Eisenhower to Deliver State of the Union Next Week
President Eisenhower will address Congress in a joint session at 12:30 p.m. next Monday. House Speaker Joseph Martin announced the date after a conference with the president and congressional leaders. The group discussed the union message and may set the delivery date, with Thursday or Friday as possible targets.
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Eisenhower
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Joseph Martin
White House
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Ohio
Knowland
California
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New Hampshire
Senate
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Colorado
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Martin
Halleck
Indiana
Arends
Illinois
Sen. Bryd
Virginia
Senate House
New Atom Tests Set to Probe Nuclear Devices at Las Vegas
The Atomic Energy Commission announced new and improved nuclear device tests at the Las Vegas proving grounds starting in March. The program aims to advance device development and gather weapons performance data for military and civil defense studies, with troop maneuvers and training included and about 18,000 service members expected to participate. It is anticipated to include the Army’s new atomic artillery shells for the super cannon being developed at Aberdeen proving grounds.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Nev
AEC
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Aberdeen
MD) Proving Grounds
Army Chiefs Meet in Seoul Over Korea War Endgame
Gen. J. Lawton Collins and Gen. Mark W. Clark arrived in Seoul for talks with retiring Eighth Army commander Gen. James A. Van Fleet. Collins planned to meet his successor Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor in Tokyo. Van Fleet received Korea's highest award as President Rhee praised his leadership and the Republic of Korea Army's role in the war.
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J. Lawton Collins
Army
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Far East
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Collins
Tokyo
Clark
van Fleet
Korea
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Republic of Korea
Newsmen
Syngman Rhee
Pope Treated For Infection
Vatican reports Pope Pius XII, 76, ill with bronchial pneumonia after initial influenza diagnosis. He remains in bed at the Vatican with no official bulletin issued. Sources suggest modern medicines such as penicillin may be used.
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Pius XII
Vatican
Offshore Gas Well Blazes Near Morgan City
An offshore gas well 36 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana, burned uncontrollably as firefighters fought to prevent explosions in four nearby wells. Thirty to forty-five men were on the platform when the blast occurred, and Pure Oil officials said workers escaped injury by a miracle.
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Gulf of Mexico
California
Plaform
Here
Pure Oil Company
Memoir Deal for Truman Reported at Half Million
A close friend says former President Harry S. Truman will sign a memoir contract with a New York publisher for more than five hundred thousand dollars over several years. He will also undertake selective lecture tours, with Matthew J. Connelly handling negotiations.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
New York
Matthew J. Connelly
White House
Slain Couple Tied to Theft in Bank Robbery Probe
Police seek link between the deaths of James C. Fahnestock and Billie Fahnestock and a $49,000 bank robbery in Kansas City Kansas. The couple, 21 and 22, were found shot in a stolen car on a residential street. Bank robbery charges also involve Louis Sturgis and Virginia Iser, both 21–24, who are being sought. The four suspects allegedly forced employees and customers into the vault during the heist at the Rosedale State Bank of Kansas City Kansas last Wednesday.
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James C. Fahnestock
Billie
Fahnestocks
Rosedale State Bank
Kan
Louis Albert Sturgis
Virginia Iser
General MacArthur Birthday Observed At Waldorf Dinner
General Douglas MacArthur marks his 73rd birthday in New York with a private Waldorf dinner planned by staff from his Southwest Pacific command. An aide says he will work as usual in his role as chairman of Remington Rand, Inc.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Far East
Remington Rand, Inc
Escapees Sought After Marion Training School Breakouts
Police continued search for two inmates who escaped from the Marion Training School. Vance Charles Moore, 18, from Columbiana County, fled Friday night and Cecil D. Fullem, 22, of Cuyahoga County, escaped Saturday night.
