British Assailed Cypriots Stage General Strike
Thousands of Cypriots walked off jobs in a sweeping general strike protesting Britain's deportation of Archbishop Makarios III. Troops patrolled Nicosia as violence sparked by riots, bombings, and gunfire marked heightened tension across the island. The British exile order, market closures, and international reactions followed, with Greece recalling its ambassador and Athens’ students clashing with police.
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Britain
Makarios III
Aton
Makarios
Mediterranean
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Royal Air Force
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Athens
Eden
Sir John Harding
Makarios I
Middle East
Markarios
Kyriyakides
Papanganthangelou
Toannaides
Kyrenia
Kyriakides
Paris Gripped as Tunis Riots Spill Over
Violence in Tunis and Algiers prompts French officials to seek emergency powers and martial law options. In Paris a mob attacked the US consulate and Tunisian papers while riot police and guards prepared to prevent further demonstrations. American staff escaped unharmed. damage to property pegged at about $20,000.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Alberia
Rioh
Tunis
Algiers
Ei Ares c Fren
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Algeria
Moliet
Bil
France
Georges Mailloux
Morris Hughes
Roger Seydoux
Hughes
Chilled Students Boost Bar Scores in Boston
In Boston about 300 candidates who sat the Massachusetts bar exam last December saw scores raised by 10 percent due to unusually cold classrooms. Chairman Walter Powers cited a faulty heating system and plummeting temperatures as the cause of the upgrade.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Walter Powers
Daughter-in-Law Held For Murder in Cincinnati
Cincinnati wife Marjorie Hoover, 46, was charged with second degree murder for the beating death of her mother in law, 75, Blanche Spaulding. Hoover admitted pushing the woman to the floor while her husband Harold, 39, was held for questioning.
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Cincinnati
Marjorie Hoover
Blanche Spaulding
Quake Felt Over Humboldt County Northern California
A rolling earthquake was felt across a wide area of Humboldt County in extreme northern California last night. No damage was reported. A second tremor was recorded at Ferndale about 40 miles south.
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Humboldt County
California
Ferndale
No Apologies Beef Baron Beefs Over Chicken On GOP Menu
Chester Paxton of Thedford lobbies over chicken as the main course at a Lincoln GOP Founders Day dinner for Vice President Nixon on March 19. Nebraska Beef Council promotes The Beef State slogan, arguing for Nebraska beef at official events. Wishart refuses apologies, noting beef dinners cost $5 versus $3 last year.
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Nebraska Beef Council
Chester Paxton
Thedford
Richard Nixon
Republican Party
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Beef Council
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GOP
Joseph Wishart
United States
Wishart
Sand Hills
Cattle Country
Miss Lucy fights Alabama expulsion in federal court
Autherine Lucy, the only Black student ever at the University of Alabama, petitions Judge H Hobart Grooms to order readmission after expulsion. The case follows campus riots and broader southern protests over integration. Lucy also discussed potential study plans at Texas and marriage to Hugh Foster. The day featured rallies and threats to impeach Governor Folsom over segregation.
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Autherine Lucy
H. Hobart Grooms
Federal District Court
Birmingham
Ala
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Miss Lucy
New York City
Lacy
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University of Texas
Hugh L. Foster
Powell
Tex
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White Citizens Council
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Asa E. Carter
North Alabama Citizens Council
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Folsom
Ohio River Flood Fear Said Small
The Ohio River rose above food stage from Pittsburgh to Wheeling with rain possible, but little damage expected unless more rain falls. Flood crests approach Marietta and Cincinnati, with evacuations near six homes and schools vacating in Sciotoville as floodwaters spread through Portsmouth lowlands.
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Wheeling
Marietta
Red Cross
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Sciotoville
Portsmouth
Little Scioto
Nixon Draws Praise Twice
CHICAGO W A presidential aide and Indiana governor praised Vice President Nixon yesterday. Howard Pyle deputy assistant to President Eisenhower said there is no White House effort to dump Nixon in 1956. Gov George Craig of Indiana endorsed Nixon and said he would not run against him.
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Nixon
Howard Pyle
Eisenhower
White House
George Craig
Craig
Indianapolis
Wer
Cleveland man dies after being struck by car
Cleveland resident Carl Hilton, 40, was struck and killed by an automobile Friday night according to police reports. The driver remained at the scene and provided statements as investigators began work on the fatality crash.
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Cleveland
Carl Hilton
McKay enters Oregon Senate race surprising leaders
Secretary of the Interior McKay filed for the Republican nomination for senator in Oregon, triggering surprise reactions from party leaders. He is expected to face Democrat Wayne Morse in November, with Eisenhower endorsing him. Morse denounces the candidate as aligned with the White House and Benson on resource giveaways, while Democrats cheer the bid.
