Communists Seize Yikiangshan Island Near Tachens
Reported invasion by 70 ships including 20 warships claimed control of Yikiangshan with fires visible on the island. Chiang Kai-shek held a top level military conference as analysts note a possible broader push toward the Tachens amid heavy bombardment from Toumen and Russian-built warplanes.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Defense Ministry
Tachen Islands
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist
Tachens
Peiping Radio
Tokyo
Radio Press Agency
Formosa Strait
United States
Bormosa
Pesecadores
Toumen Island
Toumen
Lawmakers study Freeman plan for 50 state law changes
Minnesota legislators review Gov Freeman's 50 proposed changes across labor welfare and elections. Key items include repealing the old age lien law, expanding hospital strike rules, licensing pre payment medical plans, creating a Minnesota River and Harbors Commission, boosting hospital space for mentally retarded children, and funding a Minnesota Redevelopment Credit Corp. Bills seek higher school aid, non property taxes, and shorter legislative sessions.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Freeman
Rivers Commission
Minnesota River and Harbors Commission
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Brainerd
Minnesota Redevelopment Credit Corp
Congress
Youngest Governor Begins Four Year Tennessee Term
Frank G. Clement, at 34 the nation’s youngest governor, begins a second four year term in Tennessee. He takes the oath before a joint Legislature amid pomp and pageantry after an earlier overwhelming reelection. His national profile grew from speeches during last year’s congressional campaigns.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Democratic Party
Trains Rescue 20 After Snow Slides North of Tokyo
Relief trains saved 20 passengers stranded for over 10 hours on a steep mountain slope about 100 miles north of Tokyo. Snow slides threatened to topple the five car train into the valley as rescue operations continued.
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Tokyo
Byrd Urges Budget Cuts in Eisenhower Plan
Senator Byrd urged a four percent overall cut and a balanced budget. He highlighted the $4.7 billion foreign aid outlay in President Eisenhower’s new budget totaling $62.408 billion for the next fiscal year. Democrats criticized the president on balance and farm cuts while Republicans defended defense spending. The budget forecast shows a $2.408 billion deficit, about half of this year’s expected shortfall.
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Byrd
Eisenhower
Congress
Ike Tariff Plan Receives Warm White House Backing
Washington Dulles and Benson praised President Eisenhower's foreign trade program to expand free world trade by lowering tariffs gradually over three years. Cabinet members Wilson Weeks Humphrey and Mitchell were slated to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of the plan.
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Washington
Defense
Wilson
Charles F. Barrett
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Agriculture
Benson
Judge Youngdahl Dismisses Indictment Against Lattimore
U S District Judge Luther Youngdahl dismissed a new two count indictment charging Owen Lattimore with perjury for denying he was a follower of the Communist line. The judge said the charges were too vague to inform the defendant of the nature and cause of the accusation, upholding prior dismissals and appeals.
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Washington
U. S
Luther Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
Youngdah
Lattimore
Knowland Sees No Conflict Over Hammarskjold Mission
U S Senate Republican leader Knowland says no conflict between his critique of Hammarskjold mission to Red China and Eisenhower counsel against impetuous words. Members differ on impact, with Humphrey Morse and George urging caution and patience while awaiting fuller facts and outcomes.
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Senate
Knowland
Dag Hammarskjold
Red
China
Eisenhower
California
White House
U.S
Hammarskjold
Peiping
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Rcalif
U.N
Humphrey
D-Minn
Secretary of State
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Morse
Ind-ore
Bill Knowland
United Nations
Sen. George
D-Ga
Dies in explosion in North St. Paul home
Patrick Fahy aged 77 died when an oil heater exploded Monday in his small North St. Paul residence. Firefighters found the man at the scene and the blast caused damage to the home and nearby property.
