Ferry Collision in Inland Sea Worse Tokyo Officials Report
A large passenger ferry collided with a rail car ferry in the Inland Sea near Takamatsu causing a sinking with at least 159 deaths. About 840 aboard were students and other passengers as frantic survivors awaited rescue and a mercy mission from American forces.
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Takamatsu
Japan
Hokaido
Maj. R. Dobson
Charlotte
N. C
Shikou Island
Uno
Okayama
Honshu
Yanks Escape MIG Gunfire Over Yellow Sea
U S Air Force reports no Sabre jets were hit in dog fights Tuesday with eight to 12 Red Chinese MIGs over the Yellow Sea. Peiping claimed one Sabre down and two damaged, while the U S forces asserted two MIGs were shot down and another probably destroyed.
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Tokyo
Peiping
U. S
Yellow Sea
Kobaserean
Manchurian Islands
Antung
Yalu River
Disorder at Alcatraz Prompted Solitary Confinement
Warden Paul J. Madigan disclosed April 25 disturbance at Alcatraz Prison involving seven or eight inmates placed in solitary confinement. The incident stemmed from demands for better food newspapers and commissary privileges in the disciplinary section.
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Alcatraz
San Francisco
Paul J. Madigan
Madigan
Weather Update Warm With Partial Clouds Thursday
Rain expected with a warm morning and partly cloudy afternoon. Tonight's low near 60, Thursday high in the low 70s, Thursday night around mid 50s. Yesterday low 59, high 78. precipitation totals 0.27 inches from yesterday morning to today 7 a.m. Sun rises 4 51 a.m. and sets 7 p.m. Crab Orchard Lake 1 inch above spillway today with Little Grassy Lake level at spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Production Checks Begin Today for Salk Polio Vaccine
On site checks at Parke-Davis in Detroit were planned as Public Health Service scientists inspect manufacturing methods with potential releases expected soon. Surgeon General Scheele urged a pause in mass inoculations until all plants are rechecked, but aims to resume by week’s end if inspections go well.
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Public Health Service
Detroit
Parke-Davis Laboratories
U. S
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Stratton Daley barter over city aid in Illinois capital talks
In Springfield Gov. Stratton and Chicago Mayor Daley pursue a vote exchange for city relief. Daley seeks 34 million dollars for Chicago services while Stratton presses a sales tax plan to raise funds for schools and welfare, with political stakes high for both.
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Legislative
William G. Stratton
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Daley
Stratton
Pele
Bores
Aote Daley
Russia Seeks Top Level Talks To Test Soviet Sincerity
President Eisenhower said a Big Four summit may clarify Russian intentions and ease world tensions. He noted no definite meeting schedule, prefer neutral hosts, and mentioned possible July talks in Switzerland. He praised a top level meeting to test sincerity and advance peace efforts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Eden
Britain
Premier Faure
France
Marshal Bulganin
Paris
Switzerland
United States
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Big Four to decide Austrian treaty provisions in final session
Vienna May 11 The Big Four ambassadors planned a final session on the Austrian independence treaty. If not agreed on the reparations clause, the issue would be left to the four powers foreign ministers to resolve. Molotov promised oil field returns for 10 million tons of oil and 150 million cash for 300 industrial assets seized after the war. Western envoys opposed a bilateral Soviet Austrian pact, fearing future Moscow meddling.
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Vienna
Austria
Russia
V.M. Molotov
U. S
State Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Molotov
Julia
Raab
Moscow
Ilyichev
Danube Steamship Shipping Co
Sahate
Soviet Union
Brother separated Siamese twin shows improvement in death brush
Rodney Brodie, who was separated from his Siamese twin in 1952, demonstrated improvement today after another close call with death.
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Brodie
Chicago
Rodney Brodie
East St Louis Veteran Builds Home Despite Disability
Edward Armstrong, a Navy veteran with Burger's Disease, amputated below the knee and later above, keeps working on his home in East St Louis. He paints, repairs, decorates, and plans a yard fence and an additional room when funds and landlady approval allow. He survives on $136 monthly aid to dependent children and faces $800 cost for artificial legs.
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East St. Louis
Edward Preston
Armtrong
Marlon Brando
Burger
St. Mary’s Hospital
Armstrong
Audrey Marie
Janice Ruth
Eddie Jr
Illinois Votes on Statehood Recommittal
Illinois representatives voted Tuesday on a motion to recommit a bill to admit Hawaii and Alaska as states. The motion failed, effectively defeating the bill's path to statehood at this stage.
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Illinois
Hawaii
Alaska
Soviet peace plan calls for rapid foreign troop withdrawal
The Soviet Union unveiled a world peace plan proposing immediate withdrawal of most foreign troops from East and West Germany, broad arms cuts, and a control system for banning atomic weapons. It also urged a unified NATO type alliance under a Russian commander and noted talks with Western leaders.
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Soviet Union
East
West Germany
Warsaw
Germany
United States
Russia
China
Britain
France
Alaska Hawaii statehood bill rejected by House vote
The Alaska Hawaii joint statehood bill failed 218 to 170 in the House. Leaders blamed party opposition and urged separate bills for each territory or Hawaii first as President Eisenhower had urged only for Hawaii. Senate support remains uncertain.
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Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
House
Engle
Calif
House Insular Affairs Committee
Rep. Saylor
R-Pa
Barrett
Eisenhower
Farrington
Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Territories Subcommittee
Senate
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Springfield
Big 4
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May
Bulganin
Faure
Tass
U. N. Subcommittee On Disarmament
London
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Hale
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