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McKay
Eisenhower
Morse
Natural Resources
GOP
Leonard Hall
Sherman Adams
Candice
Ashington
Oregon
Richard L. Neuberger
Guy Cordon
Ateenee
Washington
Howard Morgan
Head On Crash In Michigan Fatal Too
COOPERSVILLE Mich Six persons four from one family were killed last night in a head on two car crash near this western Michigan community A seventh was injured critically Both drivers Donald Maitner 34 Grand Rapids and Abram Phillips 48 Muskegon were killed Maurine Maitners son Gary Lee 7 survived critically injured Alberta 33 Sharon Lynn 10 and Donald Maitner 7 and Theodore Vogt 37 Grand Rapids were also killed in the crash Phillips a southern Michigan prison parolee was driving alone
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Coopersville
Mich
Michigan
Severth
Donald Maitner
Grand Rapids
Abram Phillips
Muskegon
Mariner
Phillips
Southern Michigan
Philips
Maitner
Alberta
Sharon Lynn
Donald
Theodore J. Vogt
Maitners
Gary Lee
Gunman Takes $1238 From Doc and Five Patients in Cincinnati
Police report a young gunman robbed Dr. Albert H. Pearlman and five patients at his Cincinnati office Friday night. He waited in the waiting room for about an hour, then drew a pistol and demanded cash, fleeing after the stickup.
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Cincinnati
Albert H. Pearlman
Baby's Birth Surprises Unknowingly Expectant Mother
CHICAGO Mrs Shirley Horvath 21 said she was glad she didn't know she would have a baby Her firstborn George Edward arrived last Saturday morning weighing 9 pounds 14 ounces The birth news came from Dr Louis A Stern who attended the delivery after an emergency call The mother weighed over 200 pounds and had worked as a wax dipper in a radio factory until two days before the birth She had no inkling of pregnancy and stayed home thinking indigestion Her husband Harold fainted when the news broke and a lineman helped place the emergency call The unattended delivery was described as surprising to all involved
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Chicago
Shirley Horvath
George Edward
Louis A. Stern
Horvath
Wheat vote tie breaks as Nixon saves farm price supports
Vice President Nixon cast the tie breaking vote to sustain the administration line on wheat supports, leaving the price at 1.81 per bushel for this year's crop rather than rising to about 2.26. The Senate clash included party switches and parliamentary rows, with Gore challenging Nixon and the parliamentarian on Nixon's right to vote. The broader measure also contains a two price system for rice and a soil bank plan to pay farmers who cut production and stay within allotments.
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Soil Bank
Thornton Hinted As Successor
Washington reports former Colorado Governor Dan Thornton is under White House consideration to replace Interior Secretary Fred A. McKay. McKay will leave by June to pursue the Oregon Senate seat, with President Eisenhower's backing seen for Thornton among other western contenders.
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Dan Thornton
Colorado
White House
McKay
Cable Net Post
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Thornton
Eisenhower
Oregon
Mandatory Curbs Considered on Western Trade with Russia
Senator Jack son of Washington said Congress may add mandatory controls to foreign aid to curb Western trade with Russia. The Eisenhower administration seeks about five billion dollars for the foreign aid program next fiscal year. Senate Investigations subcommittee Chair McClellan will invite Secretary of State Dulles to testify for details on relaxed East-West trade controls, with Dulles away in the Far East. Harold Stassen testified it would serve the enemy to disclose the scope of Western allies’ relaxation. Secretary Weeks declined to disclose such information publicly.
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D-Ark
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Stassen
U. S
Commerce Weeks
McClellan Boosted to Lead Probe Chairmanship
Washington reports a drive to name Sen. McClellan as chairman of a new eight member Senate committee to investigate lobbying. McClellan, viewed as tough but fair, said he is reluctant and eager to keep other duties but did not rule out accepting. Senator Gore had been considered but withdrew from chair consideration.
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Sen
McClellan
Ark
Senate
McLellan
Senate Investigations
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D-Tenn
Ate
Former Union Leader Ben Gold Loses Court Appeal
Washington report notes by a tie vote the U S Court of Appeals affirmed the 1954 conviction of Russian born Ben Gold 57 former head of the International Union of Fur and Leather Workers for filing a false non Communist oath under Taft Hartley law. Gold denied Communist ties in an NLRB affidavit filed August 1950. He drew a one to three year sentence and has been free on appeal. Attorney Joseph Forer said the Supreme Court will review the case.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Ben Gold
Joseph Forer
Gold
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
International Union of Fur and Leather Workers
Communist Party
Milestone claimed by Makarios amid Cyprus push
Nicosia Cyprus Arche bishop Makarios Greek Orthodox primate of 400000 Greek speakers says exile could mark a milestone in his drive for Cyprus union with Greece. He hints he would gladly be exiled to bring the struggle into the open, though he doubts Britain would repeat the error.
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Cyprus
Makarios
Greece
Mediterranean
Hebert criticizes plane contracts in hearings
Washington Representative Hebert of Louisiana says Air Force and Navy contracts show lack of uniformity in requirements. He cites uneven bonuses, salary allowances, expenses, and other provisions. Hebert, chair of a House Armed Services subcommittee, led hearings into aircraft firms supplying the government after industry spokesmen testified.
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Hebert
D-La
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Navy
House ‘Armed Services
Missouri Mule Dropped From American Royal Show
The Missouri mule, a longtime staple of the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show in Kansas City, will be eliminated next fall to make room for more show horses. E M Dodds, president, cites higher demand for stall space for horses. The piece notes the mule’s WWI mascot Verdun link and broader WWII mule use.
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American Royal Livestock and Horse Show
E. M. Dodds
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