Khrushchev hints at new moves on Germany peace
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev drops hints he may invite Poland and Czechoslovakia to join a separate East German peace treaty while pressuring the West. East German leaders say Gomulka and Novotny will meet him in East Berlin as Berlin crisis and a German peace pact are tied together. The threat remains that Moscow could transfer Allied West Berlin routes to East Germany if terms are refused.
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Leipzig
East Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Germany
Berlin
Sovie
East Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Antonin Novotny
Kremlin
West Berlin
Peace Plan For World Presented
Sen. Hubert Humphrey told an Americans for Democratic Action dinner in Cleveland that defense must be joined by peacemaking. He urged massive health, education and food aid, saying the nation needs leadership and not drift under Khrushchev’s front stage, while not confirming a presidential bid.
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Cleveland
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Americans For Democratic Action
Humphrey
Recep
Khrushchev
Chuckle: burning candle at both ends about marriage joke
A lighthearted quip notes that burning a candle at both ends makes it harder to keep a wife in the dark, framing a playful warning about domestic candor.
Teen Bank Robber Ida Belle Ingram Hits Las Vegas Bank
Ida Belle Ingram, 19, described as blonde and bold, is charged with robbing a Las Vegas bank of $1,761 after a daring daytime escape. FBI notes she is the youngest bank robber they have faced and a former Washington, D C teller. Police gathered descriptions from tellers and witnesses following the Friday incident.
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Las Vegas
Nev
FBI
Ida Belle Ingram
Washington, D.C
Mary Herling
Bank note incident mirrors armored robbery report
A description from Miss Herring of a striking champagne blonde who handed a note demanding $8,000 and claimed to be armed. Night club singer Shirley Scott corroborates the scene at the bank, while police broadcast notes the suspect as a tall white American female.
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Miss Herring
Shirley Scott
Arrest on Reno Bus Finds Pretty Suspect With Cash
Detectives traced Miss Ingram who took a cab to a bank then to a bus depot. A desert road bus to Reno was stopped by Sheriff Clark Olson who cuffed her after finding $1,761 in her purse and a small balance. She offered no answers as she was led away.
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Miss Ingram
Reno
Dept
Clark Olson
Desperate Desperado Dodges Posse Near South Pittsburg
William E. Smothers 38, a hostage taker on the Alabama escape, eluded authorities as posses from Tennessee Georgia and Alabama chase him toward Chattanooga. After freeing hostages at Flat Rock he fled in the Keiths’ car. their auto was later found near South Pittsburg.
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South Pittsburg
Tenn
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Willam E. Smothers
Tri-State
Smothers
Otto Dees
Ted Easley
Dees
Noel Keith
Birmingham
Flat Rock
Ala
Here
Keiths
Eisenhower presses unity over Berlin crisis
President Eisenhower seeks to show American and Allied unity on Berlin as Khrushchev builds backing in East Germany. With Dulles sidelined by cancer, Ike engages Congress, contemplates a radio TV appeal, and meets four party leaders while stressing firm stand and flexible negotiation toward a settlement.
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Lyndon Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Eisenhower
Berlin
Dulles
White House
Midwest Digging Out From March Blizzard
The March blizzard snarled upper Midwest highways with 20 inch drifts and 50 mph winds. Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan faced closures and dozens of deaths from shoveling, accidents, and asphyxiation. The storm shifted east into Canada as temperatures dropped and Northeast flurries began.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
New York
Pensylvania
Canada
Illinois Central Railroad
Webster City
la Crosse
Marquette
Harvey
Negaunee
Detroit
Ohio
Cleveland man dies from fire burns suffered in February
Charles Downs, 30, of Cleveland, died Friday night at St. Vincent Charity Hospital from burns he suffered February 25 after he fell asleep while smoking. Fire officials said the accident caused the fatal blaze.
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Cleveland
Charles Downs
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Ohio probes change to utility rate formula across state
Gov. DiSalle concedes municipalities may be underdog but warns against harming risk capital as 40 city and utility officials meet with him and Public Utilities Commission members. Proponents seek united regulatory hands and a new rate base law while opponents urge preserving the current reconstruction cost new standard.
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Columbus, Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Utility Commission
The
Communication Workers Union
Robert J. White
Cincinati Utilities
Dayton
Mansfield
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
White
Settlers Begin Alaska Trek Amid Bitter Alaska Weather
Thirty seven motorized homesteaders from Michigan push toward Alaska's Kenai Peninsula despite freezing winds snow and slick roads slowing their 4300 mile journey. Marino Sik 32 says they are two days out of Detroit and two days late with 4010 miles to go as the caravan of 14 vehicles instead lumbers along at about 25 mph and avoids wrong turns on express highway cloverleafs.
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Michigan
Alaska
Detroit
Marino Sik
Sik
Kenai Peninsula
Kennedy says offers of political help came from both sides
Robert Kennedy testifying says management and labor offered him political support for his brother John F. Kennedy in exchange for quieting parties summoned by the Senate Labor Management Committee. He notes several offers, with some parties able to execute them, and confirms no money was offered.
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Milwaukee
Robert Kennedy
Senate Labor Management Committee
Sen
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Management
Labor
Ames
Kennedy
Akron man wounded by Bellaire patrolman in bank holdup
William W. Hinkle of Akron, 33, was wounded in the right arm and captured by Patrolman Lawrence Marinelli after fleeing Union Savings Bank with 2607 dollars in cash and 700 in checks. FBI linked the case to a previous Harrison County holdup and to a Hopedale bank robbery with a green sunglasses suspect. Belmont County authorities will charge him with armed robbery. federal charges expected.
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Ohio
Harrison County
FBI
William W. Hinkle
Akron
Bellaire City Hospital
Hinkle
Lawrence Marinelli
Union Savings Bank
PBI
Hopedale
Hopedale Bank
Steubenville
Belmont County
Fire Kills Six in Flint Family Home
A Flint family of six suffocated in dense smoke from a smouldering fire in their East Side four room home. Police said a cigarette in an overstuffed chair started the blaze, which burned a floor hole but caused minor structural damage.
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Flint, Mich
Flint
Richard Perch
Audrey
Diane
Carol
Richard
James
Firmen
Court Told Son Caught In Middle
Frank Duncan testified at his mother’s murder trial that he angrily learned she once planned to carry him away by force from his bride. He called the plan a stupid idea and likened it to something a grammar school child might think.
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Ventura
Calif
Frank Duncan
Duncan
Attorney testifies as murder trial nears verdict
Elizabeth Duncan's husband says he moved between his wife and his mother after Olga Duncan was murdered. Mrs Duncan denies hiring killers, while the prosecution argues jealousy motivated the crime. The trial reconvenes Monday with the jury to be seated midweek.
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Elizabeth Duncan
Duncan
Roy Gustafson
Olga
Family of Seven Found Dead in Colfax Community
Seven members of a farm family in Colfax near Lancaster were found dead in their home. Authorities said the deaths may indicate murder and suicide.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Colfax
Lawmakers Debate Space Law and a Rocket Question
In Washington, Rep. James Fulton and Loftus Becker spar over space law at a House Space Committee hearing. The 14th Street Boys Club case prompts Fulton to urge a national space code while Becker argues current laws and future UN plans suffice.
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James Fulton
R-Pa
14Th Street Boys Club
State Department
Fulton
Loftus E. Becker
Department
House
Harvard Law School
Overton Brooks
D-La
Pittsburgh
United States
Becker
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