Communists Suffer Setback at Asian African Conference
Viet Nam delegate Nguyen Van Thoai urged the 29-nation Asian African conference to aid northern fleees from the Communist regime. He cited one million Vietnamese who have left their homes and pressed for extending the mid May deadline to seek refuge in the free south. Sukarno and Ali Sastroamidjojo opened the talks criticizing colonialism and racialism at Bandung Freedom Hall.
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Indonesia
U.P
Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thoai
Free South
Thoai
Sukarno
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Sastroamidjojo
Freedom Hall
Merger Talk Sparks Terre Haute School Debate Tonight
An emergency meeting of five city town groups and individuals convenes at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall to discuss annexation and unified school administration for Harrison township and Terre Haute. Mayor Ralph Tucker calls for questions, ideas, and a path to growth through annexation and reform.
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City Hall
Ralph Tucker
Board of School Trustees
City of
Terre Haute
Harrison Township
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Einstein Dies After Four-Day Illness at Princeton Hospital
Albert Einstein died at 1:15 a m in Princeton Hospital after a four day illness. The 76 year old physicist, famed for relativity, was admitted Friday with a previously undiagnosed condition linked to a ruptured main artery. Autopsy clarified the cause as arterial rupture rather than gall bladder illness.
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Princeton
N. J
Albert Einstein
Princeton Hospital
Einstein
Communists Lose Ground in French Local Elections
Paris April 18 incomplete returns show government coalition parties win a commanding majority while the Communists lose strength in nationwide local elections. The Communist vote slides from 23.5 to 21 percent as results trickle in.
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Paris
New Federal Court Judge Opens First Terre Haute Session
Judge Dale J. Holder opened the Spring session of the Terre Haute Division of the Federal Court at 9 30 this morning in the Federal Building. Thirteen civil cases remain on the docket of 21. nine will be tried by jury with jury selection first. One criminal case is Edward Franklin Harris charged under the federal vehicle act. The judge will be guest of honor at a 6 30 dinner tonight by the Terre Haute Bar Association at Hotel Deming.
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Terre Haute
Edward Franklin Harris
Holder
Terre Haute Bar Association
Deming
Thousands of Children Getting Inoculations
The first mass polio vaccination campaign begins as hundreds of thousands of first and second graders receive two free shots of the cherry red vaccine with a booster planned seven months later. Delays in shipments cause some areas to postpone, while officials in Washington press for emergency action to prevent a black market.
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San Francisco
Ellis D. Sox
National Foundation For
Local Youth Killed In Crash In Pennsylvania
Joseph Bell age 17 son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Bell of 1623 North Nineteenth street died in a head on crash on U S Highway 22 near Fredericksburg Pennsylvania Police say his car crossed a dual highway striking a car driven by Edward T Weigle 31 of Gardiner New York injuring four others Bell a former student at Gerstmeyer Technical High School died at Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon Pa Police investigate Bell had been working as a book salesman in Pennsylvania and was reported missing by Harrisburg authorities Continued on page two.
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Robert E. Bell
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Nineteenth Street
Fredericksburg
Bell
Gerstmeyer Technical High School
Good Smaritan Hospital
Lebanon
Pennsylvania
Edward T. Weigle
Gardiner
N. Y
Weigle
Terre Haute
Harrisburg
James Cochran
Terre Haute Weather Forecast Showers Tonight Through Tuesday
The Weather Bureau reports occasional showers and thunderstorms in Terre Haute and vicinity with little temperature change. Low tonight 57, high Tuesday 80. River stage 6.5 feet and falling. Temperature readings 60 at 6 am and 76 at 2 pm. Sunrise 5 10, sunset 6 30. Precipitation none yesterday.
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Terre Haute
Einstein Explains Relativity With Hot Stove Tale
Princeton April 18 41 reports Prof Albert Einstein conceded few people grasp his theory of relativity. He offered a simple example noting time seems to pass slowly when uncomfortable and quickly when content, illustrating relativity of time.
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Princeton
N. J
Albert Einstein
Mansfield warns against limited atomic war doctrine
Senator Mike Mansfield declares the Eisenhower administration may pursue a dangerous limited atomic war policy. He says there is little assurance such a strategy can be confined once started and warns it could threaten national survival.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D.mont
Eisenhower
Mansfield
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Einstein and the atomic age a note on his influence
The text recalls Einstein as a leading theoretical mathematician and physicist who hinted at vast energy from small matter. It notes his 1950 unified field theory trea tise and his role as professor emeritus at the Institute For Advanced Study, amid his public advocacy in later years.
