Ships resume Suez Canal passage with 20000 ton limit
Cairo reports the Suez Canal opens today to ships up to 20000 tons. The 12839 ton Italian liner Oceania with 309 passengers leads the first through after the blockage last November, sailing from Port Said toward Suez as U N salvage crews clear wreckage and restore navigational aids.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Port Said
Suez
Oceania
Australia
U.N
U.N. Galvage
Raymond A Wheeler
U S Ship Delivers Oil to Israel via Eilat Pipeline
The American tanker Kern Hills discharged the first oil ever brought to Israel through the Gulf of Aqaba at Eilat. It carried 16 500 tons from Iran and will be followed by three more American charters in May as a new eight inch pipeline to Beersheba awaits opening.
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Eilat
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Ministry of Development
Jerusalem
Kern Hills
Iran
Tiran Straits
U.N
Nto
Beersheba
Bonn Backing Spain as ANATO Ally
Bonn confirms support for Spain to join the North Atlantic Alliance. Government officials say Spain’s admission would strengthen NATO amid shifting postwar security alignments.
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Bonn
Spain
Anato Ally
Snowstorm Paralyzes Northern Ohio Deaths Counted
A spring storm dumped up to 14 inches of snow in Northern Ohio causing six deaths in Greater Cleveland. Schools closed, power failures mounted with 7000 CEI customers without power. Weather bureau warned of more snow in Central and Western Ohio as highways faced drifted snow and delays.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Greater
U. S. Weather Bureau
Heights
Cleveland Hopskins
Toledo
U. S
Columbus
Monay
Ohio Highway Department
Istate
Erie-Lorain-Huron County
Lake Erie
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
CEI
Thieves Enter Pope Castle Office in Italy Robbery
Police report thieves broke into the administrative office at the Pope’s Castle Gandolfo summer residence in Italy and fled with an undetermined amount of money.
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Gandolpo
Italy
Reuther Dominates UAW Convention With Dues Plan
Walter P. Reuther appeared to control the United Auto Workers convention as delegates approved his plan for a public review board to oversee union ethics and handle grievances. A minority faction led by Crest Stellato urged a roll call to oppose the dues increase from $2.50 to $3 a month, arguing funds should bolster the strike fund.
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Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
Reuther
C<ri Stellato
Ford Rouge
Detroit
Stellato
Unluckiest dog alive survives string of accidents
McDougal a mixed breed formerly of Pensacola and now in Albuquerque survived a car sideswipe, rabies shot infection, allergic reactions, skin fungus and a lye attack. Owner William A. Jenkins calls the dog the unluckiest in town but the mutt reappeared worn but unharmed after a period of disappearance.
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Albuquerque
N.M
McDougal
William A. Jenkins
Jenkinses
Pensacola
Fla
Jenkins
News-Journal
Sandia Corp
Those Forty Bays Father Forgive Them Poem Fragment
A religious verse fragment recalls Jesus amid persecution in Jerusalem. It notes the kiss of Judas, Peter’s denial, Pontius Pilate’s trial, scourging and mockery, ending with a plea of forgiveness.
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Felix
Herod
Judas
Peter
Pilate
Jerusalem
Jury duty woman cites capital punishment in suit
A woman awaiting jury screening told Municipal Court Judge J. Sydney Hoffman she would not serve because she opposes capital punishment. The judge explained the case involved only money given for a fur coat, not life and death, and the woman offered to serve, saying she could be mistaken about capital punishment.
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Philadelphia
J. Sydney Hoffman
Long Range Aid Funds Proposed
Washington senators debate a new foreign aid plan. Proponents back a long range fund to loan money for economic development abroad and separate it from military aid. Secretary Dulles cites a possible lending reach of 750 million dollars annually. Fulbright supports loans for development projects to help nations become self sufficient.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Fulbright
D-Ark
Capehart
R-Ind
State Dulles
United States
Defense Department
Armed Services Committee
Parking Place Will Not Be In City Limits
The comic notes that a lover avoids downtown parking fights by parking outside the city limits on a quiet road, away from crowded downtown streets. The quip underscores romantic stubbornness and practical quirks in urban life.
Tornadoes Cut Deadly Path Across Southland
Deadly tornadoes swept the Carolinas and Virginia after striking earlier in four Southern states. At least six were killed in North Carolina and more than 150 injured as 150 miles of devastation crossed northeastern South Carolina into eastern North Carolina. Buildings, power lines, and trees were torn down. rescuers mobilized as hospitals flooded and communication failed.
