Arabs Forecast War Over Israel Renewal and Mideast Moves
Arab leaders warn Israel's Jordan Valley reclamation could trigger conflict while Britain fears Jordan's throne risk. Nouri al-Said predicts timely Arab unity, and Russia signs Yemen trade pact as Lloyd visits Baghdad. Saudi and Lebanon raise embassies as UN weighs next steps.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan Valley
London
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Jordan
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Nouri
Cairo
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Middle East
Yemen
Karachi
Selwyn Lloyd
Plancy
Iran
Tehran
Helrat Radio
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
United Nations
Mammarskjold
Security Council
Employment Off 314,000 Over Nation
Washington D C February unemployment slipped by 314000 to 62577900 as wintry weather and layoffs in the auto industry reduced production. Automotive employment fell 5000 from January, with declines echoed in supplier sectors. Unemployment nationwide held at 2914000, up 29000 for the month as many who left seasonal jobs did not seek new work.
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Commerce and Labor Departments
Widow of Conductor Succumbs to Burns
ANVERNESS Scotland widow of Sir George Henschel conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the 1880s dies at 82 from burns after a bedroom heater fire. She was Amy Lavis before marriage in 1907 a teacher and concert singer and widow of the famed conductor.
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Scotland
Amy Henschel
New Yorker
Amy
George Henschel
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Amy Lavis
Nine Church Leaders Off for Moscow
A nine-member Protestant delegation led by Archbishop Makarios departs Cyprus for Moscow amid Cyprus Greek union with Greece tensions. The group, including Bishop Kyriathides and two laymen, travels for talks with Soviet churchmen and to discuss a reciprocal visit to America. The mission follows deportations in Cyprus and reflects broader Enosis sentiment.
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Cyprus
UPI
John Harding
New York
CPI
Britain
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Greece
Moscow
Jordan
National Council of
Soviet Union
America
Eugene Carson Makarios
Blake of
Philadelphia
Council
Athens
Pick Best Writers Hollywood Awards Dinner Honors 1953
Screen writers at their eighth annual awards dinner named Mr. Roberts Marty and Love Me or Leave Me as the best written movies of 1953. The Writers Guild of America gave best comedy to Frank Nugent and Joshua Logan for Mr. Roberts. Paddy Chayefsky won best drama for Marty and Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart for Love Me or Leave Me.
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Hollywood
Screen Writers
Mr. Roberts
Marty
Writers Guild of America
Frank Nugent
Joshua Logan
Paddy Chayefsky
Daniel Fuchs
Isobel Lennart
Mail order this police chief really takes cake
Pasadena report shows Police Chief Clarence H. Morris surprised Mrs. Josephine Jowett of Pasadena with a birthday cake after receiving a $3 bill from her sister in Flint, Michigan. The sister, Mrs. Mabel Switzer, included the note requesting a nice surprise cake for the birthday.
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Pasadena
Clarence H. Morris
Josephine Jowett
Flint
Mich
Mabel Switzer
Vanished Socialite's Husband Also Sought
Los Angeles police pursued leads in the unexplained disappearance of socialite Evelyn Scott. Dr. L Ewing Scott, 63, claimed his client supported by local authorities believed no crime was yet proven. District Attorney Thad Brown said investigators lack sufficient evidence to arrest anyone.
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Henry Kerr
L. Ewing Scott
Rudolph Schindler
Evelyn T. Alcoholism
Scott
George Kemp
Thad Brown
Brown
Donn Mire
Bel-Air
E. Raymond Throsby
Superior Court Hi
Clement Pettit
Milwaukee
Dist. Atty. S
Ernest Roll
Mimi Goomhower
Roll
Wiliam Parker
Boomhower
William Brawner
Jonathan Club
Leged
Offender Tricks Caught in Jail Exit Plot
Probation Officer J Leo Bald and two prisoners waited in a holdover cell as a deputy marshal tried to manage a jailbreak. A hesitant visitor relayed a taunting message about letting Baldwin out. Bald then ordered the gate unlocked but was finally released when Deputy Marshal Guy Cross arrived to free him.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. Leo Bald
U. S
Baldwin
Ines
Cross
U.S
Guy Cross
Guy Cross) and Tell Him Mr. Baldwin
Japan Seamen's Union Seeks Tests Cancellation
The Japan Seamen's Union, claiming 80,000 members, urged President Eisenhower to void a new series of U S nuclear weapons tests in the Central Pacific scheduled after April 20. The union also asked Prime Minister Hatoyama to press for cancellation and appealed to world labor leaders including AFL CIO President George Meany for support.
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Toryouri
Japan Seamen's Union
Eisenhower
U. S
Central Pacific
Ichiro Hatoyama
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Magsaysay Observes Naval Exercise Aboard Carrier
President Ramon Magsaysay joined the U S task force off Luzon to witness a naval demonstration. The force included three aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser, and seven destroyers, with many ships veterans of the Korean War. He viewed the drills from the carrier Shangri-La.
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Manila
Urav
U. S
Ramon Magsaysay
Luzon Island
Gets Hero's Welcome for Mongolia Veto
TSiang received a hero’s welcome on arrival after casting Nationalist China’s veto to keep Outer Mongolia out of the United Nations. He told reporters the veto, the first ever by Nationalist China, had a modest but meaningful effect on the UN’s future status and that Red China would not be admitted this year.
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Taipel
W&ei
Tsiang
Outer Mongolia
United Nations
China
Red China
Half Millionth Divorce Petition Filed in L A County
Los Angeles Superior Court reached its 500 000th divorce petition on Thursday as Thor Thor sought a divorce from Ethel L Thor of Lancaster citing extreme cruelty. Thor, a chicken rancher, asked for his share of community property including 300 chickens. The milestone follows the March 1 1913 start of the current filing system.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court of
Los Angeles County
Thor
Ethel L. Thor
Lancaster
Girls Admit Kidnap Hoax After Wild Drive in Kansas
Four teenage girls from Newton initially claimed they were kidnapped and driven toward Independence, damaging a car and triggering a 12 car search across southeast Kansas. They later confessed the entire incident was a lie born of imagination, seeking sheriff help with dwindling funds.
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Newton
Independence
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas
Highway Patrol
Clarence Shelton
Compromise on Corn Plan Voted by Solons
Senators wrestled through 10:16 p m on a compromise plan for corn supports and soil bank payments as they rejected higher parity and debated administration deals. The vote tally showed party lines with 13 Democrats joining 41 Republicans against tighter supports, while the House must still act.
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Pulee
Eisenhower
Naa Aranter
Humphrey
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Capehart
Indiana
Dirksen
Illinois
Mil
Akin
R-Cole
Senate
House
Mollet Extends Visit With Eden Extra Day
Mollet of France has extended his one day visit to Prime Minister Eden to two days. An aid to Eden said Mollet will stay overnight and return to Paris Monday. The hurried weekend meeting followed French Foreign Minister Pineau’s criticisms of western policy during the cold war.
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France
Eden
Paris
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