Saudi King Feisal Gains Hold Amid Oil Cash Crunch
Beirut reports Arab informants say Crown Prince Feisal wins a clash over Saudi Arabia’s finances and control of foreign, internal, and economic policy. The monarchy, said to be deeply in debt despite oil wealth, faces pressure from pro-Egyptian currents and a potential realignment with Nasser. Feisal’s consolidation could ease Egypt reconciliation but risks Western oil interests.
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Lebanon
UPI
Saud
Feisal
Jin Oil
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Peninsula
Eh Ot
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nasser
West
United States
Ringling Circus Opens in Charlotte Amid Clean New Look
Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey brings a redesigned indoor show to Charlotte replacing sawdust with green rubber padding washed after each performance. The company reduces animals to 400 horses and 20 elephants and shifts travel to car and trailer transport, halving train use en route from Sarasota to New York.
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Charlotte
N.C
Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey
New York
Jg'ax
Madison Square Garden
Winter Quarters
Sarasota
Fle
Returning a Favor at Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind
Two students from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind, Robert Bennett and Albert Bryan, were sought Monday after giving blood for Dr. C. W. Weisser who underwent stomach ulcer surgery in Pittsburgh. The doctor, an eye specialist, has treated many students at the school. Alfred E. Valentine, 28, was identified as the liquor store robber by the owner after joining the crowd watching the incident.
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Western Pennsylvania School For the Blind
Robert Bennett
Albert Bryan
C. W. Weisser
Pittsburgh
School For the Blind
Chicago U
Alfred E. Valentine
Fire chief doubts widow seeking pension via marriage
Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn voiced grave doubts about a Los Angeles widow weighing marriage to a retired Chicago fire officer. He said she asked to be informed whether she could obtain his pension after his death and how long she would need to stay married.
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Chicago
Robert J. Quinn
Quinn
Los Angeles
Chicago Fire Department
Measles Reach KU Student After Family Echoes Past
Mrs. Lance Hill of Emporia recalls a 20 year old Gazette item about her son Robert then one year old and ill with measles. Saturday he returned home from the University of Kansas at age 21 after being stricken with the disease, continuing a long family pattern of measles.
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Emporia
Kan
Lfi
Lance Hill
Emporia Gazette
Robert
University of Kansas
Two Families Flee Slipping Hillside Homes
Highland Park residents Eugene Dow and James Larson with their spouses fled Monday night as earth slippage on a 50-foot slope menaced adjoining houses. City inspector R W Ross warned the structures could be buried beneath tons of dirt. Deep fissures up to 20 feet formed while recent heavy rains worsened the hillside crumble.
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Highland
104 Year Old Verona Matriarch Defies Time With Humor
Mrs. Jane B. Smith, born in County Cavan, Ireland, emigrated to Newark and claims to be 105, though family records suggest 104. She and late husband James Smith reportedly had 14 children before his death in 1902, with three sons and two daughters surviving in the United States. She lives with a bachelor son in Verona and plans to live to 131, saying longevity comes from hard work and humor.
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Verona
N. 5
Jane B. Smith
Taney
Smith Ted
Kingfish Actor Moore Gets Light Sentence
Los Angeles actor Harry R. Moore known for Amos n Andy drew a suspended 100 dollar fine after a family dispute over roast beef led to a gunshot. The 70 year old was found guilty only of drawing or exhibiting a deadly weapon in his home incident involving Vivian Moore Paul Hubbard Earl Brown and Eva Brown.
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Los Angeles
Harry R
Tim) Moore
Amos ‘N Andy
Moore
Vivian
Paul Hubbard
Earl
Eva Brown
Richard Filden
Senate GOP Asks OK on Farm Bill
In a stormy closed session the Senate Republican Policy Committee voted 17 to 14 in favor of recommending Eisenhower sign a bill to freeze farm price supports for one year at 1857 levels or higher. Leader Knowland cautioned the vote count may be imprecise due to members leaving before the tally.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Republican Policy Committee
Knowland
California
Farm State
Heart Attack Fatal to Radio Newsman
Los Angeles radio editor and longtime newsman William B. Douglas aged 62 died of a heart attack. He was found slumped in his chair at home and had served as radio editor for the Los Angeles Times for 18 years and news editor at KRKD for 16 years. Recently he worked for an advertising agency.
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Los Angeles
William B
Doug) Douglas
The
Los Angeles Times
KRKD
State Narcotics Bureau Chief Quits in Shakeup
Walter Creighton 67 announced his retirement as the State Bureau of Narcotics chief amid a department shakeup moving its office from San Francisco to Sacramento. The reform shifts focus to higher level traffickers, with local street peddlers handled by local police, and a Fresno bureau planned pending July funding.
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San Francisco
State Bureau of Narcotics
Walter Creighton
Narcotics Bureau
Creighton
Fresno
Ally
Norman Elkington
Brereton
Elkington
Chrysler Aid Urges Repeal of Car Tax
Chrysler Corp executive Byron J. Nichols urged repeal or reduction of the 10 percent federal excise tax on autos to revive the sagging market. He also called for increased sales promotion to combat the recession, as other officials noted calls for tighter control and improvements following narcotics cases and investigations.
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Chicago
Chrysler Corp
Byron J. Nichols
International Paper buys Lord Baltimore Press in Baltimore
International Paper Co has acquired Lord Baltimore Press Inc a Baltimore Maryland based consumer package and label printing firm for an indicated price of nearly 17 million dollars.
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Purchase
New York Us
International Paper Co
Lord Baltimore Press, Inc
Baltimore, Md
Local Post Office Carrier Delivery Ledger Entry
Recording for Lone Beach Carrier Delivery 43 200 574.00 By Mail 2.00 24.00 Single Copy 210 Daily publication note lists Pine Ave Long Beach and a December audit bureau circulation reference. Tooling indicates a routine posting of carrier charges and single copy counts.
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Lone Beach
Mall i
Oly Stand
Pine Ave
Long Beach
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ceylon Housewives Forcing Trade Shift Over Rice
In Colombo Ceylon housewives protest lumpy Egyptian rice in food rations, pushing the government to boost imports from Red China. A reliable source says Peiping offers to add 100000 tons of rice to the 200000 already supplied in exchange for rubber.
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Ceylon
Colombo
China
Peiping
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