Texas Tornadoes Break Drought Becomes Bright Spot Across State
Ten tornadoes lashed Texas Panhandle and South Plains injuring 12 to 14 people and damaging property while a lone twister near Cotulla caused little damage. Trinity River neared flood stage and heavy rains drenched much of the state as drought optimism rose among residents.
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Dallas
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Cotulla
Texas
Trinity
Weather Bureau
South
Littlefield
Texas Highway Patrol
Rock Slide Blocks Highway Near Tronton Ohio
A large landslide on U S 5 about 12 miles east of Tronton blocked the two lane highway at 11 p m Sunday. No injuries reported though one car narrowly escaped. a rock as big as a house sat on the road. Nearby residents flagged motorists as patrols and a Division 9 crew began clearing debris.
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Ohio River
Frank Barker
Division 9
Ohio Department of Highways
Boy coerced into stealing from father's Brooklyn store
Raymond Quinones a 15 year old from Brooklyn says a teen gang extorted him to loot his father's grocer shop. Police trapped the boy evidencing payments from 5 to 80 dollars weekly and led to the arrest of Joan J Febbia 18 as leader and three younger collectors.
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New York
Brooklyn
Raymond Quinones
Raymond
Joan J. Febbia
Febbia
Ramond
Tornado strikes near Lubbock blow homes and gins
Reports of tornadoes in open country and near Lubbock describe 15 to 20 houses blown away, two cotton gins toppled at Littlefield and Hart Camp, and power lines knocked out. A tornado skirted the city, then moved to Witharral, demolishing six homes and damaging one. John Waters counted 2400 chickens wiped out. State officials noted drought easing in west Texas with rain falling on soaked land.
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Highway Patrol
Littlefield
Hart Camp
Lubbock
Witharral
John Waters
John White
West Texas
Cloudy and Warm Weather Expected in Miami Valley
The Miami Valley zones for today and tonight will be mostly cloudy with cooler readings and scattered showers. Highs near 75 and a low around 65 are forecast, with warmer conditions and more showers Tuesday reaching about 85. Sunday saw an 82 degree high and 60 degree low, with .26 inches of rain on Saturday.
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Miami Valley
Record Cold Expected at South Pole Winter Camp
The first men to winter at the South Pole foresee a low of 120 below zero midseason, 30 degrees colder than any prior. Navy weather experts note the world cold record is 90 below in Siberia, while the 18 Americans near the pole reached minus 89 in April. Altogether 338 U.S. scientists and military personnel are at seven Deep Freeze outposts, reporting on eggs, ice depth, and food consumption.
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South Pole
Navy
Siberia
Antarctic
U.S
Little America
J.G
Robert J. Adams
Memphis
New Zealand
Byrd Station
Ellsworth Station
Edward H. Davis
Clinton
Iowa
Middletown Egg Hunt Crowds Find Golden Goose Prize
The annual Armco Park egg hunt drew a record crowd with nearly 4,000 children. Eddy Feerer, 13, found the top prize a golden goose egg for $5, while Helen Horn won a $2.50 prize with a tiny golden egg in the preschool area. Patrolman Louis Janka, named Patrolman of the Year, later assisted by revealing hints about the nest.
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Louis Janka
Eddy Feerer
Elwood St
Roy L. Patterson
Merchants Association
Helen Horn
Dixie Hwy
Don Dillon
Janka
Ed Cohn
Merchants Egg Hunt Committee
Eddy
Record crowd at Easter egg hunt exceeds prior years
Estimated turnout ranged from ten to fifteen thousand as children surged from the hill near the park gate. Patterson’s payoff window saw the first prize egg handed by hepa Proctor, while 311 Vanderveer Dohn praised the well behaved Eastern crowd. Tiny Fifi Tseng collected her winnings with a kiss as minor injuries were reported and no phony eggs found.
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Patterson
Colin
Park Gate
Hepa Proctor
Vanderveer
Dohn
Tiny Fifi Tseng
Woodlawn Ave
Stassen Sees Progress Toward Disarmament Accord
President Eisenhower will meet Harold E. Stassen in Augusta as U N disarmament talks show possible first-step agreement with safeguards. Stassen, returning to London for talks, will report to Dulles after a White House briefing.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Russia
Stassen
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
London
U.N
Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Youth Calm At Murder Arraignment
New York youth Thomas Higgins 22 faced Brookyln Felony Court charged with bludgeon killings of two women. He remained impassive as judge sppeled him and was held without bail. Police said he admitted to three slayings and nine other assaults during a Bay Ridge arrest.
