Egypt's Naguib Fates in Doubt After 10 Hour Session
In Cairo a 10 hour meeting of the revolutionary council and cabinet left President Mohamed Naguib's future and July elections uncertain. Demo st rations continued as Naguib and rival Gamal Abdel Nasser left without comment, while council members hinted at partial accord but held back details.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
Revolutionary Council
Naguib
Hun
Dred
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Farouk
Con
British troopship Empire Windrush burns with 1500 aboard
The Empire Windrush exploded and burned off the Algerian coast injuring none seriously and saving about 1500 crew and passengers. Seventeen sailors were killed in the blast. Rescue ships from four nations ferried survivors to Algiers within hours.
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Algiers
Algeria
Mediterranean
W. Wilson
Menro
Socotra
Taigete
Hemsefjell
Wilson
Empire
Cherchel
Japan
Southampton
Hong Kong
Singapore
Colombo
Aden
Port Said
Britain
Hamburg
Nizam of Hyderabad Accepts Large Pay Cut
The Nizam, one of the world's richest men, agrees to a $526,000 yearly pay cut from the Indian government. Hyderabad's finance minister said the reduction, effective April 1, is voluntary and halves the compensation for crown lands surrendered to the state four years ago.
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Bombay
India
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Green Celery Vitamins and Fast Cash Ads
An old notice touts green celery as richer in vitamin A than white variety. It shifts to classified ads promising quick cash through for sale and for rent listings, with a sample ad for an O Keefe and Merritt range offered at 150 dollars.
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O'Keefe
Merritt
Nixon May Tour Italy to Stem Attacks on Luce
President Eisenhower weighs sending Vice President Nixon to Italy for a brief goodwill visit to counter Communist propaganda at the request of Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce. Luce faces calls for her expulsion from Rome by left wing Italian senators amid anti Communist sentiment.
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Nixon
Italy
Luce
Washington
Eisenhower
Clare Boothe Luce
Communists Halt Dien Bien Phu Assault as French Strike
Vietminh troops cease preparations after French forces smash trench lines around Dien Bien Phu. Gen Vo Nguyen Giap seeks numerical superiority before renewed attack while bad weather limits air operations. Union naval reports 27 Vietminh killed in a Red River Delta ambush and Vietminh use of Chinese bazookas noted.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Dust Bowl
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
Henri Navarre
France
Ho Chi Minh
Red River
Union
Haiphong
Frenchtown School Superintendent Dies in Montana Car Crash
Frenchtown school superintendent Frank C. Bingham 47 died in a Missoula hospital from injuries after a two car crash 19 miles east of Missoula on Highway 10. The Liddiards Delwin and wife and their son Richard were killed. Bingham had led Frenchtown schools since 1952. A coroner's inquest was expected.
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Missoula
Frenchtown
Frank C. Bingham
Bingham
Delwin Elmer Liddiard
Richard
Anaconda
Liddiards
U.S. Highway 10
Helena
U. S
Arthur M. Woods
Montana
Anaconda Family Mourned After Fatal Highway Crash
Funeral services set for three Anaconda family members killed in a two car crash 19 miles east of Missoula Thursday. Frank C. Bingham of Frenchtown died Sunday in a Missoula hospital.
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Missoula
Frank C. Bingham
Frenchtown
Rooster Crows Only After Queenie Leads Hen Chorus
Detroit tale of Queenie the spitz living with chickens at the Nathan Knight home. For ten years she roams with hens and roosters, sleeps in the chicken house, and now the Knights report dawn crowing has intensified, attributed to Queenie guiding the fowl chorus.
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Detroit
Queenie
Nathan Knight
Knights
Butte Girl Honored By Cherry Blossom Festival
Joan Harrington of Butte Montana will represent Montana at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D C from Wednesday through Sunday. She is a former Montana State University student and a secretary in Senator James Murray's office. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Harrington 1122 Lewisohn Butte.
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Washington
Joan Harrington
Butte
Mont
Montana
Miss Harrington
Montana State University
James FE. Murray
D-Mont
William J. Harrington
Lewisohn
Montana State Society
Washington, D. C
Boys Central Is Winner of Helena Tourney
Boys Central High School of Butte won the fourth annual Montana Catholic High School Speech and Dramatics Tournament sweepstakes at Carroll College in Helena. More than 100 students from 10 Catholic schools competed over two days. Anaconda Central and Girls Central of Butte tied for second with six points.
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Helena
Boys
Central High School of
Butte
Montana Catholic High
Carroll College
Boys Central
Anaconda Central
Girls Central
R. V. Kavanagh
Anthony Brown
Patrick E. Lee
Gene Hogan
Butte Boys Central
Steve Frankino
Tom Flynn
Betty Ann Johnson
Great Falls Central
Frankino
James Huber
St. Leo’s of
Lewistown
Rea Kelley
Butte Girls Central
Hogan
Flynn
Janet Pucinelli
Carroll Clemens
Margaret Goughnour
Missoula
Mary Clair McVey
Kathy Egan
Frankine
Dean Smith
Helena Cathedral
Jim Steffek
Cathedral
Marlene Carston
John Conelly
Dan Kasperick
Strauss Returns From Pacific H Bomb Tests Staging
Atomic Energy Commission Chief Lewis Strauss came back from the Pacific proving grounds where hydrogen bomb tests are staged. He refused comment until he reports to President Eisenhower.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Strauss
Pacific Proving Grounds
Eisenhower
Queen Ingrid Celebrates 44th Birthday in Copenhagen
Queen Ingrid marked her 44th birthday Sunday in Copenhagen with celebrations attended by royal family members and Copenhagen society. The occasion highlighted royal duties and public tributes across Denmark.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Ingrid
Secret Group Challenges Tito's Reign in Belgrade
A hidden organization urged Yugoslavs to overthrow the dictatorship in Belgrade. The unsigned communique, circulated to foreign reporters, promotes a Socialist party and warns readers to destroy copies to avoid police tracing. Officials dismissed it as meaningless and unlikely to reflect real opposition.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Foreign Office
Milk for Gobs Campaign Is Launched
Washington lawmakers push to raise the Navy milk ration from a half pint to one pint per man per day. Rep Cooley says dairy surpluses and storage costs justify sending more milk and butter to sailors, with potential to move a billion pounds of milk yearly.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Rep
Wheeler
D-Ga
Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Armed Services
Army
Air Force
Free drinks blamed for political scandals at Kyoto University
Kyoto University graduates heard a admonitory speech from President Y Yukigawa urging them to pay for their own drinks. He warned that accepting free drinks leads to corruption and political scandals, calling the habit despicable and unacceptable.
