Sigma Phi Considers Action Over Williams Negro Pledges
National Sigma Phi committee met in closed session to vote on ousting the Williams College chapter for pledging two Black students. The national body reserved final action for its summer convention. Williams College rejects any race-based charter restriction and had previously refused such a policy.
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Experts Confirm Twining Assurance
Washington atomic authorities confirmed Gen. Nathan F. Twining's assertion that accidental explosion of nuclear weapons is practically impossible. The air chief stressed U S strategic bombers are in instant readiness for atomic retaliation and urged civilians not to fear a sky full of bombs. Tests in Nevada last fall and winter reportedly confirmed the theory that nuclear devices cannot explode accidentally without the right triggers.
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Nathan F. Twining
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Blizzard Paralyzes Panhandle Texas Cold Hits Region
Snowfall blanketed the Panhandle and South Plains while temperatures dropped near zero. Roads iced and many Amarillo police cruisers were sidelined. Rescue crews freed stranded bus passengers as high drifts and blocked highways hampered travel across Texas.
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South Plains
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Crash in East Kills Woman From Grove
Mrs. Harry Webb age 30 of 11771 Easy Way Garden Grove was killed in a traffic accident while returning from Indiana. Husband and brother in law injured. Webb worked at Judkins Music Store and belonged to American Legion Auxiliary Samuel Thomas Unit 326. Service set for 9:30 a.m. Monday in Cissna Park. Accident occurred between Hoopston Illinois and Hammond Indiana during a family trip. Webb employed by Douglas Aircraft Co Long Beach Division.
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Cissna Park
Hoopston
Hammond Ind
Golden Arm Song Banned in Britain
London radio bans a song from Frank Sinatra's film The Man With the Golden Arm citing its link to drug taking. Jazz trumpeter Eddie Calvert says the BBC placed it on the restricted list due to its source film's adult certificate and drug themes.
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British Broadcasting Corp
Frank Sinatra
With the
Eddie Calvert
BBC
Inglewood Bank Suitcase Bomb Found Harmless
A threatening call led to the evacuation of an Inglewood bank where a black valise attached to a note contained 27 flare cartridges. Police removed the case to Hollywood Park Lot and opened it revealing only harmless flares, not dynamite. FBI agents investigate the anonymous caller.
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Snyder
Frank Snyder
Bank “Er Joe America
FBI
Europe freeze kills dozens and halts transport
A sweeping European winter freeze disrupted life from London to Pisa, brimming with power cuts and icebound seas. Frost battered fields, ships, and roads, with scenes of stranded crews, collapsed fuel networks, and canceled sports as Denmark mobilized icebreakers and Denmark, Italy, and Poland faced shortages and closures.
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OTWER
Scandinavia
Poland
Europe
B25 Wreck Found Crew Feared Dead
A missing B25 bomber from San Angelo Texas en route to Norton AFB San Bernardino was found wrecked at the 10 500 foot level on San Gorgonio. A four man crew reportedly perished as ground searchers from the 42nd Air Rescue Squadron reached the scene. The tail assembly protruded from an eight foot snowbank. Crew included Capt Rit F Shotwell pilot from Vancouver Washington Zod Alvin P Stearns Gulfport Mississippi Aiman Dorman Brooklyn New York and Harald L Hill Hutchinson Kansas.
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San Angelo
Tex
Norton Air Force Base
San Gorgonio
42Nd Air Rescue Squadron
March Afb
Rit F. Shot
Vancouver
Wash
Zod Lu Alvin P. Stearns
Gulfport
Miss
Knight Says Nixon Faces Stronger Run Than Knowland
California Governor Goodwin J Knight says Vice President Nixon is a stronger presidential candidate than Senator Knowland. Knight notes intra party rifts in California but urges unity, cites Eisenhower’s position and belief that Eisenhower may run again. He adds he would accept the nomination if offered but will not campaign outside California.
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Goodwin J. Knight
California
Jong
Richard Nixon
Yieves
Nixon
Sen
Knowland
Knight
Eisenhower
City College Honors 5 at Sweetheart Prom
City College presented its Viking Award, the institution’s top honor, to five Long Beach students at the annual Sweetheart Prom held in the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles. Winners Ben Cunningham Margaret Beal Marie Bell Kay McCampbell Rose Ann Wood were recognized for scholarship and campus achievements.
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Long Beach
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Ben Cunningham
Gandar Ave
Margaret Beal
Cedar Ave
Marie] Bell
Newport Ave
Kay McCampbell
Caldbrook ‘Ave
Rose Ann Wood
Appleton St
Ella _ Lewis
Three Children and Uncle Die in Wisconsin Home Fire
Three children and their uncle perished in a house fire near Salon Springs in northwest Wisconsin. Firefighters battled the blaze in a rural home as neighbors reported smoke and flames engulfing the dwelling early today.
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Wis
Taree
Rurablog
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Publisher Widow Dies in Portland Funeral Home
The widow Mrs Ben Shaw Julia age 93 died Friday night at her friend's funeral home while three children of Cecil Grover 52 and C Jackson 93 were out of town attending the funeral. The Oregon Journal notes the elder Shawstat’s involvement with one of the west's large daily newspapers.
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Portlan
Jackson
Ben’ Shaw
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John
Anan
Oregon
Two Die and Two Survive in Training Plane Crash
A Navy flying boxcar training plane crashed a mile off Fort Lauderdale Beach Florida killing two airmen and saving two others. Parachuting from the transport before it sank the crew members were rescued by Navy destroyers and taken to Port Everglades hospital. The aircraft was based at Apalocka Air Station Miami.
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Wife Acquitted in Slaying Will Fight to Regain Child
In San Jose a judge awarded custody of 1-year-old Susan to Mrs Ellen Hightower of Los Gatos, while Mrs Marjorie Smith of Portland was ruled not a fit mother. Smith's murder trial ended with her acquittal. Victor Wolf, calling himself her love slave, was convicted and sentenced to life. Smith sobbed as the court action was announced.
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Stevenson Kefauver clash on California stage for Democratic votes
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver spoke from separate platforms in California as they pitched for the state's 68 Democratic National Convention votes. Kefauver attacked big business influence and urged a climate favorable to the common man, while Stevenson focused on uniting the party in the run up to the June primary and contest for endorsement at the California Democratic Council convention. Kefauver planned to return to Washington to oppose a gas bill, Stevenson prepared for events in Los Angeles and birthday celebrations.
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Tennessee
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Man Kills Wife Then Is Shot by Officer in Queens
Karl Gross 45 Maspeth New York stabbed his wife Joan in the breast and back with a knife and scissors. He attacked Patrolman Robert Latt outside their Maspeth home, was shot after threatening to kill the officer, and later died from a gunshot wound. Neighbors described the couple as quiet and respectable.
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New York
UPS
Karl Gross
Maspeth
Queens
Joan
Gross
Srosses
Stephen Kennedy
Lott
Holy Water Douses Fire at St Patrick Church Altar
Patricia Coudayre aided by holy water extinguished a small blaze near the altar of St Patrick Church in PUESLO. Fire officials said the fire was likely started by children or vigil lights and no injuries were reported.
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Cole
St Patrick Church
Patricia Coudayre
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