Rebels seize Santa Maria liner back to Portugal
In Recife Brazil the 7.1 ton Santa Maria liner is handed from rebel leader Capt Henrique Galvao to Brazilian authorities who then return it to Portugal. Galvao vows to keep fighting Olivira Salazar as legal battles over the ship begin potentially long in Brazilian courts.
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Recife
Brazil
Santa Maria
Henrique Galvao
Galvao
Antonio de Olivira Salazar
Janio Quadros
Portugal
Sala
Colonial Navigation Co
Caribbean
Alvaro Lins
Students Still Riot In Rome Over South Tyrol Crisis
In Rome on Saturday teenage students and riot police clashed for the fourth day in protests over Italy Austria tensions in the South Tyrol dispute. Fascist groups attacked anti Austrian demonstrators while Italian authorities, Communists, and the SVP faced off over calls to ban the party and curb talks with Vienna.
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Rome
Roman
Italy
Communist Party
Austria
South Tyrol
John Barrymore Jr
Barrymore
Art
Christian Democrat
U S Donates Corn to Kenya for Drought Stricken Wildlife
The United States gives 100000 bags of corn to aid Kenyan and Tanganyika wildlife facing drought and famine. Distribution will be through the International Administration to the parched bush country aiding zebra wildebeeste and buck populations.
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Nairobi
Kenya
United States
Tanganyika
International Administration
Dixieland Ace Al Picou Dead
Alphonse Picou, famed Dixieland clarinetist from New Orleans, died Saturday at age 82 after a 65 year career. He played with top Dixieland groups and last appeared with Papa Celestine, renowned for his solo on High Society.
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New Orleans
Alphonse Picou
Papa Celestine
Chuckle Colloquial Line on Civilization and Alcohol
Quote notes the thin coating of civilization peels away with a little alcohol. The line wryly suggests social manners unravel when intoxicated, implying humor about human behavior and restraint.
Kennedy Family Reunion Returns to White House
President and Mrs Kennedy greet Caroline age three and baby John Jr as they land at Andrews with the Kennedy family plane. A snowman greets Caroline at the White House, contrasting Palm Beach warmth with wintry Washington. The children had remained in Palm Beach for the inauguration.
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Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
White House
Hat
Kennedys
Baby John
Mrs. Kennedy
Caroline
Carolie
Robert Redman
John Jr
Cincinnati Gun Wielder Is Seized
In Cincinnati a man wounded his wife’s son then held three tenants at gunpoint for hours before police arrested 40 year old James Stallings. The injured youth, Raymond L. Brumley 18, remained in serious condition at General Hospital with a abdominal gunshot wound. A son and two tenants endured a terrifying siege as Stallings searched for his wife Ruby.
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Cincinnati
Barbara Willoughby
Brumley
Three Bodies Found After Belgian Slag Heap Collapse
Disaster workers recovered three bodies in Moulin-sous-Fleron Belgium after a slag heap avalanche buried at least 12 more residents. A snowstorm hampered rescue as homes were flooded and a butcher shop split in two. Names include a 4 year old, her 12 year old daughter, and a infant. Authorities fear all missing are dead.
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Moulin-Sous-Fleron
Belgium
Congo
Jover Yrame
Snow Shoveler Dies in Ohio Snowstorm
Warren Ohio AP reports Frank J Boldt 69 a retired mechanical engineer died of a heart attack while shoveling snow amid a seven inch snowfall that covered streets and highways in Trumbull County.
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Warren
Ohio
Frank J .Boldt
Trumbull County
Heaviest Soviet Sputnik Launch Reported
The Soviet Union launched a seven ton class Sputnik in a bid to test a heavy space ship for manned flight. Tass said the satellite orbits Earth every 89.8 minutes at 64 degrees 57 minutes inclination, 203.5 miles high at apogee and 138.5 miles at perigee, with onboard systems functioning normally.
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Tass
Earth
Belka
Strelka
Pschelka
Little Bee
Mushka
Little Fly
NORAD confirms Sputnik orbits from Colorado Springs station
A NORAD spokesman in Colorado Springs said monitoring stations traced Sputnik through six orbits early Saturday and noted broadcasting signals. A Bochum observatory official reported two days earlier that signals from an object moving near the Soviet area were heard on a frequency used by prior Soviet satellites. Mysterious Russian voice fragments were reportedly heard.
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North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bochum Germany
Soviet Union
Soiet
Egg-Throwing Youths Detained After Targeting Police Car
Six teenagers in a car threw eggs at a passing vehicle on a highway near Jackson Michigan. The target proved to be a State Police patrol car. Troopers chased them, took them to the post, and released them after washing the patrol car as a reprimand.
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Jackson, Mich
Sounds Like Heartbeat on Soviet Satellite Tape
Italian surgeon notes possible heartbeats and heavy breathing in a tape of signals from a frequency used by Soviet satellites. Achille and Giovan Battista Judica-Cordiglia, who intercept space transmissions at home, heard unusual sounds unlike prior recordings. The Bochum observatory also picked up the same signals before the Soviet Union announced a Sputnik launch. The brothers cannot confirm the sounds, but suggest they may be moaning or breathing of a person or animal in distress aboard a spacecraft.
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Turin
Italy
Achille
Giovan Battista Judica
Cordiglia
Soviet Union
Turin Brothers
Giovan
Andrew Leary
Union City
N.J
Idlewild
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Boston
Brothers seek expert for strange heart rhythm recording
The brothers asked Prof. Mario Dogliotti to listen to the recording. He described rhythmic noises repeating at 80 to 9 times per minute resembling the heart’s fundamental rhythm and, at times, breathing sounds. He said the sounds could come from a human or superior mammal but could not be stated definitively.
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Mario Dogliotti
Dogliotti
Kennedy Told Friday Night Sputnik Launch Report
President Kennedy was informed Friday night of a Soviet sputnik launch. White House spokesman said Kennedy was informed that Russians placed an object in space. Defense Department cryptically noted prior knowledge and NASA officials said they were investigating.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
White House
Pierre Salinger
Tass
Defense Department
Snowstorm paralyzes Northeast with record snowfalls
The winter storm blanketed the Northeast with over two feet of snow, forcing emergency declarations from New York to Long Island and upstate New York. Airports closed, roads blocked, power lines failed, and daily life slowed to a crawl as residents dug out and shelters prepared.
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Midwest
Middle Eastern Seaboard
New York State
New England
Nassau County
Long Island
Syracuse
Utica
N.Y
Carolinas
Central States
New York
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William D. Kelley Jr
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