Ferry Sinks Killing 159 In Inland Sea Collision
In Japan an Inland Sea ferry collision sank a 840 passenger ship. American aid evacuated survivors as the Shiun Maru struck Udaka Maru near Takamatsu. Skipper Masao Nakamura went down with his ship. Weathered details noted radar use and chaotic abandonment of lifeboats.
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Takamatsu
Japan
Hokkaido
Robert R. Dobson
Charlotte
N. C
Dobson
Shikoku Island
Uno
Okayama
Honshu
Japan National Railway
Minoru Miyake
Masao Nakamura
J.N.R
Filling Station Operator Slain During Holdup
Paris Illinois May 11 Special Pryor Runyan 65 operator of a filling station ten miles north of Paris was killed in an apparent gun battle with robbers. Everett Taylor 28 and Dee Giles 34 both of Knoxville Tenn were arrested near Lawrenceville and held in Edgar county jail pending investigation. Runyan died from gunshot wounds and a .38 pistol was found under his body. Police suspect he fired at the robbers during the holdup. A car matching the robbers description left the scene and was later linked to two men. Roadblocks halted all routes from Paris and the suspects were taken into custody near Lawrenceville 40 miles south. Both pleaded not guilty and may take lie detector tests. Runyan is survived by a sister Gretchen Henry and a brother James. Body brought to Scott Funeral Home.
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Paris
Ill
Pryor Runyan
Here
Everett Taylor
Dee Giles
Knoxville
Tenn
Lawrenceville
Edgar County
Frank Morris
Runyan
Harry Collier
Bunyan
Gretchen Henry
James
Titusville
Fla
Scott Funeral Home
Atomic Radiation Didn’t Hurt Food, Say Nine Experts
Nine experts from the National Association of Frozen Food Packers reported that a range of frozen foods exposed to last Thursday’s Nevada atomic blast showed no radiation effects. They tasted items including French fries, vegetables, berries, chicken pot pie, cod fillets, and orange juice, finding color flavor texture and appearance unchanged from non exposed samples.
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Los Angeles
Nevada
UNSC finds Reds' charges of UN armistice violations not proved
The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission says Communist charges that the United Nations brought combat matériel into Korea were not proven. The four nation body, including Swiss Swedes and Communist bloc members, issued a unanimous decision after inspecting sites named in early February letters.
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Panmunjom
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Korea
Red
United Nations
UNSC
U.N
South
Atomic Energy Commission delays 14th Yucca Flat test
In Las Vegas on May 11 the Atomic Energy Commission postponed the 14th and final test of the 1955 spring series just 35 minutes before detonation atop a 300 foot tower at Yucca Flat.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
Bus Union Head Takes Position With Company
George H. Keneipp, longtime president of Local 1064, Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees AFL, becomes assistant superintendent of Terre Haute Transit Company. Cloyd A. Paddock succeeds him as local president with Wiley Payne moving to recording secretary as service resumes after nine months. International vice president Pat Ganley Visit notes union gratitude for public patience and support during the transit stoppage. May 1 marked Keneipp’s new role, while Terre Haute faces a separate legal case as Indiana Public Service Commission responds to Terre City Lines suit.
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George H. Keneipp
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric
A.F.L
Terre Haute
Keneipp
Cloyd A. Paddock
South Tenth Street
West Terre Haute
Wiley Payne
Paddock’s
Terre Haute Street
Avenues
Pat Ganley
Chicago
International
Motor Coach Employes Union
International Union
Ganley
Newport
Ind
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Terre City Lines, Inc
Vermillion
Frank Fisher
Child 3 Dies After Eating Pills Mistaken for Candy
Linda Basile, age three, died in Chicago after swallowing 17 sleeping pills misidentified as candy. Her mother Carmella Basile, 53, found the pills missing and questioned six children. Linda admitted taking them before she was rushed to Cook County Hospital where she died. The pills had been prescribed for the mother by their family doctor.
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Chicago
Linda Basile
Carmella
Linda
Cook County
Basiles
Madigan Reveals Alcatraz Outbreak in San Francisco
May 11 report states eight inmates in Alcatraz were placed in solitary confinement after a disturbance described as a little disorder. The outbreak stemmed from demands for better food newspapers and commissary privileges by men in a disciplinary section.
