Reds Seek High Level Parley on Indochina
Red China formally proposed a full dress conference with Britain and Russia as co chairs to discuss Indochina. The idea was floated during the Eisenhower Eden talks and Britain and the United States appear to oppose it. The plan would include Chou En Lai and Dulles, with a wider group of nations possibly joining.
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Washington
Red
China
Britain
Russia
Indochina
Chou En-lai
Dulles
U.S
Korea
Viet Nam
United States
France
Red China
Cambodia
Vietminh
Laos
India
Poland
Canada
International Control Commission
Plea to Delay Transit Strike Turned Down
Labor conciliators from Twin City Transit Co and the union met again to avert a strike set for Monday. A 1575 driver and worker walkout remains possible as both sides refused a 30 day postponement. Transit Co president Fred Ossanna warned union demands could cost at least 2 million dollars annually.
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Minneapolis
Twin City Transit Co
Harry L. Hanson
Fred Ossanna
Three Children and Uncle Die in Wisconsin Cabin Fire
Four persons including three Shaw children Julia 12 John 9 Hannah 3 and their uncle Cecil Grover 52 were killed when a one room log cabin burned near Solon Springs Wisconsin early today. Bonnie Jean Knops 12 escaped by jumping from a window in her night clothes. Firemen blamed an overheated stove. Grover's body was recovered as searchers looked for the children.
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Solon Springs
Wis
Julia Shaw
John Shaw
Hannah Shaw
Cecil Grover
Grover
Benamin Shaw
Eau Claire
Bonnie Jean Knops
Superior
City Policemen to Get Fire Fighting Training
Austin policemen will receive fire fighting training and join in emergencies under Fire Department direction. Mayor Baldy Hansen said the Police and Fire Civil Service Commissions approve the plan, with reimbursement for uniform damage. Training becomes part of regular duties, extending reserve manpower for emergencies.
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Austin
Baldy Hansen
Police and
Fire Civil Service Commissions
Hansen
Civil Service
Westinghouse Talks Continue Strikes Enter 1111st Day
Federal mediators pressed talks as Westinghouse Electric Company workers and unions held a marathon session. Government officials met separately with company and union reps to seek a settlement after the 1111 day walkout beginning last October by 44,000 IUE members and 10,000 UE (ind) workers.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph L. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers Union
Independent
Cafe Cashier Foils Minneapolis Gunman
In Minneapolis the Anglesey Cafe late Friday faced a would be holdup when a man with a pistol was deterred by cashier Eleanor Turbitt moving into a bullet proof cage. She alerted police as the intruder fled. she recalled a prior $16,000 August robbery by the same suspect.
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Minneapolis
Eleanor Turbitt
Anglesey
Aged St Peter Man Found Frozen After Leaving Home
In St Peter Minnesota 73 year old Joseph Reintjes wandered from his home early Friday. He was found about 11 am frozen to death several blocks away. Police say he may have slipped on ice and been knocked unconscious. He was in pajamas and socks. A large search of about 75 people was conducted.
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St. Peter
ST. Peter, Minn
Joseph Reintjes
Detroit Lakes approves 10 year Consumers Gas Co franchise
Detroit Lakes voters approved a 10 year franchise for the Consumers Gas Co to distribute natural gas in the city by a 659 to 78 vote in a special election held Friday. The franchise had previously cleared city approvals.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
Consumers Gas Co
Two Navy fliers die as plane crashes off Fort Lauderdale
A twin engine Navy transport caught fire two miles off Fort Lauderdale beach during a routine training flight from Opa-locka. Pilot Capt Robert W. Anderson and one crewman died. two others parachuted to safety and were rescued by a fishing boat and a Navy destroyer escort. Names are being withheld.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Robert W. Anderson
Elk River Plan Sent to AEC for Atomic Reactor
The Rural Cooperative Power Assn of Elk River Minnesota has formally submitted a 22,000 kilowatt atomic electric reactor proposal to the Atomic Energy Commission. Two other groups Wolverine Electric Cooperative of Big Rapids Michigan and Chugach Electric Assn of Anchorage Alaska also filed proposals in the AEC second round experimental power reactor program. Deadline for proposals expired February 1.
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Washington
Rural Cooperative Power Assn
Elk River
Minn
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Wolverine Electric Cooperative
Big Rapids
Mich
Chugach Electric Assn
Anchorage
Alaska
Webcor to Close New Ulm Plant Move to Chicago
The Webster-Chicago Corp. said it will close its New Ulm plant about March 1 and relocate the operation to Chicago. The New Ulm building, built in 1954 at a cost of $190,900, will be leased or sold. The plant employed about 80 workers with 90 percent women on the payroll.
