Leopold Foes Ready Use Of Strike Weapon
Belgiums Socialists vow nationwide 24 hour strikes until King Leopold III abdicates. Clashes between partisans and exiled kings supporters occur at Leyden and Bros-Que before state police end them with no casualties. A secret arms depot is found in a garage. The government remains in deadlock with Gaston as caretaker premier and Prince Charles acting as informant for a new administration.
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Belgium
Socialists
Leopold
Leyden and
Bros-Que
Gaston
Eyskens
pro-Leopold Social Christaan Catholi Party
Prince Charles
Thowgh
Socialist
Leppeld III
Prince Baudouin
Ousted UMW Local Leader Seeks Lewis Removal
Canton March 17 The ousted president of United Mine Workers Local 7445 Rond H Bidener 44 says he will join a movement to remove L Lewis from the union. Bidener alleges secret signals were used to guide actions against Lewis and his associates. Beasley denies the accusations and Bidener has filed a labor practices charge with the National Labor Relations Board seeking $50 000 in damages.
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United Mine Workers
Degan & Movement
L. Lewis
Rond H. Bidener
Perment
UMW
Sgener
Lewis
Sigener
Bernard Beasley
Tees Umw
Beasley
Scemers
Tww
Commet Sicdener
Smd
Nanemal Labor Relations Board
Chirege
Camien
Bao Dai
Vietnam Republic
Moscow
Mao Tze-Tung
Vietminh
Three Erie Boys Spree on $9000 Fathers Saving Plan
Three seventh grade Erie boys Nick Palermo 11 Paul Yoculan 12 and Michael Manning 13 took a 30 hour spending spree after leaving home with about $9000 hidden by their father in a closet They bought clothes slept at three hotels and travelled about 170 miles to Meadville Youngstown and Pittsburgh spending roughly 150 of the funds before police detained them in downtown Pittsburgh The boys described their trip as a response to teacher discipline and their escape led by Nick who knew of the money’s existence
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Pittsburgh
Nick Palermo
Paul Yoculan
Michael Manning
Erie
Youngstown
Ohio
Nick
Rwo
Mike
Paul
Meadville
Young Manning
Two Escape Injury In Airplane Crash
Fifty two people escaped injury when an unscheduled Air International C-46 skidded off an icy runway at Municipal airport Kansas City. The plane slid about 30 yards off the end of the strip, broke through a steel fence, crossed a road and crashed into a railroad embankment.
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Kansas City
Air International
Burbank
Calif
Gift Babies Begin Journey To Zoo
Two baby elephants named Shanti and Ashok boarded the freighter Steel Fabricator for a trip to the United States. They are gifts from Prime Minister Nehru to the Washington DC zoo, with Baba Jan, actor Sabu’s cousin, as attendant. The government loaded about a ton of food for forty days onboard.
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India
Shanti
Ashok
Steel Fabricator
United States
Nehru
Washington, D. C
Baba Jan
Sabu
Reds Reject Acheson Peace Proposals On Cold War
Moscow reports Soviet writer Y Viktorov in Pravda ridicules Dean Acheson seven point peace plan. He says the proposals lack concrete steps to peace and expose the United States as pursuing total diplomacy and aggression. Viktorov warns the speech proves no genuine peace policy.
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U.S
Dean Acheson
Y. Viktorov
Pravda
Communist Party
Acheson
Russia
U.S.S.R
U. S
Berkeley
Calif
Viktorov
Germany
Austria
Japan
United Nations
Europe
Viktorovy
United States
Italian Countess Beatified By Pope At St Peter Basilica
Vatican City March 19 Paola Elisabetta Cerioli an Italian countess who founded the sisters of the Holy Family was beatified in a St Peter Basilica ceremony attended by about 35 000 people It was the fifth beatification of the holy year Pope Pius XII concluded the ceremonies praying for the new blessed There will be no more beatifications until next fall Next month the canonizations begin
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Vatican City
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
Order of the Sisters of the Holy Family
St. Peter's Basilica
Pius XII
Amnesia Victim Safe With Mother in Transit to Buffalo
A 19 year old Delores Lupejkis arrived at a Richmond police station unable to recall her name or husband. Identified by Buffalo missing persons, she left with her mother for Buffalo, claiming plans to visit Miami to meet her husband. An army sergeant traveling with her confirmed memory loss and uncertain travel plans.
