Detroit girl's body found on trash dump after kidnapping
Police pursue first solid clues in the Barbara Gaca case as 7 year old Barbara’s body is found in a suburban County trash dump 23 miles from home. Pathologist cites death likely March 24 after rape and frenzied knife work. A railroad worker reports the grisly find and the grieving father speaks of her suffering.
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Detroit
Michigan
Barbara Gaca
Yes Dump
Richard E. Olsen
Pontiac
Frank Gaca Jr
Rufus Zamora
Barbara
Berlin Highway Tax Hiked as Trucker Rush Tensions Rise
East Germany imposes an eight million dollar annual tax on trucks entering West Berlin and West Germany causing a snarl as drivers rush the 110 mile route before a midnight deadline. Tax rises up to 220 marks per round trip with claims of road upkeep while West Berlin calls it an economic blockade and discussions with Bonn are signaled. U.S. officials say allies won’t be blackmailed and seek measures to keep goods flowing while subsidies are described as a temporary palliative.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Bonn
Neues Deutschland
Stassen Partially Yields in FDA Staff Questioning Clash
Washington The foreign aid chief Harold E Stassen backed away from a direct clash with the Senate Investigations subcommittee over staff access to question FDA employees He asserted only the subcommittee staff should be allowed to question without his top lawyers present keeping the dispute centered on who may probe FDA personnel.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Steasen
Foreign Duceptions Administrat
Pironan Bove
White House
Stassen
Subcommittee
FDA
McClellan
Fuel Blast At College Kills One
An assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame Dr. John Clement Treacy 30 was killed when rocket fuel exploded in a small chemical engineering lab. He was struck in the neck by a metal fragment as he and four students fled the building. The students Randall Carll Donald Hatz Norman Donnelly and Francis Manley were unhurt. Treacy had warned them to run saying something was going wrong.
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South Bend
Inf
University F of Notre Dame
John Clement Treacy
Randall Carll
Indianapolis
Donald Hatz
Remsen
Iowa
Norman Donnelly
Newark
N.J
Francis Manley
Oklahoma City
Treacy
Philippines Quake Leaves Hundreds Dead Across Mindanao
Violent earthquakes struck the southern Philippines causing many deaths and widespread damage. In Lanao province, figures ranged from 164 confirmed dead in four districts to hundreds more missing or dead in Tugaya and nearby areas. Aftershocks, ground fissures, landslides, and buildings toppled into Lake Lanao were reported, with dozens injured in Iligan and other coastal towns.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine News
Tugaya
Lanao
PNS
Philippine Red Cross
Dansalan
la Lanao
Philippine News Service
Manila Times
Angelo Cruz
Mindinao
Mindanao
Philippine
Cebu
Panay
Negros
Samar
Bohol
Leyte
Iligan
Mis City
Misamis
Eisenhower Says Kremlin Likely to Brake Red Moves
President Eisenhower and Senate leaders indicate Moscow probably will restrain aggressive Red Chinese actions around Quemoy and Matsu. Senator H Alexander Smith said White House emphasis was the unlikelihood of war, with administration not promising any defense for Formosa island outposts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Kremlin
Quemoy
Matsu
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Smith
Moscow
White House
Eisenhower Sciellaie
Adm B. Carney
Naval Operations
New Jersey
Sanais Foreign Relations Committee
Churchill's Party Gains In County Council Elections
London reports Conservative gains in 20 counties with Labour retaining control in London’s County Council after fourteen Labour seats were unseated. Labor blamed a strike for reduced turnout while Conservative leader Lord Woolton called the results encouraging and indicative of a rightward movement.
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London
Churchill
Conservative Party
Labor Party
Lord Woolton
County Council
Labor
Representative White Receives Patrol Escort Home
Raleigh Chowan County legislator John F. White was escorted by highway patrol to his home after declaring his life was threatened by race track interests. Patrol Cmdr James R. Smith confirmed the escort was provided due to danger to White.
