Eisenhower asserts Soviet atomic capability and Skywatch delays
President Eisenhower reiterates that the USSR has atomic bombs and notes delays in volunteer Skywatch air defense as only about 126000 of over 500000 target volunteers signed up. Civil Defense warns 400 Soviet planes could strike U S with 11 million casualties in a full-scale attack.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Dean
Air Force
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Red Air Force
U. S
Brake Valve Placement Blamed for Runaway Express Wreck
The ICC ruled an incorrectly placed brake valve caused a Boston Federal Express derailment at Union Station Washington on January 15. The train operated by New Haven and Pennsylvania Railroads failed to stop, crashing into the station concourse near the Capitol, prompting a safety check of similar brake valves nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Station
ICC
Federal Express
Boston
New Haven
Pennsylvania
Pt Pleasant Native Bears Twins at 51
CLOVIS New Mexico Mrs Alfred Fred Jones nearly 51 enjoyed a successful birth day as she and her husband welcome twins joining a family rich in twins. She is a Point Pleasant West Virginia native and notes her own twin status. The first child Roger Lynn born in 1950.
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Clovis
N. M
Alfred Fred Jones
Jones
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Roger Lynn
Horse Rams Car in California Traffic Crash
Manuel Perry sustained minor damage when a stray horse collided with his car in Paramount California on Tuesday. The impact crumpled a fender and marred the paint. the horse appeared unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Calif
Manuel Perry
Perry
Flu Outbreak Hits Cadiz as Doctors Fall Ill
Cadiz, Kentucky endures a flu outbreak that leaves the town doctorless. Dr. R P Rusk inactive with illness, Dr D C Petay recuperating in Florida, and Dr D L Tippett stricken. Cadiz schools closed since Friday as more patients are treated.
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Cadiz
Kachoo
R. P. Rusk
D. C. Pettay
Florida
D. L. Tippett
Funds Slash State Road Plan Faces Southern Ohio Delays
Federal Roads Commissioner Thomas H. MacDonald warns the Southern Ohio plant roads program will stall this fiscal year without a $15 million boost for access roads. The House Appropriations Committee cut the request from $23 million to $8 million after Commerce withdrew approval of the extra funding. MacDonald has resubmitted the request and seeks top‑level approval but cannot specify how much would aid the Atomic Energy Commission plant region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Congress
House
Federal Roads
Thomas H. MacDonald
House Appropriations Committee
Wek
Public Roads Bureau
Commerce Department
MacDonald
Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Nehru Attacks Ike in Debate Over War Mentality
In New Delhi Nehru criticizes military influence in world affairs during Parliament discussion of the U S president's state of the union. He warns that war is becoming dominant and notes Eisenhower's Seventh Fleet move from Formosa raises global concern.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Ithout
Eisenhower
House of the People
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
French Plan Perils Pact
The North Atlantic Treaty Council received French amendments to a European army including German troops. France insists these changes be adopted before their Parliament approves the project. Proposals permit France to withdraw officers and men for defense of outlying possessions without prior EDC member approval, meeting German opposition and threatening Adenauer's hopes for next month approval.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
France
European Defense Community
EDC
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Girl Dies 22 Hours After Heart Massage
Fifteen year old Sherlene Haddon died Tuesday, 22 hours after doctors at Denver General Hospital revived her heart with a two minute chest massage following cardiac arrest on arrival Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Sherlene Haddon
Denver General Hospital
Construction Units Enter Poston Plant
Construction workers at the E M Poston power plant near Athens returned to work pending a meeting on the independent coal truckers picket line. The Independent Truckers Association seeks higher pay while carpenters union reps plan to meet to assess the truckers legitimacy. Approximately 20 truckers with several trucks blocked a township road to the plant but caused no disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Poston
Athens
Carpenters’ Union
Independent Truckers Association
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Richard Gerken
Logan
Cincinnati Leaves Mid-American Conference
The University of Cincinnati board of directors voted to resign from the Mid-American Conference effective June 1 1958. President Raymond Walters had indicated UC could not continue under the current setup but will honor its remaining schedule commitments.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Raymond Walters
Goodyear Atomic Plant in Pike County Nears Production
Albert J. Gracia told Akron Rotarians that the Goodyear Atomic Corp plant planned for Pike County should be ready for production in about two years. He said permanent buildings will start after warm weather and much earthwork is already completed. He added the national atomic energy program is the third largest business, behind only Metropolitan Life and AT&T, with taxpayers as stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, C
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Akron
Goodyear
Pike County
Albert J. Gracia
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Eisler Denies Fleeing East Germany Purge Rumors
BERLIN February speech by Gerhart Eisler, former East German leader, rejects claims he fled West. He says he cannot be in two places as he attacks a Telegraf report about a purge. Eisler, a Jew, denies anti Semitism in East Germany and Soviet satellites.
