Rioters Burn USIA Library in Beirut and Tripoli
Rioters attacked and burned the U S Information Agency library in Beirut amid a general strike that crippled the capital and major ports. In Tripoli the library was also destroyed, with books and furniture piled and set ablaze as clashes between rival factions escalated. One person was reported killed as security forces restored order.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
Tripoli
North Lebanon
Enthusiastic Colombians Cheer Nixon in Bogota
Vice President Nixon faced Communist hecklers as thousands welcomed him in Bogota Colombia He delivered a liberty message to workers while police restrained a 5000 member Communist party and arrested at least 12 demonstrators after dispersing about 200 jeering students and 80 youths. Nixon placed a wreath on the statue of Simon Bolivar.
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Bogota
Colombia
Nixon
Jecowds
Communist Party
Simon Bolivar
State Man Killed In Fall From Bluff
A Crawford County man, 24-year-old Bernard Bapiane of Ferryville, died after losing footing while helping free a family car from soft ground at a bluff rim. He plunged about 200 feet into Rush Creek, landing in shallow water and dying instantly. Haplan and his father Arthur, 65, along with brother Archie guiding the car, were involved in the effort near Ferryville, 20 miles north of Prairie du Chien.
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Prairie DU Chien
Crawford County
Bernard Bapiane
Ferryville
Rush Creek
Here
Young Haplan
Arthur
Archie
Army Demands Faster Planes and Ships for Rapid Troop Move
The Army publicly urged the Air Force and Navy to accelerate development of high speed planes and ships to rush troops overseas against Communist aggression. It cited a growing threat of limited wars and a lack of transport for atomic armed ground forces, calling for planes carrying 700 troops 4,000 miles in eight hours and suggesting converted carriers to move convoys. It used Army Information Digest to air the grievance, while Defense Department and Air Force officials denied inadequate airlift.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
U.S. Army
Army
Army Information Digest
Pentagon
Defense Department
Relish Fish Morpeth Triplets Old Occupants
Mrs. Mary Ellen Tomlin considers refurbishing the family fishbowl in Morpeth England. The 15 month old triplets Joyce Jacqueline and Joan are its two previous occupants making the item notable in local chatter.
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Morpeth
England
Mary Ellen Tomlin
Joyce
Jacqueline
Joan
Unknown Soldier of World War II Chosen in Europe
A somber ceremony at Epinal France selected one of 13 flag draped caskets representing unidentified American servicemen from Europe and Africa. Gen Edward O Neill chose the casket as a bugler played Taps while mourners observed in a misty Vosges hillside cemetery.
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Epinal
France
Europe
North Africa
Pacific
Jess
Norfolk
Edward O'Neill
St. Albans
Vosges
Moselle
Africa
Voges
United States
Morial
Canberra
Navy
William R.charette
O'Neill
U.S
Honolulu
Ned Lyle
Erwin
Tenn
Korea
Air Force
Glenn T. Eagleston
Alhambra
Calif
Eisenhower Confident in Defense Reorganization Drive
Washington The White House says President Eisenhower is confident he can win congressional approval of the essentials of his defense reorganization plan along with foreign aid and reciprocal trade measures. He has written hundreds of letters to business and civic leaders and spent more time on the phone with congressmen. He immediately contacted House Appropriations Chairman Clarence Cannon after Cannon voiced strong support last week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
United Press
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House
Cannon
Three Die In Road Mishaps Over Weekend
Three Wisconsinites died in weekend traffic crashes as the state toll rose to 227 for 1953. Mrs. Borgheld Thronson, 54, wife of Rev. C. P. Thronson, was killed in a Barron County two car crash near Rice Lake. Donald C. Christianson, 18, of Madison, died when his car and a truck collided west of Fond du Lac on Highway 41. James P. Johnson, 45, of Pardeeville, perished when his car overturned near Portage in Columbia County.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Barron
Borgheld Thronson
C. P. Thronson
First Lutheran Church
Barron County
Rice Lake
Donald C. Christianson
Madison
Fond du Lac
James P. Johnson
Pardeeville
Marcellon
Portage
Columbia County
Dulles Pleads For Trade Act At Minnesota Statehood Event
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged a five year renewal of the reciprocal trade agreements act to promote peaceful prosperity in a Minnesota stadium speech closing statehood centennial celebrations. He linked trade to U S security and cited 1930s tariffs as a warning, with Prince Bertil of Sweden and Danish PM Hansen among other dignitaries supporting broader trade.