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Richmond
Buffalo
N. Y
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Delores Lupejkis
Missing Persons Bureau
Betty Lupejkis
Delores
Miami
Fila
Oran Coleman
Washington
Coleman
Henderson
N. C
Youthful Baby Sitter Fatally Injured in Columbia
In Columbia Missouri a 15 year old babysitter Janett Christman died after a brutal struggle at the Romack home. Prosecutor Carl Sapp said she was struck with a sharp instrument and strangled with an electric iron cord. The case follows two previous incidents in the same neighborhood involving young women. Jake Bradford awaits trial on the earlier assault with intent to do great bodily harm charges.
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Columbia, Mo
Carl Sapp
Janett Christman
Ed Romack
Jake Bradford
Columbia
Riots In Saigon Over US Destroyers In Harbor
In Saigon March shows mass protest against two US destroyers Stickell and Anderson. About 80 wounded. 6 arrests. market burned. buses overturned used as barricades. Demonstrators tore down flags and were dispersed by tear gas and police fire.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Stickell
Anderson
Fire destroys Congress Hotel and adjacent buildings in Waterloo
A three story Congress hotel and three nearby businesses burned in Waterloo Iowa early today. Damage exceeds 100000 dollars with no deaths or injuries. About 60 people fled the flames in subfreezing weather, many in night clothes as smoke and wind hampered firefighting efforts.
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Waterloo
Congress
U S Birth Total Ranks Second Highest Ever
Federal officials announced that the United States registered about 3.581 million live births in 1949, the second highest year on record after 1947's 3.6999 million. The 1949 total exceeded 1948 by roughly one percent, with an estimated 200,000 additional births not officially registered.
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Washington
United States
Oscar R. Ewing
FSA
Public Health Service
Tokyo Pickpocket Mistakenly Steals Detective Credentials
Hajime Takahashi, famed as Japan's unluckiest pickpocket, lifts what he thinks is a shopper’s wallet in Tokyo. It proves to be a detective’s credentials. He is jailed for the incident.
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Tokyo
Hajime Takahashi
Japan
Takahashi
Tarzan Creator Edgar Rice Burroughs Dies at 74
Edgar Rice Burroughs creator of Tarzan died at his Encino home at age 74 after a three month illness. His daughter Joan and sons John and Hubert were at his side. Born in Chicago, he penned Tarzan tales for 36 years earning millions as books and films expanded his royalties.
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Encino
Calif
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Herman Seal
Burroughs
Joan
John
Hulbert
Chicago
Apeman
Cave Dwelling Age Returns As Government Eyes Safe Caves
Washington March 19 The piece notes that government agencies consider storing records in caves to protect them from hydrogen bombs. Rep Rankin suggests moving the capital to Paducah Kentucky to capitalize on Mammoth Cave as a storm shelter. The essay blends science history and cave life observations, ending with a cautious, hopeful tone.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Rankin
Paducah
Mammoth Cave
Man Killed in Roadside Shooting Near Blue Bird Inn
Arnold O Dye 33 dies after being shot by James Jennings in an argument over a souvenir dollar. Jennings arrested in Rolfe and claims self defense. The shooting occurred in front of Blue Bird Inn near Rolfe and Bluestone WV. Dye died en route to Pocahontas hospital. funeral plans set for Anawalt with burial in Belcher cemetery.
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James Jennings
Mercer County
Wolfe
Blue Bird Inn
Rolfe
Bluestone
Tazewell
West Virginia
Clarence Elmore
Dye
H. H. Ballard
Pocahontas
Elmore
Clarence Swim
C. C. Lively
Jennings
Kelly Maxey
Luther Williams
Jack Swim
H. A. Porter
McCarthy Calls for Ousting Acheson from State
Senator McCarthy argues for the removal of Dean Acheson as secretary of state and targets the State Department as a haven for communists and security risks. He cites Alger Hiss and says top espionage leaders may still be in the department while urging loyalty records be opened to a Senate panel.
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McCarthy
NBC
State Department
Alger Hiss
U. S
Russia
Hiss
Carthy
McGrath Vs
PBI
Senaor
Administration
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations
R-Wis
Congressional
Crack Down On GI Fly By Nights
Washington debated a Senate passed bill to tighten regulation of for profit veteran training schools under the GI bill. Rep Teague said opposition was unlikely as the measure targets abuses and rapid growth while barring new schools under a year old and restricting trainee course changes.
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House
Teague
D-Texas
Horw
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