Cuba Apology May Ease U S Cuban Tensions
The United States issued a government apology for a Florida based private plane raid on Cuba, prompting cautious optimism about easing the rift. Castro cited air attacks on sugar fields as a major cause. U S officials expressed regrets and pledged to stop illegal flights and pursue those involved. The incident killed two Americans, Frost of Portland and Robert Kelly of the Civil Air Patrol, prompting questions about direct talks and future negotiations.
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U. S
Cuba
Castro
Washington
U. S. State Department
Miami
Florida
State Department
Robert Edis Frost
Portland
Ore
Robert Kelly
U. S. Civil Air Patrol
Frost
Thomas Frost
Eugene
Matanzas
United States
Fidel Castro
Adrian Post Office to Close on Washington's Birthday
The Adrian post office will close Monday for the holiday with no mail deliveries except special letters. Lobby will be open for box patrons while business-district boxes will be picked up and dispatching continues. Banks and county offices will close. city hall and library stay open. auto license office remains open.
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Adrian
Washington
Court House
Secretary of States
Lcense
Foaming Water Tied to Household Detergents
Washington public health service reports foaming water from wells and some public supplies tied to detergents. Little detergent in water can cause foam, signaling possible pollution from septic tanks or other sources. No current danger, but advise checking for broader contamination.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Big Snow Drifts Cripple Northeast
Wind driven snow choked western New York as winter storms battered the northeast for a second time this week. Fifteen deaths across five states and heavy drifts up to ten feet followed winds of 50 mph. Power lines utility and small vessels were knocked out while a bowling alley roof collapsed trapping a woman. Auto stock damage occurred as snow weighed on a large Auburn agency. Snow plows struggled on key highways.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Buffalo
Robert Hammer
Auburn
Chiang Kai-shek asks assembly to punish failure
Chiang Kai-shek urged the national assembly to punish him for failing to recover mainland China and to secure new license plates as Michigan motorists await 1958 plate deadlines. The Kuomintang party faces term limits, and sales figures for license plates were cited as lagging. The assembly adjourned after his remarks, noting Washington's Birthday is not a state holiday.
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Tripel
Formosani
National Assembly
China
Lansing
Michigan
Secretary of State
Republic of China
Kuomintang
Chiang
Washington
Allies offer on disarmament plan sparks Geneva talks
Western allies including United States Britain France Canada and Italy face difficulty agreeing on a single disarmament strategy for the Geneva conference set to open March 15. U S leadership splits and cautious proposals leave diplomats privately uneasy about a coordinated Western position.
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United States
Britain
France
Canada
Italy
Russia
Geneva
U.S
Jules Moch
David Ormsby Gore
Gaetano Martino
Frederick M. Eaton
L. M. Burns
Paris
Sutton Road Bridge Bid Leads Lenawee Road Commission
The Lenawee Road Commission in Lansing named Fry Construction as the low bidder at 98975 for Sutton Road bridge work, with the commission recommending acceptance while the state highway department studies bids. Plans by G J McLravy & Sons call for straightening Sutton Road and diverting the River Raisin bend. A public hearing on Meridian Highway abandonment drew no attendees.
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Lansing
Sutton Road Bridge
Fry
State Highway Department
Lenanes Commssioners
Road Commission
G. J. McLravy & Sons
Latsing
Sutton Road
Meridian
Woodstock Township
France Stone Company of
Toledo
Jackson and Moore Hurt in Palmyra US-223 Crash
State police report a two car collision on US-223 east of Palmyra near Humphrey Highway at 3 p m Friday. Paul W Jackson 34 of 1011 Jackson Street was eastbound when he swerved to avoid a truck and hit a mailbox mo re full details show Ralph J Moore 24 of 2495 East Maumee Street received a summons for unsafe start or unsafe entry.
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Blissfield
Jackson
Palmyra
Paul W. Jackson
Jackson Street
Mr.Jackson
Jackson Brothers
Humphrey Highway
Ralph J. Moore
East
Maumee Street
Man Guilty in Death of Wife at Wexford Driveway
A Wexford circuit court jury convicted 41 year old Carl Kangas of manslaughter in the death of his estranged wife Rosalia Kangas, 41, on Dec 18. He faces up to 15 years in prison and will be sentenced Tuesday. He testified he struck her in self defense when she approached with a knife.
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Cadillac
Carl Kangas
Wexford
Kangas
Rosalia
Kanges
Chessman Reprieve Stirs Sharp Disapproval By Some Congressmen
A California governor’s 60 day reprieve for Cary Chessman provoked strong reactions from five members of Congress. They criticized the State Department for possibly pressuring the decision, while others urged reconsideration of the death penalty amid fears of protests during President Eisenhower’s Latin American tour. The report questions who prompted the appeal and notes Rubottom’s inter American affairs telegram as a factor.
