Britain plans vast Kenya base network in Africa expansion
Britain aims to build a large air, land and sea base system in Kenya as part of a new global strategy. The move could turn Kenya into an imperial hub linking Britain with its colonies and commonwealth partners while prompting a pan African defense grouping with Britain France Belgium Portugal South Africa and the Central African Federation. The project comes amid regional defense talks and efforts to coordinate joint planning among interested powers. Kenya, with coffee, corn and cotton exports, has a history including the Mau Mau uprising, which was crushed in the prior year.
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Kenya
Asia
Pacific
Africa
Sahara Desert
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Belgium
Portugal
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Lake Victoria
World News
Mau Mau
Shoplifters Caught In Columbus Department Store
Two women were arrested in a downtown Columbus department store after $379 worth of merchandise was found stuffed in their girdles and a small case. Detective Harry Johnson said they took dresses to a fitting room and later returned some. They were held for investigation of grand larceny. Names were withheld by police.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry Johnson
Ike's Farm Not Making Money Sale of 250 Angus Cattle Obsolete
Indianapolis president Fisenhower's Gettysburg farm isn't turning a profit as farm manager said. Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Nevins, visiting Indiana farms, noted cattle buying has slowed and he may skip the Noblesville sale after purchasing enough cattle earlier in the year.
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Fisenhower
Gettysburg
Arthur S. Nevins
Indiana
Nevins
Noblesville
Ind
Eisenhower
Strike Ends As Plumbers Accept One Year Pact
Akron area plumbers in Summit Portage and Medina counties ended a two week strike by approving a new one year contract. The deal provides a 24 cent per hour wage increase and calls workers back to the job.
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Akron
Ohio
Summit
Portage
Medina
Benny Hooper, 7, Rescued From Well After 24 Hours
Benny Hooper, the boy trapped 24 feet down a freshly dug well, remains in Bayview General Hospital in Mastic Beach, Long Island, with a touch of pneumonia on his right lung. Doctors say the condition is mild but require rest in an oxygen tent as rescue crews recount the perilous hours of the 24 hour ordeal.
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Little Benjamin Hooper, Jr
Bayview, N.Y
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Manorville
N.Y
Benny Hooper
Benny
Bayview General Hospital
Mastic Beach
Long Island
Joseph H. Kris
Kris
Benjamin Sr
Sam Woodson
Michael
Borgnild
Rescuers Dig Round Clock To Free Miner In Cave-In
In Lykens Pennsylvania rescuers toiled on their second day of round the clock digging to reach 34 year old David Snyder buried 25 feet underground after a mine cave in on Short Mountain. About a ton and a half of debris was being removed every two hours as the surface heard tapping from Snyder late Friday afternoon. State Mine Inspector Francis O Connor predicted it would take at least six to eight hours more to reach the entombed miner if alive.
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David Snyder
Short Mountain
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Francis O'Connor
McIntyre Brothers Arrested After Ohio Speeding Stop
Donald McIntyre of Ironton was arrested Saturday on Ohio 75 near here for speeding 65 mph in a 50 mph zone. State Patrolman Emmett McIntyre, his brother, made the arrest. Donald posted a $50 bond and will have a Monday hearing.
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Ohio
Donald McIntyre
Ironton
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Emmett McIintyre
Four Men robbery escapes with large haul at Cleveland store
Four men robbed a Cleveland area discount store for Public Employes in Maple Heights, escaping with an estimated fifty thousand to sixty thousand dollars after entering through a roof hole. They bound staff and forced the manager to open a safe, then warned captives to stay silent.
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Maple Heights
Irving Mills
Mills
Chuckle Says Middle Age Means Not Caring Where Wife Chooses
A light quip notes middle age as a stage where a man stops caring about his wife’s destination or company if he can avoid going along. The joke pivots on personal choice and reluctant participation in social plans.
Ike Bets Aid Plan Gains With Better Public Support
Sen. Sparkman predicts Eisenhower will win more backing for foreign aid than for the budget fight. Sen. Bridges doubts the Tuesday night appeal will prevent a further half billion cut in the aid program, arguing Congress will press economy and reductions. Sparkman notes the president’s effort on mutual assistance has improved credibility and aligns with the Chamber of Commerce view of a $3.6 billion program.
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Arab leaders unite against foreign influence during kings visit
In Baghdad and Riyadh a communique urged Arabs to resist communism Zionism and imperialism. It quoted King Saud and King Faisal pledging to defend independence and oppose outside interference in Iraq and Saudi affairs. It noted Arab states should not meddle in each other’s internal matters.
