Food Crisis Hits Lebanon Amid General Strike and Bombing
Lebanon endures a 10 day general strike marked by daily bombing and terror as government forces tighten control. Violence spikes with a Beirut vegetable bazaar blast killing at least five. opposition demands pro Western leadership and Chamoun’s resignation. Trade halts, food shortages bite, tourism and transit decline sharply. In Tripoli heavy fighting leaves about 60 dead as Socialists occupy the old town citadel and security forces close in.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Saeb Salam
Chamoun
Tripoli
Socialist Arab Resurrection Party
Eaton Subpoenaed Over Anti Security Remarks by Probers
New York AP Cyrus Eaton, wealthy industrialist, is subpoenaed by the House Un American Activities Committee to appear as a witness regarding his attack on internal security agencies. Committee staff director Richard Arens said Eaton is not a Communist but his remarks fuel Communist propaganda against U S security forces. Eaton said he would appear willingly.
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New York
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Cyrus S. Eaton
Eaton
Cleveland
Richard Arens
Francis Walter
Arens
Abc-Tv
United States
FBI
Walter
ABC
Congress
A little fattery jokes stir married life trends
A quirky item notes how small playful faults or habits can spark changes in romance, suggesting that humor and light teasing influence relationships. The piece frames a lighthearted view of marriage dynamics and independence.
Jet collision kills 11 on passenger plane above Potomac
In Brunswick Maryland a Capital Airlines turbo jet with seven passengers and crew of four collided with a military plane over the Potomac River Valley. All 11 aboard the passenger craft perished. A second body, believed to be from the military plane, was recovered near the crash site. Capt Julius R McCoy of the Maryland Air National Guard parachuted to safety with severe burns and was hospitalized.
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Brunswick, Md
Capital Airlines
Potomac River Valley
Maryland Air National Guard
Julius R. McCoy
Baltimore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick, Md
National Guard
104Th
Maryland Guard
Martin Co
Capital
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Jupiter Had Big Payload In Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. AP The Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile carried a heavy 3000 pound payload into space and returned the nose cone intact to the Atlantic. Defense chiefs note its re entry is promising but the weapon still faces doubt before a final decision and a year more may pass before a satellite the size of Sputnik III is launched.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Soviet Union
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Missile Test Center
Jupiter
Air Force
Thor
Earth
Atlantic
Trujillo Says He Is in Love With Kim Novak
Lt Gen Rafael Trujillo Jr. says he loves actress Kim Novak on a TV program after revealing his December separation from wife Octavia and March divorce filing. He keeps custody of six children, notes U.S. aid is material, and recounts lavish gifts to Novak and friends while planning a July return to the Dominican Republic possibly by yacht.
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Hollywood
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Kim Novak
Dominican Republic
Air Force
Kim
Paul V. Coates
Octavia
Los Angeles
Coates
Trujillo
Zsa Zsa
Island Republic
Porfirio Rubirosa
Rubirosa
Paris
Firefighter Describes Capital Airlines Crash Scene
Harry Nicholson of the Bruns wick volunteer fire department said the passenger plane fell in an open field with bodies scattered everywhere. He noted the National Guard T 33 jet trainer collided with the airliner, causing the loss of life and a smoky scene five miles from the scene.
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Landers
Harry Nicholson
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department
Hunts Moth Bags Hubby in New Jersey Incident
In South Amboy New Jersey Mrs Roman Fernecz tried to swat a moth with a hammer. She called police saying her husband was not breathing. Officers found him unconscious on the floor. The wife said she struck his finger while aiming for the moth. He was revived and treated for a bruised finger. The moth remains at large.
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South Amboy
N. J
Roman Fernecz
Fernecz
Wildcat Strike Halts Titan Launch Base Work
Roughly 500 construction workers walked off Monday at Cape Canaveral in a wildcat strike protesting the assignment of 15 civil service electricians to four Air Force Titan intercontinental ballistic missile launching areas. The stoppage paused work on the base’s northern launch complex.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Civil Service Electricians
Capital Air Crash Passengers and Crews Identified
Witnesses said a Viscount turboprop passenger plane fell a short distance then exploded while a military plane exploded before impact. Capital’s Washington office identified four crew members presumed dead: Capt. Kendell J. Brady 39 pilot Park Forest Illinois Paul F. Meyer 26 co pilot Markham Illinois Jessie 26 first hostess Hamburg New York Helen Irizzary 25 assistant hostess North Bay Shore New York. Flight 300 left Chicago with 34 passengers most likely stopping in Pittsburgh. Police reported the airliner hit intact and burst into flames after crashing to earth.
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Washington
Capital
Kendell J. Brady
Park Forest
Ill
Paul F. Meyer
Markham
Jessie
Hamburg
N. Y
Helen Irizzary
North Bay
Rishe
Chicago
Pittsburgh
De Gaulle Power Bid Faces French Assembly Showdown
Paris AP report details Gen. Charles de Gaulle pressing for exceptional powers to lead France from Algeria crisis. Premier Pflimlin seeks emergency powers extension, while deputies weigh backing his government or yielding to De Gaulle’s terms. Potential tax rises and longer military drafts expected.