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Marion, CO
Marion
Vance Charles Moore
Columbiana County
Cecil D. Fullem
Cuyahoga County
Fate of Wilson Aides May Rest on President
Washington reports focus on 1953 defense appointments as Wilson faces Senate confirmation. Morse opposes while Taft presses votes. Wilson sells GM stock to clear barriers for Defense Chief role. nominations of Stevens and Talbott tied to stock holdings and potential conflicts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charlies E. Wilson
General Motors
Armed Services Committee
Senate
G.M
Defense Department
Ohio Sesqui Centennial Queen Named in Columbus
Janet Kaye Bailey, an 18 year old University of Akron freshman, was crowned queen from 29 candidates in a contest sponsored by the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mary Skinner, 19, of Gallipolis, will be one of six attendants. Bailey will reign at state birthday events and represent Ohio at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington. Other Southeastern Ohio entrants included Margaret Thompson of Vinton County.
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Columbus
Gallipolis
Mary Skinner
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Margaret Thompson
Vinton County
Fire destroys refugee village in Kowloon leaving 2000 homeless
A six hour blaze swept Tsai refugee village in Kowloon destroying about 400 huts. Eight people suffered minor injuries as the fire left more than two thousand Chinese homeless.
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Hong Kong
Tsai
Kowloon
France Seeks Boost in Aid for Services
Paris defense minister Rene Pleven told the National Assembly that France will need more foreign aid to expand its military. He cited a proposed four billion dollar budget and urged $85.7 million in foreign assistance to add 30 000 troops and 9 000 Air Force specialists to the 420 000-strong forces in Europe and North Africa amid ongoing East West tension.
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Rene Pleven
France
United States
Pleven
National Assembly
Europe
North
Africa
Lisbon
NATO
Cause Sought In 2 Dots Dayton Tragic Deaths
A 23 year old mother Jean Dunagin and her 2 week old daughter Christine Dunagin died under mysterious circumstances in Dayton. Coroner Rob ert Zipf opened an inquiry as hospital staff labeled the infant and mother as dead on arrival. The fatal scene was a home with a burning gas heater and the infant was found by Sally Cunagin, the father’s mother. The baby’s father, 29, was a patient at Good Samaritan Hospital with an uncertain condition.
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Dayton
Robert E. Zipf
Good Samaritan Hospital
Christine Dunagin
Jean
Sally Cunagin
Robert
Fire Wrecks Empress of Canada Liner at Liverpool Dock
A mystery fire gutted and toppled the Empress of Canada, a 20 235 ton liner, during an overhaul at Liverpool. Only about a dozen workers were aboard as 200 plus firefighters battled the blaze, engineers fear sabotage persists, and Capt. E A Shergold expressed deep sorrow.
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Eng
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Herbert Balmer
British
Home Office
Eisenhower Dulles to outline new foreign policy steps
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles prepare major speeches on foreign policy for the coming days. Stassen named to head the Mutual Security Agency, with talks to shape defense and economic aid, while Dulles plans a 10 day Western Europe tour for allied unity progress.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
State of the Union
Congress
Harold E Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stassen
European Unity and Defense Organization
White Stassen
Senate Committee
Ance
U. S
William H. Jackson
New York
Central Intelligence Agency
Jackson
White House
UN Aerial and Ground Raid On Korea Fails
Allied ground assault on Spud Hill fails to dislodge Chinese forces on Western Korea front. Operation Smack battles with flame throwers and tanks falters as fuel runs out. army casualties feared, while Navy and Air Force report extensive damage to trenches bunkers and installations.
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Forrest Edwards
T Bone Hill
Edwards
Fred Waters
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Navy
Kear
Yangdok
Pyonyang
Wider Benefit Plan Advised by U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The United States Chamber of Commerce proposes a social security plan covering all working and retired persons. It would extend old age and survivors insurance to about five million currently unqualified elderly, end federal subsidies to state relief programs saving about one billion dollars annually, include all gainfully employed in the coverage, and finance benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis linking income to outgo.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Sixteen Die In Weekend Ohio Traffic Accidents
Sixteen people were killed in Ohio over the weekend in traffic crashes. State police sought the identity of a man burned alive alongside Prentis Ashley, 27, of Wyandotte Michigan, after a truck jackknifed near Norwalk and burned Saturday. Sunday fatalities included Mabel Rodgers, 23, of Hartwell, whose car collided with a freight train in Lockland.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Prentis Ashley
Wyandotte
Mich
Norwalk
Mabel Rodgers
Hartwell
Lockland
Three B and O Trains Involved in Wreck
In Akron Ohio three westbound B O freight trains were involved after a Sunday snow strike. A freight express rear ended a stopped train and then collided with another, spilling wreckage worth about 20000 dollars across four tracks. One man was injured.
