Mexico Blasts Kill Injure Over A Hundred At Fireworks Factory
Rescue workers comb rubble after two explosions at a fireworks factory in a poor Mexico City district. Eleven bodies recovered, including four firemen. About a hundred people hospitalized and many not expected to survive as authorities question the owner and search for more victims.
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Mexico City
Guiz
Antonio Joyas Chavez
Nicolas Lome Munoz
Puebla
Milwaukee
Mar
Jtha Gebrke
Wisconsin
Gehrke
James Stedl
Meachaiville
Thei
Manitowoc
Reedsville
Sted
Edward Baroun
Cala
Baroun
Wisconsin Teachers Adopt Voluntary Social Security Plan
Gov. Thomson signed a bill extending federal social security to Wisconsin public school teachers on a voluntary basis and integrated with the state teachers retirement fund. New teachers are covered. existing teachers may opt in or retire under the state plan. Referendum approval required. annual cost to the state about $1.1 million.
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Madison
Thomson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Beck Indictment Predicted On Tax Violation
Washington reports that Dave Beck’s attorney predicts an income tax indictment soon from a Seattle federal grand jury. Seattle and IRS officials gave limited comment, while the Racketeering Committee Bracing for actions as Beck defies questions.
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Beck
Washington
Dave Beck
Teamster Union
Arthur D. Condon
United Press
Seattle
Charles Moriarty
Internal Revenue Service
Senate
House Labor Committee probes union welfare funds probe
The House Labor Committee voted to investigate union welfare funds to stop racketeers pillaging them. Chairman Barden says the probe will draft protections for workers and not be a sideshow to the Senate inquiry. Witnesses include Nathan Shefferman who spent money from Teamsters funds on nylon hose and related items.
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Beck
Seattle
Internal Revenue Service
Joan L. McCllellan
Congress
MecClelan
Executive Council
Teamsters
Nathan Shefferman
Chicago
Senate
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Washington P
House Labor Committee
House Committee
Senate Rackets Committee
Graham A. Barden
D-Nc
House
Barden
Cleveland M. Bailey
Dwwa
John L Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Bank of Washington
Nathan W. Shefferman
New Air Police Member Joins Hamilton AFB
Sgt. Joseph C. Kink joins the Hamilton AFB air police force as the newest member.
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Hamilton Afb
Calif
Hamilton Afb Air
Joseph C. Kink
Traffic Toll Raised to 171
A Manitowoc County man died Wednesday night from injuries suffered a week earlier when an automobile struck two tavern buildings. The incident raised the traffic toll to 171.
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Manitowoc County
Pair in Duck Spotting Plane Saves Boatman From Icy Lake
In Muskego two men Brown 40 of rural South Milwaukee and Schanz rescued a boat operator stranded on Big Muskego Lake after his boat capsized on a boggy stretch. Plane piloted by Page spotted the scene and circled overhead guiding recovery. Schanz clung to an anchor rope for hours before rescue.
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Muskego
Brown
South
Milwan
Olkee
Franklin
Pace
Bermuth Schanz
Page
Muskego Lake
Ter
Schanz
Richard Mattes
George
Architects Chosen For Catholic High In Oshkosh
Green Bay firm Foeller Schober Berners Safford Jahn chosen to plan a central Catholic high school to seat 600 to 800 students at Witzel and Sawyer Avenues. Preliminary sketches due first week in April with future expansion planned. Fund drive led by John G. Callinan targets parish communities with May 19 climax and early announced co chairmen and gifts divisions.
