West Germany Joins Free World Alliance In Paris Talks
Western leaders meet in Paris to advance Indochina policy and plan West Germany’s entry into NATO. Dulles Pinay and Macmillan discuss Formosa, Bao Dai Diem conflict, and a potential Big Four talks on a German peace treaty with Adenauer.
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Paris
Free World Alliance
Dulles
Washington
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Indochina
Harold Macmillan
Formosa
South Viet Nam
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Binh Xuyen
Viet Nam
Saigon
French Riviera
Ngo Dinh Luyen
United States
Atlantic Community
Organization of the Western European Union
WEU
France
West Germany
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Bonn Republic
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Konrad Adenauer
Pinay
Macmillan
Adenauer
Russia
Automobile Compared To Atom Bomb
Montreal conference of physicians and professors from the United States Canada and Britain discusses the link between car accidents and human behavior Dr Wilder Penfield compares automobiles to atom bombs warning that the real problem is driver behavior Liquor and mental instability are cited as major causes while experts note rural crashes rise and sobriety tests may not fix intoxication in the brain across the highway epidemic.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
Britain
McGill
Royal Canadian Automobile Club
Wilder Penfield
Montreal Neurological Center
G. F. Rowbotham
Durham University
F. F. Harris
Canadian Bureau of Statistics
David M. Baldwin
U. S. National Safety Council
Baldwin
I. M. Rabinowitch
Korean Official Sees New Attack In Korea
Dallas dispatch reports Dr You Chan Yang saying North Korea is preparing another attack. He cites a Communist build up with over 40 airfields underground hangars and 500 Semen including 25 jets. He spoke while en route from San Antonio to Washington.
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Dallas
Tex
Korea
North Korea
You Chan Yang
San Antonio
Washington
Young wife killed after motorcycle crash near Xenia
Ruth Mitchell, 19, of Waynesville Rt. 1, was thrown from the rear of a motor cycle on U S 42 north of Spring Valley. Coroner H C Schick said she died instantly. Her husband, the rider, was uninjured.
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Xenia
Ohio
Ruth Mitchell
Rt. 1
Waynesville
U. S. 42
Spring Valley
H. C. Schick
New Catholic School Planned In Cincinnati
A new St. Xavier High School to cost between three and four million dollars will be built in Cincinnati’s Carthage district. Rev. John J. Benson says downtown buildings will continue to be used for high school once the new campus opens.
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Cincinnati
St. Xavier High School
Carthage
John J. Benson
Surrender Of Germany Accepted Ten Years Ago
Ten years after Gen. Alfred Jodl signed Germany's surrender at 2 41 a m May 7 1945 in Reims France the surrender room in a trade school remains. Allied policy allowed surrender to all Allies and news of the event reached the world with limited ceremony. Western and Soviet observers planned joint announcements but reports varied across Europe.
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Reims
France
Alfred Gustav Jodl
Germany
Eisenhower
Europe
Eastern Europe
Beret
West Germany
Eisen‘hower
Circus Welcomed by Middletown Crowds
The King Brothers and Cole Brothers Circus rolled into Middletown with a two day stand at the Smith Farm under American Legion auspices. A parade kicked off festivities drawing thousands as elephants steam calliope and caparisoned horses delighted spectators. The 1955 program features Dorchester Troup from England and other international acts along with the American acts.
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King Brothers
Cole Brothers
Smith Farm
American Legion
Middletown Circus
Middletown
Dorchester Troup
England
Divided Twin In Critical Condition In Chicago
Rodney Brodie, the first head joined Siamese twin to survive separation, lies in a coma with a brain hemorrhage at University of Illinois Research Hospital. Doctors report no brain injuries and cannot determine the bleeding's cause after an exploratory surgery. The Ferris, Illinois boy, born September 16, 1951, and his twin Roger were split in December 1952 after a 12 hour 40 minute operation.
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Chicago
Rodney Brodie
University of Mllinois Research Hospital
Rodney
Ferris
Roger
Survival City Study Finds Shelters Could Defend Against Atomic Blasts
Operation Cue results show man made steel concrete and earth shelters offering defense against nuclear blasts. Dogs, rats and mannequins survived in shelters at various distances, with two concrete block houses withstood the blast at a half mile though windows failed. Civil defense officials note protection from flying debris is essential while tests continue on biological effects.
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Survival City
Nev
Taskazor
John G. Wheelock
Saginaw
Mich
R. L. Corsbie
Atomic Energy Commission
Roman Catholic Parade In Argentina Broken Up
In Buenos Aires mounted police broke up a mass march after an evening Catholic service at the Metropolitan Cathedral. About 40 demonstrators were arrested and one policeman injured as crowd shouted Our lives for Jesus Argentina is Catholic. The protest coincides with government measures on church state relations.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Garcia Cuevas
Metropolitan Cathedral
Jesus
Florida Street
Theater
Coalong Corientes Street
Peron
Convict Killers Sentencing Delayed in Williams Remington Case
Three convicts pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the Lewisburg Federal case over the prison slaying of former economist William Remington. Sentencing was postponed to May 18 pending McCoy's attorney appearance. Remington, 37, died after being beaten in his cell while serving a perjury sentence related to passing secrets to a Communist spy ring.
