Egypt suspends parliament amid reform drive and canal talks
Cairo reports say Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha suspended parliament for 30 days and began a reform push to purge corruption. He will hold talks with Britain on Suez Canal, Sudan, as Fuad University shut after student sitdown protests.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Aly Maher Pasha
Fuad University
Maher Pasha
Farouk
Hilaly
Sir Ralph Stevenson
Ralph
French Units Repel Strong Viet-Minh Drive
French forces said they repelled a two-pronged Viet-Minh assault against delta positions in North Indo-China. They reported about 500 rebels killed and 1000 wounded as Viet-Minh forces moved 10 000 from the north and 4000 from the south to try to split French lines.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Hanoi
Streetcar Named Desire Tops Critics Poll of 1951
Hollywood reports that A Streetcar Named Desire won an Associ ated Press nationwide critics poll as the best film of 1951. Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh led as top actors, Karl Malden and Lee Grant won supporting honors for their roles.
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Hollywood
Associated Press
Marlon Brando
Vivien Leigh
Karl Malden
Miss Leigh
Lee Grant
New York
Chesapeake City man dies in Route 40 crash near Zanesville
Earl Sykas aged 56 from Chesapeake City Maryland was killed when his car skid on Route 40 about ten miles east of Zanesville and collided head on with a truck.
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Zanesville
Earl Sykas
Chesapeake City
To Buy or Sell Rent Trade or Hire
A brief classified note inviting readers to engage in transaction services including purchase, sale, rental, barter, or rental-hire arrangements. The item emphasizes opportunity for sellers and buyers to connect through local listings.
250 Enemy Planes Vie With Sabres
In Korea near the Yalu, American Sabre jets claimed two MIG-15s shot down and five damaged as about 250 Red fighters moved south. Air Force said 200 MIGs destroyed by Fifth Air Force in four battles, with two more clashes over Pyongyang and late afternoon dogfights.
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Seoul
Korea
Yalu
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Millionaire reports $2.5 million Reno burglary
Laverne V. Redfield says burglars stole a safe containing about 2.5 million dollars in old style currency, negotiable securities, and distinctive jewelry. Police question several eyed suspects in Montana, while Elko Sheriff says they were jailed for investigation at the time of the daylight break in.
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Reno
Laverne V. Redfield
Redfield
Montana
Jesse Harris
Elko
Nev
Opera Stars Plan Summer Wedding
New York reports Metropolitan Opera figures Robert Merrill and Roberta Peters plan a summer wedding. The couple cited schedules for their opera and concert commitments and may honeymoon in Europe. Merrill, 32, was recently reinstated after a prior dismissal over Hollywood film appearances.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Robert Merrill
Roberta Peters
Europe
Merrill
Metropolitan
Hollywood
Five Cleveland Stores Damaged By Fire On Hough Avenue
A fire on Hough Avenue heavily damaged a block of five stores. Smoke forced 24 residents from an adjoining apartment building into the street. Estimated contents loss at 25000 and building damage at 30000. Cause not yet known.
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Cleveland
Hough Avenue
Ferdinand E. Boehmer
Columbus Crash Claims 63 Year Old Passenger
Mrs. Clark Hickman, 63, of Columbus, died when the car she rode in crashed into a tree Sunday near Columbus.
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Columbus
Clark Hickman
France teeters as Reynaud coalition effort collapses
Paris reports France reels from a stalled national unity bid after Paul Reynaud fails to form a cabinet. President Vincent Auriol weighs talks with elders and possible Pinay premiership as divisions widen. Indochina strategy and Western defense plans risk delay amid political crisis.
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Paris
France
Paul Reynaud
National Union
Edgar Faure
Rene Pleven
French National Assembly
Vincent Auriol
Antoine Pinay
Transports
Pinay
Independent Republican Party
Indo- China
French Socialist Party
Reynaud
Charles de Gaulle
French Peoples Rally
RPF
de Gaulle
London press hints Queen may be expecting
Two London papers imply the queen could be pregnant as they hint the coronation may be postponed until next summer. The Pictorial mentions rumors arising from a gynecologist visit to Clarence House and the Express notes a possible royal retirement after July.