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San Francisco
Alca
Madigan
NATO calls for Formosa cease fire and peaceful pledge
Paris May 11 NATO formally urged a cease-fire in the Formosa Strait and a mutual pledge to abstain from force. The council urged cessation of hostilities and warned continued fighting would endanger world peace. Pearson indicated a preference for Quemoy and Matsu withdrawal in exchange for a collective security pledge to Chiang Kai shek.
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Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Formosa Strait
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Far East
Lester Pearson
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
United Nations
Pearson
Britain
NATO Council
Nikolai Bulganin
France
United Kingdom
United States
Soviet Union
Disarmament Commission
London
Wreck Cleared as Big Four Trains Resume Service
A derailment near Burnett ties up east and west main lines of the New York Central Railroad Tuesday afternoon. Eleven freight cars derailed injuring no one and scattering debris across tracks. Front section of the eastbound train proceeded to Indianapolis while remaining cars were moved to Terre Haute. Wreck crews expected to clear the incident with wreck trains from Mattoon and Indianapolis assisting. two passenger trains were detoured via the Pennsylvania line.
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New York Central Railroad
Burnett
New York Central
Indianapolis
Duane Yards
Terre Haute
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Mattoon
Ill
Explosion injures two at North Side restaurant in Chicago
An early morning blast at the Black Angus restaurant, 7127 North Western Avenue, injured two kitchen workers and shook diners. Police say owner Irving Singer suspects a gas leak, while Lonnie Mathis, 27, and Ann McGee, 34, suffered shock and leg cuts and were hospitalized.
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Chicago
North Side
North Western Avenue
William Hoban
Irving Singer
Lonnie Mathis
Ann McGee
Weather snapshot with mixed garbled data
Unclear weather bulletin records partly clouded sky and mild readings with a sequence of times and river stage notes. Details are fragmented showing sunrise and sunset times and river height at 3.1 feet remaining stationary.
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Sam
Local Conditions Reported For Yesterday
The high reached 69 degrees, the low 45, with 0.11 inches of precipitation recorded.
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Indiana
Partly cloudy and mild tonight and Thursday. Low tonight around 50 in Terre Haute. High Thursday near 70. Mostly cloudy with occasional rain or showers in southwest Indiana this afternoon and over most of the state tonight and Thursday morning. Warmer tonight. Low around 44 to 50, high Thursday about 64 to 68. Street thermometer reads 43 at 2 p.m., 65 later.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Man Released From Roads Returns to Drink and Demands Reoffense
In Winston Salem on May 11, a man who had just finished a road term pledged sobriety to Sheriff Ernie Shore but returned to the office and destroyed a phone. He faced charges of malicious injury to property and public drunkenness, with an estimated sentence of 60 to 90 days per the sheriff.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Ernie Shore
Steelworkers union to seek raise for 600000 steel workers
Pittsburgh May 11 policy makers of the C I O United Steelworkers meeting today to decide the exact amount of a pay raise to ask for 600000 basic steel industry workers. The current average wage is 2 33 an hour.
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Pittsburgh
C.I.O. United Steelworkers
New Jet Bombers to Replace B 26s in Japan
Tokyo May 11 reports the U S Air Force will deploy jet bombers to Japan to take over for obsolete twin engine B 26s stationed here. All heavy bombers shifted to Okinawa and other bases last year to lessen Japan’s exposure to retaliatory bombing in war fears.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Japan
Okinawa
Love Finds Way Even U S Marines Can t Fail Cupid
A 26 year old Oklahoma City couple renewed their marriage in a second ceremony at Free Will Baptist Church amid Marines. Jesse V Brashears planned to join the Marine Corps after initial enlistment and the couple opted for a friendly divorce to satisfy service rules. Jeannie Brashears will accompany him to El Toro California after a one week honeymoon.
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Oklahoma City
Marine Corps
Jesse V. Brashears
Free Will Baptist Church
Brashear
Marines
Brashears
San Diego
Leathernecks
Seminole
Okla
Jeannie
el Toro
Calif
Eisenhower voices views on Big Four talks
President Eisenhower said he supports a top level Big Four conference to clarify the international atmosphere and test Russia's sincerity. He noted nothing definite about a summit meeting among Eisenhower Eden Faure and Bulganin, after the Western Big Three invited the Soviets. He did not specify a possible venue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Eden
Britain
Premier Faure
France
Marshal Bulganin
Bulganin States USSR Open to Big Four Meeting
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin said in Warsaw that Russia regards positively a meeting of Big Four chiefs of state and will study a Western invitation. He spoke during a general policy review before a nine nation Eastern European conference opening this morning.
