10000 Red Troops Near Laos Advance Toward Luang Prabang
Ten thousand Vietminh forces in Laos moved toward Luang Prabang with a vanguard within nine miles of the royal capital. The main division pressed 19 miles in 24 hours from Dien Bien Phu region, threatening the Mekong frontier town as French Union troops report repatriations and renewed control around Tuy Hoa in Vietnam.
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Saigon
Indochina
Laos
Hou River
Luang Prabang
Sisavong Vong
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam
French Union
Savang
Mekong
Hou
Vientiane
Southeast Asia
Tuy Hoa
Blaze Destroys Mason Home in Sand Hill Road Fire
The two story frame home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Holland on Sand Hill Road was destroyed by fire Wednesday night. Point Pleasant firefighters fought flames from 7:30 p.m. to after 11 p.m. due to lack of water. The blaze, started upstairs likely from defective wiring, caused about $11 000 in losses with $6 000 insured. Some downstairs furniture was saved. Two additional fires were reported on Charleston Road at Judge Hereford farm and Newton Oliver farm, plus a blaze in Salt Creek area.
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Point Pleasant
Russell G. Holland
Sand Hill Road
Charleston Road
Judge John Hereford
Newton Oliver
Salt Creek
Soviet Trade Bid Spurned
Washington reports Secretary Weeks announced the government will not permit sale of government stocks of surplus farm products to Russia or other satellites. He left open the possibility that privately owned non strategic farm products could receive favorable consideration for sale to the Soviet bloc.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Russia
Soviet Bloc
Confederate Veteran Tom Riddle Near Death in Texas
In Austin Texas 107 year old Confederate veteran Tom Riddle one of two survivors in the state fought pneumonia since January 17. On Wednesday night Dr Herman Wing medical director at the Confederate Home where Riddle has lived since 1950 said the outlook was bleak.
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Austin
Tex
Tom Riddle
Texas
Herman Wing
Riddle
Are You One of the Few Newspaper Route Customers
The piece urges readers to pay newspaper boys on collection day to ensure reliable service. It emphasizes prompt payments support a dependable carrier and daily delivery of the newspaper readers want.
Woman Unmasked in Court After 7 Year Disguise
Violet Marie Bradshaw, a 35 year old who posed as a man since childhood, was revealed in court after embezzlement sentencing. The wife of Vera L. Bradshaw fled as the truth emerged. Bradshaw will be transferred to Marysville Reformatory for Women. Vera, 29, has two children and disappeared after the revelation.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Reformatory
Violet Marie Bradshaw
Violet
Mansfield Reformatory
Dana F. Reynolds
Marysville Reformatory
Patrick
Vernon M. Bradshaw
Vera L. Bradshaw
Vera Bradshaw
Chaplin and Oona ONeil Become British Citizens
London reports American born Oona O Neil Chaplin and her husband Charlie Chaplin receive British citizenship. Oona renounces US allegiance and waves a British passport beside Chaplin who plans to seek naturalization. He notes pride in his wife’s new citizenship while maintaining his own. The couple arrived from Switzerland amid controversy over alleged Communist sympathies.
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London
Oona O'Neil Chaplin
United States
Oona
Charles
Switzerland
Chaplin
Hollywood
Youpon
Eugene O’eill
Dragnet Poised for Video Award at Emmys Night
Hollywood reports the TV Academy will honor top home screen stars at the Palladium Dance Palace gala. Local sentiment centers on Jack Webb and the Dragnet winner over rivals as viewers anticipate Emmys drawing.
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Hollywood 4
TV Academy
Palladium Dance Palace
Jack Webb
NYC Rejects Young’s Bid for Board Control
New York Central Railroad faces a potential battle for control as Robert R. Young’s bid to chair the board is rejected. Young, the railroad’s largest individual stockholder, denounces the current directors from Palm Beach Florida and calls for a shareholder vote at the May 26 annual meeting in Albany New York.