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Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
Comseaalen
East Germany
East Berlin
West Berlin
Red
Eisler
Comedian Donald O'Connor sued for divorce in LA
Dancing comedian Donald O Connor is sued for divorce by his wife Gwendolyn J O Connor in Los Angeles California filing details indicate a split and court action between the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Donald O’connor
Gwendolyn J. O'Connor
Jelke Trial Rules Upheld as Testimony Moves On
New York reports Pat Thompson and Nancy Hawkins will testify as material witnesses in the Margarine heir Minot F Jelke vice trial. The closed proceeding before Judge Francis L Valente continues with an all male jury as media lawyers seek to appeal a ruling banning press access. Hawkins, 23, Indiana native, was among the first witnesses in the inquiry. Ward and Cordova have also testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Harmon
New York Court
Minot
Mickey” Jelke
Miss Harmon
New York
Pat Thompson
Nancy Hawkins
Case Society
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
General Sessions
Francis L. Valente
State Supreme Court
Valente
Miss Hawkins
Indiana
Vice
Misa Ward
Miss Cordova
Atomic Spies To Make 2nd Clemency Bid
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg prepare a second appeal to President Eisenhower for clemency after a federal appeals court granted a new stay of execution to March 30 or longer. Their attorney Emanuel Bloch says they will be vindicated once Eisenhower reviews full details. Eisenhower had already rejected the first clemency plea. Sing Sing Prison schedule set for the week of March 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Eisenhower
Emanuel H. Bloch
Federal District Court
Rosenbergs
Sing Sing Prison
Ford calls for free world trade and tariff removal
Henry Ford II urged the United States to lead in freer world trade. He proposed a four point program to eliminate tariffs and quotas, end the buy American act, simplify customs, and scrap import restrictions to remove red tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
United States
Marines Raise Fund for Sons Of Two Killed in Hill Assault
In Long Beach and Los Angeles, Marines from the 1st Marine Division collected 1100 for the infant sons of casualties Pfc. John Robert Elwell and Pfc. Robert R. Gutierrez. Capt. Don Blanchard and M. Sgt. H. C. Bruton led company efforts after the Red-held hill assault that left 16 dead and 71 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Betty Ann Elwell
Los Angeles
Amalia Gutierrez
1St Marine Division
Korea
Elwell
Gutierrez
John Robert Elwell
Fayetteville
W.va
Pfc
Robert R
Rudy) Gutierrez
Bruton
Parole Granted to Woman Serving Time for Burglary
Margarite Van Buskirk Krause of Warnock Ohio received five years probation on Tuesday to allow her baby to be born outside prison. She earlier faced one to four years for burglarizing a Glencoe suburb home.
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Chicago
Margarite van Buskirk Krause
Warnock
Belmont County
Glencoe
Ways and Means Panel Demands Tax Cut First
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected Eisenhower’s priority of tax cuts after budget reductions urging tax relief precede spending curbs. The panel, in a 21-4 vote, backs a 10 percent individual income tax cut starting July 1 and criticizes delaying tax trimming until spending is set. It warns delaying could hurt the economy and signals possible veto battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniel Reed
New York
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Reed
R-N.y
White House
Treasury
Eisenhower Tackles Big Business Criticism and Defense Budget
President Eisenhower defends his defense team amid Democratic jibes about big business influence in his administration. He emphasizes production as key to national security and signals tighter purse strings as defense spending remains a budget hurdle. Senate Republicans note potential cuts will shape next year's elections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Wilson
Congress
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Stevenson
Foreign Aid Cuts Urged by Bridges in Senate Session
Senator Bridges urged reassessment and reduction of foreign aid spending and said he will seek a preliminary estimate from Secretary Dulles on aid needed to assist anti Communist nations. The Senate Appropriations Committee discussed the overseas aid program in a closed session with Dulles and Harold Stassen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Bridges
N. H
Dulles
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Benny's In-Law Granted Divorce
Santa Monica California Mrs Babe Blum sister in law of Jack Benny won a divorce from Myrt Blum business admin expert aged 62. She testified he stayed out late used profane language and embarrassed her. She will receive 30 percent of his gross income until remarriage.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Babe Blum
Jack Benny
Myrt T. Blum
Mother saves four children from fire
A 41 year old mother, Rosalie Smith, tossed three young children to a passer by from a second floor window as flames blocked exits Tuesday. She leaped to safety with a fourth child in her arms and was treated for first and second degree burns at City Hospital.
