Powerful State Signs To Fight For Stevenson
A slate of Adlai Stevenson backers filed formal petitions to place a 12-member delegate slate on New Hampshire's March 13 primary ballot. The move signals a major test of strength against Kefauver in the state's two phase primary, with delegates pledged to Stevenson and a separate preference vote for a presidential candidate.
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Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
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New Hampshire
Stevenson
Senate race l as Lausche and Bender in Ohio
Ohio voters will choose between Republican Sen. George H. Bender and Democratic Gov. Frank J. Lausche in the November U S Senate race. Both filed nominating petitions and will be unopposed in the May primary, securing nominations. Lausche, 60, has served five terms as governor and left the governor’s post to pursue the senate.
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Ohio
George H. Bender
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
Bender
Lausche
Secretary of State
Senate
Men Rescued From Jungle in Caribbean Operation
A helicopter rescued five U S Navy and Marine personnel from a north Venezuelan jungle marsh where their Neptune patrol bomber force landed. All eight rescued, including three previously flown to Port of Spain, were unharmed. The expedition to Antarctica aims to locate a missing Navy plane with seven aboard, believed well.
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Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Antarctica
Navy
Baby's Body Found in Miami River Homicide Ruled
Newborn girl found in the Miami River Wednesday with a coroner's ruling of homicide. The child reportedly lived only about ten minutes after birth.
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Miami River
Senator George to Probe $2500 Case Contribution
Senator George of Georgia says a special inquiry committee will seek the source of a $2500 campaign gift offered to Senator Frances Case of South Carolina. The probe centers on $100 bills given to Case's friend by attorney John M. Neff of Lexington Nebraska. Neff says there were no strings, but Case voted against the gas bill.
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George
D-Ga
Frances Case
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Senate
Case
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Neff
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Woman Says Jail Lovely as Woman Seeks Old Judgment
Milwaukee 58 year old Tillie Hansen says jail is lovely while the two parties spar over a 1910s civil judgment. Mrs Alvin Harry holds a $150 claim and $2.30 daily board, with Hansen potentially staying until 1961. Harry may drop the bill if she tires of paying. Hansen contends the 1941 PTO altercation is disputed.
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Tillie ‘Hansen
Milwaukee County
Hansen
Alvin Harry
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Mechem Sets Hearings On Ohio Tax Stamps
Sen. C. Stanley Mechem of Athens announces a Feb. 23 hearing on Ohio prepaid tax stamps. The session before the Legislative Service Commission will examine advantages, enforcement methods, and collections related to the stamps.
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Ohio
Columbus
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Legislative Service Commission
General Assembly
Nation Mourns Connie Mack Across Baseball World
President Eisenhower paid tribute saying Mack inspired American youth in the most American game. A Bronx cab driver recalled his dugout scene and Mack’s simple street clothes as the nation grieved a 93 year old legend whose failing health had been known. Ford Frick and Joe McCarthy expressed shock and pride in friendship.
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Joe McCarthy
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Whale Hits White Boat On Pacific Expedition
Dr. Paul Dudley White, heart expert to President Eisenhower, reports a small boat was damaged when a large female whale struck as harpooners tried to attach wires to record the whale heartbeat. The boat limped back to the Dorado off Baja California. no injuries were reported.
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Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
California
National Geographic Society
Pacific
White
Mexican
Baja California
Infant dies after entanglement in bed bars
Nineteen month old Edward Hite of Palmyra Pa slipped between two horizontal bars of a full sized bed Wednesday and was strangled almost instantly police said.
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Palmyra
Edward Hite
GE Plans 15 Vanguard Satellites Launch Windows
GE indicated it will help launch up to 15 Vanguard satellites in the 18 month IFGE period from July 1957 to December 1958. It ordered 15 first stage rockets for the three stage vehicles and aims to meet an initial launching date despite possible misses.
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Cincinnati
United States
General Electric Co
General Electric
Fred Brown
Brown
Vanguard
Solons Seek Gardner View on Missile Defense Program
Senator Jackson said a congressional subcommittee will want to hear Trevor Gardner's views on accelerating the Defense Department missile program. Gardner has resigned as assistant Air Force secretary for R and D after a dispute over scope and priority.
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Jackson
D-Wash
Trevor Gardner
Defense Department
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Eisenhower
Air Force
Pentagon
Congress
Russia
Senate House Atomic Energy
Student killed in Madrid street clashes between factions
In Madrid a 19 year old Falangist student Miguel Alvarez was shot dead amid street fighting between pro Falange and anti Falange students at Madrid University. Four other students were wounded as violence followed a ceremony honoring Falangist casualties from the Spanish Civil War.
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Spain
Madrid University
Miguel Alvarez
Spanish University Syndicate
Falange
Faange
Mother Breaks Up Daughter's Crush Ends In Legal Tears
In Los Angeles a divorce trial heard Samuel Glassman and his attorney break into tears prompting a recess. Glassman contends Patsy Glassman fell for junior high teacher Leroy Byers after attempting to intervene in her daughter's crush, claiming the teacher became "the light of my life."
