Last Wreck Cleared From Suez Canal
U N salvage crews completed clearance of the Suez Canal lifting the sunken Egyptian frigate Abukir and towing it to a dumping ground in Bitter Lakes. The opening of the canal to ships up to 20 000 tons hinges on Egyptian approval as only vessels under 10 000 tons could pass previously.
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Cairo
U.N
Suez Canal
Abukir
Bitter Lakes
Suez
Raymond A. Wheeler
Egypt
Britain
Wheeler
Suez Canal Authority
Kern Hills
Israel
Eilat
Glenn E. Moseley
Portland, Ore
Tiran Strait
Aqaba Gulf
Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Sharm el Sheikh
UNEF
Nasser
Aqaba
Ejilat-Beersheba
Middle East
Europe
New York
Samuel H. Wang
Fairfield Steamship Co
State Department
Geneva
al Ahram
al Shaab
Jerusalem
Clergyman Warns Labor of Crisis at UAW Convention
Msgr. George C Higgins of Washington warned the United Auto Workers convention that the labor movement faces a serious crisis not limited to Senate rackets findings. He urged rank and file reform and prayer while defending a proposed public review board as an honest watchdog.
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Atlantic City
United Auto Workers Convention
George C. Higgins
Washington
UAW
U.S. Senate
Msgr. Higgins
Msgr
Higgins
Review Board
Walter P. Reuther
Raymond Moley
Newsweek
Public Review Board
A.J. Hayes
International Assn. of
Machinists
Senate Committee
Antiunionists
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Labor
Chops Down Tree To Trap Juvenile Suspects
In Exeter Rhode Island Henry E Brown a rural mail carrier used a novel trap on a dead end dirt road after calling police Saturday He chopped down a tree behind a getaway car to block the exit and police nabbed two youths when they were trapped by the fallen tree.
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Exeter
Henry E. Brown
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Visit Paris Four Days
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Paris for a four day official visit. President Rene Coty welcomed them as crowds filled the streets and a televised welcome drew large audiences. A grand cake at the Elysee Palace was trimmed after cracking under heat.
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Duke
Paris
Elizabeth II
Britain
Duke of Edinburgh
France
Republic
Rene Coty
Orly
Prince Philip
Elizabeth
Elysees Palace
Coty
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday will be considerably clouded and cool with a low near 25 and a high around 38.
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la Crosse
Fuel Halts As Aircraft Lands In Emergency Descent
An F94C Starfire from Fargo based North Dakota two-man crew faced an empty fuel gauge while flying at 31 000 feet northeast of La Crosse. Maj. R. B. Westfall and Capt. George S. West Jr. landed safely at La Crosse Municipal Airport after emergency procedures and radar guidance. A fuel line problem blocked tapping fuel, radio compass failed, and a parachute did not deploy. A CAA and Chicago support helped coordinate interception of a C47 to retrieve the crew. The jet remained at the airport awaiting repair crews Monday.
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la Crosse
North
R. B. Westfall
George S. West Jr
178Th
Fargo
N.D
Air National Guard
la Crosse Municipal
CAA
Chicago
Washington, D.C
Milwaukee
Iranian bandit chief killed in gun battle near border
Pakistan police report Dadshah leader of Iranian bandits who killed three Americans died in a gun battle five days earlier. They claim 18 gang members were captured including Ahmed Shah who allegedly confessed murdering Mrs. Anita Carroll of Issaquah Washington.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Dadshah
Amhed Shah
Anita Carroll
Issaquah
Wash
U.S
Hamil
Iran
Tehran
Mohammed
Ahmed
Kevin Carroll
Blood factory transfusion eyed to fight radiation harm
Dr William Dameshek, chief hematologist at New England Medical Center, says bone marrow transplants could rebuild the blood system after radiation exposure. He notes moderately successful animal tests and hopes for treating anemia and leukemia, with work in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission. He spoke after receiving a Massachusetts Jewish War Veterans award.
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Boston
William Dameshek
Dameshek
New England Medical Center
Massachusetts Jewish War Veterans
Weekend Toll: Thirteen Wiscon sin highway deaths over weekend
Thirteen people died on Wisconsin highways since Friday raising the year’s toll to 197, with fatalities from Rosholt to Milwaukee to Green Bay. Names include Andrew Stanislawski, 69, and Sophia Rewolinski, among others, as reports detail multiple crashes and injuries across the state.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Andrew Stanislawski
St. Michael’s Hospital
Stevens Point
Rosholt
Frank Maillak
Athens
Marathon County
Driver dies in Wisconsin crash near De Soto
William Haas, 23, of rural Waukon, Iowa, was killed when his car lost control on Highway 35 south of De Soto, skidded into a gully, and overturned after possibly falling asleep. Robert Schulte, 26, of Waukon, suffered cuts and bruises and was treated and released.
