Agadir Wrecked by Quake and Wave Killing Masses
A major quake, tidal wave and fire devastated Agadir Morocco killing about 1,000 people with another equal number injured. Rescue workers battled ruins as bridges collapsed and screams from buried children echoed through the city. Foreign ships and planes moved in with aid as authorities called for blood donations and an airlift to move casualties to Casablanca.
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Morocco
Agad R
Orreals
Telui
Soc.al
Agadir
Oe L.S
Qickiz
Rome
Toursis
Agad
Spania
Canary Islands
Jesene
U. S
Hana
Siout
Mediterranean
Casablanca Observatory
Massie
Avelino Correa
Youssef Ben Abbes
Rabat
Joo
United States
Tangier International Zone
Senate votes to extend 24 hour sessions on civil rights
The Senate voted 55 to 6 at dawn to keep the around-the-clock session for civil rights. leaders aim to press the bill this week without recess. Southern Democrats opposed the plan, while Republicans and most Democrats backed the indefinite sessions to move the civil rights measure forward.
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Washington
Repubican
Len Wayne Morse
Dore
M. Morse
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Mierse
Len Lister Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Sen
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Holland
Masonic Temple at Westmorelast Burns in Westmoreland
A 143 year old Masonic temple in Westmoreland was destroyed by fire on Monday night. Twelve Hampton Lodge officers escaped to safety from the two story frame building. Sidney Mills of Rome, lodge master, said the former church aided Civil War slave smuggling to Canada. damage estimated at $38,000. Fire reportedly started in the kitchen.
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Westmorelast
Westmoreland
Hampton Lodge
Sidney Mills
Rome
Canada
Mills
My Fair Lady Opens in Moscow in April
Arrangements were completed Monday for My Fair Lady to open April 18 in Moscow and later visit Leningrad Kiev Odessa and Tiflis during sight weeks in the Soviet Union. A national company of the show will make the trip as part of the cultural exchange program.
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New York
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Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Tiflis
Soviet Union
Ford's Sister Dies in Detroit Suburb
Margaret Ford Ruddiman, 92, sister of Henry Ford and last surviving Ford family member, died Sunday at her daughter's Detroit suburb home Catherine Ruddiman. She had been a widow since 1909.
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Local notices and briefs list obituary and funeral notices, classified market items, and small business updates. Names and dates appear with sparse context, reflecting a compact newsroom roll of upcoming services and serial listings.
Eisenhower vows readiness to act if aggression strikes Americas
President Eisenhower told Chilean Congress the United States is ready to fulfill treaty obligations with strength and promptness. He urged multilateral arms talks, warned that enforcing limits will be hard, and stressed that only sovereign nations can decide their armaments levels. He travels next to Montevideo and Puerto Rico as his four nation tour continues.
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Chile
Eisenhower
United States
Jorge Alessandri
Congress
Montevideo
Uruerguay
Puerto Rico
Santago
Elvis Presley to be discharged soon after Germany posting
FRIEDBERG Germany Elvis Presley will leave Wednesday to receive his Army discharge and return to the United States. He said his two years in the Army did not alter his voice and he plans to resume singing, with a likely Memphis stop before a May TV appearance. He had been dating Pris cilla Beaulieu a 16 year old American student in Wiesbaden.
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Germany
Elis Presley
Priscilla Beaulieu
Elvis
America
Presley
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
ATM
United States
Memphis
Tenn
Chrysler to lay off 135 at Auburn plant
Chrysler Corp will lay off 175 workers and discontinue foundry operations in mid April at its New Process Gear Division in Auburn. Machining will continue. Furloughed workers may seek jobs in other divisions including two in Syracuse. Division manager Alvin T Hanson cited the foundry's inadequacy to meet demand at competitive costs.
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Syracuse
Alvin T. Hanson
Polite Bandit Flees With 1300 In Loot
New York police report a young bandit robbed Margaret Wortsman 41 in her apartment after she answered a knock while in the bath. He tied her with blind cord, ransacked the home, taking 300 dollars in cash and 1000 dollars in jewels, then fled undetected.
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New York
Margaret Wortsman
Nation population hits 179,690,586 in census clock readout
The Census Bureau estimates the U S population at 179,690,586 as of 8 a m EST today. The figure comes from the bureau s census clock device installed in the Commerce Department lobby marking the count for the day.
