Sweden Boosts Air Defense After Baltic Sky Incident
Sweden increases air attack alertness and orders its air force and navy to shoot back if fired on by Soviet planes while Denmark instructs its airmen to return fire. Oslo and Stockholm officials debate Soviet actions after a Catalina flying boat was shot down over the Baltic with seven aboard. Sweden maintains its long held policy of neutrality and non participation in alliances.
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Gustav Svensson
Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Denmark
Oesten Unden
Rome
Unden
Baltic Sea
Army to Hold Off on 5-Star Promotions
Eisenhower opposes new five star rank now. Defense Department has not received any request to elevate Ridgway beyond four stars. One more star would place Ridgway with Montgomery. current five stars are MacArthur Marshall Bradley for Army and Leahy King Nimitz Halsey for Navy.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Defense Artment
Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Defense Department
Lovett
Ridgway
Navy
Congress
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Marshall
Omar N. Bradley
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
Rescue Painter Dangling From Pole at Courthouse
Everett residents watched as painter Dave E. Kerr dangled head downward for about an hour from the Snohomish County Courthouse 106 foot flag pole. Two utility linemen N C Nielson and Bert Justice rescued him after his left foot caught in a scaffold rope. Kerr was hospitalized for observation but suffered no serious injuries.
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Everett, Wash.p
Snohomish County
Dave E. Kerr
Public Utility Company
N. C. Nielson
Bert Justice
Kerr
Mars Average Surface Temperature Report
An estimate places Mars surface average temperature around 22 degrees below spray Fahrenheit, reflecting harsh conditions on the planet.
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Mars
Weary Ingrid Bergman Delivers Twin Daughters in Rome
Ingrid Bergman cried with joy upon meeting her day-old twins Isabel seven pounds three ounces and Ingrid eight pounds five ounces, born last night at Salvatore Mundi Hospital. Roberto Rossellini accompanied her throughout a night vigil. The couple already have a son born in 1950. Dr. Pigi Luigi Guidotti helped with the birth as Bergman rested in a flower-filled hospital room while well-wishers poured in from around the world.
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Stan Swinton
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Isabel
Ingrid
Roberto Rossellini
Hollywood
Salvatore Mundi Hospital
Pigi Luigi Guidotti
Legal tussle over Rossel Linis and Bergman ex managed doctor
In court Dr Peter Lindstrom testified about Rossel lini’s reputation as a drug addict and a man of loose morals in a dispute tied to Miss Bergman. The testimony framed the ongoing legal battle surrounding the ex-husband.
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Rossellinis
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Lindstrom
Rossellini
Bank Theft at Midtown Branch Sparks Probe
New York Manufacturers Trust tallies $2,400 missing after a man in a green shirt slipped into a cage at a Lexington Avenue branch and walked away with cash. Teller Elsie Hawkins alerted staff, but the thief remains at large. The report also notes Charles Darwin was born in 1809 and published Origin of Species in 1859.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
Manufacturers Trust Company
Elsie Hawkins
Charles Darwin
Moose Blood Drive Sees 120 Donors So Far
Up to noon today, 120 members of the Moose Lodge and wives had registered to give blood during the Red Cross Blood mobile unit's current visit.
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Moose Lodge
Red Cross
Gas Fills Any Empty Space It Enters
A gas expands to occupy all available volume in a container or space. It moves to fill gaps, exerting pressure equally in all directions and adopting the shape of the space it occupies.
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Washington
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Austin Fire Department
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Colonial Bar
N. Main
Prucious
Marvin
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AXM
Famous Label
Denier
Vaartwin
Riera
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