Cold Wave Grips East as Midwest Sees Subzero Dangers
A late January cold wave blankets much of the nation with snow and subzero wind chills. Temperatures fall to 18 below in places like Forestport and 112 below in Van Pa, with New York and Cleveland reporting fatalities from exposure. Snow eases overnight in the Midwest while icy winds push frigid air southeastward.
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Elkins
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Briton Urges Cease Fire With China via Moscow Talks
British ambassador Sir William Hayter met Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow and pressed for a Chinese ceasefire to prevent broad hostilities. Molotov said responsibility lay with the United States and that Britain shared it because of its support for Washington.
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William Hayter
Vv. M. Molotov
Molotov
Sir William
United States
Britain
Turnpikes May Link Ohio West Virginia and Pa
Charleston West Virginia May extend the West Virginia Turnpike to connect with either Pennsylvania or Ohio toll road systems. The commission asked two firms to prepare cost and traffic survey estimates for routes from Parkersburg to link with the neighboring states.
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West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Parkersburg
Woman Driver Speeding After Mishaps in Omaha
Gordon A. Elster told police a woman driving the wrong way on a one way street struck his car then backed up and rammed it again before speeding away.
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Omaha
Gordon A. Elster Getaiobene
Eden pushes Formosa peace plan with UN ceasefire
London reports say Foreign Secretary Eden backs a UN sponsored cease-fire in the Formosa Straits and a Chinese Nationalist withdrawal from coastal islands. Nehru, en route to London, will seek Peiping’s view and may meet Eden to discuss Formosa amid Commonwealth concerns.
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Formosa
Formosa Straits
U. S
Eden
Nehru
Chiang
China
Tachens, Matsu
Quemoy
Red China
Pescadores
New Delhi
Chou Enlal
Nehru Peiping
Manhunt Ordered in Chicago For Two Gunmen Attacking Women
Police launch statewide search with a $1000 reward after two Black gunmen assaulted a pregnant store owner and a 14 year old clerk. The victims were beaten and robbed in a South Side grocery. the woman is in critical condition.
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Timothy J. O'Connor
Caprace of
Aha
Crash Kills 3 Newton Falls Children on Ohio 45
Three Newton Falls children, Carol Johnson seven Tommy six and Gary three, died at the scene when their pickup skidded into a tractor trailer on Ohio 45 twelve miles west of Youngstown. Their mother Esther L. Johnson 43 was critically injured with two broken legs and a possible skull fracture at South Side Hospital. The truck was driven by Charles Wright 33 of Gosport Indiana.
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Newton Falls
Here
Ohio
Labor controls given away, executive says
William C. Caples of Inland Steel Co says labor restrictions have been bargained away and that appealing to the legislature is pointless because that body would not restore what was already surrendered.
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Dayton
William C. Caples
Inland Steel Co
Railroader Brings Daily Swim to Lake Michigan in Frigid Weather
Chicago report says William Wohl, 46, an Aurora railroad brakeman, swam in Lake Michigan despite near zero air and four degree water. He says the dip each day keeps him healthy, illustrating a hardy routine amid harsh conditions.
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William Wohl
Aurora
Lake Michigan
Bomb Shatters Windows in Havana's Commercial District
A bomb exploded last night in central Havana, shattering plate glass windows in the commercial district. No injuries were reported.
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Havana
Kin's Opinions Differ On Visiting Red China
The Associated Press reports division among relatives of 17 Americans imprisoned in Red China over the State Department ban on visits. Secretary Dulles said the government reluctantly forbids travel to Communist China as relatives express varied reactions. Some parents call it logical or wise. others say it is a terrible letdown amid rising belligerence.
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Red China
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Dulles
China
Red
Rolland G. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Lyle Cameron
W. G. Parks
Omaha
Roland Parks
John W. Thompson
Orange
John Thompson, III
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Capt
Harold , Jr
Intentions Of Chinese Puzzling
Washington officials clash over the risk of Chinese Communist warplanes attacking U.S. ships during a Nationalist evacuation from the Tachens 200 miles north of Formosa. Most agree the Reds will not intervene on a major scale, believing they cannot halt the escape despite hostility to Nationalist departure.
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U.S
China
Formosa
Red Coast
Wright convicted of housebreaking after stealing home contents
Cincinnati case details Wright 35 entering Willie Turner’s home and taking all furniture and personal property except the kitchen sink. He returned for the sink and was found by Turner kneeling with a pipe wrench. A jury convicted him of housebreaking.
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Oslo Wright
Wright
Willie Turner
Turner
Ohio pastors urge day of prayer after convention
In Columbus the 34th annual Ohio pastors convention ended with a call for an Ohio Day of Prayer next Sunday. Delegates chose Dr Robert W Fay of Trinity Episcopal Church Columbus as convention chairman, succeeding Dr J Otis Young of Columbus.
