North Korea pushes for immediate peace parley
North Korea's Nam Il urged Pyongyang for the U N General Assembly to meet at once to ease Korea tensions by setting up a peace conference. Chou En Lai of Red China urged resumption of talks at Panmunjom and participation by both sides in possible discussions.
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Panmunjom
Nam Il
Pyongyang
U. N. General Assembly
Korea
New Delhi
Assembly
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
South Korea
Formosa
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
India
Commission
Nam I
Lai
Mao Tze-tung
Chou
U.N. General Assembly
North Korea
Pandit
U. N
New York
Russia
U.N. Assembly
Arthur H. Dean
Red
U. S
Manhunt Shrinks Woods After Triple Killing in Mississippi
In Lexington Mississippi a posse and citizens surrounded woods near Coxbury to capture Ed Noel 28 after he killed three men and wounded two others in a 48 hour spree. Four hundred officers and residents pressed the manhunt as Noel hid in a wooded area behind his home.
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Lexington
Miss
Holmes County
Richard F. Byrd
Ed Noel
Byrd
Noel
Highway Patrol
Jackson
Coxbury
Willie Raymond Dickard
Doxbury
John Pat Malone
Do Or Die Session Expected In Congress Says Johnson
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas called this an do or die session for Congress. He urged Democrats to vote on Eisenhower's program with responsibility, warning against petty partisanship. Johnson defended past support for administration policies and stressed focus on America's future amid an election year.
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Senate
Congress
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Johnson
Amercans
America
Coun
GOPs Rule Out Tax Policy Fight
Washington January 19 key House Republicans express confidence there will be no renewal of the tax policy clash after last session between the administration and Rep Daniel A Reed and allies Reed the 78 year old Ways and Means chairman faces ongoing differences but expects a compromise tone. Reed's stance on extending the excess profits tax and proposed excise tax cuts shapes the coming tax debate as Republicans weigh unity for the election year.
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Washington
House
Endower
Daniel A. Reed
R-Ny
Reed
Congress
Jenkins
Ohio
Kean
Byrnes
Wis
Ways and Means
GOP
Ways and Means Republicans
Martin
Ways and Means Committee
Plane Crashes Burn Near Gaffney South Carolina
A twin engine B 25 Air Force plane carrying three crew members crashed and burned in a pasture near Gaffney South Carolina at about 5 p m. Two bodies were confirmed inside the aircraft and a worker from Donaldson Air Force Base was summoned to help with removal, though operations were planned to start in the morning.
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Gaffney
S. C
Air Force
Here
State Highway Patrol
Worcker
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
D. C
Highway Patrol
World Population Keeps Rising At Record Pace
The Population Reference Bureau reports world population expanding rapidly, risking food shortages. Even with higher food output, over half of 2.465 billion people remain underfed and inadequately housed. If fertility stays high, world population could reach seven billion by 2010 and 15 billion a century later. An estimated 252 million were added in 1953 at about 70,000 daily.
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Washington
Population Reference Bureau
United States
Bureau
Sleet Blankets Bluefield Area In Wintry Blast
A sleet storm coated Bluefield and surrounding areas with ice and snow. Drivers faced treacherous conditions though no accidents were reported. Forecast called for 6 to 10 inches of snow in southern regions, with temperatures in the mid 20s. Roads across West Virginia deteriorated as the storm spread from Elkins to Greenbrier and Fayette counties.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Elkins
Fayette County
Rainelle
Greenbrier
Princeton
Charleston
Huntington
Weston
Clarksburg
Lewisburg
U. S. 60
Ex-West Virginian New Safety Director Named
J. B. Benson, former West Virginia coal executive, is appointed safety director of the Southern Coal Producers' Assn. to coordinate safety work across Southern West Virginia, Western Virginia, Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky with federal and state mine safety bodies and the United Mine Workers. Benson, a Carnegie Tech graduate, has led the U S Bureau of Mines Norton branch since 1950. He previously worked as engineer and chief engineer for Pursgrove Mining Co. in Northern West Virginia.
