Senator George calls halt to indiscriminate foreign aid
Senate Finance Committee Chairman George of Georgia urged cutting overseas assistance to avoid harming the US economy. He favored targeted aid only where success is likely, opposing broad programs while supporting specific Korea and Formosa aid and mentions Indonesia and Indochina.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Korea
Formosa
Republic of Korea
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Korean National Assembly
Congress
China
Far East
Export Import Bank
Indonesia
Indochina
U. S
Weak Distress Signals Heard In C-54 Yukon Search
Signals heard on 1722 kilocycles sparked a new alert in the C-54 search for 44 aboard missing craft in the Yukon. U S agencies tracked SOS transmissions from Atlanta to several states and Alaska border area rays while McChord analyzed feasibility of radio links.
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Seattle
United States
Yukon
CAA
U.S. Air Force 10Th
Anchorage
Alaska
Mt. Logan
Alaska-Yukon
Atlanta
Cedar City
Utah
Sundance
Wyo
Detroit Lakes
McChord
Steward Is Sucked From Plane Through Open Door
A Pan American World Airways steward named John Harris, 28, was sucked out an open door of a pressurized transocean strato cruiser at about 8 000 feet over Long Island. Passengers recalled a sudden gust of wind before crew members failed to close the door amid strong air pressure. Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Authority and Civil Aeronautics Board began an immediate inquiry as crewmen were questioned after the flight.
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New York
Long Island
John Harris
Pan American World Airways
Transocean
Harris
Anna Karsieck
Krajicek
St. James
N. Y
Civil Arronautics Authority
Civil Aeronautics Board
Jeff Johnson Named Graham Campaign Manager in N C
In Raleigh on February 11 Jeff PD Johnson Jr of Clinton was named to manage the forthcoming campaign for U S Senator Frank P Graham D NC. Johnson will open party headquarters in Raleigh February 20 and will dedicate full time to statewide organizational work.
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Raleigh
Jeff PD. Johnson, Jr
Clinton
U.S
Frank P. Grahar
D-Nc
Graham
Washington
Johnson
Superior Court
J. Melville Broughton
Scott
Broughton
Greater
University of North Carolina
Senate
North Carolina
Jealous Husband Fatally Wounds Man In Parked Car
In Gaffney South Carolina Wilson Parks of Janesville was shot while in a car with another man's wife. The husband Charles Mason 30 of Jonesville was arrested and held for investigation. his father C F Mason 57, wife Ruth Mason 28, and sister in law Mrs Tom Burgess were also detained for inquiry.
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Gaffney
S. C
P— Wilson Parks
Janesville
Parks
Lee Lavender
Charles Mason
Jonesville
Lavender
Mason
C. F. Mason
Ruth Mason
Tom Burgess
Auto thief steals Calumet Park squad car
Police from suburban Calumet Park could not pursue after a thief stole their lone squad car today. The incident highlights gaps in response during a high speed chase through the area.
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Chicago
Red
Surburban Calumet Park
Hate America Day Observed In Prague
Prague marked the fifth anniversary of the bombing of Nazi occupied Prague by American airmen. The official Czech press and Communist leaders used the date to condemn the United States, citing claimed casualties and disputing the U.S. assertion that the raid was accidental.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
America
Amerian
U. S
United States
Vaclav Vacek
Vacek
Board Urges Immediate Restart of Coal Production
President Truman faced a sweeping fact finding panel urging an immediate coal mine resumption as imperative and accusing John L. Lewis and operators of seeking tactical gains. The report accompanied a 10 day court order to end the strike with a hearing set for February 20 on expanding it to an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction.
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Washington
Truman
Taft- Hartley
John L. Lewis
Richmond B. Keech
Henry Hull
Reech
Lewis
McGrath
Charles G. Ross
Presidential Board
Attempt Made On Intelligence Officer Life
Unknown gunmen fired at Britain's Director of Naval Intelligence in London as he traveled with Rear Admiral Eric Longley-Cook. A nine mile car chase followed the shooting with the attacker escaping. Longley-Cook was unharmed. The incident occurred a day after Klaus Fuchs confessed to sharing atomic secrets with Russia.
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London
Britain
Naval Intelligence
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Fuchs
Eric Longley- Cook
Uxbridge
Acton
Two Drown In Flood Waters At Nashville
Two Negro women drowned today in the Cumberland river floodwaters at Nashville as floods continued to menace middle Tennessee. The Cumberland river crested at Nashville above flood stage and downstream at Clarksville the level stood seven feet above flood stage and rising.