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Los Angeles
Samuel Glassman
Public Accountant
Patsy Glassman
Glassman
Leroy Byers
Northern Democrats Challenge Lausche Bid
Five Northeastern Ohio congressional districts plan to oppose Governor Frank Lausche at the Democratic nominating convention in Chicago. Cleveland figures head the opposition with Ray T. Miller as a rallying point, while Canton sees former congressman William R. Thom filing as delegate.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Chicago
Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Canton
William R. Thom
Alabama U silent as coed plans legal action to attend
Autherine Lucy, a 26 year old Birmingham woman, demanded readmission after being excluded for safety following Monday disturbances at the University of Alabama. Officials cited safety concerns and police powers may be used if legal action follows.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
Birmingham
Miss Lucy
Board of Trustees
Jeff Bennett
C. C. Carmichael
Bennett
Sarah Healy
Congress Cautiously Weighs Freer Immigration Bid
President Eisenhower proposes immigration law changes that could double quota immigrants. Representative Walter D Pa—chair of the immigration subcommittee—slams the plan while Senator Watkins Utah offers bills but calls for sincere consideration. Debates focus on national origins quotas and McCarren Walter Act limits.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Walter
Dpa
Judiciary
Immigration
House
Watkins
Utah
Senate Immigration Subcommittee
U S Protests Over Weather Balloons From West Germany and Turkey
The Soviet Union accuses the United States of brink of war behavior over weather balloons released into Soviet air space. Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Leonid Ilyichev says the balloons carried meteorological and aerial reconnaissance gear. The United States halted launches from West Germany and Turkey in response to the protests.
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Soviet Union
United States
Spiridonovka Palace
Foreign Ministry
Leonid Ilyichev
Ilyichevy
U. S
West Germany
Turkey
Texas Faces New Storm in Blizzard Wrecked Panhandle
In Plainview Texas a fresh storm looms after light snow today with locally moderate to heavy snow forecast for tonight and Friday. High winds of 40 mph pushed drifted snow closing U S 66 as trains and buses were stalled. Fort Worth and Denver railroad aims to free two stranded trains amid ongoing misery from last week’s snow.
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Tex
Texas Panhandle
Plains
Fort Worth
Denver Railroad
Gallipolis Sewage Rule To Be Appealed
The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board will appeal Judge Cedric W. Clark’s ruling denying Gallipolis a permit to discharge raw sewage into the Ohio River. Assistant attorney general Ken Krause said the board will appeal, noting the case tests the board’s power over cities where upstream pollution affects the river.
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Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Cedric W. Clark
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Ken Krause
Eden cites friendship after Washington talks
Prime Minister Eden returns to Britain saying U S and Britain are closer than ever with only one policy disagreement over Far East matters. He notes agreement on world issues after meetings with Eisenhower and a brief Ottawa stop, and defers on specifics of the Formosa Straits.
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Eden
Eisenhower
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Britain
Far East
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Red Balloon From Russia Studied by U S and Japan
The U S Army confirms a Russian labeled gasbag found in eastern Hokkaido last weekend is being studied by Japanese and American intelligence. The 5 by 3 1/2 foot balloon carried meteorological gear and possibly no cameras. Counterintelligence examined it in Tokyo and handed it to Japanese authorities.
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Weather Bureau expects no flood from light rain
The Weather Bureau said only light rain is expected over the next day or two so the Ohio River should not reach flood stage in Cincinnati. Earlier advisories warned that an inch and a half of rainfall upstream could push the river to or beyond the 52 foot flood mark.
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Weather Bureau
Ohio
Rector Called To End Split Congregation
A Long Island clergyman, Rev. Dr. Herman Sidener, accepted a call to be rector of Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn. His takeovers depends on a State Supreme Court case where Rev. William Howard Melish remains rector amid a vestry split over alleged left wing activities since 1949. no hearing date set.
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Long Island
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Herman
Sidener
Cathedral School of St
Melish
Plane sighted in Antarctic search for seven missing crew
A Deepfreeze Otter missing since Friday was spotted from the air by a search plane. Seven men aboard are believed well. Rear Adm. George J. Dufek announced the sighting on King Edward Peninsula east of Rockefeller Mountains about 100 miles from Little America V. The rescuers could not land and returned to base.
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New Zealand
George J. Dufek
U.S. Navy
Dufek
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Rockefeller Mountains
Little America V
Marie Byrd Land
Little America
Boy receives near hundred stitches after dog bite
In North Hollywood California a two year old boy named RickyPolok required nearly 100 stitches following a dog attack as he played in front of his home.
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Calif
Ricky Pollock
May primary bids set in Ohio Tenth District race
Rep Thomas A Jenkins of Ironton will face Mayor Peter B Seel of Athens in the May GOP primary for the Tenth District seat. No other Ironton filings. Senate Majority Leader C Stanley Mechem will be unopposed for renomination. Republican delegates named for the San Francisco convention. Bricker favored son. Democrats Lavelle and Allen named as delegates for Chicago convention.
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Ironton
Peter B. Seel
Athens
Tenth
Ohio Senate
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Nelsonville
Lancaster
Senate
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Ohio
John W. Bricker
Eisenhower
Dean L. Collison
Logan
Homer E. Abele
McArthur
Maxine H. Chariton
Union Tags Nine Senators in Labor Oppose Plan
AFL CIO leaders at winter meetings in Miami Beach reported tagging nine Republicans in the Senate for organized labor opposition in next fall elections. The list includes Duff Capehart Thye Kuchel Welker Goldwater Kin Milli kin Wiley Butler. They also planned to back Morse and withhold labor support in the Lausche Bender Ohio race.
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Morse
D-Ore
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Bender
Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education
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Ohio Reds See Hope For Some Acquittals
In Cleveland during the sixth day of Smith Act trial deliberations, 10 defendants face acquittal hopes. Joseph Brandt, 45, a Spanish Civil War veteran and defendant, calls the prolonged deliberations a possible sign of success for the defense.
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Cleveland
Joseph Brandt
Truman and MacArthur Clash Over Firing and Spy Ring
Truman says MacArthur’s open defiance threatened World War III and fired him for insubordination. MacArthur calls it vengeance for seeking to expose a spy ring. he asserts a brutal dismissal and links to Burgess and Maclean’s disappearances, implying Moscow Peiping ties.
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