Churchill Steps Down Eden to Succeed Him
Churchill resigns as Prime Minister after a lifetime in public service. Queen Elizabeth II proposes Eden to succeed him as the nation bids farewell. Churchill to Sicily for a vacation. cabinet gathers for a final photo and a private toast.
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Eden
House of Commons
Elizabeth II
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Rochester
Elizabeth
British Commonwealth of Nations
Sicily
Earth
Ates
Churchill’s Prime Minister Tenure Recounted
The report outlines Winston Churchill’s leadership as Britain’s prime minister, covering terms from May 10, 1940 to July 26, 1945 and a later return from October 1951 to resignation on a current date, totaling about nine years in office across two terms.
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Winston Churchill
Don Blitz
Potsdam
White House
Warden
Cinque
Poris
France
Buckingham
Churchill
London
Britain
First Victim in New Gas Chamber at Colorado Penitentiary
A pig became the first victim Monday in the penitentiary's new $9,500 gas chamber, killed by cyanide pellets in 72 seconds during an efficiency test. The report also notes storm damage in northwest Texas with damaging winds, hail, and rain, including injuries near Stamford.
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Canon Caan
Colorado Penitentiary
Abilene
Tex
Desalirez Martinez
Stamford
Eagle
Texas
Weather Bureau
Fort Smith
Ark
Assembly OKs 5 Percent State Pay Increase
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved a across the board five percent salary increase for California state employees totaling about eighteen million dollars annually. The measure targets sixty thousand workers and would raise overall payroll costs.
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Knight
California
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Airliner Crash Kills Three United Pilots
Three United Airlines pilots died when a four engine DC 6 crashed shortly after takeoff from MacArthur Airport. The crew were Henry Dozier 40 of Montclair, Stanley C. Hoyt 45 of Hicks, and Vernis A Webb 33 of New York City.
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Ronkonkoma
United Airlines
MacArthur Airport
Henry Dozier
Montclain
Stanley C. Hoyt
Sof Hicks
Vernis
A Webb
New York City
Ike Invited to Attend U S Canada Peace Arch Ceremony
President Eisenhower has been asked to attend the May 22arrival ceremony at the Peace Arch on the U S Canada border near Blaine Washington Rep Westland R Wash extended the invitation through Sherman Adams presidential assistant The event marks more than a century of peace between the two nations.
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UPI
Eisenhower
Peace Arch
United States-Canada
Blaine
Wash
Rep
Westland
Central Montana Town Snowbound in Harsh Snowstorm
Central Montana community faced heavy snowfall as statewide blizzard dumps 12 ft drifts and more than 2 ft in 48 hours. Roads to Martinsdale blocked by deep snows. officials report no snow on ground within 10 miles, but storm impact looms statewide.
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Iuantinsuale
Mont
Montana
Martinsdale
Skin graft drive aids burned boy in Boston
Doctors at City Hospital began taking small skin grafts from more than 100 volunteers to save the legs of seriously burned Paul Russ, age ten. The boy's father Gilbert Rugs said the public appeal brought a flood of volunteers after the fire damaged his son's legs two weeks earlier.
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City Hospital
Paul Russ
Gilbert A. Rugs
Paul
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