Three Americans Held Prisoner by Soviets Reported
East German reports claim three Americans are held prisoner by the Russians in a camp near Leningrad. A tall German delivers the claim from Berlin, a city 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain, with a mix of convincing and dubious messages common in the depictions of postwar tension.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Iron Curtain
East
Lipshhinskaya
East Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Novo Sibirsk
Siberia
West Virginia Floods Leave Towns Under Water
Floods in central West Virginia closed three counties and parts of two others. A man, Gordon Ashcraft, 57, reportedly drowned after falling from a bridge into a rain swollen stream near Clarksburg. Spencer, a town of 2,500, faced its worst flood in 40 years with 50 houses flooded and residents evacuated. Reedy's gas main was washed out, delaying repairs. Highways remained closed and Elk River crest near Clay predicted at 18 to 19 feet despite flood stage at 18 feet.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
Gordon Ashcraft
Wallace
Clarksburg
Spencer
Here
Reedy
U. S. 19
Shinnston
Fishermen Held by Russia to Be Released This Week
The Maritime Safety Board said 129 Japanese fishermen captured in Soviet waters since World War II are being released by Russia this week. The announcement notes the long detention and confirms a pending clearance.
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Red Cross
U. S
U. S. Army
Berlin
United States
Tokyo
Maritime Safety Board
Russia
Review Stand on Fluoridation
Atlantic City New Jersey Dr David B Allman AMA president elect says a five man fact finding committee will report on fluoridation and the association will reaffirm or change its stance Four years after endorsing fluoridation to prevent tooth decay the AMA faces broad support from members that fluoridation is safe and beneficial for children's dental health with some opposition noted
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Atlantic City
The
American Medical Assny
David B. Allman
AMA
Allman
Association
Missing Bride St Louis Case Ends in Divorce
Robert E. Peters told how his wife Adria vanished the day after their wedding twenty one months ago. A circuit judge granted Peters a divorce yesterday in a case that drew attention to his long separation from his missing bride.
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ST. Louis
Robert E. Peters
Adria
Raymond E. Ladriere
Peters
U S Protests Delay in Fixing Syrian Pipeline
The United States protested to Syria over delays in emergency repairs to a sabotaged 600 mile Iraqi oil pipeline to Banias. Undersecretary Hoover Jr. urged immediate steps to restore flow while Syria refuses oil transit until foreign troops withdraw from Egypt.
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Washington
United States
Syria
Herbert Hoover Jr
Farid Zeineddine
State Department
Iaid Hoover
Britain
France
Suez Canal
Middle East
Egypt
Majdeddin Jabri
Beirut
Lebanon
United Nations
Iraq
Banyas
Iraq Petroleum Co
Fulbright Endorses Tight Money Policy To Curb Inflation
Sen. Fulbright of Arkansas backs monetary restraint as the best path to control inflation through tighter credit and higher interest rates. He notes political difficulty but argues the policy stabilizes the economy and avoids direct wartime style controls.
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Fulbright
Washington
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Humphrey
Minnesota
Patman
Teague
Texas
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Eisenhower
William McC. Martin Jr
Reserve Board
Senate House
Martin
Reserve
NAACP Leader Released to Produce Financial Records
Atlanta court orders the local NAACP chapter to open its financial records to state revenue agents for tax inspection. NAACP president John H. Calhoun was jailed for willful contempt and fined $25,000 before agreeing to reveal vouchers canceled checks and income analyses. The commitment was temporarily suspended pending full compliance.
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Atlanta
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Organization
John H. Calhoun
Durwood T. Pye
Fulton Superior Court
NAACP
Calhoun
Pye
William Strickland
Georgia Supreme Court
Crippled Trans-Canada Airliner Lands in London
A four engined Trans Canada airliner with 69 aboard landed safely at London Airport after engine trouble off Ireland. It reported one engine out and a second losing power about an hour from Shannon, then regained a faltering engine and continued to London on three engines.
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London
Ireland
Montreal
Shannon
Books Still Out From Cortland State Teachers College Library
Cortland State Teachers College reports 3,800 books removed over the last five years remain missing from the library, all still checked out.
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Cortland, N.Y
Cortland State Teachers College
Togliatti Remains Red Boss in Italy
Rome Palmiro Togliatti was reaffirmed as head of Italy's Communist party after the final sessions of its annual congress. Delegates reappointed Togliatti and deputy Luis Longo, consolidating leadership of the largest Communist party outside the Iron Curtain despite earlier speculation of internal strife.
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Rome
Palmiro Tegliatti
Italy
Communist Party
Togliatti
Luis Longo
Who's Going to Pay Rent Actor Asks
Actor John Ireland, 41, was released after explaining he ignored a Debtor's Court subpoena due to legal ignorance. He said he expects a $15,000 film job and owns $100,000 in Beverly Hills property with his estranged wife Joanne Dru, while Carmel Myers holds a $3,000 judgment against him. Dru filed for divorce in November.
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Los Angeles
John Ireland
Clarence Johns
Ireland
Carmel Myers
Beverly Hills
Joanne Dru
Collier’s and Companion Fold End Long Magazine Era
Crowell-Collier Publishing will discontinue Collier’s and The Companion, ending a 50 year run for two leading magazines. Combined circulation about 8.4 million, with 2.6 thousand employees affected. Look magazine to take over unexpired subscriptions. Harvard and Junior Classics remain published by the firm.
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Crowell-Collier Publishing Co
Paul C. Smith
Smith
Crowell-Collier
Gardner Cowles
Cowles Magazine, Inc
Look Magazine
Colliers
Companion
Collier’s Encyclopedia
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