Hussein Moves to End Jordan Throne Peril
Amman reports some 800 persons have been detained or questioned including former Premier Suleiman Nabulsi. Hussein and his army-backed cabinet seek to consolidate victory over leftist elements amid broader Middle East shifts.
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Smog Study Funds Among UCLA Grants
Westwood CNS reports a $25,000 pledge from the U.S. Public Health Service to UCLA to study smog related lung infection as part of nearly $2,000,000 in UC regents approved grants and gifts. UCLA alone received $1,172,454 in grants and gifts across the university system.
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Texas Flood Strikes City as People Evacuated
Dallas and Fort Worth faced widespread floods with police guarding flooded districts while gunmen robbed stores totaling 24000 dollars. Tornadoes hit East Texas injuring six. Dallas residents evacuated by boat as rivers rose. Rain continued and flood levels threatened Fort Worth and Belton, with widespread outages and evacuees in multiple towns.
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United Nations Debates Suez Canal Crisis Debacle
U N Security Council holds all day talks on Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal and possible international canal accord. France and Britain seek talks, while Australia, the USSR and the United States have varied stances. Egypt pledges to honor the 1888 Constantinople Convention within its declared limits.
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GE Union Bargain for Strike Spreads Across Plants
Union and management teams will meet in Lynn, Massachusetts to end a day-long walkout involving about 120,500 GE workers at five plants in Lynn and Everett. GE reports a back-to-work movement at Hudson Falls and Fort Edward, New York, where 725 of 1,625 workers are represented by the union local.
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California explores five year cloud seeding experiment
Sacramento UPI reports the legislature approved a measure urging the State Water Department to run a five year cloud seeding trial to combat California water shortages. The Senate backed the resolution and the Assembly adopted it on Friday.
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Scott Wins Hearing in Mich. Court
A Detroit circuit court granted a hearing Friday for L. Ewing Scott to seek a stay of his return to Los Angeles, where he is wanted on charges of murdering his wife Evelyn Scott and mismanaging her estate. Gov. Williams ordered Scott returned. the hearing date was to be set for Monday.
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Wilson Ends Tour of AF Missile Base Cocoa Beach trip with missile test center visit
Secretary of Defense Wilson concluded a tour of Patrick Air Force Base and the Cape Canaveral missile test facilities in Cocoa, Florida. Officials said he would be unavailable at his Sebastian ranch while on the missile range and that there was no deliberate firing for his visit. residents heard a rocket roar as it streaked southward. Maj. Gen. D. N. Yates noted no firing was arranged for Wilson.
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Former Union Boss to Appeal Conviction
Michael Mickey Bowers once led the Pistol Loce union faction and ran the International Longshoremen's Association Local in Westside Manhattan. He was released from Leavenworth to appeal a 1951 corporate income tax evasion conviction totaling $43,531, under bail, with plans to head to New York City.
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Auto plunges into James River driver missing
Police investigated an early morning crash as a 1954 model car sped off a Richmond dock into the James River. The windshield and driver’s window were smashed. the vehicle was recovered at daybreak with no one inside and the driver still unfound. An anonymous caller reported the incident, prompting a swift police response.
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Telephone Installers End 12 Day Strike
About 1,300 telephone installation workers in Texas and Oklahoma voted to end a 12 day walkout against Western Electric Co and return to work on Monday. The dispute began April 15 over transfer procedures and was sparked by assigning eight Dallas based workers to Waxahachie on a commuter basis. The unions argued the assignments should be temporary to allow expense reimbursement.
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German General Reviews U S Troops in Stuttgart Visit
VP Lt Gen Hans Spaidel new commander of Allied ground forces in Central Europe visited U S 7th Army HQ in Stuttgart. He received a 17 gun salute and reviewed American troops before taking part in the opening of German American Friendship Week. The visit highlighted efforts to improve relations between German civilians and U S troops stationed in Germany.
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Assembly Considers Ten Park Projects On Saturday
The California Assembly on a Saturday session advanced a 10‑project state park bill with $5,089,281 sought for sites including Mt Tamalpais Marin County and Santa Monica Beach. Lawmakers questioned stalled measures while a Citizen’s Advisory Committee proposed a longer 150 day general session and other procedural streamlining reforms.
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Budget Out Urged by Knowland and Javits
Two Republican senators in dispute over modern Republicanism call for cutting Eisenhower’s fiscal 1956 budget by about 3 billion dollars to boost a projected 5 billion dollar surplus for tax cuts and debt payment. Javits supports Ike’s approach, while Knowland argues for faster restraint and warns against a rising tax burden harming free enterprise.
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