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Central Catholic High
Oshkosh Catholic High School Corporation
Green Bay
Foeller, Schober, Berners,Safford & Jahn
Witzel and
Sawyer Avenues
Jrisal
John G. Callinan
Fund Appeal
Hngh
Iway
Usm
Callinar
Charles J. Fiss
Edward Binder
Roy Lindsay
Joseph Meyer
Carl E. Steiger
E. G. Kitz
St. Peter's
R. 3. Purtell
A. J Phair
Melewale
Thomas
Joseph Dushenski
Sir Vincent's
Stanley BE
Dennin
Joseph Hemmer
Stephen Kercher
Harold van Grall
Presidency Powers Shift Plan Studied by Officials
Washington sources say the administration will ask Congress to amend the Constitution to allow temporary transfer of presidential powers to the vice president during disability. Attorney General Brownell to outline White House stance before the House Judiciary Committee. Eisenhower backs a congressional inquiry to resolve who leads when a president cannot govern.
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Washington
Congress
Atty
Herbert Brownell Jr
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Brownell
Eisenhower
Exsenhower
Senator Clark suffers slight heart attack says he expects return
A Wednesday report states Senator Clark suffered a slight heart attack but does not plan hospitalization and aims to resume work soon. The remarks come amid talk of policy changes and references to aging, with wording about preferring the old days and slow pace.
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Madison
Witham Wark
John R. Ryan
Clark
Hosmial
Kidnapped U S Woman Leaves Trail of Paper
Iranian officials report troops and police tracking a band of about 42 nomads who kidnapped Anita Hyovar Carroll a 35 year old American from Issaquah Washington reported to have been seized to be sold along the Arab coasts of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The hunt expanded with more than 1000 security forces closing in while a paper trail found by Carroll during the abduction aided pursuit. Two Americans killed in the incident were Carrolls husband Kevin 37 a Point Four adviser and Brewster A Wilson 35 a Near East Foundation official.
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Temran
Iran
U. S
Anita Hyovar Carroll
Issaquah, Wash
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Tangeorkheh
Pakistan
Carroll
Kevin
Kerman
Brewster A. Wilson
Portland
Ore
The
Near East Foundation
International Co- Operation Administration
Aliaghi Golpiri
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Wisconsin Governor Pushes Higher Licenses and Coordinated Traffic Control
Gov. Thomson urged the Wisconsin Legislature to raise fishing and hunting licenses, impose a one dollar annual park motorist fee, and build a coordinated county-state traffic control system. He asked for a 381,413,097 Highway Commission budget for 1957-59 and 21,527,641 for Conservation, with funds segregated from the general budget. He proposed 30 more state patrol inspectors and 15 more drivers license examiners to boost enforcement and services, and urged establishing a unified county wide enforcement body and standardized procedures for coordination. He noted the counties should lead the first two steps in forming this system.
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Madison
Thomson
Wisconsin
Yonhe
Highway Commission
Conservation Commission
Woman in Polish Pittsburgh DUI Trial Denies Intoxication
Mrs. Alberta G. Reed, 58, of Bridgeville testified in Criminal Court that she was not drunk when two patrolmen stopped her car. She claimed officers smelled only nail polish, noting no liquor odor after sniffing Polish bottle. she was convicted and fined $200.
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Pittsburgh
Alberta G. Reed
Bridgeville
Plattsmouth Craft Class Builds Boat in School Basement
Cecil McKnight, industrial arts instructor at Plattsmouth High School, guides students in building a boat inside a basement-like room. The frame and dialogue show trial, error, and a teachable moment about learning from mistakes.
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Plattsmouth, Neb 2
Cecil McKnight
Plattsmouth High School
Ja Ceci
Cecil
Egypt's Suez answer questions canal reopen date
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold returned to New York with Egypt's reply on the Suez Canal and UNEF. Egypt said the canal would reopen around April 10 on a provisional basis as the future is settled. UNEF status remains unclear amid Israeli border demands and Gaza tensions.
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United Press
U.N
Dag Jammiarskjold
New York
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
UNEF
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aneba
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hammarskjold
Nasser
Cairo
Severs Nation
Canal
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Haifa
I Main Park
Lester B. Pearson
Ottawa
U.S
Pearson
United States
Israe
Jerusalem
Mideast
Jerusalem Post
John Foster Dulles
Esvat
International Court
Hague
Ofciais
Bermuda
Turkey
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