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Einstein
Institute For Advanced Study
Robert Oppenheimer
Dredge Searches Wabash River for Missing Man
The Wabash river was dredged near Lafayette to recover the body of a man believed to have fallen from a railroad bridge. Police said it is suspected the victim is Bud Higgins, 50, who was walking home Sunday night when the incident occurred.
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Ind
Wabash
Bud Higgins
Hungary Fires Premier Nagy in Kremlin Purge
In Budapest on April 18 the Communist party announced the purge of Prime Minister Imre Nagy for grave damage to the party and democracy. Deputy Premier Andras Hegedus was elected to succeed him as head of government after Nagy was ousted and stripped of party posts. Parliament later confirmed Nagy’s removal while Istvan Dobi acknowledged his failure to carry out duties. Nagy was not present as the session proceeded.
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Hungary
Communist Party
Imre Nagy
Andras Hegedus
Hegedus
Nagy
People’s Democracy
Istvan Dobi
Joseph Mekis
Long City Mayors Served Varied Terms Across Years
Voters in the City Primary on May 3 show confusion over mayoral terms. Fred Ross served three terms from 1892 to 1898, Ora Davis held two four year terms from 1922 to 1930, and Wood Rosey and Vern Mc Millan each served five years due to a skip election law. Recent offices have been four-year terms, with Ralph Tucker serving two such terms. Page 6 continues.
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Fred Ross
Ora Davis
Wood Rosey
Vern McMillan
Ralph Tucker
Indiana
Prayers Surround Ill Child in Illinois Community
Six year old Gayle Russell lies unconscious with encephalitis in Lutheran Deaconess Hospital. In Morton Grove and three other Chicago suburbs residents organize Friday and Sunday prayers at Catholic and Protestant churches. Neighbors and clergy from Morton Grove Glenview Skokie Niles join the effort amid hopeful signs as doctors previously gave poor odds.
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Ill
Gayle Russell
Chicago
Gayle
Glenview
Skokie
Niles
Allan
Lutheran Deaconness Hospital
Eisenhower Receives Word Of Red Air Power Buildup
Secretary of State Dulles, after meeting with President Eisenhower at Augusta, said U S intelligence shows Chinese Communists are expanding offensive airpower opposite Formosa with grave implications. He noted the buildup is more intense and broader than previously known and could enable a larger attack on the mainland or nearby islands.
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Formosa
Peiping
United Nations
Air India
Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
Dulles
China
Augusta National Golf Club
Robert B. Carney
Matsu Islands
Quemoy
Carney
Salk Inoculations Start Here Tuesday
Dr. John Sullivan, medical director of the anti polio immunization program, announced mass inoculations for first and second grade students in city and parochial schools will begin Tuesday. The Salk serum arrived Sunday clearing the last hurdle for immunization against infantile paralysis. City and half the parochial students start Tuesday, county and remaining parochial schools on Friday, with possible recalls after school for six county schools due to vaccine delays.
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John Sullivan
Sullivan
Seek to Identify Body Found in River at Vevay
In Vevay Indiana authorities seek to identify a man found snagged in the Ohio River by Grant Dunaway. Coroner Dr. George Ellerbrook said Dunaway recovered the body Saturday night and notified the sheriff Sunday. The man was about 50, five feet ten inches tall.
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Ind
Grant Dunaway
Ohio River
George Ellerbrook
Dunaway
Ellerbrook
Truman urges U N action on threats to world peace
Former President Truman testified as a congressional witness urging the United Nations General Assembly to address current threats to world peace. He emphasized using the UN to advance disarmament and cited Korea as an example of UN action despite vetoes.
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Truman Jeday
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Truman
Senate
Formosa
U.N
World Organization
Mr. Truman
General Assembly
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
Russia
U. N
Korea
Weather forecast across Indiana predicts rain and warmth
Rain clouds envelop Indiana as temperatures near 80 degrees with showers and thundershowers forecast in the north and west this afternoon and statewide tonight through Tuesday. Overnight lows ranged from 49 in Fort Wayne to 61 in Evansville, with highs expected from 75 to 80 today and 83 to 86 Tuesday.
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South Bend
Evansville
Weather Bureau
Fort Wayne
Mercury
Frontier Clash Near Jerusalem Leaves Family of Six Buried
A house in a Jordan frontier village 15 miles from Jerusalem was blown up Sunday night by dyamiters. A nearby family of six survived. Israeli officials say the raiders came from Jordan.
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