Matsu Blow Within Few Weeks Seen
Intelligence reports suggest a Chinese Communist attack on Matsu within weeks and on Quemoy about a month later with April 15 as a possible target. U S military officials note factors such as the Bandung conference date, and discussions with Congress on Formosa defense.
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Washington
Matsu
Quemoy
INS
Bandung
Indonesia
China
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
U. S
Undersea Video Camera Aids Loss Probe for F-100 Crash
An Ohio company with Navy permission used an undersea television camera to locate critical F-100 jet parts after a high speed test crash off Los Angeles. Divers recovered about 65 to 70 percent of the wreckage, including the engine, after camera guidance over 120 feet down.
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New York
INS
Ohio
Navy
Pacific
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Company
W. I. McCord
Diamond Power Specialty Corporation
Lancaster
McCord
Weather outlook warm weekend with rising temperatures
Fair to partly cloudy conditions turn warmer tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 8 to 12 degrees. High Sunday 28 to 32 degrees.
Three Flyers Die In Bomber Crash In Residence Area
EL PASO UP three airmen were killed when an RB 47E six jet bomber crashed in a residential district during a dust storm while attempting to land at El Paso International airport. Major Jules M Fantell Captain Joseph R Kingston and Lt J R Wilson died. Helen Ledgewood was burned but survived the crash site wreckage spread over three blocks touching homes.
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EL Paso
el Paso International
90Th Strategic Reconnaisance Wing
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Biggs Air Force Base
Lake Charles
Jules M. Fantell
Joseph R. Kingston
J.R. Wilson
Helen Ledgewood
Plane With 23 Down Off Oregon Coast
The coast guard reported a Pan American Airways plane forced down 15 miles off the Oregon coast with 23 aboard. The No. 3 engine was nearly detached, as the aircraft traveled from Seattle and Portland to Honolulu.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Pan- American Airways
Oregon
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Portland
Honolulu
Soviet Premier Sees Potential Big Power Conference
Moscow Premier Bulganin said the Soviet government favors a big power talk if it lowers international tension. He noted Moscow has proposed a four power conference soon to settle the Austrian peace treaty question.
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Moscow
Bulganin
Foreign Ministry
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Weather record fall shocks Cedar Rapids as 61-year low broken
An overnight low of five degrees shattered Cedar Rapids March 26 record of 61 years set in 1894. Other Iowa cities hit record lows with Council Bluffs and Mason City at zero. The weather bureau predicted warmer weather tomorrow and Monday, with highs around 30 in the northeast and 40 in the southwest.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Weather Bureau
Montana
Dakotas
Morrow
Nor East
Southwest
Rail Switchman Loses Both Legs in Boone Yard Accident
Richard Maynard, 26, a North Western railroad switchman in Boone, lost both legs today after a lone shift accident in the Boone yards. He was found by a switching crew after apparently falling under a train.
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Boone
Inl
North Western Railroad
Boone Yards
Richard Maynard
Maynard
Tunnel collapse kills four workers in Sardinia
A mountain tunnel being bored to reroute the Flumendosa river caved in on Saturday in Cagliari Sardinia killing four workers. Local authorities planned rescue and safety reviews as crews recovered victims and assessed causes.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Flumendosa
Indian Ambassador’s Wife Receives Honorary Camp Fire Place
Wa da min goon Healing White Flower was bestowed on Saud Amini Meh ta wife of Ambassador Gangan vihari Mehta at a Cornell tea in Mt Vernon She was made an honorary member of the Mt Vernon district council of Camp Fire Girls for work with Harijan Sevak Sangh and family planning and for aiding refugees and displaced minors The Mehtas were guests of the Muzumdars and flew to Washington after a night with SAI President Virgil Hancher.
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MT. Vernon
United States
India
Camp Fire Girls of America
Wa-da-min-goon
Saud Amini Mehta
Ganganvihari Mehta
Cornell
Herfforts
Family Planning Association of India
Mehta
Blair Quinn
Duke Ernst II of Saxony Altenburg Dies in Soviet Zone Castle
Duke Ernst II the last ruler of Saxony Altenburg died Tuesday from influenza in his Soviet zone castle, reports say. West German newspapers carried the obituary on Saturday detailing the royal line and the loss.
