Air Force plane crashes off Hokkaido. 34 dead
A U S Air Force C46 Commando plunged into icy waters near Hokkaido while en route from Tachikawa to Chitose. Thirty passengers and five crew members perished. only scattered debris and an oil slick remained. Names of victims were withheld.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido Island
Air Force
Japan
Pawan Ween
Vile Bpuaresitian
Hokkaido
Honshu
Tachikawa Air Force Base
Chitose Afb
Sapporo
Riders Escape Death on Ski Lift Runaway in Chewelah
In Chewelah Washington a ski lift jammed and ran in reverse for about 30 seconds injuring three Spokane men Don Katke Robert Katke and Roy Shetter as they leaped from the $50000 chair lift A 10 year old boy was nearly dragged from his seat as the bottom chair entered the lower terminal Officials expect an expert report on the cause by early this week the reverse motion halted when four chairs tangled in the bull wheel at the lower terminal
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Chewelah
Wash
Don. L. Katke
Robert Katke
Roy Shetter
Spokane
Chewelah Peak
Schine refuse comment on coddling claims at Dix
Pvt. G David Schine former McCarthy aide now at Camp Gordon for MP duties read news reports of coddling allegations from Ft Dix trainees but declined to comment or pose for photos. Military police officials confirmed his basic training at Ft. Dix ended Jan 16 and noted he read accounts of the charges.
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Augusta
David Schine
Pt. Dix
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Camp Gordon
Edgar M. Jones
Provost Marshal General Center
Schine
Train Crash Fatal to 51 Near Seoul
A rickety South Korean train derailed 20 miles south of Seoul after striking a truck. The death toll reached 51 with over 100 injured, 83 serious, many schoolchildren. Army and Air Force doctors sorted victims in near freezing temperatures as the truck driver and engine crew died. The first three wooden coaches piled up behind the engine.
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Seoul
Here
Army
Air Force
Room Rented Fast Through Want Ad
Mrs. Francis Packard reported her room rental was completed via a want ad. She says she could not count calls and only answered one before the renter secured the room.
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Francis Packard
Want Ads Directory Prompting Readers to Place Notices
Describes the Messenger Want Ads encouraging buyers sellers and renters to use the service. It highlights large readership and invites readers to dial 31242 to place messages for sale trade or rental notices.
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Messenger Want
WANT
AFL Leaders Aim to End Rivalries and Forge Merger
Miami Beach hosts 17 member AFL Executive Council as George Meany seeks unions' backing for AFL CIO no raid pact and possible merger. James Mitchell to brief on economy and unemployment. signings by CIO unions loom while AFL unions debate intra union feuds.
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Miami Beach
Fla
AFL
Eisenhower
George Meany
James P. Mitchell
Washington
Mitchell
CIO
Meany
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
Blaze kills 14 as bus catches fire near Yamachichie
Provincial police and grieving relatives worked to identify the 14 victims of a bus blaze near Yamachichie 15 miles west of Trois Rivières. Eight survivors were pulled to safety after a truck crashed into the bus front, tearing along the side and trapping others. two bodies remained unclaimed in the Trois Rivières morgue as authorities continued the grim task.
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Trois Rivieres
Que
Yamachichie
Here
Body of Parkersburg Man Found in Creek
The body of William C. Archer 25 of Parkersburg West Virginia was found frozen in the ice today in a small creek off Ohio 77 near Marietta The Highway Patrol said a car driven by Archer apparently went off a curve and landed in the creek with about 1 5 feet of water Washington County Coroner J A McCowan said he had been dead about 10 hours.
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Marietta
Ohio
William C. Archer
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio 77
Highway Patrol
Archer
Washington County
J. A. McCowan
Thaw Weakens Ice Drowning Tragedy In England
In Lancaster England a sudden thaw weakened pond ice leading to the drowning of twenty people many of them children. A father died while attempting to rescue his son and four brothers aged 9 to 13 were among the victims. Several others escaped by luck.
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Lancaster
England
Lever Bros. Cuts Spry Price by One Cent a Pound
New York reports Lever Brothers Company has reduced Spry vegetable oil shortening price by a cent per pound, part of a price-cut move.
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New York
Lever Bros. Co
Senate Awaits Signal On New Treaty Curb Plan
President Eisenhower signals in a Senate clash over the Bricker constitutional amendment to curb treaty and executive agreements. Bricker agrees to drop the "which clause" if the administration backs a bipartisan compromise. He says the aim is to prevent treaties from subverting American rights and to guard against world governance through international accords.
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Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Bricker
White House
Nal
Sen
Ohio
United States
NBC
Reds Flank French Head Toward Laos
Vietminh rebels swept around Dien Bien Phu and moved south toward Laos. A French spokesman in Saigon reported heavy fighting at Muong Khoua, 75 miles north of Luang Prabang, with significant losses to the Communist-led invaders from air and ground fire, potentially slowing their advance.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Laos
Saigon
Muong Khoua
Luang Prabang
Baker Outlines Basic Tenets of Democracy
Oxford Ohio. President John C. Baker of Ohio University argues citizens lack knowledge of democracy’s philosophy. He cites four pillars spirit ideals education and opportunity, linking them to pilgrims Gettysburg Lincoln and public education. He calls American ideals the world’s greatest revolutionary force.
