Mendes-France Ousted as France Seeks New Premier
The French National Assembly voted 319 to 273 to oust Premier Pierre Mendes-France amid a stormy tenure. President Rene Coty would begin consultations for a successor, with names like Antoine Pinay and Edgar Faure considered, as ratification battles over a rearmed West Germany loom in the Senate.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
France
Tunisia
North Africa
Mendes-France
Rene Coty
Coty
Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Edgar Faure
Faure
Mendes France
Pinay
Chamber
Senate
West Germany
Polish Actress Lydia Prochnicka Visits United States
Polish actress Lydia Prochnicka who escaped Russia by hiding in hay and forging a passport arrives in the United States for a six month visit She will star in The Mistress of the Inn to raise funds for a monument to Helena Modjeska who left Poland for California seventy five years ago Prochnicka is a stateless artist with a Warsaw National Theater background and an offer to perform in Moscow before Stalin.
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Los Angeles
Lydia Prochnicka
United States
Helena Modjeska
Poland
California
Miss Prochnicka
USS Sherman Ready For Launching
The Forrest P. Sherman destroyer slides down the ways at Bath Iron Works. Adm. Sherman's widow christens the ship named in his honor. The 390 foot vessel features aluminum superstructure, 350 crew, air conditioning, and advanced guns and torpedoes. Plans call for ten more Sherman-type destroyers.
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Bath
Maine
Forrest P. Sherman
Bath Iron Works
Adm. Sherman
Navy
Adm
M. B. Gardner
Naval Operations
James H. Smith Jr
Air
Sherman
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Margaret Heads Tobago Island for Caribbean Tour Stop
Princess Margaret planned a morning flight from Port of Spain to Tobago, the Caribbean island famed as Defoe's Robinson Crusoe setting. Her Tobago visit included a high school cornerstone ceremony, an auto tour, and a garden party at government house after four Trinidad days.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Margaret
Isle of Tobago
Robinson Crusoe
Queen Elizabeth
Tobago
British West Indies Airways
Viking
Daniel DeFoe
Government House
Dress Maker Questioned In Rubinstein Slaying
New York police questioned Alex Freeman a 26 year old Manhattan dress maker about the murder of billionaire financier Serge Rubinstein on January 27. Freeman said he had tried to interest Rubinstein in Bayfield Oil Co. of Toronto and investigators pursue all life angles for motive. Stanley T. Stanley earlier sought a gun permit and warned of mob ties, while Boeing stock Rubinstein reportedly owned could be worth millions though Boeing has no record of holdings.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Alex Freeman
Manhattan
Rubinstein
Bayfield Oil Co
Toronto
Ont
Stanley
Boeing
Business Week
Rubin- Stein’s
Britain shifts to secret diplomacy over Formosa crisis
British Commonwealth premiers begin a weekend of behind the scenes moves to avert war over armaments and the Formosa crisis. Diplomatic teams in Moscow and Washington weigh new steps after China boycotted U N cease fire talks while India and Nehru influence neutralist policy amid East West tensions.
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London
Armosa
Britain
Moscow
Washington
Red
U. S. State Department
Far East
Formosa
U. N
India
Nehru
Peiping
Commonwealth
United States
Security Council
Red China
New York
China
Russia
Sir Anthony Eden
Tachens
Matsu
Quemoy
Daily Telegraph
Eden
the Telegraph
Formosa Strait
Youth Guilty Of Slaving Girls Father Killing
Archie Faggaini, 20, convicted of first degree manslaughter in the slaying of Maxine Webb’s father Aubra Webb after months of dispute over their relationship. Maxine Webb, 16, wept in court as jurors delivered the verdict after a trial begun late afternoon and adjourned past 10 PM.
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Cleveland
Archie Faggaini
Maxine Webb
Faggaini
Fire at Armco Steel storeroom alarms East Side Works
A general alarm fire broke out in the main storeroom at Armco Steel Corp East Side Works at 10 05 a m today. The storeroom, housing general supplies and records, sits at the plant center near Door M.
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Armco Steel Corp
East Side
Door M
Resignation of Army Counsel John Adams Sparks Stevens Exit Talk
Washington AP Army Counsel John G. Adams resigns effective March 31, prompting fresh talk Secretary of the Army Stevens may also leave. Adams cited advancing projects and plans for a southern vacation. McCarthy era clashes over Maj. Irving Peress loom as a broader backdrop to Stevens’ future.
