Violent Weather Continues Across Plains and Midwest
A new wave of violent weather hit Texas and the Plains with damaging winds and rain. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms threatened southwest Missouri eastern Oklahoma northwestern Arkansas western Texas. A tornado killed a 76 year old man in Milford Nebraska injuring 18 others and damaging 75 to 100 homes while Hodenville Oklahoma faced a business district strike. Flood threats linger across central and southeast Texas as Gov Price Daniel seeks federal disaster relief.
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Salesman With Six Wives Arrested For Bigamy In Chicago
Warren L. Yemm, 47, a machine salesman, is jailed on a bigamy charge. Two current wives identified him at the police station. one wants a divorce, the other will stand by him. He claimed five or six marriages and hoped to make it seven, saying multiple wives are too many. He faces Felony Court Monday.
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Chicago
Warren L. Yemm
Beverly Simmons
Yemin
Wilma
Pymik
Beverly
Yemm
Warm Weather Spurs Early Apple Blossoms in New York Orchards
Upstate New York apple trees may bloom early if warmth persists with blooms expected next week in the lower Hudson Valley and two weeks in the Lake Ontario belt. County agents warn a late frost could alter this, while Albany forecasts show normal to slightly above normal temperatures for the next 30 days.
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Hudson Valley
Leake Ontario
Albany Weather Bureau
Orange
Dutchess
Ulster
Columbia
Lake Ontario
Albany County
Norman Kidder
Tremors Shake New England Areas
Earthquakes rattled Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts with no reported injuries. A 10 second tremor was felt over a 40 mile region around Portland Maine between 6 30 and 7 am and additional quakes were recorded in central and southern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts.
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Portland
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Youthful Prospectors Vandalize Warehouse
In Salt Lake City two youths aged six and seven used a crowbar to raid Knudsen Builders supply warehouse. They damaged 11 doors a sheet of plywood and three cartons of tile while warehousemen were away for about 10 minutes. A separate item notes a charity dance at Winchester Armory.
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Salt Lake City
Knudsen Builders
Winchester Armory
Winchester Baseball Club
Third Member of Spy Ring Pleads Guilty
Jacob Albam, 64, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Russians to obtain U S defense data for transmission to Russia. He is the third member of the FBI seized espionage ring to confess. Sentencing set for next Friday. maximums include 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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SPY Ring
New York
Albam
FBI
Jack Soble
Soble
Myra
Richard H. Levet
Ike Sees Healthy GOP Differences Amid Unity Hope
President Eisenhower acknowledged intra party differences while stressing a common Republican core. He urged adherence to Lincoln era principles to unite the party, and outlined goals of peaceful foreign policy, strong economy, and higher living standards as the path forward for 1960.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Augusta
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican Party
United States
New England
Republican National Committee
Providence
Omaha
Neb
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Mounted Police to Attend Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Richmond police will get three horses and three officers from Berryville next week for the festival. Chief J. Thomas Boyd says mounted police are vital for leading the Grand Feature Parade and keeping Handley Boulevard and Gerrard Street open as the parade disperses.
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Richmond
Berryville
T. L. Sharp
J. Thomas Boyd
Handley Blvd
Gerrard St
United States seeks to avert Jordan crisis war risk
Washington reports American diplomacy mobilized to prevent a Jordan crisis from triggering a Middle East war. Officials say direct U S military involvement is not now planned but depends on future events. Senate leaders Knowland Mansfield met with Dulles to urge restraint as the crisis deepens.
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United States
Middle East
Senate
Knowland
California
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Dulles
House
Jordan
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Council Demands Lawn Be Returned
EASTBOURNE England city officials plan to sue if needed over a lawn shrubs and plants removed by Albert Bartholomew when he moved from a city housing site to a private home The city says the lawn became city property and Bartholomew had no right to take it The party ends with a community notice in the same column about a Sears birthday party and local shop promotions
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Eastbourne
England
Albert Bartholomew
City Council
Francis Busby
Bartholomew
Parkfield
Busby
Bartholomews New House
U S Accepts Suez Plan On Provisional Basis
The United States told the U N Security Council it would accept Egypt’s Suez plan on a provisional basis pending practical trial final acceptance to follow. Ambassador Lodge criticized the plan for lacking organized cooperation in canal operation and warned of possible future U S objections. Egypt would collect tolls and run the canal while agreeing to arbitration and ICC rulings on interpretations of the 1888 convention.
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United States
Egypt
Suez
U. S
U. N. Security Council
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Nasser
U. N
Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
International Court of Justice
Moonshine Ring Suspect Police Chief Among 11 Held
Federal agents arrest Lee County police chief James Scott and ten others in a roundup across Wise County and Pennington Gap. Preliminary hearings set for May 10 for conspiracy to violate federal liquor laws and evading untaxed whisky sales. Bond set at 2500 dollars each. several suspects remained at large.
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Saint Charles
Lee County
James Scott
Federal
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Southwest Virginia
Pennington Gap
ATU
State Police
Virginia Abc
Scott
Wise County
L. D. Woodard
Bernard Cottrell
Lawrence Scott
Bill Rowe
Hobart Scott
Made
Edith Middleton
George Woodard
Thomas Skiles
Jonesville
Howard Winn
Steve Middleton
Babe Middleton
Several States to Observe Fast Time Sunday
Daylight saving time begins at 2 am Sunday and a survey shows its spread. Several new states will observe fast time statewide this year with more communities adopting daylight time. A movement seeks to extend daylight time to the last Sunday in October. Farmers oppose year round daylight time. Louisville, Kentucky shows some local support. Indiana communities with year round daylight time may have to end it in fall.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Indiana
Toukan Named Military Governor as Jordan Declares Martial Law
In Amman Defense Minister Suleiman Toukan was named military governor of all Jordan as martial law continues. Premier Hashem’s government bans public Moslem prayers and enforces curfews in the five largest cities while a sweep arrests leftist leaders. The move draws regional tension with Syria Egypt and Iraq as U S forces move toward the eastern Mediterranean.
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Suleiman Toukan
Jordan
Hussein
Toukan
Ibrahim Hashem
Hashem
Arab Jerusalem
Ramallah
Nablus
Irbid
Syria
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Nasser
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Shukri Kuwaily
Cabro
U. S
Mediterranean
U.S
Middle East
Moscow
United States
Eisenhower
Britain
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Attention Legionnatires
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Sears, Roebuck & CO
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Ike
Bedouin 1St Armored Regiment
Arab Legion
Sears
Winchester
Sears Roebuck & CO
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Worth
Burr Fletcher
Winchester Sewing Machine Co
S. Loudoun
R. T. Bryarly
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