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ST. Louis
Rosalie Smith
City Hospital
Seven Red Jets Downed In Effort To Halt Raids
U S Sabre jets destroyed seven Red MiG 15s as 379 fighter bombers attacked a Communist training center near Pyongyang. The day saw 750 000 pounds of bombs on Kangso area with 139 buildings destroyed and no major ground fighting due to subzero temperatures.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
U.S. Eighth Army
Judge Spares Provos Life With Life Sentence
John David Provos was given life imprisonment for treason by Federal Judge Gregory F Noonan in New York. A seven woman five man jury convicted him after a four month trial. The judge spared death due to medical opinions on his emotional instability and the grim wartime conditions in a Japanese POW camp on Corregidor.
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New York
John David Provos
Corregidor
Gregory F. Noonan
Provoo
Noonan
Rocky Corregidor
Three Admit Vice Charges In Mann Act Case
James J. Leone 36 of Steubenville was ordered held for sentencing after pleading guilty to five counts of transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes. James Barbarini 36 and Samuel A. Sario 38 pleaded innocent and are set for trials Feb 26 and Feb 27 in U. S. District Court Columbus before Judge Mell G. Underwood. The trio were arrested last November in Steubenville.
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Columbus
James J. Leone
Steubenville
City Prison
Leone
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
James Barbarini
Samuel A. Sario
Rigid Wave Chills South Breaks Cold Snap Southward
A blast of Arctic air drives temperatures below freezing across the South and into the Midwest and Southeast. The Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia and Tennessee report freezing levels, with Michigan at eight below zero and other cities showing single digits below or above freezing.
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Midwest
Southland
Dixie
Carolinas
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginia
Tennessee
Michigan
Cadillac
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cleveland
Liverpool
Athens County Men Enter Guilty Pleas
Two Athens County men Roy Garner age 40 and Vir 39 of Gloucester pleaded guilty Tuesday to fermenting mash in violation of the tax law. They were ordered held at City Prison for sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Athens County
Roy Garner
Vir
Glouster
City Prison
T. A. May Dies Prominent Meigs Leader At 65
T. A. May 65 prominent Meigs business civic leader died at 8 30 am today at his Coal Street home after a heart attack He was superintendent of construction and maintenance for the Southern Division of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co and manager of the Middleport division with the company for over 35 years He helped develop the Kickapoo Creek Power plant at Cheshire and held active roles in regional and fraternal organizations He is survived by his wife Gladys Williams May a sister Mary Glasscock of Maysville and a brother George May of Eminence Missouri Funeral services will be announced by the Rawings Coats funeral home
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Middleport
T. A. May
Coal St
Southern
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio
Mays‘ville
Nelsonville
Kgger Creek
Chesshire
May
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Reds Bolster Coast Defense
Ta Tao News Agency reports Communist forces reinforced the Fukien coast opposite Formosa with additional troops and martial law. A new special garrison headquarters is said to be at Port in Fukien, commanded by Yeh Fei, established Feb. 5 following Eisenhower’s deneutralization move.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Ta Tao
Fukien Province
National China
Ministry of Interior
Port
Fukien
Yeh Fei
Eisenhower
U.S
Formosa Strait
Traveling Office Set For Sesqui Observance
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown will set up a traveling office in Chillicothe March 2-3 to aid observance of Ohio's sesquicentennial. He will operate from the Ross County courthouse with County Engineer Josef E. Clark supervising the setup.
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Columbus
Ted W. Brown
Chillicothe
Ohio
Brown
Ross County
Josef E. Clark
Irritated by Fine Pays Off in Pennies in Court
In Warren Ohio a motorist named George F Shi faced an $18 speeding fine. When his 1000 nickels and 31 quarters totaled $17.75, he poured coins on the floor and left. Deputies later counted and found he was a quarter short in a disputed payment.
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Warren
George F. Shi
Shibley
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