Red Warships Shell Isle as Chiang Awaits US Command
In Formosa waters the Nationalists report four Communist ships shelling Yushan Island near the Tachens, with a Nationalist ship engaging several Red warships. The US plans a possible Tachens evacuation with the 7th Fleet and Sabrejet support, while Peiping warns against US forces and calls for UN action. The outcome hinges on a Washington pledge to defend Quemoy and Matsu and a possible cease fire.
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Adin
Felix Stump
Pacific
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Islands
Taipei
Formosa
Stump
Tth
Washington
Col
Wu Shih-kwau
Taipeh
Defense Ministry
Yushan Island
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Peiping
Tokyo
United Nations
Yushan
Tachen
Tachens
Fingerprints Sought in Rubinstein Slaying Case
Mysterious prints found in Serge Rubinstein's bedroom were checked as investigators pursue the killer of the millionaire financier. Ten prints, including eight new ones, were reviewed. six matched the victim and two were smudges. Police also examined female belongings linked to Pat Wray, while hundreds of Rubinstein's listed contacts from Hollywood and Las Vegas are being checked.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Asst. Dist. Atty
Alexander Herman
Herman
Rubinstein
5Th Avenue
Pat Wray
Las Vegas
Nev
Courtlandt Nicoll
Lee Brooks
Brooks
Nicol
At 103 He Reads Bible Over Again
In Vanceburg Kentucky Henry Luman marked his 103rd birthday by continuing a self assigned rereading of the Bible. His daughter Mrs Cora Porlitt said he is now in the Acts as he sits with his book in Tollesboro nearby.
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Vanceburg
Henry Luman
Cora Porlitt
Tollesboro
Solons Seek Support Of Research Program
Senator Hill and Senator Bridges will push Congress to approve a new three year federal aid program for research into causes of fatal and crippling diseases including cancer heart disease and mental illness.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Senator Bridges
War Benefits End for Recruits Under Eisenhower Order
Washington reports the Korean GI Bill ends at midnight for new recruits and inductees removing free education and government home loan guarantees. Those already in uniform cannot accumulate more postdischarge education credits. The House passed a remedy bill, the Senate to act, and the White House signaled approval. Veterans Affairs says new enlistees may still access some peace time benefits such as medical care disability compensation and life insurance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
White House
Veterans Administration
Untying Phones Bill Threatens Hogs in Ohio
Ohio Senate panel backs a bill to punish party-line hogs who refuse to yield in emergencies with fines up to 50 dollars and 30 days to six months in jail. It also targets those faking emergencies for line access. The measure, by Sen. Delbert Latta, requires directories to warn about penalties and gains backing from telecoms and police groups.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate Committee On Highways and Public Utilities
Delbert Latta
R-Hancock
Water Main Break Deluges Cleveland Stock Rooms
A 36 inch water main burst last night on St. Clair Avenue and West 9th Street, tearing 60 feet of pavement and flooding the basement of the Geo. Worthington Co. with three feet of sand. Damage is estimated at 200000 dollars, with half a million dollars of hardware stock buried under sand and flooded with water. The scene exposed ammunition plumbing electrical supplies diamond grinding stones carborundum wheels and tools.
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Cleveland
St. Clair Avenue
West 9Th Street
Geo. Worthington Co
AEC Asked To Vote Again on Dixon Yates Contract
Senator Gore urges the Atomic Energy Commission to formally vote again on the Dixon Yates contract after a congressional committee asked cancellation. Gore, a persistent opponent, telegrammed all AEC members demanding a recorded vote on the Senate House committee's cancellation request.
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AEC
Dixon-Yates
Washington
Gore
D-Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Wife Killer Marries Then Goes to Jail
In Chicago a man who hacked his wife to death with a butcher knife six years earlier married in Criminal Court yesterday. Edward Proszewski was sentenced to 14 years. his bride Stel Gubala, 25, returned to her factory job after the ceremony.
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Chicago
Edward Proszewski
Stel- Gubala
Trial of 11 Ohio Reds opens on March 14
In Cleveland the trial of 11 Ohio Communists is set to begin March 14 in federal court before Judge Charles J. McNamee. The date remains tentative while motions to dismiss the 1953 indictment are considered. If held, the trial is expected to last about six months.
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Ohio Reds
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles J. McNamee
Two Men Die in Crash Near Brownsville Ohio
Harold Roy Gorman 30 and Edward Charles Price 47, both of Pittsburgh, killed when their car struck the rear of a trailer on U S 40 near Brownsville last night.
