Queen Elizabeth II Arrives in Paris for Four Day Visit
Paris readies for the British Queen and Prince Philip with flags bunting and a refreshed Elysee Palace. A royal schedule includes Louvre reception Seine cruise Versailles visit and factory tours as France and Britain showcase renewed ties and European unity.
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Paris
Britain
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Avenue de l’Opera
Elysee Palace
Rene Coty
Buckingham Palace
Louvre Museum
Seine
Versailles
Lille-Roubaix
Suez
France
Egypt
Red Sphere Dominates Early Cold War Global Output
The 1956 United Nations Statistical Yearbook shows Communist bloc gains in share of world production in 1955 while non-Communist output hits record highs. Soviet and Eastern European data improve, with Bulgaria Hungary and Poland contributing broader series for the first time in years.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Soviet Union
Red China
Europe
U.S.S
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Greece added to Russia warning list over atomic bases
London reports that Russia warned Greece could host bases for an atomic war. Moscow Radio quoted US plans and NATO soil use, linking “nuclear bases” in Greece to danger, and echoed Bulganin’s warnings to Norway and Denmark.
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London
Russia
Greece
Moscow
NATO
Nikolai Bulganin
Norway
Denmark
United States
Thrifty Scotswoman Charged Fivepence for Electricity
An 84 year old woman in Inverboyndie Scotland was billed fivepence for three months of electricity since hydroelectric lines reached her cottage. She said she uses no more than a lamp at dusk to light the home and oil lamps, showing contentment with the change but frugality in usage.
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Inverboyndie
Scotland
Scottish Hydroelectric Board
Butte Bakery Fire Levels Dutch Girl Bakery Loss Seen At 150000
Fire gutted the Dutch Girl Bakery at 603 605 Utah Street in Butte, injuring one employee and hospitalizing a fireman. Co owner Roland Herzog estimated the loss at 150000 as crews battled flames for hours. Several workers and customers fled, and two firefighters suffered minor injuries while others were overcome by smoke.
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Butte Bakery
Utah
Roland Herzog
Fred Weishaupt
Robert Sanders
John Cavanaugh
James O’brien Re
English Channel Tunnel Talk Is Revived
The plan to link Britain and the continent with a Channel tunnel gains new attention as an all party Commons committee meets April 16. Shares jump amid renewed interest from American backers and a New York firm proposes restudying feasibility and costs. Estimates place tunneling costs around 100 million pounds.
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London
English Channel
Britain
House of Commons
L. W. B. Teeling
Teeling
British Channel Tunnel Co
U.S
Empire News
C. C. C. Means
New York
Technical Studies Inc
Leo D’erlanger
Channel Tunnel Co
America
Europe
Folkestone
Calais
Pan American Week Noted as Commemorative Symbol
Pan American Week is observed as a commemorative symbol of sovereignty and voluntary continental unity. Want Ads are widely used across Pan America for common needs with the public urged to dial 5451 to fill their community requirements.
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Pan America
Debunked Geneva Conference on Suez Talks
Cairo sources and two major newspapers deny reports Egypt proposed a Geneva conference of Suez Canal users. The rumors had raised U S hopes for recognizing user rights. Ralph Bunche said the situation remains potentially dangerous but quiet while the UN continues its work.
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Cairo
Egypt
Geneva
al Ahram
al Shaab
State Dept
Washington
U. N
Ralph Bunche
New York
U. N. Angles
Helena glider crash injures pilot Kendall
Helena glider crash injures Owen W. Kendall 33 of 1720 Highland. He suffered a sprained back and torn knee ligaments after the craft nosed over near Helena airport while approaching runways. The motorless glider had been towed then caught by a breeze and several flights had preceded the mishap. Witnesses cited height around 150 feet and an unsettled cause for the rollover.
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Helena
St. Peter
Owen W. Kendall
1720 Highland
Kendall
Grim struggle pits Hussein against premier in Jordan crisis
AP analysis notes young King Hussein clashing with Prime Minister Suweileman Nabulsi as cabinet hints at shifts toward Syria and Moscow. Western fears grow of a pivotal Jordan split amid Soviet ties and possible royal downfall.
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William L. Ryan
King Hussein
Jordan
Middle East
United States
Suleiman Nabulsi
Nabulsi
Hussein
Soviet Union
Moscow
Montana Weather Report Highlights Vary by Region
East Montana should expect considerable cloudiness with scattered snow or rain showers and northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Cooler Monday with highs 35 to 45 in the north and 45 to 50 in the south and lows 25 to 35 Monday night. West Montana: partly cloudy with light precip Monday, mostly fair Monday night and Tuesday, highs 40 to 50 Monday rising to 45 to 55 Tuesday.
