cooperate. A U.S. proposal asks the council to authorize Hammarskjold to negotiate a tension-reducing arrangement for armistice lines ahead of a council vote next Monday.
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United Nations Security Council
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Hammarskjold
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France
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Foreign Office
Mixed Armistice Commission
Negev Desert
Gaza Strip
Cairo
David Ben- Gurion
Moshe Sharet
Israel
Jordan River
Moshe Dayen
U.S
Security Council
Red Nuclear Tests Signal Russian Atomic Arsenal Growth
Washington officials speculated the Soviet test shows a push to perfect long range warheads and a "whole family of atomic weapons." Sources cited a versatile program rivaling the U S arsenal. The explosion was announced Wednesday night in London and Washington as part of a series since August 1955.
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Washington
U. S
London
B 25 Bomber Crashes Near Franklin Killing Six
In Waco Texas an B 25 bomber crashed near Franklin last night. Two highway patrolmen reported today that all six crew members were killed.
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Waco
Tex
Franklin
AMC to Lay Off 3100 Production Workers Friday
American Motors Corporation announced a layoff of 3100 production workers effective Friday night cutting total production staff to about 7000. The action includes 450 workers at the Milwaukee body division as schedules are reduced to balance field stocks. Rambler demand remains strong with a 31 percent rise in the latest 20 day sales report and a 34 percent gain over last year’s comparable period.
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American Motors Corporation
Milwaukee
American Motors
Joseph W. Mueller
Kenosha
Four Die in One Room House Fire at Cass Lake
Four people perished in a blaze that trapped residents and guests in a single room house in Cass Lake Minnesota on Wednesday night. Police Chief William Clark identified the victims as Andrew Shortridge and his wife Mildred owners of the house and their guests James McKeig and Louis Seace.
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Cass Lake
Minn
William Clark
Andrew Shortridge
Mildred
James McKeig
Louis Seace
Speeding Parson Faces 40 Dollar Bond in Illinois
Rev Wallace Reid Jr a Chicago preacher paid a $40 bond after being charged with speeding 58 in a 35 mile zone on Highway 41. The officer found he had no license and Reid allegedly offered a bribe and boasted he could fix fines with judges.
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Wallace Reid Jr
Chicago
Reverend Reid
Illinois
Reid
Estes in California To Fight for Primary
Senator Estes Kefauver flew to California after his Minnesota primary upset to rally supporters for California’s June 5 primary where he faces a state pledged to Adlai Stevenson.
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California
San Francisco
Estes Kefauver
Minnesota
Tennessee
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Senators and House Seek High Farm Price Supports Bill
Senate leader Johnson and House Speaker Rayburn say Congress will push for high level price supports in farm legislation despite President Eisenhower hints of a veto. House and Senate conferees, led by Cooley, aim to bridge vast differences and move a compromise bill after Easter recess. Eisenhower signals the Senate bill is unworkable.
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D-Tex
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Rayburn
Senate House
Rep
Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
New York Johns-Manville to Enter Natchez Hardboard Business
Johns-Manville Corp will diversify its building materials by entering hardboard, with an immediate plan to construct a hardboard plant next to its insulating board operations in Natchez Mississippi.
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New York
Johns-Manville Corp
Natchez, Miss
Enterprising Recruiters Put Up Signs In Isolated Canyon
In the Hayasupai canyon near the Colorado River, Navy and recruiting sergeant posters promote Army service to the Havasupai. After a football game with local youths and discussions about family duties, the recruiters left self addressed cards and await responses as they plan a long-term presence.
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Ariz
Sam
Vestal Nunlist
Wesley D. Wolf
Navy
Prescott
Havasu Canyon
Utah
Colorado River
Nunlist
Wolf
Fight Change In SS Plan Washington Debates Full Benefit Rise
The Eisenhower administration rejected House proposals to grant Social Security retirement at 62 and disability payments at 50 with a tax rise from 2 to 2.4 percent. Secretary Folsom said the tax hike would add about 1.7 billion dollars in the first full year. He defended OASI as in excellent shape and urged wider universal coverage including self employed professionals and federal workers.
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Washington
House
Folsom
Senate Finance Committee
British Arrest Three Of Their Own Guards
Britain arrest three security guards in Nicosia Cyprus on charges they mistreated Cypriots suspected of underground anti British violence.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Weather notes show cool, fair tonight and Friday
The report records a cool night with a fair, partly cloudy Friday. Yesterday’s readings ranged 25 to 48 degrees with a midnight low of 33. By noon today temperatures were 42 downtown and at the plant, 47 at American Motors. Tonight’s low 18 to 25, Friday’s high 38 to 44. Sunrise 5:52 a.m., sunset 6:05 p.m. Roads statewide were bare and in good driving condition.
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