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Census Bureau
Bureau
Commerce Department
Khrushchev Arrives in Calcutta for Talks With Nehru
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev lands in Calcutta to meet Nehru and Burma’s U Nu amid speculation he carries word from Peiping on the India China border dispute.
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Calcutta
Nikita Khrushchev
Nehru
U Nu
Burma
Peiping
India-China
Margaret and Armstrong Jones Go to Buckingham Palace
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong Jones drove from the royal lodge at Windsor to Buckingham Palace for the first time since their engagement was announced. They remained secluded at Windsor amid thousands of congratulatory messages from well wishers.
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Tony
Buckingham London
Princess Margaret
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Buckingham Palace
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Elizabeth
To Pass State Budget Boosts Planned In GOP Plans
Gover nor Rockefeller pushes a 2.035 billion budget toward quick approval as Senate Leader Mahoney and Assembly Speaker Carlino draft plans to raise school aid and New York City funding beyond the governor's levels. GOP leaders discuss possible surpluses, tax cuts, and a supplementary budget for the next fiscal year.
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Rockefeller
New York City
Fed
Senate
Walter J. Mahoney
Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
New York State Federation of Republican Women's Club
House
Woman who prays daily reaches 160th birthday in Dallas
Martha Grant who prays each day and night reaches her 160th birthday in Dallas as her daughter Alma Mabray recalls their routine. The centenarian reportedly maintains a daily prayer habit since youth, shaping her long life in Texas.
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Martha Grant
Alma Mabray
Storm Traps 100 Ranchers and 4,000 Cattle in Blizzard
Army units at Fort Carson in Colorado prepared to aid about 100 ranchers and 4,000 stranded cattle in a southern Colorado blizzard. Convoys of Weasels bulldozers and trucks stood ready to move 200 miles southeast to Las Animas County after an advance scout. Weather spread across the region with subzero temps from the upper Midwest to the Southeast and unseasonably cold conditions.
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Eisenhower halts New York Central strike in Iowa
President Eisenhower intervened to stop a planned strike by conductors and brakemen on the New York Central Railroad. He formed a three man emergency board to investigate, delaying the walkout for at least 60 days, citing added duties on conductors.
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Iowa
Eisenhower
New York Central Railroad
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Demonstrations At Lunch Counters Slow Yet Protests Persist
Reported across the South, Negro sit ins show slower pace but organizers vow not to quit. Alabama State College leaders debate mass walkout if expulsions occur amid Gov Patterson demand. Incidents include Voorhees Junior College students in Washington DC, 14 youths arrested and released to college officials. In Florida and North Carolina sit ins continue with counter closures and arrests for assault, disorderly conduct, and other charges.
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Alabama State College For
Montgomery
John Patterson
Alabama
Voorhees Junior College
Denmark
D. C
Tampa
Fla
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N. C
Durham
Linda Ellen Teston
Durfram
Ronnie Dale Broadwell
Henderson
Kittrell College
Robert Roberson
New York
Eddie Thompson
Thompson
Chessman Offers to Die If Death Penalty Is Repealed
In Sacramento California convict Glen Q Chessman offers to die in the gas chamber if the state abolishes the death penalty for all. He asks Gov Brown to support repeal and is willing to sacrifice his life to end capital punishment debates. The letter arrives as lawmakers reconvene amid strong opposition to repealing the law.
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Califo Vary
Chessman
California
Admirat G Brown
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Brown
Sick Man Jumps Into Lake Erie Saves 2 Sisters
Robert Adler, 24, a Huron high school teacher, crawled across thin ice at Chaska Beach to reach Lisa O Conner, 4, and Carol O Conner, 7, after they plunged into Lake Erie. He broke through twice, aided by his wife Carol who alerted him. The sisters were treated for exposure and frost bite. Adler returned to bed with tonsillitis.
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Robert Adler
Chaska Beach
Huron
Lisa O'Conner
Carol
Lake Erie
Adler
Huron High School
Lisa
Detroit man refuses fines chooses 90 days in jail over 323 dollars
Pi Charles W. Lewis, 37, opted 90 days in jail rather than pay 323 dollars in fines for 105 parking tickets. The latest ticket dated December 1958, detected after a jaywalking arrest following a routine check.
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Detroit
Charles W. Lewis
Lewis
John D. Watts
Lent season to start Wednesday in New York
Lent begins Wednesday for Christians worldwide with Easter on April 17 ending the 40 day period of self denial. Sundays are excluded from observance.
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New York
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