GOP Party Boss Quits Prompting White House Choice
President Eisenhower likely will pick the next Republican National Committee chair after C. Wesley Roberts resigns. Taft predicts little opposition as the Kansas leader faces lobbying- law questions and an $11,000 hospital-sale fee amid factional Kansas politics. Roberts calls for April 10 RNC meeting to accept his resignation and elect a successor.
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Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Sip Wweey Sewers
C. Wesley Roberts
Kansas
Roberts
GOP
National Committee
Arthur E. Summerfield
Ohioan
Reds Suffer Lopsided Air War Losses
Fifth Air Force reports last week battles with Reds losing 15 to 1 in jets. Reds claim 10 MIG jets shot down, three probable, and 16 damaged. Allies report one FS4 Thunderjet shot down by flak and one Australian Meteor lost to other causes.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Allied Air Command strength quadruples in two years
General Lauris Norstad said at a NATO air command anniversary ceremony that Allied Air Force in Central Europe is four times stronger than two years ago. He did not give figures, but NATO has grown to more than 3000 warplanes and is constructing about 13 airbases, mostly in Central Europe.
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Fontainebleau
France
Lauris Norstad
Europe
NATO Air Command
NATO
Central European Command
Millett Named Miami University President
Cincinnati report says Miami University trustees named John D Millett as the universitys 16th president. Millett formerly professor of public administration at Columbia University, native of Indianapolis, aged 41, married with three sons, succeeds the late Ernest H. Hahne who died November 25.
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Board of Trustees of
Miami University
John D. Millett
Columbia University
Miami
Millett
Indianapolis
Ernest H. Hahne
Hahne
Girl Takes Ten-Story Ride on Cable, Falls Safely
A one year old girl, June Dolores Morales, slid ten stories down a department store television cable on a Friday. She landed on the roof of a nearby one story building, then suffered only minor friction burns. Police reported she was hysterical and cried my sister told me to drop dead.
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Los Angeles
June Dolores Morales
Sports and Local Notes Across Pomeroy-Middleport
A fragmented page segment lists sections for sports and women’s items across pages 5 through 23. It references Pomeroy and Middleport with scattered headings including indices and column notes, indicating a multi-section layout for the issue.
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Os Be Pomeroy-Middleport
Delig Decacars
Women’s
McCarthy Secures Red Trade Break With Greek Shipowners
Sen McCarthy announces Greek owners of 242 merchant ships will halt all trade with North Korea and Red China. He says the ships will refuse cargo from any Communist port globally, negotiated by his Senate investigations staff without State Department help. He doubts State Dept approval but expects potential backing.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
North Korea
Red China
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
State Department
Judge Closes Murder Trial In Beaver Pa Court
Katharine Smutko was acquitted of murdering a 15 year old girl four years ago after the judge directed a verdict of innocence. As she left the courtroom she and the girl's father Zigmond Bankowski were arrested on adultery charges after he testified to numerous intimate relations with Smutko.
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Beaver
Katherine Smutko
Smeutko
Zigmond Bankowski
Bankowski
Reds Offer To Accept UN Demand On Prisoner Exchange
The Reds accepted Gen Clark’s Feb 22 proposal for a sick and wounded prisoner exchange at Panmunjom and urged resumption of truce talks. They claim 13,000 Allied POWs, while UN Command disputes the figure. A Pusan spokesman estimated several thousand prisoners in Allied hands.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Mark Clark
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Korea
Clark
Pusan
Fifth Victim Believed Found in London Garden
In a garden near a ground floor London flat investigators uncovered charred human bones likely belonging to a fifth victim of a sadistic killer. Scotland Yard warned the death toll could rise as detectives continued both the search for the killer and for more bodies in the yard.
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London
Scotland Yard
United States urges swift exchange of sick POWs in Korea
State Department officials say Gen. Mark Clark has full authority to arrange a swift exchange of sick and wounded prisoners under the Geneva Convention. Peiping radio signals may indicate a potential armistice shift as United Nations officials weigh voluntary repatriation and broader POW exchanges beyond the sick and wounded.
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United States
Korea
State Department
Mark Clark
Clark
Tokyo
State and Defense Departments
Secretary of State
Lincoln White
United Nations
Tragic Conneaut wreck leaves 22 dead in mass of twisted cars
Rescue squads battled mud and wreckage after a freight and two passenger trains collided near Conneaut Ohio. A total of 22 bodies were recovered with three more believed trapped. About 400 passengers and crew faced hours of uncertainty as rescuers worked to reach the seriously injured and transport them to hospitals in Conneaut Ashton and Erie.
