Inland Sea ferry sinks after hitting rock in Japan
A 40 ton ferry No. 5 Kitagawa Maru with 218 passengers and 4 crew struck Toramaru Rock near the Inland Sea and sank. Eighteen dead, 84 missing, 120 rescued as patrol boats searched the area near Hiroshima with defense forces aiding recovery.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Coast Guard
Toramaru Rock
Ministry of Transportation
Setoda
Onomichi
Honshu
Shikoku
Armored car payroll raid tied to Hartford man
Police seek Francis Kolakowski, 42, in connection with a $66,500 payroll robbery at Hartford Screw Machine Co. He allegedly used a shotgun to force guard John Gardner through a factory lobby to a car, then fled. Kolakowski is also linked to his wife’s murder in Hartford on March 29.
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Windsor
Conn
Arthur G. Wall
Francis Kolakowski
Hartford Screw Machine Co
John Gardner
Edith Spencer
Gardner
Vincent Donato
Donato
Kolakowski
Hartford
NLRB Examiner Finds CWA Local 4372 Not Unfair in Ohio Con Telephone Strike
A trial examiner of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the Communications Workers of America and Local 4372 did not commit unfair labor practices during the recent strike at Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co in Portsmouth Ohio.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Communications Workers of America
Local 4372
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Portsmouth
Ohio
Cold weekend forecast with 38 degree high and frost
Northerly winds bring cold air from Canada to the Miami Valley. Today’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high near 38 with light snow flurries. Tonight should be fair and colder with a hard freeze and a low around 20. Saturday stays mostly fair but cold with a high near 40. Sunday could warm slightly. Middletown reported a 72 degree high yesterday and a 3 degree low this morning.
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Norther
Canada
Miami Valley
Middletown
Cause Unknown Mystery Hole Fills In Suburban Yard
In San Gabriel California Army Ordnance crews ended a two day search for a 15 foot back yard hole found by 10 year old Pat Murphy. A sonic boom had rattled the area as Air Force and Army teams dug up the patio and poles. The hole is being filled and the yard restored.
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San Gabriel
Calif
Oscar Murphy
Army
Murphy
Pat
Commu
Air Force
Murphy’s
Boy asks if arrows can be recovered after cat incident
Salt Lake City police narrative describes a boy calling to ask if arrows can be retrieved from a neighbor's yard. Officer Olson notes the caller admitted one arrow was in a cat after saying the neighbor woman had been asked for the arrows.
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Salt Lake City
E. N. Olson
Olson
Dayton Strikes Halt Publication Of Two Papers
A Teamsters union strike against Dayton Newspapers, Inc. stopped the morning Journal-Herald and the afternoon Dayton News from publishing. Journal-Herald editor Dwight Young noted most mechanical workers refused to cross picket lines, while News editor Carl Roberts said the paper would not publish. Telegrams were sent to laid off maintenance staff, and the union demanded retroactive raises of 50 to 70 cents an hour, not the 30 to 50 cent offers. Editorial staffs remained at work.
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Dayton
Ohio
Teamsters
Dayton Newspapers, Inc
Morning
Journal-Herald
Dayton News
Dwight Young
Carl Roberts
The
News
Roberts
Journal- Herald
Young
Judas’s Sacrifice for Gain Contrasts With True Service
A meditation on Judas Iscariot’s bargain to betray Jesus for money. The text questions what reward awaits the servant who serves Christ for personal gain, noting years of service yield no wealth or fame and predicting the tragedy of return in vain. It emphasizes humility over self-interest in faithful discipleship.
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Judas
Christ
Postmaster General Faces Post Office Funding Fight
The House Appropriations Committee voted to grant the Post Office 41 million dollars to avert further curtailment of mail services for the next 2 1/2 months. The decision, 37-10, falls short of the 47 million requested and enables continued Saturday mail reductions and cost-cutting orders from Postmaster General Summerfield. A related suit seeks to block the third class mail suspension.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Summerfield
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
White House
James C. Hagerty
Cannon
D-Mo
House Committee
Rooney
D-Ny
Canfield
Summersfield
Eisenhower
Derby Day Excursion Backfires in Army Plan
Washington AP Secretary of the Army Brucker offered free Derby weekend trips to Kentucky for congressmen as part of a military demonstration at Ft. Knox. Critics like Rep. Mahon and Rep. Burdick call it a costly, inappropriate publicity stunt and urge restraint amid tight federal funding.
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Washington
Brucker
Kentucky
Congress
Rep. Mahon
D. Tex
House
Rep
Burdick
R-Nd
Senate Armed Services and
Ft. Knox
Louisville
Robsion
R-Ky
Mahon
Chuckle Dialogue About Paycheck and Clubbing
A humorous exchange between a daughter and mother about a father’s weekly paycheck. The daughter comments on the generosity, while the mother quips that the dislike is due to being clubbed, delivering a light家庭 joke with a punchline about cunning.
Ex-Wife’s Lover Slay Verdict Sparks Remarriage
In Phoenix, Robert Earl Sutton was acquitted of first degree murder in the December shooting of William Boone, the rival to Sutton’s estranged wife. The couple remarried within hours and planned to travel to San Diego with their three children.
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Qgrangewood Presbyterian
Robert Earl Sutton
Dallas
Freddie Davis Sutton
San Diego
Calif
Sutton
Maricopa County
William K. Boone
Suttons
Boone
Death Penalty Sought in Redmon Murder Trial
The Arthur L. Redmon trial in Cincinnati, charged with first degree murder over a November apartment-fire death toll of eight, heads to the jury. The prosecution seeks the death penalty amid dramatic courtroom outbursts by Johnetta Clark and a defense challenge to an alleged signed confession.
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Cincinnati
Arthur L. Redmon
Redmon
Johnetta Clark
Nimr Asked To Form A Government
King Hussein expected to call Abdel Halim Nimr to form a new government in Jordan. Nimr, a former defense and interior minister, is allied with Nabulsi whose bloc commands a majority in the 40 seat parliament.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Abdel Halim Nimr
Nimr
Suleiman Nabulsi
Eam
Cairo
al Messaa
Nabulsi
National Socialist Party
Hussein Fakhri Khalidi
Lebanon
Beirut
Ping Abdullah Rimawi
Abdul Kader Salem
Saleh
Rimawi
Baath
Syria
Egypt
Arab Liberation
Ramallah
Jenin
Palestine
Israel
Soviet Union
Congress Asked For Health Aid in Medical Schools
Washington Welfare Department proposed a 225 million dollar five year grant program to help medical and dental schools build research and teaching facilities. It would replace last year’s 90 million dollar three year plan and requires a 50 50 funding match.
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Washington
Welfare Department Today
Congress
Secretary of Welfare
Folsom
Canadian Dead In Indochina
Ottawa reports Albert Edward Lucien Cannon aged 39 a Canadian member of international trade supervisory teams in Indochina was found dead of a knife wound in Saigon. Foreign Ministry gave no further details.
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Ottawa
Albert Edward Lucien Cannon
Indochina
Saigon
Foreign Ministry
Doctors Question High Fat Diets Linking Ulcers to Heart Attacks
Boston report on a Cleveland physician urging a soul searching look by doctors into whether high fat diets for ulcer patients may raise heart attack risk. Dr. Harvey J. Dworken cited 11 heart deaths among 24 in four year follow up of 135 ulcer patients. He suggested considering lower fat options like skim milk and fewer eggs.
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Boston
Cleveland
Harvey J. Dworken
Western Reserve University
American College of Physicians
Ancel Keys
University of Minnesota
Japan
Keys
California
Dworken
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Ariz
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