St Bernard Leaves Rescue to Deputies at Mt Baldy
Don Palmer and his prize winning show dog Simon Bolivar were stranded on a mountain ledge near Mt. Baldy when the St Bernard stayed with them. A sheriff's mountain rescue squad arrived Sunday and carried the 165-pound dog in a litter down a 1000-foot cliff as Palmer followed to safety.
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MT. Baldy
Calif
St. Bernard
Don Palmer
Palmer
Simon Bolivar
Sheriff's Office
Race Riots In Savannah Stir City Amid Tension
The Associated Press reports a savage clash in Savannah Georgia as Negro youths and white teens fought with ax handles pipes and knives after sit down demonstrations and boycotts. One white youth is hospitalized with a serious neck wound and several others are treated and released. Police jailed seven whites and two Negroes and searched for twenty more participants. Investigators noted conflicting accounts and undetermined causes while a separate incident at S H Kress store involved a white man striking a Negro student leaving the jaw broken. In Chattanooga seven Negro ministers held a silent prayer vigil with a Christian love protest sign.
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Savannah
Georgia
Melvin Bryan
Allen Louis Johnson
S. H. ‘Kress & Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kidnappers Elude Paris Police In Child Abduction Case
Paris police admit search for 4 year old Eric Peugeot after two suspects disappeared with him from a St Cloud Country Club site. Few clues exist and police await ransom bill serials published by France Soir helping tracing money.
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Paris
Eric Peugeot
Andre Pierangeli
Eric
St. Cloud Country Club
France Soir
Roland Peugeot
Reds Like Shaw's Play Surges in Moscow Debut
The Red Army theater hosted a capacity crowd for My Fair Lady with Pravda and Izvestia calling the musical a great success. The musical adaptation of Shaw's tale of Prof Higgins and Eliza Doolittle won praise despite language barriers.
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Moscow
Red Army
Pravda
Izvestia
George Bernard Shaw
Prof. Higgins
Eliza Doolittle
Cambodia Forms New Government
In Phnom Penh a new government took power a week after Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk resigned. The National Assembly approved a cabinet led by Pho Proeung, nominated as prime minister by the Regency Council.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
National Assembly
Pho Proeung
Civil rights protests sweep three cities with court action
In Chattanooga Black shoppers staged sit ins at three downtown lunch counters and a Black doctor says he was arrested for swimming near a Biloxi gulf hotel. In Marshall Texas a judge ordered four Black students to stand trial March 30 on charges linked to lunch counter demonstrations after denying motions to quash.
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Chattanooga
Gulf of Mexico
Biloxi
Miss
Marshall
Tex
Robbery at Detroit Bakery Hits Owner and Shopper
A man with a four foot steel pole and a helper entered a Detroit bakery Monday. The assailant used the pole to hook owner Carmen Eccles’s purse from a display case and flee, while the owner and a shopper watched in shock.
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Detroit
Carmen Eccles
Today's Chuckle We Don't Want Yes Men Around Here
A lighthearted quip questions conformity and harmony in a group. The sentence playfully rejects flat agreement and hints at a call for independent thinking.
Heart Mended Boy Recovers After Operation
A Greek boy aged four rests at Parkchester General Hospital after a life saving heart surgery led by Dr. Aaron Gorelik. The operation aimed to close a heart hole and build tissue, with Gorelik calling it crucial for the child’s future health. John O B Wallace helped arrange the transfer after news of a prior successful operation.
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New York
Parkchester General Hospital
Aaron Gorelik
Steilakis Parthenopoulos
Gorelik
John O. B. Wallace
Associated Press
Warm Up Tops Miami Valley Weather Outlook
The Miami Valley sees warm dry air moving in from the south. Forecast calls for mostly sunny mild today with a high near 70. Tonight should be fair and not as cold with a low near 40. Wednesday expected sunny and mild with a high around 76. Middletown yesterday reached 58 at 4 30 p m and the low this morning was 33 at 3 30 a m.
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Middletown
Africans Pause in Protest As Strike Fails to Halt South Africa
The one week boycott by the outlawed African National Congress failed to disrupt work across major cities as workers reported for duty in Johannesburg Cape Town Durban and Port Elizabeth. Police carried out raids on a settlement near Port Elizabeth and detained several dozen suspected agitators while authorities warned of job loss or banishment for staying away.
