Communist Viet Minh Takes Over Rich Areas
The Viet Minh seized control of rich northern Indochina zones, including Tonkin mining districts and the Campha area near Haiphong, under Geneva armistice terms. Ngo Dinh Diem fought rising disorder in a bid to remain in office as French footholds in North Vietnam receded.
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Communist Viet Minh
Saigon
Indochina
Geneva
Tonkin
Campha
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
France
Come
Vietnam
Paris
U. S
Diem
State Department
Department
Safe Ladders and Busy City Work Highlight Local Updates
Housewives urged to replace broken ladders to avoid accidents while residents supervise city projects. Croton avenue receives final top coating as crews work on street expansions, while dogwood blossoms are protected by law. Grass grows fast with moisture and warmth, requiring frequent mowing. Firefighters respond to their 150th call of the year, averaging about one and a half daily.
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Pa Newe
Croton Avenue
Pleasant Weekend Forecast With Mild Temperatures
Fair and warm weather expected today through Saturday with highs around 70s and a low near 50. 7 am readings show a 77 degree maximum and 48 degree minimum with 0.03 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 8.4 feet. A year ago the high was 82 and the low 47 with no rainfall.
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United States
Salk to receive presidential citation for polio vaccine
Dr. Jonas E. Salk will be honored at the White House with a special citation from President Eisenhower during a conference on fair vaccine distribution. Basil O’Connor also to receive congratulations for their roles in the life saving polio vaccine. Government and industry leaders met to guard against a black market in the vaccine.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Jonas E. Salk
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
INS
University of Pittsburgh
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Fisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
Nehru Angrily Criticizes Bandung Conference Remarks
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru erupted with anger at Afro-Asian talks in Bandung after Turkish delegate Fatih Rustu Zorlu questioned peaceful coexistence with Communism. He had earlier allied with Chou En-lai in defending Communist policies in Europe as the conference’s Political Committee weighed harsh rhetoric.
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Gene Symonds
United Press
Bandung
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Europe
Turkey
Fatih Rustu Zorlu
Marvin Stone
I.N.S
Indonesia
INS
Red China
Britain
Hong Kong
Asia
Africa
Chou
School Bus Hit By Trailer Truck Ends in Narrow Escape
Kendallville Indiana report says a school bound bus was struck head on by a semi trailer truck. Thirty six children escaped death by inches with seven hospitalized briefly before all released after treatment.
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Kendallville
Ind
INS
McCray Memorial
U. S. 24
Eskimo Weather Phrase Described By Madison Bureau
A Madison weather brief notes the Eskimo phrase Azba Selia Mukoorok meaning Oh my the weather is fine. The INS item presents a playful look at how Eskimo language would describe good weather in Wisconsin reports.
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Madison
Wis
Ins
Madison Weather Bureau
Eskimo
Big Three to Meet May 2 With Russia
London dispatch says the Western Big Three agreed to meet with Russia on May 2 to draft an Austrian state treaty and to convene a diplomats conference in London for groundwork toward broader Big Four talks. Paris and Moscow notes indicate a Vienna meeting and a push to end occupation.
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London
Russia
Antoine Pinay
Paris
Moscow
Vienna
Austria
Truck Crashes Down State Street Hillside
A tractor trailer driven by Fred Wood and owned by Grant Trucking of Jackson Ohio ran off State Street hillside at 8 this morning. Brake failure is suspected as the truck toppled over. Wood jumped from the cab before it struck a billboard and veered into undergrowth near the hilltop. Fire crews and police responded. Wood was hospitalized at Jameson Memorial with minor injuries.
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State Street
Fred Wood
Grant Trucking Company
Jackson
Ohio
Butler Plumbing Company
Butler
Wood
Jameson Memorial Hospital
One Man Slain One Wounded In Holdup At Bowling Alley
In Hammondtown Township near Trenton a two gun holdup at the White Horse bowling alley left James Aversano dead from a stomach wound and Anthony Genovay wounded with a collarbone injury. The robber escaped.
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Trenton
N. J
INS
Hammondtown
James Aversano
St. Francis Hospital
Anthony Genovay
White Horse
Deaths in local area list four seniors and two adults
Death record notices list Leon W. Roberts 68 of 708 Cleveland avenue Mrs Jacob Hetrick 80 of 772 Arlington avenue Mrs Charles Ellison 83 of West Middlesex Ralph E Mayberry 62 of Aliquippa Pa Floyd D Thompson 57 of Ellwood City, no additional details provided.
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Leon W. Roberts
Cleveland Avenue
Jacob Hetrick
Arlington Avenue
Charles Ellison
West Middlesex
Ralph E. Mayberry
Aliquippa
Injunction Sought Against Mass Picketing in Strike
Evansville officials of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad asked today for an injunction to prevent mass picketing and activities that interfere with business. William Grubb, L N vice president and counsel, said attorneys were advised to file for the injunction. Harold Chancellor noted the matter in progress.
