Leading Opera Tenor Tokatyan Dies in Pasadena
Armenian descent tenor Armand Tokatyan, who followed Enrico Caruso as Metropolitan Opera Company’s leading tenor, died of a heart attack in Pasadena at age 60. He joined in 1922, retired in 1948, and spent his final years coaching young singers. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he debuted in Milan in 1921 and became famed for Puccini leads before a globe‑wide stage career.
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Visits Increase in Soviet Tourism Reveals Global Interest
AP reports Tass says nearly a million tourists from 95 countries will visit the Soviet Union this year including about 15,000 Americans. The article notes about 590,000 foreigners visited the USSR last year and highlights rising international travel to Moscow and other destinations.
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Help Offered To Safeguard Egypts Relics
Cairo Egypt AP Culture Minister Sarwat Okasha said 16 countries and institutions offered aid to protect ancient temples and monuments endangered by the Nile rise when the Aswan Dam is built The U N campaign to save flood threatened relics prompted the offers Approval of 20 million dollars from the U S Congress is pending France will finish photographic registration of centuries old relics Groups including the Egypt Exploration Society in London Yale and Pennsylvania universities the Chicago Institute of Oriental Studies and London University plan excavation and survey work
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Hotel Fire Kills Man and Injures One in Gary
A fire in the Commercial Hotel in Gary Indiana killed James Ennis 70 and left at least one missing man Francisco Ortega possibly in his 20s while two residents were treated for smoke inhalation Witnesses described a large flame spreading from the ground floor laundry room as firemen battled the blaze for over an hour The brick hotel with 74 rooms had heavy smoke and rapid collapse of south and later another wall as residents fled in night clothes
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Red China Denounces Eisenhower Asia Tour
The New China News Agency denounced President Eisenhower's trip to Asia during his departure from Washington. It claimed the journey ties to Washington's effort to prop up its stooges in the Far East as Eisenhower heads to the Philippines, Formosa, Japan, and South Korea.
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Planning Aggression Amid Four Power Conference Collapse
The agency warned that aggression is being planned globally and especially in the Far East following the torpedoing of the four power heads of government conference, signaling heightened strategic tensions and potential conflict.
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