Algerian Mob Overwhelms Mollet Arrival in Algiers
Crowds of angry colonials hurled rotten tomatoes at Premier Guy Mollet as he arrived in Algiers to press for calm amid nationalist violence. Police protected him while he laid a wreath at the war dead monument. demonstrators toppled the wreath and shouted at the military band. The protest drew war veterans and students, with alerts and traffic controls in place as Gen. Georges Catroux faced new scrutiny and a cabinet post was created for him in Algeria.
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Algiers
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Paris
Georges Catroux
Algeria
Catroux
Morocco
North Africa
Catreux
Palais d’Ete
War Memorial
Gen
IUE Eyes Federal Peace Proposal
The Westinghouse conference board of the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers met in closed session to decide the union stance on a federal plan to end a 113 day strike at Electric Corp. Finnegan of the Mediation Service proposed pausing negotiations on the company demand for efficiency studies and focusing on other contract terms. If an agreement is reached, it could be submitted for ratification, allowing strikers to return to work while efficiency talks resume during a 90 day window.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Conference Board
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
House Electric Corp
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Hero bus driver braves blizzard to save fifteen passengers
In a dramatic eight hour ordeal John Heaton 38 vanished after leaving a stranded Trailways bus to seek help. Heaton later reemerged near Glen Rio eastern New Mexico blind with cold and swollen lips. Passengers were rescued 20 hours after the bus stalled and were taken to Albuquerque.
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Tucumcari
N. M
John Heaton
Trailways
Hearon
Glen Rio
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Heaton
Joe Brownlee
Patricia Henderson
Ruth Henderson
Rayville
Iowa
Snow and rain threaten area after deadly Southwest blizzard
After a record five day blizzard left up to 30 inches of snow and at least 30 deaths in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico more snow and freezing rain were forecast. A low pressure front could bring more wintry weather to West Texas as crews in Plainview Amarillo and Lubbock labored to clear streets.
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United Press
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
West Texas
Plainview
Amarillo
Lubbock
Tex
Tucumcari
N. M
John Heaton
South Plains
Panhandle
Kansas
Rockies
Arkansas
Missouri
Carolinas
New York State
Santa Monica
Calif
Senate Defeats Move To Shelve Natural Gas Bill
The Senate defeated an effort to shelve the House passed natural gas bill. Senator Potter’s motion to send it back to the Commerce Committee failed 64 to 30. Proposals to investigate campaign contributions were sidetracked as the chamber moved toward a showdown on the bill limiting direct federal price controls for natural gas producers.
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Senate
Washington P
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Commerce Committee
Potter
Probe bogged down as Case influence inquiry discussed
A Senate controversy over investigations into political influence stalled after Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a two Democrat two Republican special committee, with vice president appointment, to probe the Case incident. Sen. Langer objected, citing authority of the Privileges and Elections subcommittee. Neff, named by Case, denied a plan to sway votes on gas regulation. FBI inquiry underway, Case questioned. A separate local incident reported: Pedro Aponte-Diaz, 23, of the 534th AFA Bn, nearly frozen after a three hour wreck at Fort Sill, rescued by a bystander and rushed to hospital. condition improved.
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Sen. Case
RSD
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
GOP
Knowland
Calif
Langer
Senate
Privileges and Elections Subcommittee
Hennings
D-Mo
Privileges and Elections
Johnson
Neff
Case
Sen. Bridges
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Greer
Aponte-Diaz
Trujillo Alto
Puerto Rico
Nationwide fall out warning system expanded to all U S
The government announced a new radio active fall out warning network covering the entire nation. Before February 1 only 70 critical areas were served. The system now directs wind data and atmospheric readings to about 900 installations to aid civil defense officials and provide up to an hour of advance warning in case of an air attack.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Civil Defense Administration
United States
Military and
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
CBS Face the Nation
Water damage hits Montgomery Ward store in Lawton
Officials estimate merchandise loss between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars after a burst 1/2 inch pipe in the third floor air conditioning room flooded two floors and the basement. D C Schue from Kansas City arrived to organize repairs as floors, plaster, lights and rugs were ruined.
