May Day Observances Across Nations Highlight Communist Echoes
May Day celebrations featured parades and anti Western rhetoric from Red leaders in Europe and Asia. Zhukov claimed Russia’s modern forces can defeat any aggressor and urged peaceful coexistence while denouncing US atomic deployment. Novotny and Kadar spoke on imperialist tension and Hungary’s crisis, Tito signaled a shift toward independent communism at the Yugoslav event.
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United States
Europe
Asia
Kremlin
Moscow
Red Square
Georgi Zhukov
Communist Party
Mass crowds rally Mao era China and Japan May Day protest
About half a million Chinese chanted in Peiping before Mao Zedong with Voroshilov and other foreign leaders in the reviewing stand. Chou En-lai spoke on peace and industry urging foreign friendship to build a modern China. In Tokyo, 500000 gathered as leftists denounced the H bomb and U.S. militarism. Argentine government faced possible Communist infiltration at a May Day rally.
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Buenos Aires
Middletown Forecast Promises Fair Weather Through Thursday
The official forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions with a cooler night. Tonight’s low is expected near 45 degrees, and Thursday should be mild with a high around 78. Yesterday’s high reached 79 and the low 46 this morning.
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Middletown
Not Enough Evidence Tobacco May Not Be Cause Of Lung Cancer
The Tobacco Industry Research Committee Science Advisory Board says insufficient evidence ties cigarettes to lung cancer. Chairman Dr. Clarence C. Little urges caution in declaring a cancer cause and cites the March 22 report by a study group linked to the American Cancer Society.
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New York
Tobacco Industry Research Committees
Clarence C. Little
American Cancer Society
Atlantic Allies weigh Russia disarmament proposals in Bonn
Foreign ministers of 15 Atlantic Allies meet in Bonn for a three day session to decide on possible intensive talks over Moscow's disarmament plans. Moscow radio announced proposals for aerial inspections and gradual reductions, including limits on forces to 20 million each for the three powers and 750000 for Britain and France.
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Germany
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Valerian A. Zorin
I. N. Disarmament
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Europe
Siberia
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Alaska
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Soviet Union
Red China
Britain
France
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Far East
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Kamchatka
Sakhalin
European
Longview Audit Defends Explicit Evidence of Illegal Purchases
Ohio State Auditor James A. Rhodes rebutted Longview State Hospital officials who called a three year audit vague. He said the report lists dates, prices, check numbers and suppliers for illegal purchases totaling 21 676 from commissary funds. The audit notes items like typewriters and mimeograph equipment were not patient entertainment.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Longview State Hospital
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Bargain For Right Person Bargain For Right Person
The trading stamp craze peaked in Greensboro as Hargett's funeral home advertised in the Greensboro Daily News that they give top value stamps.
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Hargett
Greensboro Daily News
Nixon Sees Red Revolt in Eastern Europe
Vice President Nixon warned at a Chicago gathering that last year’s uprisings in Poland and Hungary signal a broader internal revolt likely to topple the Communist empire. He said Kremlin leaders know their armies are unreliable and unrest simmers in universities and party ranks. He cited Hungary and Poland as proof that freedom remains deeply desired despite oppression.
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Communist Party
American Jewish Committee
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Flood Threat Eases as Sabine River Falls in Texas
The upper Sabine River reached historic heights near Gladewater forcing evacuation of eleven families and isolation of residents while oil wells were shut by Texas Co. Rain relief elsewhere reduced flood risks on Colorado Nueces Guadalupe Trinity and Brazos rivers though some areas remained flooded and rescue crews reported 13 drownings in 14 days. One man stayed behind to run a Trinity River pump before fleeing with his boat as levees protected Gladewater core.
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Federal Housing Project
Hotel Clerk Promises Rooms With a Moral Twist
A Chuckle Country gag has a hotel clerk offering rooms at $1 or $1.25. The stranger asks the price difference and the clerk replies that the $1.25 room includes a rattrap, revealing a dark punchline.
Floods Prompt Wide Highway Shutdowns Across Region
The State Highway Department lists over 55 highways and feeder roads blocked by high water or washouts. Federal Civil Defense chief Wel come W. Wilson calls the floods a disaster of great proportions. State Disaster Relief Director Bill McGill says about 35,000 square miles are affected and could grow as the Sabine River rises. The Sabine at Gladewater hits 39.95 feet, far above flood stage, with a 44 foot crest expected by Saturday.
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Civil Defense
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Border Tiff Cooling Off After Nicaragua Honduras Clash
Nicaragua's army chief canceled a call-up of reserves and withdrew frontier troop orders after Honduras took a protest to the Organization of Central American States. Honduras accused 50 Nicaraguan soldiers of moving into Mocoron near the Gracias a Dios frontier. Nicaragua disputed the town's territorial status.
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Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza Jr
Honduras
Organization of Central American States
Gracias A Dios
Mocoron
One-Way Trip Bachelors Paddle 4500 Miles to Maine
Four young bachelors begin a two-canoe voyage from Denver to Old Town Maine. Led by Ed Vestal 28, the team includes Bengt Soderstrom 32 Gerald Hewey 27 and E G Rickers 29. They carry 40 pounds of food 12 gallon water and sleeping bags with rubber sheets for sleeping or sails. Vestal says it may be the longest one way canoe trip attempted in the United States.
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Mississippi
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New
Vestel
Ike to Put Budget Aid to People
President Eisenhower weighs a radio television address to the nation to sell his budget and foreign aid program. The idea emerged in talks with Republican leaders as Congress debates civil rights, school aid, and spending cuts.
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Senate
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Knowland
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
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Senate Gop
Johnson
Democratic Policy Committee
Clifford P. Case
Ucon
Ducks Altered by Injections in France Study
French biologists report injecting DNA into Pekin ducks produced visible changes in head and body shape, beak and feather color, and weight. The experiment used eight 8 day old ducks, three males and nine females, with DNA from Khaki Campbell ducks. Effects varied and durability across generations remains uncertain.
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Paris
Russia
Est
Jacques Benoit
College of France
Benoit
Hidden heart disease often escapes early detection
A California study by researchers led by Dr. L. S. Goerke shows only a small fraction of healthy appearing individuals later develop heart trouble. Of 1652 normal diagnoses, 52 developed heart disease and 46 showed potential trouble within 30 months. 13 died. The electrocardiogram detected advanced signs in only six of 26 deaths, while 30 of 80 suspected cases showed no symptoms after 30 months.
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California Medical Assn
L. S. Goerke
Public Health School
University of California At
Navy tests high altitude separation for future satellite launches
The Air Force Cape Canaveral test used a two stage Viking rocket on the first stage and a solid propellant second stage to study high altitude separation for three stage launchers. The Viking reached 3500 mph and 120 miles up before the second stage fired horizontally. The test supports methods for satellite launches planned for the International Year starting July 4.
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U. S
Air Force Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Martin Co
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