Eisenhower Ends South American Tour in Triumph
President Eisenhower wrapped up a 10 day goodwill tour of Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay with huge crowds and minimal protests. He departed Montevideo after a 15 minute farewell with President Frondizi and flew toward Puerto Rico with a planned refueling stop in Paramaribo.
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Buenos Aires
Eisenhower
Columbine
Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Ares
Arturo Frondizi
Puerto Rico
Washington
U.S. Air Force
Paramaribo
Surinam
Frondizi
Benito Nardone
Hisenhower
U.S
Embassy
Ambassador
Wiklard L Beaulac
Ramey Air Force Base
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
South America
Wife of crash victim dies of injuries in hospital
In Susquehanna county Mrs. Della Wayman, 78, died at Barnes Memorial hospital from injuries suffered in the same two car crash that killed her husband Albert Wayman, 78, near Lanesboro. The couple died Wednesday in the accident.
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Susquehanna
Della Wayman
Barnes Memorial Hospital
Albert
Lanesboro
Pennsylvania
Carrier Plant Quiet As 3000 Go Out on Strike
Syracuse report says Carrier air conditioning plant shut as 3000 production workers strike over disciplinary actions against union officials. Salaried staff enter. labs and offices stay open. Union claims overtime orders cause stockpiling. company cites backlog and pay day. Six officials disciplined. 5451 total employees at plant.
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Syracuse
Thompson Road
Carrier
United Steel Workers
William T. Lane
John Kowalski
Lane
Francis Brewster
Brewster
Frank Sopper
Arthur Calland
Larry Swidowsix
Paul Hazelgrove
Judge Finds Defendant Not Lying After Car Ride
In Los Angeles, Ben E. Fenwick pleaded his car won’t go 45 mph in a 35 mph zone. Judge Joseph Wapner rode with the bailiff to test the claim in Fenwick’s 1954 car and acquitted him after the car wouldn’t reach the speed.
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Los Angeles
Ben E. Fenwick
Joseph Wapner
Wapner
Fenwick
Israeli Patrol Fends Off Infiltrators Near Gaza Border
An Israeli patrol east of the Gaza Strip encountered three armed Arab infiltrators. The army said one was killed and another wounded in gunfire after they allegedly penetrated 6.2 miles into Israeli territory. Israel filed a complaint with the U N Emergency Force.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Gaza Strip
U. N
Rockefeller Hails Budget Approval in New York
Governor Rockefeller praised the $2.035 billion budget as a vote of confidence while noting a setback for his local telephone use tax plan for schools. The Assembly passed the spending plan, with pay-as-you-go financing starting April 1, as controversy over extending the federal tax beyond June 30 persisted with New York congressional leaders.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Assembly
Washington
New York State
New York City
Senate
Assembly to Hear Band Concert in New York State Capitol
The 579th Air Force Band from Stewart Air Force Base will perform the Hudson-Champlain March in the Assembly next Wednesday. Assemblyman Grant W. Johnson seeks to make it the official state song, with Johnson hoping for a chorus. Senate Majority Leader Walter J. Mahoney bans bands in the Senate, calling the idea undignified.
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Albany
Assembly
New York State
Senate
Air Force
Grant W. Johnson
Essex County
Johnson
Joseph F. Carling
579Th Air Force
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
Walter J. Mahoney
Mahoney
Civil Rights Filibuster Gains and Compromise Talks
In Washington the filibuster against civil rights legislation grows with Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson seeking a compromise bill. Sen. Russell Long sets a new speech record as discussions center on court appointed referees to protect Negro voting rights and penalties for hate actions. Both parties weigh halting the marathon debate with a two thirds vote and possible concessions to ease opposition.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
Lang
Huey P. Lang
Johnson
Everett M. Darksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Set New Date For Chessman Death
Daryl Chessman’s execution date is set for May 2 by Superior Judge Clement D. Nye after a Gov. Brown reprieve expired. Chessman’s attorneys argued a 60 day delay was required, but Nye ruled the new date legal. In San Quentin the condemned man has faced numerous appeals. The comment from the condemned author referenced Jack Benny, a joke about aging.
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Clement D. Nye
Chessman
Edmund G. Brown
Nye
San Quentin
Jack Benny
Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Targle Tiegoff
Dob Woo
Finch
Miss Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Fred N. Wichello
Whichello
State Faces Snow Storms Driving Drift Battles
Storms bring 5 to 12 inches of snow across New York State with coastal and western systems merging. The Weather Bureau predicts a foot or more in the Catskills and eastern Adirondacks, grounded flights, school closings in southwestern counties, and heavy drifting through Friday as winds rise and tides push 2 to 3 feet.
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Weather Bureau
New York
Lake Ontario
Elvis Presley Returns Home Ends Army Hitch
Elvis Presley arrives at Fort Dix New Jersey ending a two year Army service. A military plane lands in a snowstorm with Presley among the soldiers. He left the United States in September 1958 for duty in Germany and plans to return to Memphis, Tennessee after discharge as TV plans loom.
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Elvis
Fort DIX
Elvis Presley
Idol
Presley
McGuire Air Force
Ile
United States
Laura Driver
Brooklyn
N. Y
Prestwick
Scotwith
Germany
Ing
Memphis
Tenn
Army
Victims Rise After Fire at Pusan Chemical Plant
In Pusan Korea the death toll from a Wednesday fire at a chemical plant rises to 63 with 59 women among the dead. About 200 workers were on the second floor when the blaze began, and rescuers continue recovering bodies from the rubble.
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Pusan
Korea
Protests Hit Alabama as Nine Students Are Expelled
More than 1,000 Negro students plan to skip classes at Alabama State College in Montgomery in protest of nine expulsions tied to anti segregation sit ins. Gov. Patterson defends the moves while Rev. Abernathy decries them as a major blunder in education.
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Associated Press
Alabama State College
Montgomery
Tampa
Fla
Nashville
South
Ralph D. Abernathy
State Board of Education
Florida
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
St. Petersburg
Sara
Pope elevates seven to College of Cardinals
Pope John XXIII named seven prelates to the College of Cardinals including the first Negro, first Japanese, and first Filipino ever elevated. The new cardinals from Tanganyika Tokyo Manila Utrecht Bourges and Rome will be raised on March 28 in a pre Easter consistory, expanding the body to 85 members.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
College of Cardinals
Laurian Rugambwa
Rutabo
Tanganyika
East Africa
Peter Trasuo Doi
Tokyo
Rufino J. Santos
Manila
Ber
Nard Jan Alfrink
Utrecht
Holland
Joseph Lefebvre
Bourges
France
Luigi Traglia
Antonio Bacci
Vatican Curia
John
Washington And Baltimore Face Near Paralysis
March storms brought high winds and heavy snow across the Northeast and Midwest. Widespread closures hit schools and roads from Washington to Indiana, with flight disruptions at major airports and power outages along the storm belt. A Florida tornado injured several and toppled power lines as freezing rain and sleet affected the Southeast and Appalachians.
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Associated Press
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Florida
Texas
Colorado
Kansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Iowa
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Maryland
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
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Ore
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National
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Washington
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New Jersey Turnpike
Garden State Parkway
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Idlewild
Orlando
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Grovel
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Ohio Valley
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Carolinas
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Virginia
Arkansas
Georgia
Aransas
Kentucky
Woodlands
Louisiana
Calhoun
Huntsville
Ala
Gadsen
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