Million Dollars Worth of Jewels On Auction in New York
An Oklahoma country boy recalls a display of jewels totaling about one million dollars. Parke-Bernet Auctions in New York host a public viewing starting today, with dealers and experts previewing next week. The collection from Mrs. William R. Timken includes 158 pieces and will benefit six charities.
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New York
Parke- Bennet
Parke-Bernet
William R. Timken
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Parke-Bennet
April Showers Forecast And Mild Weekend Ahead
The forecast calls for showers and possible thundershowers on Friday the first of April. Today will be mostly cloudy and cooler with light drizzle and a high near 60. Tonight drops to about 42 as clouds linger and Friday brings partly cloudy skies and a high around 60. Middletown reported an official high of 70 yesterday at 2:30 p.m. and a low of 44 this morning.
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Middletowns
Rescue of Dock Worker Buried in Salt Slide Near Redwood City
Louis V. Podgornik, 41, of Palo Alto, was buried when a 150 ton salt pile shifted during loading of the Dona Maru. Fellow laborer Eugene Long, 48, of Sunnyvale, jumped in, pulled him free, and performed mouth to mouth resuscitation. Podgornik survived and was rushed to hospital with shock and possible internal injuries after a two hour rescue.
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Redwood City
Calif
Louis V. Podgornik
Palo Alto
Eugene Long
Sunnyvale
Podgornik
Painful Decision Girl Shoots Boy To Save Friend
In Alice, Texas, 14 year old Donna Dvorak carried a .22 pistol from her home to Dubose Junior High. She shot 15 year old Bobby Whitford in science class, saying she believed the threat to a friend from the boy justified the act. The shooter was charged as a delinquent juvenile and jailed in Corpus Christi pending an April hearing.
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Alice, Tex
Donna Dvorak
Dubose Junior High
Bobby Whitford
Bob Miller
Homer Dean Jr
Donna
Young Whitford
Kate McCoy
Kate
Whitford
McCoy
George Frank
Texas
Martineau
Corpus Christi
Tex
Niemoeller Says White Man Losing World Domination
Dr Martin Niemoeller told Baldwin Wallace College students that the 500 year era of white domination is ending and the white man is no longer in control of world affairs. He cited exploitation and hunger while noting German antisemitism stems from frustrated youth and parental neglect of youth ideals.
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Cleveland
Asia
Africa
Martin Neimoeller
Baldwin-Wallace College
Evangelical Church of
Hesse-Nassau
Germany
United States
England
Niemoeller
Challe Named Top NATO Commander in Central Europe
Gen Maurice Challe, former Algeria commander during the January uprising, was promoted to commander of allied forces in Central Europe under NATO. Gen Lauris Norstad announced the appointment.
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Paris
Maurice Challe
Algeria
NATO
Lauris Norstad
North Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Challe
Central
Chuckle: If a thing is right it can be done
Cartoonish quip notes that moral correctness still allows action while wrongdoing persists as a free option. The line wryly contrasts ethical and unethical possibilities in everyday tasks.
Gunmen Hit Auto License Bureau
Two masked gunmen robbed an auto license bureau in Cleveland after ordering four clerks and 15 customers to lie on the floor. They escaped with 800 to 1500 dollars, fleeing in an automobile with 7959 license plates, and were armed with a shotgun and pistol.
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Cleveland (Ap
White security forces seal off two Cape Town townships
In a tense move South Africa deployed 3000 armed white soldiers and sailors to seal Nyanga and Langa townships near Cape Town. Police arrested leaders of anti-apartheid protests as Parliament moved to outlaw the ANC and PAC under a nationwide state of emergency.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Nyanga
Langa
African National Congress
Pan- Africanist Congress
Fire Hoses Break Up Sit In in Marshall and Baton Rouge
Fire hoses were used to disperse a crowd of several hundred Texas Negroes while a thousand others marched at Baton Rouge as part of a sit in campaign for lunch counter rights. Police arrested 5 for unlawful assembly and later jailed 200 before order was restored. The Southern University march led to 18 suspensions for insubordination at the Baton Rouge campus. National developments noted include church guidance in New York, a California legislative commendation, Eisenhower's statement on equal rights, a New Orleans boycott call, and penalties for five Columbia students.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
South
Marshall
East Texas
Southern University
Negro State College
Capitol
Martin L. Harvey
New York
Episcopal Church
Eisenhower
America
New Orleans
Columbia
S.C
Harrison County
Texas
Jet bomber crash devastates Little Rock area near Capitol
A six engine jet bomber from Little Rock Air Force Base exploded over Little Rock near the state Capitol, killing three crewmen and a civilian man and injuring others. A parachuting airman survived with serious burns as houses burned and debris caused fires in Pulaski Heights and Mayflower. Rescue work faced flames and crews battled the blaze for hours. no collision was confirmed with another aircraft.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Capitol
Air Force
Mayflower
Capitol Building
Pulaski Heights
Capitol
A. L.clark
Adams Field