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Associated Press
Middle Tennessee
Cumberland River
Nashville
Clarksville
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
New England
Dakotas
Minnnesota
Maine
Pembina
N. D
Alexandria Minn
Caribou
Great Lakes
Rockies
Boy Scouts Gather At Gettysburg Today
About 3,000 Boy Scouts from all 39 Pennsylvania councils gathered at Gettysburg for the Lincoln's birthday pilgrimage. The program featured a parade, a commemoration at the national cemetery, and battlefield tours with Gov. James H. Duff as the main speaker.
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Gettysburg
Pensylvania
Abraham Lincoln
National Cemetery
James H. Duff
Western Allies Protest Soviet Scrap Embargo in Berlin
Western powers accuse the Soviet Union of barring rail shipments of Berlin scrap metal to Western Germany. A formal letter to Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotkov calls the move a clear violation of the Paris agreement and notes the ongoing, tense East West dispute over steel and scrap trade.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Alexander Kotskov
Reichsbahn
Western
West Germany
Kotskoy
East Germany
Bonn
Ber
Lin
Joseph Orlepp
Bonn Republic
Orlepp
Wth
Soviet Union
North Hollywood General Sinks Into Stranger Shooting
Maj. Gen. Walter P. Story shot and critically wounded a man who asked to use a telephone at the general’s home in North Hollywood. The wounded man, Perry L. Davis, 33, a Beverly Hills contractor’s engineer, was taken to Birmingham General hospital with a bullet wound to the abdomen.
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North Hollywood
Cailif
Walter P. Story
W. E. Wilkins
Story
40Th Division
The
National Guard
Wilkins
Perry L. Davis
Davis
Birmingham General Hospital
Perry
Beverly Hills
Radio Television Stocks Advance
New York stock scene shows radio and television equities rising as market lags. TV issues lead with gains of one to four points. notable risers include Bethlehem Steel Goodrich Montgomery Ward Douglas Pepsi Kennecott Dow DuPont Union Pacific Celotex.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Goodmen
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Pepsi-Cola
Kennecott Cooper
Dow Chemical
DuPont Union Pacific
Celotex
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck J. I Case
Consolidated Edison General Electric
American Woolan, Southern Railway
U.S. Gypsum
Fuchs Case Opens Broad Counter Espionage Review in Britain
London report says Klaus Fuchs confessed to passing American and British atomic secrets to Russia. The arrest accelerated a nationwide security checkup extending to Harwell staff and government offices. US FBI and British agencies track past work of all involved in atomic research amid fresh inquiries. Washington lawmakers seek precise details on what was stolen and to whom.
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Fuchs
Great Britain
London
Klaus Fuchs
Britain
Russia
Scotland Yard
Military Intelligence
MI-5
Harwell
London Daily Mail
Whitehall
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
England
Washington
Laurinburg Woman Robbed After Lye Attack at Store
A woman in Laurinburg was attacked by a young Black man who threw lye in her face and robbed the Scotland bargain store. Mrs Solomon McCormick suffered severe burns and possible eye loss. witnesses pursued the suspect but he escaped.
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Laurinburg
Solomon McCormick
Scotland
McCarthy Demands Purge of Reds from State Dept
Senator McCarthy travels by air accusing the State Department of employing communists including 57 card carriers. He offers to name them to Secretary Acheson under conditions, while White denies any communist members exist and vows discharges if found. He cites loyalty-board findings among 3,000 screened, with 289 labeled bad risks and 207 still employed.
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Salt Lake City
McCarthy
Reno
Nev
Wisconsin
Wheeling
W. Va
State Department
Milwaukee
Denver
White
Acheson
Department
Chicago Baptist Seminary Hosts Seven Hour Revival
Nearly 400 theology students from Chicago and Wheaton college staged a seven hour revival in Wheaton and Chicago areas, inspired by a 38 hour prayer meeting. Seminary president Dr Charles W Keller called it the start of a sweeping spiritual revolution. Four Wheaton participants sparked the revival after returning home, while Wheaton’s meeting had been halted by officials.
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Wheaton
Idl
Chicago
Wheaton College
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Charles W. Keller
America
Gate City Alumni Demand Resignation Over College Move
Wake Forest alumni in Greensboro urge Dr. F Orion Mixon to resign if he opposes moving the college to Winston Salem. The resolution warns against actions not in harmony with North Carolina Baptists and calls for canceling Mixon’s special convention plan. Mixon had no comment.
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Greensboro
Wake Forest College Alumni Association of
North Carolina State Baptist Convention
Winston- Salem
F. Orion Mixon
Raleigh
Baptists of
North Carolina
Mixon
The
Baptist State Convention
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Good Ladies
Plummer's Cove
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E. G. Murphy
St. John’s River
Murphy
Boy Scouts
U. S. Atomic Energy Laboratories
Oak Ridge
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
State Dept
Chicago Baptist Seminary
Gate City
Dr. Mixon
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