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New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Young
Palm Beach, Fla
Morgan
Albany
N. Y
Eisenhower criticizes civil service and UN rules
Judd of Minnesota tells Lincoln Day audience that the United Nations has two sets of rules and that civil service hampers the Eisenhower administration. He says civil service blocked removing noncompetent workers and contrasts governance with New Deal-leaning colleagues.
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Cleveland
Judd
Eisenhower
Senators Warn of Indochina Involvement Risk
Senators Russell and Mansfield fear U S support could draw the nation into Indochina conflict. They urge President Eisenhower to seek Congress before aiding the French against renewed Communist attacks. Eisenhower says moves are calculated to avoid a hot war and notes technicians will operate aircraft but not fight and return in June.
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Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Mansfield
Dmont
United States
Indochina
Eisenhower
Congress
Chipstone
Armed Services Committee
Taxes Paid in Blood: Des Moines Man Sells Silver Dollars
Des Moines reports that Robert Friel of Council Bluffs paid part of a $13,542 federal tax with silver dollars dipped in blood. He poured the coins into a tub and two buckets to protest tax harassment. The act stalled IRS collectors until Secret Service ruled the money not defaced. He finally paid $4997 after counting the coins for over two hours.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Molotov offers European security pact amid Western split
In Berlin Molotov proposed a 50-year collective security pact to expel U.S. forces and dissolve the Western alliance. The plan aims to supplant the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and curb German rearmament as Western ministers reopen talks on the Austrian independence treaty and the European Defense Community.
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Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Georges Bidault
France
China
Molotov
West Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Europe
United States
Ohio Welfare Dept Expands Surplus Food Distribution
The state welfare department is distributing surplus butter cheese dried milk solids and canned beef under a U S Agriculture program. Victor Warken notes a marked rise in Ohioans seeking the surplus foods in the last 30 days as Agriculture officials report growing demand for needy persons.
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Columbus
Wife Wins Separation From Muscles Builder
New York report states blonde Jonnie Lee MacFadden, 4% , won a separation from her 85 year old husband Bernard MacFadden, famed muscle builder. State Supreme Court Justice Henry Clay Greenberg cited a great age disparity and its impact on the 1948 marriage. MacFadden testified about baby plans at marriage.
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New York
Jonnie Lee MacFadden
Bernard MacFadden
State Supreme Court
Henry Clay Greenberg
MacFadden
Pair Admit Thefts Netting $100000
Dayton police say Whiting Ankron of Columbus and Alfred J Damies of Dayton confessed to 17 burglaries netting about $100000. The burglaries occurred in Dayton Middletown Columbus and Hamilton in recent months and about 60 percent of the loot has been recovered.
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Dayton
Ohio
Whiting Ankron
Columbus
Alfred J. Damies
Middletown
Hamilton
Draft quota set for April call in Army announcement
The Army announced on Wednesday that the April draft call will number 18,000 men, unchanged from the February and March quotas.
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Washington
Army
McCarthy and Republicans clash over communism charges
Sen. Joseph McCarthy vows to keep his anti communism push despite Eisenhower calls for moderation. He tells a San Mateo Lincoln Day crowd that Democrats are 20 years of treason while Jenner and Jenner insist they will expose communism as a political issue in the campaign.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Fisenhowers
San Mateo
Calif
McCarthy
Sen
Jenner Rind
McCrathy
San Francisco
Jenner
Kenmer
Korea
Truman
Republican National Committee
Former dishwasher seeks medal after Bodenheim killings
Harry Weinberg, a 25 year old ex dishwasher, was arraigned for the murders of Maxwell Bodenheim and Bodenheim's wife Ruth. He shouted he killed two Communists ought to get a medal and signed a confession after hours of questioning. Bodies found in a dingy Flatiron room. Bodenheim a 1920s literary figure.
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New York
Harry Weinberg
Maxwell Bodenheim
Weinberg
Wash
D.C
Bodenheim
Ruth Fagan
Weinperg
Jenkins Urges Airport Aid for Portsmouth Area
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio calls on federal officials to provide matching funds for a Portsmouth airport project. Portsmouth has borrowed 400000 and seeks federal aid while the Commerce Department mulls a possible request.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Portsmouth
Congressional Record
Jenkins
Congress
Commerce Department
Vinson School Burglarized at Point Pleasant
The senior high school in Point Pleasant was burglarized last night entering through a rear window. Thieves pried open a soft drink machine and pantry door, entered two teachers’ rooms, and took undisclosed money. State Police investigate after janitor H J Barr found the break at about 6 30 a m.
