Asian Flu Death Toll Rises Into Midwest
The wave of Asian type flu spreading from the Eastern Seaboard has reached the Midwest, with cases confirmed in Illinois Michigan Ohio and Kansas. Health officials report rising absenteeism in cities like Cincinnati and Detroit and list growing outbreaks across Maryland Virginia Missouri and Tennessee.
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Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Kansas
Robeson County
North Carolina
Cincinnati Health Department
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Ann Arbor
Wayne County
Detroit
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Memphis
Samuel L. Andelman
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Virginia
Baltimore
New York State
Poughkeepsie
New Jersey
Roscoe P. Randle
Maine
Nicholas Fiumara
Massachusetts
Public Health Service
Pacific Coast
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
South
Industrial Fatality at Painted Post Claims Worker
James Smetanka, 30, of Breesport and a construction worker, was killed Friday when a crane cable broke at a job site. A chain and pulley fell on him in the incident investigated by State Police.
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James Smetanka
Breesport
Blind Veteran Dies After Jail Ordeal in Georgia
Wilmer A. Summerville, 73, a blind World War I veteran, died in a Cedartown nursing home after 46 days in Floyd County Jail for lack of government hospital admission and unaffordable private care. Sheriff Adams housed him. Christine Perry offered free care, then he fell ill. VA initially refused admission but later affirmed pension and arranged assistance after VA official Joseph Erwin intervened. Funeral set for 4 p.m., burial near home.
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Wilmer A. Summerville
Summerville
Floyd County
Joe Adams
Christine Perry
Cedartown
Joseph L. Erwin
Medical Administration
Atlanta
Anti Yankee Aid For Polio Epidemic In Guiana
British Guiana faced a polio scare as its anti Yankee government sought help from the United States. The U S Public Health Service and Baylor staff immunized 100000 children while vaccine and equipment delivered. The mission reduced hospital admissions and improved Uncle Sam’s image amid leftist premier Cheddi Jagan's criticism.
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Washington
British Guiana
Henry M. Gelfand
Health Service
Atlanta, Ga
Baylor Group
Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
U. S. Agency For International Development
Mercy Mission
Baylor
Uncle Sam
United States
Mr. Kennedy
Vermonter, 90, Seeks Title Of Mrs. America
Mrs Rose L Kent 90 seeks the Mrs America crown at Miami Beach April 22 26. She lists qualifications including cooking bread for 83 years and a long married life, raising two sons, cookie recipe age over 80, and writing for papers and periodicals. Contest director Bert Nevins says the event honors homemakers, not a beauty contest, and Kent qualifies.
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Dorset
Rose L. Kent
Miami Beach
Poe Bo
Bert Nevins
Anthony Eden Stricken Ill
Anthony Eden Lord Avon formerly Sir Anthony Eden suffered a mild heart attack at his Bequia Island home. He was examined by two Barbados doctors and St. Vincent’s senior medical officer, then kept under observation. Lord Avon and his wife traveled to Barbados for further medical advice. He will be 66 in June.
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Windward Island
Lord Avon
Sir Anthony Eden
Bequia Island
Barbados
Mop-up operation kills 38 Reds near Saigon
Military authorities said 38 Communist guerrillas were killed in a mop-up operation 100 miles south of here. The battle was heavily supported by fighter bombers and armed helicopters with no reported government losses.
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Viet Nam
Here
African Students Flee Bulgaria Over Racial Abuse
In Vienna, Ethiopian and Ghanaian students flee Sofia amid Bulgarian racial discrimination. Ghanaian group seeks study options in Bonn or the United States, with police clashes and arrests reported during protests. Some students, beaten by authorities, await aid and possible safer placements.
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Robert Kotey
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Petras Sahlon
Sahlon
All-African Students Union
Ghana
Kotey
Bonn
West Germany
U.S
United States
Five Children Die in Flares Across State
The Associated Press reports six deaths from fatal fires in New York state. in Syracuse two brothers Carl Tuszka 10 and Frank 8 died at home while parents suffered severe burns. in Stockport Columbia County a 4 year old Eric Weed and siblings Mary Ellen 3 and Debra Jean 1 perished in a one story cottage fire. father Kenneth Weed at work and mother away. rescue efforts hampered by flames.
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Syracuse
Carl Tuszka
Frank
Edmund Tuszka
Stockport
Columbia County
Eric J. Weed
Mary Ellen
Debra Jean
Kenneth Weed
Edward F. Wright
Kenneth
Wright
Edward Jr
Stockport Fire Company
Weed
Michigan State tall sophomore advertises for six foot date
Michigan State University sophomore Dave Steiner of Grand Blanc advertises in the State News seeking a date of six feet or taller. He says he averages about ten calls a day and has already dated a six foot two coed, noting he used the name Chet because two roommates share his name.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Dave Steiner
Grand Blanc
State News
College Daily
Chet
David
Parisian wedding charms musical stars Paul Anka and Anne de Zogheb
In Paris city hall Paul Anka and Anne de Zogheb wed quietly before about 100 photographers then moved to Orly for a honeymoon flight to Saint Moritz. The AMA warns average Americans against attempting a 50 mile hike without proper training and medical checkups.