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Rungton
Daryl Chessman
Congress
Chessman
Los Angeles
House
Gov. Brown
California
Brown
State Department
Eisenhower
Uruguay
Brazil
State ‘Department
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
State
Department
Ilos Angeles
Los Angeles Times Today
Cary
Roy R. Rubottom Jr
Inter American Affairs
Rubottom
Fisenhowit
Latin America
Washington Day Sales Event Promises Bargains in Adrian
Adrian merchants organize a one day Washingtons birthday sale on Monday February 22 marking the 228th anniversary of the first president. Thirty five merchants cooperate in the promotion with bargains advertised in todays Telegram.
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Adrian
Washington
Adrian -Merchants
Anantal
Pentagon orders review after training manual scandal
Washington The defense secretary says army air force and navy officials will be held personally responsible for glarring inaccuracies and tasteless content in training manuals. A disputed air force pamphlet accused Protestant clergy of communism prompting a sweeping Pentagon review.
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Army
Air Force
Navy
Pentagon
Defense
Thomas 5. Gates Jr
Dudley C. Sharp
Homer H. Hyde
Civiliam
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Lackland
Hyde
Robert H. Stillman
Circuit Riders, Inc
Cincinnati
Billy James Hargis
Tyl Sd
Okla
San Antonio Light
Hargis
National Council of Churches
Wilson plants end two year meat strike at seven sites
The two year contract ends a 109 day strike by the United Packinghouse Workers of America at seven Wilson and Company plants in Chicago. Officials cite differing concession values in the settlement. Wilson president James D. Cooney notes about 22.5 cents per hour cost rise, UPWA chief Ralph Helstein says worker benefits rise 25 to 26 cents.
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Chicago
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Wilson & Company
James D. Cooney
Wilson
Ralph Helstein
UPWA
Lawmakers Eye Official Song For Michigan
Michigan has no official state song. Rep. Lucille H. McCollough introduces a bill to adopt Michigan My Michigan as the state song, while Rep. Russell H. Strange counters with Water Wonderland. Composer Russell Carpenter is connected to Water Wonderland, with other candidates previously pitched by Saginaw teachers and lawmakers but no formal recommendations made.
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Lansing
Michigan
Lucille H. McCollough
Ddearborn
Maryland
McCollough
Russell H. Strange
R-Clare
Russell Carpenter
Clare
Ben Carpenter
Homeland
Saginaw Schoo
Holly E. Hubbell
Chrysler Orders Temporary Detroit Production Shuts
Chrysler Corp plans scattered temporary shutdowns of Plymouth and Dodge plants next week along with a one week idleness at the Imperial plant in Detroit. Plymouth’s Detroit home plant will close Monday due to a shortage of steel stampings from the steel strike. Newark assembly will lose Thursday and Friday to add Valiant to Plymouth and Dodge. Compact car production will resume February 29 at Newark. Imperial shutdown due to inventory adjustment.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
Dodge
Imperial
Newark
Del
Valiant
Dodge Assembly
Plymouth Assembly
Delta girl killed by 13 year old on school bus
In Wauseon Ohio a 12-year-old girl, Karen Smith of Route 2 Delta, died from two stab wounds on a Delta school bus after a 13-year-old classmate attacked her with a seven-inch hunting knife. Douglas Konrath was held for investigation. no charges filed. He was stopped at gunpoint after returning to the scene. The boy, a neighbor of the victim, fled toward railroad tracks before surrendering the knife. George Konrath is a Delta sixth-grade teacher and the boy’s father. Authorities had previously confiscated nine guns from the boy’s home after a prior incident at the Smith residence.
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Wauseon
Ohio
Karen Smith
Route 2
Delta
Douglas Konrath
Fulton County
Loren Yoder
Delta Seriool
Enzil Mizeri
Konrath
George Konrath
Delta School
Karen
Mfr
John Smith
Yoder
Douglas
Fringe
Smith
Speedup Planned for Senate Civil Rights Bill
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson and Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen outlined a rush to advance civil rights registration legislation next week. Johnson proposed Saturday sessions and longer daily meetings to overcome southern opposition. Dirksen said steps are needed to overcome southern resistance and ensure passage. Johnson had previously linked civil rights to a Missouri school district bill.
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Senate
Washington
Lyndon
Jalmson
D-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
Minois
Johnson
Missouri
Danish Premier Hansen Dies at 53 in Copenhagen
Copenhagen reports the death of Danish Premier C. Hansen aged 53. Leader of the Popular Socialist party he had throat-tumor surgery in 1953 and faced hospitalization again on December 29. Informed sources say lung cancer caused his death.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
C. Hansen
Popular Socialist Party
Despair in the Desert Diary From Downed Lady Be Good Crew
A diary found in the Libyan desert details the eight days of suffering of the Lady Be Good crew after the April 1943 Naples raid. It notes scarce water, heat, cold, and the fate of five of the nine airmen, including 2nd Lt. Robert F. Toner, copilot from North Attleboro Massachusetts, as the wreckage lay hundreds of miles from the Mediterranean coast.
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Germany
U.S. Air Force
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Air Force
Robert F. Toner
North Attleboro
Mass
Naples
Italy
John
John S
Woravka
Cleveland
Ohio
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