Night clash: Swedish freighter hits US destroyer escort
The Navy probes a sharp night collision at Chesapeake Bay between the Swedish SS Soya Atlantic and the USS Darby. Two reservists on the Darby died and another was injured as the Soya Atlantic, outbound to Venezuela, rammed the destroyer escort. Navy officials hold the freighter for inquiry. the Soya Atlantic carried ballast and was largely empty. Passengers aboard the Darby included Rep. James E. Van Zandt and Assistant Navy Secretary Richard Jackson.
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Norfolk, Va
Cheapeake Bay
Venezuela
Navy
Darby
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
Richard Jackson
Naval Reserves
Robert T. S. Keith
Soya-Atlantic
Spring brings chilly start across eastern half of nation
The first full day of spring opened with cold conditions from Florida to the Midwest. Temperatures stayed below freezing in many northern areas while the upper Mississippi Valley reported six degrees above zero. Low 30s or colder settled over Atlanta Louisville and other southern cities as Miami saw morning readings in the 50s with light snow in Norfolk.
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Associated Press
Florida
Midwest
North Central
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Alexandria
Minn
Tallahassee
Fla
Atlanta
Louisville
Miami
Norfolk
Rally Draws 2500 at Cleveland Church Support Funds
About 2,500 people packed a downtown Cleveland church for a rally sponsored by the NAACP to aid legal defense of Negroes in the South. Speakers included Mrs. Jessie M. Tinsley and Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. A March on Euclid Avenue featured 300 placard carriers. The event raised 3940 dollars. Students from local colleges joined the march and rally.
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Cleveland (Ap
Jessie M Tinsley
Richmond
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
The
National Assn
James M. Lawson Jr
Nashville, Tenn
Massillon
Ohio
Baldwin, Wallace and
Oberlin
Lawson
Vanderbilt University
Euclid
Western Reserve University
Case Institute of Technology
Baldwin - Wallace
Fenn
Antioch College
Survivors of Auschwitz Reunion Share Silent Bonds
In a Bronx hotel, about 1,000 former prisoners and spouses gathered to honor memory of victims and celebrate survival. Each man bore a blue tattoo number from Auschwitz on the left forearm as they recalled their years in Buna and other camps.
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New York
Bronx
Auschwitz
Buna
Poland
Leon Kerstein
Ernest W. Michael
I. G. Farben Co
Auschwitz-Bunn
Plane door missing after smooth TWA landing
A 10 by 3 foot aluminum door vanished from a Trans World Airlines jet after a flawless touchdown. Officials reported a resident near Idlewild Airport found the door in his New York yard, and John E. Gleason said it bounced onto his roof just after the flight passed.
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Los Angeles
Idlewild International
New York
Trans World Airlines
John E. Gleason
Now there's an arrangement of molecules for you
A witty scientist compliments a glamorous passerby with a playful line about molecular organization, turning a casual glance into a flirty science pun. The remark highlights a light, humorous moment blending chemistry and charm.
Nepal and Red China Sign Border and Aid Accord
Peiping radio announced a border agreement and economic aid plan between Nepal and China. Chinese Premier Chou En Lai and Nepal Prime Minister M. A. Koirala signed the pact in Tokyo. No details were released.
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Tokyo
China
Nepal
Peiping Radio
Chou E-lai
M. A. Koirala
Weather Forecast Baffles Locals With Cold Snap
The Weather Bureau predicts a fair and colder night with a low of 15 to 20 degrees. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 40, possibly the warmest yet. Yesterday’s official high reached 39 at 4 p.m. and the low this morning was 20 at 7:30. A tenth of an inch of snow fell last night.
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Weather Bureau
Cuba Faces Economic War as Bonsall Returns
U S Ambassador Philip Bonsall was greeted by about 500 Cubans in Havana but faced strong anti American blasts from Cuba's top officials Ernesto Guevara and Osvaldo Corticos as he pledged to improve relations. Cuba highlighted its Soviet sugar trade and arms drive while contrasting U S criticisms.
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Havana
U. S
Philip Bonsall
Bonsal
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Ernesto Guevara
United States
Guevara
Soviet Union
Osvaldo Corticos
U.S
Corticos
Disarmament Priority Discussed Ahead of Paris Summit
Washington officials study a plan to place disarmament at the top of May 16 talks in Paris. The move aims to ease Berlin tensions and focus on a treaty ban on nuclear tests, with mixed Soviet signals and a looming U.S. decision on underground testing.
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Paris
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
West Berlin
U.S
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
Eisenhower
Mother Of 6 Saved From Car In River
Loyal Burns 29, mother of six, recalled a 13 hour ordeal after her convertible left U.S. 99, hit a maple, and plunged into Elk Creek. She escaped by clinging to floorboard rings with misted air, eventually freed by state patrolman George Schee. She credited her children and faith for survival.
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Loyal Burns
Cottage Grove
Ore
U.S
George Schee
Turmoil At Tell City As Crash Site Visitors Overwhelm Home
Agnes Wilson hosts hundreds at her Perry County farmhouse near the Northwest Airlines crash site. Investigators FBI agents and officials visit, the phone runs non stop, and a mud-filled 25 foot crater complicates recovery efforts while the family endures sleepless nights.
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Dorman Cordell
Tell City
Ind
Agnes Wilson
Quielly
Ted
Robert Armstrong
Perry County
Ohio River
Northwest Airlines
Civil Aeromautics Board
FBI
Wisconsin Primary Campaign Warms as Kennedy and Humphrey Campaign
Wisconsin voters brace for the April 5 Democratic primary as Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Sen. John F. Kennedy trade contrasts. Humphrey accuses Kennedy of midwesternism masking policy, while Kennedy touts his national credentials and Midwest image with rallies and roadside signs across the state.
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Relman Morin
Milwaukee
Wis
Fubert H. Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Humphrey
Minnesota
Massachusetts
America
New Hampshire
New
United States
Speed limits set for Electra planes after Indiana crash
FAA imposes flight speed limits on Electra turbo props pending investigation of last Thursday's crash that killed 63 people. Limits top at about 316 mph up to 15 000 feet with slower speeds above. Seven airlines operate Electras with 136 delivered. Previous Electra disasters include American Airlines crash into the East River and Braniff crash near Buffalo, Texas, last year.
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Washington
Indiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautcs Board
FAA
E. R. Quesada
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
American Airlines
New York
East River
Braniff Airways
Buffalo
Tex
Psychopath Targeted Women In Starved Rock Slayings
Crime lab officials said two of three Riverside women beaten to death at Starved Rock State Park were bound together with twine, hinting a psychopathic killer. Investigators report a possible lead from an unidentified La Salle auto dealer who described a 25 year old man seen talking to the victims near the canyon road.
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Ottawa. Ill
Crime Laboratory
Starved Rock State Park
State Bureau of Identification and Investigation
Harland Warren
William Morris
Ray Buttsey
Morris
la Salle
France tightens security for Khrushchev visit
Paris prepares an unprecedented security screen to shield Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during his France itinerary. A police presence lines every public step, with train tracks guarded and 120 motorcycle officers on routes, as refugees from Iron Curtain regimes are relocated and security tightened after a recent sabotage scare.
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Paris
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Tito
Khrushchev
U. S
Paris-Marseille
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