Geos as U S F 86 Sabres Shoot Down Two MIGs
The report notes U S Air Force F 86 Sabres shot down two MIGs amid a major snow storm blanketing the midcontinent. Heavy snowfall spread from Minnesota to the Texas Gulf Coast, with Duluth reporting 29 inches and drifts up to four feet. Cold, wet conditions and travel disruptions persisted nationwide.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Philipsburg
Pennsylvania
Norfolk
Minnesota
Texas Gulf Coast
Iowa
Wisconsin
Duluth
Minn
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Plains
Brainerd Boy Dies in Fire
A 10-year-old, Patrick Weaver, died in a rural Pelican Lake home fire near Brainerd Minnesota. His mother and five other children escaped as the fire trapped him while his younger brother Bobby was saved. The mother recalled attempts to reach Pat and her husband rescuing Billy, 6, through heavy smoke.
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Brainerd
Minn
Patrick Weaver
Pelican Lake
Alexander Weaver
Pat
Bobby
Austin Aldermen Approve TVOR at Municipal Airport
Austin aldermen vote to install TVOR at the municipal airport with Mayor Baldy Hansen opposing. The state offered to fund part of the cost, but the city may exceed the initial $800 allocation by about $500. Alderman Jones said state aid was refused. fire and police concerns were raised but dismissed by others.
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Austin
TVOR
Baldy Hansen
Charles Jones
Council
Jones
Ernest Diederich
Hansen
Diederich
Dugan
Minnesota
Gov. Freeman
Mendes-France ousted as France seeks steadier leader
Paris deputies voted 319 to 273 to dismiss Premier Pierre Mendes-France after a three day debate on Tunisia and North Africa reforms. Coty will consult leaders on a successor with possible names including Antoine Pinay and Edgar Faure, while ratification of West German rearmament pacts faces Senate hurdles.
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Pierre Mendes-France
Elysee Palace
Paris
French National Assembly
France
Tunisia
French North Africa
Ities
Mendes
Teihane
Geacions of
Pecaoon
Rene Coty
Mendes-France
Coty
Assembly
Anétoine Pinay
Edgar Faure
Faure
Pinay
Chamber
Senate
West Germany
Red Planes Sink Two Sabres In Far East Air Battle
U S air force announced four Russian built MIG15s attacked an RB45 reconnaissance bomber and its Sabre escort over the Yellow Sea between Korea and Red China. Four Sabres shot down two of the MIGs. no U S losses reported.
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Tokyo
U. S
Yellow Sea
Korea
Red China
Earle E. Partridge
Far East
Japan
Formosa
North Korea
Kuriles
Hokkaido
Reds
John E. Hull
Air Force
Rumor Swirls Around Stevens After Adams Resigns
Washington speculation grows that Secretary Stevens may resign after Army Counselor John G. Adams accepted by Stevens. Adams leaves March 31 after citing advancing projects. McCarthy and allies renew questions on Peress case as Stevens faces new Senate probe and possible private sector return.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
John G. Adams
Stevens
Adams
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
McCarthy
Army
White House
James C. Haggerty
Pentagon
Senate
Maj
Irving Peress
Peress
Mc.Carthy
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Pfe
Marvin S. Belsky
Supreme Court
WCCO Wins NW Radio News Award For Public Service
Minneapolis station WCCO received the Northwest Radio and Television News Association top honor for an eight program series If War Should Come about military and civil defense plans. KSOO Sioux Falls placed second for prison riot coverage. KLPM Mondor North Dakota noted for missing La Vera Engel case. CBS Eric Sevareid received Minnesota's distinguished achievement award.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Radio and Television News Association
WCCO
KSOO
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
KLPM
Minot
N. D
la Vera Engel
Eric Sevareid
Columbia Broadcasting System
Washington
University of Minnesota
Grahn Convicted of Second Degree Grand Jury Fraud
St Paul district court jury found Melvin J. Grahn, former Ramsey County treasurer's office cashier, guilty of second degree grand larceny in a recent trial. The verdict follows allegations of misappropriation from county funds. Grahn faces sentencing proceedings.
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ST. Paul
Melvin J. Grahn
Ramsey County Treasurer's Office
Grand Jaw
Evacuation Nears Over Tachens as US and Nationalists Near Deal
Nationalists and the United States approach a Tachens evacuation agreement amid strategic Sino American talks. US Seventh Fleet and Formosan air forces patrol the area as Nationalist troops and civilians face dawn threats. pilots report sinking a vessel and damaging three in battles near the Tachens.
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U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosan
Forrest Edwards
Navy Air
Legislature Faces Party Ballot Debates And Highway Bill
In St Paul lawmakers weigh party designation on ballots and advanced a highway safety bill empowering courts to impound license plates for some offenders. The House sent a plan to the Senate amid debate, while other measures include budget considerations, education and welfare reforms, and a possible constitutional convention.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
House
Senate
House Appropriations
Public Welfare Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Highway Committee
Freeman
Youthful Briton Will Show Oh Henry
Alexander Sandy Wilson, the 30 year old Briton who wrote The Boy Friend, prepares a new show Oh Henry about Henry VII and his six wives. It is slated to open in London this spring.
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London
Alexander
Sandy” Wilson
New York
Henry
Henry VII
Mercy Flight Brings Tiny Lynda to Minneapolis for Care
A 20 month old girl from Havre Montana named Lynda Tietema was flown 850 miles to the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis after a severe respiratory illness. An Air Force C47 piloted by Captains Coke and Forbes maintained low altitude through snow to deliver warmth and oxygen to the child in an effort to stabilize her condition. Lynda traveled with her parents and a nurse.
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Minneapolis
Lynda Tietema
Havre
Mont
Lynda
University of Minnesota
Air Force
Paul Coke
Myron Forbes
Lada
John Tietema
Pioneer Hubbard probate judge Peter Christoson dies at 75
Parker Rapids Minnesota Peter A. Christoson aged 75 longtime Hubbard County probate judge since 1911 died at his home Friday He had never faced opposition in 44 years of service and was believed the longest serving probate judge in the state Survivors include his widow and seven children
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Park Rapids
Minn
Peter A. Christoson
Hubbard County
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