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Oxford
Ohio
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Miami University
Baker
Wealthy Cincinnati grandmother dies after rejected romance
Cincinnati police report Evelyn Calvert a 46 year old widow died Sunday from what appears to be suicide after Glenn Robinson a 24 year old drummer with the Cincinnati Symphony spurned her advances. The investigation continues with a diary entry expressing unrequited love.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Evelyn Calvert
Alexander Calvert
Kentucky
Glenn Robinson
The
Symphony
Robinson
Glenn
Missing Harvard student feared dead on Mount Washington
Search resumed today for Phil Longnecker a 25 year old Harvard graduate student from Toledo Ohio who vanished after his camping companion was found dead of exposure Sunday on Mount Washington The rescue effort was halted Sunday night due to cold and buffeting winds on the 6280 foot peak.
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Mount Washington
N. H
Harvard
Phil Longnecker
Toledo
Ohio
Boys Assault Three on Bus
A gang of ten teenagers attacked three people on a Cleveland city bus Sunday night. William Gresko 16 joined by driver Charles Judson 38 and Larry Spies 17 confronted the assailants, who pummeled the trio as passengers cried for help. Spies was knocked unconscious and the group fled. Spies suffered possible jaw nose and rib injuries. Gresko received bruises and possible rib fractures. Judson got first aid at a CTS station.
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Cleveland
William Gresko
Charles Judson
Larry Spies
Spies
Gresco
Judson
Hiroshima Atom Bomb Victims to File Damage Suits
The Hiroshima Atom Bomb Victims Assn. plans to file damage suits in U S courts against the United States. It seeks damages of 2777 dollars for each Japanese killed in the world war atomic bomb raids on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Five Sailors Rescued After Fishing Boat Fire
Five men set out in a dory when the Sea Lion caught fire and landed safely about 35 miles north of Santa Barbara. The fate of the burning vessel was unclear as the Coast Guard and a passing steamer searched for survivors.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Here
Sheriff's Office
Sea Lion
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Harry
Soviet Made Jet Downed in Skirmish Near Korea
The U S Air Force reports a Jan 22 clash near Sok Island northwest of Korea in which MIG I5 jet fighters attacked a U S reconnaissance RB 45 bomber. One MiG 15 was shot down. no American losses or damage were reported. The incident followed tensions over POW repatriation and the old 38th Parallel boundary.
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Russia
Okinawa
Here
S_ I Runov
Japan
Rastovoroy
VU. S&s State Department
Far Fast Command
Rastovorovy
U. S
Kyodo
Rastovorov
Soviet Union
Aiir
Washington
U.S
Mitr
ISS
United Nations
Air Force
U. S.S
North
South Korea
Siberia
Brennan Named Football Coach at Notre Dame
South Bend Ind Terry Brennan 25 Notre Dame assistant and former Irish star was named head football coach to succeed Frank Leahy who resigned yesterday for health reasons Hesburgh said Brennan signed a three year contract terms not disclosed Rumors linked Bernie Crimmins and Johnny Lujack to the post alongside Brennan Leahy resignation noted on Page 8
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South Bend
Ind
Terry Brennan
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
Theodore Hesburgh
Brennan
Bernie Crimmins
Indiana University
Johnny Lujack
Leahy
Dewey Proposes Record NY Budget Exceeding One Billion
Governor Thomas E Dewey sent a record high budget to the New York Legislature for the fiscal year starting April 1 totaling 1 222 700 000 with no new or increased taxes The proposal exceeds the 1953 54 budget by 130 300 000 and reflects optimism about business and employment prospects while signaling readiness to act to prevent a recession.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas FE
Dewey
New York
The Slasher Strikes Again in Montreal Weekend Attacks
Police report two new razor assaults in Montreal over the weekend as authorities warn against hysteria. The unidentified suspect, described as a sex deviant by medical officials and a maniac by police, wounded a 23 year old woman with seven stitches on Saturday and cut an 18 year old on a bus Sunday.
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Montreal
Thugs Tell Bedtime Stories During Northwest Side Robbery
Five gunmen used fairy tales to calm three children while robbing Louis Fahrberger's Northwest Side home. They posed as a Western Union messenger to gain entry and fled with $4525 in cash and $5000 in jewelry after a 45 minute session. Christine, 3, sang in the window during the lull. The baby sitter, Marian Schmidt, 36, guided the intruder through the house. Fahrberger forced a closet exit and recovered only part of the loot, missing $1000.
