Steamer Sails From New York With Tanks for Saudi Arabia
The freighter James Monroe departed New York early Monday carrying 18 light American tanks bound for Saudi Arabia. Coast Guard cutters stood by during the voyage amid no incidents. A war insurance demand by most of the crew delayed sailing eight hours. Officials of the Hellenic Line commented on the departure.
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New York
U.P
James Monroe
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
U. S. Coast Guard
Hellenic Line
Big French Cloudmaster crash near Cairo kills many
A large French DC6 Cloudmaster carrying 64 aboard crashes in the desert outside Cairo during approach from Karachi to Paris. Initial reports list 52 dead, many French or Vietnamese, with six crew and six passengers survived and others rescued by Egyptian forces and American pilots.
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Cairo
Egypt
Paris
Charles Billet
Saigon
William Judd
Karachi
Transport Aeriens Intercontinental
U.S
Oakland
Calif
Valletta
Malta
Reing Tred
Judd
Trans World Airlines
New York
Arthur Hoffman
National Petroleum Co
Four Die as Auto Skids Off Indiana Road
Four Detroit residents bound for Florida vacation were killed near Muncie Indiana when their car went out of control on Indiana 3. The driver Jennie Ostrowski 51 and three relatives died in the crash along with a bystander. A separate Saturday crash near Gary claimed Virgil D. Linderman 57. Other injuries and deaths occurred in Indiana from crashes on U S 20 U S 31 and Ind 57 with multiple victims including Ida May Barton and Ruth Van Hook in Carmel and Noblesville.
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Edmond Bauer
Louisville
Michigan
Detroit
Virgil D. Linderman
U. S. 20
Gary
George S. Gibbens
Angola
Ida May Barton
Indianapolis
Elijah
Ind
Washington
Ivan C. Harris
Terre Haute
Robert Beatty
Arcadia
Noblesville
Cicero
Ruth van Hook
Muncie
U. S
Carmel
Miss van
Competitive Bid Bill Debate Starts in House
The House moves to debate a bill forcing greater use of competitive bids in military purchases. Rep. Carl Vinson predicts quick approval, arguing current authority during emergencies bypasses bids. The bill would repeal Truman era emergency authority and require Congress to authorize emergencies.
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House
Pentagon
Carl Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Truman
Congress
Vinson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Burglary Probe Follows Weekend Break-ins on Wabash Avenue
Police investigate three burglaries reported along Wabash Avenue over the weekend. At Morrow's Grill 1305 Wabash thieves took over $200 from pinball and cigarette machines after forcing a cafe door. Break-ins at Phil & Bill's 335 Wabash and Long's Grill 940 Wabash involved rear-door entries and rifled change boxes.
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William Gundlach
Wabash Avenue
Gundlach
Howard Morrow
Morrow's Grill
Phil & Bill
Oldest member of Sisters of Providence dies at 95
Sister Marie formerly Miss Rose Besner, oldest member of the Sisters of Providence, died Monday at the motherhouse St Mary of the Woods after 74 years in religious life. Born in Canada she entered Feb 14 1882 and taught music at St John Academy in Indianapolis until 1942. Funeral mass set for Wednesday at 8 in the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
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Sister Marie
Sisters of Providence Order
St. Mary-of-the- Woods
Canada
Rose Besner
St. John Academy
Indianapolis
Ohio
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Egypt Ready to Repel Israeli Spring Offensive
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser told dignitaries at Bilbais air force academy that Egypt expects Israel to launch its spring offensive soon. Nine Soviet built MIG 15 jets appeared publicly for the first time, Egypt having purchased them from Czechoslovakia last fall. Nasser expressed confidence in Egypt’s preparedness and an air force officer noted his remark about the MIGs.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Nasser
Air Force Academy
Bilbais
Czechoslovakia
Arms shipments to Middle East spark protests and embargo lift
The article notes war risk insurance granted to crew of a 7,000 ton vessel and M 41 Walker Bulldog tanks moved under police guard after a 43 hour arms embargo was lifted. The US agreed August 25 to sell 25 ton tanks to Saudi representatives, but disclosure drew congressional and Israeli protests.
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Middle East
United States
State Department
Congress
All-Out Effort To End Westinghouse Strike
Labor experts inside and outside government mount an all-out effort to settle the 127 day Westinghouse Electric strike. Company negotiators and the AFL CIO electrical workers union meet in Washington with federal mediators and two outside experts, Joseph Finnegan and colleagues, in a bid to resolve the long dispute.
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Washington
Westinghouse Electric Corp
A.F.L.C
Electrical Workers Union
Joseph F. Finnegan
Pittsburgh
Candy store hold up ends with apology call
A hold up man in Chicago on Sunday left empty handed and phoned to apologize after the candy store clerk Ms Helen Rej lek pretended to faint. She said the bandit claimed a toy pistol and that he would not hurt her.
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Chicago
Helen Rejlek
Safe-Crackers Take Nearly $1000 From Haas Tavern
Chief of Detectives Willard Gantz says detectives probe a semi professional safe burglary at Haas Tavern 1427 South Twenty-fifth Street. Thieves accessed the front door padlock and broke a night lock, stealing almost $1000 in cash. the crime follows a January 30 break in at the Goodie Shop with nearly $10,000 taken.