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Paul Anka
Anne de Zogheb
Bank 16Th District
Ottawa
Canada
Orly
Saint Moritz
Circus Aerialist Falls 35 Feet In Shrine Show
Mary Lou Lawrence a 25 year old aerialist from Crown Point Ind plunged 35 feet from a swinging trapeze to a concrete arena floor during a Shrine circus in Madison Wis. She suffered a fractured skull a broken collar bone and possible internal injuries in a dramatic one arm breakaway routine watched by about 2000 spectators. Lawrence known as the Hollywood Sky Rocket works without a safety net and has appeared in the film Jumbo.
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Madison
Wis
Mary Lou Lawrence
Crown Point
Ind
Hollywood Sky Rocket
Miss Lawrence
William Kay
Shrine
Car Crash Kills Woman in Route 15 Collision
A Trailways bus bound for Norfolk with 29 aboard collided with an automobile on Route 15 south of Rochester. A woman driver, Fannie Bauchy, 49, of Geneseo, was killed and two bus passengers were hospitalized. Police said she was alone in the car.
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Rochester
Plane Crash Lands Near Watertown No One Hurt
Four Toronto residents escaped injury Friday night when their light airplane crash landed in deep snow on a field 10 miles northeast of Watertown. The pilot Wolfgang Bach 30 said the engine stalled while flying along the St. Lawrence River to Montreal. He glided the craft over a field touched down and skidded about 100 yards. Passengers included his wife Maria 28 their daughter and Mavis Sheppard.
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Toronto
Ont
Here
Wolfgang Bach
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Bach
Maria
1Hief
Mavis Sheppard
Crowds greet Queen Elizabeth in Christchurch welcome
The largest Christchurch crowd cheered as Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived for the final leg of their New Zealand tour. A 2,800-voice children’s choir joined about 20,000 other youngsters at Lancaster Park in bright, sunny weather.
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New Zealand
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Duke of Edinburgh
Lancaster Park
Fire destroys Pittsfield home kills two children
An explosion and blaze at a Pittsfield Massachusetts home left two children dead and their mother and four others injured. The victims include Elizabeth Larrow, 5, and her brother Brian. Investigators are probing the cause as neighbors react with shock.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Elizabeth Larrow
Brian
Mercury Sags To 24 Below In Watertown
Sub zero temperatures gripped New York State as snow squalls tapered. Watertown registered a 24 below reading, the state’s low. Port Leyden and Syracuse saw flurries taper, while Oswego and Rochester reported heavy snowfall. Drifting snow closed schools and sparked two heart attack deaths in Syracuse.
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New York State
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Adirondacks
Weather Bureau
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Utica
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Lake Ontario
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Auburn
Boonville
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Massena
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Olean
Plattsburgh
Glens Falls
Binghamton
Dirksen Mundt set for prime Senate committee posts
Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota are poised to receive the two Republican slots on the 88th Congress Senate committees. The GOP Committee on Committees nearly finished its work and plans to meet Monday to formalize the appointments. Democratic tensions rose after Thursday’s committee assignments as Sen. Frank Moss complained of being shut out from the Space Committee. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged unity and fairness among Democrats. Dirksen would join the Finance Committee, Mundt to Foreign Relations.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Senate Committee On Committees
Frank FE. Moss
Utah
Space Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Dirksen
Kennedy
Mundt
Committee On Committees
100 Years Young Gloversville Birthday
Mrs. Louis R. Anibal will celebrate her 100th birthday Sunday in Gloversville Fulton County marking a milestone for the long‑time resident who has lived in the community for many years.
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Gloversville
Louis R. Anibal
Fulton County
Hijacked Venezuelan freighter probed by navy crisis in Brazil
A U S Navy plane located the hijacked Anzoategui about 180 miles north of Surinam moving toward Brazil. Brazilian naval units were ordered to seize the vessel if it enters Belem or Recife as the ship carries gunmen claiming ties to a Venezuelan Communist group. The incident aims to influence Venezuelan President Betancourt, with asylum considered by Brazil and Cuba offers discussed for the hijackers.
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Foreign Ministry
Romulo Betancourt
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Clarin
Anzoategui
Ricardo Sosa Rios
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U. S. Navy
Armed Forces of National Liberation
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Washington
Henrique Galvao
Santa Maria
Galvao
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Armed Forces For National Liberation
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