Crop losses mount as cold storms hit the South and Midwest
The late winter storm damaged crops across the eastern third of the United States, with at least 48 million dollars in orchard and truck garden losses and as many as 34 deaths. Snow and wind disrupted travel from New York to the Adirondacks, while shippers faced frigid seas and damaged vessels.
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Midwest
New York
New Jersey
Adirondacks
Syracuse
Lake Marion
S. C
New York Harbor
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois
Georgia
Carolinas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Virginia
South
Baldwin County
Ala
Lake Ontario
Niagara River
U. S
Canadian
Slain Tennessee Family Found At Farm
A man, wife, two children are dead on a Rock Island farm. Sheriff says Billy Gibbs of McMinnville, charged with murder, allegedly sold the Bratchers mules and smoked meat before the bodies were found. Charlotte Ann Bratcher, 20 months, was in a cistern. Lily Mae, 11, skull crushed. The couple ages 45 and 43. Gibbs held at an undisclosed jail as investigation continues.
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Tenn
Here
Henry Bratcher
Lily Mae
Charlotte Ann Bratcher
Bratcher
Youngblood
Bratchers
John Bratcher
McMinnville
Charlotte Ann
Gibbs
France approves pact to pave East West conference
France’s Senate backed the Paris accords on West German rearmament and steps toward a Big Four conference. Premier Faure said preparations with the United States and Britain target a rapid meeting with the Soviet Union. Ratifications included WEU control, West German sovereignty, NATO entry, and Europeanizing the Saar.
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Paris
France
Germany
Senate
Nikolai Sulyanin
Edgar Faure
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Tass
Foreign Office
Faure
West Germany
Italy
Brussels
Western European Union
WEU
Saar
Twelve convicts seize two guards at Nebraska State Penitentiary
Twelve inmates held two guards as hostages in the maximum security building at Lincoln's Nebraska State Penitentiary. Gov. Victor Anderson said the rest of the prison remained quiet as guards and safety patrols surrounded the scene. The convicts demanded written terms but no demands had yet been received. The attempted hostage situation followed a day of tension with one captor fleeing and prisoners stating they would not be rushed. Two of the inmates had long terms, including a life sentence for murder, and one was described as psychotic. The guards reported they were safe and fed, while authorities prepared for potential actions if the situation escalated.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Victor Anderson
Warren B. Miller
Eugene Swanson
Gov. Anderson
Anderson
Robert Holt
Holt
John Greenholz
Greenholz
Joseph Rogue
Joe Beatles
Rogue
West Sees Soviet Interest in Talks on Global Issues
Western diplomats in Moscow say Premier Bulganin shows a positive attitude toward a great power conference and may be open to talks with the West on various issues. They note Eisenhower’s call for exploratory talks after German rearmament is approved and consider a neutral-country summit likely, while Bulganin hints at a possible meeting without Stalin’s wartime constraints.
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Moscow
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Paris
Germany
Russia
Tass
United States
Soviet Union
Stalin
Heroine in Sea Crash Noted After Honolulu Bound Flight
In the Oregon coast crash of a Pan-American Stratocruiser four dead and 19 survivors were brought to Seattle aboard the Navy transport Bayfield. A Seattle widow, Mrs. David Darrow, aided passengers during the ditching and was praised as a Spartan heroine.
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Oregon Coast
Navy
Bayfield
Herman Joslin
David Darrow
Auburn
Wash
Darrow
A. G. Hendrick
Don Fowler
Los Altos
Calif
John E. Peterson
Honolulu
Portland
Joslin
James Peppin
Peterson
Pan-American
San Francisco
Pacific
Patricia Lacy
Emma Peterson
Women Survivors Are Saved Twice
Seattle report says 12 women among 19 Pan American crash survivors off the Oregon coast were rescued twice. Navy Bayfield picked up the group carrying about 1,000 service members. a sea soaked lipstick helped confirm their rescue in a dramatic ending.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Pan-American World Airways
Oregon Coast
Bayfield
Emergency Declared as Pakistan Declares East and West
In Karachi a state of emergency is proclaimed across Pakistan by Governor General Ghulam Muhammad. He asserts East and West Pakistan and moves to normalize acts voided by a Federal Court ruling. The crisis centers on the dissolved Constitutional Assembly and its seven year delay toward a constitution.
