Flash Fire Destroys Farm House In Minnesota
A rural Minnesota family was displaced when a flash fire destroyed their Kasota area farmhouse. Franklin Klaseus Jr repeatedly entered smoke to rescue three children, Darlene 2 Georgia Ann 3 and Joseph 4, from an upstairs bedroom before the home burned. The mother and others sought refuge with relatives as volunteers responded.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Franklin Klaseus Jr
Kasota
Klaseus
Darlene
Georgia Ann
Joseph
Beauford
Mankato
Woolson Celebrates 108th Birthday With Eisenhower Greeting
Albert Woolson sole Civil War veteran receives a personal birthday letter from President Eisenhower. A public event featured a city hall bust dedication while his family hosts a private dinner and open house for about 40 friends. He jokes about walking after winter ends and offers caution on Formosa.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Eisenhower
America
Woolson
City Hall
John Kobus
White House
Formosa
Ike
Pflimlin Seeks Support as French Premier
Paris Pierre Pflimlin a veteran of 13 postwar French governments and a strong proponent of West German rearmament sought backing to become France's next premier. Observers see a decent chance he can marshal sufficient support. The 48 year old Alsatian lawyer and Catholic MRP figure has focused on domestic affairs in cabinet roles including agriculture health national economy and overseas territories.
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Paris
Pierre Pfilimiin
France
Assembly
Pflimlin
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Thieves Break In at Reams Coal Co
In Richmond Virginia thieves entered the Reams Coal Company premises and stole nothing besides the burglar alarm. The incident reports no other damage or missing items.
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Richmond
Reams Coal Co
Deep Freeze Hits Austin as Temperatures Plunge
Frigid air pushed Austin to 14 below and kept returning cold through Saturday night. North Dakota and Minnesota reported over 20 degrees below zero while Texas shores reached near freezing in Houston and Corpus Christi. Skating rinks closed and Girl Scout activities canceled as the deep cold spreads eastward with a rain sleet snow belt from the Gulf to the Great Lakes.
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Austin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bismark
Elkader
Iowa
Harry Strong
Strong
Texas
Houston
Corpus Christi
Gulf Coast
Mercury
Miami
Poughkeepsie
New England
Maine
Midwest
Great Plains
Central
Gulf Area
Great Lakes
A-Bomb Scientist Urges Stronger Civil Defense
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp warned in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that 28 well aimed hydrogen bombs could threaten 50 million Americans with deadly fallout. He urged extensive underground shelters around large cities and a robust civil defense program to cope with radioactive dust and shelter needs.
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Chicago
America
U.S
Ralph E. Lapp
Atomic Scientist
Maryland
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
Lapp
Soviet Leaders Reaffirm Peace Aim Amid Cold War Tensions
Moscow radio broadcast from Pravda Izvestia reports Soviet policy as seeking peace based on coexistence of social systems. It counters Western claims of a tougher stance while denouncing U.S. warmongering and criticizing Paris rearmament accords with Germany.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Pravda
Izvestia
Supreme Soviet
Parliament
Kremlin
Freedom Week Proclaimed Crusade for Freedom Week
Gov Freeman proclaims February 12 to 22 as Crusade for Freedom week urging citizens to support the movement. The proclamation credits Crusade for Freedom with spreading freedom ideals and bringing truth and hope to people behind the Iron Curtain.
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ST. Paul
Freeman
Crusade For Freedom
Men Shoot Each Other in Clothesline Dispute in Ohio
In Youngstown Ohio two men Edwin Robinson 47 and Harry Bonner 52 killed each other after a dispute over a clothesline on a back porch. Robinsons wife Jimmie Lee 48 was wounded and rushed to Southside Hospital in serious condition. Police could not identify which gun fired first.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Edwin Robinson
Harry Bonner
Robinson
Jimmie Lee
Southside Hospital
Scientists study waves in ice for Army tests in Minnesota
A team from the University of Michigan and James Wilson of Ann Arbor conduct ice wave experiments on Brainerd area lakes for the Army Corps of Engineers. They use a deflectogram to graph ice deviations as Army trucks from Michigan test crossing speeds and spacing to determine safest practice.
