Princess Margaret Weds Antony Armstrong Jones in London
Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong Jones in Westminster Abbey before 2,068 guests and millions on radio and TV. The ceremony featured a momentary vow stumble, then a firm royal union as Margaret wore a white silk gown with a diamond tiara. The couple departed for a Caribbean honeymoon aboard Britannia amid vast cheers and a day of festive pageantry.
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London
Margaret
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Westminister Abbey
Tony
Queen Elizabeth II
Antony Charles Robert
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mother
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Princess Anne
Prince Charles
Anne
Armstrong-Jones
Abbey
Britain
England
Margaret of
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Rock Lancaster Loses In Tornado Night At Wilburton Okla
Former Ottawan Roscoe Lancaster Jr known as Rocky Lancaster narrowly missed the Wilburton Oklahoma tornado while heading the chemistry department at East Oklahoma A and M College. He telephoned his parents after returning to the damaged town and noted his home likely was destroyed. His college car was damaged though not in the tornado path. He traveled 30 miles to reach a phone line to call family. Ottawa University drive nears its 10 000 goal. $7 450 reported so far. Also Hollywood news Estralita divorced Ismael Alfonso Halffs after a quarrel over olive oil and cold cream.
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Roscoe Lancaster Jr
Rocky Lancaster
Wilburton
Okla
Lancaster
East Oklahoma A. & M. College
R. E. Lancaster
Lawrence
Weather County Forecast Clouds and Cooler Weekend
Cloudy with strong northerly winds 35 to 40 mph and scattered rain ending this afternoon. Winds diminish and skies clear tonight as it turns colder. Saturday fair, locally warmer with highs 50s. Tonight lows 38 to 43.
Dairy cattle show honors won by Clare Sowers crowd
Jersey show featuring Clare Sowers of Williamsburg dominates with seven firsts a second and a third including junior and grand champion calf divisions and multiple herd and dam related awards. Sowers leads in Best three females and Best dairy herd as twenty one head are shown. A rummage sale for Sacred Heart Ladies is announced for May 6 7 at 124 South Main with prescriptions from Raney Drug CH2 3092.
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Clare Sowers
Williamsburg
Kansas Parish
Sowers
Nother
Knoeppel
Berry
Sacred Heart Ladies
Main
Adv
Body Of Youth Pulled From Well
In Ironton Ohio the body of Luther Warren Payne a Negro high school athlete was recovered after more than 27 hours of digging from a well cave in at his Burlington home. He was helping his family dig the well when the wall gave way and sand filled the shaft. rescue teams used power equipment to clear mud and sand.
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Ironton
Ohio
Luther Warren Payne
Payne
Burlington
Oklahoma Twisters Kill 26 Injure 200 in Eastern Oklahoma
Rescue workers plumb muddy debris across at least six towns as tornadoes killed 26 and wounded about 200. Wilburton totals rose to 12 dead, five in a church Mass. Sapulpa was hardest hit with major damage and many injuries. Calvary Baptist church crowd of 57 at Eastern A&M College faced casualties.
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Wilburton
Okla
Oklahoma
College Town
Moffet-Roland
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Keota
Sapulpa
Sallisaw
Checotah
Bristow
Hoffman
Henryetta
Calvary Baptist Church
Eastern A&m College
College
G. R. Booth
Tulsa
Tornado Hits Menifee Missouri River Area
A tornado devastated Menifee near Morrillton destroying a dozen houses two churches and the post office. One woman Ora Oliver 70 died and at least 20 were injured most hospitalized in Morrillton as Sheriff Marlin Hawkins led rescue efforts. Weather notes report a moisture draw and cold northerly winds across Kansas with no broader severe weather expected.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Osawatomie
Paola
la Cygne
Independence
Coffeyville
Menifee
Morriston
Marlin Hawkins
Theiwister
Hawkins
Morrilton
Woma
Ora Oliver
Morriston Tornado Devastates Small Community
Morriston Arkansas reports a rare tornado strike today causing severe damage to a small town. Emergency crews rush to assess homes, record casualties, and restore power as residents begin cleanup amid temporary shelters and road closures.
Hit and Run Deer Injures Driver in Albany Park
Robin Knox, 19, was driving through Thacher State Park when a deer leaped onto the car and struck her on the head. Knox was hospitalized after the hit and run incident reported by AP.
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Albany
N.Y
Robin Knox
Thacher State Park
Knox
Eisenhower signs 1960 civil rights bill at White House
President Eisenhower signs the civil rights bill with no ceremony. Attorney General Rogers and Deputy Walsh attend and receive pens as the bill becomes law, the second civil rights measure in 85 years and built on administration recommendations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
William P. Rogers
Lawrence Walsh
White House
Rogers
Walsh
Cleanup continues after Missouri Pacific wreck near Lomax
Crews worked to clear wreckage from a derailment involving 46 freight cars near Lomax north of Quenemo. Officials at Ottawa station expected the main line to reopen later today after the derailment of an eastbound train occurred about 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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Missouri Pacific
Lomax
Quenemo
Ottawa
Hints Change In Trip Plans
Eisenhower hinted he may cancel his Moscow trip if Khrushchev presses anti American campaign further. He spoke with AFL-CIO leader George Meany beside a boat at a union exhibit, signaling a possible shift in the presummit moment. The White House sought full facts on Khrushchev’s boast of a Soviet airstrike and reaffirmed the weather plane pilot may have disabled oxygen, possibly causing the incident by accident.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Khrushchev
George Meany
Moscow
Meany
Afl-Cio
Union-Industries
United States
Soviet Foreign Office
State Department
U. S
Lincoln White
White
Andri Gromyko
Princess Margaret Weds Commoner Amid Huge Fans and Folklore
London reports hundreds gathered for Princess Margaret and the commoner bridegroom. Many fainted or waited hours, with ambulance crews aiding 71 and five sent to hospitals. Newsstands sold out of horoscopes as gifts ranged from egg cups to royal jokes about egg sizes.
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London
Wales
Princess Margaret
George VI
Young Firestone Takes Own Life in Havana Hotel
Harvey S. Firestone II, heir to the Firestone rubber fortune, died after leaping from a 20th floor Havana Hilton suite. Authorities ruled it suicide. The 30-year-old, wheelchair-bound, checked in with an attendant and cousin and vanished about 7 p.m. no note was found.
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Havana
Harvey S. Firestone II
Firestone
St. Petersburg
Fla
Havana Hilton
David M. Firestone
Sarasota
Harvey
Vedado
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Ismael Alfonso Halfss
Lamb
Ady
Enone
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Wees
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Eveess
A. Seeee
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Fred McFarland
RFD 1
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Kansas Jersey Parish
Jack Fenton
Jersey
Merlin Sowers
Jim Berry
James Sowers
Marvin Anderegg
Garnett
Bobby Cordell
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Get of Fire
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