Blockade Debate Weighs China Policy Across Parties
In a heated discussion Rep Sparkman and others challenge Ike's Formosan Straits action. Knowland calls for port bottling to curb imports while Radford and Sherman favor a Far East blockade. Navy officials warn of Russian ships at Dairen and Port Arthur.
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Chiang i-Shek
Sparkman
Eisenhower
U. S
7Th Fleet
Formosan Straits
Chiang
Formosa
Samuel W. Yorty
D-Calif
China
Long
Knowland
Far East
Radford
Forrest Sherman
Korea
Manchurian
Dairen
Port Arthur
Gate City Man Faces Bigamy and Forgery
A 27 year old Greensboro man Oscar Roy Coffman alias Arthur Roy Coffman alias Robbie Goodyear is charged with bigamy and forgery and held on 1000 bond with a hearing set in Municipal Court. He allegedly married Roberta Hayes while still married to a Tennessee woman and forged a car title to sell the vehicle. The report notes prior marriage to Iva Dockery Coffman and a child. Other local arrests include Earl Davis for selling beer to a minor Burnett Reece for hit and run and Glenn and Billy Walker for disorderly conduct with bonds posted.
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Greensboro
Oscar Roy Coffman
Arthur Roy Coffman
Robbie Goodyear
Coffman
Roberta Hayes
George Leverett
High Point
Leverett
Virginia
Hayes
Iva Dockery Coffman
Earl Davis
Earl's Grill
Burnett Reece
Hobson Street
Glenn Lee Walker
Billy Ray Walker
Trinity
Allied and Communist fronts clash near White Horse Mountain
Allied infantry and tanks raided Communist outposts north of White Horse Mountain on the west central front. Tanks advanced up to one and a half miles, shelling Red bunkers and caves as three Allied aircraft were reported losses to Red fire and other causes. Lieutenant General Maxwell D. Taylor visited the front and pledged close cooperation with the Republic of Korea troops, praising their fighting spirit and training under General James A. Van Fleet.
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White Horse Mountain
West Central Front
Maxwell D. Taylor
8Th Army
James A. van Fleet
Republic of Korea
Roks
Taylor
North Korean War Orphans Reach Manchuria
Red Peiping radio reported that about 21,000 North Korean war orphans have recently arrived in Manchuria. The majority are said to come from Kangwon province near the 38th Parallel and other coastal provinces.
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Tokyo
Red Peiping
Manchuria
Kangwon
38Th Parallel
Love For Dancing Causes His Death
In Benton Harbor Michigan on February 7 25 year old Jesse Sandford nicknamed Dancing Boy was stabbed to death after stepping on a woman's toe during a dance in an all night restaurant. Police say Susie Lee Terry 28 stabbed Sandford after he apologized. Terry was booked on murder investigation.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Jesse Sandford
Vern Storey
Sandford
Mary Spinks
Susie Lee Terry
Terry
Ao Heart
Grandmother Belle Of Ball At Michigan State J Hop
EAST LANSING Mich Feb 7 A 73 year old grandmother Mrs Augusta M Lynch of Custer Mich wowed at Michigan State College J Hop dance night She said she can still waltz and fox trot and now knows what she missed by not finishing college She is a junior at MSU enrolled to complete her degree
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State College
Augusta M. Lynch
Custer
Danish Church Objects To Pamphlet Praising Double Bed
Copenhagen February 7. Danish church circles object to an Aalborg parish pamphlet Vor Frue Kirke praising the double bed as a social institution and calling it an easy way to warm cold feet. Notre Dame church in Aalborg sponsors the pamphlet.
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Copenhagen
Aalborg
Notre Dame
Britain Opposes Naval Blockade of China
London reports Britain remains strongly against a Chinese mainland blockade citing risks of Soviet submarines entering the conflict and potential clashes with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. British officials warn swift action could trigger dangerous consequences while noting opposition to any blockade.
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Britain
China
London
Far East
the Scotsman
Hong Kong
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Foreign Office
Eisenhower
Formosa
Vladivostok
Russia
Third Riotous Outbreak At Prison Is Broken Up
The Arizona state prison near Florence faced its third riot in three days as tear gas halted the disturbance in Cell Block 3. About 400 convicts participated, with guards posting extra security and no serious injuries reported.
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Florence
Ariz
Arizona State Prison
Lon Walters
Don McAfee
Walters
Legislature May Enact Umstead Bills This Week
Raleigh February 7 legislative action this week moved Gov. Umstead’s program forward. Bills to reorganize the State Highway Commission and the Conservation and Development Board advance toward passage, with a third bill creating a study group to assess consolidations. The governor, recovering from a heart attack, plans to watch from the executive mansion as lawmakers push the measures.
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Raleigh
Umstead
State Highway Commission
Conservation and Development Board
Durham
C&d Board
Senate
House
Senate Roads Committee
Highway Commission
House Roads Committee
Battle over Smiths $60,000 bond dispute looms
In Greensboro Francis Duval Smith known as George Smith faces a bond forfeiture fight in Guilford Superior Court set to open Monday. Bondsman S S Risley of Charlotte filed for collection as Smith serves a 10 year term for bribing Greensboro police amid his lottery empire. Smith also carries a separate $42,500 bond tied to the fatal hit and run of 13 year old George Rainey last summer.
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Greensboro
N.C
Francis Duval
George
S&s. P
Mrs Annie B Osborne Dies In Randleman
Mrs Annie Bias Osborne 77 died at her Route 1 home in Randleman this morning. Survived by husband M C Osborne and sister Betty Ramsey of Milton WVa. Funeral 3:00 Monday at Pugh Funeral Home with burial at Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery.
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Randleman
Annie Bias Osborne
M. C. Osborne
Betty Ramsey
Milton
W.a
Pugh Funeral Home
Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery
Eisenhower to Nominate Clare Booth Luce as Ambassador
President Eisenhower said he will nominate Clare Boothe Luce to be the U S ambassador to Italy, making her the second woman ambassador in U S history. She is expected to assume the post after Italy's national elections and would be based in Rome with retiring ambassador Ellsworth Bunker remaining briefly.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Clare Boothe Luce
U. S
Italy
Comely Blonde
Fortune
Fisher
Connecticut
Ellsworth Bunker
Rome
White House
Luce
Lace
New Yorker
Fulton J. Sheen
Vatican
Eugenie Anderson
Minnesota
Denmark
Conecticut
U. S. Senate
Senate
Congress
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