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Point Pleasant
Woman Found Dead in Abandoned Mill Near Ravenna
Sheriff's deputies report a 47 year old Portage County woman named Ann Nelson found dead by youngsters playing in an abandoned sugar mill on the Walter F. Catshall farm east of Ohio 282. Permanent address could not be established.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Sheriff's Deputies
Portage County
Walter F. Catshall
Ann Nelson
Thieves Break In To Shoe Plant Night. Watch Dog Judy Stolen
In Brockton Massachusetts thieves entered a shoe plant during the night and stole a watch dog named Judy. Police responded but no further details are given about suspects or motive. Judy is described as a valuable guard dog for the facility.
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Brockton, Mass
Judy
Track Audit: Cleveland Raceway President Refuses Records
Cleveland Raceways Inc led by Henry F Gottfried refused to show company records to state auditors. The president challenged the legal authority to inspect, while State Auditor James Rhodes accused racing officials of lax oversight and alleged hoodlum infiltration into Ohio racing.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Raceways, Inc
State Auditor's
Cleveland Faceways
Henry 5. Gottfried
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Racing Commission
Zoltan Gombeos
Frank J. Lausche
Toledo Blade Endorses Saxbe for U.S. Senate Nomination
The Toledo Blade editorial board endorsed William Saxbe for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. Saxbe, speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, received the newspaper’s backing today in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo
Ohio
William Saxbe
Ohio House of Representatives
Toledo Blade
U. S
Party Line Draws Fire in Oregon Dinner Speech
Democratic national chairman Stephen A. Mitchell accused President Eisenhower of failing to discourage a Republican campaign against Democrats. He cited leaders including Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Leonard W. Hall and called the effort a balloon campaign to discredit Democratic loyalty.
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Portland
Ore
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Stephen A. Mitchell
Oregon Democrate
Democratic Party
Mitchell
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Leonard W. Hall
Commerce
Weeks
Farm Bureau Joins Benson Lobby Move
The American Farm Bureau Federation backs Secretary Benson in a push for farmers to advocate for the administration agricultural program. The federation will mobilize through local and state units as talks about shifting to flexible price supports continue. Reports suggest potential Agriculture Department changes could curb moderates like Howard H. Gordon from the Truman era.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Benson
Administration
Agriculture Department
Howard H. Gordon
Commodity Stabilization Service
Commodity Credit Corp
Pinball Grab Order Issued in Ohio
Ohio state liquor director ordered enforcement chief to seize all pinball machines on liquor permit premises after February 20. Anthony A. Rutkowski called bingo type machines a gambling device and said all pinball machines will be banned due to their mechanical similarity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Edward J. Allen
Ohio Aims to Meet Anti-Pollution Goals by 1960
Dr John D Porterfield Ohio water pollution board chair predicted major goals of the anti pollution campaign would be achieved by 1960 at Ohio State University water clinic. He noted 1953 saw record pollution abatement progress but pollution concentrations also reached an all time high.
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Columbus
Ohio
Water Pollution Board
Ohio State University
John D. Porterfield
Porterfield
Senate Votes Coffee Curbs
Washington reports the Senate approved government control over coffee trading and speculation. The measure, sent to the House, expands monitoring by the Commodity Exchange Authority under the Agriculture Department after widespread price protests. Senator Beall pledged publicity on coffee speculators pending a subcommittee probe.
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Washington
Senate
House
Commodity Exchange Authority
Agriculture Department
Sen
Beall
R-Md
Fire at Eagle Hotel Claims Three Lives in Albany
Early today a fire gutted the Eagle Hotel near Albany’s executive mansion. At least three people died and six were injured. six of the 30 rooms’ occupants were evacuated to Albany Hospital as investigators searched for the fire’s cause.
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Albany
Eagle
Rackste
Alban
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