Western Powers Offer to Discuss Berlin Apart From German Issues
At Geneva the United States and Britain proposed talking with the Soviet Union on the Berlin crisis separately from other German questions. They stressed Berlin cannot be settled in isolation from reunification and European security, amid Western rifts over how to handle the Berlin standoff with Andrei Gromyko.
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John M. Hightower
Geneva
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
U. S
Andrei Gromsko
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Palace of Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Heinrich von Brentano
Selwyn Lloyd
Gromyko
Cloyd
Maurice Couve de Muralle
San Francisco
Mrs Truman Undergoes Major Surgery at Research Hospital
Mrs Harry S Truman 74 underwent major surgery at Research Hospital in Kansas City for an undisclosed ailment. Doctors told reporters the procedure began after diagnostic checks and lasted about two hours and 45 minutes. The operation’s outcome and whether the tumor is malignant remained to be determined in the coming days.
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Kansas City
Wal-lnce
Truman
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
President Truman
Wallace Graham
Trumans
Philip D. Reister
Tom Faulkner
Eddie Cantors Daughter Marjorie Dies at 44
Hollywood comedian Eddie Cantor mourns as his daughter Marjorie dies after a two year illness of cancer. Cantor, 67, longtime heart trouble, was at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital since March 26. Sisters Natalie Edna Marilyn Janet were at her side.
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Hollywood
Eddie Cantor
Marjorie
Cantor
Eddie
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Ida
Bing Crosby
Natalie
Edna
Marilyn
Janet
Two Young Girls Die in Carlstadt Fire
In Carlstadt a patrolman’s home burned, killing his two daughters Linda Elizabeth eight months and Tori thirty two. The father tried to rush inside but fellow officer William Lown 34 tackled him as flames engulfed the residence at Sixth and Broad Street. Firefighters entered after half an hour and recovered the bodies.
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Carlstadt, N. Loop
William Lown
Paul Occhiuzzo
Sixth
Broad St
Lown
Occhiuzzo
Lawn
Childen
Linda Elizabeth
Tori
Obituary Notes and Radio-TV Bridge Highlights
Page notes include obituary notices and radio television features with brief tributes. A bridge column previews upcoming matches and methods. Funerals and sports updates appear alongside classified items and a section labeled Phocasix. Fulton listings provide local notices and brief notices.
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Phocasix
Fulton
Enraged Rochester Prof Charged After Child Injury
University of Rochester physicist Charles J. Goebel 28 is charged with second degree assault after lifting a neighbor’s 6 year old, Michael Sorce, and throwing him to the ground fracturing the left eye. The boy lies in critical condition at St Mary’s Hospital. Bail set at 5000, arraignment continued.
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George
Goebel
Mississippi town resents FBI lynching probe
Poplarville residents express irritation as FBI questions in the Parker lynching case trigger tension. A man suffered a cerebral hemorrhage after FBI questioning, and Arthur Smith was detained amid inquiries about Parker’s abduction from the Poplarville jail before his trial on rape charges.
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Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Mack Charles Parker
J. F. Lee Jr
J. P. Walker
Arthur E. Smith
McNeill
Smith
Cecil Smith
Arthur
Bogalusa
Parker
Pearl
Arthur Smith
Gravely Ill Dulles Receives Global Mail Flood
John Foster Dulles, gravely ill at Walter Reed Army Hospital, continues to receive an avalanche of mail from worldwide well wishers. More than 32,000 messages. about 300 daily since February. Aides say some mail lifts his spirits, but the volume remains unmanageable. Pneumonia worsened a cancer decline. state department spokesman reports no change in condition.
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Washington (Ap
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
State Department
Are Injured As Rodeo Arena Bleachers Topple
A rodeo arena bleacher collapse in Mayetta Kansas injured 150 people with 23 hospitalizations. Witnesses recalled a loud pop before the 75 by 16 foot section fell as about 500 spectators tried to exit. Some victims were treated at Topeka Holton and Lawrence hospitals.
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Mayetta
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Topeka
Holton
Lawrence
C. W. Lawson
Perry
Donal Troughton
Maretta
Motorist 19 Killed in Valois Crash
Nicholas Bond, 19, of Hector, was killed when his car struck a parked vehicle and crashed into a utility pole in Valois, Finger Lakes region, early today.
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Valois
N.Y
Nicholas Bond
Hector
Finger Lakes
Gates Named Deputy Defense Chief, Elevates to No 2
Thomas Gates Jr., long time Navy secretary, is picked to be deputy secretary of defense by President Eisenhower. He will replace the late Don Quarles who died earlier this month and may be considered for secretary of defense later in the year. Gates, 53, plans to return to Drexel & Co. before entering government service.
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Washington
Pi Thomas $. Gates, Jr
Navy
Defense
Donald A. Quarles
Gates
Eisenhower
Defence Department
Neil H. McElroy
Quarles
McElroy
White House
Senate
William Franke
Drexel & Co
Tax Cut Study Set by Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee will hold hearings next fall on significant reductions in individual and corporate tax rates. Chairman Wilbur D. Mills aims to cut taxes without reducing government revenues and expects major changes by next year. He plans to broaden the tax base and remove WWII era provisions that created unequal tax treatment.
