Ex-6l faces jail or Army Kills mother then kills self
Charles Johnson 20, facing jail or Army service, wounded his mother in Perth Amboy New Jersey, then forced Rumson couple to drive him around five hours to Can den and back before he killed himself in front of police. Police say he had warned he would be jailed and had prior trouble since youth.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Charles Johnson
Staten Island
N. Y
Johnson
Harold Johnson
Charles
New York
Ann Johnson
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Rumson
Canden
N.J
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Leolin West
West
Bendix Aviation Co
Red Bank
Shore Area
New Jersey
Camden
Polio Foundation Prepares Nationwide Vaccine Rollout
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis says plans are set for a nationwide polio vaccination this year if last year’s test results are favorable. A nine million child target is planned, with series of three shots and initial distribution through state health officers if NIH approves.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hart E. van Riper
Foundation
National Institutes of Health
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Berlin Philharmonic Opens American Tour
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra started its U S tour before a capacity crowd in Washington. Conductor Herbert von Karajan praised the warm reception as the players felt the welcome from the outset and were cheered at the end.
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Washington
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
McDowell wife charged with murder after fatal shooting
Bertha Evans 24, an expectant mother with three children, told state police she shot Basil Evans 38 after he returned home drunk and threatened her. He died at Caples home. Evans faced a preliminary hearing today. she remained at home due to pregnancy. The body was sent to Douglas Mortuary for funeral plans.
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McDowell County
Bertha Evans
Caples
Basil Evans
C. A. Berkley
Investiat
Ing
Welch State Police
Berkley
Welch
Douglas Mortuary
Top Britons Map Plans To Counter Subversion
British diplomats and military chiefs in Asia map a three day plan to counter subversion in Southeast Asia. Foreign Secretary Eden and Sir Joe Hard chief of the Imperial General Staff arrived from Bangkok after Manila pact talks. Malcolm MacDonald chairs the Singapore conference.
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Singapore
Asia
Bristol Woman Dies After Truck Rollovers
Mrs. Helen Sanders, 28, of Bristol died from injuries after a furniture truck driven by her husband Miller F. Sanders overturned five miles east of Abingdon in Washington County. Police charged Sanders with drunken driving.
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Associated Press
Bristol
Washington County
Helen Sanders
Miller F. Sanders
Abingon
Irate Husband Sues Over Fake Limb Sabotage Claim
Paris attorney Ernest Carrere 52 a former policeman filed for divorce alleging his wife tried to sabotage him by sawing part way through his wooden leg as he descended stairs. Doctors found the ankle nearly severed, a claim disputed by Mrs. Carrere.
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Paris
Ernest Carrere
Carrere
Secretary Anderson cites 80 percent more infantry firepower
Secretary of Defense Robert B. Anderson says American infantry divisions now possess about 80 percent more firepower than in World War II not counting atomic cannon or guided missiles. He cites 280 mm atomic cannon Corporal missile and Honest John rocket as enhancements now standard in Europe and links this to planned Army manpower cuts aimed at reducing forces from over three million to about 2 850 000 by mid 1956.
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Washington
Robert B. Anderson
Anderson
Europe
Pentagon
Justice Douglas Plans Soviet Summer Motor Trip
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas said he will take a motor trip in Soviet Russia this summer. He expects a visa and said Robert F. Kennedy, counsel to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, will accompany him.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Soviet Russia
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Committee On Government Operations
Crisis in Formosa Strait Raises Alarms Near Taipei
In Taipei the sense of looming crisis grows as four Red shells hit Tatan Island near Quemoy. Nationalist forces sweep the strait with planes and warships hoping to deter Communists near Quemoy and the Matsu Islands. U.S. officers including Maj. Gen. William C. Chase visit Mateus, amid cabinet shakeup rumors in Chiang Kai-shek’s government.
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Taipei
Formosa
Pham
Formosa Strait
Chiang Kai-shek
Tatan Island
Quemoy
Nationalis
Matsu Islands
Mateus
U. S
Chase
John C. MacDonald
Yu Pak-chuen
Chiang
Com- Chiang
Mercer Schools Closed By Flood
Severe flooding across Mercer County from storms and heavy rain caused the worst flood in 21 years. Matoaka saw two feet of water, with 50 homes flooded and businesses and churches affected. five Mercer schools closed and buses stranded. Mayor A J Davis reported no injuries.
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Matoaka
H. G. Jackson
Mercer County
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Ees Montcalm
Aryan Parishburg
A. J. Davis
Widemouth Creek
Bluefield
Davis
Matoaka High School
A&p
Corvin
Continental
Straley’s Plumbing Oe
Royale
Matoaka First Baptist Church
Matoaka Church
U. S. 92
Bandy
E. P. McGlothlin
Cedar Bluff
Dulles Faces Showdown Over New Anti Communist Alliance
Secretary of State Dulles returns from Asia to a likely test of the anti Communist alliance system. The showdown with Red China could strain ties with allies. The Quemoy Matsu line near Nationalist China is the flashpoint, with Chiang Kai-shek and Communist attacks looming as Washington lines up the Manila Pact and Southeast Asia planning. The network aims to present a single front against Communist China and rests on allied confidence that the U.S. will aid and defend.