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Minneapolis
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Prince Bertil
Sweden
H.C. Hansen
U.S
Germany
Japan
Hansen
Orville Freeman
Reino Kuuskoski
Iceland
Thor Thors
United States
United Nations
Bus Crash Injures 43 On Weekend Trip
In Fayetteville, a truck collided with a bus carrying 38 children and 5 adults on a weekend outing. All passengers were hurt. Marvin Burns, 31, the truck driver, was injured and faces manslaughter charges. Ralph Reed, 27, publisher of a weekly Arab, Alabama paper, was killed. his wife teaches at Union Grove school where the children attend. Reed had joined the trip to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Fayetteville
Teno. (Up
Marvin Burns
Highway Patrol
Burns
Ralph Reed
Ala
Union Grove
Air Collision Study Finds Most Near Ports
A Civil Aeronautics Administration survey of 92 investigations from 1949 to 1955 shows most air collisions occur within five miles of airports and at low altitudes. It finds 65 percent below 3000 feet, 41 percent involve one plane overtaking another, and poor cockpit visibility is a major cause.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Second U S Nuclear Test Is Announced
Washington reports a second nuclear detonation in the current Bikini Atoll series. The Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department issued a brief notice with no details beyond confirming yesterday's test. The government says the series aims to advance weapon development and reduce radioactive fallout.
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Washington
U. S
Mid- Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Bikini Atoll
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
National Press Club
Ike and Dulles Confer On New Russ Note
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles plan talks on a Russian note offering to discuss policing a nuclear test ban. Khrushchev urges halt to tests and opposes a polar inspection zone while inviting technical talks on disarmament. Conversations to proceed after Dulles returns to Washington.
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Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Khrushchev
State Department
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Russia
United States
Minneapolis
Europe
U. S
Four Die In Ohio Home Fire Near Painesville
A pre-dawn house blaze in Painesville Ohio left four people dead and five others escaping to safety. Victims identified include Carl McCartney Jr 24 of Ocher Ray Laws and his two children Robert five and Diane one. The fire began about 3 30 am edt.
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Painesville
Ohio
Carl McCartney Jr
Ocher
Ray Laws
Laws
Robert
Diane
Constitution Okayed by Iraq Parliament on Arab Union
Baghdad Iraq parliament approved the constitution of the Arab Union with Jordan. The Chamber of Deputies voted 142 0 and the Senate 23 1 in favor, signaling unanimous approval.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Jordan
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Four Twisters Hit Texas Area No Casualties Reported
Tornadoes struck west central Texas early today with at least four twisters around Lubbock and Midland. No deaths or injuries reported. Severe weather also hit Tarboro North Carolina with floods and evacuations. Tar River rose to 30 feet, two lives lost. Evacuees were from a Negro neighborhood. Temperatures across Chicago plunged after a warm spell, while coastal rain dampened Mother's Day plans from New Jersey to Dixie.
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United Press
Texas
Plains
Lubbock
Tex
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Tarboro
Tar
Chicago
Grant Park
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Dixie
Tallahassee
Fla
Pro West Party Leads Greek Elections Amid Uncertain Majority
In Athens Premier Constantine Karamanlis pro Western National Radical Union gains a growing lead as 6 7383 of 38 625 districts report. The United Democratic Left rises strong while ERE holds about 43 percent. EDA Liberal parties contest second place. Pade and Populists trail. One jeep explosion targets an ERE vehicle in Salonica.
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National Radical Union Party
Constantine Karamanlis
Athens
Constantine Karamaniis
National Radical Union
ERE
United Democratic Left
EDA
Communist Party
Liberal Partes
Pade
Salonita
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