Navy plane missing. oil slick spotted southeast of Lake Charles
The Coast Guard said a PMB-5 Martin Mariner searching for the navy flying boat missing with nine aboard sighted an oil slick about 100 miles southeast of Lake Charles. Planes and Coast Guard cutters joined the hunt, with ships urged to look for a downed craft or survivors.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Coast Guard
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Tennessee
Martin Mariner
Yester Coast Guard
Navy
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
PBM
Galveston
Lincoln Day Orators Score Welfare State
The Associated Press reports Republicans launched a broad attack on the Truman administration during Lincoln Day events as they frame the 1950 campaign around Liberty versus Socialism. Harold E. Stassen, speaking in Springfield Illinois, denounced Democratic welfare programs as pandering to “chiselers and loafers” and warned that such policies lead to dictatorship.
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Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Stassen
Stas
Two Trains Collide in France Killing Seventeen
In Gaillac near Lisle Sur Tarn, two motor driven trains collided head on in darkness and fog at about 7 am. Seventeen people are dead and thirty eight injured as rescue workers clear the telescoped wreckage. Engineers attempted braking but failed to avert the crash.
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Gaillac
France
Lisle- Sur-Tain
Lisle- Sur-Tarn
Connally hints US may seek atomic pact with Russia later
Senator Connally says the United States could pursue an international agreement on control of atomic and hydrogen weapons through the United Nations at an appropriate time. He notes the move would come without a direct peace bid and cites ongoing policy reviews. Bricker agrees effort should be made, despite current Cold War tensions.
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U. S
Russia
Washington
Feo
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
United Nations
State Department
Truman
Acheson
Atomic Energy Commission
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Illinois
Rus
Tornado, Floods, and Cold Grips Nation
A Saturday tornado injures more than a dozen in eastern Texas near La Porte. Tennessee floods kill two. 800 displaced as Cumberland River floods persist. Sub-zero cold hits northern plains and northern New England with Fargo at minus 16 and Bemidji minus 17. Caribou Maine reports two degrees.
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Associated Press
Texas
Tennessee
Bemidji
Minn
Fargo
N. D
New England
Caribou
Cumberland River
Nashville
Guilford County Democrats Name Two For Elections Board
Harmony marked Guilford County Democratic committee action as Lynwood Smith of High Point and Greensboro attorney George Hampton won placements on the county elections board. Hampton is favored as chairman of the three member panel. The decision followed a calm session after earlier party strife. The current board, led by Renfrow, will forward a voting machines resolution to the State Board of Elections for approval.
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Fred Flagler
Greensboro
Guilford County
Lynwood Smith
High Point
George Hampton
County Elections Board
Hampton
Guilford
Smith
Martin Douglas
Wade Renfrow
Pierce Rucker
Renfrow
Frank Hutton
Burrows
Renfrew
County Board
State Board of Elections
Elections Board
State Board
Former Aide To General Clark Shot To Death
Major John J. Luther Jr an aide to Lt Gen Mark Clark was found shot behind the wheel of his parked car near Fairfax airport in Kansas City. Police say robbery likely motive as the 30 year old from Clay City Indiana was shot twice in the head and once in the hip with a .32 caliber revolver.
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Kansas City
Kasa A
John J. Luther, Jr
Mark Clark
Clay City
Ind
Luther
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Fairfax Airport
Fairfax
Roy A. Ferguson
Missing East German Minister in Berlin Amid Cold War Tensions
East Germany reports foreign minister George Dertinger missing amid Bonn and Moscow alignments. West accusations flare over trade embargoes and alleged Western support for a new blockade. In Czechoslovakia a Moravian court sentenced three men to death for plotting to assassinate Czech leaders and topple the communist government. Nationalists in China claim Red troops bolster Ho Chi Minh forces in Indochina, while clashes persist along the French-Vietnam border and American property faced calls to cease attacks.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Russia
U. S
West Berlin
West Germany
Paris
Suort
Onrad
Adenauer
George Dertinger
East Germany
Dertinger
Eisler
Moravian
Jihlava
Czarhoslovakia
China
Ho Chi- Minh
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Formosa
Canton
Chinese
Red Radio
Indo-China
San Francisco
Vietnam
IndoChina
Shanzhai
Red
Pneumonia Epidemic Tops City Death Toll
In Charlotte 23 deaths linked to pneumonia and a concurrent virus epidemic were reported. The health department said 17 pneumonia deaths occurred in January and six in the past week. City health officer Dr. M B Bethel noted virus infections have reached epidemic levels. Penicillin helps pneumonia but loses effectiveness when virus diseases are present. Officials expect the virus peak to pass and decline soon.