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Charlotte
N. C
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Highsmith Farms
Roseboro
N.C
Raleigh
Raeford
Norfolk
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Falkville
Ala
Hamilton
Wince
Grayson
Calhoun
Fairmont
South Georgia
Telfair
Jefferson
S.C
Wallace
Chesterfield
Cheraw
New York-Miami
Seaboard Airline Railroad
Johns
Daystrom
Pembroke
Plastic radio pill to reveal inside story of digestion
A one inch plastic capsule containing a tiny radio transmitter was demonstrated at the Rockefeller Institute to broadcast digestive tract data. Swallowable pill travels 2 to 6 days, powers for 15 to 24 hours, and transmits muscular and fluid information to a nearby receiver as it passes through. Developed by Vladimir Zworykin and Jon Farrar with a cost estimate of 1000 dollars for development and potential masses around 25 dollars each.
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New York
Rockefeller Institute
Vladimir K. Zworykin
Jon i T. Farrar
New York Veterans Administration Hospital
Zworykin
Farrar
Snowslide Traps Crew Killing Cameraman and Worker
In Empire Colorado a deliberately triggered snowslide along Highway 40 killed a 26 year old Salt Lake City cameraman John Hermann and 21 year old Empire maintenance worker Wayne Whitlock. A 18 year old Salt Lake City helper Rol Wyatt escaped from two feet of snow. The slide occurred during avalanche control with a 75mm howitzer.
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Empire
Colo
Roland Wyatt
Salt Lake City
John Hermann
Wayne S. Whitlock
Colorado Highway Department
Highway Department
Blue Hill
Serthoud ‘Pass
Denver
Whitlock
U.S. 40
Hermann
Walt Disney Productions
Wyatt
Ted Bakken
Adams
Scotland Yard
Trucker Survives Tornado Lift Off High Above Road
Wallace South Carolina AP reports truck driver David A. Petty of Reidsville North Carolina saw his tractor trailer lifted off the highway by a tornado near Wallace. The rig flipped but landed back on its wheels with Petty describing a following driver as saying the tornado was tall enough to drive under.
Bandits Rob Geneva Bank at Busy Corner
Two bandits held up a Geneva bank at the city’s busiest corner Monday night and escaped with nearly $10,000 in foreign currency. They fled by car toward the French border after firing two machine gun bursts at pursuers. No one was hurt.
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Geneva
Weather improves in Miami Valley with fair conditions
The weatherman reports a change to pleasant weather for the Miami Valley after a week of unsettled conditions. Forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a high near 50 today, followed by mostly fair weather tonight and Wednesday with a low around 30 and high near 50. Local readings show Middletown reaching 37 by 11 a.m. and a 25 degree low at 6 a.m. Rain and snowfall yesterday totaled 0.31 inches.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Doctor Acquitted in 17 Day Old Bailey Murder Trial
Dr. Joseph Bodkin Adams is cleared of murdering an 81 year old widow to steal silver and a Rolls Royce from her estate. A secret indictment regarding a second patient is quashed by the attorney general. He is released on bail with only minor cremation act charges remaining.
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Eastbourne
Edith Alice Morrell
Adams
London
Joseph Bodkin Adams
Reginald Manningham-Buller
Old Bailey
Texas oilman donates 2 million to church in big deal
Dallas businessman Teddie Lee Wynne, head of American Libery Oil Co., transferred Amilco stock to American Petrofina in a multi million dollar sale. Net proceeds after debts amount to about 20 million, with 600000 earmarked for Texas Presbyterian Foundation immediate aid.
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Dallas
Texas
Teddie Lee Wynne
American Libery Oil Co
Amilco
American Petrofina, Inc
New York
Wynne
Texas Presbyterian Foundation
Presbyterian Church
Hubert H. Hopper
Booming booze taxes curb liver disease in England study says
Dr. Robert M. Kark cites England as showing near disappearance of alcoholic cirrhosis due to high liquor taxes and reduced consumption. He contrasts France and the United States where alcoholic cirrhosis remains high, noting cheap alcohol fuels alcoholism. He urges prevention over treatment and a broader reduction in alcohol consumption.
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Frank Carey
Science
Boston
England
Robert M. ‘Kark
University of Illinois School of Medicine
France
United States
American College of Physicians
London
Kark
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