Clark Demands Details of Chou's Exchange Plan
United Nations Command pressed for concrete terms on a prisoner of war exchange proposal from China’s Premier Chou En Lai. General Mark Clark offered to restart suspended armistice talks once the details of a POW swap are provided, outlining a liaison group to handle arrangements and a second-step path to resuming truce negotiations.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
United Nations
Mark Clark
U. N
Far East
U.N
Red China
Chou En-lai
Chou
Clark
Panmunjom
Korea
U N Receives Peace Offer From China on Korea POW Issue
The United Nations received a formal peace proposal from Communist China. Premier Chou En-lai's message to General Assembly President Lester B. Pearson arrived in New York and asked for distribution among U N delegations. Pearson noted the message resembled Chou En-lai's Peiping broadcast viewed earlier.
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Osgood Caruthers
United Nations
N.Y
China
Korea
Canada
Paul Martin
Chou Enlai
U.N
N. Y
Red China
U. N. General Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Chou En-lai
U. N
Pearson
Chou
Peiping
Peiping offer seen as peace move amid Cold War tensions
The text of a Peiping broadcast prompts debate over the Indian resolution on Korean prisoners. Indian spokesmen claim amendments preserve no forcible repatriation while the Communists demand return of prisoners against their will. Moscow influence and Vishinsky’s stance color diplomats’ views as Zarubin calls the Chinese offer good news.
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Peiping
Assembly
Reds
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U.S
Washington
London
U.N
Moscow
Vishinsky
Chou
Stalin
New York
Georgi M. Malenkov
Georgi N. Zarubin
Gas War Ends in Iowa Rush
Des Moines merchants report a halted price war as stations rush to adjust to an announced rise of 7 percent on regular and 8.2 cents on Ethyl. Crowds formed around 1:30 p.m. and lasted nearly three hours, following previous cuts to as low as 17.9 cents a gallon. The industry planned to revert to old prices at midnight Monday, with typical rates around 26.4 cents and Ethyl at 28.4 cents, including state tax.
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Des Moines
Burglars Loot Adel Jewelry Store in Late-Night Break-In
Burkett Jewelry Store in Adel Iowa was looted of 800 dollars in jewelry including six wrist watches and 48 rings after burglars staged a break-in just before midnight. Sheriff Evan A. Burger said Town Marshal Orville Millard discovered the crime when a red Chrysler convertible with Washington plates fled the alley. Millard followed the car briefly before returning to town and finding the jewelry store, an adjoining bakery, and a water softener distributor had also been entered.
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Adel
Ia.p
Burkett
Evan A. Burger
Orville Millard
Millard
Highway 169
Reinartz
Donald Cook
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Scott County
Davenport
Pete Wildman
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Cook
FBI
Washington
Nordbye to Swear in New U. S. Officials
In Minneapolis and St Paul on Wednesday Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye will swear in George MacKinnon as the new U S district attorney and Edward Erickson as U S marshal before Judge Dennis F. Donovan.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Gunnar H. Nordbye
George MacKinnon
U. S
Eward Erickson
Dennis F. Donovan
St. Paul
Nelson to Head REA in shift for Minnesota leader
Ancher Nelson, Minnesota lieutenant governor, will become head of the Rural Electrification Administration for 10 years starting about May 1 at a $15 000 annual salary. President Eisenhower nominated him on Monday and Senate approval is expected.
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ST. Paul
Ancher Nelsen
Minnesota
Nelsen
Eisenhower
U. S. Senate
Senate
Donald O. Wright
Minneapolis
Nelson
Wright
C. Elmer Anderson
A. O. Sletvold
Anderson
Luther Youngéeahl
Washington
Hutchinson
State Senate
Sen
Thye
R-Minn
White House
First atomic power plant model powers submarine propulsion
Washington reports the first known land based prototype of an atomic propulsion plant entered its initial operation phase at the AEC testing station in Arco Idaho. The device marks the criticality point where sustained chain reactions generate energy for future Navy use aboard submarines like the Nautilus.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Navy
AEC
Arco
Idaho
Five Iowans Die in O'Brien Coal Mine Blast
An explosion at the O'Brien Coal Company shaft near Lovilia Iowa killed five men. Mine foreman Harold Barnes and shot firer Ben Nichols died first, with three more victims Gerald Lane James Love and Thomas Little dying in a later inspection. All deaths attributed to asphyxiation. Two survivors described the events.