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Montana
Dulles Defends State Department Budget Requests
Secretary of State Dulles told a House appropriations subcommittee that the Eisenhower administration trimmed State Department funds too deeply in 1953 but seeks a budget of about 228 million dollars for the coming year to meet expanding global responsibilities. He argued NATO shows strain but remains intact, and warned against miscalculation risking war with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Secretary of
Dulles
Eisenhower
State Dept
House Appropriations
Congress
Department
America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Rooney
D-Ny
U. S
London
Paris
Rome
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Air Warfare Embraces Atom-Tipped Interceptor Tactics
Washington reports the Defense Department will arm interceptor jets with nuclear-armed air to air missiles. The MB-1 Ding Dong is assigned to F89J, F101B, and 10 aircraft, enabling radar directed launches to destroy bomber formations from a distance. The change promises easier defense against approaching bombers.
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Defense Dept
Air Force
Plane Crash Kills All Aboard Varig Flight to Porto Alegre
A Varig airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Bage in southern Brazil, killing 40 people on board including Dr Libereato Salsandos Da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul education official. The pilot tried to return to the field before the craft broke apart. Civil Aeronautics Board officials head to Bage to investigate the cause.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Bage
Varig Line
Livramento
Midway Point
Liberato Salsandos da Cunha
Rio Grande Do Sul
Varig
Brazilian Civil Aeronautics Board
Rio de Janeiro
Here
Cunha
Jornal
Dia
Brazilian Train Crash Kills 20 near Rio Magno station
Two passenger trains collided at dawn near Magno station in suburban Rio de Janeiro. Twenty people were killed and 20 injured as one train halted in mist and was struck by the second train. Police and ambulance crews removed the injured and dead from the tangled wreckage.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Magno
Rio
Rio de Janeiro hillside rock slide kills seven in Petropolis
Seventeen people died when heavy rains loosened 20 tons of rocks and earth on a Petropolis hillside, burying a house. Flash floods then swamped main streets of the resort town 26 miles north of Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Petropolis
Four Air Force Crew Die In B47 Crash Near Hickam
A U S Air Force B47 bomber from Altus AFB crashed into Koala Mountain near Waianae Hawaii during approach to Hickam. Four crew members from the 339th Bomb Squadron were killed. Names identified: Capt Don N Rogers 36, 1st Lt Sherman Bozeman Jr 25, 1st Lt Frank R Clausi 27, S Sgt Haskell E Gray 22.
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U.P
Hickam Afb
Koala
Wahiawa
96Th
Altus
Okla
Don N. Rogers
Ada
Sherman Bozeman Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Frank R. Clausi
Haskell E. Gray
Hickam
Far East
Koala Mountain
Waianae
Schofield Barracks
Tanker unloads crude oil at Eilat docks
Israeli government radio reports an American tanker that docked in Eilat on Saturday has begun unloading crude oil. The vessel’s name is being kept secret for security reasons.
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Jerusalem
Eilat
Gunmen invade rural home. elderly man killed in four-state search
Two gunmen used a ruse to enter a home during a card party and killed Charles Buckley, 66, and wounded Robert Follett, 65. Follett described the attackers, described as two masked men, as the search spanned Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Police detained two suspects in Missoula, awaiting identification, as a nationwide inquiry continued.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Missoula
Mont
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Charles Buckley
Milton-Freewater
Ore
Robert Follett
Follett
Valley Chapel
Oregon State Line
Buckley
Washington State Prison
Another Storm Buries Much Of Plains Area
Snow blanketed the Eastern Slope of the Central Rockies as a third major storm in two weeks moved from Colorado toward Kansas and Oklahoma. Up to 18 inches fell at Colorado Springs and 13 inches at Lander Wyoming, with eastern Colorado plains and much of Wyoming covered before melting by late afternoon.
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Denver
Rockies
Colorado
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas Panhandles
Colorado Springs
Lander
Wyo
Wyoming
Continental Divide
Traffic Argument Ends in Death Oakland Fight Leaves One Dead in Front of Home
Police report a Saturday night clash between drivers over a near collision erupted into a knife and bottle attack in Oakland. Calvin Johnson 21, was booked for murder after a confrontation with Tommy Kai ser 25. Clarence Grilho 25 died, Kaiser stabbed, others wounded. Johnson and several allies confronted Kaiser's group at San Pablo Ave. The violence began with a disputed left turn and escalated with knives and bats.
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Oakland
Calif
John Connolly
Tommy Kaiser
Calvin Johnson
Connolly
Johnson
San Pablo Ave
Clarence Grilho
Kaiser
Glen Jenkins
Francis Grilho
Grilho Brothers
Jenkins
Egyptian woman barred from Mecca pilgrimage by high court
An Egyptian woman is prevented by the high court from making a pilgrimage to Mecca ruling she is known to be a flirt and could damage Egypts reputation abroad. The decision cites concerns over personal conduct affecting national image.
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Cairo
High Court
Mecca
Egypt
Taxpayers Note on Executive Wastebaskets Cost
Washington reports the federal government now pays ten dollars each for executive wastebaskets, down from twenty seven dollars last year.
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Washington
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