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Charlotte
Health Department
M. B. Bethel
Defiance in Soft Coal Fields Sparks Union Split
John L. Lewis ordered miners to return to work under a Taft Hartley injunction, but Illinois and western Pennsylvania union leaders rejected the move. Robena, Pennsylvania, miners voted to ignore the order and continue striking without a contract, signaling renewed resistance despite the court mandate.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
No Contract No Work Coal Miners Stand Firm
Pittsburgh reports show miners across western Pennsylvania Illinois Kentucky and Washington will not return to work Monday despite court orders and John L. Lewis. Robena local UMW votes to continue the strike insisting on a contract before resuming work. District leaders in Illinois Kansas Missouri and other regions echo the No contract no work stance while a few areas await Lewis's official order.
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Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Hugh White
Pennsylvania
Robena
UMW
John Ozanich
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Western Pennsylvania
Kentucky
NMW
Washington
John L. Henry Allai
Kansas
Missouri
Truman Receives Defense Briefing On Far East Civil War
President Truman convened a White House meeting with the four military chiefs after their Pacific tour to review American strength in the Far East. The session, attended by top officials including Webb Early and Louis Johnson, focused on Japan Okinawa Guam and Iwo Jima positions and the China Communist advance. Other developments included Moscow reports and Ambassador Jessup preparing for a Bangkok conference with Asian diplomats.
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Washington
Asia
Truman
America
Pacific
Far East
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Russia
Omar Bradley
Fourman Military High Command
James Webb
Defense
Louis Johnson
Stephen Early
Army
Navy
Air Departments
Joint Chiefs
Japan
Okinawa
Guam
Iiawan
Far Eastern
Douglas MacArthur
China
State Department
Moscow
Philip Jessup
Bangkok
Siam
Jessup
U. S
McCarthy Pushes State Dept Cleanup In Wisconsin Visit
Senator McCarthy urged President Truman to name and purge Communist party linked staff in the State Department. He said he would make it politically costly for the administration to resist. State Department officials denied known communist ties and pledged swift action if any were found.
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Reno
Nev
McCarth Raga Eres Cane Truman
Wisconsin
State Department
McCarthy
Wheeling
W. Va
Secretary of State
Communist Party
Washington
Lincoln White
Mysterious London Attack Cleared Up
British naval intelligence chief Rear Adm Langley-Cook said gunmen fired on his car from a speeding sedan but authorities doubted the claim, calling the windshield damage a stone. Police said the car owner has been seen and the incident is resolved amid a counter espionage sweep tied to the Fuchs case.
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London
Naval Intelligence
Scotland Yard
Uxbridge
Adm
Langley-Cook
Longley-Cook
Paratrooper Steward Recalls Narrow Tampa Door Incident
Marc Fisher-Galati, 28, a Miami resident and former paratrooper, described dangling head down from a DC-3 door for eight minutes over Tampa Bay after a door opened in flight. He credited his military training for gripping a chain and keeping hold until the aircraft landed with assistance from co-pilot J S Davis.
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Miami
Fla
Tampa Bay
Marc Fisher-Galati
Bastogne
101St Airborne Division
Miami International
Fisher- Galati
J. S. Davis
Iepwere
Suitcase Bomb at LAX Turns Out to Be Electric Vibrator
A buzzing suitcase at Los Angeles International Airport was found to hold an electric vibrator after police guards opened it at a remote site. Officers Sgt. Russell Camp and inspector Jack Donahoe pried the case and confirmed the device’s harmless, battery powered massager.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
Russell Camp
Jack Donahoe
New York
American Airlines
H. S. Harrison
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