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London
Elizabeth II
Sunday Pictorial
Sunday Express
the Pictorial
William Gilliatt
Clarence House
the Express
Sewage Plant Plight Cited by Ohio Official
Ohio Attorney General C William ONeill says towns lack funds to build sewage treatment plants as 31 communities ordered to adopt anti pollution programs would cooperate if money were available. Kenneth M Lloyd of Mahoning Valley Industrial Council notes industry will pay fees but wants to avoid harming streams.
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Columbus
Ohio
Atty
William O'Neill
O'Neill
Kenneth M. Lloyd
Mahoning Valley Industrial Council
Youngstown
Baseball Bat Victim Succumbs to Injuries
Harold Lindsey a 40 year old man from Columbus died from a fractured skull after his son Charles Lindsey 18 struck him with a baseball bat Feb 19 in their Columbus home. Officers say the son admitted the attack and police expect second degree manslaughter charges.
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Columbus
Harold Lindsey
Charles Clarence Lindsey
Young Lindsey
Prayers Move Blind Child to Declares Walking Victory
In Woodward Oklahoma Vernie Smith a blind three year old brightened two ministers as they prayed with his bedridden uncle Harvey Ambrecht. When leaving one minister hugged Vernie and said they were praying for him too. Vernie replied I can walk.
38 Die As Air France Plane Crashes At Nice
An Air France four engined liner crashed after takeoff from Nice killing 38 aboard including American dancer Joan Katzman known as Harriet Toby. Plane fell into an olive grove. one Italian survivor died en route. officials consider seagull damage as a possible cause.
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Nice
France
Air France
Joan Katzman
Harriet Toby
Marquis de Cuevas
Cannes
Theau Farrugia
Union Seeks Joint Fight Against GE and Westinghouse
The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America invites CIO and AFL rivals to press jointly against federal wage ceilings in talks with General Electric and Westinghouse. No response from unions, companies, or government yet. UE urges wage increases based on membership needs and asks to ignore the price index. Letters sent to IUE IAM IBEW and 13 other CIO and AFL unions.
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New York
Electrical Workers Union
CIO
AFL
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Independent
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
IUE
AFL International Association of Machinists
IAM
AFL International Brother of Electric Workers
IBEW
Columbus man dies after downtown stabbing
Columbus resident Dallas J. Spratt, 29, died Sunday from a stab wound in the leg inflicted by an unknown assailant in a downtown restaurant. Police said the coroner ordered an autopsy.
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Columbus
Dallas
J. Spratt
Robert A. Evans
Soviet push to join Korea peace talks threatens truce
Washington officials say Russia aims to influence Korean armistice negotiations and may wreck the talks by insisting on a Soviet role in a proposed neutral commission. Chinese and North Korean allies resist a truly neutral body and U S officials consider dropping the neutral commission idea as a possible way forward.
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Washington
Russia
Panmunjom
Kremlin
Korea
Soviet Union
State
Defense Department
Chang Chung San
United States
United Nations
U.S
Nam Charges Over Prisoner Exchange Talks in Korea
North Korean General and Col Chang Chun San angrily accused the UN of lying and stalling in prisoner exchange talks at Munsan. Rear Adm Libby and Col Darrow said the Reds were baiting a capitulation while Russia’s neutral role was deemed unacceptable. Libby asserted the UN would not lie.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Russia
Chang Chun San
R. E. Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Libby
Don Darrow
Darrow
Chang
Soviet Union
Lee
Senate Probes High Profits in War Ship Charters
Washington reports detail large fees and thousand-dollar daily profits from shipping war materials to Korea. Sen Lyndon B Johnson directs subcommittee investigators to public hearings and widen study into government merchant fleet charters and ship disposals from the late 1940s.
