Khrushchev Calls Berlin War Council With Allies
Premier Khrushchev summons East Bloc leaders to Berlin to plan forcing Western Allies from the city. Talks with Gomulka Novotny Ulbricht and other officials focus on a separate peace with East Germany and a postwar framework for Berlin.
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Khrushchev
West
Berlin
Leipzig
East Germany
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Tee Lay Saasee Agmpes
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovakia
Walter Ulbricht
Otto Grotewohl
Russia
Stalin Allee
Benin
Seelenbinder Hall
Kremlin
Queen Elizabeth Hit By North Atlantic Gale On Voyage
The Queen Elizabeth endured hurricane winds on the Atlantic crossing from New York to Southampton with 986 passengers aboard. Passengers included Lord Beaverbrook and Sir Anthony Eden. The ship reported heavy damage to dishes and furniture and a 30 hour delay. officials praised the ship's stabilizers and captain Morris described the gale as among the worst seen.
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Southampton
England
UPI
North Atlantic
Tron
New York
Owas
Lord Beaverbrook
Anthony Eden
G. H. C. Morry
Atlantic
Morrisabe
Polaris base plan sets Port Canaveral for missile tests
Washington confirms preparations to use Port Canaveral Florida as a base for underwater missile test launches. The plan supports Americas first six nuclear powered Polaris submarines and their test program.
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Washington
Port Canaveral
Fla
Amenies
Finish Draft Of Answer To Russ on Berlin
Washington administration officials completed a rough draft of an Allied reply to the Soviet Berlin crisis. The note lauds Khrushchev s grudging acceptance of a Big Four foreign ministers conference but rejects Moscow s narrow terms. Eisenhower then met twice with congressional leaders in two 50 minute sessions to secure wartime level support for Berlin policy.
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Washington
Russia
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Germany
Moscow
Esenhower
Hosds
Senate
House Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Eisenhower
French Kill Members of Murder Band After Raid
French troops in Algiers say they killed four members of a murder band and captured several others after a clash that left two American civilians wounded and Homer F. Kellems dead. A German guide, Raymond Abele, died in the action as prisoners said the killers had fled the scene.
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Algiers
UPI
Homer F. Kellems
William Hobbs
Siream Spring
Ark
Rayemond Abele
Man confesses to murder in order to trigger family expenses
A 34 year old man confessed to killing his father who had committed suicide. He claimed the act was to access money to cover the relatives’ burial and related costs. The details emerged as police reported the confession.
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Yorghaman Spi
Jobeless
Yashimasa Sunazzawa
Mmere
UW Regents Accept Emil H Steiger Teaching Award
The University of Wisconsin regents accept the Emil H Steiger Award valued at 1000 dollars for teaching excellence as part of a gift from the late Emil H Steiger and family. The award joins the Kiekhofer Memorial and Reynolds awards in honoring outstanding faculty.
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Emil H. Steiger
UW Regents
Deltox Rug Company
Kiekhofer
William H. Kiekhofer
Benjamin Smith Reynolds
Madison
Wieninein
Woman Granted Delay in Hearing On Murder Counts
Caroline Lange of Menomont, Wisconsin, 24, received a postponement to March 20 for her preliminary hearing on two murder charges. Her attorney requested more time to study the case. The original hearing was set for March 12. The charges allege the deaths of a one-year-old and a nearly two-year-old child in 1958. She was reportedly committed to a Menomonte hospital earlier in the investigation.
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Menomonte
Droe
Caroline Lange
Wenomontc
Tau
James
Seven Die In Wisconsin Snow Storm Cripples State
The worst winter storm leaves Wisconsin paralyzed as seven killed mostly from heart attacks while shoveling or moving stalled cars. Roads blocked, schools closed, buses and trains limited, and civil defense emergencies declared in Fond du Lac Green Lake Wanbosh and Dodge counties.
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USSOC
Wisconsin
Way
Fond du Lac
Green Lake
Wan Shara
Doge
State Highway Patrol
Sixteun
North Western Road
Chicago
Tragic Snowbound Fire Claims Mother and Two Sons
In La Crosse near Shelby Wisconsin a young mother Loraine Bernd 26 and her sons Michael 4 Randy 1 died in bed as an explosion and blaze engulfed their one and a half story home during a snowstorm. Fire crews battled deep snow and hydrants buried under the drift to reach the scene.
