Ferry Collision Sinks Japanese Ferry Amid 159 Feared Dead
A fog bound collision between ferries near Takamatsu and Uno sank the Shinn Maru with 159 feared dead and 631 saved or injured. Many victims were school children returning from a day trip. Rescue efforts included US Army helicopters and Japanese search craft as officials reported 76 bodies recovered and 83 missing.
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Takamatsu
Japan
Japan National Railways
Bernardine Adams
Junction City
Wis
Willis
Hokkaido
Maj
Robert R. Dobson
Charlotte
N.C
Dobson
Shikoku
Uno
Okayama
Honshu
Japan National Railway
Minoru Miyake
Masao Nakamura
JNR
Tokyo
Davis Sees End To Joint Health Board
City Mayor J Luther Davis says a new legislative amendment effectively repeals the joint health board and places financial control of city and county health funds with the state health department. He proposes returning operation to county control as a possible savings measure for taxpayers.
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Davis
Joint Health Board
J. Luther Davis
State Department of Health
Eisenhower backs high level Big Four on easing tensions
President Eisenhower said he favors a top level four power conference to test Russia’s desire to ease world tensions. He cautioned not to expect quick world turning results though the plan aims to define workable areas for foreign ministers to pursue peace. He welcomed the Louisville and Nashville and Southern Bell strikes nearing settlement and joked about a 1956 re election question from Senator Margaret Chase Smith.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Ine
Nis
Chiefs of States
United States
Britain
France
Louisville and Nashville
Southern Bell Telephone
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Bulganin Extends Positive View Of Big Four Chiefs Meet
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin said Russia regards positively a meeting of Big Four chiefs of staff and will study a Western invitation to a conference. He spoke during a nine nation eastern European council review opening in Warsaw Poland.
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Warsaw
Poland
Nikolai Bulganin
Russia
Bulganin
Council of Ministers
Soviet Leader Agrees to Consider Western Top Level Talks
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin said Moscow would study the western invitation carefully. President Eisenhower noted he would issue the invitation, citing a growing feeling for a summit among leaders.
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Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Baseball scores and home runs across AL and NL games
AP summaries of games in the American and National Leagues noting key home runs by players such as Carey Mantle Berra and Klaus for Boston in AL while Detroit, Washington and Kansas City show scoring. In the NL Pittsburgh Milwaukee Brooklyn and Chicago list hits and home runs by Mathews Banks Fondy and Campanella with other line scores.
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Cleveland
New York
Wynn
Hogan
Turley
Berra
Carey
Mantle
Detroit
Washington Garver
Wilso T.stone
Forchen
Kansas City
Baltimore
Kellner
R. Shan Smith
W—R. Shantz
L—Kretlow
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Kline
Shepard
Nichols
Eisenhower backs Salk vaccine to beat polio
President Eisenhower voiced strong belief that the Salk polio vaccine can eliminate polio in the United States within a reasonable time. He noted 52 polio cases in five million injections and cited plans to resume vaccination as Parke-Davis and other plants anticipate releasing supplies after safety checks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Public Health Service
Detroit
Manu
Parke- Davis Laboratories
Parke-Davis
U.S
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Arizona Power Agency Sees APS Contract as Good Deal
The Arizona power authority released a Ford Bacon & Davis study calling the APS Co Saguaro plant contract “a good deal” with attractive rates but urged changes. The report also notes possible Hoover Dam power cuts of 20 to 30 percent may force additional private power purchases.
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Phoenix
Arizona Power Authority Today
Arizona Public Service Co
Ford, Bacon
Bureau of Reclamation
Arizona
Hoover Dam
APSCO
Thomas
Colorado River
Fish
Saguaro Station
Saguaro
NATO calls for cease fire in Formosa crisis and talks with Soviet Union
The NATO council urged a halt to hostilities in the Formosa strait and pledged no use of force amid Chinese dispute. It backed Western Big Three proposals for top level talks with Soviet Premier Bulganin and supported UN disarmament progress.
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Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Formosa Strait
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Far East
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
United Nations
Pearson
Britain
NATO Council
Nikolai Bulganin
France
United Kingsdom
United States
Soviet Union
West Germany
Konerad Adenauer
Germany
United Nations Subcommittee For
Fighting resumes in Mekong delta Vietnam conflicts erupt
In Saigon the civil war flared anew as Hoa Hao rebels attacked government troops in the Mekong delta. Civilians suffer high casualties amid chaotic war zone conditions, while refugees report artillery bombardments wrecking Sadec and Mytho southwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
Indochina
Viet Nam
Mekong River
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hoa Hao
Sadec
Mytho
Cholon
South Viet Nam
Binh Xuyen
Weather story notes wild storms but no spillover into TX region
The report describes thunderstorms over western Texas with moisture not crossing the continental divide. Temperatures run near normal for May 10 with a low of 57 and a high around 82. Forecaster calls for mostly clear skies and a modest rise in temperatures.
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Poochie
Texas
Continental Divide
Rope opens in Tucson Little Theater thrill ride
Tonight the Tucson Little Theater stages Rope in a suspenseful production open to the public. Tonight 7:30 p.m. at Amphitheater. tomorrow features a 3 to 5 p.m. Veterans Administration hospital open house with guided tours. Also listed: UA Liberal Arts recital at 4:40 p.m., UA Chemistry seminar by Robert Gemmell, and Tucson Bridge Club at 7:45 p.m.
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Tucson Little Theater
Veterans Administration Hospital
South Sixth Avenue
Liberal Arts
Robert Gemmell
Tucson Bridge Club
Rope stage show at El Conquistador hotel
At 8:30 P.M. a production of Rope opens at the El Conquistador hotel. Performers and venue details not specified in the notice.
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TLT
el Conquistador Hotel
Index Hospitals big business in Tucson
Hospitals in Tucson expand and consolidate amid rising costs and mergers. Analysts note hospital groups leverage scale to negotiate prices and attract investment while maintaining regional access for patients.
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Tucson
Dallas
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