Primary Won't Be Decisive Says Mrs Roosevelt
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt believes the Wisconsin presidential primary next week will not decide the Democratic nomination for Kennedy or Humphrey. She cited Adlai Stevenson and possibly Rep. Chester Bowles as the only figures who could break a deadlock at the Democratic National Convention.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Franklin D Roosevelt
Wisconsin
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Adlai Stevenson
Chester Bowles
Stevenson
Ways and Means rejects government health plan for retirees
In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee declines a plan for government-paid health insurance for retired persons. At Patrick Air Force Base Florida three Air Force crewmen were saved from the Atlantic after a tanker plane ditched. In Paris France bans aircraft over its Sahara atomic test area ahead of a second test within 24 hours.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Paris
France
Sahara Desert
Pope John XXIII Elevates Eight Cardinals
In Vatican City Pope John XXIII conferred the red hats symbolizing rank on eight Roman Catholic cardinals, expanding college leadership. The ceremony affirmed leadership and ceremonial duties within the church.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Swedish Ants Fight Forest War With Italian Caterpillars
Rome AP reports sixty billion imported Swedish fighting ants will test their mettle this spring against Italy's Alpine caterpillars. The caterpillars annually destroy thousands of dollars worth of forests, Italian ants are not fighters, and imported American red ants couldn't stand the cold temperatures.
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Rome
Italy
License for Birds at Compton's Cafe
Pittsburg Kansas AP reports during a heavy snow period Compton's Cafe lacked a license. Kansas State Hotel and Restaurant Board demanded compliance and would send an inspector. Compton, a city commissioner, voiced anticipation of the inspection as the birds’ feeding station faced regulatory scrutiny.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State Hotel and Restaurant Board
Compton's
Harold Compton
Compton
Mrs. Compton
Air Force tanker ditched in Atlantic. three dead
An Air Force KC tanker ditched 40 miles offshore after engine trouble. Fourteen crew were aboard. three died and the rest were rescued by surface ships and helicopters. Lt. John Rogers was the first rescued, hoisted from the water as rescue craft converged on the scene.
Survivors Rescued After KC97 Ditched Off Newfoundland
Survivors include Sgt Luis E Ramirez Maj Walter C Birge Jr Lt Richard M Weinberg Sgt Charles J Hefner and Lt Col George C Jernigan Jr. A Coast Guard cutter finds three survivors and two dead. Sherman Clark tanker adds two more. KC97 Statotanker from Newfoundland to MacDill Air Force Base ditched with engines 1 and 4 alive after ditching at about 8 30 p m wreckage afloat and rescue crews searching.
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Sullivans
Luis E. Ramirez
Walter C. Birge Jr
Richard M. Weinberg
Charles J. Hefner
George C. Jernigan Jr
Coast Guard
Sherman Clark
Newfoundland
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Survive Rogers Rescued After Nighttime Helicopter Evacuation
Rescue craft searched the area overnight for additional survivors. Newsmen were barred from interviewing Rogers after he was brought from a helicopter to Patrick Air Force Base Hospital. Cmdr. Donald M. Reed stated Rogers was too tired to speak as he was hauled via sling from the ocean and into Reed's plane.
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Rogers
Patrick
Cmdr
Donald M. Reed
St. Petersburg
Coast Guard Air Station
Reed
Gas Blast Fatal To 5 In Auburn New York
An Auburn gas station blast killed five people, including three firefighters. Two apartment residents were injured as crews recovered five bodies from the debris. Firemen found gasoline used to wash a grease rack but the cause was not yet determined.
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Auburn
N.Y
Government Pays Cranberry Losses
The government will pay about 10 million dollars to cranberry growers unable to sell uncontaminated berries after last fall's cancer scare. Growers had sought 15 to 20 million for 1959 crop losses and possible 1950 crop losses, claiming the scare was unnecessary.
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Washington
Adenauer Replies to Khrushchev Charges in Tokyo
German Chancellor Adenauer addressed Khrushchev's campaign to split Franco German ties. He said Khrushchev failed to sow distrust of Germany in France and urged a battle against communism on spiritual and ideological grounds in a Diet speech.
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Tokyo
Konrad Adenauer
Khrushchev
France
West Germany
Adenauer
$150,000 Loan for Antioch College Housing Project
Washington AP reports the Community Facilities Administration approved a $150000 loan to Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio. The funds will finance construction of eight efficiency apartments and eight one bedroom units for married students.
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Antioch Washington
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
The
Community Facilities Administration
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Iosane
Grove
Little Rock Air Force Base
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Thomas G. Smoak
Arkansas Baptist Hospital
Cee Abert J. Aldridge
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