Fatal Crash on Highway 301 Kills Tallahassee Man
Thad Gibbs, 48, of Tallawast, was fatally injured in a head on collision with a southbound truck on Highway 301 near DeSoto Road. Gibbs died at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Truck driver Hart Clemons sustained knee lacerations. Gibbs was pinned briefly. no arrests were reported.
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Thad Gibbs
Tallawast
Highway 301
DeSoto Road
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
H. O. Walters
Gibbs
West Coast Ice Co
Franklin Delano Clemons
Pershing St
Sarasota
Hart Clemons
Walters
Wreeler
Dogs use police dogs to break up 2500 riot fans in London
In Victoria Park East London 2500 jazz fans faced police dogs used to scatter youths after a chaotic night. Officers reported 19 arrests and seven officers injured as Chris Barber led a concert flare up amid unclear riot triggers.
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London
UPI
East London
Chris Barber
England
Memorial Day Holiday Deaths Rise Across Nation
United Press International tallies show 351 highway deaths 115 drownings two plane crash deaths and 82 other accidents for a total 550 during the holiday weekend. Ohio led with 27 fatalities followed by California 23 New York 22 Pennsylvania 21 Illinois 20 and North Carolina 18. Alaska Delaware Hawaii Idaho and Rhode Island reported no fatalities.
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United Press International
Ohio
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
North Carolina
Alaska
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Rhode Island
National Safety Council
Cambridge
Clarksville
Tenn
Thurman Jenner
West Fork Creek
Robert
Sharon
Jenner
Spy Chief Dulles Understated Image Masks A Global Career
Washington AP profiles Allen Welch Dulles, 67, head of the CIA, praised for World War I Swiss service earning the Legion of Merit and for directing OSS era espionage networks in Nazi Europe. The article notes his cautious public disclosures, deep study, and lifelong dedication to intelligence work.
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Washington
Allen Welch Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Switzerland
Office of Strategic Services
Nazi Germany
Italy
Students protest Rhee flight and Huh resignation call in Seoul
Nearly 1,000 students demonstrated in downtown Seoul demanding Acting President Huh Chung resign over Rhee’s flight to Hawaii. They chanted against the provisional government, called for its dissolution, and criticized officials for allowing the former leader to escape criminal responsibility.
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Seoul
South Korea
Huh Chung
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Hawaii
Taegu
Huh
Tangook Buddhist University
National Assembly
Honolulu
Korea
anti-Rhee Democratic Party
Paik Sun-yup
Joint Chiefs of Staff
CIA Chief Briefs Senators on U2 Spy Flight Fallout
CIA Director Allen W. Dulles testified behind closed doors before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reading a long statement without copies. Chairman Fulbright warned reporters the testimony would not be published, as senators seek foreign policy implications of the U2 crash and its impact on the May summit.
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Washington
Senate Fedelations Committee
Hea
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia
Grandma Howard at 93 Still Active in Whitfield Estates
93 year old Mrs. W. C. Howard, known as Grandma, marks her birthday in Whitfield Estates. Born May 31, 1867 in Lowell, Massachusetts, she has lived through 16 U.S. presidents, long family ties in Middletown, Connecticut, and moved to Florida a decade ago after her husband Wingate C. Howard served as town clerk for 20 years and died in 1950. Friends recall her cooking and, at age 92, a brisk Canasta game.
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W. C. Howard
Grandma
Whitfield Estates
Lowell
Mass
Abraham Lincoln
Howard
Coleridge W. Hart
Pearl Dr
John Bullard
Crescent Beach
U.S
Sarasota rescuer helps four men from midnight tide
A Sarasotan who saved four men from the outgoing tide at Midnight Pass yesterday remains unsure of the victims identities and wonders about their condition. The feature continues on page 9 with details of the rescue.
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Midnight Pass
Pasternak Reveals Nobel Prize Motives In 1958 Interview
Newspaperman Gustav Svensson recalls interviewing Boris Pasternak in 1958 amid the Doctor Zhivago controversy. Pasternak says the Nobel Prize saved his life, denies renouncing the award, and asks Swedes to relay he still claims the prize while unable to travel to Stockholm. He credits international protests for protecting him and notes his isolation in the Soviet Union.
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Gustav Svensson
Moscow
Associated Press
Boris Pasternak
Pasternak
Geneva
Zhi
Gutaf VI
Sweden
Stockholm
Swedish Academy
Academy
Communist Party
Pravda
Doctor Zhivago
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India
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al Lopez
New York Yankees
Stuart Symington
Buena Park
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Gov
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Symington
Palm Springs, Calif
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Wenwood City
Bee Ridge Rd
Trail
Nobel Committee
the Plaza
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