Cyanide spill brings US chemists to Thamesville cleanup
In Thamesville Ontario US chemists rushed in to aid cleanup after 25000 pounds of sodium cyanide spilled along the CN rail line from a Niagara Falls Du Pont plant bound for Detroit. Officials said there is no immediate danger to residents though contact burns skin and water supplies are at risk. Police civil defense workers and locals assisted, while a Du Pont spokesman noted a Detroit team would advise on operations.
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Wayne, Mich
Dulles Seeks UN Action Over Syria Arms Supply
Secretary of State Dulles urged the 82 nation General Assembly to spotlight Soviet arms shipments to Syria and other Arab states. He warned Moscow’s aid and propaganda could push recipients toward direct aggression and called for full airing to halt Communist aims in the Middle East. The Syrian delegate denied threats, while Gromyko is set to speak before Friday.
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Scandal Deliberations Enter Third Day in Libel Trial
Los Angeles reports jurors in the confidential magazine criminal libel conspiracy trial entering their third day. Defendants Fred and Marjorie Meade sit in court as jurors seek further instructions. Publisher's Distributing Corp and Hollywood Research are accused along with the magazines of conspiring to publish lewd and obscene stories.
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Fred
Marjorie Meade
Hollywood
Publisher's Distributing Corp
Hollywood Research
Meades
Hopkins Doctor Develops Cold Virus Vaccine
Johns Hopkins scientist Dr. Winston H. Price reports a vaccine showing 80 percent prevention in 1400 tested against the JH virus. He isolated the first true virus behind many colds and said immunity requires two vaccine shots four weeks apart.
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Faubus defies federal court calls in segregation suit
Gov. Orval Faubus rejected a subpoena for a hearing in an anti segregation suit and asked U S District Judge Ronald Davies to disqualify himself as biased. He also faced a separate federal case over Arkansas laws on segregation. In Washington, public health officials reported a rise in Asian flu cases nationwide, with Mississippi showing a potential breakout.
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Mississippi
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Jazz legend Armstrong criticizes Faubus and politics
In Grand Forks, Armstrong blasts Arkansas Governor Faubus and federal policy, saying colored Americans have no country and accusing Eisenhower of duplicity. He denounces treatment of southern Black people as the AFL-CIO warns the Teamsters on ethics.
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Satchmo Criticizes Two Faced Armstrong On Relations
Louis Armstrong denounced a fellow trumpeter calling him two faced and warned that incidents like those at Little Rock harm foreign relations. He asked what to tell people asking what is wrong with his country and said he would go to Russia only on his own terms. He recalled Berlin crowds risking lives to hear him.
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Wilson orders military reduced to 2.6 million by next summer
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson directs a 100000 man reduction to 2600000 across the armed forces, via swift cuts mainly in the Army. He insists deployments abroad and national security remain unaffected and aims to implement reductions promptly.
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Truck Falls Into River Near Stockton Injures 34
A truck carrying Mexican farm laborers toppled from a levee road into the San Joaquin River eight miles northwest of Stockton. Thirty four injured, six to eight seriously. Driver Severiano Ybarra, 62, Stockton, escaped with minor injuries. his wife is critically hurt. Victims were en route from a Stockton labor camp to a tomato picking area.
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Beach Combing Update Adds Local Interest
A compact notice outlines page previews across sections including Hal Boyle feature on Page 4 11 and Beach Combing on Page B 1. Readers are directed to editorial and classifieds across multiple pages with upcoming tides temperatures and vital statistics notes.
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Beach Combing
Hal Boyle
Wilson
Numbers Man No Pension, So All Makes Living at 80
Washington UB Al fred N. Hammond says he gets no Social Security or pension and hasn’t worked in 14 years while buying his own home. Police booked a 10 year old man on a charge of running a $100 a day numbers racket and called him the oldest numbers man ever arrested.
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Alfred N. Hammond
Small A Bomb Set Off 800 Feet Under Desert
The 21st summer test and first full underground shot in history occurred at a Nevada atomic test site. The 1000 to 3000 ton yield bomb was fired 800 feet beneath a desert mesa, with no surface effects and no felt tremor 2 1/2 miles away. World scientists at 600 stations will compile readings to learn about earth structure.
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Lamesa
Liner With Dead Pilot Lands Safe
A Northwest Air Lines DCGB jet carrying 62 passengers landed safely at Madison Airport after captain Alfred H. Lohmar 51 died in flight from Minneapolis to Chicago. First Officer Arthur Steadman 33 took control on automatic, with Flight Engineer Frederick Staudt 35 assisting before Lohmar died.
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Chicago
Alfred H. Lohmar
Arthur J. Steadman Jr
Farmington, Minn
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Lohmer
Line
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Lone Rock
Rockford
Lohmar
Frederick Staudt
Shepilov Takes Teaching Post in Frunze Far East Institute
Dmitri Shepilov, former foreign minister ousted in the Kremlin purge, has assumed duties as a teacher at the Far East Institute in Frunze Kirghizia near the China frontier. Officials say the appointment was disclosed recently with few specifics.
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Dmitri Shepilov
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Far East
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Kirghizia
China
Sinkiang
Norwegian King Haakon VII Quiet Night Indicates Improvement
A medical bulletin reported King Haakon VII, 85, is seriously ill with a circulatory ailment in his right leg. He had a quiet night, breathing eased and temperature down, with doctors noting progress though prognosis remains cautious.
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