Chiang Strikes Taishan Taishan in Fourth Day of Heavy Air Assault
Nationalist air forces say six waves of bombers and fighters struck Taishan and nearby isles for 34 hours, the largest raid since Reds seized the islands last week. Reports say Red submarines sunk and Communist ships were sent to the bottom. Nationalists defend Tai shan, 32 miles south southwest of Nanchi, as reinforcements pour in from the mainland.
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Taipeh
INS
Taishan ‘Isles
China
Matays
Free China
Isles
West Island
Formosa
Nanchi ‘Isle
Eitnce
Nanchi
Chian Kai-shek
Nanehi
Matsus
Sion
Quemoy Calm Amid Red Threats as Island Busy Skies
On Quemoy Island a tentative truce holds with Nationalist defenses and Communist ships seen sailing past the harbor. A Texan trainer in a two seater dipped low over the area while no shots were fired, as planes and gunboats maintained a tense but quiet standoff in the bay. Communist junks and armed sloops moved out to sea under binocular view.
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Quemoy Island
Oy Island
Hite
Amey
Quemoy
Rioting at Mardi Gras Night Club District in New Orleans
Police used tear gas and clubs to quell a riot in the French Quarter near St Peter and Bourbon during Mardi Gras Eve. At least 14 injured including seven officers, a crowd estimated at 500 caused arrests and efforts continued through the night.
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New ‘Orleans
Proteus
St.’Peter Sti
Bourbon
Gas tax amendment fuels West Virginia House debate
Gov Marland's two cent gasoline tax plan faces tests as an amendment earmarks about 5.6 million for county roads. Del Walker's measure to set aside a penny for county roads passes 50-48 as allies back the plan. Opposition arises from border counties fearing higher taxes, while Diesel and gasoline tax parity moves are debated amid legislative delays and a Senate House conference on road funding.
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Marland
House of Delegates
Vonsuuchul
State Road Commission
Senate
Del
Walker
D-Kanawha
Finance
Loop
Det
Flannery
Lee
Border County
Joint Assembly
Gorse
del. Cruikshank
D-Clay
del. Benéke
Senate House Conference
Navy Men Die in Blast on Submarine Pomodon
Five Navy personnel were killed and five injured in a hydrogen explosion aboard the submarine Pomodon at the San Francisco naval shipyard. The two trapped crewmen, a commissioned officer and a petty officer, were identified as dead, with no chance of survival. The three enlisted men killed were Torpedoman 3/c Chester Mattson, 21, of Pablo, Montana. Sonarman Striker William Joel Woods, 18, of Saint Louis, Missouri. Torpedoman 3/c Charles Bernet Bowman, 20, son of Mrs. Yang Bowman of Atlantic City. The trapped men were Chief Electrician’s Mate Carl Donald Barckhoff, 29, of National City, California, and Lt. (JG) John Joseph Hackett, 26, of San Diego, California.
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San Francisco
INS
Navy
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Charles
Chester Mattson
Torpedoman
Pablo
Mont
William Joel Woods
Sonarman Striker
St. Louis
Charles Bernet Bowman
Yang Bowman
Atlantic City
Carl Donald Barckhoff
National City
Calif
John Joseph Hackett
San Diego
ICC declares bias by bus firm unlawful
ICC examiner found racial discrimination against Ben H. Maddox a 63 year old Los Angeles seaman who was forced to change seats on a Greyhound Lines bus in Texas in February 1953. The ICC lacks power to award damages but recommended an administrative determination of unlawful action and noted Maddox’s potential court remedy.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Angeles
Southewestern
Greyhound Lines
Texas
ICC
F. Rey Lins
Commission
Ben. H. Maddox
Greyhound Corp
Man Claims Skill To Prove Bible Texts Misleading
A man asserts the ability to extract meanings from any Bible passage that diverge from traditional readings. He demonstrates by applying his method to varied verses and argues for a flexible interpretation framework.
Ike Highway Plan Flailed In Senate Conference
President Eisenhower faced stiff Democratic opposition to his 10 billion highway program as Senate leaders debated funding and financing. Senator Chavez called the plan full of holes and favored a recurring one billion six hundred million annual appropriation with state aid. Gore acknowledged appealing features but pressed for alternatives and questioned interest burdens on borrowing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Public Works
Dennis Chavez
D-N. M
White House
Albert ‘Gore
Dtenn
Chavez
Gore
Whouse
Capitol Hill
News
James D. Hagerty
New Mexico Democrat
Senate
Francis V. DuPont
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Prize awards at Gazette Auditorium for Stop the Music winner
Blanchette Raymond J. Blanchette, a discharged South Charleston seilor, will collect prizes totaling 15 000 including 7000 in U S Savings Bonds a 1955 Dodge car cash and trip tickets for a June trip for him and wife The ceremony starts at 1 p m in the Gazette Auditorium confirming the Stop the Music contest results and prizes.
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Raymond J
Blanchette
South Charleston
Matusow accuses Bentley of giving false testimony
Harvey Matusow, who called himself a perpetual liar, accused Elizabeth Bentley of lying to congressional red hunters during a Senate internal security hearing. He testified Bentley supplied him with information and had connections to a wartime espionage ring and espionage cases, including William Remington.
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Washington
INS
Harvey M. Matusow
Elizabeth Bentley
Matusow
Miss Bentley
Senate
Internal Security
Miss. Bentley
House
Commerce — Department
William Remington
Remington
Lewisburg
FBI
New York
Harry Dexter Rieti
Italy
Treasury
Carabinieri
Scence
Sehacles Will
Fae Ae
Pris Oe
South Charleston
Joseph Londeree
Lawrence
Mt. Terminillo
60Ney
U. S. Miles Savings Bonds Division
Blanchette
Lovell
Tag Galyean Dodge
John Griffin
Joseph Waitzman
Exquisite Farm Bras- Siére
Exquis
Rome
Charleston
South Charles
Brussels
Tol Ton
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
House committee approves $20 tax cut for individuals
The House Ways and Means committee passed a $20 tax cut for each taxpayer and dependent starting Jan 1, 1953, with a 15 to 10 party line vote. They also extended three billion dollars in corporate income and excise taxes for another year. Treasury Secretary Humphrey denounced the plan as political and declined to predict a veto.
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Washington
INS
House, Ways and Means Committee
House
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Socialists Reject Faure Cabinet Invitation in Paris
In Paris on February 21 the Socialists rejected joining Edgar Faure's new cabinet, undermining the 16 day government crisis. They refused to back a program not aligning with Christian Pineau's plan and planned to withhold support in any investiture test, signaling a shift away from Faure and potential shifts among right wing backers.
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INS
Edgar Faure
Christian Pineau
National Assemly
Jae
Faube
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Faure
Dacking
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