DAVIS WV BURGLAR HITS INSURANCE AGENCY FOR 395
Police search for an unidentified burglar who robbed the E. G. Myer Insurance Agency of 395.86 in checks and currency Friday. The day’s other items include labor hearings in Washington, a large fire in northeast Pennsylvania, a British submarine depot ship adrift off England, and a widow praised for saving six lives in a Carbondale fire. Patricia Knight Fund reaches 1097.12 as donations pour in from locals and distant states to cover medical bills for a 13 year old girl hospitalized in Grafton City hospital.
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Davis. W. Va
E. G. Myer Insurance Agency
Formosa
London
Montclare
England
Carbondale, Pa
Patricia Knight
North Carolina
Grafton City Hospital
A. J. Williamson
Patricia
Marian Hicks
Marvin Pia
John, Proctor
Y. A
Curry
E. 8. Harric
Arthur’ Yates
A. J. Caveallo
George Coole
Bernard Densmore
Dick Hood
Union Lunch
Agnes Flanagan
Floatie Cunningham
W. W. Gatrell
Walter Evans
St. John's Methodist Church
Mrs. L. H. Bragg
Willis McDougal
Stella Harman
Helen Dempsey
Audra Mehlinger
Four Secret Soviet Atomic Blasts Reported by France
Paris reports Russia conducted four secret atomic detonations last autumn between September and November. A French official tied one to a possible hydrogen bomb, noting six total Soviet tests in a four month span. Western scientists reportedly knew exact dates, while radioactive rain in Japan and listening posts support detection. The official warned the danger level is hard to assess precisely.
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Henri Longgaambon
Blaze For Atomic Research
Soviet Union
U.ss.r
Japan
Igheehamon
Drive ’em away Used Car Bargains Today
Local dealers offer drastic price cuts on used cars with low down payments and easy terms. Sample listings include a 1949 Chevrolet pickup, 1953 Chrysler four door, 1953 Chevrolet four door with radio and heater, and a 1951 Buick sedan. more options are in the classified section.
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Chrysler
R&h
Belsky Receives Army Discharge Under Honor Conditions
Dr. Marvin Belsky a former Army private described by Senator McCarthy as a Fifth Amendment Communist was discharged today from the service under honorable conditions. The 26 year old physician was separated Friday from active duty at Murphy Army Hospital Waltham Massachusetts where he served in the outpatient department. An Army spokesman explained that under honorable conditions equals a general discharge not a full honorable discharge.
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NEW York
Marvin
Belsky
Army
Joseph R. McCarthy
Belski
Murphy Army Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Shakespeare Reader Nabbed in Freezing Weather
Bernard Sweeney, 48, of Jersey City New Jersey was charged with vagrancy after police found him lying under shrubbery reading Shakespeare in freezing weather in Memphis Tennessee. He said he was killing time until it got warmer so he could return home.
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Bernard Sweeney
Jersey City
N.J
Cow in Line Refuses Movie Ticket in Richmond
A ticket seller in Richmond Kentucky was surprised when a cow queued for a movie ticket. The cow moved on leaving a traffic jam on Main Street moments later. The incident stalled lines and drew bemused bystanders as residents pondered the bovine spectator.
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Richmond. Ky
Elizabeth McKinney
Bossie
Snow Storm Slams Chicago With Record Blizzard
A massive snowstorm moved from the Great Plains toward the Midwest and East, dumping up to 29 inches in Duluth and heavy snow in Chicago. The front stretched 800 miles from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, bringing subzero conditions in the East and plummeting temperatures across multiple states.
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United Pies
Great Plains
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Phillipsburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Hudson River
Norfolk
Idaho
Montana
Mercury
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Brownsville
Tex
Duluth
Minn
Wyoming
Kansas
Io Town
Canadian
Gulf of Mexico
Winter Weather Forecast for Tri-County Area
The Tri-County area saw a warming trend with temperatures rising from subfreezing to the upper 40s by noon. After a chilly period with highs near 38 and early Friday morning low of 3, sleet or rain is expected late today with heavy clouds, and more rain or sleet and cooler temperatures in the forecast for tomorrow.