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Jordan
New Storms Hit Texans Reach Far South and North
A new round of thunderstorms drenched southern Texas with heavy rain after 31 days of rain. The Red and Wichita rivers and Holliday Creek threaten flooding at Wichita Falls, potentially displacing up to 50 residents for a second time this spring. Victoria reported up to five inches in an hour while Karnes County near San Antonio suffered wind damage and power outages.
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Summer Atomic Blast Delayed By Weather
The first blast of the summer atomic test series was postponed 24 hours for a fourth day due to turbulence in the upper air. The new target time is Monday morning at the test site in November.
Pope Pius XII Elevates Polish Primate Amid Anti Communist Message
In a brief Rome ceremony Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski received the red hat and ring after a four year wait under Poland’s Communist regime. The pope then issued an encyclical urging Catholics to emulate St. Andrew Bobola, a Jesuit martyr, signaling firm stance against Soviet influence. Vatican sources called the acts a significant dual move.
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Vatican
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Andrew Bobola
Wyszynski
Rome
One Egg Won t Give A Whoop But Other Does
In New Orleans a tiny whooping crane pecked from its shell, potentially becoming the world s 28th. Audubon Park Zoo official George Douglass reported progress at 9 am with a quarter size hole by noon while a second egg remained inactive. The two eggs sit in a nest tended by Crip and Jo, the only captive pair, part of a global population then at about 28 birds.
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North America
George Douglass
Audubon Park Zoo
Josephine
San Antoni
Tex
Canada
Aransas Range
No Waiting For The Dry Seats
Tulsa faced historic flood risk as rivers rose and authorities warned of severe flooding. A local cinema offered showings of films including This Could Be The Night and The River's Edge to attract crowds amid the crisis.
Three story building collapse in New York city kills elderly woman
On the Lower East Side a three story brick tenement collapsed trapping and killing 78 year old Mrs Anna Levkulic. Two tenants escaped with injuries as Allan Thompson and John Sbrigy survived the disaster.
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New York
Mrs Nixon Named USC Outstanding Alumnus of Year
Mrs Richard M. Nixon wife of the vice president was honored in Los Angeles as the University of Southern California outstanding alumna of the year. A 1937 graduate she is the second woman to receive the trophy. The award goes to the alum who brings the greatest honor to the university.
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Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
University of Southern California
Nixon
Pineau seeks U.N. ruling on Canal control
Paris sent Foreign Minister Christian Pineau to New York to obtain a Security Council ruling that the present one man control of the Suez Canal is temporary. A favorable decision could allow French flag shipping to use the canal again while awaiting an international charter. France remains the major power boycotting Nasser's authority as Mollet vows to resist any acknowledgment even at resignation. Britain and others in the canal users group recently resumed toll-paying transit under protest to Cairo.
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Christian Pineau
New York
U.N. Security Council
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Nasser
Suez Canal Authority
Security Council
Guy Mollet
Ratherhhan
Britain
Suez Canal Users’ Assn
Cairo
Navy Sixth Fleet Keeps Peace In Mideast
A compact look at how a comparatively small U S Navy fleet acts as a deterrent through modern naval tactics shaping peace in the Middle East. The piece highlights the Sixth Fleet’s evolving mission and power projection.
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U.S. Navy
Mideast
Severe Arkansas River Flood Misses Oklahoma Cities
Oklahoma residents flee as rains swell the Arkansas and Cimarron rivers. Tulsa warns of potentially the worst flood, with nine deaths reported statewide as bridges wash out and highways flood. Evacuations continue along the Washita and near Lindsay and Lake Texoma.
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Bullock
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Washita
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Highway Patrol
Roof Collapse Fatal in Wayne County Bank Incident
In Wooster Ohio Mrs Velma Briton aged 56 died in Wooster Community Hospital from injuries suffered last Tuesday when a 30 by 50 foot section of the Wayne County National Bank roof collapsed during a wind and rain storm. She had worked 21 years as a bookkeeper and was one of three injured as the roof section caved in after bank closing.
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Ohio
Velma Briton
Wooster Community Hospital
Wayne County National Bank
Briton
Gomulka Fires Back at Attack on His Leadership
Warsaw Polish Communist Chief Wladyslaw Gomulka addressed the Central Committee for about two hours denying a Stalinist bid for power. He responded to Kazimera Mijal who accused Gomulka of returning to capitalism and capitulating to the Catholic Church. Informants noted Gomulka told the 80 members he would deliver an answer to two reports, not just one.
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Wladyslaw Gomulka
Party
Kazimera Mijal
Gomulka
Mijal
Reds' Church Going Not Really Freedom
Seven clergy escapees from Iron Curtain countries say church attendance does not prove freedom. Clergymen from Methodist Baptist Lutheran and Reformed churches spoke in Cleveland on a Saturday tour sponsored by the American Council of Christian Churches.
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