UN Secretary General Hammarskjold Bids for Middle East Peace
Dag Hammarskjold begins a mission to mediate Arab Israeli clashes, planning talks in London with Selwyn Lloyd and Rome with U.N. observers. He will visit Beirut and Cairo over a month as Gaza violence inflames tensions, amid U.N. cease fire appeals and U.S. support.
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London
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Selwyn Lloyd
Rome
Palestine
Hammarskjold
United States
U. N. Security Council
New York
Gaza Strip
U. N
E. L. M. Burns
Washington
State Department
Gaza
Security Council
Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
France
Paris
Hiss Invited To Speak At Princeton April 26
Alger Hiss, former State Department official and perjury convict tied to a spy probe, is invited to address Princeton University on April 26 as a guest of the American Whit-Cliosophic Society. Topic set as The Meaning of Geneva. society president Bruce B. Bringgold notes the talk aims to provoke faculty and student discussion despite disapproval of Hiss's record.
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Princeton
N.J
Alger Hiss
State Department
Princeton University
Hiss
Doctor Haines Named Superintendent at Longview State Hospital
Columbus report says Dr. Robert A. Haines 39, former Apple Creek State Hospital superintendent near Wooster, is appointed Longview State Hospital Cincinnati superintendent succeeding Dr. E A Baker who retired March 31 after 38 years in the post.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Haines
Apple Creek State Hospital
Wooster
Longview State Hospital
Cincinnati
Haines
E. A. Baker
Longview
Eisenhower Accused of Vaccinating Middle East Policy
London papers accuse the Eisenhower administration of “vaccinating” the Middle East and urge a united Anglo American policy to deter aggression. They warn that without firm Western aims, an emergency could erupt in Gaza and risk open war, prompting unilateral action if needed.
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London
Eisenhower
Middle East
Britain
America
Washington
Liberal News Chronicle
Dulles
Daily Telegraph
Gaza Strip
Telegraph
United States
Palestine
Husband Sues Sonja Henie In Palm Beach Divorce
Winthrop Gardiner Jr., a Palm Beach and New York socialite and aviation executive, filed a Circuit Court divorce suit against Sonja Henie. He alleges she deserted him without just cause, causing extreme distress and mental torture that impaired his ability to work.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Sonja Henie
Winthrop Gardiner Jr
Palm Beach
New York
Gardiner
Miss Henie
Educator flags presidential nominees as pledged to world government
Dr Clar ence Manion at the Assn of American Physicians and Surgeons meeting charged all four active presidential candidates from both parties with records favoring surrender of national independence for regional or world government. He named Eisenhower Stevenson Kefauver and Nixon, citing sources in his critique and urging Americans to safeguard solvency, sovereignty, and constitutional power.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clarence Manion
Indiana
Assn. of American Physicians and Surgeons
Manion
Notre Dame University
College of Law
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Nixon
Europe
Kefauver
Senate
Stevenson
United States
Algerians And French Battle In Algeria
In the Ne Nementcha Mountains near Constantine French troops clash with Algerian nationalists for a third day. Fresh forces arrive by helicopter as assessing losses continues with no casualty figures released. Escalation prompts renewed French air and naval reinforcement and ongoing diplomatic talks in Paris.
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Algiers
Algeria
Nementcha
Constantine
Paris
Oeed Zenati
Nedroman
France
Oran
Robert Lacoste
Jailbreaker Back In Cell In Flint
3 Joseph Posey, 21, of Cleveland, Ohio, escaped Flint jail by picking a cell lock with wire and tearing a ventilator opening. He told police he wanted to reach his wife in Detroit. Posey, held on armed robbery charges from nine holdups in the Flint area, called officers to pick him up Friday. He was involved in a failed attempt to rob a level and bank on January 19.
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Flint
Mich
Joseph Posey
Cleveland
Ohio
Posey
Detroit
Reds Move to Teach Millions to Read in China
The Communist leadership assigns Marshal Chen Yi to lead a nationwide anti illiteracy drive. Officials say 78 percent of mainland China’s population of about half a billion cannot read or write, with a seven year plan shortened by Chen Yi to five years.