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Washington
State Dulles
Asia
Red China
U. S
United States
China
Quemoy and
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanchishan
Quemoy- Matsu
State
Defense Department
Quemoy
Dulles
Formosa
Ita
Eden
Bangkok
Southeast Asia
Korea
Japan
Philippines
Australia - New Zealand
Headon Collision Kills 2 Persons
Two people died and two were seriously injured in a head on crash late Saturday on West Virginia 20 three miles south of Clarksburg. Victims identified include Nancy Dauer of Fairmont and Ray Lamp of Romine's Mill Harrison County. The accident occurred as Lamp's car allegedly traveled on the wrong side of the road.
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Clarksburg
Here
W. Va
W. K. McMorrow
Thesc
Nancy
Tg Dauer
Fairmont
Ray Lamp
Romine's Mill
Harrison County
J. T. Price
Constance Price Talbott
McMorrow
Lamp
Daver Oy
President Eisenhower Returns From Rest in Maryland
President Eisenhower returned late today from a weekend of rest in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. He resumed official duties after the cessation of weekend respite.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Maryland
Bundestag OKs Rearm Measure and Saar Resolution
The West German Bundestag ratified national rearmament by a large majority under Chancellor Adenauer and approved Saar autonomy under a European commissioner. A Socialist resolution for immediate French troop withdrawal was rejected.
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Bundestag
BOM
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Saar
Adenauer
European Commissioner
Paris
Bonn
Ace
Bundesrat
US Welcomes West German Ratification of Paris Treaties
The State Department praised the Bundestag for ratifying the Paris treaties on European defense. It said the action strengthens German security and serves both Germany and its free world partners, benefiting peace-loving nations in Germany and beyond.
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Adenauer
Bundestag
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Bonn Republic
Germany
Free Democratics
Ieemee Democrats
Free Democrats
Saar
Soviet Union
Washington
State Department
Gore Rejects Clay Role In 101-Billion Road Plan Probe
Sen. Gore questions Eisenhower highway program and rejected Gen Lucius Clay speaking for the administration. He sent 84 questions to Commerce Sec Weeks and demanded Weeks testify before a Public Works subcommittee after answering the inquiries.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
White House
Lucius Clay
Pears
Secretary of Commerce
Eisenhower
Wieeks
At Public Works
Clay
Tennessee
Sen. Byrd
D-Va
Elizabeth Kee's Secretary Outwits 3 Purse Snatchers
Mrs. Mary G. Chace, staffer for Rep. Elizabeth Kee, fended off three youths who grabbed her outside a Washington home. She stalled them with questions, keeping her wallet safe and securing only a small change purse.
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Elizabeth Kee
Washington
Mary G. Chace
D-Wva
Americans Freed From Chinese Detention Express Remorse
Two Americans Malcolm Bersohn and Adele Austin Rickett arrived in Hong Kong admitting remorse for their espionage acts against the Chinese. Bersohn said he delivered reports to the CIA in 1951 while both described their long detention and brainwashing after being tried and sentenced to 342 years.
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Hong Kong
Malcolm Bersohn
New York City
Adele Austin Rickett
Wave
Walter A. Rickett
Ricketts
Seattle
Wash
Rickett
Harold
Bersohn
Peiping
Harold Rigney
Chicago
Harriet Mills
Father Rigney
Rutten University
Reds
Miss Mills
Peiping University
Central Intelligence Agency
U.N
Korea
Peiping Union Medical College
Bersoni
China
University of North Carolina
University of Colorado
Ay Jin Oe
$70 Tax Cuts Compromise Seem Likely
Washington reports influential Senate Democrats backing a compromise to delay the $20 per person income tax cut and extend current taxes to July 1, 1956. The plan, first floated by Sen. Smathers, faces cautious reception from Sen. Byrd and requires Senate Finance Committee action amid Eisenhower opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Smathers
D-Fla
Democratic Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Treasury
Martin Massachusets
House
Martin
Hume ‘Phrey
Japan Democrats Win In Election
Tokyo dispatch reports Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama's Democrats riding a 3 to 1 conservative wave as early returns show 106 of 234 House seats decided. Conservatives lead over Liberals and Socialists, with Communists yet to win a seat, and urban districts like Tokyo and Osaka contributing to the Democratic edge.
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Tokyo
Ichiro Hatoyama
Democrats
Japan
Trien Deshin
United States
House of Representatives
Kobe
Osaka
Nagoya
Kyushu
Elizabeth Taylor Delivers Son on Her Birthday
Santa Monica Calif Feb 27 Actress Elizabeth Taylor gave birth to a boy today at Santa Monica Hospital. It is her 23rd birthday and the second son for Miss Taylor and her husband British actor Michael Wilding. The first son Mike Jr. was born Jan 6 1938.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Elizabeth Taylor
Santa Monica Hospital
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