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Warsaw
Poland
Nikolai Bulganin
Russia
Bulganin
Eisenhower Signals Summit First For Europe Peace Talks
Reporters in Paris noted talks may be held in Switzerland in July. Eisenhower said he now favours a top level meeting first to clarify the air and gauge Russia’s sincerity about easing world tensions. He reiterated willingness to go anywhere, anytime if needed.
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Paris
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Chiefs of State
Russia
Foil Escape Plot Nets Brother Arrested in Indiana
In Anderson Indiana on May 11 a hacksaw blade found in a candy box addressed to Paul C Walker 32 of Henderson Kentucky awaiting trial for escape tipped off a jailbreak plot. Six hours later Albert C Walker 20 also of Henderson was arrested in Bloomfield on a aiding and abetting charge. Police say the younger Walker had visited his brother earlier.
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Anderson
Ind
Paul C. Walker
Henderson
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Walker
Albert C. Walker
Bloomfield
Detroit Man Ticketed Before Getting License
Detroit on May 11 reports Gilbert Austin, 29, received his first traffic ticket minutes before his driver's license. a policeman cited him for driving without a license after he parked in front of the police station and asked to take a test.
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Detroit
Gilbert Austin
Austin
Soviet peace plan calls for German troop pullout and arms cuts
Moscow outlines an eight point plan calling for immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from Germany and limited contingents, a ban on nuclear and mass destruction weapons, and a substantial reduction of armed forces. It proposes an international control body under the UN with posts at major hubs rather than full global inspections, as Western powers seek. The plan was distributed by Tass as Warsaw leaders formed a broader alliance, with possible Soviet acceptance of Eisenhower, Eden, and Faure talks.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
East
West Germany
Warsaw
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bul
Ganin
Tass
U.N
Relatives Send Food to Prisoners in Red China
The American Red Cross announced food packets for 44 Americans held in Red China will be handed to the Chinese Red Cross near Hong Kong on May 30 under a new agreement. Parcels will be delivered regularly twice a month. Harry L. Lambly and Richard E. Tomlin will deliver the first parcels at the transfer point. Families may also send parcels via the new routing.
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Tokyo
American Red Cross
Red China
Chinese Red Cross
Hong Kong
Red Cross
Harry L. Lambly
Webster Groves
Richard E. Tomlin
Manila
Ardmore
Okla
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rebels Renew Heavy Fighting In S Viet Nam
Rebels renew heavy fighting near Saigon as Hoa Hao forces attack government troops in the Mekong Delta. Long Xuyen, Mytho, and Sadec suffer damage as civilians flee. Ba Cut leads a wide circle offensive amid shelling and raids that end a week of calm.
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S. Viet Nam
Saigon
Indo-China
Viet Nam
Mekong
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hoa Hao
Sadec
Mytho
Ba Cut
Long Xuyen
Irvin Trial Moved to Gibson County
Evansville Ind May 10 Leslie Irvin 31 Evansville pipe fitter charged with murder in two holdup killings will be tried in Gibson Circuit Court at Princeton Judge Ollie C Reeves granted venue change from Vanderburgh citing local prejudice Public defender Robert Hayes said transfer likely in two or three days Judge A Dale Eby will set trial dates and appoint counsel for Irvin He is charged in the Kerr and Holland killings and indicted for the Goebel Duncan family murders near Henderson Ky Police say he admitted killing Mrs Wilhelmina Sailer in Mount Vernon
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Evansville
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Gibson Circuit Court
Princeton
Ollie C. Reeves
Irvin
Vanderburgh Circuit Court
Robert Hayes
A. Dale Eby
W. Wesley Kerr
Mary Holland
Goebel Duncan
Henderson
Wilhelmina Sailer
Mount Vernon
Rodney Dee Brodie Head Bleeding Stopped Doctor Says
In Chicago on May 11 a doctor reported the head bleeding of 3-year-old Siamese twin Rodney Dee Brodie has apparently ceased. Doctors still list his condition as critical at the University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital
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J. D. Hullinger
Bus Union
Alzatraz
Bry
Weather Bureau
Steel Union
U.S
West
Gibson County
Rodney
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