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Chicago
Western Union
Northwest Side
Louis Fahrberger
Marian Schmidt
Christine
Fred
Louis, Jr
Fahrberger
Big Four talks shift to Soviet sector in Berlin
Western and Soviet ministers moved the conference to East Berlin, deadlocked on a Big Five with Red China, and split over German unification plans. Dulles and Molotov opened talks on Eisenhower’s world atomic pool proposal, while disarmament debates move to secret sessions.
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Berlin
Germany
Red China
U.S
John Foster Dulles
V. M. Molotov
Eisenhower
United Nations
West Berlin
East Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Unter den Linden
Three Die in New Haven Gas Blast
An underground gas leak sparked an explosion in a three family home in New Haven at 5 50 am killing four people and injuring three others. Edward Brown Esther Brown Charles Epstein Rose Epstein died in the blast while two houses were heavily damaged and seven residents were asleep at the time. The leak stemmed from a main break and fueled by oil burners in furnaces.
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New Haven
Conn
Edward Brown
Esther
Charles Epstein
Rose
New Haven Gas Co
Eugene Mulligan
Columbus Hotel Sold To Catholic Prelate
The Neil House in Columbus, the city’s second largest hotel, was sold for over five million dollars to Auxiliary Bishop Bernard J. Sheil of Chicago, founder and national director of the Catholic Youth Organization and pastor of St. Andrew's Church. Harry J. Ludwig, majority shareholder, said the sale occurred last month. It was not disclosed if the purchase benefits St. Andrew's Church or other Catholic groups.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tiiroom Neil
Bernard J. Sheil
Chicago
Catholic Youth Organization
St. Andrew's Church
Harry J. Ludwig
St. Andrew’s Church
Comic Breaks Leg During Video Show
New York comedian Jackie Gleason broke a leg and ankle after slipping on a wet stage during a television show. Doctors said it was extremely doubtful he could perform this week, but Gleason vowed to appear next Saturday even if on a stretcher. He is reported in good condition after hospital treatment.
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New York
Jackie Greason
CBS
Gleason
Plane crash kills Fairborn pilot in Seminole
Seminole Texas authorities report that Clyde Fox aged 32 from Fairborn Ohio died when his T 6 aircraft crashed Saturday night near Seminole. Police and aviation investigators established the fatality and are examining the wreckage for causes.
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Seminole, Tex
Clyde Fox
Fairborn
Ohio
Italy’s Reds Launch Drive Against U S
Communists opened fire on U S Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce with posters as President Luigi Einaudi began further consultations with political leaders. Police removed posters attacking Mrs Luce accusing her of meddling in Italian politics amid Italy’s ongoing political crisis.
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Rome
U. S
Clare Boothe Luce
Luigi Einaudi
Enrico de Nicola
Quirinale Palace
Italy
Crisi
Luce
Lima Fireman Dies in Blaze
Captain Cloyd R. Webb aged 44 of Lima perished battling a blaze. He was among 27 Ohio weekend deaths from accidents with 24 due to traffic. Other Saturday fatalities include William Cavanaugh 70 Canton Lewis Wharton 69 and Olive Wharton 69 both Canton Charles Patterson 41 Navarre area and Floyd Hendricks 49 Youngstown. Sunday fatality Virgil Allen Hamilton 23 Youngstown from a store and apartment fire.
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Cloyd R. Webb
Lima
Ohio
William D. Cavanaugh
Canton
Lewis Wharton
Olive
Charles H. Patterson
Reidsville
N. C
Navarre
Floyd Hendricks
Youngstown
Robert Bennett
Mayme Boluss
Norwood
Virgil Allen Hamilton
Ailing Pope Cancels Audience Says Health Improves
The Vatican paper Osservatore Romano reported Pope Pius XII’s health is gradually improving and all aspects of his condition are satisfactory. It notes no cause for uneasiness but he must reduce work and take regular rest after canceling a large general audience last week.
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Vatican City
L 'Osservatore Romano
Pius
Vatican
L.osservatore
Tax revolt continued by Marshall housewives
In Marshall Texas a group of housewives led by Mrs. Carolyn Abney say they will not pay social security taxes on domestic workers. They filed a quarterly income tax report but will not remit payments and accuse courts of basing rulings on tax law rather than constitutional law. They claim they cannot be forced to act as tax collectors as Internal Revenue agents have attempted to tap bank accounts to cover alleged dues.
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Marshall
Tex
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
Carolyn Abney
Wanens
Cold Wave in Europe Blamed for 35 Deaths
The bitter cold wave cripples Europe from Portugal to Siberia with no relief in sight. At least 35 people died during the weeklong freeze as temperatures plunged to 11 below in the Bavarian Alps and to 30 above in Lisbon where snow fell for the first time in years.
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London
Europe
Portugal
Siberia
Bavarian Alps
Germany
Lasbon
UN Official Quits After Seven Years at UN Secretariat
Byron Price, top American in the United Nations secretariat, retired from his post as assistant secretary general after nearly seven years of service. He leaves the job with a $22,000 annual salary and a background as executive news editor for The Associated Press.
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United Nations
N. Y
Byron Price
Associated Press
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