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New York
Thomas Joseph Higgins
Ann Elizabeth Tighe
Brooklyn
Albert D. Schanzer
Higgins
Army
Japan
Bay Ridge
Patricia Ruland
Dorothy Campbell
Missing $56,000 in Jewelry From New York to Boston Trip
Procter & Gamble president Neil McElroy says a black box carrying $56,000 worth of jewelry vanished during a weekend trip from New York to Boston. His wife returned to Cincinnati Sunday night and the loss remains unaccounted for. The wife had gathered the pieces over years and included her engagement ring. No insurance status disclosed.
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Cincinnati
East
Neil McElroy
McElroy
Procter & Gamble Co
New York
Boston
Pilgrim ship Mayflower sails toward Plymouth Mass
Land's End passed out of sight as the Mayflower replica bound for Plymouth Massachusetts heads into the Atlantic. Coast guard reports the voyage began with 32 aboard and skipper Alan Villiers aiming for six weeks to reach shore depending on weather.
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ST. Keverne
England
United States
Coast Guard
Lizard
William Knight
Plymouth
Mass
Alan Villiers
Atlantic
Knight
Dulles Seeks Liberation of Captive Nations
Secretary of State Dulles told the Associated Press luncheon that the United States aims for the liberation of captive nations in the Soviet bloc. He urged Congress and the public to maintain foreign aid and military programs against those seeking to economize, with Eisenhower’s approval and at his vacation headquarters in Augusta Georgia.
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New York
Dulles
Russia
United States
Soviet Bloc
Associated Press
Congress
Eisenhower
Augusta
James C. Hagerty
U. S
Dulles Outlines U S Policy Toward Soviet Despotism
Dulles argues the United States must avoid violent revolts and push for evolution to freedom. He says the U S will not settle with the USSR at their expense and seeks liberation for captive nations without surrounding Russia with force. He notes growing liberty pressures in the Soviet bloc and desertions from communism after Hungary. He claims Soviet strength now must repress open revulsion rather than rely on submissive subjects.
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Dulles
United States
Russia
Soviet Bloc
Hungary
Communist Party
Dulles Outlines Cold War Defense and Alliances
Dulles argues international communism targets newly sovereign nations and champions independence beyond a brief twilight under Communist rule. He describes mobile retaliatory power as the deterrent to Soviet aggression, stressing the need for strong allies and military aid to preserve a robust American defense budget.
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Dulles
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Just Standing On The Corner Just Standing On The Corner
A Baltimore man called police demanding a plainclothes officer to Baltimore Street and Frank lintown Road saying he dislikes that corner. The officer noted the address and asked for the trouble.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Street
Franklintown Road
Six sweetest phrases in American language
A lighthearted list of six phrases praised as sweetest in everyday speech. It highlights affectionate and indulgent lines such as I love you and Dinner is served, ending with a playful line about Here's that five.
Trade list to be slow in Red China relations
Officials said the United States will move slowly to relax Allied trade controls with Red China. The State Department announced talks with 14 Allied nations to reduce embargoed items while tightening Soviet bloc controls and keeping a total U S embargo on China. Pressure from Britain and Japan and Congressional demands shaped the stance.
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Ap)l
United States
Red China
State Department
Eisenhower
China
Britain
Japan
State Dulles
Congress
Iceland
Letanbul
American passenger blown from airliner over Iraq
ISTANBUL Turkey Iraqi officials searched desert wastes for the body of American J R Nash of Memphis Tennessee. Nash a 31 year old bachelor on a round the world trip disappeared after a window burst on an Air France Constellation about 25 miles north of Kirkouk. The crew reported a loud explosion and Nash was sleeping beside the window when he was sucked out. The plane then vented cold air as passengers realized he was gone.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Iraq
J. R. Nash
Memphis
Tenn
Tehran
Air France
Paris
Jirkouk
Nash
Frontier DC3 Lands Safely After Wing Tip Shearing
A V A Frontier Airlines DC-3 with about 10 feet of its left wing missing landed safely near Phoenix after a downdraft 50 miles north of the city. Pilot Dale Welling pulled out from a 4,000 foot drop, bringing 23 passengers and two crew to a secure arrival as investigators study whether the wing tip scraped terrain.
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Phoenix
Ariz. V
Frontier Airlines
Dale Welling
E. T. Burson
Frontier
Welling
Cave Creek
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