Four Die As Blast Sets Fire on Empire Windrush
In Algiers, a massive rescue saved about 1500 Britons from the burning troop ship Empire Windrush after an onboard explosion killed four crewmen. 277 women and children and 17 invalid soldiers were among the survivors, with four ships aiding the evacuation.
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Spire Windrush
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Kure
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Southampton
Enland
Hong G
Singapore
Colombo
Aden
Port Said
al — Oe
Boll Wilson
Mentor
Socotra
Targete
Hemsefjell
Dangerous five prisoners break from Ramsey County Jail
Roadblocks set up across Minnesota and nearby Wisconsin as five inmates overpowered two jailers and fled. Suspects include Mar Russell Jarvis, 29, Richmond Ind. and Arland Gerberding, 32, Madeira Minn. The escape occurred after Gerberding threatened a jailer with a razor blade attached to a stick. one jailer was knocked down and the others held. Police pursued a sighting of a car north of the city, but search failed to locate it.
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Wisconsin
Ramsey County
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Russell Jarvis
Richmond
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Donald Matthews
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Minneapolis
Terrance R. Farrell
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Canada
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Naguib Collapses In Egypt Amid Political Turmoil
President-Premier Maj. Gen. Mohamed Naguib collapsed unconscious at Almaza airport while bidding farewell to King Saud. Aides said he later appeared weak but recovering. Demonstrations surged in Cairo and Alexandria as workers halted activity in a bid to sustain military rule.
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Saud
Saudi Arabia
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Ismail Farid
Alexandria
Mohamed Naguib
Missouri to be mothballed in four month process
The New York Times reports the battleship Missouri will be ordered this summer to join the mothball fleet. The 45,000 ton vessel known as the Mighty Mo will head to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington for a four month mothballing process beginning in September. The Navy views aircraft carriers as the backbone of the fighting fleet.
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New York
New York Times
Times
Norfolk
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton
Wash
Solon Seeks H-Explosion Explanation
Rep Holifield asks President Eisenhower for public explanation of the March 1 hydrogen blast to reduce global confusion and fear. He plans a House speech and may write to the President after a Pacific-area visit noting a 600 to 700 times Hiroshima yield.
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Holifield
D-Calif
Eisenhower
House
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Bikini
Atomic Committee
Cairo Turmoil After Fatal Demonstrations In Egypt
Cairo reports say army units moved in to restore order after two demonstrators were killed. President Naguib, who collapsed earlier, recovered and met with Cabinet members and Revolution Council opponents in a decisive day of talks.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
Revolution Council
Solons Schedule Debate On Housing Plan Funds
The House considers President Eisenhower's public housing proposal amid a split over funds. The Appropriations Committee favors a two year limit with 35 000 additional units, while the president seeks a four year program for 140 000 units. Democratic lawmakers pledge a fight to restore the higher housing allocation as part of a 52 billion dollar bill funding multiple agencies. The Senate moves to minor business before resuming statehood debate for Hawaii and Alaska.
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Hawaii
Alaska
Dockers Picket In Capital Over New York Strike
About 1,000 to 1,400 longshoremen from New York converged on Washington to protest government handling of the bitter dock strike tying up the Port of New York. Police said busloads swelled the crowd as picketing also targeted the National Labor Relations Board while the ILA contested its election for dock workers amid violence allegations.
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White House
New York
Metropolitan
National Labor Relations Board
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Old International Longshoremen's Assn
ILA
Ohio Tornado Warning Dud For Second Time
Ohio faced a second scare in a week as storms swept the state but no tornado reached Ohio from a distant activity in Indiana. Gusts peaked at 87 mph at the Naval Air Station in Columbus while the Weather Bureau issued life saving tips urging shelter in a steel building and avoidance of windows.
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Ohio
Naval Air Station
Weather Bureau
U S Restates Tough Stand on Indochina and Red China
Washington reports the U S will restate its policy to keep Indochina from falling to Communists and to bar Red China from UN seating. Secretary Dulles will address the Overseas Press Club and audiences via ABC radio and DuMont TV at 9 p.m. EST. The speech follows White House talks with President Eisenhower as lawmakers voice concern over possible peace deals in Indochina in exchange for a UN seat for the Chinese regime.
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China
United Nations
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Overseas Press Club
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DuMont Television
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Russia
Red China
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Congress
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Sen
H. Alexander Smith
Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Stevenson Is Patient In Hospital
Duke Hospital specialists planned X ray examinations today for Adlai Stevenson the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate. He was admitted last night for treatment of a kidney ailment. Dr R M McMillan said he was very comfortable and they expect him to be all right. Stevenson entered for checkup when pain began yesterday during a vacation at Southern Pines with Ernest L Ives and wife his brother in law and sister. He was scheduled to deliver a major address in Charlotte Friday.
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N. C
Duke Hospital
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
R. M. McMillan
Southern Pines
McMillan
Ernest L. Ives
Charlotte
Joe Must Go Club Targets Recall Of Senator McCarthy
In Sauk City Wisconsin a group called the Joe Must Go Club began a statewide petition drive to recall Senator McCarthy. Eight editors and writers from Wisconsin weekly newspapers formed the group at a meeting chaired by LeRoy Gore drawing about 500 attendees from 43 of the state’s 71 counties. A 20 member steering committee was named to circulate petitions statewide.
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Sauk City
Wis
Joe
Wisconsin
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Leroy Gore
Moscow Realists Face Secrets Dilemma in Nuclear Deterrence
Washington confronts how much to reveal about thermonuclear tests to deter Moscow while protecting technical specifics. Soviet officials demand solid data on aircraft ranges, implosion methods, fireball size, and explosive materials to gauge the weapons race. The U.S. plans to show an edited Eniwetok H-bomb footage, omitting sensitive sequences.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
U.S
Eniwetok
French Counterattack Breaks Vietminh Siege at Dien Bien Phu
French Union forces broke out of Dien Bien Phu, claiming 1,000 Vietminh killed in a counterattack near Ban Ong Pet and Ban an. The strike followed three days of sustained Vietminh assaults. French losses were about 20 dead. French air and artillery harassed surrounding positions.
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Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Christian de Cagetries
Ban Ong Pet
Banan
Red
Arabs Say 9 Killed In Israeli Raid
Jordan spokesman Maj Mohammad Izhaq charged Israel with midnight attack on Nahalin village near Bethlehem. He said nine Arab troops were killed and 16 wounded, with six National Guardsmen and three Arab Legionnaires among the dead.
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Jeruslaem
Jordan
Israel
Bethlehem
Mohammed Izhaq
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Izhaq
Nahalin
Palestine
Train Roars Over Trestle As It Burns in Puget Sound
In Steilacoom Washington an eight unit Union Pacific freight train of 73 cars plunged through a burning trestle into Puget Sound after the engineer described seconds of hell. One brakeman suffered minor burns while saving three cattle cars. Damaged trestle and cars exceed 300000 dollars.
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Steilacoom
Wash
Union Pacific Railroad
Puget Sound
L. R. Pearson
Union Pacific
William Boyce
Seattle
Planes Burned at Missoula Airport Hangar Fire
Nine planes and the hangar at Missoula airport were destroyed in a 30 minute fire of undetermined origin. No injuries reported. The blaze damaged the tarmac and surrounding facilities as responders worked to contain the flames. Authorities say investigation will determine cause and origin.
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