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Hong Kong
Zip
China
Red
Chen Yi
Chen
Bataan Survivors End Convention in Silver City
About 50 veterans from New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Colorado and California attend the New Mexico Bataan Ex-Prisoners of War two day meeting in Silver City. The group spent most of yesterday recalling old times as local officials note only about 10 percent of Bataan veterans who returned from overseas are still living.
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Silver City
N. M
Bataan
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
California
New Mexico Bataan
Federal men halt truck hauling unknown liquid near Starke
Federal agents stopped a truck driven by William Lee Jacobs in Starke. Two five-gallon tins burst spilling a liquid that could be smelled from a block away, according to agent Frank W. Watt.
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Starke, Fla
William Lee Jacobs
Frank W. Watt
Watt
Acid Hurler May Have Talked Way Out Of Trouble
New York AP A hoodlum who splashed sulfuric acid into labor columnist Victor Riesel’s eyes may have eluded police. A patrolman stopped a youth fleeing from two would be attackers, but released him after learning nothing of the assault. Riesel, 41, improved at St. Clare’s Hospital. doctors could not yet judge possible permanent eye damage. Rewards for the attacker rose above $33,000, including $1,000 from Local 158 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, tied to a radio broadcast critical of extortion convictions in the local.
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New York
Victor Riesel
Riesel
W. 51St St
St. Clare's Hospital
Thinks Of Friends But Estate Wont Benefit Mourners
In Kirksville Missouri John Monroe a 65 year old retired bachelor farmer planned to leave his estate to mourners at his funeral and burial. His will disclosed yesterday 8000 in trust for cemetery upkeep and shares for attendees over age 12. After burial expenses and the bequest only minimal funds remain according to coexecutor Harry L Porter.
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Kirksville
John Monroe
John
Harry L. Porter
Not Loving and Driving Ends in Suspension and Fine
Magistrate H Dick Cohen suspended Michael J Sproviero Jr s license for 30 days and fined 30 for careless driving after he was charged with kissing his girlfriend while his car zigzagged on the road The judge advised that you cannot be a good lover and a good driver at the same time with the defense claiming she was kissing him not vice versa.
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Passaid
N.J
H. Dick Cohen
Michael J. Sproviero Jr
Lodi
Sproviero
Cleveland GI Is Sentenced In Rape Case
Lawrence Snyder a 24 year old Cleveland Ohio soldier who had spent seven years in the Army was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary for the rape of a tavern owner in Baltimore City His conviction followed a trial in criminal court on March 12 for the assault of the 37 year old tavern proprietress on December 4 Snyder had been celebrating a birthday with soldiers in Baltimore taverns the night before the crime Police said he broke into the victim s tavern after it closed beat and attacked the woman Judge Carter indicated the verdict carried possible execution or life imprisonment.
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Baltimore
Lawrence Donald Snyder
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph L. Carter
Snyder
Carter
Julius LaRosa to Wed Rosemary Meyer Today
Singer Julius LaRosa and Rosemary Meyer set to wed in St. Anne's Church Francis Creek near Manitowoc. Celebrant Rev Joseph Rauch recalled Rosemary as the first baby he baptized at the church. Rosemary's parents are Mr and Mrs Clarence J Meyer Sr of Rockwood. LaRosa is 26 and Rosemary 25.
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Manitowoc
Julius LaRosa
Rosemary
Rory) Meyer
New York
St. Anne's
Francis Creek
Joseph Rauch
Clarence J. Meyer Sr
Rockwood
LaRosa
Perry Como
Brazil to overhaul its ten year old constitution
Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil’s new government proposes constitutional changes requiring only congressional approval They would mandate that presidential elections require over half the popular vote and if not achieved Congress would choose between the top two Candidates A tax funding rule would bar Congress from approving spending without new taxes and an amendment would strengthen workers profit sharing a provision currently not enforced
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Nereu Ramos
Congress
Censure Pending for Six Universities and Medical College
Five major universities and Jefferson Medical College face possible censure by the American Association of University Professors over alleged violations of academic freedom and tenure. The 30 member council backed the action, led by Bentley Glass of Johns Hopkins, to be debated at the annual convention. California, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Rutgers, Temple, and Jefferson Medical College are implicated.
