Bomb Threat Evacuates Busy Wilmington Port Terminal
A bomb scare at Matson Navigation Co. Wilmington terminal forced evacuation of over 200 people after a call warned of a bomb set to explode at 11:30 am. A search found no device. Separate incident at Terminal Island Naval Base involved a man in a Navy commander’s uniform claiming a bomb in his car. Police cordoned the area as the hunt continued.
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Matson Navigation Co
Wilmington
Matson
Matson Co
Monterey
Terminal Island Naval Base
U S Orders Buss Envoy to Go Home
The United States ordered a Russian Embassy employee to leave the United States immediately for highly improper activities aimed at inducing Soviet refugees to return home. Genadi F Mashkantzev allegedly sought to lure former Lt Peter Pirogov who fled Russia in 1948 and tried to recruit others to go back.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Genadi F. Mashkantzev
Peter Pirogov
Russia
Soviet Union
Department
Mashkantzev
Othrs
Sergei A. Striganov
Beam
Pets Abandoned in Topsham Prompt Maine Humane Officer Action
State humane officer Lionel Dionne answered a call about neglected pets in Topsham. He found nine adult dogs nine puppies two cats fifteen chickens and fifteen birds including canaries and parakeets. The animals were sheltered in Brunswick as volunteers appealed for help after the owner left Friday and did not return by Tuesday night.
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Topsham
Maine
Lionel Dionne
Tonsham
Brunswick
First American ship enters Suez since invasion
The tanker George F. Getty, 33 704 tons, moved into the Suez Canal from Port Said today, signaling the first American vessel to pass since the canal was blocked five months earlier. The State Department warned U S ships to await tolls and operation agreement, noting the U S cannot bar American vessels from using the waterway.
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Suez
Cairo
WWE
Suez Canal
Port Said
George F. Getty
State Department
Washington
U. S
United States
Weather forecast shows variable clouds through Thursday
The forecast indicates variable cloudiness through Thursday with a chance of showers tonight and a warm trend in temperatures. Local forecasters warn of brief shower activity and periods of sun between.
Bombs stolen from Marine range sparks danger warning
FBI disclosed that more than 2000 practice eight inch missiles packed with dangerous explosives were stolen from the Trabuco Canyon Marine bombing range. The bombs, stored in sheds and disarmed, are highly touchy and could explode if mishandled. FBI agents and Marine investigators join the search for the missing munitions.
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Marine Corps
Trabuco Canyon
FBI
Marine Ordnance
Orange County
FBT
Marine Criminal Investigation Department
Nation’s population hits 170,270,000 on March 1
The Census Bureau estimated the U.S. population at 170,270,000 as of March 1, up 225,000 from February 1. It marks a 12.7 percent rise since April 1, 1950, and an 18 percent increase over the March 1 last year estimate.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
Van Doren Marries Fan Mail Secretary in Virgin Islands
Charles Van Doren, famed for the NBC quiz show, wed Geral dine Ann Bernstein, his former fan mail secretary, in Charlotte Amalie. Judge Cyril Michael officiated. The couple stayed with the Kesslers, hotel owners, during a brief Easter vacation, with the marriage advancing their plans and likely saving about $20 000 in taxes for the year.
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Charlotte Amalie
iVirgin Islands
Charles van Doren
Geraldine Ann Bernstein
Cyril Michael
Municipal Court
Sidney Kessler
Virgin Isle
Kesslers
Lernstein
Jerry
van Doren
Columbia University
New York Broadcasting Cireles
New York
Fame
Virgin Islands
Lightning kills trainee at Ft Carson incident
A lightning strike hit a group of marching soldiers at Ft Carson Colorado, killing Pvt. Martin Warner 22, and injuring several others. Warner was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Weence of Harrisonville Missouri.
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Colorado Springs
Ft. Carson
Martin Warner
Thomas M
Weence
Harrisonville, Mo
P. D. Services Return to Near Normal Post Office
Washington AP reports with 41 million dollars more funds the Fast Office Department begins restoring postal service toward normal. Postmaster General Summerfield calls off most cutbacks after President Eisenhower signed a supplemental appropriation bill. Mail service expected to return to near pre cutback levels within 24 hours with post office windows open and standard residential deliveries resuming.
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Washington
Fast Office
Summerfield
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower Hopeful on Suez Resolution Without UN Council
President Eisenhower said the United States still hopes to solve the Suez Canal dispute without the Security Council and has not ruled out UN action. He noted progress in U N negotiations but kept open the possibility of international talks. He added that Gulf of Aqaba and the canal remain international waterways and shipping firms must decide whether to use the canal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations Security Council
Egypt
Council
U. N
U.N
Suez
Security Council
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez Canal
Eisen
Hower
President Deflects Brother Criticism At News Conference
President smiles and says his brother Edgar has criticized him since childhood. He comments on Edgar Eisenhower, an attorney from Tacoma, who questioned the budget and suggested possible undue influence from Milton Eisenhower and Sherman Adams.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Edgar
Edgar Eisenhower
Tacoma
Wash
Edger Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
Eisenhower Discusses Middle East Aid Policy in Crisis
President Eisenhower discusses U S aid policy for Middle Eastern nations attacked by another country amid Jordan crisis. He cites two established policies from 1950 joint statement with Britain and France and the broader Middle East Resolution guiding assistance and defense.
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Jordan
U. S
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Middle East
Andrea Doria Victim Dies of Injuries and Gulf Disaster
A New Orleans report notes nine missing and presumed drowned after an oil rig overturned in rough Gulf waters near the Mississippi River mouth. Ed Eisenhower commented on White House influence while a Uniontown resident died from blunt injuries after the Andrea Doria incident near the Atlantic coast.
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Edgar
Edgar Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
Adams
Paul G. Hoffman
Dwight
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Uniontown
Pen
Mississippi River
Angeline Grego
Uniontown Hospital
Doria Sea
Oto
The
Golden
Grego
WIFE-KILLING CHARGES ASININE DEFIES EXTRADITION
Scott, a 60-year-old former Los Angeles broker, fights extradition to California for the murder of his socialite wife Evelyn Throsby Scott. Arrested at the Canadian border, he calls the charges ridiculous and pleads not guilty to a removal hearing set for May 7 in Detroit.
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Detroit
L. Ewing Scott
Los Angeles
California
Scott
Canadian
Canada
Lewis E. Steward
U. S
United States
Ann Scott
Detroit Federal District Court
Thomas P. Thorneton
Evelyn
Throsby Scott
Bel Air
Unionist Says He Dynamited Housing Units
William Munley testified before the Senate rackets committee that in 1954 he dynamited a non union housing project in Scranton Pennsylvania on a dare without orders from union leaders. He said Paul Bradshaw urged the act, while Bradshaw, a Teamsters steward, has been the main witness in the hearings on union violence. Bradshaw has been convicted of dynamite possession but says he is taking the rap for others. Manley and three others pleaded guilty in state court and were released after serving nine months. Habshman invoked the Fifth Amendment and faced contempt. the hearings note ongoing Teamsters AFL-CIO tensions and feature cross references to future pages.
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Washington
William Munley
Scranton
Munley
Senate
Paul Bradshaw
Teamsters Union
Bradshaw
Manley
Robert Habshman
Senate Committee
Jhim
Habshman
Maen
Jordan
Col
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