Unbeaten Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano Retires
Undefeated boxing great Rocky Marciano announces retirement from the ring and the heavyweight title after 49 wins and six title defenses. He cites family duties and a desire to be a better father, stating his weight and health are not the reason for stepping away. James D Norris of the International Boxing Club calls the move a loss for boxing but respects the decision and notes contenders must be found.
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New York
Rocky Marciano
Marciano
Mary Ann
James D Norris
International Boxing Club
Rocky
Norris
SEC
Barbara
Ring
Moryanne
Mid-Air Plane Crash Kills Four Marines Near Mojave
Four Marine airmen were killed when two F3D Skyknights collided about 11 30 a.m. one half mile west of Mojave. Each plane carried a crew of two men. Lt Col John Lowman executive officer at the Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station said the collision occurred during routine maneuvers.
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Mojave
CNS
John Lowman
Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station
Here
Los Angeles Symphony Arrives in Tokyo for Far East Tour
One hundred two members of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alfred Wallenstein arrived by plane tonight in Tokyo as they begin a Far East tour.
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Tokyo
Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
Far East
Baseball Today: Early Games and Pitcher Matchups
Highlights from national league and American league games with night matchups. Besana faces Brodowski in Baltimore Washington. Kline opposes Craig in Pittsburgh Brooklyn. Roberts meets Worthington in Philadelphia New York. Spahn to oppose Poholsky in Louis Milwaukee. Meyer duels Klippstein in Chicago Cincinnati.
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Kansas City
Ditmar
Loltar
Cleveland
Detroit
Garcia
Averill
Lary
House
New York
Boston
Larson
Berray
Brewer
White
Baltimore
Washington
Besana
Brodowski
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Kline
Va. Craig
Philadephia
Roberts
Worthington
Louis
Milwaukee
Poholsky
Spahn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Meyer
Klippsteim
Forest Fire Rages in Southern New Mexico
A 4,400 acre blaze in the southern New Mexico mountains draws 1,000 firefighters with heavy equipment. Evacuations of a summer camp are ordered as 35 mph winds hinder efforts. Parachuted medical supplies aid crews. minor injuries only reported.
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Alamogordo
N.M
New Mexico
Forest Service
Bondsmen threaten to return Scott to jail in L A case
L Ewing Scott, 59, faces 13 counts of grand theft and forgery after indictment. Bail bondsman Louis Glasser demands an extra 15 000 collateral or Scott will be sent to county jail while a private investigator guards him at the bonding office. The district attorney says a second phase inquiry will focus on the wealth of his wife Evelyn, 63.
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Los Angeles
CNS
L. Ewing Scott
Scott
Louis Glasser
Glasser Bros
N. Broadway
Bonding Company
Charles E. Beardsley
N. Bentley
Bel-Air
Evelyn
Ernest Roll
Warren Thorne
Five Dogs and Cats Perished or Survived in Pasadena Fire
A fire at the Haddock Construction Co. in East Pasadena shortly after noon today left three dogs and two cats overcome by smoke. Firefighters from Engine Companies 5, 66, 52 and 47 rescued the animals from a cottage office at 3538 E Foothill. The pets belonged to J. E. Haddock, owner of the firm. Interior damage was estimated at 500 dollars.
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Haddock Construction Co
Pasadena
E. Foothill
J. E. Haddock
House Passes Multistate Highway Bill
The House approved the largest roadbuilding program in history a 51 percent federal state project with a roll call of 386 to 19. It authorizes 14.8 billion dollars in taxes to finance the system and raises levies on gasoline and tires. The plan creates a 27 billion interstate network of 40 000 miles linking 42 state capitals and 90 percent of cities over 50 000.
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Washington
House
Senate
Santa Fe Train Grooves Freight Car In Arizona Incident
An unidentified object struck the Santa Fe Grand Canyon Limited near Lupton and Houk Aziz, gouging a deep groove in a freight car as the train passed. No injuries were reported, but many windows shattered and one eastbound passenger car was detached at Gallup.
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Gallup, N.M
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon Limited
Arizona
Lupton
Houk
Aziz
Gallup
GOP Hails Nixon Plan To Run For 1956 Ticket
Exultant Republicans hailed an Eisenhower Nixon ticket as certain for the coming year with Nixon announcing a bid for re election. Eisenhower welcomed the move and party leaders predicted renomination by acclamation at the San Francisco convention. Nixon also noted plans to observe H bomb tests after June 15 and the story notes a potential Pacific trip.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Pacific
Eisenhower
GOP
San Francisco
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Senate
Knowland
California
Leonard W. Hall
Teenager Kills Father in Family Car Argument
In Minneapolis a 14 year old boy shot and killed his father Loren Abbott, 43, during a dispute over the family car. The two other sons and the mother were in the basement as the shooting occurred.
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Minneapolis
Edwina
Loren Abbott
Michael
Helicopter Lands on Submarine Near Key West
A disabled helicopter, thirty miles at sea, landed on the submarine Corporal yesterday and reached port safely. Pilot was Commander W. F. Culley of Augusta Georgia.
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Key West
Fla
W. F. Culley
Augusta
Stone struck by lightning kills 19 year old girl in Springfield
A 19 year old girl, Sandra, died when a large stone toppled from the 11 story First National Bank Building during a lightning strike. The stone crashed through the car roof where her father F A Stivers sat. he escaped injury.
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Girl
Springfiel
First National Bank
F. A. Stivers
Sandra
Khrushchev Voices Welcome to U N Move in London
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev stated today in London that a new U N move is welcomed. He did not specify details of the proposal but signaled support amid Cold War tensions.
