Montery schooner cut in two after collision at sea
A 10,000 ton freighter cut a coastwise lumber schooner in two off Point Sur near Monterey in pre-dawn darkness. At least three men were killed, two are missing, and 23 survived with one in bad shape. The Marine Leopard rammed the Howard Olson, leaving only the bow afloat after three hours. Coast Guard and tanker crews rescued survivors and bodies in 55 degree waters.
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Monterey
Calif
California
Coast Guard
Howard Olson
John B. Waterman
Point Sur
K. W. Anderson
Leopard
Waterman
Associated Oil Co
David Kennedy
G and H Products blaze injures one firefighter
A large fire at the G and H Products plant 2409 52nd St. gutted a one story brick building as eight firefighters were affected including John Gajdos who was hospitalized then released. The firm makes valves and fittings and related food industry equipment. Fire crews from multiple units battled the flames for hours. damages exceed insured estimates. A motorist and her companion faced traffic and licensing charges at the scene.
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Tenosha
G and H Products Corp
52Nd St
John Gajdos
7Th Ave
Kenosha Hospital
al Mengo
John Greb
Sperry
Ted Smith
G and H Products
Blaze Causes $25,000 Damage At Oak Creek Tavern
A fire at the Oak Creek Tavern south of Milwaukee caused about $25,000 in damage with the interior and south wall badly damaged. No injuries were reported. Bruno Maraski, 61, the caretaker, discovered the fire. The blaze origin remains undetermined.
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Milwaukee
Here
Oak Creek
Bruno Maraski
Greek Cypriot Shot in Flight Incident at Polis
A British army search party shot and killed Kyriakos Soteriou in Polis after he allegedly failed to halt after three orders. In Nicosia a four day strike against last week’s hangings ended, and the capital returned to near normal.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Polis
Kyriakos Soteriou
Hydro electric power debut marked by failure in Ontario
In Kitchener Ontario a camera captured the 50th anniversary of hydroelectric power when the scene recorded. power failed during the celebration.
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Kitchener
Ont
Ontario
Weather sketchy with cooler night forecast and strong winds
Forecast calls for a low of 38 to 48 tonight with frost in northern areas while Tuesday highs reach 65 to 72. Sunday gusts near 69 mph in Milwaukee, with 46 mph sustained winds. Yesterday’s highs around 81 and 48 low. city readings mid-day ranged 63 to 68. Sunrise 4 33 am sunset 7 03 pm.
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American Motors
Defense Chief Warns Cuts Risk U.S. Security
Secretary Wilson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that any major cut in Eisenhower’s foreign military aid would threaten U.S. defense. He urged maintaining about three billion dollars for military aid as part of a four point nine billion dollar request for the year starting July 1, backed by Adm. Radford.
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Washington
Charles F. Wilson
Eisenhower
United States
U. S
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Free World
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radford
Car Inventories Rise Despite April Cutbacks
A May 1 Automotive News survey shows U.S. new car inventories at 902,270, up from April 1’s 898,669 and just below the March 1 record. Production in April fell to 547,600 from March’s 575,500 as makers trim output to lower stocks, signaling a deeper sales sag than expected.
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Detroit
Automotive News
Truck Driver Denies Guilt In Fatality
Pennsylvania truck driver David L. Kuhlman 27 pleaded innocent to two charges after a weekend crash that killed John Cronin 33 and injured Frank Potocek 31. He faces negligent homicide and reckless driving counts with hearings set for May 22 and June 11 and bonds of 2090 and 150 respectively. Cronin, a Chicago Transit Authority bus driver, died from head and back injuries after the semi struck the car at a Kenosha intersection.
