Russian Technicians Land From Sub Report
Two men claim they witnessed a Soviet submarine, the Novgorod, unload five MIG fighters and arms at Puerto Barrios Guatemala. They say technicians from the submarine instructed Guatemala’s army to fly MIGs. details include airdrome near Lake Amatitlan and a radio station run from the border.
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Mexico City
INS
Guatemala
Alfhem
Puerto Barrios
Federico Camayo Arana
Anselmo Grajales Aceitano
Voice of Liberty
Mexico- Guatemala
Comitan
Chiapas
Novgorod
Ava Gardner Plans To Divorce Sinatra
Hollywood actress Ava Gardner travels via London en route to New York with a stated aim to divorce Frank Sinatra. Asked about divorce she says she has never been more certain about anything.
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Ava Gardner
Sinatra
London
Hollywood
U. S
Frank Sinatra
New York
Ava
Fire Aboard USS Bennington Off New England Coast
Navy confirms a catastrophic fire on the aircraft carrier Bennington off the New England coast. Dozens killed and hundreds injured as medical staff rush to the stricken ship. fire reported under control as it nears Quonset Point.
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Quonset Naval Air Station
R. L
INS
Bennington
New England
Quonset
Naval
Navy
Quonset Point
USS
Fleet Air
Street signs guide to Jameson Memorial Hospital in Wilmington area
Strangers should have little confusion locating Jameson Memorial Hospital from Wilmington avenue as new signs on Leasure and Garfield avenues point toward the hospital. The South Jefferson street bridge is being dismantled of cement, with renovations improving traffic flow, while sidewalks will be rebuilt on the street’s outer side. Motorists are urged to proceed cautiously through the area. City forester Owen P. Fox notes activity along Grove street and Creton avenue extension west of South Mill street with grass growth near the new Grove street bridge. Old debris along the creek was removed to clear space for planting. A new church building near South Jefferson Street and Miller street rises with 28 bricklayers adding exterior brickwork. the parish of the Holy Trinity Na anticipates a handsome structure.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Wilmington Avenue
Leasure and
Garfield Avenues
South Jefferson Street
Owen P. Fox
Grove Street
Creton Avenue
South Mill Street
New Grove Street
Jefferson Street
Miller Street
Parish of the Holy Trinity
Weather outlook clouding up with highs in mid sixties
Cloudy to mostly cloudy today with high temperatures around 65 to 76. Tonight increasing clouds with lows near 40 to 44 in the north and east and 45 to 50 in the southwest. Thursday looks cloudy with moderate temperatures and evening showers.
Daily U.S. Weather Stats for 24 Hours Ending 1 am
The period shows a high of 77 degrees and a low of 41 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 5.3 feet. Year-ago figures recorded a high of 84 and a low of 76 with 0.02 inches of rain.
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United States
Army Testimony In Schine Probe Nears End
Sen. Mundt said the Army has not shown whether Pvt. G David Schine mixed pleasure with business by taking time off during 16 passes at Fort Dix. The 21st day of televised hearings on the McCarthy dispute continues as McCarthy and Cohn prepare to call witnesses after the Army presents its case.
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Sen. McCarthy
Washington
INS
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
David Schine
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Schine
Fort Dix
N. J
Army
Joseph R. McCarthy
Mundt
McCarthy
Roy M. Cohn
Pentagon
Await Supreme Court Decision On Picture Ban
The State Supreme Court heard two hours of arguments on whether news photographs of trial participants violate privacy or protect press freedom. The case stems from a Westmoreland County judge banning courtroom photos during the John Wesley Wable truck slaving trial.
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Supreme Court
Harrisburg
INS
State Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Westmoreland County
Edward G. Bauer
John Wesley Wable
Arrest Eleven Puerto Ricans in Nationalist Conspiracy Sweep
The FBI and Justice Department announced the arrest of 11 leaders of the Puerto Rican Nationalist party in New York City Chicago and San Juan on charges of seditious conspiracy. Detainers were filed against six other members including four tied to the March 1 shooting at the House of Representatives.
