Princess Margaret and Townsend Face Imminent Marriage Rumors
London readers woke to dramatic speculation on Princess Margaret and RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend after Townsend said yes to questions from reporters. Papers touted an imminent engagement while Buckingham Palace offered no confirmation.
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Hal Cooper
London
Britain
Margaret
RAF
Peter Townsend
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth
Eden
House of Commons
Townsend
Clarence House
Queen Mother Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Lord Beaverbrook
Independent Daily Express
Daily
Mai
Scotland
The
Daily Mirror
Missing Ronnie Weitkamp in Indiana Police Probe
Police struggled to find solid clues in the disappearance of 3-year-old Ronnie Weitkamp near Crane Naval Depot Indiana as 2500 Marines sailors and civilians helped search within walking distance of his home. Army Captain Louis E Shelton and a trained German shepherd advised no human could be present in the woods undetected. Ronnie’s father Lawrence works in the depot quality control division. Four-year-old Debbie Gallagher recalled Ronnie wandering off toward the stickers. The Westkamps have three other children Larry Lee 9 Eileen Sue 7 and Marla Ann 14 months.
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Crane
Ind
Ronnie Weitkamp
Crane Naval Ordnance
Army
Louis E. Shelton
Ft. Knox
Ronnie
Lawrence
Debbie Gallagher
Westkamps
Larry Lee
Eileen Sue
Marla Ann
Blonde Ex-Wife Admits Heroin Charge in Los Angeles
Lois Evans 27 the ex wife of Prince Wladislaw Jerzy Boguslav Radziwill pleaded guilty to a heroin possession charge in Los Angeles and asked for probation. She faces a second narcotics charge from a June 19 apartment raid and will be sentenced November 4.
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Los Angeles
Lois Evans
Prince Wladislaw Jerzy Boguslav Radziwill
Girl Bitten By Rabid Fox In Suffern Picnic
Five year old Nancy Bihler was bitten by a rabid fox on Oct 1 while picnicking and has been released from Samaritan Hospital after antirabies treatment. Doctor Petrone will not issue a final report until Oct 29. Parents Joseph and Mrs Bihler identified her after media appeals.
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Nancy
Quake Jolts Formosa East Coast Taipei Sees Light Tremor
A light earthquake struck the east coast of Formosa today with minor shaking felt in Taipei. There were no casualties reported.
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Taipei
Formosa
UN Seat Fight Enters Deadlock in General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly remains deadlocked as Poland and the Philippines fail to win the two thirds needed for a Security Council seat. Australia and Cuba win first ballot seats. Poland shifts to Yugoslavia as Soviet bloc pressure grows during recess.
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Philippines
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United Nations
N. YY
U. N. Security Council
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Geneva
United States
Australia
Cuba
Peru
New Zealand
Phiippines
St Louis Bus Strike Ends Amid Return To Work
ST LOUIS bus and streetcar operators who defied orders from Gov Phil Donnelly and their leaders voted almost unanimously to end the crippling strike and return to their jobs.
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Guv
Phil M. Donnelly
Red Hungary Frees Archbishop Under House Arrest
Vienna reports Hungary will release Roman Catholic Archbishop Joszef Groesz but place him under residence. The 15 year sentence for plotting to overthrow the regime is described as interrupted. Four other imprisoned priests are amnestied. Groesz was the church’s top prelate after Mindszenty’s 1948 treason case.
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Hungary
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Matka Imre
Janos Horvath
Janoe Korpan
Joszef Bardos
Groesz
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
Faure stalls showdown calls for confidence vote
Paris Premier Edgar Faure postponed a tense showdown in the National Assembly on Algerian policy by demanding a vote of confidence. The move keeps Faure in office at least until Tuesday when the confidence vote is due. He seeks a lifesaving maneuver after Morocco disputes split his seven month old government.
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National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Morocco
Faure
Gaullists
Algeria
Navy Vet Wagner Chosen National Commander At Legion Meet
At the American Legion national convention in Miami J Addington Wagner a Battle Creek attorney and World War II Navy veteran won the post of national commander by acclamation amid debates on UNESCO repeal and strong anti Communist stance. Delegates endorsed UN principles and U S membership while opposing broad pension schemes and urging better veteran benefits.