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Johannesburg
African National Congress
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Port Elizabeth
Cape Town
Durban
Nyanga
Langa
Cato Manor
Socialist League of Africa
Pumps Keep Ship From Going Down
Water was being pumped from the 600 foot freighter Robert C. Stanley to keep her afloat after a jagged hole opened in her hull on a St. Marys River shoal. The ship limped to a pier above the Soo Locks for aid as crews worked to lighten cargo and patch the hull. No crew members were injured. The vessel of U.S. Steel Corp. was captained by A. H. Lehtoma and carried iron ore from Lake Superior.
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Sault Ste, Marie, Mich
Robert C. Stanley
Great Lakes
St. Marys River
Soo Locks
Stanley
Pittsburgh Steamship Division
U.S. Steel Corp
A. H. Lehtoma
Lake Superior
Patch Work and Pumps Keep Stanley Stable at Pier
An emergency patch was applied to the hole after the Stanley tied up at a pier. The ship continued to take water and pumps ran around the clock as crews prepared to unload part of her cargo for a permanent patch. Coast Guard officials said the vessel, listing 20 to 30 degrees, posed no immediate danger of capsizing or sinking.
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Stanley
Coast Guard
Turkish Premier probes opposition as political ban tightens
In Ankara a government crackdown grounds all political activity as Premier Adnan Menderes orders an investigation into the opposition Republican People’s Party and allied press. The move follows the ruling majority’s parliamentary expansion and press scrutiny.
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Ankara
Turkey
Adnan Menideres
Republican Party
Riots Challenge Rhee Regime in Seoul and Major Cities
Violence erupts across Seoul and five cities Pu san Taegu Taejon Kwangju as protesters challenge President Rhee martial law. Deaths and injuries mount with police fire, while U S diplomat warns authorities to address grievances.
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Pusan
Taegu
Taejon
Kwangju
Seoul
Rhee
Hahira High staff quits over paddling incident sparks protests
In Valdosta Georgia the Hahira High School faculty resigned in a mass dispute over a pupil paddling case. Pupils and parents held a large demonstration against the school's closing, while district officials sought order. Separately in West Virginia, Kennedy accepted Humphrey's challenge for a face to face debate during campaign. Chrysler president Colbert announced a new compact model for 1961 linked to the Valiant, amid stockholder briefing. Castro argued that US policy resembles Hitler and Mussolini but seeks better ties without meeting Rice or Erter in Havana.
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Valdosta, Ga
Hahira High School
Wheeling
W. Va
John F. Kennedy
De Gaulle and Diefenbaker Hold Pre Summit Talks in Ottawa
French President Charles de Gaulle meets with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in Ottawa for private talks ahead of the May 16 Paris summit. The leaders, with de Gaulle and his wife arriving from Paris, begin a 17 day Canada United States and Caribbean tour emphasizing Western strategy and current world concerns.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Georges Vanier
Canada
Government House
Ottawa
de Gaulle
John G. Diefenbaker
Paris
Free World
United States
Diefenbaker
France Declares State of Emergency Powers Shift
Paris AP reports De Gaulle’s government has assumed the right to declare a state of emergency, a prerogative formerly held by Parliament. The move grants broader powers for arrest and detention of suspected plotters, but stops short of a full state of siege.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Tween Free Peoples Talks Began With Britain Visit
The article notes a diplomatic dialogue that started during a recent trip to Britain and will continue with planned talks with President Eisenhower, outlining the ongoing discussions between allied nations and the U S president.
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Britain
Eisenhower
De Gaulle Seeks NATO Unity in Talks With Canada
The article notes De Gaulle stressing the close NATO ties and ongoing need for full consultation among allies. Participating officials include France’s Maurice Couve de Murville and ambassador Francis Lacoste, with Canada’s Howard Green and ambassador Pierre Dupuy. Discussions cover international issues with emphasis on disarmament and nuclear test suspension, in which Canada holds major interest.
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de Gaulle
North Atlantic
NATO
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Howard Green
Canada
Francis Lacoste
Pierre Dupuy
Chou En-lai Arrives as India Demands Cautious Talks
In New Delhi Chou En-lai met Prime Minister Nehru amid protests and security strictures. Nehru warned that Red China's border actions have shocked Indians and jeopardized relations as talks over 51,000 square miles of India Tibet border territory begin.
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Chou En-lai
Nehru
China
Red China
Chou
Rangoon
Burma
India
Kalimpong
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