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Minneapolis
Brainerd
James Zumberge
University of Michigan
Army Corps of Engineers
Zumberge
James Wilson
Ann Arbor
Minnesota
Arctic
Michigan
Evacuation of Tachens Near Complete Sizable Chinese Fleet Moves
The evacuation of the Tachens proceeds with last Nationalist troops boarding ships at 9:10 a.m. CST as trenches and fortifications are destroyed. The withdrawal, guided by the Nationalist Defense Ministry, aims for a final Formosa crossing with air cover and a carrier-protected armada.
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Estes
Tachens
Tachen Islands
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Freeman Cina Clash Over State Revenue Interpretation
Rep. Fred Cina opposes labeling increased funds from the income tax withholding bill as additional revenue. Gov. Freeman cites 23 million dollars plus 2 million from better current-collection compliance as additional revenue and notes 25 million as new income. Cina calls the governor wrong in describing the revenue as new or additional.
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ST. Paul
Fred Cina
Aurora
Cina
Gov
Freeman
Gov. Freeman
Judd Thye commended for Northwest Airlines effort
In SARTELL Minnesota on Thursday night the 6th District Republicans praised W Sen Thye and Rep Judd for helping secure a revision of the presidential order in the Northwest Airlines case. A Lincoln Day dinner resolution lauded their sympathetic understanding of Minnesota’s economic problems and said the opposition party wrongly claimed credit for the change.
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Sartell
Minn
Sen
Thye
Rep
Judd
Northwest Airlines
Minnesota
Senate Pays Vet Tribute
In St Paul the Minnesota Senate passed a motion by Sen Homer Carr to send a telegram to Albert Woolson the last Union Army veteran greeting him on his 108th birthday and honoring his sacrifices in blue. Members paused in silent tribute to Woolson.
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ST. Paul
Homer Carr
Proctor
Minnesota Senate
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minnesota State Senate
Senate
Woolson
Budd Co. Sells Self Propelled Cars to Northern Pacific
The Budd Company announces two self propelled diesel cars sold to Northern Pacific Railway. One 70 passenger unit with baggage will run Spokane Washington to Lewiston Idaho. Another 48 passenger car with mail facilities will operate Duluth Minnesota to Staples Minnesota.
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Philadelphia
Budd Co
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Spokane
Wash
Lewiston
Idaho
Duluth
Staples
Minn
Fitz- William Sargent
Budd
Reds Fire on U S Navy Jet near Tachens
U S Navy Banshee from the Essex came under antiaircraft fire by Communist guns north of the Tachens but was not hit. US forces increased air cover and evac ships remained nearby as civilians were evacuated from the Tachens and surrounding islands. The Washburn arrived with Nationalist troops and ammunition for Formosa camps while Keelung reported civilian arrivals and ongoing relief efforts.
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U. S. 7Th Fleet
Tachen Waters
U. S
Navy
Essex
Tachen Islands
Tachens
Yu Shan
Pishan
Upper
Tachen
Lower
U.S
Washburn
Chiang Kai-shek
South Formosa
Central
Formosan
Keelung
Albert Lea Couple Learns Paratrooper Beane Tale Ties Kin
Albert Lea residents Mr and Mrs L L Patten read of Col W O Beane the jet pilot who described eerie winds as he parachuted over Texas on what was his 35th birthday. They learn Beane is their son in law Virginia Beane’s husband. Beane had two prior close calls including a Japan crash landing and a Korea shoot down with a fire crash.
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New York
Tobacco Industry Research
Timothy V. Hartnett
Henry L. Russek
Virgil J. Dorset
Staten Island
N.Y
Burton L. Zohman
Brooklyn
Isidore E. Buff
Charleston
W.va
Albert Lea, Minn
Albert Lea
Col. W. O. Beane
Texas
L. L. Patten
Albert Lea Tribune
Virginia
Beane
Patten
Japan
Korea
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Billy
Kathy
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Louis LaSalle
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Arthur Copp
LaSalle
Moscow Radio
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
V. M. Molotov
U.S.A
Dave
Peace Chief
West Germany
Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Dixon-Yates
Sen. Millikin
R-Cole
Sen. Pastore
D-Ri
Anderson
D-Nm
AEC
Dixon-Yates Private Power Group
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Thomas E. Murray
Journal of the American Medical Assn
AMA Journal
Forrest F.wards
Edwards
Princeton
atsSu
China
Islands
Nanchishan
Red China
NWA
NP Railroad
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U.S. Navy
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