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Evening News
Kenosha County
John Cronin
Chicago
David L. Kuhlman
Erie
Pennsylvania
Eric
Harry V. Carlson
Kuhlman
Cronin
Kenosha Hospital
Frank J. Potocek
Wolf River
Fremont
Potocek
Frank Odar
Joseph Farrar
Odar
John LeTourneau
Dist
Atty
J. B. Molinaro
LeTourneau
William Raven
Chicago Transit Authority
Russia Unveils 1.2 Million Troop Cut Within Year
Moscow today announced a plan to reduce the Soviet armed forces by 1,200,000 men within one year, bringing manpower to about 2.8 million per Harold E. Stassen’s estimates. The navy will retire 375 vessels and training schools will be reorganized, with corresponding budget cuts, as Moscow calls for practical disarmament.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Ilyichev
United Nations
Harold FE. Stassen
Atomic Plant Blast Injures Three at Oak Ridge Site
An explosion in a salvage yard at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge injures three workers. The Atomic Energy Commission labels the blast non-nuclear with zirconium oxide and zirconium scraps involved, materials used in reactor development and explosive when exposed.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Vessel Crippled At Milwaukee Harbor
The Ben E Tate an ore carrier owned by a Delaware firm was blown against the breakwater south of Milwaukee harbor by gusts up to 69 mph Sunday night. A hole was punched in the bow but the ship was towed to dock by the Coast Guard with no injuries.
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Milwaukee
Ben E. Tate
Milwaukee Harbor
Coast Guard
Tate
Lake Michigan
Supreme Court Rejects Alabama Appeal in Autherine Lucy Case
The high court declined to overturn a lower court order mandating Autherine Lucy be admitted to the University of Alabama. The case, tied to riots at Tuscaloosa, centered on ending delayed racial integration in state schools while Lucy seeks readmission. The decision affirms that tax supported universities must admit qualified Black students without gradualism. The court also refused to reconsider federal jurisdiction over sedition punishment, denied citizenship stripping for Albert Anastasia, and rejected a challenge to wheat acreage measurement under farm programs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
University of Alabama
Autherine J. Lucy
Lucy
Tuscaloosa
Ala
the University
South
Russia plans to end concentration camps within 18 months
A Soviet security official told visiting French Socialists at the Tula corrective labor camp that the USSR will abolish concentration camps in 18 months. Ordinary prisons and corrective labor colonies will remain, with reform and deportation limited to due process and political crime rehabilitation by a commission through October.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tula
House committee advances school aid and tax reforms
A labor subcommittee voted to extend a multi million dollar school aid program for defense affected areas. The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively agreed to repeal taxes on skating rinks pools beaches ferryboats and air taxes and to exempt milk bars with no alcohol from the 20 percent cabaret juke box tax.
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Washington —i
House
Washington
Ways and Means
Lawmaker Calls For Death Penalty Expansion On Narcotics
In Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee backed a bill to let juries impose death for three time narcotics offenders. The measure would outlaw heroin and stiffen penalties for importation and sale. A government witness in St Louis testified that T Lamar Caudle showed no preference for any medical board report.
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St. Louis
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Terrorist Attack Kills 3 in Tunis
A terrorist attack in Tunis, Tunisia, left three dead and fourteen wounded after machinegun fire and a grenade strike on a crowded cafe. The attackers, in a fast car, also fired at a Tunisian owned shop and later targeted a government office of the Neo-Destour party amid recent independence negotiations with France. Two more wounded, eleven additional injuries from a grenade in the cafe.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Neo-Destour Party
Neo- Destour Party
France
Paraguay Cabinet Reported Resigned
Asuncion reports say the cabinet of President Alfredo Stroessner has resigned per Patria, with no official confirmation. The move followed a unity decision by the Colorado party factions last October.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Patria
Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado Party
Storms Leave 13 Dead Across U S Weekend
Associated Press reports violent storms and tornadoes across the Midwest and Great Lakes. Six killed in Cleveland area, 69 injured, millions in damage. Flint and Detroit suburbs hit hard with homes and businesses leveled and hospitals strained. Downed trees, power lines, and flooded areas prompted extensive civil defense efforts.
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Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Michigan
Flint
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rocky River
Frank P. Celeste
Lakewood
Duakewood
Civil Defense Auxiliary
Quake Jars Southern California. origin Likely Mexico
A strong quake shook part of southern California with Pasadena as a noted area. The temblor likely originated about 100 miles below the U S Mexico border according to California Institute of Technology researchers.
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Pasadena
Calif
California
Mexico
California Institute of Technology
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