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Donald Mercer
Cobb
Dodgeville
Gilbert Lewis
Green Bay
John Jennings
Pickett
Winnebago County
Ripon
Wallace Lott
Milwaukee
Walworth County
Dean Fleck
Waterford
Lott
Elkhorn
DE Soto
Wis
William Haas
Waukon
Iowa
Highway 35
Robert Schulte
Lansing
Haas
ScHulte
la Crosse
Crawford County
Bruce Hutchins
Robert Armstrong
Boy Hero Killed Saving Brother at Power Line
In Montrose Pennsylvania a 7 year old boy William Kropa of East Lynn died from an electric shock after grabbing his younger brother Ronald’s kite string near a high tension power line. Investigators say he was aware of the danger and saved his brother by releasing the string.
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Montrose
William Kropa
East Lynn
Ronald
67 Killed In Brazilian Disasters Prompt Regional Tragedy
In Brazil, 67 people died and 13 were injured across three disasters. A Varig airliner crashed after takeoff near Bagé, killing all 40 aboard. A Rio suburb rail collision killed 20 and left 13 injured. A landslide in Petrópolis buried a house, killing seven.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Varig
Bage
Brazil
Livramento
Porto Alegre
Brazilian Civil Aeronautics Board
Magna
Rio
Petropolis
Postal Service Curtailment Curtails Local Mail Services
Acting Postmaster Henry J. Ahrens announced a 14 page Postal Bulletin detailing curtailment measures effective next Saturday. The cuts stem from a Congress versus Post Office Department dispute over an extra 47 million dollars to fund operations. Locally, Saturday city and rural deliveries stop, the Post Office closes Saturdays, and third class mailing privileges are withdrawn.
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Henry J. Ahrens
Washington, D.C
Congress
United States Post Office Department
Four State Snowstorm Drops 3 to 12 Inches Across Midwest
A spring storm moved from the Rockies bringing heavy snow to Indiana Michigan Ohio and New York with 3 to 12 inch accumulations. Schools closed power lines snapped and roads and highways were icy and slow.
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Rockies
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York State
Great Plains
Plains
Toledo
Monroe County
Mich
Monroe-Toledo
Ascot Park
Akron
Fort Miami Raceway
Rensselaer
Plymouth
Warsaw
Kendallville
New York
Cattaraugus County
Colorado
Texas
Tennessee
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Wreckage Found of Secret Research Plane and Pilot
The missing high altitude U2 jet and its pilot Robert L. Sieker were found after days of search in eastern Nevada near Pioche. Sieker, 35, of Granada Hills California, was an engineering test pilot for Lockheed Aircraft. Approximately 70 aircraft joined the pursuit across Nevada California and Utah in the hunt.
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Indian Springs
Nev
Robert L. Sieker
Granada Hills
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Mercury
Nevada
California
Utah
Pioche
Lockheed
Air Force
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Dulles Proposes Easy Loans for Needy Nations
Secretary of State Dulles urged a foreign aid fund offering long term easy pay loans to developing nations, potentially up to 750 million dollars annually. He backed keeping ICA as a semi autonomous agency, continuing a 100 million dollar contingency fund, and balancing loans with grants when needed.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Senate
State Department
Defense Department
Congress
International Cooperation Administration
America
Buses to Smell Like Roses in Detroit
The aroma of roses may fill Detroit buses as GM engineers test a fragrance deodorant blending with exhaust fumes to improve cabin odor.
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Detroit
General Motors
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U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
81-Nation Assembly
Filat
Persian Gulf
Tribune
Willis F. Holman
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Maj. Westfall
Selfridge Air
By Frank Carey
Associated Press Science Reporter
Atomic Energy Commission
Sophia Rewolinski
West Allis
Douglas Keller
Oregon
James Freudenwald
Racine
Highway 32
Racine Sunday
Homer H. Kuykendall
Gadsden
Tenn
Kuykendall
Hal Boyle
Pseerere
The
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Colo
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Wyo
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Neb
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South Dakota
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New Mexico
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