Agadir Earthquake Death Toll Rises Amid Citywide Search
Rescue officials report 2,350 buried already in mass graves as 75 bodies await burial in a long trench. International aid floods Agadir with 5,000 rescuers, US Navy units, and French sailors, while many areas remain to be searched and the city braces for epidemics.
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Morocco
Moulay Hassan
International Red Cross
United States Navy
Newport News
U.S. Army
Canary Islands
Paris
Eisenhower wraps up Latin America goodwill tour
President Eisenhower leaves Montevideo for home after condemning coercion and lies and pledging non intervention. He travels via Buenos Aires to Puerto Rico for rest, then Washington. A Montevideo Declaration reaffirms democracy and hemispheric cooperation as he ends a 10 day tour with Latin American leaders.
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Uruguay
Eisenhower
Hemisphere
Hower
U.S
Buenos Aires
Puerto Rico
Washington
M‘ ‘Gs
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
U Uruguay
South America
Eisenhower Tours Latin America Amid Jeers and Cheers
President Eisenhower wrapped up a 15,560 mile Latin American tour with large crowds in Brazil Argentina and Chile while jeers from students in Montevideo were shrugged off. Police tear gas and water sprayed but the president remained unfazed and greeted an estimated 400 000 in Uruguay. The trip aimed to support Latin American living standards and defend nations against outside interference.
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U.S. Secret Service
Washington
Fed
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Eisenhower
South America
Soviet Union
Montevideo
Benito Nardone
Mortgage Loans Will be Paid in Elliot Lake
In Elliot Lake Ontario uranium centre central mortgage and housing says four of every five NHA mortgaged private homes are guaranteed by mining companies. Of 1 423 private homes with NHA mortgages 1 119 have guarantees or repurchase plans. CMHC notes 15 million of 18.5 million NHA mortgages are guaranteed.
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Ottawa
Elliot Lake
Ont
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Works
Walker
CMHC
Northern
Ontario
United States
NHA
Cyclone Carol Devastates Mauritius Island
Cyclone Carol struck Port Louis Mauritius last weekend killing 39 people. The storm left about 68,000 homeless and injured around 150, destroying 41,228 buildings and badly damaging 24,685.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
Reuters
Carol
British Indian Ocean
Party Members To be Censured by Labour Leader
Forty three Labour MPs were marked for censure by party leader Hugh Gaitskell after they refused to back a motion criticizing the Conservative government. Gaitskell will admonish the rebels at the weekly Labour meeting tonight.
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London
Reuters
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
House of Commons
Gaitskell
Labor
Southern Senator Promises Civil Rights Battle Endurance Record
Senate debate over civil rights stretched into the night as Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana spoke for nine hours and twenty-one minutes starting at 1:32 pm. Johnson pursued a compromise while Hubert Humphrey urged a moderate bill with concessions.
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Russell B. Long
Dem. la
Huey P. Long
Senate
South
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Dem. Minn
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Minois
Dirksen
House of Representatives
Houses of
Calgary Police Face Criticism At Inquest Adjourning
A coroner inquest into Pete Ernest Sawchuck's February 13 death was adjourned after the coroner condemned police for delaying the investigation. He cited missing photographs and lack of blood analysis, noting the body was moved to an apartment and wreckage linked to a car found nearby. Obstruction charges were filed against three individuals.
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Calgary
J. R. Nixon
Pete Ernest Sawehuck
Nixon
Sawchuck
Cabbie shoots wife and lawyer in city hall corridor
San Francisco AP report says taxi driver Jeremiah Cozzens shot his wife Winifred and attorney John Lockley in a courthouse corridor during a domestic case hearing before Judge Norman Elkington, then killed himself. The wife and lawyer were seriously wounded and hospitalized.
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San Francisco
Jeremiah Cozzens
Winifred
John Lockley
Hspital
Cozzens
Lockley
Norman Elkington
Elkington
Germans To Present New Defence Plan To NATO
Bonn West Germany defence minister Franz-Josef Strauss said Berlin will present an overall plan detailing defence requirements and what aid is needed from NATO partners. He spoke on Bavarian state radio outlining logistics depots beyond frontiers and NATO responsibility for supply problems.
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Bonn
Reuters
West Germany
NATO
Franz - Josef Strauss
Strauss
Spain
Eastern Storm Eases But Snow Falls Persist in Ontario
A storm expected to drop up to 10 inches of snow in parts of Ontario weakened after a New England–Virginia coast center diverted its strength. Niagara Peninsula and southwestern Ontario saw ongoing heavy snow with drifting. Toronto and Windsor reported notable snowfall and flight disruptions.
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Toronto
Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
United States
Niagara Peninsula
Ontario
Lake Ontario
Florida
Ice Storm Ravages Regions Causing Widespread Damage
A severe ice storm battered the Ohio Valley to the Atlantic coast, closing hundreds of schools and factories, isolating towns, and knocking out power. Snow and sleet blanketed southern states, with up to 10 inches in some areas, while coastal New York faced gale warnings and continued snow through the day.
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Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
Arkansas
Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
New York
Weather Bureau
Mass Walkout Planned by 1000 Negro Students Across South
In Alabama and Tennessee tense protests flare as over 1,000 Negro students plan to skip classes at Alabama State College to protest nine expulsions tied to anti segregation actions. Governor Patterson defends needed measures to curb violence. Lawson at Vanderbilt ordered to leave divinity school or face removal.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alabama State College
Montgomery
Ala
Tampa
Fla
Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Ralph D. Abernathy
Nashville
James Moralis Lawson
Vanderbilt University
Divinity School
Lawson
St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Daytona Beach
Canada Forecasts Record 1960 Investment program
Ottawa reports an eight point seven nine billion dollar capital program for 1960, up four percent from 1959. Foreseeable growth centers on resource industries forestry and mining and a surge in commercial building. New construction is projected to reach a record five point nine four two billion dollars from five point seven nine eight billion last year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Churchill
Chessman’s Ninth Execution Date Set for May 2
Los Angeles AP Daryl Chessman, the condemned author, had his ninth execution date set for May 2 by Superior Judge Clement D. Nye despite objections from his lawyers. The judge ruled the sentencing valid as long as the date falls after the 60 day reprieve granted by Governor Brown.
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Daryl Chessman
Clement D. Nye
Chessman
Edmund G. Brown
Nye
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