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Webcor
New Ulm
New Ulm, Minn
Webster-Chicago Corp
Ulm
Chicago
Snow Storm Paralyzes West Texas Cools Transit and Power
Plainview reports a raging snowstorm driving drifts up to six feet and stranding motorists after 30 cars and a bus became stuck. National Guardsmen ferried stranded travelers as towns like Dalhart Amarillo Lubbock and Abilene faced 2 to 8 inch falls. The blizzard caused 16 deaths, disrupted phone lines and power, halted bus and air travel, and forced school and business closures statewide.
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Plainview
Tex
West Texas
National Guardsmen
Here
South Plains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
Texas
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Longview
Tyler
Dallas
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Boy Burns to Death Lighting Stove in Baltimore Suburb
In Pikesville Maryland a 14 year old boy Charles Edward Ficher Jr died after a can of inflammable liquid exploded in his hands while trying to light a wood stove. His mother Mildred Fidler and sister Anna Marie tried to help as flames spread and the home filled with smoke. Police men arrived with a hand extinguisher to douse the flames.
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Baltimore
Charles Edward Ficher Jr
Pikesville
Mildred Fidler
Anna Marie
Sandra
Brainerd Water System Contract Awarded to Rupp Co
St Paul firm Rupp Construction Company Inc won the Brainerd state hospital water and sewage system contract Friday with a low bid of 163,924 dollars.
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ST. Paul & the Rupp Construction Co., Inc
State Hospital
Brainerd
Europe Braces for Prolonged Deep Freeze Amid Suffering
Siberian blizzards lock Europe in ice as death toll climbs to 113 across the continent. France suffers 31 deaths, Britain 25, Italy 12, Denmark 11, and Germany 10 with widespread frostbite, fuel shortages, power cuts, and marooned ships.
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London
Europe
North Sea
France
Britain
Italy
Denmark
Germany
Saar
Turkey
Austria
Netherlands
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Belgium
United Kingdom
Bristol
England
Glasgow
Lascar
Nice
Pisa
Genoa
Fernfjord
Tuscany
Bari
Grigento
Skagerrak
Kattegat
Senators Startled by Charge Over Gas Bill Funding
A report that a $2,500 campaign contribution aimed to influence Senator Francis Case sparked calls for an inquiry. Case said he rejected the money after learning the donor was an out-of-state lawyer and that the incident led him to switch from supporting to opposing the gas bill. The event could delay final action and affect the House passed measure to exempt producer gas prices from federal control.
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William Fullbright
D-Ark
Senate
William Jackman
Right
Investors League, Inc
Washington
Francis Case
R-Sd
Case
Lyte Don B. Johnson
Texas
Sen. Knowland
California
Commerce Committee
South Dakota
Students Protest Keep Bama White at Alabama
About 1 000 students demonstrated in Tuscaloosa against enrolling the first Negro student Autherine Lucy. They marched to the president's home and then to the dormitory area, with police escort and reports of cross lighting and small explosions as night spread.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Autherine
University of Alabama
O. C. Carmichael
Nelson Cole
Crimson and White Weekly
Army to Draft 6,000 Men in April
Washington reports six thousand men will be drafted in April for Army service. The Defense Department’s monthly call repeats the March quota with no Navy figures, though March included a 10,000 Navy allotment.
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Washington
Defense Department
Navy
Workhouse Okayed for Ramsey County
A special commission voted Friday to build a new workhouse for St. Paul and Ramsey County and to create a separate juvenile detention center.
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ST. Paul
Ramsey County
Antarctic bases closed as Arneb carries Byrd home
The USS Arneb leaves McMurdo Sound with Admiral Richard E. Byrd aboard marking the start of Deep Freeze evacuation. Two bases at Little America and McMurdo are nearly finished as Edisto and icebreakers plan survey work and fuel transfers before returning to the United States via New Zealand and Australia.
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Ross Sea
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
McMurdo Sound
Little America
Opaa
New Zealand
Australia
Italy
Spain
Glacier
Greenville Victory
United
McMurdo
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By John M. Hightower
The
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Ossanna
Jawaharal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
New Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Cafe Cashier
Opa-locka Marine Corps Air Station
Miami
Sen. Case
North
Lubbock Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
New Mexico
Atlantic Coast
Carlsbad
N.M
Farley
Harry Truman
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Truman
New York
Sen. Fulbright
Fulbright
Bama
Autherine Lucy
Birmingham
Re. Uu
Os Weisis
Edisto
Cape Adare
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