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Shelby
la Crosse
Ruycks
Larosse
Juyoata la Crosse
New U S Flag Hoisted At Fort McHenry
Report notes a new 44 star flag will be raised at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. President Eisenhower approved Alaska’s inclusion, with the Stars and Stripes officially displayed at midnight on May 4, marking the first Anchorage Star addition to the banner.
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U.S
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Bold teen bank robber seized in Las Vegas bank holdup
Ida Belle Ingram, 19, described as a striking beauty, was arrested after robbing a Las Vegas bank of 1 761 dollars. The Washington, D C native reportedly demanded 35 000 and fled by bus, with police recovering 17 1 dollars from her purse. She was arraigned on bank robbery charges and held on 10 000 bond.
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Las Vegas
FBI
Ida Belle Ingram
Washington
Pn- Hee
Miss Herring
Shirley Scott
Miss Ingram
Cremie
Rene
Dept
Mark Olson
Jtreen
Roanoke, Waques
City Traffic Resumes But at Cautious Pace
Oshkaush traffic slowed to a cautious pace on Friday during heavy snowfall. A 36 hour plowing effort kept main streets open while officials urged residents to stay off the roads unless necessary. Snow measured about 13 inches at Buckstaff Observatory as air service planners expected flights to resume after runways were cleared.
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Pertod Avdr, Sone
Buckstafh Observatory
North Central Airlines
Inter
Family of Six Dead in Michigan Fire
A Flint family of six perished in a fast moving blaze that filled a small East Site Flat home with dense smoke. Police said Richard Pelch and his wife Audrey and their four children Diane 2 Carol 7 Richard 4 were found in beds beneath smoke and flames after a cigarette or coal heater started the fire. Fire officials said neighbors awakened by smoke alerted authorities but the family could not be saved. Pelch worked as a part time mechanic for a local trucking firm and had recently recovered from an earlier injury.
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FLINT
Mick
Richara Pelt
Audrey
Diane
Carol
Tyen
Peich
Pelch
Sergh “Sipe Phil
Restless Bees Ahead of Spring Report
The monthly Honey Market report notes bees are becoming restless and require warming weather. Officials expect spring activity to increase as conditions improve. Observers in Washington report evolving patterns in hive behavior and pollination readiness.
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Washington
Se Ia
Apus
Democratic Conference split over constitution changes in Midwest meet
Ins ousted outs from rule at Democratic Conference voting on a new constitution. The plan would strip powers from junior national committee members and allow certain chairmen and committee members to hold office but not vote. A proposed compromise by Wisconsin Lt Gov Nash failed 22 to 7. The draft also affects four conference officers. Incumbent vice chairs Maraverite Benson of Wisconsin and Ruby J Harris of Kansas hold in their states.
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Miewauker
UPD
Midwest
Jorner National
Tovedid Bint
Hayever
Rational Conmaittee
Bavie Ty Nebrask
Dane
Dewa
Wisconsin
Prinog Nash
Sould Hase
Tee
Constatra
Lel Ot Nanule
Missouri
Maraverite Benson
Ah Man
Ruby J.* Haris
Kansas
Chammen
Ex Senator Guffey Dies in Washington
Former Pennsylvania Democrat Joseph F P Guffey dies in Washington at Doctors Hospital after heart trouble. A key New Deal era figure who rose from Pittsburgh roots to long service, he never married and is survived by a sister and several nephews. Funeral services set for Monday in his Washington apartment with burial Tuesday at the family vault in West Newton.
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Washington
Parter
Joseph FP. Guffes
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Doctors Hospital
Solon
Joseph F. Guffey
U. S
Severe Midwestern Snowstorm Strands Roads Across States
A massive late winter snowstorm battered the Upper Midwest with drifts up to 22 feet and winds to 50 mph. Iowa Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota reported blocked highways and widespread car abandonments while death tolls climbed with at least 52 fatalities across several states. The storm moved into the Northeast bringing rain in New England and continued travel disruptions from Bowling Green Ohio to Portland Maine as temperatures plummeted behind the storm.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Michigaa
New York
Pennsylvania
Canada
Bowling Green
Ohio
Lancaster
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
New England
Portland
Maine
Massahouses
Connecticut
Aesuire
la Crosse
Marquette
Harvey
Nesahaer
Mississippi Valley
North
Oct
Eden warns West on Berlin issues after Mexico trip
Former British prime minister Anthony Eden returned home from Mexico and urged Western powers to resist pressure from Russia to break or revise key Berlin agreements. He warned against weakening postwar security pacts and emphasized firm Western resolve.
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Southampton
England
Anthony Eden
Mexico
Eden
Russia
Berlin
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Carl E. Steiger
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