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Lovilia
O’brien Coal Company
Iowa
Monroe County
F. N. Bay
Harold Barnes
Ben Nichols
Barnes
Nichols
Gerald Lane
James Love
Thomas Little
Des Moines Officer Arrests AWOL Soldier in Station Robbery
Police say Corporal Leo Lewis Teer, 23, an AWOL service member, confessed to a morning robbery of a service station attendant after a two hour search in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Leo Lewis Teer
McCarthy Seeks Ike Backing Over Greek Ship Deals
Senator McCarthy urged President Eisenhower to support his push to curb free world trade with Communist areas. He rebutted Harold Stassen’s charges that the investigations undermine U S foreign policy while complicating a ship agreements move with Greek owners to stop cargoes to or from Communist ports. Nixon may mediate with Stassen and Eisenhower as Security Council discusses the matter. The White House and State Department offered no comment.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Director
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
U. S
Stassen
Subcommittee
China
North Korea
Nixon
Stassen-McCarthy
Nation Security Council
Security Council
Francis Flanagan
White House
State Department
Red Car Seen Near Dexter Linked to Slayings
Farmer Carl Friedricks reported sighting a red Buick convertible no plates headed from Elkton toward Adams on Mower County 7. He said two young men crouched low in the seat and the car sped away, a clue in the Spring Valley double murder case that killed Mrs. David Beaston and Mrs. William Horsman with a .45 caliber gun. Police checked prints from the cash register and traced leads across Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin as ballistics tests loom.
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Carl Friedricks
Dexter Area
Four Winds
Spring Valley
David Beaston
William Horsman
Friedricks
Dexter
Adams
Elkton
Mower County 7
Albert Reinartz
Cook
Keenyville
Illinois
Kennyville
George Blomberg
Florence
Atom blast at Yucca Flat yields light flash and strong jolt
Las Vegas observers noted a relatively weak flash from today's atomic test at Yucca Flat 75 miles northwest, with two strong aftershocks and no visible cloud. AEC reported no detected shock wave in Las Vegas, while planes and vehicles were exposed for civil defense studies and bio medical exposures were noted.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Proving Ground
Nevada Desert
AEC
Yucca Flat
Air Force
Los Angeles
March Rainfall Sets New York Record
New York records its rainiest March with 7.91 inches thanks to 0.02 inches of rain yesterday, surpassing the 1876 mark. The total closes at a new record for the month.
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New York
Elizabeth II Honors Queen Mary at Windsor Funeral Rites
Queen Elizabeth II cast earth on Queen Marys coffin at St. George Chapel Windsor Castle and witnessed the committal as Prime Minister Churchill and 13 nations celebrated the royal rite. The Duke of Windsor bowed and retired as crowds observed in Windsor. Queen Mary lay in Westminster Hall before the burial in Windsor.
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Queen Mary
Windsor Chapel
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Dukes of Kent
Gloucester
Earl of Athlone
Duke of Windsor
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
London
Windsor
England
Elizabeth II
Mary
Archbishop of Canterbury
All England
Winston Churchill
George VI
Lawmakers to Choose New U Regent Today
Minnesota lawmakers meet in a 3 p m joint session to elect a University of Minnesota regent. Nominees include L A Rossman and several others as the late J S Jones term awaits replacement. A separate vote on returning the Legislature to party basis also takes place.
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U. Regent
ST. Paul
Minnesota House and Senate
University of Minnesota
Rossman
Howard
W. H. Dewey
Campbell
Norris Carnes
Leo Fink
Minneapolis
Milford Gillette
Beatrice Ruthven
Virginia
Lewis Minion
Windom
W. A. Gordon
Senate Elections Committee
House
State Commissioner of Education
Senate
Congress
House Rules Committee
House University Committee
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Vegas Hill
REA
Austin
James Staloch
Dubuque
By Alvin Steinkopf
Westminster Hall
Adolph E. Johnson
House University
C. E. Howard Chanhassen
Prudence
Karl Neumeier
Stillwater
Vladimir Shipka
Grand Rapids
L. A. Rossman
J. S. Jones
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