Haiti Coup Dismisses Provisional President Fignol e
In Port au Prince the provisional president Daniel Fignole was overthrown in a military coup led by Brig. Gen. Kebreau. Fignole and his cabinet were dismissed and sent into exile as the army announced it would assume governmental powers. Violence preceded the seizure amid civil unrest and rivalries among candidates.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Daniel Fignole
Fignole
Antonio Rebreau
Truck Crash Near Fort Campbell Kills 14 Paratroopers
A canvas-covered Army truck plunged from a bridge into a rocky creek bed at Fort Campbell Kentucky, killing 14 paratroopers and injuring nine. Rescue helicopters evacuated the injured and recovered the dead as crews worked amid the debris.
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Ft. Campbell
Rocky Creek
Jay
Calls for Freer Trading by Eisenhower Speech
President Eisenhower urged freer trade for nations like Great Britain and Japan to help them survive, while noting the danger of Communist gains. He spoke at a White House event for a national trade policy group, stressing exports depend on others’ buying and rejecting grant aid as a poor solution. Meanwhile, a Pentagon area accident killed one and injured several soldiers from the 327th Airborne Infantry.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Great Britain
Japan
White House
Lee
Co. A
327Th Airborne Infantry
Bastome
Pyt
Ronald J. Cure Tis
Kalamazoo
Mich
Curtis
Jana
Army
Sp. Seer
West
Car Output to Dip in U S Factories This Week
Ward s automotive reports show four passenger car production in U S. factories this week will fall to 126 249 units from 129 537 last week. In the comparable 1956 week 100 689 cars were assembled.
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Detroit
U. S
Ward
Pilot Whipple Bails Out Before Jet Crash Near Alexandria
First Lt. John D. Whipple of Muleshoe Texas parachuted from 900 feet after his F84 jet suffered mechanical trouble at 1300 feet and crashed 50 yards from four homes, seven miles east of Alexandria Louisiana. He was unharmed and reported a safe bailout.
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Alexandria
la Iel
Air Force
John D.whipple
Muleshoe
Tex
Farouk Treasure Sale Draws Cairo Crowd at Abdin Palace
In Cairo a public sale of King Farouk’s effects unfolds in the Abdin Palace. About 200 Egyptians watch as items from exiled monarch’s collection, from jewelry to porcelain, are auctioned with totals around 200000 dollars for 1036 pieces, proceeds going to the Egyptian treasury.
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Farouk
Abdin
Cairo
Aero
Palace
Bike Argonaut Seizes Runaway Boy Near 200 Mile Goal
Five teen Charles T. Henderson left Greensborn for a 200 mile bicycle trek to Carolina Beach. State patrol picked up the boy Thursday after he rode about 180 miles in 51 hours, with only 10 miles left to Carolina Beach. He completed the trip in a patrol car, leaving his bike by the roadside.
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N.C
Charles T. Henderson
Carolina Beech
Ten
Caroling Beach
Young Henderson
Academy Bandmaster for 2 Decades Dies at Navy
Pasqual de Santis known as Pop, age 95, died Thursday in the Naval Academy Hospital. He served 20 years as chief bandmaster, shaping much of Navy music. Requiem Mass planned tonight with burial at St Mary's Cemetery with military honors.
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Navy
Pasqual
Pop
de Santis
Thurestay
Naval Academy ‘Hospital
St .Mary's Cemetery
Acadamy
Moonshiners Begin Federal Prison Terms in Protection Scheme
Six men convicted of moonshining reported to federal prison today after attempting to bribe a deputy sheriff and employing a federal revenue agent as a still hand. The case highlights organized illegal alcohol operations and government crackdowns during Prohibition.
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Greensborq
Niod
Federal Revenue
Red China Frees Two U S Priests After Four Years
Two American Jesuit priests Father Charles J. McCarthy and Father Joh Alexander Houle were released from detention in Shanghai and are en route to Hong Kong. They said they expected to depart Shanghai within about ten days, while six Americans remain confined in Shanghai and the Peiping Tientsin area. They noted health improvements and expressed gratitude for friends' prayers.
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China
Charles J. McCarthy
San Francisco
Joh Alexander Houle
Glendale
Calif
Shanghai
Father McCarthy
Father Houin
Peiping -Tientsin
McCarthy
Father Houle
Fethar McCarthy
Roys
John P. Wagner
Pittsburgh
Joseph P. McCormack
Ossining
Hugh F. Redmond
Yonkers
Redmond
Bay Area Model Unveiled By Army Engineers
A $400000 hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay Area was unveiled by the US Army Engineer Corps in Sausalito. The scale is 1 to 1000 feet horizontally and 1 to 100 feet vertically, designed to study tides water velocities sedimentation and shoaling under various barrier plans. Col John Graf and Lt Col Haywood Dewey emphasized the project aims for objective scientific results with potential impact on millions and billions in investment.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Army Engineer Corps
Corps
Congress
Dewey
Bay
Gray
Bay Area
Dinland Ship Channel
California Water Authority
Graf
John 4. Graf
San Francisco
Haywoad C. Dewey
Vicksburg
Miss
Algiers Reports Heavy Losses in 24 Hours
ALGIERS WP The French claim 180 Nationalist rebels killed in the last 24 hours with 100 French soldiers killed or wounded. They report a massacre of 35 Arab men by FLN forces, and another massacre of 303 Algerians in Melouza. A nearby village repelled a rebel attack with French arms. An FLN Tunis statement accuses the French of Muslim killings, with 6 Algerians dead and 260 wounded.
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National Liberation Front
Alge
Melouza
Tonth
FLN
Wegram
Algeria
Francis Garsnier
Tunis
al Piers
Uncle's Car Kills Tot in California Crash
Six year old Leon Keck of Vacaville died from internal injuries after his uncle's car ran off Vasco Road between Livermore and Brentwood, reaching Antioch Hospital in the early hours Thursday.
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Calif
Leon Keck
Vacaville
Antioca Hospital
Vasco Randh Bestween Livermore
Brent
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