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Willard Gantz
South Twenty-fifth Street
Gantz
Vincent Haas
Voorhees Street
Haas
Sullivan Convicts Held as Suspects in Market HoldUp
Two Marion county men Irvin Burton and Foster Brannon are held as suspects in a Greenville Tennessee market holdup. Arrested at a state police roadblock on U S 31 north of Scottsburg Indiana, they were free on 10000 bond for a prior auto banditry conviction and now face a fugitive warrant. They were previously convicted in Sullivan five weeks ago and charged with attempted burglary of Peoples State Bank at Fairbanks in Sullivan county in 1954.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Marion County
Greenville
Tenn
Irvin Burton
Bridgeport
Foster Brannon
Indianapolis
U. S. 31
Here
Sullivan
Peoples State Bank
Fairbanks
Sullivan County
Europe faces famine as winter toll hits 676 worldwide
Dwindling food stocks and three week of snow push Europe toward famine. Death toll by country lists France 159 Britain 51 Italy 88 and more. Prices soar on potatoes and olive oil while rivers freeze and travel worsens. Continued on Page 3 Column 3.
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Europe
Paris
Thames
Windsor Castle
Rome
North Sea
Britain
France
Turkey
Italy
Yugoslavia
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Holland
Austria
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Belgium
Sweden
Poland
Norway
Sunderland
England
West
Weser
Rhine
Oberweser
Bingen
Andre Dullin
Soviet Adopt Retaliation Doctrine At Congress
Moscow reports state the Soviet Union has adopted massive retaliation as core doctrine. Marshal Zhukov outlined the policy in a keynote at the 20th Congress while Molotov spoke on foreign policy. Fragmentary summaries appeared in Pravda detailing criticisms of U S bloc formation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Georgi K. Zhukov
Communist Party
V. M. Molotov
Pravda
Zhukov
United States
City Council to consider garbage contract award vote
The council meets Tuesday night to vote five ordinances including awarding the city's garbage collection contract to Laverne Gibson on a $43,200 bid from the Board of Public Works and Safety. Other items include annexation of two lots at 3066 North Sixteenth Street and transfers from funds to city accounts.
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Laverne Gibson
Joan Brentlinger
Board of Public Works and Safety
North Sixteenth Street
Planning Commission
Council
Twenty-first Street
Liberty Avenue
Poplar Street
Fair Weather for Indiana State Today and Tonight
The Indiana weather forecast calls for fair conditions across the state today tonight and into Tuesday and Wednesday with minimal temperature changes. Highs span 32 to 40 degrees by region and tonight’s lows drop to the mid teens to mid twenties depending on location. Sunday brought generally fair weather with trace rain in Indianapolis. highs ranged from 51 at Evansville to 34 in Lafayette.
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Indiana Weatherman
Indianapolis
Evansville
Lafayette
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Senate probes reopen quiz on Case gift affair
The Senate special committee resumes public hearings into a $2,500 contribution to Senator Francis Case. Witness Donald R. Ross may testify. Ross resigned as U.S. district attorney for Nebraska after introducing lobbyist John M. Neff to Senator Carl T. Curtis. Neff backed Superior Oil Co. of California. Case rejected the donation.
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Washington
Senate
Francis Case
R.S. D
Walter ¥. George
D.-Ga
George
Donald R. Ross
U.S
Nebraska
Ross
John M. Neff
Carl T. Curtis
R.-Neb
Neff
Lexington, Neb
Superior Oil Co
California
Case
Indianapolis Man Killed by Milk Truck at Downtown Intersection
Edward B. Creasey 33, a disabled Goodwill Industries worker, was struck and killed by a milk truck driven by Vernon E. Starker 41 of Beech Grove at a downtown street crossing while en route to his job as a furniture stripper.
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Indianapolis
Edward B. Creasey
Goodwill Industries
Vernon E. Starker
Beech Grove
Creasey
Capitol Viscount Belly Landed at Midway. No Injuries
A four motor Capitol Airlines Viscount inbound from Detroit with 41 aboard made a belly landing at Midway Airport when the landing gear collapsed. Police report 37 passengers and 4 crew aboard. no injuries.
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Chicago
Capitol Airlines
Detroit
Midway Airport
Pro West Greek Leader Wins Narrow Parliamentary Victory
In Greece consternations over a Communist backed coalition ended as Constantine Karamanlis and his National Radical Union captured 151 seats in the 300 member chamber. The Democratic Union won 149 seats under a proportional representation system. Observers note first time female voting shifted conservative. Parliament meets April 2 amid expected chaos from tight results.
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Athens
Constantine Karamanlis
Greece
National Radical Union Party
Karamanlis
Democratic Union
White merchant held in slaying of prominent Negro doctor
In Columbus Georgia a white merchant was held for questioning in the shooting death of Dr Thomas H Brewer a 61 year old black physician. Brewer reportedly threatened Luke Flowers 54 before a pistol blast Saturday night. Brewer served on the local NAACP executive committee but authorities said the crime appears unrelated to his NAACP activities.
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Columbus
John H. Land
Thomas H. Brewer
Luke Flowers
Brewer
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
N.A.A.C.P
Weather map summary from The Weather Bureau
The weather map shows fair conditions with temperatures at 9 am 31 and 2 pm 36. Sunrise is 6 37 and sunset 5 32. River stage stands at 13 4 feet and remains stationary.
Local Weather Summary from Yesterday
The report records yesterday’s high of 40 and low of 24 with no precipitation. No significant weather events noted.
Weather Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana Regions
Fair tonight through Tuesday with a drop to the low teens in the north and mid teens in the south. Wednesday should stay fair with little temperature change, colder in the southern portion tonight. Highs Tuesday range from 32 to 43 degrees, with north and south variations.
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Terre Haute and Vicinity
Indiana
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