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Akron, CO
Baltimore & Ohio
Akron
Rotation Plan Linked To Court Martial Case
In Korea the 65th Puerto Rican Regiment faces 92 court martial charges for refusing to attack enemy positions. Rotation reportedly deprived the unit of bilingual leaders and sparked command conflicts amid long combat, prompting review by the judge advocate general and Military Court of Appeals.
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Military Court of Appeals
Pentagon High Command
Korea Field Command
65Th
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Army Chief of
Korea
Widen Search For Escaped Ohio Convict
Carter Davis, 32, escaped while being transported from an honor camp in Oxford to the Ohio Penitentiary. Police scanned Richmond on reports he might have boarded a freight train, after taking Lt. E. L. Bernard at knife point and fleeing in the station wagon.
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Ind
Carter Davis
John Nizzio
Davis
E. L. Bernard
Oxford
Ohio
Columbus
Bernard
Knife Point
Indianapolis
Chicago
Ohio Penitentiary
Rector Gives Last Sermon in Warleggan Parish
The 83 year old Reverend Frederick William Densham, isolated after a 1931 row over abolishing the Sunday school and odd service hours, was found dead on the rectory stairway in Warleggan Cornwall police call natural causes.
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Warleggan
Cornwall
England
Frederick William Densham
Densham
Life Begins at Forty author dies at 74 in California
Walter B. Pitkin, author of Life Begins at Forty, died of a heart attack in a Palo Alto hospital at age 74. An editor, teacher and prolific author, Pitkin helped popularize the slogan and inspired middle aged readers. He retired to Los Altos four years earlier.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Walter B. Pitkin
Los Altos
Ohio Senate Votes Tonight On Fund To Expand Prisons
The Ohio Senate moves tonight on an 8.0 million dollar appropriation to expand and modernize the state prison system. The measure would fund building and land purchases to ease overcrowding at Ohio Penitentiary and support expansion at Marion Training School and other facilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Penitentiary
Lebanon
Roseville
Senate Finance Committee
Enemy Downs Top Jet Ace in Korea
Lt. Col. Edwin H. Heller, 33, a leading World War II fighter ace from Wynnewood Pennsylvania, was lost over North Korea after a Sabre jet was hit by cannon fire from a Comm MIG15. He had just destroyed two Communist jets and received a promotion from major. He is listed as missing in action with 192 German planes down in European combat.
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Seoul
Edwin H. Heller
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Heller
Wynnewood
Air Force
51St
Federal Jury Probes Chillicothe Uprising
A federal grand jury in Columbus will hear FBI findings and guard reports on the September riot at Chillicothe Federal Reformatory. One prisoner was wounded by a guard and two others beaten by inmates as about 900 prisoners caused disturbances in an outdoor recreation area.
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Columbus
Chillicothe Federal Reformatory
Grand Jury
FBI
Barkley to Host NBC Video News Program Meet the Veep
Former vice president Alben W. Barkley will appear as a TV news commentator on NBC for a 15 minute weekly program named Meet the Veep. Barkley said the show will air at 5 30 p m EST each Sunday with Earl Godwin assisting. The first broadcast is next Sunday and he has no sponsor or contract.
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Washington
Alben W. Barkley
NBC
Barkley
Earl Godwin
Mother of 19 Dies in Manchester New Hampshire
Mrs Emma C DuPont 78 a mother of 10 daughters and nine sons died Sunday at her home in Manchester New Hampshire. The obituary notes a large family and local ties.
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Manchester, N. H
Emma C. DuPont
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