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New York Central
Western
Pennsylvania
Ome
Peeight Trais
Southwestern
Morito
Sumon
Nyc
Ashton
Erie
Debate on Offshore Lands Starts Monday in House
Rep. Michael Feighan predicts the Supreme Court would overturn Congress if states win title to off-shore submerged lands. He opposes a bill granting tide lands and plans a substitute giving states a percentage of royalties from minerals to a set sea distance. The debate on the original bill begins Monday in the House.
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Washington
Michael Feighan
Ohio
Cleveland
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Feighan
Supreme Court
House
Jelke Sentenced to Three to Six Years in Prostitution Case
NEW YORK says Minot F Jelke heir to a society figure received three to six years on each of two counts of compulsory prostitution with concurrent terms. The case centers on living off the earnings of call girls. The report also notes Wayne Smith of Texas Tech as a former multi-sport high school star.
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Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Olee
Case Society
Jelke
Lubbock
Tex
Wayne Smith
Texas Tech
Bohlen Confirmed by Senate Amid GOP Split Denial
Senator Taft rejected claims of a GOP foreign policy split over Charles E. Bohlen’s Senate vote against his Moscow ambassadorship. The Senate approved Bohlen 74 to 13 after criticism from McCarthy and others, with Taft insisting Bohlen is not a policy maker and that the nomination concerns past policy rather than future policy.
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Taft
Washington
Sen
Ohio
Eisenhower
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Moscow
McCarthy
Wis
State Department
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MecCarran
Nevada
Johnson
Colorado
Bohlen Taft
Bohien
Amnesty Plan Under Malenkov Offers Early Parole
Moscow reports Prime Minister Malenkov announces a broad amnesty for prisoners with five years or less remaining. The Presidium decree cites lower crime and state consolidation. Parcels cover corrective camps and detention sites. longer terms cut by half. excluded crimes include counter revolutionary acts large theft embezzlement gang activity and premeditated murder.
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Moscow
Georgi M. Malenkov
Supreme Soviet
Ling Awaiting U S Verdict On Tax Settlement
Washington sources report that William G. Ling owner of Wheeling Downs in West Virginia awaits a U S decision after the Internal Revenue Service recommended rejecting his 1.2 million dollar tax settlement offer. Ling is accused of owing about 2.85 million including penalties and interest. Attorneys for Ling deny owing taxes.
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William G. Ling
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
T. Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue
Brownell Lias
Wheeling Downs
W.va
Sheep Escape from Runaway Truck in Creetown
In Creetown Scotland a man named Huge Love of Creetown and a 12 year old boy Andrew Welsh leaped to safety from a runaway truck carrying 106 sheep on a hill. The vehicle began moving downhill as Love checked the load. The boy escaped from the cab while the sheep followed.
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Love
Andrew Welsh
Sidney Man Dies In Traffic Crash Near US 25
Edward B. Henry, 34, of Sidney, died after the car he drove left US 25 Saturday near this city.
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Sidney
Edward B. Henry
Here
Patton Re-elected President of Ohio State Nurses Assn
Miss Marjorie A. Patton of Cleveland was re-elected Saturday as president of the Ohio State Nurses Association. The vote reflects ongoing leadership in Ohio nursing circles across the state.
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Cincinnati
Marjorie A. Patton
Cleveland
Ohio State Nurses Association
Malan Charges Racial Plot in South Africa Election
In Johannesburg the campaign for the April 15 elections centers on white supremacy clashes. Prime Minister Daniel F. Malan accuses non white leaders of threatening to shed blood and frighten Europeans. Non white leaders deny violence and say they renounce violent political methods.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Daniel F. Malan
Themelves
Jurors Fail To Reach Verdict in Slots Case
In Ironton Ohio a jury failed to reach a verdict after about ten hours of deliberations in the trial of Dustin E Corn. Corn faced three counts accusing him of possessing keeping and owning 155 slot machines. Prosecutor Harold D Spears signaled plans to pursue a retrial.
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Ironton, O
Dustin E (Ducky) Corn
Harold D. Spears
Young Doctor Kills Wife and Daughter Then Takes Life
Police report Dr. Lawrence W. Leslie, 24, murdered his wife Florence 31 and infant daughter Carol 3 months in a north side Chicago apartment. He used drugs and a rifle before killing himself. A janitor found the bodies Friday.
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Chicago
Ismaels
Lawrence W. Lesiie
Florence
Carol
North Side
March on UN grounds ends with police barriers
About 200 refugees from Balkan and Baltic lands attempted to march into United Nations grounds Saturday carrying signs denouncing the Soviet regime. Police routed them back to First Avenue opposite the UN Building. In Moscow, Lavrenti P. Beria, first deputy prime minister and interior minister, is 34 today.
