Stassen offers Eisenhower half of Wisconsin delegates
In Sheboygan Stassen announced that half of his 30 Wisconsin delegates would vote for Eisenhower on the first ballot at Chicago and share any smaller number he wins. He did not extend the offer to Minnesota’s 28 delegates.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Ralph Immel
Madison
Immel
Vernon Thomson
Truckers End Pennsylvania Park-Down Protest
A nine day protest by independent Pennsylvania truckers disrupted state traffic. Pickets at border points were recalled as drivers return home before license expiry Monday midnight. The action aimed at Pennsylvania 45,000 pound gross weight limit amid minor violence and unclear total trucks affected.
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McGrath Faces Senate Inquiry Over Justice Department
Attorney General McGrath, former Rhode Island senator, testifies before a judiciary subcommittee amid questions on his DOJ leadership. The panel will not place him under oath and seeks administrative procedure questions, while asking for DOJ case lists and McGrath tax returns for him and 19 aides.
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City designates August 30 as Sucker Day in Wetumka
Wetumka officials mark a second Sucker Day after a phony circus promoter named F Bam Morrison duped residents two years ago. A later misdated welcome for Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and its Kittie Drum and Bugle Corps exposes another prank.
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F. Bam Morrison
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24 Day Strike Ends at Alliance Plant
Maintenance men returned to Alliance Manufacturing Co after a 54 day strike. Production to resume next week with 600 employees. Union and company credits ministerial group for ending the Feb 1 strike.
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Jackson Men Held On Rustling Charge
Ohio and Kentucky authorities arrested L. W. Hartley and Arthur W. Betts of Oak Hill for cow rustling and stealing a truck across the state line. They are jailed in Scioto County and will be arraigned Thursday before a US commissioner.
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Kentucky
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Armored Car Robbery Shocks New England With $681000 Theft
Investigators in Danvers Mass search two towns and a 15 mile route for clues after three armed bandits nabbed $681000 from an armored car. Two getaway cars found. guards watch from a drug store as the heist unfolds under bright daylight. Names Joseph Riley and Dennis Walsh tied to guards in custody or witness reports.
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Arkansas Faces 25 Million Tornado Damage Toll
Gov. Sid McMath says a state survey shows damage near 25 million dollars after powerful Black Friday tornadoes. Arkansas suffered heavy losses as six southern states were hit, causing 233 deaths and 1,100 injuries, with thousands left homeless. Red Cross and Salvation Army led relief efforts to restore order.
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Anthrax Outbreak Spreads in LaGrange County Farm Herds
In LaGrange County Indiana authorities report an anthrax like disease affecting hogs and cattle. County veterinarian Dr Alvin C Dufour says Purdue University expert notified him of at least one cow and nine hogs killed on a single farm. The northeast part of the county is hardest hit and a human case has been reported in Ohio.
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Bellefontaine Fire Station Condemned by City Officials
Bellefontaine city council learned the fire station was condemned 18 months ago as a fire trap after deputy fire marshal demanded immediate action. The disclosure came as officials considered moving police headquarters into the ill fated building. Mayor G Louis Wren released the condemnation letter from Thomas Finch.
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French Crackdown in Tunisia Arrests Premier and Cabinets
French forces imposed martial law and press censorship in Tunisia after nationalist riots. Premier Mohammed Chenik and three cabinet members were arrested as the Bey and Tunisian leaders faced a French ultimatum. A curfew, military police powers, and mass arrests followed amid rising fatalities and strikes by Muslims in Tunis.
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Spy Inquiry Rumors Fly Across Chambers Case
Whittaker Chambers appeared before a federal grand jury for about 80 minutes amid rumors of a new spy inquiry. He refused to reveal details beyond saying the matters were familiar to him. U.S. Attorney Myles Lane declined comment while Alger Hiss serves a five year term and seeks a new trial.
