Trucker's Wife Clears The Way For Runaway
In Winsted Connecticut Kathryn McFaum drove alongside a runaway five ton truck at 80 mph to warn traffic. John L. McFaum shouted for her to move, the vehicle sped through intersections with four horses aboard and two helpers. The truck slowed only after a blown transmission and emergency brake use. No charges were filed and the couple were praised for nerve and skill.
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Winsted, Conn
John L. McFaum
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McFaum
Ipswich
Mass
McFaumn
Lakeville
Waldo Heath
Margo Jones Dies In Dallas
Dallas theatre innovator Margo Jones, 41, died of a kidney disease tied to accidental inhalation of cleaning-fluid fumes. She pioneered the theater-in-the-round with Theater 47 in Dallas and associate produced Inherit the Wind. Her work earned early recognition for Glass Menagerie and she drew a Rockefeller grant to study arena staging.
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Margo Jones
Paul Muni
Dallas Arena
New York
Eddie Dowling
Tennessee Williams
New York Drama Critics Circle
Glass Menagerie
Miss Jones
Rockefeller Foundation
Arena Theaters
Jones
Two Rivers Of Lava Still Ooze From Etna
Two rivers of molten lava continued to ooze from Mt Etna in Sicily marking ongoing activity that began nearly a month ago. Experts at the erupting northeast crater report no immediate danger to nearby villages as streams descend slowly toward the Valley of the Lion near Fornazzo.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
Fornazzo
Inflation Across the World Affects Prices and Wages
A two part series notes inflation’s reach beyond the United States. Latin America sees big price rises, with Chile facing 70 percent cost of living increases and a peso devalued. Brazil and Peru push efforts to curb inflation while Mexico and Turkey adopt measures to slow price gains. Western Europe shows recovery, though England looms as a future threat. Japan and Korea face persistent pressures, and Red China and Yugoslavia implement price and wage changes.
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Europe
Latin America
Chile
U.S
Brazil
Peru
Mexico
Sweden
Turkey
Japan
Korea
Red
China
Yugoslavia
New Zealand
France
England
Grandmother Survives Week Lost in Wilderness Near Birmingham
Nora Moore, 78, wandered from a suburban nursing home and was found alive after six days in Mount Olive woods. She endured briar scratches and insect bites, had no food or water, and was treated at a Birmingham hospital before returning to the home. Search parties scoured the area for a week before recovery.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nora Moore
Mount Olive
Bronx Zoo’s Baby Hippo Arrives At 40 Pounds
The Bronx Zoo welcomed a baby hippo named Rose born to mother Rose after a weekend discovery. Officials indicated joy at a rare captive birth while noting the calf weighed about 40 pounds and the mother had been expected to deliver in May. Skeptics doubted the pregnancy initially due to hippo gestation uncertainties.
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New York
Bronx
Rose
Scientist Seeks Clues In Killing Case In California
Oakland report details criminologist tests of hairs and blood stains in the Stephanie Bryan killing. University of California student Burton Abbott is charged with murder and seeks habeas corpus relief. Lab expert Dr. Paul Kirk associates hair with a 1949 Abbott car. blood on clothing may be human, though identity unconfirmed.
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Oakland
Calif
Stephanie Bryan
University of California
Burton Abbott
Abbott
Superior Court
Wade Snook
Trinity County
Stephanie
Snook
Paul Kirk
Kirk
Red China To Step Up Drive For Seat In UN
Peiping's regime plans to press for UN admission at once. Kyodo reports Masaki Nagamine, Peiping correspondent, cabled that China intends to cash in on the Geneva Big Four summit cooperation trend.
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China
Tokyo
Red China
United Nations
Kyodo
Peiping
Masaki Nagamine
Geneva
Cops Hunt Man For Killing Ex Wife Roomer By Mistake
Bernard Davis 39 sought by police from Florida to Virginia for a deadly home intrusion. He shot Joel Cohen 38 asleep in Rosa Finley's home, wounding Finley who then reclaimed her pistol and shot Davis, who died. Finley, divorced a month earlier, was treated and later told officers Davis fled in a nearby car.
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Fla
Virginia
Bernard Davis
L. F. Neel
Davis
Joel Cohen
Rosa Marie Finley
Finley
Eva Finley
Clarksburg
W. Va
Chile to raise copper price amid high London market
Mines Undersecretary Carlos Ruiz said Chile plans to lift the price charged for copper, citing sustained high prices in London and a U S strike driven black market. He did not specify the amount.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ruiz
London
United States
Ruiz
Adams resigns as New York police commissioner to return to law practice
Francis W. H. Adams quits his $25,000 annual post as New York police commissioner on Sunday to resume private law practice. Mayor Wagner said Adams will stay as chief of the 22,000–man force until a replacement is found.
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New York
Francis W. H. Adams
Robert F. Wagner
Adams
Maternity Ward Hosts Family Day in Covington Hospital
In Covington Kentucky three new mothers welcomed their babies yesterday in the hospital maternity ward as Anna Durr 24 gave birth to her third child. Julia Blackburn 25 and Loretta Geiger 22 also welcomed new arrivals in the same facility with Blackburn's third and Geiger's first child.
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Covington
Anna Durr
Julia Blackburn
Loretta Geiger
College concert film rocks onto screen for first time
A fresh college show blends music and cinema as the campus acts debut on the screen. Performers bring energy and ambition, signaling a lively start to a new campus entertainment trend.
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Gore
Cache Road
French Assembly OKs 2 Billion Dollar Military Budget
Paris officials report the National Assembly approved a military budget totaling 945 percent billion francs about 2.73 billion dollars marking a rise of roughly 85.7 million dollars from last year despite the end of Indochina fighting.
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France
National Assembly
Indochina
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