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Washington
INS
FBI
New York City
Chicago
San Juan
Justice Department
House of Representatives
U. S
Herbert T Brownell, Jr
J Edgar Hoover
Pennsylvania Youth Acquitted of Manslaughter
A 16 year old Pennsylvania boy LeRoy Wensel Jr of Rogersford was acquitted of manslaughter in the traffic death of Columbus man Robert A Minch. Wensel, 15 then, drove a steel laden truck that skidded on ice and jackknifed into Minch’s car. The jury acquitted after 30 minutes deliberation.
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Columbus. O
Pennsylvania
LeRoy Wensel
Rogersford
Columbus
Wensel
Robert A Minch
Weasel
Latest Conference Fails To Settle Pittsburgh Strike
Pittsburgh May 2 The Pittsburgh Railways Co and union leaders representing 2700 AFL trolley and bus operators ended a bargaining session Tuesday night without a wage contract settlement after 18 days on strike. Mayor David L Lawrence urged resumed talks to restore service for about 400000 riders.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Co
David L. Lawrence
France Delays Vote On Ratification Of E D C Treaty
Paris May 26. The powerful Foreign Affairs committee of the French National Assembly decided to postpone ratification of the European Defense Community treaty. Twenty eight deputies voted for the delay eight opposed and seven abstained.
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Paris
INS
Foreign Affairs Committee
Assemby
Reformed Church Names Harold Harrington as Pastor
At a special congregational meeting in Oak at Pine Street the Reformed Presbyterian church extended a call for a new pastor to Licentiate Harold Harrington of Johannesburg Michigan. Harrington, a 1952 graduate of the Reformed Presbyterian Seminary in Pittsburgh, has been pursuing graduate studies at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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Reformed Presbyterian Church
Oak
Pine Street
Harold Harrington
Johannesburg
Mich
Harrington
Mr. Harrington
Reformed Presbyterian Seminary
Pittsburgh
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Six-Month AFL Strike Turbulence Hits Downtown Stores
Violence during the AFL strike escalated with two Gimbels display windows and one at Frank & Seder smashed causing about 1800 dollars in damages. A two year old Gimbels messenger Thomas Grady was punched in the nose by an unidentified man.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Gimbels
Frank & Seder
Gimbel
Thomas Grady
Thailand may seek U.N. sanction to halt Reds
The United States awaits approval of a collective security plan for Indo China in which Thailand aims to obtain UN moral sanction. A Thai envoy heads to New York to request a Security Council peace mission, with a veto by Russia possible but not fatal to broader action. Dulles signals conditions for US intervention are being met as the drive for Southeast Asia security gains momentum.
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Washington
INS
Thailand
United Nations
Southeast Asia
United States
Congress
Indo-China
New York
Geneva
Security Council
Indo China
U. S
Eisenhower
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Senate poised to kill low rent housing program
Washington May 26 A Supreme Court ruling overturning segregation in federal public housing sparked a Senate drive to end the low rent housing program. Sen Burnet R Maybank D SC, once a strong ally, said he could no longer support public housing after the high court decision. A Senate Banking committee meeting was set to finalize the omnibus housing measure.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Senate
Burnet R. Maybank
High Court
Americans Fear Appeasement At Geneva Parley
May 26 Geneva dispatch reports American and other free nation delegates fear a potential appeasement on Indo China. Western observers point to Eden’s secret-session stance and Vietminh partition plans as signs the Red bloc price for peace may be division of north Indo China.
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Kingsbury Smith
Geneva
INS
Anthony Eden
Korea
Georges Bidault
Paris
Red Bloc
Indo-China
Red River
Eden
Vietminh
Westminster Reaches 100th Commencement
Westminster college plans its 100th commencement on June 7 to award about 300 degrees. Dr Rufus Fitzgerald of the University of Pittsburgh will be the speaker, with three honorary degrees to be granted to Hey Thomas J Jones, Rev William H Neehbe, and Irving I Mansell. Alumni Day activities precede the ceremonies.
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Westminster College
Rufus M. Fitzgerald
University of Pittsburgh
Fitzgerald
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Hey Thomas J Jones
First Congregational Church
New Castle
William H Neehbe
Ben Avon Uup
Irving I. Mansell
Youngstown Vindicator
Death Record roundup for May 26 1954
Bennie D Vereb a 10 months old of New Middletown. Mrs Gertrude E Canby age 94 of 115 E Grant street. Matthew Henry Davies 73 of 1211 s E Washington street. Jehan B Martian 6 of Wampum.