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St, Louise
American Assn
Association
Bentley Glass
Johns Hopkins University
California
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Rutgers
Temple
Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia
NAACP seeks nullification of injunction in Louisiana
In New Orleans the Louisiana Supreme Court heard a petition from the NAACP asking nullification of an injunction that bans the group's activities in the state. A P Tureaud, chief state counsel, urged writs to bar further District Court action and said the NAACP complied with removal statutes to federal court. The state revived an old law once aimed at the Ku Klux Klan to cripple NAACP activities.
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New Orleans
Louisiana States Supreme Court
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
A. P. Tureaud
NAACP
Tureaud
Ku Klux Klan
Presidential Candidate Faces Arrest in Jersey City
A warrant was issued by Hudson County Judge David A. Nimmo for Henry Krajewski of Secaucus a grass roots candidate for president after he did not appear for arraignment on a subornation of perjury charge. Indicted last month he allegedly induced William A. Smentkowski to testify falsely at his March 1955 trial. Krajewski was acquitted previously of selling liquor to a minor in his Secaucus tavern.
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Jersey City
N.J
Henry Krajewski
Secaucus
South
Hudson County
David A. Nimmo
Krajewski
William A. Smentkowski
Parking Building Listing Paralyzes Cleveland Area Structure
Engineers and construction workers battled to stabilize an eight tier parking building in Cleveland that began listing after midnight. By mid morning it leaned about 20 degrees with the third tier just a half foot from Dittman’s House of Television and the top tier six feet from the two story Dittman building.
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Cleveland
Dittman
House of Television
Compromise Farm Bill To Be Reexamined In Congress
Democratic leaders pressed for quick passage of the compromise farm bill as President Eisenhower weighed its terms. House and Senate negotiators completed action, with a House vote likely Wednesday. Ellender and Cooley urged acceptance, while some members warned of a veto unless revisions are made. The measure strengthens the soil bank to aid farmers but raises price supports and expands programs for surplus crops and conservation reserves.
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Eisenhower
Senate
House
Senate House Conference Committee
Sen
Ellender
Rep
Cooley
Congress
Benson
Sens
Aiken
Holland
D-Fla
Administration Soil Bank
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Gloves Off In Kefauver Adlai Fight
The Associated Press reports a sharp verbal contest between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver for the Democratic presidential nomination. They trade accusations on mudslinging and attendance in Senate votes as both prepare for Florida and New Jersey primaries. Kefauver continues a five day New Jersey tour while Stevenson heads to Chicago for the Illinois primary.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Florida
Paterson
N. J
Kefauver
Stevenson
Democratic Unity
Senate
Jacksonville
Fla
New Jersey
Democratic Party
Tennessean
Chicago
Goy
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Daytonian Killed in Ohio 161 Collision Near Plain City
James C. Johnson, 35, of Dayton, was killed last night in an automobile-truck crash on Ohio 161 about nine miles west of Plain City. Three others were injured, state patrol reported.
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Columbus
Ohio
James C. Johnson
Dayton
Ohio 161
Plain City
State Highway Patrol
Hippo Snooky Becomes Mother At Columbus Zoo
Snooky the 2 ton hippo at Columbus Zoo retired to her pool to give birth Friday to a 110 pound calf. Both mother and calf are reported well by Zoo Superintendent Earl Davis. The dam’s four previous offspring did not survive and the father is Pete, noted as the largest hippo in the United States at six tons.
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Columbus
Ohio
Zoo
Earl Davis
Snooky
Pete
Wintry Weather Returns To Midwestern Sections
Wintry weather swept northern Midwest areas with snow and strong winds while April showers touched from the Middle Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. Blizzard conditions were reported in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota with up to seven inches of snowfall. Duluth logged over six inches, raising totals to 21 inches on the ground. Temperatures fell 15 to 25 degrees, with freezing readings reaching Oklahoma. Tornadoes damaged homes in the Carolinas and North Carolina, killing two in Atlanta weather-related incident.
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Associated Press
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Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Red River Valley
Minnesota-North Dakota
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Ohio Valley
Florida
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Abbeville-Greenwood
S.C
North Carolina
Mecklenburg-Union County
Belmont
Atlanta
Minot
N.C
Laredo
Tex
Jacksonville
Fla
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