Pilot Downs Nine Furious Air Battles For Korean War Double Ace
Seoul reports fierce air duels between 17 Sabres and 27 Communist MIGs near the Manchurian border. Col. Royal Baker of McKinney Texas earned the era’s third double ace with nine MIGs and one damaged, after closing to 800 feet on a final kill. Allied air strikes hit 36 buildings five Red gun positions and damaged a rail bridge while ground forces repulsed five probing attacks near Old Baldy. Baker joins Maj. George A. Davis and Maj. Frederick C. Blesse in the double ace ranks as Fifth Air Force logs seven days with one Sabre lost to MiGs and other Allied planes downed by anti aircraft and operations.
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Eighth Army
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Lubbock
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Ariz
Flood Threat Looms Across Benelux as Rivers Rise
Blizzard hitting England worsens dike work while Belgium and the Netherlands brace for spring tides. Ma lines declares emergency as River Dyle breach at Schouwen Duiveland prompts evacuation of Zieriksee. 3,000 evacuated on Schouwen Duiveland. 12,000 airmen soldiers and civilians rebuild dikes amid ongoing sandbagging efforts.
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Blizards
England
Belgium
Holland
Malines
Dyle
Zieriksee
Schouwen-Duiveland
Kent
North Sea
Agriculture Panel Blasts Benson On Perishable Price Support
Two House Agriculture Committee Democrats accused the Eisenhower administration of welshing on promises to meat egg and other perishable producers. They fault Ezra Benson for saying no feasible price support method exists while Republicans defend the stance noting cattle prices have risen and past policy opposed government purchases.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Thomas G. Abernethy
Dmiss
Benson
Abernethy
Fred Marshall
D-Minn
Oere — Em
Kasson
Minn
Marshall
Congress
Charles F. Brannan
Vatican pressures in Rosenberg clemency appeal
The Vatican relayed to the White House a report of many new appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. President Eisenhower maintains his refusal, with White House officials confirming the pope’s views were being conveyed but no clemency request was made.
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Pius XII
White House
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Ether
Eisenhower
New York
Sing Sing
Amleto Cicognani
Sherman Adams
Cicognani
Adams
United States
Vatican
McGranery
Apostolic
Truman
Emanuel H. Bloch
Dew House
Rosenbergs
U. S
Irving R.kaufman
Odds Favor Passage Of Coast Bill
Congressional hearings open on tidelands bills giving coastal states title to offshore lands. Eisenhower pledged quick passage as a major objective, with Senate Interior Committee and House judiciary subcommittee taking up the issue. Opposition centers on federal title versus state ownership and distribution of oil revenue for education.
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House Judiciary
Atty
Herbert C. Brownell Jr
Tidelands
Ress
Eisenhower
Guy Cordon
R-Ore
Truman
Senate
House Committee
Brownell
Secretary of the
Interior
Douglas McKay
Navy
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
Sen
Cordon
Spessard Holland
D-Fla
Florida
Gulf
Louisiana
Clinton P. Anderson
Lister Hill
Ala
Ifields
Stevenson Urges Democratic Aid Against Western Europe Split
Adlai E Stevenson criticized Dulles diplomacy and warned the Kremlin is cheered by our divisions. He spoke at a Waldorf Astoria fundraiser and outlined a constructive Democratic opposition and continued support for allied cooperation. He plans a world tour including Korea and urged fellow Democrats to back practical government by business and private persuasion.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Stevenson
John Foster Dulles
Western Europe
Kremlin
Ilinois
Waldorf Astoria
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
Korea
Dulles
Europe
NATO
Democratic Party
Republicans Threaten Retaliation Over Tax Cut Fails
House Republicans in the Ways and Means Committee threaten retaliation if the Senate blocks or delays the July 1 income tax cut. Chairman Daniel A. Reed’s bill would accelerate a six month early tax reduction, totaling about 25 to 50 dollars for typical taxpayers, with larger gains for higher earners.
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Robert A. Taft
R-O
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Congress
General Assembly Faces Hard Budget Choices For 1953
The 1953 General Assembly plans to fund multi million programs while pledging no tax increase. Gov Umstead's budget will propose 88 million bond issues for schools and mental hospitals with 22 million in interest over 20 years. Debates loom over veteran bonuses liquor referenda and redistricting as lawmakers weigh finances and political risk.
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Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Luther Hodges
House
Senate
Brandon Hodges
Joint Appropriations Committee
DC-6 Believed Down In Gulf
A National Airlines DC-6 with 41 passengers and five crew disappeared after fuel ran low about 250 miles west of St. Petersburg in rough Gulf waters. Coast Guard planes and boats searched the area after the aircraft left Tampa for New Orleans at 4 40 p.m. EST, last communicating at 5 45 p.m. EST near squally weather.
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Fla
National Airlines
New Orleans
NAM
The
Gulf
William Ehart
Miami
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
NAS
Tampa International
St. Petersburg
Miami Coast Guard
Washington
Weather Bureau
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Rofil
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Etree
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West
Key Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Viam Eee
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New York
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Portland
San Antonio
San Francisco
Sousen
Eisenhower to hold first news conference Tuesday
President Eisenhower will host his first news conference as chief executive on Tuesday with plans for a regular series and possible monthly televised sessions. The White House aims for a more cooperative press corps, while officials say details remain tentative.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
United Press
Subcommittee
Dulles
Draft chief foresees shortage may draft fathers
Manpower chief Lewis B. Hershey warned that to keep the armed forces at 3.6 million, drafts may reach into eight to 14 months from now and could involve fathers and even women if battles threaten survival. He urged tightening student deferments and noted that 1-A pools and current deferrals drive future drafting. about 1.4 million fathers are now deferred by presidential order.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Mutual Broadcasting System
Nalf
Photos Of Call Girl Entered In Vice Case
New York Feb 14 Jelke trial on vice charges sees his lawyers claim two photos demolish the chief witness Miss Ward and another girl by depicting them unfavorably. Judge Schreiber may rule on lifting a press ban at the Jelke trial after a petition by five papers, a syndicate and two news services.
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Minot
Mickey) Jelke
Vice
Pat Ward
Miss Ward
Jelke
Sam Segal
Martin Benjamin
Weather Brief for Today and Tomorrow
The high is 50 and the low 35 for tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 57 with a 35 low. Sunset is at 6 01 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow at 7 07 a.m.
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