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Washington
J. B. Benson
West Virginia
Southern Coal Producers’ Assn
Joseph E. Moody
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
United Mine Workers
Carnegie Tech
Benson
United State Bureau of Mines
Norton
Pursgrove Mining Co
Miss Universe Marries Young American in Stockton Ceremony
Miss Universe Christiane Martel age 17 of Paris wed Ronnie Maren Go 21 of Stockton in a 15 minute ceremony at Church of the Assumption. Seven hundred guests attended as they planned a two week honeymoon in Palm Springs before settling in Stockton in a new three bedroom ranch.
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Stockton
Calif
Christiane Martel
Paris
France
Ronnie Marengo
Church of the Assumption
California
Palm Springs
McCarthy Reports Pro Red Books Uncovered
Senator McCarthy and his subcommittee say over 30 000 books by Communists and their supporters were used in overseas libraries under the prior Democratic administration. The report defends against book burning claims and notes cases of removal after hearings. The four deaths in Ashland Kentucky area occurred in a snowbound crash involving a bus on US 23 and affected families and workers.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Investigations
U. S
Forrad
Senate
Government Operations Committee
Eisenhower
Dartmouth College
McCarthy
Europe
United States
Germany
Twelve Die As Private Plane Crashes Near Shreveport
A plane carrying wealthy businessmen from a duck hunting trip crashed near Wallace Lake, burning beyond recognition. Twelve people were killed, including United Gas Co. President N. C. McGowan and Shreveport banker Walter Jacobs. Braniff Airlines President Thomas Braniff was among those missing. An ancillary plane landed safely while government reports cite wing ice and low fuel before the forced landing and power line impact.
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United Gas Co
Thomas Braniff
Braniff Airlines
United Gas
Braniff
Wallace Lake
Louisiana
N. C. McGowan
Shreveport
Walter Jacobs
Shrevepor
Chris About
Hyannis
Neb
Justin Querelos
Milton Weiss
Jim Evans
Fire Fatalities Reported In Newburg Home Blaze
A mother Victoria Strahin, 27, and her daughter Linda Sue, 2, died from burns after a fire destroyed a house between Newburg and Arthradale in Preston County. Mrs Strahin died several hours after the blaze while Linda Sue died early today.
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Newburg
W. Va
Preston County
Arthradale
Victoria Strahin
Linda Sue
Radio Peiping twists Batchelor repatriation tale
The dispatch reports Communist Radio Peiping claiming Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas has been savagely treated since repatriation. AP interview notes Batchelor saying authorities treated him fairly while Peiping accuses U S officials of browbeating him and withholding POWs.
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Red Radio
Batchelor
Peiping
British Comet jet crash near Elba with 35 aboard
A British Comet jet liner carrying 35 people sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Elba and Montecristo. Fishermen reported no survivors as an air-sea search began and 15 bodies were later recovered. Flight from Rome to London disappeared about 40 minutes after takeoff.
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Porto Azzuro
Elba
Jan
Montecristo
Rome
London
David Craig
British European Airways
Italy
C. Wilmot
Chester Wilmot
Craig
BOAC
Britain
R. V. Wolfson
Bangkok
Capalivieri
Guard Doubled On Recaptured Convict
Glasgow Montana January 4 1956 The guard was doubled today on Bennie Reynolds an escaped convict from North Carolina who fled from an officer returning him to prison Reynolds 30 was captured in a Glasgow bar yesterday while drinking a highball Sheriff B E Richter said he increased night guard levels and sought help from Great Northern Railway specialists and the Montana Highway Patrol to prevent another escape He said North Carolina prison officials would send a guard to Glasgow tomorrow to accompany Reynolds Reynolds escaped from North Carolina Prison Officer R A Stafford near Wolf Point Montana while traveling to Raleigh NC
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Glasgow
Mont
Bennie Reynolds
North Carolna
Reynolds
Valley County
B. E. Richter
Great Northern Railway
Montana Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Nort Carolina
R. A. Stafford
Wolf Point
Raleigh
N. C
Tot Eats Bottle Of Nitro-Glycerine Pills
In Burbank California a two year old boy named Jimmy Resch was found with an empty bottle of nitro glycerine pills taken from his mother Marjorie Resch at a drive in theater. An ambulance rushed him to a hospital for stomach pumping. He told his mother I am still hungry after treatment.
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Burbank
Calif
Mommie
Jimmy Resch
Marjorie Resch
Tom
David
Jimmy
Stanley M. Livingston
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