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Ohip
Ohio
Robert W. Fay
Trinity Episcopal Church
Ohio Council of Churches
J. Otis Young
Freshman Finds Wallet With $1120 in Seat
Miss Benny Black a freshman from Arlington State College found a man s bill fold containing 1120 in a theater seat She turned the find over to an usher and theater management traced it to Sherwood Johnston who said he would reward Miss Black and that he did not realize the money had fallen from his pocket
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Fort Worth
Tex
Benny Black
Arlington State College
Sherwood Johnston
Miss Black
Fake Repairmen Steal Restaurant Jukebox
Restaurant manager Al Zarilla said two men posing as repairmen carried off a 30 pound jukebox valued at 1150 dollars. A legitimate repairman arrived shortly after and reported the theft.
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Theft at Griffith Park Stages Bold Golden Eagle Heist
In Los Angeles a golden eagle was stolen from a cage in Griffith Park. The bird, about seven feet tall with two inch talons, was described as ferocious by park staff. The incident marks a daring wildlife theft with authorities investigating.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park
Life and death of financier Rubinstein under investigation
Police probe the murder of Serge Rubinstein a 44 year old Russian born financier and former draft dodger found strangled in his Sth Avenue mansion. The scene was ransacked with no valuables missing as authorities question three people including model Estelle Gardner while noting the victim's noted strength and high profile past.
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Serge Rubinstein
Rubinstein
Sth Avenue
Brunette Estelle Gardner
William Morter
Stella
Genia Forrester
Francis W. H. A
Adams
Wall Street
Black Frost Claims Forty Fishermen Off Iceland
Forty British fishermen from two Hull trawlers are missing after distress signals off Iceland's North Cape as Arctic storms and a deadly freezing spray known as black frost are blamed. Authorities abandoned hope after air and surface searches found no sign of the crew.
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Story Coast
Hull
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North Cape
Father Saves Three But Two Girls Die In Fire
Two small girls died when a frame house burned in Cleveland. Their father James Edge of Oakwood Village woke at 5 am and carried three other children to safety from the flames. Edge placed a ladder to a upstairs window as the fire raged.
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James Edge
Oakwood Village
Madison
Edge
Higher Hospital Costs Fuel Rate Increase in Blue Cross
Steadily rising hospital costs, up 9.5 percent last year and not easing, prompted Blue Cross to seek a 2 percent increase in hospitalization insurance rates for more than 1.3 million residents in northeastern Ohio. R. Mannix of Blue Cross cited the burden of higher medical costs as the reason for the proposed hike.
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Blue Cross
Onioi
Warplanes Strike Fresh Blows At Red Shipping and Outposts
Nationalist warplanes hit Chinese Red shipping and island outposts near the Tachens as U S and allied forces show growing strength. Tokyo reports Peiping radio says Eisenhower seeks dictatorial powers to wage war and intervene against China with US authorization.
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Tachens
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Rumors of planted atom bombs trigger nationwide checks
An anonymous caller told the FBI in Philadelphia he was a foreign agent and warned of A bombs exploding at midnight in Philadelphia New York and Washington. Authorities checked sites but no devices found and officials called the claim a crack pot while the White House reported no civil defense alert.
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Washington
William Peer
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White House
Hamden Sailor Dies In Auto Accident
Danny Nickell 76 a Hamden sailor stationed aboard a naval ship died from injuries after a car crash near Burlingame California. He was returning from a wedding trip to Beverly Brown after marrying in Compton California last weekend.
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Compton
Burke Resents Lausche Hit In Ohio Political Row
Thomas A Burke rejected blame for his Senate loss arguing that Gov. Lausche and party leaders hindered his campaign. He responded to Robert W. Reider who accused Lausche and state chairman Eugene H. Hanhart of failing to run an effective slate at a Canton rally.
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Thomas A Burke
Frank J. Lausache
Burke
Robert W. Reider
Ottawa County
Heider
Canton
Democratic
Lausche
Eugene H. Hanhart
Two Year Old Defies Fall from Eleven Stories
A two year old, Richard Padgett Jr., survived an eleven-story fall from a Brooklyn apartment window. He was kept overnight at Bethell Hospital with only minor scalp cuts and no other injuries found after the incident yesterday.
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New York
Richard Padgett, Jr
Bethell Hospital
Brooklyn
Five Day Forecast Shows Below Normal Temperatures
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging 6 to 12 degrees below normal with highs around 35 to 39 and lows near 19 to 24. Snow flurries tonight, snow likely Sunday and Wednesday, with moderating temperatures Monday through Wednesday.
Atom Powered Plane Seen Ready In Five Years
Representative Durham predicted a key atom powered airplane could be developed within five years. He linked the Nautilus submarine progress to A plane advances and noted heat, weight, and size as major remaining challenges to a practical nuclear powered aircraft.