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Karachi
Pakistan
East
West Pakistan
Ghulam Mohammed
Punjab
Bahawalpur
North West Frontier
Sind
Khaipur
Baluchistan
East Bengal
East Pakistan
Constitutional Assembly
Federal
Assembly
Adenauer Sees Basis for Unity in Paris Treaties
Bonn reports Chancellor Adenauer welcomed French approval of the Paris treaties as a firm basis for European unity and for Germany joining the Atlantic Pact. He and Heinrich von Brentano say ratification ends occupation and enables German reunification and a new European policy with armed West Germany. The Socialists criticize the move as militarizing both Germanys.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Paris
Europe
France
Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
Free World
von Brentano
Wanted Ad Turns Unneeded Goods To Cash
Want Ads offer quick cash by turning unused items into saleable gold. An advertiser reports a baby bed with mattress for 7 dollars and a stroller for 5 dollars, call 5451 for an ad writer.
Bridges Says Conferences May Clear Air on Foreign Policy
Senator Bridges says upcoming White House and congressional talks may unify party positions on foreign policy. He expects Eisenhower to coordinate leaders on a big power conference and potential Far East tensions. Democrats seek briefing on the Quemoy and Matsu threat and Yalta documents debate continues.
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Washington
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Eisenhower
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Far East
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Formosa Strait
Matsu
Quemoy
Johnson
Sen. George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Knowland
R-Calif
Red Attack Would Come in 60 Days
Senator Bridges said he has word that if the Chinese Communists attack Formosa this year they will launch the assault within 60 days. Senator Knowland said indications are Reds are building up airfields and forces opposite Quemoy and Matsu. Both declined to cite specific information.
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Matsu
Knowland
Asia
White House
Yalta
Eisenhower
Senate
California
Bridges
Republican Policy Committee
Sen. Wiley
Wisconsin
House
Executive
Congress
Washington
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Formosa
Sen
NBC
CBS
Miles High Explosion Aims to Stop Bombers
Washington officials disclosed plans to add atomic air defense weapons to the nuclear arsenal. Nevada tests will include a high altitude nuclear blast to disrupt enemy bomber formations and assist interceptor squadrons and ground defenses. The experiment seeks data on high altitude explosion effects for air defense planning.
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Washington
Joint Atomic Energy Commission-Defense Department
Nevada
Nevada Proving Ground
AEC
Continental Air Defense Command
Fee Based Financing Proposed for National Highway System
Senator Case proposed a heavy trucks and buses use fee and a national interstate highway right of way corporation to finance a ten year plan. The plan would raise about 70 billion dollars for completion versus 101 billion in the original program and authorize up to five billion in capital bonds. Tolls would cover bridge and tunnel costs. no state reimbursements or gasoline tax earmarks.
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Washington
Sen
Case
R-Sd
Government Right of
Treasury
Injured Plane Crash Victim Succumbs in Springfield
The 13th victim of last Sunday's American Airlines crash in Springfield died in a hospital Sunday. Roy Nance, 41, of Minneapolis, a pipefitter, is named among the dead or dying. Of 22 survivors, 19 remain hospitalized with two in critical condition.
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Springfield
American Airlines
Roy Nance
Minneapolis
Louis Pegram
Kankakee
John Greene
Cushing
Okla
Weather Summary for Butte and Montana
Mostly cloudy through Monday. Highs around 32 Monday night -10 to 40 Sunday. Montana east expects cloudiness and a few showers or flurries with highs 45 to 55 Monday and 35 to 45 in higher valleys. Montana west remaining cloudy and warmer with possible rain or snow Monday and Monday night, highs 35 to 45.
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Billingsee
Belgrade
Broadus Eee Ween Nee
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Miles City
Missoula Atin
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Soviet Union defends secrecy in London disarmament talks
Pravda accuses Western powers of leaking the London Disarmament talks scene while Gromyko says he will reveal truth if Western reports persist. Britain United States and France denounce secrecy breach and push for staged arms reductions and international control. Nutting warns leaks hinder progress as talks contend over global force cuts and atomic weapon scrapping.
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London
Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
Andrei Gromyko
Tass
Britain
France
U. S
Gromyko
United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee
U. N. General Assembly
Moscow Radio
Kremlin
Anthony Nutting
China
Nutting
United States
Nehru to Visit Moscow Early in June
Fass reports the Soviet and Indian governments agreed Premier Nehru will visit Moscow early in June. Nehru confirmed last month that he would visit Russia this summer.
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Moscow
Fass
Nehru
Russia
Transport arrives Seattle
The Navy transport Gen. M. M. Patrick arrived from the Far East on Sunday with 1,228 passengers aboard.
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Seattle
Navy
Gen. M. M. Patrick
Far East
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