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Bennie D. Vereb
New Middletown
Gertrude E. Canby
E. Grant Street
Matthew Henry Davies
E. Washington Street
Jehan B. Martian
Wampum
Quick Action By Two Men Prevents Death Of Baby
A three month old Philadelphia baby girl nearly suffocated when her two year old brother climbed into her crib in a car. The quick thinking actions of two men averted tragedy as officers said the infant Debra was left in the crib by her mother Evelyn Silla while she met her husband John at work. The older child was on the back seat during the minutes away.
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Philadelphia
INSI
Evelyn Silla
Debra
John
John, Jr
Plane Crash Starts Big Fire in Newark Lumber Yard
A twin engine 45 Air Force training plane crashed and exploded in the Newark Lumber Co yard downtown Newark on Tuesday night, starting a general fire alarm. The two pilots Capt Leroy B Hansen 32 Salt Lake City and Capt H N Franklin 32 Medford Mass parachuted to safety seconds before impact. Damage tentatively estimated over 300000.
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Newark
Del
INS
Leroy Bb. Hansen
Salt Lake City
H. N Franklin
Medford
Mass
Newark Lumber Co
Regulations Violated by Swedish Ship Carrying Arms
Havana May 26 Cuban Minister of State Angel Campa said INS Sweden reported that the Swedish owned ship Alphen violated regulations by shipping arms last week from Red Poland to Guatemala. The vessel flew a Swedish flag but was chartered to a British firm with a ban on arms cargo. Swedish owners seek contract cancellation.
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Havana
INS
Sweden
Cuba
Alphen
Red
Poland
Guatemala
Angel Campa
Campa
New Earthquake Shock Reported in Thessaly
Panic struck residents of the Volos Larissa Trikala area as a new earthquake rocked the region on Tuesday night. Reports from Athens say people fled their homes and slept outdoors in the fields.
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Athens
Volos- Larissa-Trikkala
Thessaly
Mily
Arrests Break Up Big Narcotics Ring in Eastern US
Federal narcotics agents say a Philadelphia restaurant manager John G. Economopoulos and seven associates in New York broke up a syndicate supplying eastern seaboard with drugs valued over a quarter million dollars. The operation extended to Detroit and Chicago, with drugs purchased legally then manufactured for sale to addicts. Agent Andrew Willis in Philadelphia faced prior convictions and a five year term with a $2,000 fine.
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Philadelphia
New York
Eastern Seaboard
Bransky
John G. Economopoulos
John Contos
Economopoulos
Andrew B Willis
Willis
Child Burns From Pot Spill At Home
Jacquelyn Lee Kelly aged 13 months of 1213 Highland Ave was treated at Jameson Me Moral Hospital at 530 PM Tuesday for burns to the right arm and chest after pulling a coffee pot from the table and spilling hot liquid on herself.
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Jacquelyn Lee Kelly
Highland Ave
Jameson Memoral Hospital
Spectacular Fire Destroys Pittsburgh Warehouse
A spectacular fire destroyed a brick warehouse in Pittsburgh's Bluff district near Duquesne University causing estimated damages between 100000 and 310000 dollars. Firefighters feared an explosion due to 400 gallons of nitro cellulose stored in the building.
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Pittsburgh
INSA
Bluff
Duquesne University
High School Seniors Finish Classes as They Prepare to Move On
The text reflects seniors finishing their high school year and facing the transition to college life in September. It notes that graduation week approaches, with students concluding their school activities and looking ahead to freshman year for both girls and boys. It marks the date as sixty three today.
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Liu
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Carl Setterstrom
Barbara
Star
Brooklyn
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U.S.S. Bennington
Nas Quonset Point
Daily Weather Report
Colin
Alvin Spivak
International
Lyman W. Hall
Sam Hill
Hall
Salvation Army
Arvid Hamilton
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Perele
By Hugh Morris
United Press Telephone
Ill
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Catherine
France
E.D.C
Reformed Church
Uree U.N
Reds
Howard Handleman
U.S
Believe
Westminster
Rev. Jones
United Press Telephoto
Robert Capa
Life Magazine
French High Command
Joseph M. Bransky
Treasury Departments Bureau of Narcotics
Detroit
Iny de Todays
Page Radio
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Arthur Mometer
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