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Tri-County
Adams resignation spurs talk on Stevens future
Washington reports that Army Counselor John G. Adams abruptly quit, a pivotal figure in the Army-McCarthy clashes, renewing speculation about Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens’s political prospects. Adams announced his resignation effective March 31, a move that follows last year’s televised hearings.
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Washington
Army
John G. Adams
Joseph McCarthy
Robert T. Stevens
Adams
Godfrey Scolds Marvin On Air Ad Lib Remark
New York United Press reports Tony Marvin, announcer on Arthur Godfrey's morning TV show, was silenced after Godfrey told him to shut up on air. Godfrey criticized Marvin saying he warned him 15 times before. Neither commented on the incident after the broadcast, signaling tension with Godfrey and his circle.
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New York
Tony Marvin
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Marvin
Tve
Americans On Tachen To Advise Nationalists
In Taipei Formosa an unspecified number of Americans have been stationed on the Tachen Islands to advise Chinese Nationalist troops there. It was announced today.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tachen Islands
France ousts Mendes France in pivotal no confidence vote
The National Assembly voted Premier Pierre Mendes France out of office by a wide margin, plunging France into political crisis and stirring Western European concerns. Bonn and Washington warned of impacts on German rearmament, while the North African policy standoff deepened the nation’s divisions and unsettled the Western alliance.
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National Assembly
Pierre
France
Mendes-France
Burone
Rene
Coty Enging
Fratie
Lende
Bonn
Germany
Washington
London
Paris
Mendes-Prance
Socialist Party
Eropean Union
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Coty
Assembly
Rene Mayer Mendes-France
Double Talking Correct Army clerks confuse Pittsburgh recruits
Two Pittsburgh men, James James and Joseph Joseph, were processed at Fort Knox and assigned to A Company 2048th Service Unit, causing clerks confusion as each man repeated his name during forms. The two hoped not to share barracks.
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FT. Knox
Pittsburgh
James James
Joseph Joseph
James
Army
Seventh Fleet on alert over Red East attack risk
U S Seventh Fleet units went on alert amid tensions after a clash between Communist and American jets west of Korea. Evacuation of Tachen Island could be ordered any time, with Nationalist Chinese forces prepared to hold or evacuate as directed.
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Korea
U.S
Air Force
Bea
Ameriea
Japan
Beedinge
Wibctbad
Wirope
Agta
Yellow Seat
Chinnampé
Pyonyang
Gepital
North Korea
Formosa
Shanghai
Par East Air Force
Barle E. Partridge
Mabchurian
Red China
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Taipei
7Th Fleet
Tachen
Chiang Kei-shek
William Chase
China
Karl Rankin
Shen Chang Huan
Chiang Kai Shek
United Press
Washington
Far East Policy Lets Reds Guess On What's
United Nations Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. met with President Eisenhower to discuss U S Far East policy. He described the aim as keeping the other fellow guessing while possible U N lines on a Formosa cease fire are explored. No firm details or decisions were disclosed about the Tachens or the downing of two MIGs.
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Washington
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Ater
Eisenhower
U.S
Formosa
Lodge
U. S
Yellow Sea
Korea
United States
China
Tachens
New Cease Fire Alignment Seen
United Nations report says Russia may align with British Commonwealth nations to push for a Formosan cease fire outside the U N. A U S stance favors U N backed talks, while Moscow could veto to expose Peiping responsibility for Far Eastern tension. Secret diplomacy drives global leaders to ease the crisis.
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United Nations
N.Y
Russia
United States
U.N
U.S
Formosa
Moscow
Peiping
Fog and Smog Confuse Los Angeles Officials
In Los Angeles the Air Pollution Control District grapples with thick smog and dusty desert winds. Officials cite dust from desert regions and smoke from orchard smudge pots as contributors to deteriorating air quality and ongoing pollution concerns.
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Los Angeles
Air Pollution Control District
Smust
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