Racine Girl Mauled by Bear at City Zoo
A 10 year old girl from Waukegan was severely bitten when she reached into a bear cage at Racine Zoological Park. Mary Heibner underwent three hours of surgery and remained in fair condition at St. Mary's Hospital as officials investigated and planned cage security changes.
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Racine
Wis
Racine Zoological Park
Waukegan
Mary Heibner
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mary
Kenneth Heibner
Zoo
Emil Rokosky
Jack Humble
Thunderstorms Dampen Broad Area Of U S
A wide swath from the Pacific Northwest to Florida saw showers and thunderstorms throughout the day with fair skies scarce. Warm air from the south ended a frost in the Midwest as cooler trends eased in the Central Plains into the Great Lakes and Northeast.
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U.S
Pacific Northwest
Florida
Midwest
Virginia
North Carolina
Rockies
Montana
Colorado
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Gulf Coast
California
Huron
S. D
Great Lakes
New England
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
South Dakota
Tennessee
Flour Aid Ships Diverted For Algerian Relief
Two shipments of flour from American Catholic aid societies bound for Algiers were diverted at sea as the Algerian crisis began. French authorities ordered the vessels to unload at Naples and then repack for delivery to Oran Philippeville and Bone in Algeria.
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Algiers
Paris
Naples
Oran
Philippeville
Bone
Algeria
Unemployment Benefits Fall Sharply in May
Washington reports the week ended May 10 saw a 93 300 drop in insured unemployment the largest weekly decline since 1956. About half of the decrease reflects exhausted benefits with 800 000 workers running out this year while some found new jobs. Initial claims for May 17 fell 49 400 to 359 200 the lowest since December.
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Washington
Labor Department
Atomic Cocktails Base Fluttery Hearts
St Louis reported fluttering heart sensations treated with an atomic cocktail of radioactive iodine. Dr. Eliot Corday said the iodine targets the thyroid to lower metabolic rate. Most cases respond to standard drugs. iodine is for patients not helped by ordinary medication.
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ST. Louis
Eliot Corday
American College of Cardiologists
Corday
University of California At Los Angeles
Lebanon charges subversion by U A R at U N S C
Lebanon charged the United Arab Republic with moving men and arms into Lebanon amid a two week guerilla war to topple the pro Western government. Lebanon said it could withdraw complaints to the U N and Arab League if external pressure ends.
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United Nations
N.Y.R
Lebanon
United Arab Republic
U.N. Security Council
Charles Malik
Beirut
Nasser
U.A.R
Malik
Syria
U.N
Arab League
Karim Azkoul
Security Council
Eisenhower proposes Geneva expert talks on nuclear test suspension
President Eisenhower urged Premier Khrushchev to name scientific experts from the United States Britain France and possibly other nations to meet in Geneva within three weeks to devise a system for detecting nuclear tests. The U S named three scientists Dr Ernest O Lawrence Dr James Brown Fisk and Dr Robert F Bacher to join Soviet experts and a Japanese scientist may join the Western side. Talks could begin in early June with a progress report in 30 days and a final in 60 days aiming at a world summit and possible test ban accord.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United States
Russia
Geneva
Britain
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
White House
Eisenhowerer
State Department
U.S
Soviet Union
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Robert F. Bacher
Atomic Energy Commission
U.N
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Dag Hammarskjold
Foreign Office
Moscow
Thomson frames integrity of Wisconsin government as key issue
Gov. Vernon W. Thomson urged the Republican convention in Milwaukee to wage a campaign focused on government integrity and independence, warning against out-of-state money potentially buying state government. He accepted renomination without opposition and outlined a strategy to attack the Democratic Party led by Sen. Gaylord Nelson, with plans to capitalize on opposition weaknesses.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Vernon W. Thomson
Republican Party
Thomson
CIO
R. W. Peterson
Madison
Gaylord Nelson
U.S
Roland Steinle
Supreme Court
Ray Dittmore
Joseph R. McCarthy
James Onderdonk
Steinle
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
National Veterans Administration
Higley
Senate
Dittmore
McCarthy
Urban P. van Susteren
Outagamie County
McCar
Emergency curbs on low level military jet flights
The armed services imposed emergency limits on military jets below 20 000 feet to reduce midair collision risk. Lt Gen Elwood R. Quesada said the temporary measure requires instrument flight rules under ground control and excludes defense patrols and alert scrambles.
