Fire Ravages Bowling Green Virginia Business District
A $750,000 Easter blaze in Bowling Green left 20 businesses wiped out and eight families homeless. The four hour fire started in a barn loft behind shops, echoing a 1900 blaze that devastated the same area. Fire destroyed two restaurants, a 10 cent store, drugstores, clothing and hardware shops, barber shops, electrical shops, a grocery, a shoe store, a garage, a Red Cross office, and a Masonic Hall.
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Bowling Green
Virginia
Richmond
Too
Stnday
Red Cross
Reds Lost Flying to Bandung Conference Flight
A chartered Air India International airliner with 11 Chinese aboard disappeared over the China Sea en route to Bandung Indonesia for an African Asian conference. Rescue craft searched near the Great Natuna Islands while officials noted Chou En Lai would lead Red China’s delegation and Nehru would meet in Rangoon.
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Hong
Bandung
Air India International
Hong Kong
Aching
Sarawak
Peter Mahta
Air India
Constellation
Chou -En-Lai
Red China
Nehru
India
Rangoon
Burma
Chou
Major Atomic Test Postponed by Winds
LAS VEGAS A forecast of continuing high winds forced postponement until at least Wednesday of a major atomic shot on Frenchman Flat. The Atomic Energy Commission said a weather conference Tuesday morning will determine whether the 400 foot tower blast will be set off at 9 a m.
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Las Vegas
Frenchman Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
Wellnes
Flier Sacrifices Life to Spare City Crash
A marine pilot died today near Yokohama when his FJ2 Fury jet developed engine trouble. He refused to bail out over the city and steered toward a hillside seven miles east of the Naval Air Station, saving lives but losing his own. The pilot’s name was withheld by the Navy.
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Sula
Japan
Wera Os. Si Marine
Yokohama
Naval Air Station
Navy
German ship Haren sinks after collision off Cuxhaven
The 509 ton Haren sank in dense fog after colliding with the 7207 ton Greek steamer Igor off Cuxhaven. Ten aboard the Haven were rescued by the Igor and two German rescue vessels. no injuries were reported. The Igor headed to Hamburg with coal. damage to the Greek ship was initially unclear.
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Haren
Igor
Haven
Hamburg
Leaders Meet in Moscow on Austrian Treaty Talks
Moscow reports say Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab arrived for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to speed a stalled independence treaty. Raab stressed nonalignment with Germany and no Soviet base guarantees. In Ann Arbor reports, optimism ran high about the Salk polio vaccine as Dr Francis prepared to reveal findings and Dr Salk prepared to present further results on antibody protection.
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Moscow
Julius Raabj
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Andrei Gromyko
Charles Bohlen
Raab
Molotoy
Supreme Soviet
Austria
Germany
Hitler
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas Francis Jr
Long Beach
Francis
University of Michigan
Jonase. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Salk
Eisenhower Heads South for Work Trip to Augusta
President Eisenhower departs Tuesday for a work vacation stopping in Charleston en route to Augusta. He will fly to the Columbine and be greeted by Gen. Mark W. Clark and state officials. At the Citadel he reviews cadets and receives an honorary doctor of laws degree before a brief speech. He then proceeds to Augusta arriving about 1 15 p m.
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Washington
Eisenhower
August
Charleston
Columbine TV
Mark W. Clark
Citadel Military School
South Carolina
Citadel
Corps of Cadets
Augusta
Page markers list for a newspaper issue
A catalog of sections and page references including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Obituaries Financial Shipping Tides Temperatures Wilson Women Your World and sports pages A-15 to A-17 with theater and other category placements.
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Boyle
Financial
Basta Ac
Wilson
Caldecott pushes suit to reclaim Long Beach oil revenue
Assemblyman Thomas Caldecott seeks state lawsuit against Long Beach to recover tidal and oil revenues after a California Supreme Court ruling limited use of oil income to harbor improvements. The case stems from a taxpayer suit. retrial possible if settlements occur.