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Kyoto
Japan
Y. Yukigawa
Kyoto University
Baytown liquor store owner robbed by young man
P. S. Rus sell, a 77 year old liquor store proprietor in Baytown, was held up by a young man who took $234. The clerk told the robber the offer of a job, and the suspect replied to look for him next Thursday and return the money. The incident was dated as April 1.
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Baytown
Tex
P. S. Russell
Russell
Pop
Missoula Fire Destroys Nine Airplanes at Airport
A blizzard night fire at Missoula County Airport destroyed nine airplanes in a hangar. Flames triggered by magnesium and high test gasoline lit the area as four planes were saved and one valued at 70 000 dollars. The cause remains unknown and the Missoula Aerial Service owned the hangar.
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Missoula
Mont
Missoula County
Montana
Missoula Aerial Service, Operated By Jess Owens At the Airport. A Missoula
Mining City March Still Is Lionish
The article notes sub-zero conditions in Mining City with briefly measurable snow on Sunday. Temperatures dipped below zero on March 2 3 and 4 and reached a high of 57 above on the 9th.
Major Floor Fight Over Public Housing on Capitol Hill
Eisenhower housing and tax plans face renewed tests in Congress as House begins to strip public housing to a skeletal program and considers slum clearance and liberalized home loans. Senate-House conferees will reconcile excise tax cuts while Hawaii and Alaska statehood moves proceed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
House Appropriations Committee
Taber
Senate
Hawaii
Alaska
Elks Scholarship and Leadership Winners Named in Montana
Montana Elks State Scholarship and Leadership committees announced winners from two divisions after a two day meeting. First place in both scholarship divisions received 300 dollars. second through eighth prizes vary from 250 to 100 dollars.
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Montana
Montana Elks Lodge
Montana Elks
Nelita Ann True
Bozeman
Bozeman Lodge
Marcia Marie Peterson
Elaine Stirland
Chinook
Havre Lodge
Mary E. Carey
Glendive
Glendive Lodge
Jere L. Riviens
Scobey
Hellgate Lodge
Charlene Mudd
Kalispell
Kalispell Lodge
Janet Puccinelli
Anaconda
Anaconda Lodge
Betty Ann Johnson
Great Falls
Great Falls Lodge
Russell Pfohl
Deer Lodge
John Mebust
Faithful Dog Guards Master's Body for 15 Weeks
In Bamford England the collie named Tip guarded the body of Joseph Tagg an 86 year old shepherd for 15 weeks after their disappearance during a harsh winter. Tip survived by scavenging while stand ing guard on the Derbyshire moorlands until found by shepherds who discovered Tagg dead and the dog weak but alive beside him.
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Bamford
England
Joseph Tagg
Tip
Tagg
Derbyshire
Pearson Names Pro Tem Amid Smith Confusion
In Pearson Georgia a local official explains the choice of the pro tem to avoid confusion with multiple Smiths. He notes the fraction al name confusion and that his father wanted clarity for voters.
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Pearson, Ga
Pearson
Smith
Weather Outlook For Butte And Montana
Increasing cloudiness with snow developing Monday and ending Tuesday. Warmer Monday. Monday and Tuesday highs near 25 and 25 to 35. Monday night lows around 10. For Butte period shows a 12 midnight Saturday to 5:30 p.m. Sunday range of 18/ minus 5. West of Divide partly cloudy with snow in eastern mountains and little change after. East of Divide increasing cloudiness with light snow Monday or night, warmer highs 25 to 35, snow ends Tuesday then partly cloudy and colder. The table notes the 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Montana
Divide
Indiana Town Hit by Small Twister
A small tornado struck Anderson Indiana tearing through 10 blocks of homes and two downtown blocks. It knocked out plate glass, a skylight, and hurled a car into another at Sears Roebuck parking lot. Pastor Ernest Page 63 was hit by a truck weighed by the storm and survived with chest injuries. Police report the first warning came from Edgewood at 4 50 PM.
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Anderson
Ind
Sears Roebuck and Co
Ernest Frederick Page
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
St. John’s Hospital
Robert Morris
Edgewood
Morris
Zowie
Robert Quinn
The
Anderson Bulletin
Quinn
Norway Plane Crash Kills Eight Near Bear Island
A Norwegian Catalina flying boat returning to base after visiting Spitzbergen crashed into the sea three miles south of Bear Island, midway between Spitzbergen and Norway. Eight people died, one crew member survived, including a Norwegian radio reporter who accompanied the mission to cover the mail drop.
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Oslo
Norway
Inn
Spitzbergen Islands
Bear Island
Spitzbergen
Air Force Headquarters
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