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Wadshiagson
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Congress
Two Die in Plane Crash on Freeway Near Oakland
A small plane exploded after crashing on a busy freeway near Castro Valley. Julius Clausen of San Francisco and Jule W. Schoening, 50, of Mal Valley, were killed. Schoening was a carpenter and Clausen a gas station operator.
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Oakland
Calif
Castro Valley
Julius Clausen
San Francisco
Jule W. Schoening
MW Valley
Schoening
Clauson
Eisenhower Goes It Alone In Push For Bold Leadership
President Eisenhower displays sharper independence as he faces domestic and foreign issues with former aides departed. He leans more on Dulles and Adams replacements, showing increased aggressiveness toward Congress and policy decisions, while keeping economic counsel in play but not as daily advisers.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman
Adams
John Foster Dales
White House
Two Arizona Men Survive Five Day Desert Ordeal
Lonnie Davison and R V Powell were stranded after a plane crash between Ray and Tucson. Tenaciously Davison crawled eight miles seeking water, shielded from 100 degree heat by sand and cactus. Both men were rescued by an Air Force helicopter and hospitalized in Tucson.
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Kearney
Ariz
Arizona
Lonnie Davison
R. V. Powell
Tucson
Ray
Davison
Gila River
Powell
Air Force
Hospital Strike Agreement Heads to Union Vote
A tentative pact to end a strike at six private hospitals was announced by Mayor Robert F. Wagner. It will be submitted to Local 1199 members for approval, possibly by Tuesday, with details undisclosed. The union seeks recognition as bargaining agent for about 3,000 nonprofessional hospital staff. The strike began May 8 at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Beth David Lenox Hill Bronx and Brooklyn Jewish hospitals.
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New York
UPA
Robert F. Wagner
Mount Sinai
Beth Israel
Beth David
Lenox Hill
Bronx
Brooklyn
Pianist List Repeats Waltz For Truman In Independence
Pianist Eugene List, known for playing Harry Truman’s favorite Chopin Waltz, performed the piece at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. About 160 attendees witnessed List recall the Potsdam Concert and the President’s page turning, with List noting the music was requested by Truman.
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Eugene List
Harry Truman
Potsdam
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
Twyst
List
Paris
Steel talks resume Tuesday in major steel dispute
New York reports contract talks in the basic steel industry resume Tuesday after a Friday recess. Negotiators for 12 leading companies and the United Steelworkers Union press toward a June 30 expiration of the current three year pact. Wage talks began May 5 and a failure to reach agreement could trigger a strike by about 300000 workers.
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New York
Basic Steel Idustry
Ster
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel
Mother of lifer killer commits suicide in Chicago
Margaret Fleig, 45, shot herself in the head in a Chicago home as her son, a 19 year old lifer for murder, sat in prison. She died hours later after awakening her husband Max and two children Loretta age 16 and Ronald age 8. Earlier she had attempted suicide on Mothers Day with sleeping pills.
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Chicago
Max
Margaret Fleig
Fleig
Loretta
Ronald
Robert Max
Mary Lou Wagner
Five Children Die in West Philadelphia Fire
Dorothy Stocker 38 fought flames from a bed fire at her West Philadelphia apartment. She moved to seek help after trying to extinguish the blaze with water and a pillow. Five children James 1 Marsha 4 Gail Dale 3 and Stephanie 17 months died in the blaze. Deputy Fire Commissioner Hink called it human error for fighting fire instead of evacuating. Stocker had smoked a cigarette before bed around 12 15 a m. Her husband, an Air Force enlisted man, has been hospitalized for 13 months paralyzed from a fall.
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Philadelphia
Dorothy Stocker
West Philadelphia
James
Marsha
Gail
Dale
Stephanie
George E. Hink
Air Force
Court to rule on NAACP forced membership lists
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Little Rock and North Little Rock ordinances requiring NAACP branches to disclose member and contributor lists violate privacy and free association rights under the 14th Amendment. Daisy Bates and Birdie Williams, fined $25 for refusals, petition for review.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Little Rock
North Little Rock
Ark
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Daisy Bates
NAACP
Birdie Williams
Chicago Elevated Trains Crumple In Rush Hour Collision
A double six coach elevated train crash near Milwaukee Avenue injures 119 or more, with two serious. Passengers describe a loud impact and crowds rushing to escape, while rescue crews free the trapped motorman Dominick Paris. Officials cite probable mechanical trouble on the lead train causing a cascade of halted cars.
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Chicago
Logan Square
Jerry Bogus
Ronald Nowak
Milwaukee Ave
Damen
Western Ave
Dominick Paris
Frank Thielmann
Paris
Chicago Transit Authority
AF Cuts Launch Time on ICBM
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California the Air Force installs an electronic brain to trim ICBM pre launch countdowns from hours to about 15 minutes. Current missiles take roughly 30 minutes to reach targets across 6000 miles, giving crews a five minute window after alert to retaliate before enemy impact.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
West Coast
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