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Durham
D-Nc
Nathan F. Twinings
Air Force
Twining
House Armed On Committee
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Murder Charge Against Wife Still Stands
Gallipolis Ohio reports that Syvia Marie Mundell Ward 34 of Bidwell Route 2 faces a first degree murder charge for the shooting death of her common law husband Robert Ward 37. Prosecutor Warren F Sheets said Sheriff George Ehmen did not amend the charge to manslaughter. Also present were Don K Warehime and others at a conference.
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Syvia Marie Mundell Ward
Bidwell
Warren F. Sheets
George Ehmen
Donald Kd. Warehime Anmly
Fee Chatee
Robert Ward
Sam Again Seeks Bail in Appellate Court
Cleveland reports Dr Ramuel will file a motion in the court of appeals seeking bail for his client. The motion argues the prior denial conflicts with Belmont County findings where a woman convicted of second degree murder was released on a $10,000 bond pending appeal.
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Ramuel
Attem
Court of Appeals
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Barge Fire Towed Across River to Coast Guard Response
A sugar barge on the Mississippi near St. Louis caught fire but lacked hydrants on that riverbank. A Coast Guard cutter and a tug moved the barge to the west side where awaiting firemen extinguished the blaze.
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Pire
Mississippi
Coast Guard
Science Club Names Two Ohio Finalists
Two Ohioans were named finalists for Westinghouse science scholarships valued at 11.6n. Greyling, 17, Fremont, and Lawrence E. Williams, 17, Youngstown, both seniors, are among eight girls and 32 boys competing for honors in this year’s Science Clubs of America competition.
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Science Clubs of America
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Greyling
Fremont
Lawrence E. Williams
Youngstown
Road planners seek additional funds for Ohio highways
Highway planners urge lawmakers to use eight million dollars to accelerate right of way purchases before July 1. Legislators believe an emergency appropriation will win swift approval for a 500 million dollar program to speed construction.
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Ohio
Three Burn To Death In Avalon Heights Fire
Lebanon district reports three killed in a two story cane near Avalon Heights three miles south of town. Victims are Mrs Lorena Powell Sr Rob ert Powell 19 and Victor Powell 4. Family on first floor escaped unhurt as fire trapped the second floor occupants. Fire Chief Dunham cites recently installed wiring and suspects faulty wiring as a possible cause with estimated losses.
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Avalon Heights
Here
Mra Lorena Powell
Robert
Victor
Powells
James White
Clarence Dunham
Danham
Ines
Company Director Begs for Dimes in Omaha
Charney Feder, a packing company director, tours bars asking for March of Dimes donations. He says he has done this for five years and collected hundreds of dollars, accepting some refusals but returning the next day to explain and tip waiters.
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Omaha
Charney Feder
Group Sets Up Council On Human Relations In Cleveland
A seven member group, largely former National Conference of Christians and Jews members, met to form the Council on Human Relations to promote interfaith brotherhood. The group split from the national conference on January 13 after a dispute over area assignments.
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Council On Human Relations
Cleveland
National Conference of Christians and Jews
West Side blaze leaves 28 homeless in Cleveland
A fire destroyed two suites and damaged several more in a West Side business and apartment building in Cleveland. The blaze, reported last night, left 28 people homeless with estimated damages of 25 dollars. no injuries were reported.
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Cleveland
West Side
Critics Question Timeline as Senate Debates Defense Vote
In Washington, Senate leaders pressed defense policy while critics urged more discussion. Senator Knowland demanded a final vote today, aligning with Chairman George as the House approved the measure 479 to 3. The White House reiterated Eisenhower designed US forces for defensive purposes only in Formosa and the Pescadores Islands, with broader action not delegated.
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Senate
Knowland
California
George
D-Ge
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Eisenhower
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
House
Rasell
D-Gae
Armed Servers Committee
White House
Morse
Chang Kai-shek
United States
Pescadores
Blast shakes Red Jacket coal mine near Pineville West Virginia
An explosion rocked the Red Jacket Corp mine near Pineville six miles away in West Virginia cutting power and trapping workers. About 12 men were in the area when the blast occurred and managers called rescue squads as investigators worked to determine a cause. The unnamed mine employs about 225 workers in southern West Virginia's soft coal fields.
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W. Va
Red Jacket Corp
Defense Ends Case In Trial For Murder
Ironton case of Ray Miller 3 and wife Annabelle 23 may go to the jury today. Defense rested after 11 witnesses testified. They are charged with the death of Herbert Wolfe 21 of Kingston on November 21 1954. Wolfe died from head injuries in an incident involving an unidentified instrument. His body was found in a vacant lot.
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Ray Miller
Annabelle
Herbert Wolfe
Kingston
Rom Wolk
Water Shortages Seen By Ohio Forestry Groups
Columbus reports the Ohio Forestry Association warned of major water shortages unless Ohioans adopt a cooperative planning approach. Re. B. McConnell led committees after a year of study proposing citizen and state federal partnerships, watershed integrated water supply, drainage, soil and forest management, and legislative review of watershed programs.
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