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Montgomery Ward and Co
A. J. McBee
D. C. Schue
Ward
Kansas City
Lawton
McBee
British Troops Clash With Students in Cyprus Unrest
In Nicosia Famagusta and other streets British troops and hundreds of Greek Cypriot students battled with tear gas grenades police dogs and stones. About 100 residents joined 600 students as demonstrations turned violent. one man was shot in the leg amid tossed bottles roofing slates and a home made bomb.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Famagusta
Chinese Youth Chooses Red China Over Family Warning
Liu Yung-ming a 36 year old University of Missouri civil engineering graduate left with his wife and child to settle in Red China after border crossing at Hong Kong. His father warned Communist danger if he stayed. Hong Kong authorities said he preferred to live with his wife in Red China, with no evidence of prior residence in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Missouri
Red China
Liu Yung-ming
University of Missouri
Canton
Liu
Liu Yiwu
Formosa
Plane Missing At South Pole
A U S S Arneb search for a missing De Havilland Otter continues in Ross Sea Antarctica. Seven men aboard are confirmed missing after last radio contact 67 minutes post takeoff from Marie Byrd Land toward Little America. Weather hampered air surveys as two ground parties scoured 400 miles east with no trace of the crew or craft.
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U.S.S. Arneb
Ross Sea
Antarctica
Little American
Marie Byrd Land
Little America
Glen H. Lathrop
Costa Mesa
Calif
Paul A
Davy Crockett fad fades from Lawton shops
Lawton merchants report a collapse in Davy Crockett merchandise sales and related phonograph records. Departments store managers recall the craze’s peak last May and note the public no longer purchases items bearing the Tennessee hero. Many shops fear unsold stock as the fad wanes and druggists recount dwindling demand.
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Davy Crockett
Mr. Crockett
Davy
Lawton
United States
Reserve units to train at Fourth Army sites this summer
About 14 000 United States Army reservists, roughly 27 percent above 1955, will attend two weeks of summer field training at Fourth Army installations from June 3 to September 2. The Artillery and Guided Missile Center will host an estimated 2 300 reservists with outdoor training and exercises in weapons, bivouacs, and small unit tactics. Other installations include Fort Polk Fort Sam Houston Fort Bliss Camp Chaffee and Camp Leroy Johnson in Louisiana. Fort Polk will host 1 700 reservists.
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United States Army
Fourth Army
Fort Polk
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Bliss
Camp Chaffee
Camp Leroy Johnson
Walters girl wounded by accidental gun discharge near Lawton
An 18 year old Walters girl Dor othy Parks was seriously wounded when a .22 revolver accidentally discharged while returning from a rabbit hunt with Calvin E. Weir and Wayne R. Motley. The bullet hit her right arm and chest as the car traveled 14 miles south and one mile west of Lawton. She was taken to Memorial hospital about 25 minutes after the accident. Motely, Weir and Parks described the events and the gun owner was her brother Raymond Parks. The incident was investigated by Lewis Davis with Sheriff Bill Dyer notified.
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Walters
Dorothy Parks
Memorial Hospital
Lawton
Cotton County
Miss Parks
Calvin E. Weir
Wayne R. Motley
Weir
Motley
Raymond Parks
Lewis Davis
Bill Dyer
Heat Fatal For Young Ohio Couple In New Mexico
A young Ohio couple died of asphyxiation in Alamogordo New Mexico after 20 hours unconscious in a sealed overheated apartment. William Daniel Kime 19 and his wife from Galion Ohio were found after they kept windows shut and heat on full blast to ward off cold at their Holle street residence.
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Alamogordo, N. M.P
Ohio
William Daniel Kime
Galion,hio
Holle
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Norris Turner
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John M. Neff
South Dakota
FBI
Fort Sill
Post Hospital
Pedro Aponte-Diaz
AFA
Kinyon
38Th
Carl Phillips
Aponte - Diaz
Jack Greer
Hoyt Shelby
Atlanta
Sillman
Aponte- Diaz
University of Alabama
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South Pole
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