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Fla
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U.S. Commission
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Russia
China
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New Nationa
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Mich
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Okinawa
Japan
Massachusetts
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Dwight E. McCarty
Fitchburg
Mass
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Dayton man, 70, killed by car on Ohio 5
Ward A. Davis, 70, of Dayton, was struck by a motor vehicle on Ohio 5 about 13 miles northeast of Warren, Ohio, last night according to the state highway patrol report.
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Ohio
Ward A. Davis
Dayton
Ohio 5
Here
State Highway Patrol
Eisenhower Turns 65 Amid Recovery and Plans Busy Day
President Eisenhower marks his 65th birthday while steadily recovering from a heart attack. Medical bulletins report good sleep and progress with no complications as he remains bedridden. A scaled schedule awaits, including a defense and security conference and budget talks, with family celebrations limited to a private birthday lunch.
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Eisenhower
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Hagerty
Gordon Moore
Wahington
D.C
New Castle strike costs mount in Indiana standstill
A 12 week strike at Perfect Circle Corp plants in eastern Indiana keeps nearly 1,000 National Guardsmen on duty at a daily state cost of 10 000 to 11 000. Gov. George N Craig's budget panel approved 75 000 for guard expenses as UAW confronts limits under Taft Hartley while urging auto makers away from using Perfect Circle products.
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Ind
CIO
United Auto Workers
Indiana Budget Committee
Perfect Circle Corp
Indiana
Horace Coats
George N Craig
State Budget Committee
UAW
Perfect Circle
Hagerstown
Richmond
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
General Motors
Ford
Dolores River Flows Again
DOVE CREEK Colo. A tiny town of 900 was without water for two days when three upstream farmers donated water from the Dolores River. Schools closed, fire fears rose, health officials warned against old wells. Water began flowing again and officials expect normalcy within days.
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Colo
Colorado
Dolores
Nick Reisovich
Quake Shakes Italy TERN City at Dawn
Tremors struck the Apennine city of Tern shortly before dawn. No damage or injuries were reported as residents felt the quake across the area.
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Tern
Italy
Apenine
Potential Champs Lost 2 Starving Brothers Die
In New Orleans two starving brothers William Baughman Jr. and Lawrence died after days of begging and eating from trash. Police jailed the parents for neglect as the family of nine lived in a one room apartment. Neighbors heard cries and authorities scheduled tox tests while relief aid had been scant.
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Hugh Mulligan
New Orleans
William Baughmar, Jr
Lawrence
Baughmans
William Baughman
Dolores
Evelyn Scallan
Iron Curtain Guarded More Closely Says UN Official
In Montreal the UN refugee chief Dr. G J Van Heuven Goedhart said Western Europe receives about 5,000 refugees annually now, down from 15,000 in 1952, as Communist frontiers tighten. He noted 70,000 in camps and 150,000 outside camps still await permanent homes.
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Que
Europe
U.N
G. J van Heuven Goedhart
Weekend Weather Outlook With Light Showers Ahead
The forecast calls for chilly evenings with scattered showers tonight and Saturday. Washington DC saw spot flooding yesterday. elsewhere today will be fair and cool, turning cloudy and not very cold tonight. Saturday remains cloudy and a touch cooler with some rain chances. In the north central states temperatures near freezing this morning, while Middletown reported 43 degrees at 5 30 a.m. Thursdays high reached 65.
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Washington, D. C
North Central States
Middletown
Jackpot Oil Well Gusher Settlement Reached in Dallas
In a long running case three women who invested 50 dollars each in a Dallas area oil venture watched a $137,736.38 payout go to their 11 heirs and a pioneering driller. The 1930 started venture led to multiple wells on 15 acres and about 600000 dollars in oil over time. A formal compromise settlement was entered in District Judge Dallas A Blankenship's court after five suits and some 75 hearings since 1931.
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J. M. Stinnette
Virginia Sanders
George E. Light
Sanders
Sherman, Tex
Buda Mauldin
H. C. Mauldin
Dist
Dallas A. Blankenship
A. C. Scurlock
Mauldin
Fred A. Perrenot
Doby
Castleberry Survey
Grege County
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