Wreck Destroys Rail Cars in Arkansas Near Turrell
A 93 car Frisco freight train derailed near Turrell Arkansas sending 41 cars off the track and down an embankment. No injuries were reported though a large number of boxcars were destroyed or damaged and some cars caught fire. Engineer Homer Cass of Chaffee Mo said the train was traveling 50 to 60 mph en route from Springfield Missouri to Memphis Tennessee when the accident occurred.
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Arkansas
Turrell
Ark
Associated Press
Frisco Railway
Homer Cass
Chaffee
Springsfield
Memphis
Tenna
93 on Trial in Alabama Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, twenty five Negro ministers and sixty others face court in a mass boycott case over segregated city buses. Defense demurrers challenge the anti boycott indictments as violating free speech worship and assembly rights, with possible appeal to the U S Supreme Court if convicted. The case cites a 1921 anti boycott law and lists witnesses including Rev Graetz Mayor Gayle and Police Commissioner Sellers as the trial proceeds.
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Ala
UPI
Eugene Carter
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Robert S$. Graetz
Graetz
W. A. Gayle
Clyde Sellers
Montgomery County Citizens Council
U.S
Finland Ends General Strike Paralyzing Nation
Finland moved to end a general strike that has halted activity since March 1. Officials confirmed the stoppage was resolved unofficially early today, marking the worst industrial action since 1917.
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Helsinki
Finland
Budget Advances in Legislature Face Tax and Flood Aid Delays
Sacramento reports the California Legislature mid session moves on a 1.7 billion 1956 57 budget including Feather River Project funding while tax relief and flood disaster aid bills lag. Gov Knight opposes higher gas taxes and rainy day fund use, and debates over a new water department and oil tide money allocations continue amid subcommittee wrangles.
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Caspar
WW. Weinberger
San Francisco
Assembly
Knight
Randolph J. Collier
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Feather River
San Diego
Oroville
Weinberger
Squaw Valley
Mearlson
Truckee
Iowa voters weigh farming, prices, and Ike in 1956
In Corning and across Iowa farmers face high costs and low prices while President Eisenhower enjoys broad popularity. NFC leaders push nonpartisan aid for farmers. Hickenlooper debates with rivals over farm relief as GOP and Democrats court rural voters. Hog prices and drought intensify pressure for policy action.
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Cornell
Corning
Estes Kefauver
Ticans
Demo Tennessea
Kefauver
Iowa
Cal
Dayton Cornfarmers
Kerryman
Orton
Fanyer
Atlantic
Aglas E. Stevenson
Towa
Peaboth
Truman
Senate
Reo. M
GOP
Eisenhower
Main Street
National Farmers Organization
NFC
Advocates May Try Again to Boost High Price Props
In Washington Senate talks opponents and supporters clash over farm price supports and a possible national security reserve plan. Mundt notes a new device to freeze surpluses could allow higher supports while Ellender blames Republican delays for slowing action. Humphrey's plan would stockpile surpluses for emergencies, affecting cotton, wheat, corn, and peanuts amid ongoing farm bill debates.
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Wpi
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Ellender
D-La
Senate
Humphrey
D-inn
National Security Reserve
Congress
D Sens
Aiken
Anderson
Lost Memory Aid Book Forgotten on Flight
A passenger on a Chicago to Miami flight left behind a book titled Stone Forgetting with a mental concentration pamphlet as a bookmark. The item was forgotten Sunday night and is described as a memory aid volume.
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Miami
Air Ints
Chicago
Snowball Barricade Halts Fairfield Plow Action
In Fairfield Connecticut a group of children formed a snow barricade with sleds and hurled snowballs at a Public Works plow on Hill Street. Workers removed the sleds and returned to police headquarters with the youths awaiting a visit to the Police Youth Bureau with parents.
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Fairfield
Conn
Public Works Department
Public Works
Police
Egypt Says Israeli Fire Hits Near Deir El Bellah
An Egyptian military spokesman reported Israeli patrols fired on an Egyptian position near Deir El Bellah for about ten minutes today, escalating tensions along the Gaza border with Egypt held Palestine observers noting cross border exchanges.
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Atta Gaza
Egypt-Held
Palestine
Deir el Bellah
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