Red Subs Planes May Escort Jet Fuel Tanker Aruba
Nationalist authorities fear Communist submarines and planes may escort the Finnish tanker Aruba through the blockade to reach Red China. Aruba carries 13 000 tons of jet fuel. observers warn fuel would fuel numerous Jet missions and support a broad war effort.
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United Press
Taipei
Formosa
Aruba
Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
U. S
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Indochina
Red
China
Red China
Pipe deliveries and storm damage fill city scene
Residents watch 40 foot steel pipes moved north to lay a natural gas line near Westminster college. New traffic lights appear on Wampum road near old route 18 and Cherry street. The Rhodes property near the Senior High school shows storm damage with uprooted trees. Political signs multiply as primaries approach and then come down after the vote. East Washington street traffic eases after the street gully is repaired. Window washing resumes after the warm spell.
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Westminster College
Wampum Road
Universal Bundle Company
Cherry Street
Rhodes
New Castle
Joseph Lockley
Frank Servido
Weather forecast and 24 hour statistics report
Increasing cloudiness with highs 50 to 56 in the north and 58 to 64 in the south. Tonight showers and possible thunderstorms with lows 30 to 38. Sunday partly cloudy and colder. US weather stats for the 24 hours to 7 am: high 67, low 29, precipitation 0.02 inches, river stage 12 feet. A year ago: high 45, low 25, no precipitation.
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United States
Ex Sheriff In Phenix City Faces Murder Trial
Former Phenix City solicitor Arch B Ferrell, tied to the crime syndicate era, awaits trial for Albert Patterson murder. Ex-deputy Albert Fuller, convicted of first degree murder, gets life imprisonment after jury deliberation. Ferrell also acquitted on a 600 vote fraud charge but to be tried for Patterson murder.
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Robert W. Taliaferro
United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Arch B. Ferrell
Albert Fuller
Albert Patterson
Fuller
Sin City
Ferrell
Phenix City
Patterson
Cecil Deason
Churchill's Pet Lion Swipes at Him at London Zoo
London. Sir Winston Churchill, 80, faced no fear as his pet lion Rota lunged through the cage bars after a chicken was offered. Head keeper Charles Hitchcock said Churchill showed no fear and asked a photographer if they'd join him in the cage.
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London
INS
Winston Churchill
Rota
Churchill
London Zoo
Charles Hitchcock
Winston
Strong Quake Shakes Mindanao City Ozami
A Manila Mirror dispatch reports a strong earthquake near northern Mindanao. Residents in Ozami stampeded from buildings. several minor injuries were reported. The worst shock lasted about 15 seconds.
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Manila
INS
Manila Daily Mirror
Mindanao
Philippine Archipelago
Ozami
Mirror Dispatch
U.S. Skeptical of Soviet Japan Peace Talks Location
An informed source reports Washington suspects Soviet plans to push a secret claim that the United States sabotaged discussions. Moscow allegedly aims to frame a propaganda campaign blaming U S pressure for choosing New York as the venue, despite Soviet proposals for Moscow Tokyo or New Delhi. Renzo Itoiwai was noted as Japan's observer, with A A Sobolev signaling a shift in venue.
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United Nations
N. Y
INS
U. S
Soviet Union
Japan
New York
Moscow
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Tokyo
New Delhi
A. A. Sobolev
Renzo
Nehru Fights Off Knife Attack In Nagpur
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru aged 65 fended off a six inch knife attack in Nagpur as a would be assassin named Baburao, an unemployed rickshaw man from Satara, jumped onto his car and was captured by police and escort. Nehru was uninjured.
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Nagpur
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Baburao
Nehru
Satara
Bombay State
Robber Eludes Police After $5100 Bank Holdup Near Philadelphia
Police hunt a masked robber who fled the Melrose Park Cheltenham National Bank with $5100 after threatening vice president Arthur Gallagher and teller Mildred Salmon. Authorities traced the getaway car to owner J J Axelrod of Levittown, reported stolen March 4.
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Philadelphia
INS
Melrose Park
Cheltenham National Bank
Arthur M. Gallagher
Mildred Salmon
J. J. Axelrod
Levittown
Firemen Respond To False Alarm From Box 18 B
An unidentified person turned in a false alarm from box 18 B at 10 45 p m Friday near Grant and Green streets. City firemen report this is the second false alarm at the Central Fire Station this month and have not identified the caller.
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Grant and
Green Streets
Central Fire Station
Boy Feared Scalp Laceration After Bed Fall
Robert S. Fisher two and a half years old of 736 Oak Street was brought to Jameson Memorial hospital at 2 15 PM Friday for a scalp laceration sustained when he fell from a bed at home.
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Robert S. Fisher
Oak St
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Famine Threat Looms Over North Viet Nam Refugees
Haiphong reports say famine threatens North Viet Nam with up to a million deaths unless aid arrives from Red China. Peasants in refugee flow suffer beri-beri as rice rations drop from 15 to 13 kilograms at Phat Diem.
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Haiphong
Indochina
Viet Nam
Boy Receives Forehead Laceration After Fall at Home
Gary Boots aged three and a half of 303 Lake Drive was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 3 25 p m Friday for a deep forehead laceration from a fall at home.
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Gary Boots
Lake Drive
Jameson Memorial
Prayer in Christian Life from Sermon on the Mount
The lesson recalls first John 5 14 to urge prayer according to God's will and notes Jesus teaching on avoiding vain long prayers. It cites James 5 healing through faith and claims Jesus name authority for petition and provision.