Hunt Son of Physicist Missing on Colby Campus
Police scoured Colby College in Waterville for Jobst M Wundt 19, son of German nuclear physicist Rolf M Wundt. The freshman from Winchester Mass was last seen midnight Tuesday by a roommate, and his disappearance was reported by college officials.
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Waterville
Colby College
Jobst M. Wunedt
Winchester
Mass
Colby
Rolf M Wundt
United States
Germany
Get Rich Quick Dream Shattered in Los Angeles
Police say they busted Hilario Francisco Domingo Gonzalez a 56 year old Vera Cruz merchant after he displayed a money making scheme to clients. Detectives found an overnight bag with chemicals a rolling machine and paraphernalia in a bus station locker at Sixth and Main Streets.
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Los Angeles
Hilario Francisco Domingo Gonzalez
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Sixth and Main Sts
Gonzalez
Ten Believed Lost in Pulaski Explosion and Fire
A gas explosion and fire in Pulaski Virginia destroyed a three story building housing a restaurant two shops and a Salvation Army home. Ten persons were dead or missing with seven bodies found and three others unaccounted for. The blast prompted National Guard search crews and hospitalizations included restaurant owner W J Mahaffey and a young Mabe girl.
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Pulaski, Va
Salvation Army
W. J. Mahaffey
Non-Strategic Trade Frees Brassieres for Russia
The United States yesterday freed non strategic goods for trade with Russia including brassieres and bust supporters as part of an easing measure.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Eskimo traveler reports impressions from American tour
A Kotzebue reindeer herder and tour guide describes impressions from a U S tourism visit, noting contrasts in life, transportation, prices, crowds, and street scenes in Alaska Mexico and California during spring 1956. He observes easy living and cheap goods yet comments on laziness and cultural differences.
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Asagook
Chester Seveck
Kotzebue
United States
Arctic Circle
Alaska Visitors’ Assn
Falling Flagpole Injures Children at Idaho School
A flag pole collapsed from Overland Elementary School in Burley Idaho injuring six children. One child remained in critical condition as responders treated the injured on site.
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Burley
Idaho
Overland
Eisenhower Couple Visit Gettysburg for Weekend at Farm
President and Mrs. Eisenhower motor to Gettysburg Pennsylvania to spend the weekend at their farm home. They plan to return to Washington either Sunday night or Monday morning.
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Gettysburg
Washington
Eisenhower
Atom Spy Reveals Recruitment at Los Alamos List
David Greenglass testified to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that while at Los Alamos during World War II he listed 20 to 25 coworkers he deemed potential recruits for a Soviet espionage ring. He said he supplied the names to the FBI at Julius Rosenberg's request and called Rosenberg his mentor.
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Washington
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
N.M
Federal
Lewisburg
Greengrass
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
FBI
Julius Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Changes Name to That of Bride
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John J. Ford approved a name change for Lloyd Allen Peterson 54 to Lloyd Allen Evans so he can marry Lt. Col. Sylvia M. Evans. He said the change was his own idea and not requested by his fiancée.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Superior Court
Lloyd Allen Peterson
Lloyd Allen Evans
Sylvia M. Evans
U.S. Army Nurse Corps
John J. Ford
Peterson
United States
Indicted Uranium Broker Faces Seattle Fraud Case
Walter F. Tellier a 54 year old Jersey City stock broker tied to a Seattle telephone fraud and facing trial in a $15 000 000 uranium stock deal he allegedly deceived about 50 000 investors. Prosecutors say he used radio television and newspaper ads to sell 20 million shares of Consolidated Uranium Mines Inc Salt Lake City at up to 1 87 a share.
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New York
Jersey City
Seattle
U. S
Walter F. Tellier
Tellier and Co
Tellier
Teter
Eden sees possible war danger receding after talks with Soviet leaders
London prime minister Eden told a nationwide audience that immediate dangers of war may have receded following talks with Soviet Communist leaders. He said the London discussions could be the beginning of a beginning and could lead to real improvement in British Soviet trade of non strategic goods.
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London
Eden
Nation
Soviet Leaders Warmly Answer British Press in Portsmouth
Khrushchev and Bulganin ended a 10 day UK tour with a press conference before about 400 reporters. They then boarded the Ordzhonikidze in Portsmouth harbor and steamed home. From the cruiser deck Khruschev told Selwyn Lloyd that ties cross the Atlantic are widening though spirit remains. See Page 8, Col. 4.
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United Nations
Middle East
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Britain
Ordzhonikidze
Portsmouth Harbor
Khruschev
Selwyn Lloyd
Cove
Navy to Rescue Injured Officers after Namakagon blast
The Navy planned a seaplane pickup for two officers and an enlisted man wounded when a 20mm shell exploded aboard the fleet oiler Namakagon yesterday. Identified were Lt. E. M. Liedholdt of Pearl Harbor commander of Namakagon, Lt. jg. J. V. Smirie of Bethesda Md executive officer, and Quartermaster Joe R. O. Breggs. All suffer shrapnel wounds.
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Honolulu
Navy
Namakagon
E. M. Liedholdt
Pearl Harbor
Jg. J. V. Smirie
Bethesda
Joe R. O. Breggs
Weather Brief Partly Cloudy With Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy today through Saturday with a chance of showers near the mountains. Highs around 62 and lows near 50. Weather report appears on Page A4 under Sports.
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By Asagook Chester Sevece
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