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Sacramento
Thomas W. Caldecott
Berkeley
Long Beach
California Supreme Court
Caldecott
Supreme Court
Felis Mallon
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Bruce Allen
R.-San Jose
Robert ©. Kirkwood
Weather outlook predicts clear dry conditions through Tuesday
The forecast calls for dry weather through Tuesday with clear skies and a rise in temperatures on Tuesday as high pressure dominates. Citizens are advised to prepare for warmer afternoon temperatures and keep hydrated during the daytime heat.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on School Segregation Plan
The Supreme Court opened hearings on how and when to end racial segregation in public schools. Kansas asks for a gradual end with minimal judicial direction, while opponents urge faster action. Justice must decide whether to enforce immediately or gradually, and who oversees compliance.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
High Court
Kasyers Han
District l of Columbia
Harold ‘Rl Fatzer
Fatzer
Topeka
U. S. District Court
Emergency survival test by Long Beach housewife and family
Stella George writes of a three day and night emergency survival experiment conducted with her husband and two daughters ages 6 and 12. Lt Mooney of Civilian Defense aids the authentic test by outlining worst case conditions to gauge actual living responses in an emergency.
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Long Beach
W. J. Mooney
Mooney
Eisenhower Hosts White House Easter Egg Roll
President Eisenhower urged youngsters and parents to enjoy the Easter egg roll at the White House while avoiding crowd confusion. A fence protected the event after past mob scenes, and Eisenhower jumbled eggs among the children, joking about a transfer of eggs as families dispersed from the South Lawn.
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White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Gettysburg
South Lawn
Spectator Brushed by Bull in Ring Stunt at Show
San Diego spectator Rocky Moody jumped into the bull ring waving a cape and was brushed aside by a bull. He was taken to police headquarters uninjured and warned about rules against spectator participation. Matador Juan Silveti won top honors with one bull, missing the second correctly.
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Tlicana
Rocky Moody
San Diego
Juan Silveti
Operation Guinea eels Survival Kit Rules
A fragment outlines rationing and survival measures for a family under alert conditions. It lists official items in a survival food kit and restricts utilities. Pets must stay indoors for 72 hours, no TV or phone for children, and a personal list of feasible on hand items is noted.
Disability Pay Boost Voted by Assembly
The Assembly voted 54 to 17 to boost workmen's compensation for on the job injury by up to $7.50 a week. The bill moves to the Senate as lawmakers weigh tax initiatives and tobacco tax tinkering. Critics warn of economic strain while supporters call the rise conservative yet needed for injured workers.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Senate
Knight
Workmen
California State Federation of Labor
AFL
Ways and Means
Thomas A. Maloney
San Francisco
Wallace D. Henderson
Fresno
Maloney
Levering
Maroney
L. M. Backstrand
Cr-Riverside
Draftee Uses One Legged Pal for Exam
A UFI-A draftee used a one legged substitute to take a draft physical exam. Anthony S. Profetto 21, Red Bank, was ordered to report for induction. Anthony L. Middlecoop 20, Newark, the substitute, received five years probation after pleading guilty to aiding draft evasion. Kerem, a charcoal seller, claimed to be 128 years old but no leg detail is mentioned.
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Turkey
Kerem
Profetto
Newark
Protétto
Frotelio
Mylea
Philippines Temblors Wreck Homes and Roads
Wide earthquakes hit southern Philippines causing collapsed homes and cracked roads. The April 1 tremors that followed earlier quakes left thousands homeless and killed hundreds in nine Mindanao cities, with Lake Lanao and Marantau district among the hardest hit. Electric power faltered in Higan City and Ozamiz as buildings damaged in earlier quakes collapsed.
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Manila
Upl
Philippines
Nwo
Mindanao
Philippine News Service
PNS
Lake Lanagares
Marantau
Higan City
Lanoa
Ozamiz
Misamis Occidental
Bureau of Telecommunications
Rads
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