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Newark
Harold Roy Gorman
Edward Charles Price
Pittsburgh
U. S. 40
Brownsville
AFL Leaders Forecast Higher Wages and Fewer Jobs for 1955
The AFL Executive Council opened winter meetings in Miami Beach with a report predicting substantial wage gains in 1955 but unemployment averaging about 4,000,000. Reasons include military reductions and productivity gains. the council backs higher exemptions and a higher federal minimum wage to bolster the economy.
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AFL
Miami Beach
Fla
AFL Executive Council
Big Labor Organization
AFL Council
Fire destroys tenement killing eleven in Amsterdam
A fire in a 110 family tenement in Amsterdam New York killed eleven people including five of seven children and the father of five. Eight bodies were recovered and five others injured, one critically. Investigators attributed the blaze to an overflowing oil stove. Police and firefighters battled flames as residents fled into a snowstorm.
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Amsterdam
N.y.fieven
Princess Margaret Starts Caribbean Tour From Port of Spain
Britain's Princess Margaret arrived in Port of Spain to begin a month long Caribbean tour aboard the Canopus. The 24 year old sister of Queen Elizabeth journeyed from London with a refueling stop in Montreal as Trinidad's Governor Sir Hubert Rance praised the enthusiastic welcome and the capital decorated with banners and streamers.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Britain
Princess Margaret
Caribbean
Canopus
Queen Elizabeth
London
Montreal
Hubert Rance
115 Mile Pipeline to Carry Coal to Cleveland
Work is planned to start next spring on a 115 mile coal pipeline between eastern Ohio and Cleveland. The line aims to move 8000 tons of coal daily crushed with water and sent to a receiving station for drying and market preparation. R L DeChant of Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. outlined the project.
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Wheeling, W. Va
Ohio
Cleveland
R. L. DeChant
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Labor Contract Vote Being Investigated
Cincinnati officials say an investigation is underway into a January 20 bargaining election at Iee Plastics Co Circle E. National relations Board director Jack Evans cites company objections and challenged ballots as the focus affecting the vote outcome.
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Cincinnati
Jack Evans
Nationalelations Board
Iee Plastics Co
Circlee
Evans
Noel Field and wife stay in Hungary
Noel Field and his wife Herta say they will remain in Red ruled Hungary indefinitely after release from five years in Communist jails. The U S legation reported they assured U S Minister Ravndal that their asylum request was voluntary and they plan to stay.
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Budapest
Hungary
Noel Field
U.S. State Department
U. S. Legation
Field
Herta
U. S
Christian M. Ravndas
Truck Bed Collapse Kills Cincinnati Driver
A coal dump truck bed lifted to discharge its load collapsed and crushed the driver William Zimpelman in Cincinnati. The accident occurred when the bed came down unexpectedly, ending the life of the unidentified worker at the scene.
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Cincinnati
Orday
William
Zimpelman
Skin graft for seven year old burn victim in Cincinnati
Seven year old Sherry Cassada suffers severe burns covering about seventy to seventy five percent of her body after a skirt fire. A graft from Ronnie Wilson, a 14 year old who died in an automobile accident in Indiana, was used but the operation outcome won’t be known for days.
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Cincinnati
Sherry Cassada
Sherry
Ronnie Wilson
Osgood
Ind
St. Pital
Slaying Admitted as Self Defense Claimed by Suspect
Otto A. Loeis awaits trial for the murder of Mrs Elizabeth Ted. he claims self defense. A signed FBI statement from Orlando indicates Loeis, once a top FBI fugitive, confessed details two days after the stabbing.
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Oklahoma City
Otto A. Loeis
Mra
Elizabeth Ted
Newark
Ohio
Hif
Lee
FBI
Orlando
Fla
Loel
Husband Charged in Death of Wife Doris Nagel
A husband faces murder charges in the death of his wife Doris Marie Nagel 35 found dead on a cement driveway below their third floor apartment. Authorities initially treated the case as a fall or jump from a window before filing charges.
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Doris Marie
Ridgway Attacks Cut Plan in Army Strength Debate
Washington AP A Pentagon clash over plans to cut Army strength from 1 170 000 to 1 100 000 by June faces House Armed Services Committee scrutiny as Gen Matthew Ridgway warns the move could jeopardize national security Secretary of the Army Stevens signals possible alignment with Ridgway while calling the force level adequate for current needs The draft law extension and related defense funding loom as Congress weighs changes and implications.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Genatthew B. Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
Stevens
House
UN Seeks Red China In Cease Fire Talks
The UN Security Council debated a Formosa Strait cease fire and awaited Peiping’s response to an invitation for Chinese Communist officials to join the talks. Dag Hammarskjold sent the invitation after the council voted on the proposal.
