Dulles Sees Chance for European Defense Community
Secretary of State Dulles says a European Defense Community EDC has a good chance but needs concrete progress soon. He warned Western Europe must unite or risk weaker security against Russia, noting six nations signed the EDC pact last May and ratification remains incomplete.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Europe
United States
Russia
Italy
France
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
EDC
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
Western
Germany
England
Spain
Greece
Congress
Paris
London
Candor
Survivors recount ship blasts as flames rip through freighter Pierce
Survivors aboard the freighter President Pierce report four explosions that blasted sheets of flame through the ship off Yokohama. One injured sailor, Seaman Earlwyn Jocoy, survived by diving into the icy Pacific after being knocked unconscious and set aflame. A Barrett transport boat rescued nine passengers and three crew, with no injuries among the civilians. Police and investigators found no sabotage, while passengers describe panic and eventual organization aboard the burning vessel.
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Yokohama
Japan
President Pierce
Pierce
Earlwyn Jocoy
New London
Jocey
Barrett
Jocoy
Charlotte Mahoney
Swanton
Ben Norton
San Francisco
Fred Willarts
Walnut Creek
Calif
Norton
Navy
May Equalize Property Tax Proposal Hits Minnesota Senate
A bill by Sens. Duff Kasson and Gillen would base personal property tax on the monthly average of inventories rather than May 1. The plan aims to curb unfair tax shifts and attract new businesses, with no expected large revenue change. Lincoln Birthday actions also moved unemployment compensation reforms.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Philip Duff
Kasson
Arthur Gillen
South St. Paul
Ohio
Sen
Duff
Sen. Duff
Lincoln
Senate Labor Committee
William Gunn
State Federation of Labor
Federation
Gunn
Thomas Welch
Buffalo
Movies in Japan Are Big Business
In 1952 the Japan Motion Picture Association reports 680 million viewers watched 933 films shown in 3,700 theaters across Japan. The industry shows continued growth as cinema remains a major entertainment sector.
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Japan
Tokyo
Japan Motion Picture Association
Look Sharply Friday the 13th Returns in March and November
The piece warns readers of two more Friday the 13th occurrences in the year, with additional unlucky dates later in the year and November. It notes only one Friday 13 will occur in August next year, implying a temporary easing of the superstition.
Faribault Receives New 1,000 Gallon Pumper Truck
Faribault adds a 1,000 gallon pumper to its fire department fleet. A public demonstration testing the truck was scheduled this morning. The five man cab truck is valued at 16 000 dollars.
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Faribault
Fire Department
Buildings Planned for Olmsted Fair at Fairgrounds
The Olmsted County Fair Board has asked the county commissioners for a new office building and a chicken house at the fairgrounds. Estimated total cost for both structures is under 20000 dollars.
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Rochester
Olmsted County Commissioners
Fair Board
Twelve Die In Powder Explosion At Hercules Plant
A dope house at Hercules Powder Company in Pinole exploded destroying a 25 by 50 foot brick building. Twelve workers were killed and debris flew up to 700 feet as the blast shook four counties and registered on UC Berkeley seismographs. Investigators ponder sabotage while noting a history of prior blasts at the plant.
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Richmond
Calif
Hercules Powder Company
Pinole
University of California Seismograph
Berkeley
San Francisco
Eugene D. Hatfield
Hercules
FBI
John Mountjoy
Mountjoy
Clifford T. Butler
Sheehan Seeks Permanent Actuary for Insurance Dept
Cyril C. Sheehan named state insurance commissioner told the Senate Insurance Committee he favors the department having its own actuary or statistical expert. He noted actuaries now are company employees and said he would urge a full‑time actuary if confirmed. He testified during his nomination hearing.
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ST. Paul
Cyril C. Sheehan
Gov
Anderson
A. Herbert Nelson
Sheehan
Senate Insurance Committee
Emmett Daemke
The
Compensation Insurance Board
11326 Sign Up for Steele County X-Ray
11326 Steele County residents signed up for a second free chest X ray survey funded by the Christmas Seal fund with the State Health Department cooperation. The mobile unit will be in front of the Recreation Building from February 16 to March 13.
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Owatonna
Steele County
State Department of Health
Army Allows Tests on plasma substitute Dextran
The Army authorized doctors to test a sugar substance called Dextran as a substitute for blood plasma. Public blood donations should continue undiminished. Col. John R. Wood said tests will run in the Far East Europe and the United States under surgeon general approval.
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Washington
Army
John R. Wood
Associated Press
Far East
Europe
United States
Twin removal spotlights rare Duluth infant surgery
In Duluth Minnesota a surgeon removed a teratoma from a two month old girl named Candice Johnson, a Siamese twin partial form. The growth held brain tissue stomach and other organs and was situated in front of the spine extending into the abdomen. Doctors say the baby is recovering well and the operation was performed last week. The medical society notes the child is one of 15 to undergo such surgery. The surgeon’s name was not released for professional ethics.
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Duluth
Minn
St. Louis County Medical Society
Candice
Society
Johnson
Eisenhower Ends Allocation Controls on Steel Copper Aluminum
The Eisenhower administration scrapped production controls on steel copper and aluminum not claimed by defense priority holders. An open end plan will let producers sell output freely, with civilian use unhindered, until mid year when simplified delivery guarantees for defense metals are established.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Office of Defense Mobilization
Joseph Freehill
Freehill
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Police Nip Plot to Rob Kenyon Editor
Minneapolis officers rolled up a planned robbery at Ampy's cafe when two men and a woman met with Kenyon newspaperman Frank Callister. After an attempted assault, the officers intervened, detaining the suspects as Callister reported threats and a knife warning.
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Kenyon
Rolland Gardner
Justin C. Fretag
Frank Callister
Kenyon, Minn
Ampy
Callister
Reds Beg British Troops to Go Home
Peiping radio reports Chinese Communist propaganda diaries sent to U S and British troops at the front urge soldiers to return home rather than die in Korea. The diaries, left in front of Allied positions, quote Shakespeare with the line home is best.
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San Francisco
U. S
Korea
Peiping
Fall Fatal To Infant In Mankato
Karen Lee Schutte, 18 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl E Schutte, died after falling from her father's car onto an icy street. Coroner Roy Andrews cited the accident as the cause and said the child died before a physician could reach her.
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Mankato, Minn
Karen Lee
Carl E. Schutte
Roy Andrews
Hearing March 3 on Jefferson Rate Hike
The State Railroad and Warehouse Commission set a March 3 hearing on Jefferson Transportation Co. Minneapolis for an eight per cent fare increase on its bus lines. Jefferson runs buses from Minneapolis to Austin Rochester and Faribault.
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ST. Paul
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Jefferson Transportation Co
Minneapolis
Plane Registration Deadline Monday
St Paul Commissioner of Aeronautics L L Schroeder warned aircraft owners that Monday is the last day to register their planes without penalty. The due date was extended by one day because Feb 15 falls on a Sunday. An added fee of 25 cents per day applies up to a $2 80 maximum penalty for late registration.
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ST. Paul
Commissioner of Aeronautics
L. L. Schroeder
Allocate Cigarette and Liquor Tax Receipts
State Auditor King distributed over three million dollars in cigarette and liquor tax receipts for the last six months of 1952. The cigarette tax share is 52 cents per capita based on the 1950 census, while liquor tax is 54 cents per person, compared with 47 and 41 cents respectively in early 1952.
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ST. Paul
King
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Candice Johnson
Arthur Johnson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wood
Red Cross
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