World Wide News Briefs From The Associated Press
Washington Senates passes foreign trade bill with tariff relief extending the Reciprocal Trade Act to mid-1958 and authority to cut tariffs in 5 percent steps in exchange for concessions. House conference to resolve differences, Byrd cites only one administration-disapproved change. Amnesty offered in Germany. 35 Germans cleared or paroled for war crimes. Tehran payroll seized. Karaj Dam workers funded by Morrison Knudsen. Surrealist painter Rudolf Schlichter dies in Munich. Prisoner explains bad check to return to jail in Pittsburgh.
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Eisenhower
Mexico City
House
Finance Committee
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Byrd
D-Va
Tariff Commission
No Fuss Over New Independence
FRANKFURT Germany 4 West Germany became a sovereign state today but to the man on the street it caused less concern than a scorched sausage. A sidewalk poll from Hamburg to Bavaria drew casual reaction. A traffic policeman in Frankfurt said there has been no real occupation since 1848 and today is just a scratch of the pen. A Munich beer trucker joked he will continue drinking as sovereignty means little. A Bavarian housewife hoped for cleaner water and better taste.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Hamburg
Bavaria
Munich
Fair Weather Across Nation With Scattered Thundershowers
The nation enjoyed generally fair spring weather with scattered thundershowers along a line from the eastern Great Lakes through the lower Ohio Valley to southeast New Mexico. Cooler Canadian air moved south while the Midwest cooled, though eastern two thirds stayed above normal. readings yesterday topped 80s and 90s in many areas, with 97 at Hobart Oklahoma and 93 at Elmira New York. temperatures today ranged from 77 in Abilene Texas to 34 in International Falls Minnesota.
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Ohio Valley
New Mexico
Canada
Midwest
New England
Hobart
Okla
Elmira
N. Y
Boston
Most Men To Face Military Service
A defense official told the U S Chamber of Commerce that after planned cuts virtually every physically and mentally fit young man may face military service between ages 18 and 26. Deputy Secretary Robert Anderson said national defense will absorb about a tenth of the nation's hard goods. In Dallas the Marsalis Park Zoo reported the theft of an electric fan from the elephant house, intended for Savannah the 38 year old baby elephant.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Robert Anderson
National Defense
Dallas
Tex
Zoo
Pierre Fontaine
Marsalis Park Zoo
Savannah
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