Russian Seamen Refuse Repatriation before Senate Hearing
Four Soviet seamen who rejected repatriation prepared to testify before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. Viktor Tatami Ivankov Nikolov and Viktor Soloyev, all aboard the Tuapse, told reporters they would stay in the United States. Immigration Chief Joseph Swing warned against coercion and said steps would be taken to prevent another alleged kidnapping.
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Viktor Tatami
Ivankov
Nikolov
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Viktor Soloyev
Georgi Zarubin
Russia
Arete
Joseph Swing
Zarubin
Swing
Immigration Service
Church World Service
New York
United States
Nate Ist
China
Formosa
United Nations
Youth Flees to Freedom on a Tractor from Hungary
Friedrich Frits Hammeri, 18, the sole survivor of four youths fleeing Communist Hungary, reached Austria after a tractor dash past barbed wire near Nickelsdorf. He identified his brother Christoph, a Hungarian border police lieutenant, among guards and said three others were killed by machine gun fire. Hammeri seeks political asylum while his father demands his return.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Free
Friedrich Frits Hammeri
Christoph
Fritz
Nickelsdorf
Hammer
Fire Levels Big Florida Warehouse in Miami
A large fire in a Miami northwest district destroyed a produce warehouse late yesterday, with losses estimated above 200000 dollars. Firemen said the blaze began in the center stalls of the wooden building. An eyewitness, a one year old boy, claimed four youths started the fire with gasoline and matches, but authorities later discounted the account and halted the youths search.
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Miami
Fila
Miami Northwest
Warm Cincinnati Hits 82 Degrees for Year’s Peak
Balmy Gulf air swept into Cincinnati making Friday the warmest day of the year with a high of 82 degrees. The unseasonably mild weather brought clear skies and light breezes across the region, signaling an early spring feel for residents.
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Cincinnati
Gulf of Mexico
Lawyer Wins Loses In Same Courtroom
New York lawyer David von G Albrecht exited Special Sessions Court with mixed feelings after winning a paternity case for a client, only to discover his $150 topcoat missing from a front-row bench as he turned to retrieve it.
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New York
David von G. Albrecht
Special Sessions Court
Circus Elephant Slams Stand Injuring Eleven in Waxahachie
In Waxahachie Texas eleven people were injured when a female elephant from Miller Brothers Circus charged into a spectator stand after a baby was reportedly taken. A 62 year old woman suffered a serious compound leg fracture. the remaining ten were treated and released.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Miller Brothers Circus
C. H. Chiles
Josephine Johnson
Plot to kill Soviet leaders foiled in Britain
London officials say two anti-Communist underground groups plotted to assassinate Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev during their visit. Scotland Yard and the Foreign Office were alerted, and security was tightened for the ten day stay. Newspapers cite émigré conspirators on the Continent and a few extremists in Britain, but identities were never fully established. The visit ended with no incidents as the pair departed from Portsmouth.
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Eddie Gilmore
London
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Scotland Yard
Foreign Office
Daily Express
Daily Sketch
Bulganin
Communist Party
England
Scotland
Portsmouth
Khrushchev
The
Eden
London Times
Laborite
Daily Herald
Kefauver Attacks Ike and Dick in Washington State
Sen. Estes Kefauver opened a frontal attack on what he called the team of Ike and Dick while campaigning in Spokane. He warned Northwest voters against voting Republican and predicted a flood of propaganda to sell Eisenhower and Nixon for a second term. Meany of AFL-CIO criticized both parties as similar but did not state an endorsement stance.
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Estes Kefauver
Ike and
Nixon
Eisenhower
Washington State
Kefauver
Spokane
Northwest
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Oregon
Portland
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Meany
AFL
Postie
Longshoremen and Teamsters End Alliance
New York ILA severed ties with part of the AFL-CIO Teamsters Union ending the alliance. The move isolates Teamsters President Dave Beck amid threats of expulsion for trucking partners with the unaffiliated ILA. AFL-CIO President George Meany had pressured both sides, enforcing bans on pacts with expelled unions. The ILA had been expelled from the AFL in 1953 for alleged mob influence.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
ILA
Teamsters
Dave Beck
George Meany
Meany
AFL
United States and Russia Back Atomic Industry Study
United States and Russia support a U.N. study on harnessing atomic energy for industry and agriculture. The agreement virtually guarantees ECOSOC approval to inaugurate the study.
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United Nations, N.Y
Russia
United States
U.N
Economic and Social Council
Ecosoc
Clark Opposes Mixing Of White And Negro Troops
General Mark W. Clark, former UN Far East commander and Citadel president, rejects integration of white and Negro troops from a military view. He cites World War II Italy experience, calling the Negro division unreliable and prone to bolt, arguing expediency outweighed social issues.
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Charleston
S.C
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Far East
Npn
Clark
Citadel, South Carolina Military College
Southern Regional Conference of
Italy
5Th Army
Soft Hearted Housing Boss Quits Over Rent Duns
ST LOUIS Eugene C Bradley Jr says he is quitting as manager of a 1700 family development for the St. Louis Housing Authority because he is too hearted to press tenants for back rent. Authority pressed him after last month rent in arrears totalled about 5600 dollars. He recalled being told to collect rents even if he had to knock on every tenant door. He said I quit before I could do that I got sentimental and considered the human element.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Eugene C. Bradley Jr
Bodies Found in Debris at Carver Hotel Fire
Warren Pa police and coroner report four hotel guests missing after a March fire at the Carver Hotel. Coroner Edward Lowrey identified M. D. Pinney of Jefferson Ohio among the recovered bodies, with R. J. Schmutz of Columbus believed deceased. Four guests remained unaccounted for as 61 guests fled the 105 room hotel.
