World convention urges ban on nuclear weapons
More than five thousand delegates, including 96 foreigners from 22 nations, gather at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Gymnasium for the third world convention against atomic and hydrogen bombs. Speakers urge halting tests and manufacture, with Homer A. Jack lamenting U S bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Shigeru Nambara warns mankind’s destiny hinges on a ban, while messages from Soviet Premier Bulgaria Pope Pius XIX and Frederic Joliot Curie are read.
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Skier Navigates Missouri River from Omaha to Kansas City
John Musser a 28 year old railroad switchman from St Joseph Missouri skied on water from Omaha to Kansas City traveling 230 miles in nine hours ten minutes along the Missouri River despite warnings about difficult currents.
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Union Council May Boot Out Hutcheson
CHICAGO The AFL CIO Executive Council opened amid unsettled issues including jurisdictional disputes between former APL craft unions and CIO shop units. Corruption allegations involving union leadership were possible, with five cases under review. Dave Beck Hutcheson and two Carpenter chiefs Blaier and Chapman faced charges of involvement in a five way split of 815,590 in quick profits from Indiana highway land sales.
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Frank Chapman
Hungarian Seeks Political Asylum in Britain
London reports Istvan Adam, aide to Hungarys chargé d affaires, has asked for political asylum in Britain. No decision has been made. The news ties to unrest within the 830000-member carpenters union amid a grand jury probe ongoing in the United States.
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Rights Bill Conference Brews Row
Senate and House clash over a civil rights bill with talks focused on jury trials for criminal contempt. Speaker Rayburn aims for a conference path though objections and unanimous consent hurdles loom, while leaders seek a compromise on voting rights coverage and administration powers.
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Two-Car Redondo Beach Crash Hurts Four People
Police report a two car collision at Redondo Beach Blvd and Flagler on Sunday injured four people. Drivers Philip Nelson 21 from Long Beach Ronald Gangiolisi 28 from Hollywood and passengers Carol Henson 18 from Lynwood Diane Remington 19 from Long Beach received treatment for cuts and bruises at a local medical center.
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Philip Nelson
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Ronald Cangialesi
Holywood
Carol Henson
Courtland Ave
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Diane Remington
Oflotton
Jordan arms deal blamed for King Hussein coup
Damascus weekly Al Rai reports a secret 2 April arms accord between Jordan’s arms chief and Soviet Russia as the motive for King Hussein’s April coup that toppled Premier Suleiman Nabulsi’s government. The deal allegedly includes 40 MIG-15 fighters, 100 T-34 tanks, rifles, machine guns, and heavy artillery for four mobile divisions, with a symbolic price and no strings.
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Suleiman Nabulsi
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Ali Abu Nuwas
Ténough
Pulitzer Winner Dies Amid Political Turmoil in Middle East
The text reports a Pulitzer winner from 1948 linked to New York Post coverage of Syria and Jordan politics. It notes A Littledale, 72, and Abu Nuwar in a contested anti Nabulsi coup context, with King Hussein of Jordan shaping events. The piece mentions Natick Mass and diplomatic relations as backdrop.
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Natick
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A. Littledale
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al Rail
Six Die in Royal Dutch Navy Aircraft Crash
A Royal Dutch Navy plane crashed at takeoff from Merauke airfield in Dutch New Guinea, killing six crewmen. The accident occurred shortly after liftoff, according to initial reports from local authorities. The names of the deceased and exact cause were not immediately released.
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Arthritis Conquered by New Treatment Claims
Long Beach report claims a doctor uses a special method to normalize body systems. The ad says pains ease, joints relax, circulation improves, glands function, nerves settle, digestion wakes, and energy returns after the first treatment priced at $4.00. Office contact listed as Dr Duncan D. C., HE 8-2403, 2315 EB Street.
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