World News Roundup
Fifteen people are dead or missing after a British airliner crashed while landing in Tripoli with an unofficial death toll of 205. Flooding hits Tampico Mexico as epidemics threaten. Argentina’s Lonardi calls for peace and work to rebuild the divided nation. A baby stolen from a hospital crib prompts fears for the infant’s life. Secretary of State tells the U N General Assembly the world may enter a decade of peaceful change ending the cold war. A Chicago trial hears testimony in the killing of a 14 year old Negro boy in Sumner. Tropical storm Janet grows in the Atlantic as forecasters warn of intensification.
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Janet Moves Northwest as 10th Tropical Storm Forms
The 10th tropical storm Janet forms far in the Atlantic about 250 miles east-southeast of Fort de France. Forecasters expect it to strengthen with winds near 70 mph and slow intensification as it moves northwest at 15 mph. The system lies roughly 1,700 miles southeast of Miami with gale winds extending outward.
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Infant stolen from San Francisco hospital crib
Father pleads for return of 6 day old Robert Marcus as police flood San Francisco and San Jose with hundreds of officers and a $5,000 reward. Authorities seek a buxom blonde woman 35 to 40 seen near the nursery. Clues include Mt Zion blanket found in San Jose yard and a half filled bottle with a nipple.
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Sanford Marcus
San Jose
Robert Marcus
Robert
Dr. Marcus
Mt. Zion Hospital
Nina Magnoli
Henrietta” Jerrero
George Adams
Adenauer Rejects East German Legitimacy in Bundestag Debate
Chancellor Adenauer states West Germany will view any third country establishing relations with East Germany as an unfriendly act. He reports to Parliament on Moscow talks that led to a Bonn Soviet accord to establish diplomatic relations and seeks approval. The regime is recognized only by the Soviet bloc.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
East Germany
Bundestag
Soviet Union
Adenauer
Moscow
Aidenaur
Tampico Epidemic Amid Flood Disaster In Mexico
Mexican port city Tampico faces a dysentery outbreak amid Panuco River floods from Hurricane Hilda. Unofficial tolls show at least 205 dead, 1,000 injured, and many missing as 30,000 homeless suffer. Airlifts, helicopters, and aid sought under Cortines oversight.
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Tampico
Gulf Port
Panuco River
Mexico
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
U.S
Panuco
Navy Ministry
Soto la Marina
Brownsville
Texas
Bulganin Message Studied As UN Disarmament Plans Stall
A personal note from Soviet Premier Bulganin to President Eisenhower was studied in Washington while a U N Disarmament subcommittee in New York paused amid stalemate. Officials confirmed receipt but provided few details and noted the London and Paris dispatches about messages to Eden Faure.
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Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
U. N. Disarmament
New York
State Department
Denver
Lee Eden
Edgar Faure
London
Eden
U. S
United Nations
German POWs to Return Home This Weekend
Six hundred German war prisoners are expected to return to Germany from Russia this weekend, the first of 9,626 prisoners promised for release by Premier Bulganin. Welfare officials in Hannover confirmed the plan as part of a broader Soviet-German exchange.
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Germany
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Lonardi Appeals For Peace As Argentina Forms Provisional Government
In Buenos Aires Cordoba native Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi listed peace and work as the nation’s guiding light as he prepared to assume provisional presidency. The Voice of Liberty urged forgetting the past and stated there were no victors or defeated. Peron, in exile aboard a Paraguayan gunboat, remained in harbor as talks on surrender or exile continued.
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Eduardo Lonardi
Lonardi
Juan Peron
Cordoba
Voice of Liberty
pro-Peron Generals Which Took Control of the Central Government After Peron
Peron
Five Surprise Witnesses to Testify in Till Murder Trial
In Sumner Mississippi five surprise witnesses and the slain boy Emmett Till’s mother Mamie Bradley are expected to testify for the state in the trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam. District Attorney Gerald Chatham withholds names of the last minute witnesses while the case explores where Till was killed and buried.
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Sumner
Miss
Chicago
Gerald Chatham
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Emmett Louis Till
Tallahatchie
Mamie Bradley
Tallahatchie County
Atty
Stanny Sanders
Sunflower County
Young Till
Drew
Time Ripe For Solution Of German Problem Dulles Tells U.N.
During a United Nations General Assembly address, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the world may enter a decade of peaceful change. He urged support for a U S-Russia military blueprint exchange and mutual aerial inspection to advance world arms reduction. He praised Geneva leaders and urged an era of peaceful change.
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Far East
U. N
Red China
United States
Dulles
Eisenhower
Russia
Geneva
Centenarian Elevates Vittles as Core of Health
In a bright spot interview a centenarian credits nourishment as the chief source of strength. The exchange notes simple vittles underpin a long, resilient life.
Vicki the Elephant Returned After Stray Week
Vicki the six year old Indian elephant, after 11 days of foraging in Mecklenburg County woods, was corralled by a volunteer posse yesterday. She drank water and ate hay at her home in Charlotte after the chase and exhausting run.
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N.C
Vicki
Mecklenburg County
Airliner Crash in Tripoli Kills Fifteen
Fifteen people die when a four engine BOAC Argo Atlantic crashes while landing at Idris Airport in Tripoli. The aircraft from London to Lagos left yesterday afternoon. Authorities confirm 13 passengers and 2 crew killed with 27 passengers and 6 crew surviving. Survivors were taken to a British military hospital. Wreckage spans about 100 yards and smoldering persistence continues ten hours after impact. Captain B D E Griffiths was injured but not seriously.
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Libya
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British Overseas Airways Corp
London
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Lagos
Nigeria
West Africa
Mediterranean
North Africa
B.D. E. Griffiths
Rome
Final Test Slated For Big Carrier
The Forrestal, a 59 000 ton supercarrier, faces a crucial test day as Navy officials await an okay if full speed trials succeed. Preliminary tests yesterday showed success as the ship zigzagged off the Virginia Capes at speeds to 25 knots after last month’s mechanical trouble.
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Uncle Sam
Virginia Capes
Sarasota Sunshine Actinic Rays Enliven Local Shop
Minnie Mermaid promotes Sarasota as a center for special actinic rays noted to be abundant there. The claim highlights Sarasota's unique sunlight qualities and their appeal to visitors and shoppers.
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Sarasota
Sun prompts visitors to plant roots in Sarasota area
In Sarasota forecasts call for partly cloudy skies today tonight and Friday with scattered showers and thundershowers and light variable winds. High near 88 and low around 73. Florida overall stays clear to partly cloudy with southern and central showers. Read Herb Stolander's fishing column in the Sports Section for tides and almanac.
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Florida
N.W
Herb Stolander
Tides and Almanac
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