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United Nations
UN Security Council
Formona Strait
Red China
Council
Peiping
Dag Hammarakjold
Commonwealth Ministers Urge UN Action Over Formosa Cease Fire
Commonwealth ministers in London urged independent action to press a China cease fire as the UN Security Council moved to invite Red China to talks on halting fighting around Formosa. Nehru suggested ready use of influence with Peiping when timing is right, while NZ proposal for debate faced mixed reactions.
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London
Commonwealth
China
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
New York
Hed
Formosa
Agre
Chiang
Quemoy
Islands
India
Nehru
Aden
Peiping
Ohio Sen Petrash proposes penny per bottle pop tax
Freshman Sen Julian J Petrash introduces a bill in the Ohio Senate to tax soft drinks in 12 ounce bottles or smaller at one penny per bottle. Revenue of about 20 million dollars every two years would go to schools but only partially meets projected needs as enrollments rise. The measure reflects funding pressures discussed after the governor's State of the State address two weeks earlier.
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Columbus
Ohio
Julian J. Petrash
Cuyahoga
Senate
Frank J
Six children killed in house fire near Chuckatuck Virginia
In Chuckatuck Virginia six children aged 4 to 14 died when the second floor of their frame home caught fire last night. The father Robert L. Eley, 19, said he woke to a roaring noise and flames cut him off from the upstairs as he checked the blaze. The mother Evalina Eley, 28, was working a night shift at Planters Nut and Chocolate Co. in Suffolk.
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Chuckatuck
Virginia
Robert L. Eley
Evalina Eley
Planters Nut and Chocolate Co
Suffolk
Metal Bar From B 25 Hits Dayton Boy
Five year old Daniel Pohlabel is hospitalized with two gashes in his head after a two pound metal bar fell from a B 25 aircraft. The bar, used to cover the retractable wheel, flew through the roof of the Pohlabel home as the boy watched television. Officials from Wright Patterson Air Force Base are investigating the incident.
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Dayton
Daniel Pohlabel
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Patlabel
Daniel
Coffee Break Called for State Employees
State Sen. Fred W. Danner urged condemnation of the practice of coffee breaks for state employees. He introduced a Senate resolution calling on lawmakers to demand department heads remedy what he called a wasted loafing period during work hours.
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Columels
Fred W. Danner
Danner
Senateae
Ian
Ohio Solons Honor Medium on Birthday
Columbus lawmakers celebrate a birthday tribute to a local medium as the Senate president introduces the Nelsonville figure and a ceremonial cane in a formal session.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohile
Senate
Poland Ends War With Germany After Soviet Lead
Poland's Communist government announced it will end its state of war with both East and West Germany following Soviet Russia's lead. No deadline was set for the action.
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Vienna
Austria
Russia
Poland
West Germany
Congress considers U S status for man without a country
Rep James G Polk asks Portsmouth Times for details on Venlle Hulunga a man described as a man without a country Hulunga who finished a sentence last December 2 in Selote after a federal entry in 1932 cannot return to Romania or Canada from which he entered the United States two years ago Polk says he would introduce a bill to grant Hulunga legal U S status if the case proves worthy
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Portsmouth
Congress
James G. Polk
D-Onlo
Portsmouth Times
Hulunga
U. S
Selote
Rumenia
Canada
Independents Affected By Phone Rate Hike
A spokesman for the Ohio Independent Telephone Association said most independent lines in Ohio have tariffs tied to Ohio Bell’s long distance rates. Therefore any long distance toll increases approved for Ohio Bell would also affect independent systems under the state utilities commission rate order.
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Columbus
Ohio Indepenent Telephone Association
Ohio Bell
Ohio
Five Day Forecast Notes Cooler Midweek Ahead of Warm Friday
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging three to five degrees below normal. Normal highs range from 39 to 71 across the north to south. Lows run from 19 to 71. Expect colder Wednesday and Thursday, warmer Friday, with wintry mix possible Wednesday.
Legislature classifies 18 408 miles of state highways
The Mate Highway Construction Council submitted a plan to the legislature detailing 9222.92 miles as auxiliary highways and 3906.57 miles as local highways while retaining 6277.43 miles of major thoroughfares from the 1953 report. The plan includes a three color map and county statistics. Each highway was evaluated for traffic volume and connections to major routes, counties, and municipalities.
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Tion
Mate Highway Construction Council
Sens 'Ae Howe Vadens
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