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Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Alger Hiss
U.S
Myles J. Lane
Hiss
Story
Western Powers Push German Rearming, Western Bloc Aims
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France issued a 600 word note to Moscow demanding a defensive European community linking West Germany to NATO style defense. The note asserts a Western course resisting Soviet pressure and calls for a UN inquiry into Soviet zone political freedom.
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France
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Moscow
Atom Bomb Simulation Shocks Texas at Fort Hood
In Fort Hood Texas a mock atomic attack is staged as part of Operation Long Horn the largest airground maneuver in US military history. 82nd Airborne aggressor troops parachute in while no US planes fly and atomic weapons are simulated in a strictly paper part of the operation involving 115000 personnel.
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Secrecy tag on Point Pleasant gun plant plans
Mason Gun Plant data carry a secrecy label as the Chamber of Commerce reports inquiries about delays in starting construction near Point Pleasant West Virginia. The project involves a new product with extensive research and a two year development period for machinery, with engineers from National Tube Corp checking layouts. The $31 million appropriation from July 1951 remains available for the Point Pleasant project.
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Teams Report Minor Gains On Prisoners
MUNSAN Korea Allied spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols said negotiators showed more frankness on prisoner exchanges and some progress was made behind a news blackout The UN Command shifted its stance from voluntary repatriation to no forced repatriation and indicated most captured personnel wish to return
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William P. Nuckols
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Ohio Reaches Flood Stage On River Crest at 52 Feet
The Ohio River crested at flood stage of 52 feet today, with a fall expected later. High water blocked Lawrenceburg road from Elizabethtown to Brower Road, four- and eight-mile roads at A and P highway, and Debolt Road in Harrison County. A and P highway at Coney Island race track was closed by the State Highway department.
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Potential Medical Revolution Glands Transplanted From Unborn Babies
Yale researchers report embryonic gland tissue transplanted into three patients may produce lasting hormones. Adrenal and thyroid glands from unborn babies were placed in two men and a woman to restore hormonal function. If successful, this could open new treatments for diabetes thyroid disease cancer and other conditions using embryonic or animal tissue for grafts.
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Jets Hit Enemy Base East of Kaesong in Korea War Action
U S F-84 Thunderjets destroyed 18 buildings and six troop revetments just east of Kaesong, headquarters for armistice negiators. The Fifth Air Force reported 12 enemy troops killed in the air. Allied planes also attacked North Korean rail lines while a company size assault on the western front was repelled. Other probes were turned back early morning.
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Fifth Air Force
New Point System To Slow Rotations In Korea
The First Army announces a new point system to slow troop rotations in Korea. All soldiers must complete 36 CMS to rotate, while rear-area troops receive 3 CMS per month instead of 4. Eighth Army cites fewer replacements and limited monthly rotations as the reason.
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Korea
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Eighth Army
Elizabeth Council Allows Limited Newark Airport Use
Elizabeth New Jersey city council approves reopening Newark Airport on a limited basis for military use only. They pledged to oppose any resumption of commercial flights after three crashes in 58 days, which claimed 119 lives including seven locals.
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Talks Begin Today in Bitter Steel Wage Dispute
A wage policy clash among top officials sparks a steel industry dispute as a 650000-strong strike threat looms for April 8. Talks start in Pittsburgh with U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin. WSB proposals face political pushback from Charles F E Wilson and defense mobilization.
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Truman
Philip Mureray
Bridges Faces Tax Scandal Quiz Over Klein Profit
Washington House tax investigators seek Sen Bridges to explain his role in a seven million dollar tax case surrounding Hyman Harvey Klein a Baltimore liquor importer. The probe centers on Klein's 1944 to 1946 profits from a Canadian whisky investment and his capital gain treatment.
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Allied Armys Approval Near
Eisenhower shows strong odds to see the six nation European army treaty signed and ratified before his planned May departure. Experts expect the inter national force pact to be present by mid April with foreign and defense ministers of France West Germany Italy The Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg to sign soon after. The move marks a key step of his second Crusade in Europe and may lead to his return for a Republican presidential bid.
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