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Washington
John G. Adams
Stevens
Adams
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
Army
White House
James C. Hagerty
Pentagon
Senate
Irving Peress
Peress
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Negro Given Membership In Press Club
Washington The National Press Club admitted its first Black member, Louis R. Lautier, 56, a correspondent for the Atlanta Daily World and the National Negro Press Assn. Voted 77 to 281 by active members after governors backed the move, ending a long debate over racial membership.
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Washington
National Press Club
Louis R. Lautier
Atlanta
U S Officials See Cease Fire Possible Through Diplomacy
Washington officials believe a Formosa cease fire may come via diplomatic channels if faster moves fail. U N efforts to involve Nationalist and Red China are studied as Washington weighs paths to peace, with Red China possibly preferring an end to fighting though terms remain uncertain.
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Washington
US S
Formosa
U.N
Formosa Strait
Misennower
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
China
United States
U.S
State Department
Red China
Great Britain
Is French Justice Blind? Police And Courts Under Fire In Murder Hearings
A Paris jury system faces intense criticism as high profile trials expose alleged police bungling and presumed guilt. Marie Besnard Gaston Dominici Marguerite Marty Jean DeShays dominate debate with ministers summoned to explain reforms.
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Godfrey Anderson
Paris
Paris - Presse
Emmanuel Temple
Justice
Francois Mitterrand
Interior
Justice Committee of
The
National Assembly
Marie Besnard
Dominici
Gaston Dominici
Sir Jack Drummond
Gaston
Marguerite Marty
France
Marguerite
Miss Marty
Jean DeShays
Bus vs Train Crash Injures 3 Children Near Ostrander
A school bus carrying 28 pupils skidded on an icy slope and struck a moving freight train one mile west of Ostrander Ohio. Three children were hospitalized and five treated for minor injuries. Names include Barbara Swisher Shirley Budd and Robert Budd. Bus driver Billy Stults cited an inability to stop.
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Delaware
Ohio
Ostrander
Barbara Swisher
Shirley Budd
Robert
Miss Swisher
Robert Harrah
Springfield
Harrah
Billy Gene Stults
Scioto Valley School
Quemoy commander rejects ceasefire with Chinese Reds
On Quemoy Liu Wu-chang, commander of the 40,000 man garrison, says no ceasefire with the Communists. He notes past failures in Indochina and Korea and vows to fight to the end to defend the island near the Chinese mainland.
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Quemoy
Liu Wu-chang
Matsus
Indochina
Korea
Liu
Air clash over Yellow Sea ends with two MIGs shot down
American F86 Sabrejets fought eight attacking Communist MIGs in the largest air battle since 1953. A U S RB45 reconnaissance bomber and its Sabre escort repelled the attack over international waters west of Korea with no U S losses reported. The Red jets are presumed Chinese Communist.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Yellow Sea
Korea
Red China
North Korea
Far East
Kuriles
Hokkaido
Red
John E. Hull
Air Force
7th Fleet Ships Refuel in Darkness in Formosan Waters
Navy and Air Force units carried out a second day of integrated training in Formosan waters under cover of darkness. The carrier launched dozens of jets while Sabrejets trained near secret bases as crews ran familiarization flights. A Panther pilot described a sky filled with Allied aircraft.
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7Th Fleet
Formosan
Navy Air Force
Americans Return To Aid Chinese In Formosa Crisis
The Air Force reported an RB45 reconnaissance bomber attacked by four MiG-15s over the Yellow Sea while Sabre interceptors supported in Korea. Maj. Gen. William C. Chase said American observers returned to Tachens to aid the Nationalists as talks on evacuating the Tachens proceed amid heightened tensions with Red China.
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Red China
Air Force
Yellow Sea
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Taipei
William C. Chase
Tachens
Chase
China
United States
Yikiangshan
East China Sea
U. S
Karl L. Rankin
Shen Chang-huan
U.S
Formosan
Forrest Edwards
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsu
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
Red
Chou En-lai
Weekend Storm Brings Snow Across Plains to West
The nation faces a cold wet weekend after a major snowstorm. Snow and sleet hit Minnesota Iowa and western Wisconsin with Duluth recording 29 inches. A second belt moved across the Northern Plains Rockies and toward Washington and Oregon coasts. Travel slowed as drifts reached four feet and schools closed in Kansas Missouri Iowa and Nebraska.
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Philipsburg
Pennsylvania
Norfolk
Minnesota
Texas Gulf Coast
Iowa
Wisconsin
Duluth
Minn
Missouri
Plains
Rockies
Washington
Oregon Coast
Kansas
Nebraska
Canada
Montana
Plain
Lake Ontario
New Jersey
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Waltham
South
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Geneva
Henry Suydam
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Earle E. Partridge
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Associated Press
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