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Evansville, Ind
INS
Evansville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
William Grubb
Harold Chancellor
The
New
Indicted for Six Deaths in Evansville Case
A 30 year old paroled burglar, Leslie Irvin, was indicted for first degree murder in a blood bath that killed six. Victims include Whitney Kerr 29 shot at an Evansville filling station December 23 and Mary Holland 33 executed at an Evansville liquor store December 2. The indictment cites robbery as motive.
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Evansville
Ind
IINS
Leslie Irvin
Whitney W. Kerr
Mary Holland
Plans For Distribution Of Salk Vaccine
Drug industry urges national polio conference to form an impartial committee to supervise Salk vaccine distribution. Aimed at fairness during the next 100 days of tight supply, the secret sessions include government, public health, medical professionals, drug firms, and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, called by President Eisenhower to draft a voluntary priority system.
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Washington
National Foundation For
Eisenhower
Brazilian bill would honor Jonas Salk with honorary citizenship
A Chamber of Deputies bill introduced on Thursday would grant honorary Brazilian citizenship to Dr. Jonas E. Salk in recognition of his polio vaccine.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Chamber of Deputies
Jonas E. Salk
Bomb kills Portland attorney in car bombing near golf club
Kermit Smith a 34 year old Portland attorney was killed when a bomb exploded as he started his car in the Columbia Edgewater Golf Club parking lot near Portland about 1130 pm. Police found bomb wires on the car battery. witnesses saw no one. Smith had been beaten last March and his law partner Virgil Crum offered no new clues. He was active in Republican politics and left a wife and two children.
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Portland
Ore
INS
Kermit Smith
Columbia- Edgewater Golf Club
Smith
Virgil Crum
Salk Vaccine to Reach State By Saturday
Pennsylvania will receive 423,612 doses of Salk vaccine across 11 distribution centers by Saturday. Health officials note shipments from Wyeth Laboratories, with deliveries aimed to arrive today or Saturday by truck and air express to centers in Philadelphia Wilkes Barre Reading Harrisburg Kane Franklin Erie Cresson and Pittsburgh.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Health Department
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Dudley P. Walker
Bethlehem
Berwyn F. Mattison
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
Philadelphia
Wilkes-Barre
Reading
Kane
Franklin
Erie
Cresson
Pittsburgh
Residents Flee As Makaturing Volcano Threatens Eruption
Residents of Lumbatan and Buting flee their homes at Mount Makaturing in Lanao province amid deafening rumbles and smoke. The peak 5924 feet high has not erupted in living memory and follows a deadly earthquake in April.
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Manila
P.T
INS
Mount Makaturing
Lumbatan
Buting
Lanao
Clark Elected President of Corporation
Norman E. Clark named president of the Greater New Castle Development Corporation at the first board meeting after the initial stockholders meeting. Officers include James A. Rugh as vice president Philip Weiner as treasurer and William D. Coban as secretary. Fifteen directors were elected with terms from one to three years. Subscriptions total $171 420 with 8 571 shares sold and cash receipts of $83 653, with about $80 000 in additional share purchases expected soon.
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New Castle News
First
Greater New Castle Development Corporation
Murray S. Stephens
Greater New Castle Association
James A. Rugh
Philip Weiner
Norman E. Clark
William D. Coban
Stephens
Merle Hart
C. S. Bowden
Daniel W. Skelly
Richard E. Rentz
Greater New Castle
Richard FE. Rentz
William Eckles
H M. Kirk
Hartzel Houston
Elmer Reiber
Butler Police arrests 16 in raides in city
State police and Butler officers raided two pool rooms and a tavern in Butler Pa arresting 16 people. Frank Palace faced multiple gambling charges and was released on 2000 bond. Others including Morella DeFoggi Walsh Christafano released on bonds after waivers. Police seized number slips racing forms and lottery tickets.
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Butler
INS
Frank Palace
John Clark
Anthony A. Morella
Anthony J. DeFoggi
Arlington
Michael J. Walsh
Butler Billiards
Carl V. Christafano
Polka Dot Pooch Mopes Home Alone In 77 Degree Day
Arthur Mometer describes a quiet morning at home with the polka dot dog left behind as family members depart at dawn. The dog wails and searches rooms, while the narrator notes they will return soon and that the day is seventy seven degrees.
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Daily Weather Report
Dr. Salk
State St
Floyd D. Thompson
Ellwood City
Development Corporation
South Vietnam
By Chou En-Lai
Don Dixon
J. Lawton Collins
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Collins
Army
Indo-China
Congress
Southeast Asia
Igiugin
Gen. Collins
Dracidant
William Galbraith
U.S
Herbert Hoover Jr
New York
N. Y
Emmett Kelly
Elvira Gebhardt
Madison Square Garden
Kelly
Edgewater
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
DR. Sale
Fear
Clark
Financial Report
Inside Todays News
Cross Word
Arthur Mometer
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