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Washington P
Armed Services
White House
Elwood R. Quesada
Air Coordinating Committee
Quesada
Air Force
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Algiers Sends Mystery Messages to France
Radio Algiers under the insurgent junta broadcasts mystery messages to France, echoing World War I coded directives. Bordeaux monitors report repeated nonsensical lines that, like earlier BBC instructions, aimed to guide resistance actions and to provoke German counter-espionage reactions.
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Algiers
France
Bordeaux
Britain
British Broadcasting Corp
Deputy Sent To Talk With Insurgent Junta In Algeria
Paris reports Premier Pierre Pflimlin sent Jean-Louis Vigier to Algiers on a personal mission to reopen relations with the insurgent junta. Vigier, aide to de Gaulle in WWII, aims to stabilize the situation as rebels in Algeria set up a parallel government and demand support.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Algeria
Jean-Louis Vigier
Charles de Gaulle
Gaullist
Algiers
Pflimlin
Vigier
Pierre Guillain de Benouville
Switzerland
Junta
Mediterranean
Committee of Public Safety
de Gaulle
Raoul Salan
Starkweather Faces Death Sentence In Nebraska Murder Case
Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate were linked to a string of killings culminating in the Bennet foray. Starkweather was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death by electric chair. a new trial motion lands June 7 with automatic Supreme Court review.
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Charles Starkweather
Robert Jensen
Unifax
Lincoln, Neb
Charles
State Supreme Court
T. Clement Gaughan
Charlie
Starkweather
Bennet
Neb
Caril Ann Fugate
Hospital Drive Campaign Falls Short of Goal in First Report
Volunteers for the United Hospital Building Fund turned in 270 085 dollars, 22 percent of the 1 242 000 goal, at the first report meeting. Lutheran and St Francis Hospitals reported 27 576 dollars, 110 percent of their 25 000 targets. The medical division pledged 99 percent of 125 000 for each hospital, while St Francis doctors had not all signed pledges. Government and education divisions stood at 33 percent of 20 000, with dental leaders reporting progress as well.
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United Hospital Building Fund
Everett Yerly
Lutheran
St. Francis
United Campaign
Lutheran Hospital
Catherine Franke
Kenneth Kastner
Sigurd Sivertson
John Sevenants
Sivertson
Sevenants
Wesley Denny
R. J. Schneider
UAW Chief Warns Strike Now Is Insane Amid Talks
President Walter Reuther told a joint council of about 450,000 Ford GM and Chrysler workers that striking amid stalled talks would be insane due to the recession and 750,000 unsold cars. He urged extension of current three year contracts past their June expirations and noted the possibility of a contractless period if talks fail.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
UAW
Detroit Free Press
The
Free Press
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Woman Dies In Fire At Lake Mansion
Mrs. Mari on a Tallmadge, 49, heiress of the Schlitz brewing family, died in a blaze at her 40 acre Oconomowoc Lake estate. The fire about 5:55 a.m. trapped her in the second floor master bedroom. fire crews from three towns battled the flames. The cause was undetermined but suspected near a first floor fireplace.
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Oconomowoc
Marion A. Tallmadge
Jos
Edward Veidins
Delafield
Okauchee
Verdins
Louis Sorenson
Tallmadge
Oconomowoc Lake
Shorewood
Edward S. Tallmadge
Zurich
Jae
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Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Azkoul
Council
Camille Chamoun
Ike
Gov. Thomson
GOP
By John Wyngaard
la Crosse Tribune
John H. Averill
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
CAA
Aft &N
Salan
Ous
Cherif Sid Cara
Jacques Massu
Lee
Guy
Miss Fugate
Caril
Jensen
Alaska
By Charles ©. Cain
Lake Mansion
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