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ST. Paul
Patrick Fahy
North St. Paul
Dulles Seeks U N Updates on Red China and Taiwan
Secretary of State Dulles said he would hear from Dag Hammarskjold on the U N mission to Red China about freeing American airmen held as spies. He outlined U S positions on a possible cease fire in the Formosa Straits and dismissed major Marshall Plan type aid for Asia.
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Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Red China
Sen. Knowland
United States
Formosa Straits
Tachen Islands
Formosa
Tachens
Yikiangshan
Panama High Court May Try Guizado
Supporters of ex president Jose Ramon Guizado press for the Supreme Court to hear charges linked to the murder of President Jose Antonio Remon. A petition argues cabinet minister Guizado should be tried by the court, not the assembly, after his impeachment and arrest following a confession by Ruben Miro.
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Panama
Jose Ramon Guizado
Supreme Court
National Assembly
Guizado
Atty
Alejandro Pinango
Assembly
Ruben Miro
Jose Antonio Remon
Fire Damages L. M. Priem Lumber Co Office
A chimney blaze blamed on a defective chimney caused about 500 dollars in damage to the L. M. Priem Lumber Co office. Firemen found smoke near the stove pipe entry into the chimney around 9 a.m. and quickly extinguished the fire, with some smoke and water damage remaining.
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Carpenter
L. M. Priem Lumber Co
Costa Rica Battlefront in Uneasy Stalemate
In Costa Rica the war against rebels quieted after four U S fighter planes arrived to bolster President Jose Figueres forces. Rebels reportedly fled to Nicaragua as government says no battles occurred in the northwest front near Santa Rosa and Liberia remains a flashpoint along the Inter American Highway.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U. S
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Santa Rosa
Angel Calderon Guardia
Liberia
Figueres
el Coco
Organization of American States
U.S
McCarthy Alleges State Dept Report Distorted
Senator McCarthy accuses Senator Johnston of twisting a State Department report on 99 persons linked to his 1950 Communist charges. Johnston says the department found none of the individuals proven disloyal or Communist, while McCarthy insists the letter does not fully clear the matter.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
State Department
Johnston
South Carolina
Gilbert Roland Weds Mexico City Woman
Beverly Hills Calif. Gilbert Roland 46 longtime bachelor and screen star married 29 year old Gal llermina Cantu of Mexico City. The ceremony occurred in Yuma Arizona on December 12. This is Roland second marriage after his 1945 divorce from Con stance Bennett, mother of his two children Linda and Gyl.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Gilbert Roland
Mexico City
Gallermina Cantu
Yuma
Ariz
Roland
Constance Bennett
Linda
Gyl
Miss Cantu
State Tax Payers May Get More Time to File Income Tax Returns
ST PAUL Taxpayers would have until April 15 instead of March 15 to file state income tax returns the same as the new federal law This extension follows a Tax Committee move in Minnesota to conform with federal provisions The measure affects individuals only and aims to align state timing with federal changes as legislators push nine conformity bills for passage.
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Sally Luther
Leonard Lindquist
Minneapolis
Joseph Prifrel
Karl Grittner
Jo Karth
St. Paul
Willard Munger
Duluth
Arthur Gillen
South St. Paul
Harold Schultz
Minnesota
E. J. Chilgren
Littlefork
Senate
William G. Burkman
G. Howard Spaeth
Cold Weather Persists Across Minnesota
The Associated Press reports temperatures staying frigid with International Falls at 21 below zero the coldest point. Bemidji at 20 below, Alexandria at 2 below and Cloud at 7 below, Rochester earlier at 19 above. Outlook for tomorrow remains similarly cold.
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Associated Press
International Falls
Bemidi
Alexandria
Rochester
Mankato Radio Seeks Night Power Boost Denied
Washington D C. A request by KTOE of Mankato Minnesota to increase nighttime transmitter power from one to five kilowatts was denied by a communications commission examiner. C J Frederick ruled the proposal did not fully satisfy engineering requirements.
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Washington
Mankato, Minn
KTOE
Communications Commission
C. J. Frederick
Commission
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