Negroes Call Off Strike in Africa
In Johannesburg a split within the African National Congress emerged as extremist elements urged force while leaders canceled a planned 24 hour citywide protest against government housing moves. Police clashed with rioters wounding three, amid tensions over the Meadowlands evictions and Sophia town resettlement.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
African National Congress
Sophiatown
Congress
Meadowlands
African Congress
Favors Late Date for Convention
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders discussed the 1956 National Convention location and timing but reached no decision. National Chairman Leonard Hall said Eisenhower favored the latest feasible date and a short campaign, with formal choice by the National Committee Thursday. Democrats set Chicago as host with plans for July 23 unless election-law changes push them back to August 13.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard Hall
White House
Hall
Chicago
Hollandale Cited for Work on Behalf of Migrant Workers
Hollandale Minnesota was named by the Department of Health Education and Welfare as one of five U S towns recognized for aiding migrant farm families. The booklet highlights Hollandale in Freeborn County near Albert Lea for its service to visiting migrant workers and the broader national effort.
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Washington
Minnesota
Hollandale
U.S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
Freeborn County
Albert Lea
Minnesota moves to require probate judges be lawyers
Legislation intro duced in the Minnesota House would require probate judges to be lawyers, while current judges may remain non lawyers and seek re election. If no qualified candidate files, the governor would name a legally trained successor. Gov Freeman also proposes an arrest power bill for liquor inspectors with sheriff oversight and 48 hour revocation notice.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Oberg
Lindstrom
Michael E. McGuire
Howard Oftinger
Chaska
Gov. Freeman
Senate Liquor Control Committee
Meeting on School Buildings Set 8 p. m.
Dr Otto E Domain director of the Bureau of Field Studies and Surveys at the University of Minnesota will answer questions on a survey of Austins school building needs at a public meeting at 8 p m today in the small auditorium of Austin High School. Dr William H Strand who assisted Domain will also be present tonight.
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Otto E. Domain
Bureau of Field Studies and Surveys
University of Minnesota
Austin
Austin High School
Austin Board of Education
Bureau
William H. Strand
Domain
Chiang Kai-shek vows to defend offshore islands
Chiang Kai-shek declared the offshore islands Quemoy and Matsu would not be abandoned and urged U S support if attacked. He spoke at a news conference in Taipei after the Tachens evacuation, noting the need for joint defense to protect Taiwan and Penghu amid Communist shelling of Quemoy.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Nanchishan
Chiang
Kinmen
Republic of China
Taiwan
Penghu
Tachens
Pflimlin Quits Premier Try
Paris Pierre Pflimlin abandoned his bid to form France's 21st postwar government as President Rene Coty asked Christian Pineau to try. Pineau would decide after talks with allies. if declined, former Premier Rene Mayer was Coty next choice. Mayer's split with Mendes France toppled that government on Feb. 5. Pineau is the third appointee amid a 10 day cabinet crisis and Socialist reluctance to join new cabinets.
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Paris
Christian Pineau
Pierre Mendes- France
Pineau
France
Pierre Pflimlin
Rene Coty
Rene Mayer
Coty
Mayer
Pierre Mendes-France
Radical Socialist
Mendes- France
Antoine Pinay
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Fires claim two in Minnesota as spreads across towns
A father saved two young children from a South St Paul cottage fire, but 18 month old Stephen died of suffocation. Another Minneapolis man perished in an apartment blaze as fires hit Minneapolis, South St Paul, Sandstone and Richfield. Debris and damage reported at Central Lumber Co. in Sandstone.
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South St. Paul
Minneapolis
Donald Smith
Stephen
Deborah
Smith
Jane Rivard
Richfield
Joseph Rivard
Jane
Sandstone
Central Lumber Co
Somervell Dies of Heart Attack in Florida Home
Gen. Brehon B. Somervell 62 former Army Service Forces head died of a heart attack at his Florida home. Retired in 1946 he led Koppers Co. as president and chairman. A Little Rock native, he served in the Rhine Danube survey for the League of Nations and headed WPA in New York City before WWII.
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Somervell
Florida
Ocala
Fla
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Koppers Co. Inc
Pittsburgh, Pa
Rock, Ark
U. S. Military Academy
Rhine
Danube
League of Nations
Turkey
WPA
New York City
Army
Services of Supply
Traffic Death Spoils Moorhead Record
Moorhead, Minnesota, recorded a traffic death after more than a year without one when Victor Tangen, about 45, was struck while crossing an intersection. Richard F. Schultz, 18, Moorhead, said he did not see Tangen until after the collision.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Moorhead
Victor Tangen
Richard F. Schultz
Tangen
Freeman Names Coughlin as Driver and Aide
Gov Freeman announced James Earl Coughlin of Duluth as his aide and driver. A former bus driver for Duluth Superior Transit Co with a transit career since 1923, he helped found the Duluth-Superior Transit Employes Local 1129 AFL and served as recording secretary the past three years.
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ST. Paul
Freeman
James Earl Coughlin
Duluth
Coughlin
North 28Th Ave
West
Duluth Superior Transit Co
AFL
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Duluth- Superior Transit Employes Local 1129
Nehru Calls for Wider Participation in Formosa Talks
Nehru urged Nationalist China to take part in any Formosa conference, while Britain France and the United States criticized Molotov’s 10 power plan. He spoke at London airport before returning home from a two week visit.
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London
Nehru
China
Formosa
Britain
France
United States
V. M. Molotov
Chang Kai-shek
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Witnesses Describe Horrific Blast At Cargill Plant
In Minneapolis workers recount a deadly blast at the Cargill Inc. lseed extraction plant. Joseph Wryk, a state grain weigher, describes being lifted by the shock wave and seeing Mel Johnson among injured victims. Firefighters arrived as screams faded and rescuers pulled workers from the burning room.
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Joseph Wryk
Cargill, Inc
Wryk
Mel Johnson
Explosion at Cargill plant rips Minneapolis northeast
A blast at the Cargill linseed oil plant at 3700 N Fifth St Minneapolis injures at least 15 and sets a four story building ablaze. Fire Chief Malmquist says tanks drained of hexane sparked the explosion. two sides lose aluminum siding while flames spread rapidly and workers receive critical burns.
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Minneapolis
Cargill, Inc
N. FE
Fifth St
Reynold Malmquist
Malmquist
Men Prefer Women and Women Like Men Better Than Anybody
Joy Miller reports on Valentine mood and bachelor culture in New York. TV star Robert Q. Lewis discusses bachelor status and future marriage, while Audrey Meadows outlines her stance on men and relationships amid a Valentine’s Day backdrop.
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New York
Robert Q. Lewis
Quipmaster
Lewis
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Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Strait of
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Pflimlin
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Sandstone and Richfield
Walton S. Kline
Viola Chalgren
Chalgren
Kline
Rudy Tersch
Davenport
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Little
B. Somervell
Minneapolis General Hospital
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