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Lewisburg
William Remington
Frederick Follmer
Lewis Cagle Jr
Chattanooga
Robert Carl Parker
Washington
D.C
George McCoy
Grundy
Thief Takes Flowers and Neck for Mother's Day Display
In Pasadena a burglar entered a florist shop and stole a potted hydrangea and a potted red rose from a Mother's Day display. He also grabbed a brass planter and two boxes of gold letters for ribbons. Police reported the thief took $250 from the till.
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Pasadena
Calif
First Polio Victim of 1955 in Youngstown
A 12 year old Youngstown girl, not yet vaccinated with Salk, was admitted to St Elizabeth's Hospital yesterday as the city's first polio victim of 1955. Her condition was not serious.
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Youngstown
Ohio
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Derby Highlights at Churchill Downs in 1940s era
Ten horses are to start at 4 30 p m for the richest Derby purse in Churchill Downs history. Nashua the Belair Stud horse with Eddie Arcaro is the 4 to 5 favorite to win more than 100 000. Whirlaway could threaten the 1941 2 01 4 mile record while Summer Tan with Eric Guerin is the second choice at 2 to 1.
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Louisville
Nashua
Belair Stud
Eddie Arcaro
Churchil Downs
Whirlaway
J. W. Galbreath
Eric Guerin
American mother of 1955 Lavina Fugal crowned in New York
Mrs. Lavina Christensen Fugal, 75, of Pleasant Grove Utah, was named American mother of 1955 at a luncheon in New York. She received a citation and pin amid her eight children with her and reflected on a life of family devotion and civic and church involvement. Her late husband died ten years ago after guiding her through years of raising and educating their large family.
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New York
Lavina Christensen Fugal
Fugal
Pleasant Grove
Utah
Togliatti's Health Poses Big Problem
Rome reports Palmiro Togliatti, 62, chief of the Italian Communist Party, convalescing at a villa near Trieste after a May Day address. Officials claim sunstroke caused blood congestion but he is in good condition and could return home soon. Italian papers suspect more serious illness.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Iron Curtain
Togliatti
Opicina
Trieste
L’anita
Wire Tap Evidence Upheld by Military Court
The US Court of Military Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that wire tap evidence from armed forces telephone lines can be used in court. It affirmed Pfc Anthony J. Noce of Philadelphia, 25, for obscene calls made while at Fort Richardson Alaska, after the fort's system was monitored. Chief Judge Quinn and Judge Brosman concurred.
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Washington
US Court of Military Appeals
Anthony J. Noce
Philadelphia
Ft. Richardson
Alaska
Noce
Robert E. Quinn
Paul M. Brosman
Train Derails Near Little Miami Ties Traffic in Lebanon Area
Five cars of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train left the tracks two miles southeast of Waynesville causing over a mile of damaged track along the Little Miami River. No injuries were reported and service was halted for several hours while repairs were made.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Waynesville
Little Miami River
Experts' Polio Vaccine Halt Considered After Study
Washington AP report says Surgeon General Scheele urged halting all polio vaccination programs until Sunday when the Public Health Service will assess a six member panel's review of Salk vaccine safety. Jonas Salk helped lead the panel at NIH, with state health officials watching rising post inoculation cases.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Peneeie
DO Dwi
Public Health Service
Scheele
The
Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
California
Kansas
Salk
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter
Rail Strike Near End as Arbitration Sought
A reported agreement to end the 55 day Louisville & Nashville Railroad strike moves to arbitration after an all night session with union and management and the National Mediation Board. 25,000 workers are affected as dynamite blasts halt trains in Kentucky and tensions flare in a separate Southern Bell dispute.
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Louisville Nashville
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
O'Neill
Kentucky
Corbin
L&n
Knoxville
Washington
LAN
Tennessee
South
Southern Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Tull
Southern Bell
Actress Joan Davis Sues for 150000 Over Eye Injury
Honolulu actress Joan Davis files a circuit court suit seeking 150000 in damages from Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp Honolulu branch. She alleges a hair bleach solution caused eye injury last year. Defense lawyer D Dudley Pratt declined to comment.
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Honolulu
Joan Davis
Circuit Court
Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp
Joan
Eve
D. Dudley Pratt
Truman Nearing 71 Sees More Work Ahead at Library Groundbreaking
President Truman, entering his seventies, expects continued work as he marks his birthday with the groundbreaking of the $1 750 000 Harry S Truman library in Independence. He plans to donate the library to the United States, with two thirds of funding already raised, and hosts for a Sunday ceremony and birthday dinner in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Harry 5. Truman
United States
Truman
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