Indonesia Upset as Marine Tears Down Flags in Voroshilov Visit
A U S Marine guard on a Voroshilov visit in Jakarta caused a scene by tearing down Indonesian flags placed for Soviet president Voroshilov. Police detained the Marine, name withheld, and released him after the embassy apologized. Western sources fear a partisan backlash, while officials call it a drunken prank with no political aim.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U. S
Weise
Kleing
Hmenti Voroshilov
Topoline
Foreign Ministry
Voroshilov
Russ Okays Sweeping Soviet Economic Overhaul
The Supreme Soviet met in the Kremlin to approve a decentralized economic plan replacing the monolithic Moscow ministry system. The plan creates regional economic councils to handle local production, while the center retains policy, pricing, and material allocation. Implementation will take months or years and may abolish or trim many ministries.
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Moscow -Pi
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Kremlin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Worst Storms and Floods Predicted in Japan
Tokyo weather expert Rioichiro Takahashi of the Government Meteorological Research Institute warned of severe storms and floods in Japan this year. He cited a four year storm cycle, noting Japan suffered heavy rains and floods in 1953, making this year the cycle’s fourth year.
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Japan
Tokyo
Rioichiro Takahashi
Takahashi
Government Meteorological Research Institute
Ex Senator Hazel Abel Named U S Mother of 1957
Hazel Hempel Abel of Lincoln, widow with five children, was chosen as American Mother of 1957 by the American Mothers Committee at their annual conference in New York. The 68 year old former U S Senator and construction company president was praised for church and welfare work and especially her leadership with youth.
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New York
Hazel Hempel Abel
Lincoln
New
U. S
American iMother
Daniel A. Poling
American Mothers Committee, Inc
Abel
Keen
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Hazel Abel
Ex Queen Narriman Stricken by Smallpox in Beirut
Ex Queen Narriman of Egypt, former wife of King Farouk, is sick with smallpox in her Beirut apartment, reportedly contracted during a visit to Saudi Arabia. She has lived outside Egypt since leaving her Cairo physician husband in late 1954.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nerriman
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
D Narriman
Farouk
Cairo
Heart patients told not to fear childbirth in Oklahoma
Tulsa report on the State Medical Convention states that pregnant women with heart ailments need not fear childbirth. Dr. George C. Griffith of the University of Southern California told delegates that many pregnancy symptoms are commonly misread as heart disease signs by mothers.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
George C. Griffith
University of Southern California
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