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Warren
Carver Hotel
Edward Lowrey
M. D. Pinney
Jefferson
Ohio
R. J. Schmutz
Columbus
Stingy Benny In Tight Spot
OKLAHOMA CITY Benny visited his favorite spot on a look but don't take basis. He will appear as guest violinist with the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra tonight for a benefit performance. A tour of Liberty National Bank led Benny into the vaults as he joked about seeing all that money.
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Oklahoma City
Jack Benny
Benny
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra
Liberty National Bank
Confession Ruled Admissible in Graham Airliner Killing
A signed FBI confession by John Gilbert Graham is ruled admissible and will be presented to the jury in his murder trial for the dynamite bombing of a United Air Lines jet that killed his mother and 43 others. The judge found the statement voluntary after Graham testified that he signed under fear of arrest for his wife. The jury was excluded during the ruling and testimony on voluntariness.
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Denver
FBI
John Gilbert Graham
Joseph M. McDonald
Graham
Gloria
United Air Lines
Colo. Dist
Bert Keating
McDonald
Fire wipes out Ohio National Guard armory in Cincinnati
A spectacular early morning blaze at the Ohio National Guard armory on Reading Road destroyed all equipment of the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Maj. James E. Williams quoted the loss as easily over two million dollars. A caretaker, his wife and five children escaped with difficulty.
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Cincinnati
Ohio National Guard
Reading Rd
James E. Williams
134Th Field Artillery Battalion
107Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Mexico Storm Kills Four in Puebla Suburb
A sudden windstorm toppled a brick wall in suburban Chulavista Puebla killing four people. Four others were recovered alive from the debris.
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Puebla
Mexico
Chulavista
Fire destroys Gibson Art Co plant in Cincinnati
Officials estimate loss at 15000 dollars after a Friday fire at the Gibson Art Co plant in Cincinnati. Large quantity of Christmas cards destroyed.
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Cincinnati
Gibson Art Co
Giant Coliseum Opens Amid Fanfare In New York
New York opens a six story exhibition and meeting hall atop a towering complex near Central Park. The 35 million dollar project led by Robert Moses through the Tri borough Bridge and Tunnel Authority used federal aid for slum redevelopment. Separate entrances host a philatelic show with eight million dollars in stamps, a ten million dollar camera and paraphernalia exhibit, and an international auto show featuring 150 cars including foreign models.
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Central Park
New York
Robert Moses
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Big Highway Bill Clears House In Huge USD Road Plan
The House approved a 50 billion dollar road program over 13 years, with a 0.01 to 0.03 dollar rise in the federal gasoline tax and new levies on diesel, tires, rubber, trucks, buses, and trailers. Senate leaders anticipate merging with the Senate highway bill to form a comprehensive program for Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Gore
U.S
Cypriot Killed in New Violence in Famagusta
In Nicosia Cyprus gunmen killed one Cypriot and narrowly missed another as violence persisted on the British island colony. Troops cordoned off Famagusta’s market area while they hunted gunmen who shot a resident during a card game.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Famagusta
Bombing in Dayton injures four at Englewood residence
Four people were hurt in a powerful bomb blast at a home in Englewood, nine miles northwest of Dayton. Donald Dixon, about to be married, opened a brown package at his doorstep and triggered the explosion. three wedding guests and Dixon were injured, and Dixon's father died earlier in the week. Authorities launched an investigation but lacked a clear motive.
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Dayton
Ohio
Englewood
Here
Carl Coburn
Montgomery County
Washington, D. C
Catherine Stefanak
Elmhurst
Coburn
Ciney Teacher Beaten While In Church Pew
Cincinnati headline reports Walnut Hilly High School teacher Miss Jane Kemme aged 30 was beaten and robbed as she prayed in the Church of the Assumption. She described a rear pew attack. head and eye injuries required hospital care. An electrician, Herbert Lenard, heard a scream and saw a youth fleeing. Miss Kemme’s purse, containing $2.87, was recovered.
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Cincinnati
Jane Kemme
Good Samaritan Hospital
Herbert Lenard
Miss Kemme
Pueblo junior high teacher barred from contract renewal over bartending
Corwin Junior High School science teacher Theodore Colton, backed by 700 of 925 students and the Pueblo Teachers Federation, faces nonrenewal of his 1956-57 contract after the district board forbade his dual work as a bartender and teacher. District officials, citing concerns, prompted resignations from three teachers while students threatened a mass walkout. Colton, married with a young daughter, continues teaching and tending bar at a hotel lounge, offering to quit bartending if the issue is resolved.
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Pueblo
Colo
Theodore Colton
Corwin Junior High School
Pueblo Teachers Federation
Homer C. Thompson
Dist. 60
Colton
Teachers Federation
Colorado
Thompson
Edwin Blood
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
Arizona State Teachers College
Flingstaff
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Ike
Adlai
Associated Press
Longshoremen and ‘Teamsters End Alliance
Stingy
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Bill
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Edward Martin
R-Pa
D-Tenn
Senate Public Works Subcommittee
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Stirsch
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