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Balkan
Baltic
Russia
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Moscow
Lavrenti P. Beria
Soviet Union
Burma Drops U S Aid as Guerrilla War Rages
Burma announces it will drop United States aid next June 30 amid guerrilla warfare with Chinese forces loyal to Chiang Kai shek. Total U S aid to Burma reached 12 million so far this year and will rise to 31 million by next June under current appropriations. No comment from Burma’s Foreign Office or the U S Embassy. The note was delivered to Ambassador William Sebaid on March 17.
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Rangoon
Burma
United States
U.S
U. S
Foreign Office
William Sebaid
U S Accepts French Plans To Spur War
Washington reports indicate U S officials embraced French proposals to intensify anti Communist action in Indochina. Dulles called the talks “all right” and consultants generally backed a stepped up campaign. A Saar dispute was deferred for later, while French German talks on the Saar and on arming West Germany remained unresolved.
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U.S
Washington
White House
Dulles
Indochina
Warren R. Austin In Grave But Not Critical Condition
Warren R. Austin former U N ambassador and Vermont senator is in grave but not critical condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital after a Friday cerebral attack described as cerebral complications from a long standing heart condition. The 75 year old has lived quietly since retiring in January.
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Burlington
U.S
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Vermont
Reds Gain In See-Saw Hill Clash
Seoul AP report describes Chinese forces pressing at Vegas outpost near the Seoul invasion route as Marines hold the south slope. Heavy bombardment and air attacks persist with losses on both sides and the exchange continuing through Saturday into Sunday.
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U.S
Vegas
Marine Division
Bunker Hill
Old Baldy
U. S 7Th Division
Korea
Enver
Ike Enlists for Film Chief’s Middle East Money Drive
Eric Johnston president of the Motion Picture Association of America travels on a three week tour to Rome for film talks and then to Ethiopia Eritrea Saudi Arabia Lebanon Syria Jordan and Transjordan to promote private capital flow to develop natural resources as urged by President Eisenhower.
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Eric Johnston
Johnson
Motion Picture Association of America
Johnston
Eisenhower
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Jara
Gov Lausche Grants Reprieve for Gemmell
Governor Frank J. Lausche granted a reprieve to July 10 for Robert Gemmell of Columbus who was slated to die in the electric chair for first degree murder of Mrs Laura Hinshaw a Columbus housewife. The reprieve followed Gemmell securing a new attorney.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Robert Gemmell
Laura Hinshaw
Vinton County
Oldest Lions member Daniel M. Shakiey dies
Daniel M. Shakiey, believed to be the oldest Lions International member, died Thursday at Onlo Valley Hospital. He was a longtime Lions figure in Steubenville community affairs.
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Steubenville
Daniel M. Shakiey
Lions International
Onlo Valley Hospital
civilian panel proposes revised combat pay system
A five member civilian panel led by Lewis L. Strauss urged the Defense Department to raise combat pay and adjust other special pays for Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard personnel. The panel said savings would exceed two million dollars annually and recommended a sliding base pay scale tied to a cost of living index with periodic updates.
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Washington
U.S.A
Defense Department
Citiens
Lewis L. Strauss
New York
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Armed Services
Army
Navy
Marine Corps Air Force
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Five Albanian Bishops Reported Executed by Communists
An exiled Albanian faction published a bulletin claiming five of six Catholic bishops in Albania were tortured to death by Communist authorities since seizure of power. Archbishops and nationalist poet Ma Vincenzo Prennuschi of Durres was said to have been sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1942.
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Nome
Fliamuri
Albanian Agrarian Democratic Party
Alhasttia
Ma Vincenzo Prennuschi
Durres Durazzo
Widowed Polish Refugee and Two Children Slain in Philadelphia
Police say a boarder killed Polish widow Christine Mazan and her two daughters in their Philadelphia home before apparently taking his own life. The victims were found Friday with the boarder hanging in the cellar, after neighbors reported missing occupants.
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Philadelphia
Boarder
Nera
Christine Mae
Mazan
Columbus man charged in fatal tavern shooting
Raymond Leigh 53 of Columbus was charged with second degree murder for the shooting death of 56 year old Okey Ellis in a Columbus tavern Friday night. Police say Leigh admitted shooting Ellis after a two week neighborhood quarrel.
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Columbus
Raymond Leigh
Okey Ellis
Lei
Century-Old Derby Nominations Narrowed at Churchill Downs
In Louisville Kentucky 137 horses were nominated for the 1953 Kentucky Derby but only 20 had previously raced at Churchill Downs. The field selection highlights a subset with prior Churchill experience among the Derby hopefuls.
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Louisville, Ky
Churchill Downs
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