Eisenhower's Indian Welcome Delays Mark Long Motorcade
President Eisenhower arrived in New Delhi after a five country goodwill tour with a crowd estimated between 1.5 and 2 million. The motorcade stretched two hours, blocked by cheering Indians as Nehru’s guards cleared a path from Palam Airport to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Nearby events included large-scale transport efforts and a message of peace from Nehru.
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Afghanistan
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Eisenhower
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Rajendra Prasad
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
Kabul
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Karachi
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Indian’ Subcontinent
Rashtrapati Bhavan
Prasad
India
China
Eahwer
Surance
United States
Mohammed Zahir
Zahir
Chilstoon Palace
Jeshyn
Kremlin
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Cook Hearing Nearing Finish in Alberta Murder Trial
Robert Raymond Cook, 23, garage mechanic, stands before the Supreme Court of Alberta charged with murder of his father and six other relatives found in a grease pit in Stettler. Defence cites letters to show affection for family as summations near. Judge Greschuk ruled against added evidence from Crown and defence.
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Cook
Supreme Court of Alberta
Stettler
Giffard Main
Main
Mr. Main
Peter Greschuk
Crown
Defence Counsel
Police Hunt Daring Thief In-Flight Jewel Heist
Paris authorities pursue a boxed glass shipment thief who hid inside a 250 pound crate on a Paris to Marseilles flight. He seized 30,000,000 francs worth of jewels during mid flight, then vanished among passengers at Marseille. The crime was discovered after the box was found empty and the freight bagged jewels missing.
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Paris
Reuters
Paris- Algiers
Mar Seilles
Marseille
American Fleet Jail in Cuba Escape Shocks Officials
Miami resident Austin Young, sentenced to 30 years by a Cuban military tribunal, escaped from Pinar del Rio prison with Sergio Hernandez Reyes who faced counter-revolutionary charges. Authorities sought their capture, believing they headed for the mountains. Lambton of Nassau received 25 years.
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Cuba
Austin Young
Miami
Fla
Jose’ Argibay
6Th Military District
Mac
Young
Sergio Hernandez Reyes
Peter John Lambton
Nassau
Pinar del Rio Army Barracks
RAF
la Cabana
Lambton
Pinar del’ Rio
Toll of Canadian Highway Deaths Rises in Safe Driving Week
The Canadian Press reports 51 persons died in highway accidents during National Safe Driving Week ending Monday night. The toll compares with 43 a year ago and 47 in 1957, with 1958 totals shown in brackets.
No Charge In Tot Death In Canada Case
Attorney General Leslie Curtis stated there is nothing to justify prosecution from the evidence in the death of 3 month old Gladys Snow who died after a rat bite in the outskirts of St John’s. An RCMP inquiry into the death will begin promptly.
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Nild
Genral Leslie
Curtis
RCMP
Gladys Snow
Fred Snow
Mass Escapees Trigger Nationwide Manhunt in NC
Ivy Bluff North Carolina AP reports a massive manhunt for 19 heavily armed convicts who escaped from the state's toughest prison. Four killers and four life-sentenced felons fled with rifles pistols and a submachine gun after overpowering guards. Charles Edwards was recaptured near the prison six and a half hours later. A dark green sedan linked to the escape was spotted in Roanoke Virginia after a motorist said three men forced him to drive them there. Police and bloodhound efforts spread across six counties as residents near Ivy Bluff grew uneasy with locked doors and gun access.
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N.C
North Carolina
Roanoke
W. R. Robinson
Robinson
W. F. Bailey
Luther Hodges
Qur
Charles Edwards
Industry Rejects Arbitration in Steel Labor Conflict
Washington AP report says the steel industry rejected Labor Secretary James Mitchell's third party arbitration plan. R. Conrad Cooper warned about inflation from past settlements whereas David J. McDonald accepted a fact finding board or government recommendations. The union aims for aluminum talks to aid steel, with Chicago sessions starting soon.
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Steel Industry Today
James Mitchell
R. Conrad Cooper
David J. McDonald
Mitchell
Cooper
McDonald
Chicago
Taxi Chaplain Calms Montreal Drivers in Protest
In Montreal Rev. Paul Aquin known to cabbies as the taxi chaplain urged drivers not to retaliate amid protests against a city bylaw restricting downtown cab cruising. A 100-car motorcade disrupted mayor Sarto Fournier’s sleep early Tuesday and another rally occurred at evening rush hour. The priest urged charity and calm, saying demonstrations won’t solve issues and a delegation should present complaints at city hall rather than led by him.
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Montreal
Paul ‘Aquin
Sarto Fournier
Father Aquin
Stamp Misprint Not Noticed
Ottawa reports no awareness of a new batch of misprinted Seaway stamps found by Kasimnir Bileski in Toronto. The dealer says the stamps, perhaps worth 100 dollars each, may have passed twice through the press, a possibility deemed extremely remote by officials. Some fear a slipped sheet could blur the image, creating a double illustration.
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Ottawa
Post Office
Winnipeg
Kasimir Bileski
Democrats Debate Liberalism at New York Advisory Dinner
At a New York fund-raiser honoring Mrs. Roosevelt for her 75th birthday, former President Truman and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt clashed over liberalism within the Democratic Party. The event spotlighted a rift between liberal and organizational wings as they urged unity without sacrificing principles.
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Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Advisory Council
Roosevelt
Carmine G. Desapio
Tammany Hall
Manhattan
Woman Charged in Embezzlement Case Tied to Detroit Firm
Mary McCallum Averill, 58, wife of a former Detroit police sergeant, was charged with embezzling $100,513 from the Giffels and Wallets architectural firm. Investigators say at least $876,168 was missing since 1950, with a warrant issued for missing funds between July 24, 1955 and January 10, 1956. The Averills hold multiple properties across Michigan and Canada, and a $1 million tax lien was filed by the IRS last July.
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Mary McCallum Averill
Averill
Giffels and Wallet. Incorporated
Stevenson J. Giffels
Wayne
William P. Long
Glenn
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Pennsylvania Petroleum Corporation
Averills
Macomb County
Selfridge Air Force Base
Canada
Windsor
Tecumseh
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Frankie Carbo Pleads Innocent in New Federal Case
Frankie Carbo once called the underworld boss of prizefighting pleads not guilty to five counts of trying to seize control of boxers. He seeks local counsel as Truman Gibson Jr Frank Palermo Joseph Sica and Louis Tom Dragna face related charges in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Frankie Carbo
Underworld
Carbo
New York
Ernest A. Tolin
Truman Gibson Jr
International Boxing Club
Frank Palermo
Freighter's Entire Crew May Be Lost In Deep Sea Storm
A five day North Atlantic storm toll rises with at least 109 dead overall. The Norwegian freighter Elfrida reported sinking with 21 aboard. Buffalo later found bodies near the wreck. North Carr lightship and Mona lifeboat crews faced tragedy. captain of the Anna refused to abandon ship as waves battered the coast of Scotland.
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Sweden
Holland
Germany
Buffalo
Scotland
North Carr
Elfrida
jesDy
Mona
Firth of Forth
Anna
John Vuoria
Coast Guard
Vitoria
Kurt Carlson
Flying Enterprise
Carlson
Esko Kiwamaki
Kivamaki
North Sea
Dan
Mark
Atlantic
Britain
England and
Wales
German streetcar crash kills eleven in Dresden
Berlin based Reuters report says a Dresden streetcar derailed at a curve early today, killing eleven people and injuring several others. Nine died at the scene, two died later at hospital.
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Reuters
Dresden
ADN
Post
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