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Frankfurt
Ernst II
Saxony
Altenburg
Soviet Zone
Central City Mayor Slams Board Over Tax Withholding
Central City Mayor Paul Smola accused the Greene County board of supervisors of acting sneakily by withholding all county tax money to pressure payment on a $6,500 claim. The county seeks part of bridge approach work costs tied to a farm to market bridge over the Wapsipinicon river. the town disputes $4,000 of the amount. Supervisors Hood Sutera and Wiley voted to withhold funds until settlement.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Smola
Central City
Board of Supervisors
Henry J. Hood
Miles P. Sutera
Martin Wiley
Council
Smola
Wapsipinicon River
Cen- City
Frank F. Bates
Bates
Stephen Wilder Dies at 78 in Cedar Rapids
Stephen W. Wilder 78, of 2005 s avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, former Wilder Grain Company and Cedar Rapids Food Products Company president, died Friday after a long illness. He organized Ward Wilder Company in 1902 and led multiple grain firms. served as Western Grain and Feed Association of Iowa president and Grain Marketing Corporation treasurer. Survived by wife Bertha L. Wilder, son Tudor W. Wilder, and one grandson. cremation to follow with services Monday at 3:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Stephen W. Wilder
Avenue NE
Wilder Grain Company
Cedar Rapids Food Products Company
Wilder
Grain and Feed Dealers National Association
Chicago Board of Trade
Ward
Lamson Brothers
King-Wilder Grain Company, Inc
Saaaaa Ar
Western Grain and Feed Association of Iowa
Grain Marketing Corporation
New Carlisle
Ind
Valparaiso
Northern Indiana Normal School
Dodge Institute of Telegraphy
Mr. Wilder
Bertha L. Lewis
Tudor W. Wilder
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Mt. Vernon Trust and Savings Bank
Lisbon Savings' Bank
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Allison Hotel Company
First Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Cornell College
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Executives Club
Elks
Masonic Order
Mizpah Lodge
Iowa
Trowel
R.A.M
Palestine Council
S.M
Apollo Commandery
K.T
Royal Order of Jesters
el Kabir Shrine
Poles Deliver Fuel to Reds Across China Coast
Taipei dispatch says a Polish tanker broke the Nationalist blockade and delivered 8,000 tons of jet fuel to Red China. Fuel reportedly loaded at Constanza, then docked at Whampoa harbor near Canton while attention focused on the Aruba voyage to Romania.
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Taipei
INS
China
Ese
Constanza
Whampoa Harbor
Canton
Aruba
Red China
Romania
Ski Resort Reports Chocolate Colored Snow in Alta Utah
At ALTA Utah a storm dumped 15 inches of snow and gave a tan or light brown tint to snowflakes. Weather officials blamed alkali dust in the air for the chocolate coloring before the snow lightened to a more normal white by afternoon.
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Alta
Utah
Wasatch Mountain
Salt Lake City
Man survives four story fall from Iowa hotel window
AP report from Ottumwa details 30 year old Jack Ruggles surviving a fall from a sixth floor hotel window. He landed on a two story roof, suffered severe facial cuts and possible hip fracture, and was in fair condition at a local hospital. Police described an unlocked room and brief rest on a bed before the fall.
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Ruggles
Desko
General Motors Pays Fine For Sunday Work Violation
New York reports General Motors paid a $5 fine for violating a 74 year old Sunday work statute after a complaint about employees at work in GM offices. Police found 78 workers on Sunday. GM has assets exceeding five billion dollars and a company spokesman said the firm would survive.
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New York
General Motors
Catholics and police clash in Brussels street battle
Tens of thousands of Catholics protested a cut in parochial school aid defying a government ban on assembly. Police used clubs tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd, with hundreds injured and 1500 rioters arrested as the confrontation spread through Brussels streets.
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William Anderson
Brussels
Capitol
Belgium
Paris
Cordell Hull Suffering Stroke In Washington
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull aged 83 was hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital after suffering a cerebral stroke. A medical officer reported Hull's condition as critical following the stroke at his apartment in the Sheraton Park hotel.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
Benson Defends Agriculture Department Against Criticism
Secretary Benson criticized the house appropriations committee report as political propaganda and said his department will issue a formal response next week. He argued the critique misframes an ongoing World War II emergency program extended ten years and blamed Congress for the farm program’s rigidity and failures affecting farmers.
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Washington
Benson
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Department of Agriculture
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Catholic) Party
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