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Washington
Korea
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Johnson
Army Official Quits Post in Senate Bid
Undersecretary of the Army Archibald S. Alexander resigns effective April 15 to seek the Democratic nomination for U. S. senator from New Jersey. He aims to challenge Senator H. Alexander Smith, a Republican incumbent since December 7, 1944, who is seeking re election.
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Washington
Archibald S. Alexander
U. S
New Jersey
Alexander
H. Alexander Smith
Smith
Senate
Truman
Taft Campaign Gains National Names for New Hampshire Primary
Taft and Stassen lead a star-studded GOP push into New Hampshire with Kefauver facing Truman’s campaign on the Democratic side. Eisenhower and MacArthur are cited as potential factors while Taft shifts from Wisconsin to New Hampshire. Stassen defends not acting as Eisenhower’s stand-in on CBS.
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New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Estes Kefauver
Tennesee
Paul Hoffman
Saltonstall
Lodge
Massachusetts
Carlson
Kansas
Connecticut
Rep
Herter
R-Mass
Taft
Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Kefauver
Truman
Eisenhower
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Tru
Man
Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Burlington
Ecamyn
New York
CBS
Methodist evangelistic program to sweep Ohio
Bishop Hazen G. Werner announced a statewide Methodist effort to spread Christ’s redemptive power across Ohio. He called on individual Christians to exhibit redemptive zeal, saying the program requires personal renewal and active participation by believers. Werner spoke via 39 radio stations to about 4 million listeners.
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Columbus
Hazen G. Werner
Methodist Church
Ohio
Werner
X-ray merry-go-round hailed as cancer aid at conference
At the national cancer conference in Cincinnati researchers describe a rotating chair beam delivering two million volts to target deep cancers. Since 27 months 286 patients were treated with 157 showing no signs of cancer, though cures await five-year confirmation.
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Cincinnati
John G. Trump
Roger A. Harvey
John S. Laughlin
Lewis L. Haag
Ilinois
Stassenites Claim Taft Losing Grip In Ohio
Stassen supporters in Ohio allege mounting antipathy toward Senator Taft as the May 6 Ohio primary approaches. Daniel C. Gainey, head of Stassen campaign HQ in Washington, says Ohio support for Harold E. Stassen is very strong, while a Taft aide disputes the claim noting Taft's strength grew after 1950.
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Washington
Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Daniel C. Gainey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Gainey
Taft
Starve Reds Says Chamber Urges Economic Isolation
The U S Chamber of Commerce proposes financial starvation of the Communist Party in the United States by denying communists jobs across industries and freezing them out of entertainment media and other influential sectors. It also criticizes U S foreign policy in a committee report released Sunday.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Communist Party
U. S
Committee
Gregory La Cava Dies Pioneer Film Producer at 60
Hollywood mourns Gregory La Cava a pioneer film producer writer and director after his death at 60. He was found in his Malibu home Saturday with a virus infection cited by his physician as contributing to his condition. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday in Santa Monica.
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Hollywood
Gregory la Cava
Santa Monica
la Cava
Malibu
Clifton Myers Dies in Fire Caused by Overheated Stove
Clifton H Myers, 69, died Sunday when an overheated stove ignited his clothing as he slept in a chair. Coroner B P Mansfield said Myers died of suffocation and burns from the blaze in Bucyrus.
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Clifton H. Myers
B. P. Mansfield
Myers
Police Hunt Clerk Slayer
Columbus police hunted 22 year old ex convict Herbert Francis Miller in the holdup slaying of a 70 year old drug store clerk James E. Smith. Miller recently paroled from North Carolina State Prison and faces first degree murder charges. Detective Chief Lowell Sheets said witnesses saw Miller near the drugstore Saturday.
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Columbus
Herbert Francis Miller
North Carolina
Miller
Lowell Sheets
James E. Smith
Sheets
Pontiff Marks 76th Birthday and Papal Anniversary
Pope Pius XII celebrates his 76th birthday and 13th anniversary as pope with a ceremony at the Lateran Athanaeum, postponing special observances to today. A March 12 coronation anniversary service is planned in the Sistine Chapel.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Pontifical Lateran Athanaeum
Sistene
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