Talks Set On Berlin Crisis Visited by Eisenhower and Macmillan
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will open talks in Washington on March 20 to discuss the Berlin crisis and Khrushchev's recent efforts. The sessions, planned for a few days, aim to shape the approach to Germany and Berlin amid rising tensions with Moscow.
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Ike
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Germany
Maia Wilh
Selwyn Lloyd
Eisenhower
Berlin
James C. Hagerty
Moscow
Convict Smothers Frees Hostages Then Fugitives Probe North Alabama
A convict, William E Smothers, freed a state trooper, a married couple, and a fellow convict after more than 12 hours of captivity near Flat Rock Alabama. He overpowered Patrolman Otto Dees and a trusted inmate, then forced the group to Birmingham and beyond toward Chattanooga Tennessee. The escape ended when Smothers halted the car and the captives fled to a farmhouse to call for help.
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Ala
Alabama
William E. Smothers
Chattanooga
Tenn
Smothers
Birmingham
Otto Dees
Dees
Easley
Keiths
State Patrol
Kilby
Montgomery
Dad Solves Holdup Fast in Cincinnati
William Poole 44 chased his son Roger 20 and companion Charles Campbell 18 after a cafe robbery the night before. The trio marched to police where the youths were charged with robbery. Poole turned over 70 dollars taken and added 32 from his own pocket to cover the missing sum of 102.
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Cincinnati
William Poole
Poole
Roger
Charles Campbell
Hold Up Man Learns Blonde Is Dynamite
New York AP report of a petite blonde, Joan Greco, 20, who fought off a robber on the seventh floor of Venetian Manufacturing Co. She wrestled the weapon from him, was struck, but saved a $20,000 payroll as three women faced down the threat. Boss Abraham Britebart praised her bravery and noted the gun appeared to be a toy.
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New York
Joan Greco
Venetian Manufacturing Co
Signal from Pioneer IV travels 400000 miles to Earth
Washington AP reports a Pioneer IV radio signal was received at 5:02 a.m. at General Electric Schenectady. Roy Anderson called it a "really good signal" and said the spacecraft was about 403000 miles away, traveling roughly 4200 mph, with signals also detected at Jodrell Bank. NASA estimates and Lovell of Jodrell Bank note the distance as about 380000 miles with a key negative result on radiation belts.
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America
Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
U.S
Pioneer
Lovell
Space
Remember That Stuck Baby Sitter Ends Happy
A century of variants about a babysitter stuck to a toilet seat proves fiction. newspapers nationwide traced the tale from St Paul Dispatch to other papers and dental debates, with editors noting repeated hoax-like retellings and skeptical investigations.
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The
St. Paul Dispatch
March Blizzard Thwarts Travel Across Midwest States
The massive late winter storm hit eight states from Colorado to Michigan, paralyzing Iowa with up to 17 inches of snow and drifts blocking highways. Wisconsin and Missouri reported heavy snowfall. Nebraska saw winds, while air travel and schools shut down. The storm caused at least 10 deaths in Iowa and one in Wisconsin as operations slowed nationwide.
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Oklahoma
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Des Moines
Chuckle Boss to Employee About Minimum Wage Law
A humorous exchange has the Chuckle Boss tell an employee he would pay them what they are worth, but cites the minimum wage law as the reason it cannot be done. The quip reflects tension between fair pay and wage rules in a light newsroom tone.
Tragic Iowa Blizzard Deaths Touch Off Family Loss
In WALKEE Iowa a 3 year old girl Carolyn Cotton died face down in a snowbank after a blizzard. Her father George Cotton about 90 also perished. Patrolman Leroy Weber found them hours after they walked from a stalled car four miles from home. The family had visited friends near Des Moines before the storm.
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Walkee
Iowa
Paltrolman Leroy Weber
George Cotton
Carolyn
Otis Dymond i
Des Moines
Cotton
Weber
Dymond
Aes
Rat Poison Company Sues Over Trademark Infringement
In Cincinnati, Tull Chemical Co of Oxford Alabama filed in U S District Court alleging Pyrole Chemical Corp of Portsmouth infringed its trademark Compound 1060 for a rat poison. Tull seeks an injunction and damages for alleged infringement in South America and elsewhere.
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Tull Cemical Co
Oxford
Ala
U.S
Pyrole Chemical Corp of
Portsmouth
Tull
South America
Rebels ambush kill American and German in Algeria
French troops hunted nationalist rebels in western Algeria after an ambush that killed Homer F Kelloms of Arkansas and Airele Raimund Allen of Bonn, an interpreter, and wounded another American. In Dayton Ohio, two men bound and gagged a cafe porter, fleeing with 3000 dollars from Martins Cafe.
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Algeria
Homer Flint Kelloms
Siloam Springs
Ark
Airele Raimund Allen
Bonn
Germany
Kellems
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
U.S. Senate
Dayton, Ohio
Matt
Jeff
Sidney Daly
Martins Cafe
Pioneer IV vanishes after signal loss in space
Washington reports Pioneer IV disappeared after contact was lost at 10 15 a m EST. Goldstone California tracking stationdegraded transmitting signals as the probe vanished from view, with uncertainty about recovery or ongoing communications.
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Washington
Goldstone Calif
Eisenhower to Meet Macmillan on Berlin Threat March 20
President Eisenhower held talks with congressional leaders on the Soviet Berlin threat. He and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan planned to open discussions in Washington starting March 20 on ways the West might respond.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
Harold Macmillan
Defense confirms Discoverer satellite not designed for recovery
The Defense Department stated that the 1,300 pound Discoverer Satellite was never intended to be recovered and contains no recovery experiments.
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Washington
Defense Department
Crazed Gunman Kills Officer in Los Angeles Cafe
A gunman killed Detective J. L. Castellanos and a cafe patron in Los Angeles late Thursday night and wounded three others before being wounded by police. The suspect, George J. Arevalo, 46, was confronting police at his estranged wife’s home after an earlier cafe incident.
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Los Angeles
Rence Wwenuneqwe
George J. Arevalo
J. L. Castellanos
E. A. Garcia
Arevalo
Alice
Mary Loera
Miss Loera
Carlos Carrana
Whittier
Denas
Rafaelae ‘Verdenas
Irene Olguin
What Husband Can Fool Wife
A Denver couple Leonard H. Wilson and his wife both face minor traffic court charges after separate trips downtown. Wilson quips he could not keep a secret from his wife for 32 years, admitting he should have known better about the plan.
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Denver
Leonard H. Wilson
Wilsons
Wilson
Weather outlook for weekend cold snap and flurries
The midwest storm moving through the Miami Valley brings rain and snow flurries with a forecast of mostly cloudy and windy skies. Daytime highs near 38 today with a 25 degree low, winds easing tonight. partly cloudy, cold, and a 44 high expected Saturday.
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Miami Valley
Hunger Darkens West Virginia Coal Country
West Virginia faces mass unemployment with 15 percent of workers idle and 45,000 exhausting benefits. Sheriff Howard Chambers cites rising crime as families desert to seek public aid, as miners’ mechanization and reduced output push hunger across the state. Senators Randolph and Byrd press relief bills, stressing aid without dole.
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Beckley
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Mingo County
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Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
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Byrd
Dole
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