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de Gaulle
Paris
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
France
Pierre Pflimlin
Algeria
Pflimlin
Algiers
France threatens emergency rule in Algeria amid political crisis
The measures target most French families and risk Pflimlin losing center support. Algeria requests extended emergency powers within 10 days of a new government, with censorship imposed in Paris news agencies for the first peacetime wartime act. Gen Salan offered to pardon rebels who surrender. nationalist acceptance seems unlikely as Algeria’s civilian military committees tighten control and form a 26 member All-Algeria Committee of Public Safety to aid administration.
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Pflimlin
Assembly
Algeria
newFrench
France
de Gaulle
Paris
Raoul Salan
Algiers
All-Algeria Committee of Public Safety
Satan
Intentions Were Good NAACP Raps Committee Discrimination Report
The NAACP criticized a Cincinnati city investigation claiming no police discrimination against Negroes. It called the committee's composition flawed and said its findings relied on self-serving police reports and witnesses’ opinions. The group noted multiple shootings of Black youths versus none involving white youths in similar cases.
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Cincinnati
National
Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Abe Savage Jr
Venezuelan Junta Back In Control
Venezuela's ruling junta regains full strength as Adm. Larrazabal swears in two new civilian members to replace others. The regime pledges free elections and promises an election law by May 23 while major political parties object to the exclusion of factions. Communists warn of a possible coup as tensions rise.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Adm
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Arturo Sosa
Edgar Sanabria
Eugenio Mendoza
Blas Lamberti
Hector Santaella
Washington
Larrazabal
Venezuela Junta Crisis Shocks After General Resignations
Rumors spread that several military men were arrested to avert a move on the junta which seized power after the January revolt that toppled Marcos Perez Jimenez. The resignations of Mendoza and Lamberti left the junta with three officers, amid unclear motives. Mendoza cited economic strife and favored revising trade treaty clauses with the United States to boost development of certain Venezuelan agricultural products.
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Marcos Perez Jimenez
Mendoza
Lamberti Sunday
United States
Venezuela
Weather outlook for Miami Valley stays fair and cool
The forecast calls for fair and dry weather today and Wednesday with a high near 75. Clear and cool tonight expected with a low around 52. Middletown yesterday reached 76 at 3 30 pm and this morning’s low was 50 at 6 am.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Thief Returns Hubcaps With Apology Note
In Sun Valley California Rosa lie M Sparacino reported hubcaps stolen from her car. A week later the thief returned the caps with a note saying his dad caught him and apologized for the theft. The note was signed Midnight Auto Supply Sun Valley.
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Sun Valley
Calif
Rosalie M. Sparacino
Midnight Auto Supply
Jakarta Postpones Invasion Of Celebes
The Jakarta government called off plans for a massive invasion of Celebes and Halmaheras Islands and launched hit and run raids on rebel strongholds in East Indonesia. The army said a big air sea assault was deemed impractical due to distance area and cost.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Celebes
Halmaheras
Dulles Warns Reds U.S. Ready To Help Lebanon
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would act to preserve Lebanon's independence if needed under the Middle East resolution. He stressed the U.S. is not seeking to deploy forces unnecessarily but is prepared to respond to international communism threats. The comment came amid Soviet warnings against interference in Lebanon.
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Washington (Ap
Dulles
United States
Lebanon
Soviet Union
Middle East
Congress
U.S
Middle Eastern
U.S Middle East
Man Electrocuted Near Pleasantville Farm
Robert Wagner a 25 year old Lancaster roofer died after electrocution when current from a power line arced to an aluminum ladder he carried while working on a farm near Pleasantville.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Robert Wagner
Pleasantville
Volcano Threat Looms Over Azores Island Faial
Faial in the Azores endures ten days of quakes and eruptions. Caldeira volcano began belching on May 14, threatening Cabezo do Fogo. A nearby volcanic island erupts 600 feet high, showering ash on Faial. Islanders, 25,000 strong, work to rebuild homes, plant fields, and feed starving cattle as lava resumes.
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Horta
Faial Island
Azores
Faial
Caldeira
Lisbon
Cabezo Do Fogo
Judge Gallagher Dies at 49 in Ironton Ohio
John J. Gallagher a municipal judge in Ironton since 1944 died Monday night at General Hospital. The cause of death was not disclosed.
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Gallagher
Ironton
Ohio
John J. Gallagher
General Hospital
Frustrated graveyard worker waits for first burial in Walpole St Andrew
Walter Hammond, 20 years as gravedigger and custodian at Walpole St Andrew New Cemetery in Cambridgeshire, waits for his first customer after the Rural Council opened the 1938 plot. He tends a small truck garden among graves while residents skip the village burial ground. The council advertised last February that burials were available, but no one came. Hammond remains hopeful one burial will start a trend, saying people may prefer ancestral graves.
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England
Walter Hammond
Cambridgeshire
Ronald Dixon
Walter
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