Quebec Election Draws Near By Quebec City Observer
Quebec voters prepare for June 20 polls as Maurice Duplessis, 66, dominates politics in a province famed for its distinct atmosphere. The Union Nationale leader unites a rugged Montreal underworld, disciplined Quebec City purists, and tough rural communities in a dynamic election climate.
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Eric Downton
Quebec City
Nana
Quebec
U. S
Coure
North America
Canada
Vesuvius Promised Another Nap Before Eruption Returns
News notes that Vesuvius may resume smoking as a predicted idle period ends, with scientists led by Prot. Giuseppe Imbo citing a long rest since 1652 and 1944. Italian guides express worry over a slow season, while plans for a cable car ride near Mount Faito and a Marshall Plan funded road aim to bring tourists close to the crater again.
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Spon
Naples
Nana
Leoring
Lee Institute
Terese
University of Naples
Useppe Tmha
Vesuvius
Jpsit
Sicily
Etna
Arturo Similo
Faenza
Mount Faito
Tinlian "Bund
Arturo
Panama Preens For Ike's Visit
PANAMA CITY NANA is busy shining up this city for a June 24 25 visit by President Eisenhower. The gathering will mark the 10th anniversary of the first inter American conference. Diplomacy and rivalries color the event with Nicaragua and Costa Rica at odds and Ecuador and Guatemala sending leaders amid strained ties.
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Panama City
Nana
Bolivar Hall
Congress
Tourist tide breaks iron curtain at USSR borders
New York dispatch describes a rising two way tourist flow crossing the Soviet Union borders. The report notes unprecedented movement and frames it as a challenge to longstanding travel restrictions, with terms suggesting broad official significance and substantial public interest.
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New York
Nana
Stalin
Ussr
Elephants Dominate Headlines Across 1956 News
New York dispatch surveys a year of elephant escapades from Washington to Madison Square Garden. A 22 year old Ringling elephant dies from heat after a long illness, another pair roam with orange bonnets while police watch, and a parade of tusked vaudeville continues to draw crowds. Meanwhile Russia expands tourist diplomacy with plans to bring 2,000 Americans and 1,600 foreign visitors to the USSR via new travel routes and offices as InTourist signs broaden exchanges. The piece blends circus, travel, and Cold War cultural notes into a single lively column.
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Nana
Washington, D. C
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Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
First Ave
Ren Gering
Leningrad
Erly
Fiem
of Spies
Mack MacDonald
Russia
Soviet Union
MacDonald
Talourist
Ajco
Vyacheslav Molotov
Dublin
England
France
Holland
Belgium
London
Switzer-Felsinki
Stockholm
Copen
King Bros.Igland
Italy
United States
Hagen
Aerolot
Ussr
South America
Alice
Moscow
Ite
Black Sea
Shoes warned against rain dissolve crocodile synthetic
In Vienna a playful headline announces sandals or shoes labeled with a warning Do not wear these shoes in the rain They will dissolve The cheeky stunt ties to a graffiti style or novelty item from a local retailer claiming the crocodile synthetic material cannot cope with moisture and will melt away as a gag or publicity stunt
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Vienna
Nana
Sec
Soviets Strengthen East Zone Ahead of Disarmament Talks
Western intelligence reports show the Soviet Union is expanding and modernizing East German military infrastructure despite disarmament gestures. Thirty-five jet bases and twenty standby sites are being prepared, with new airfields near Berlin and upgraded training camps housing multiple divisions. East German heavy industry and synthetic fuel plants are also readied to support long supply lines and a potential offensive.
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Margaret Krohn
Berlin
Nana
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Kremlin
Iron Curtain
East Germany
West Germany
Britain
Canberra
NATO
Wehrmacht
Rhine
Leona Werk
Merseburg
Halle
Westuropesiargent
Hitler
Soviet Union
Love's labor was lost on nurse in Vienna hospital
A 19 year old tried to gain access to the hospital where his nurse lover worked by having a friend shoot him in the leg. He succeeded in entering the building but found the nurse was on vacation at the time. The article notes broader context of Soviet supply depots across Poland and East Germany.
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Russia
Poland
Germany
Vienna
Love
U S Communists Push Fellow Travelers Style
Washington reports that American Communists aim to revive fellow traveling as a fashionable intellectual activity. Robert Morris of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee says Reds seek a united front and a new peace approach, shifting from labor groups to intellectuals and now courting both major parties.
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Washington
Robert Morris
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Geneva
Reds
Dupes 10 Rantral
Hower
Labor Junion
Morris
Uranium Deposits Found Across West Germany Frontier
West Germany uncovers uranium in multiple regions including the Fichtel Mountains near Selb Bavarian Forest and upper Franconia with outcroppings in the Harz Brocken district and Black Forest. Ore assays at Weissenstadt reach 40 grains per ton while total deposits could yield about 30 tons of fissile material. Concluded on page 3 col 44.
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Fichtely
Selb
Czech
Upper
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Brocken
Harz Mountains
Fichtel
Weissenstadt
Czechoslovakia
Black Forest
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