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Raleigh
Chowan County
John F. White
White
Signney
James R. Smith
Truck Tax Change Is Favored by North Carolina Lawmakers
Lawmakers back bills to change diesel tax collection for big trucks crossing the state and to require annual sessions of the general Assembly. Four House members join Rep Walter Jones in proposing a 10 percent luxury tax replacing the 3 percent sales tax on jewelry furs and similar items. Warren's bill would raise tuition costs for out of state students at state institutions, but would not affect current enrollees.
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Reav
Clark Lincoln
General Assembly
House
Walter Jones
Pittins
North Carolina
Warren
Maddrey
Satterfield
Arthur Goodman
Mecklenburg
Goodman
Tom White
Lenoir
Jelke Convicted Again On Vice Charges In New York
Minot F Mickey Jelke, oleomargarine heir, is convicted a second time on vice charges in New York. He faces up to 40 years. sentencing set for April 28. Trial followed over ten hours of deliberation by a 12-member panel.
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Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Sylvia Eder
New York
Jelke
Case Society
Pat Ward
Marguerite Cordova
Washington Herz
Miss Ward
Miss Cordova
We Girls
McCormick Succumbs At 74
Col. Robert Rutherford McCormick 74, longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, died at his farm home Cantigny west of Chicago after a lengthy illness. He guided the Tribune from 1911 and helped shape its stance on foreign policy and war, steering it through World War II and criticizing many policies of FDR. He had recent hospitalizations including pneumonia in 1953 and an abdominal operation in January. His death ends a defining era for the nation's leading newspaper.
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Chicago
Robert Rutherford McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Ick
United States
New York Daily News
The
Tribune
McCormick
Europe
Flora
Cantigny
Wheaton
Franklin PD
Roosevelt
Billy Graham under fire after early BBC remark sparks animal protests
Billy Graham upset animal lovers across the United Kingdom with a BBC breakfast remark about animals and humans. Supporters hurled gar bage at a Cruel Sports event while Mrs M Ward urged him to defend the animal cause on his own ground. The Grand National was also noted as crowds cheered jockeys as 13 of 31 starters fell.
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George Burnham
Glasgow
Scotland
Billy Graham
BBC
United Kingdom
Billy
Animal Kingdom
M, Y Ward
South Harrowee
Animal Lovers
Lord Grey de Ruthyn
Camercnn
Art
State backs resolution on public school segregation policy
Gov Hodges endorses a General Assembly resolution to define North Carolina's stance on school segregation. Rep Gordon Maddrey outlines a proposed text citing the advisory report and Supreme Court ruling, with a seven member committee to study ongoing issues.
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Raleigh
Hodges
General Assembly
North Carolina
Gordon Maddrey
Bertie
House Education Committee
Advisory Committee On
Supreme Court
Atty
Harry McMullan
Governor backs local rule amendments and state ports plan
Gov Hodges endorsed Clyde Shreve s proposals to allow counties and cities to choose home rule charters in a 1956 referendum. He urged completing a study on separating the High Commission, noted the need for a statewide liquor vote, praised peach growers after crop losses, and supported Port Authority efforts at Wilmington and Morehead City.
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Hodges
Ture
High Commission
General Assembly
Aera
Hazel
Wilmington
Morehead City
State Ports Authority
Draft Ike movement gains momentum in New York
New York County Republicans in Manhattan moved to back Dwight D. Eisenhower for 1956. Thomas J. Curran announced a unanimous Executive Committee resolution at a $100 dinner with 800 attendees. Senators Styles Bridges and Jacob Javits praised Eisenhower while urging full GOP backing.
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New York
Eisenhower
Manhattan
GOP
Columbia University
Thomas J. Curran
Curran
Styles Bridge
R-Nh
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
New York State
Jacob K. Javits
Waldorf-Astoria
Bridges
Isenhower
Esenhower
Haeares
Voroshilov Blames US for Possible New World War
Soviet President Klementi Voroshilov accused aggressive circles in the United States of fanning the danger of a new world war. He criticized the American press and radio and warned that responsible statesmen contribute to war talk. The remarks came in a Moscow broadcast and stressed Soviet gains amid ongoing international tension.
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London
Klementi Voroshilov
United States
Moscow
Voroshilov
Ukr
Rman
Agi
U.S.A
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Miles Furlong
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Col. McCcormick
Graham
Guilford
Clyde Shreve
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