Adenauers Victory Seen Endorsing Nuclear Arms Plan
West Germany North Rhine Westphalia voters gave the Christian Democrats a strong majority in the provincial parliament, boosting Adenauer's push for atomic armament. The result consolidates postwar prosperity fears of communism and marks a shift from a minority to a ruling coalition, with CD 104 seats to Socialists 81 and Free Democrats dropping to 15.
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Germany
Conrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
West Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Adenauer
East Germany
Free Democrat Party
Free Democrat
German Reich Party
Catholic Center Party
Vuteland
Free Democrats
Lopez Mateos Elected President In Mexico's Quiet Balloting
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, 48, former labor minister, won the Mexican presidency in a reportedly landslide vote. PRI claims a strong majority in Congress with 60 senators and 162 deputies, while isolated protests and a fatal incident marked the election. Women voted for the first time. official returns to follow.
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Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Party of Revolutionary Institution
PRI
Luis Hector Alvarez
Congress
Ciudad Obregon
Million Dollar Fire Started By Children
Three brothers aged 7 8 and 9 were blamed for a fire in Hackensack New Jersey that burned the Comfort Coal and Lumber Co yard damaged eight cafes blistered four houses and a gas station The boys were questioned by police and released to their parents after admitting starting the blaze they found matches lit a paper and then left believing it out while on their way to a store.
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Toolen
Six Die as Storm Sparks Fatal Springfield Crash
SPRINGFIELD MO Two cars crashed in a thundershower killing six people. Victims include Aaron Leitwein 66 and his wife Datrina 64 of Springfield their son Harry 45 and grandson Dean 13, and Howard Bigelow 48 with son David 13 of Kansas City. Injured include Bigelow's other son Tommy 9 and Mrs Harry Leitwein 43.
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Springfield
Aaron Leithwein
Datrina
Harry Leitwein
Dean
Howard Bigelow
David
Kansas City
Bigelow
Tommy
Harry Leltwein
Robert C Glass Dies at 73 Longtime Lynchburg Editor
Robert Camillus Glass editor of the Lynchburg News for nearly 25 years and an editorial staffer since 1917 died at his home after a long illness. Born June 13 1885 he was educated in Lynchburg and Washington and Lee University. He coauthored a History of the Democratic Party in Virginia and served as Virginia General Assembly correspondent in 1920 and 1922. He was survived by three sisters.
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Lynchburg
Robert Camillus Glass
Lynchburg News
Washington and Lee University
the News
Lynchburg Daily Advance
Glass
Virginia General Assembly
Carter Glass Jr
Democratic Party
Virginia
W. Preston Tyree
Edward H. Mayfield
Richard Henry Lee
Reidsville, N. C
Surviving C124 Crew Relate Shark Attack While Ditching
In Honolulu three survivors of a C124 Globemaster crash recounted fending off a school of sharks after the plane ditched 200 miles northeast of Johnston Island. They described fighting the sea and using life jackets and noise to ward off the creatures as others were missing or dead. The trio from California and Iowa were aboard the flight from Travis AFB to Tokyo when the crash occurred. they were treated at Tripler General Hospital along with minor injuries and shark repellant stains.
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Honolulu
mid-Pacific
Boxer
Johnston Island
Jonathan W. Brown
Brown
James M. Phillips
Vacaville
Calif
James P. van Geree
San Rafael
Travis Air Force Base
California
Tokyo
Hawaii
Sioux City
Iowa
Travis Afb
San Francisco
Phillips
Vanderee
Army
Tripler General Hospital
Airplane disaster ends with partial flotation and crew rescue
Engine backfired tearing the propeller through the fuselage and cutting power and controls. The craft ditched at 120 knots with a wing dip. it broke up and sank. Brown crawled from a hole as Vanderee aided crew and couriers, one dislocated shoulder, two lifejackets deployed.
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Brown
Vanderee
Trucker Strands Trailer Under Detroit Viaduct
Marcel Guilbeault a 20 year old truck driver from Belle River Ontario drove through Detroit Sunday and hit a 12 foot 6 inch trailer under a 12 foot clearance viaduct. The top six inches of the trailer was peeled off as he forced through. He then returned to Windsor for a replacement trailer.
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Detroit
Marcel Guilbeault
Belle River
Storm Triggers 5000 Virginia Power Outage Fringes Alexandria
A late afternoon storm cut electric power to about 5,000 Virginia families in the Alexandria area for eight hours. Virginia Electric & Power Co said a transformer bushing at the Hayfield Substation failed, causing the blackout near Fort Belvoir and Alexandria with most customers restored by 12:20 a.m.
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Alexandria
Virginia
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Hayfield
Ft. Belvoir
Bob Hope Wins AFL-CIO Murray-Green Award
Comedian Bob Hope receives the AFL-CIO Murray-Green Award for outstanding service to armed forces. The 1958 honor includes a $5,000 prize and a medal, chosen by the AFL-CIO Executive Council for his commitment to servicemen and women.
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Hoolywood
Bob Hope
Afl-Cio
Hope
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