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John
Dust storms sweep plains trigger massive losses in 1955
Storms across the nation cause extensive crop and property damage. Winds reached 92 mph near Douglas Wyoming tearing up millions in winter wheat, with statewide losses in Colorado estimated at 50 million dollars. Ohio Valley floods kill and injure residents while western dust clouds rise to 19 000 feet.
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Chicago
Great Plains
Ohio Valley
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Douglas
Wyo
Quemoy Island Bombarded By Red Artillery
Formosa. Chinese Communists bombarded Quemoy Island for a second day with 122 mm Soviet guns. Nationalists fortify Amoy port defenses and reinforce Quemoy as trenchwork expands. Reported Soviet barracks to house 200,000 troops were claimed by the Chinatone News Agency but not officially confirmed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Amoy
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
Tateng
Chiu Yu
Bay of Amoy
Chinatone
South Cina
Nanking
Shanghai
Hengchow
Foochow
Canton
Pope Pius XII Celebrates 16th Anniversary in Mass
In Vatican City Pope Pius XII marked the 16th anniversary of his accession with a High Mass in the Sistine Chapel. The 79 year old pontiff, seen as improving from illness, appeared pale and was carried on a gilded chair. Swiss Guard officers led the procession with 18 cardinals following in Lent purple.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sistine Chapel
Realistic Civilian Defense Tests Urged Amid Fallout Concerns
Senator Henry A. Jackson said nuclear fallout creates new problems for civil defense prompting President Eisenhower to call for more realistic tests. He notes evacuating people from blast zones and shielding them from fallout after evacuation as key challenges. Peterson said another mock raid on the U S and Canada will occur in June.
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Washington
INS
Henry A. Jackson
Eisenhower
Jackson
Senate
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Peterson
U. S
Canada
Italy Ratifies West German Rearmament
Premier Mario Scelba secured approval of the Paris accords with a 139 to 82 vote in the Senate. Italy becomes the second Western European nation to complete ratification, awaiting formal signatures of the heads of state.
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Rome
Mario Scelba
United States
Senate
Italy
Britain
Bus-Trailer Crash Injures 17 Servicemen
Seventeen servicemen were injured when a bus collided with a rear of a truck-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike near Mount Holly. Pvt. Mehmed Aliko suffered pelvis and hip fractures and was taken to Fort Dix. The others, including 13 sailors and 3 marines, were treated at Burlington County Hospital and Philadelphia Naval Hospital.
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Mount Holly
N.J
New Jersey Turnpike
Mehmed Aliko
Fort Dix
Burlington County Hospital
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Death Notices for Eight Local Residents
Death notices report the passing of Mrs. William J. Watson aged 80 of 413 Euclid Avenue James Barnett Jameson 41 of Havertown Pa James D Bertone 15 of 215 East Clayton Street Mrs Margaret Jane Kahrer 79 of R D 8 Old Plank Road Michael Hrynda 45 of Avalon and Frank D Ross 57 of 719 East Main Street.
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William J. Watson
Euclid Avenue
Robert Barnett Jameson
Havertown
James D. Bertone
East Clayton Street
Margaret Jane Kahrer
R. D
Old Plank Road
Michael Hrynda
Avalon
Red Cross Fund Workers Submit Record Report
Red Cross drive leaders reported a first total of 16926.13 dollars toward a 37590 goal. Ellwood City division led with 7520 collected, the Schools division reported 873.98 or 97 percent of its quota. Dr Flannery thanked leaders and urged full drive coverage as Roy Conway called the report encouraging. All divisions except Motor Transportation reported figures.
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Red Cross Fund
Castleton
Ellwood City
R. J. “Denny
Schill
Russell Horchler
Wilbur E. Flannery
Roy F. Conway
Lawrence County
Elements Ganged Up On Resident Of Portsmouth
A West Portsmouth man Walter Maynard faced a series of weather and wind events that caused his home to burn to the ground. Flood conditions damaged the house and a chimney collapse during storms led to total losses estimated at 12000 dollars.
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Portsmouth
Ins
Ohio
Walter Maynard
West Portsmouth
Smoke Screen Defense Test Explodes Over Nevada Desert
A baby A-bomb test atop a 300 foot tower at Yucca Flat demonstrates a Defense Department theory that artificial smoke can shield cities from heat radiation. The Operation Asbestos blast, equivalent to 5,000 tons of TNT, lit up a four state area and was visible from Salt Lake City to Phoenix, with observers 45 miles away reporting a brief white flash.
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United Press
Charleston
Nev
Nevada Desert
Defense
Nevada Proving Grounds
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
AEC
United States
San Francisco
Sacramento
Calif
Yucca Flat
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Ariz
Plan For Small White House Dinner With Robert Cutler
Mrs. Eisenhower has recovered from flu to attend a small White House dinner tonight with Robert Cutler, their old friend and the administration’s national security adviser. Cutler leaves April 1 to return to his Boston banking career, to be succeeded by Dillon Anderson of Houston as special assistant on national security matters.
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Washington
White House
Cutler
Eisenhower
Boston
Dillon Anderson
Houston, Tex
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Croton
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U.S
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Red Viet Nam
Christ
Julien C
Hyer
Louisville
Indiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Pope Pius XII
Frank D. Ross
East Main Street
Nevada
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