Switzerland Promises Snow and Scenic Splendor for Travelers
Switzerland attracts millions of visitors with alpine peaks and pristine lakes. The land offers high living standards, charming mountain villages, and access to both snow fields and lake recreation such as Geneva and Lucerne. A May sport meet is planned at Montreux along Lake Geneva with hotels and leisure facilities highlighted.
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Switzerlana
Switzerland
Europe
Geneva
Lucerne
Zarzack
Rhine Valley
Upper Rhine
Nair
Géneva
Montreux
Key to Home Is Quality Key to Home Is Quality
Walter H. Dreier, president of the United States Savings and Loan League, calls for higher home building standards and better planning. The league, representing savings and loan associations financing about two-fifths of US homes, warns obsolescence and housing shortages are changing, urging era of better homes for less money and improved construction codes. Studies on neighborhood planning and design are underway.
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Chicago
Walter. H. Dreier
United States Savings
Ithe
Savings and Loan
Dreier
League
First BlowHartford Unemployment Chief Rules On Firing
Hartford reports State Unemployment Compensation Commissioner John Arcudi ruled a worker could not be fired for fighting another employee on the job after the other man struck the first blow. Boston recall notes 1630 whipping post for shooting a duck on Sunday.
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Hartford
Conn
John Arcudi
Boston
Canada United States seek to ease economic friction
Washington reports a cross border push to smooth economic tensions between Canada and the United States. Canadian officials pressed American executives in closed doors while Lester Pearson rejected defeatist views of relations. A Battelle study cited by Canadians noted U S exports to Canada amounting to about 2.7 billion dollars, with implications discussed across the border.
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U. S
Canada
United States
Washington
Lester E. Pearson
U.S
Battelle Memorial Institute of
Ame
Floating fleet fuels Alaska's unique transport network
Alaska's vast terrain relies on air travel, with Lake Hood and Lake Spenard hosting about 10 percent of floatplane use. Bush pilots use lakes and rivers as natural landing fields, linking remote towns as the Alaska Railroad network remains limited.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Nana
Hood
Iss
Easles
Lake
Spenard
United
States
Serra
California
Montana
Gulf of
Mexico
Alaska Railroad
Nike guided missiles defend North America near Lincoln Massachusetts
A reporter glimpses a Nike air defense battery near Lincoln showing radar tracked missiles concealed in a forest clearing two and a half miles from the radar site. The two part system includes hillside launchers and ground crew preparing for practice alerts testing the continent’s defenses.
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North ¢ - America
Nike
Bos
Washington
Chicago
New England
Lincoln
World’s longest bar claimed in Mildura Australia
The Mildura Working Man's Club in Mildura Australia boasts a 287 foot bar described as the biggest in the world. It can serve 2,000 patrons at once with 32 taps and 20 bartenders.
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Mildura
Australia
Nanay
Free-Lance Spies Arouse In Cold War Berlin
Free-lance intelligence groups in West Berlin disrupt East German and Soviet Zone dynamics. The Righting Group and others recruit residents as agents, drawing protests from West Germans and Western allies. Ernest Tillich leads the movement, blamed for jeopardizing anti-Communist safety and provoking harsher actions by authorities. Continued on Page 5.
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Deb Allilente
Vthe
Soviet Zone
Cine
Ernest :Tillich
Norwegian Copyright Rift Over Grieg Piano Concerto Cover
Oslo based Norwegian groups claim Liberace altered Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor and halted sales of a digest version to comply with the Berne Convention. Kierulf criticizes the rendition as a misreading of the concerto’s nature.
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Oslo
Nana
Kierulf
Liberace
One-Year Deadline Set for Military Air Transport Reforms
Congress grants the Pentagon twelve months to firm up plans to reorganize the Military Air Transport Service and to use existing unutilized capacity of commercial carriers where possible. The House Appropriations Committee endorses a strong MATS while urging continued reliance on civilian airlift facilities for mobilization.
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David Barnett Washington
Nana
Congress
Pentagon
Military
Air ‘Transport Service
Air Force
Gianity Air Transport
House
Defense
Charles Wilson
Navy
Army
MATS
United ‘States
Note in a Bottle Records Tragedy from Jamaica Coast
A recovered 200 year old note found in a bottle off Jamaica records a sailor’s final message before his burning ship vanished in the Atlantic. The inscription, dated July 1750, expresses longing for family in London and Derry and laments the fate of the crew as dangers of the sea loom.
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Jamaica
Atlantic
Elizabeth
London
Derry
Thomas Dryden
French Fashion Seeks Mosco w Show To Win Soviet Women
Paris designers eye a mission to Moscow to stage a massive Paris fashion show aimed at influencing Soviet women. The Association of Couturiers views Russia as a key target to spread French style and culture despite limited access and longstanding barriers.
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Paris
Nana
Association of Couturiers
Gary: Molleé
Russia
France
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