Communists Caught by Surprise in Manpojin Raid
Bold FS84 Thunderjets struck Manpojin near the Manchurian border in North Central Korea, firing gasoline and blasting ammunition depots. Sabre pilots claimed multiple MiG engagements, with eight days of air war totaling numerous MiG destructions and damaged aircraft. Ground actions near T-Bone Hill and Sinmak reported Chinese movements halted by artillery as U.S. patrols suffered minor injuries from shell fragments.
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Attorneys file new petitions to save four condemned men
New efforts emerge to halt four executions at Central Prison death row. U S Supreme Court petitions are being entered for Bennie and Lloyd Ray Daniels of Pitt County along with Clyde Brown and Raleigh Speller of Bertie and Forsyth counties.
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Colder West and Midwest Hit by Severe Cold Wave
A sweeping cold wave grips the West and Midwest with temperatures plunging to as low as 31 below zero. The death toll rises to 13 as blizzards ease and conditions shift eastward into Ontario. Strong winds and drifting snow disrupt travel, with Buffalo and Rochester experiencing severe conditions and power and utility damage.
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Truman confirms Life to publish memoirs and Honolulu trip
Former President Truman spoke at a Kansas City news conference about Life magazine winning rights to publish his memoirs in one or two volumes, with a reported $600,000 deal. He said publication would occur in 1954 and that he and his family would vacation in Honolulu for a month starting March 22, without newsmen or interviews aboard the President Cleveland.
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CIO executive Allan Haywood dies at 63 in Wilkes Barre
Allan Haywood 63 longtime executive vice president of the CIO died of a heart attack in Wilkes Barre while addressing a CIO district council meeting at a hotel. He was hospitalized at General Hospital after collapse. In Tokyo Gen Mark Clark urged the Communists to exchange sick and wounded prisoners with the U N, saying the UN supreme model is prepared to carry out Geneva Convention provisions.
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Suburban trolley crash kills twenty three near park
In Mexico City on February 21 twenty three people were reported dead after two trolley cars collided head on between the capital and a nearby national park.
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Dean Hilton urges rapid farm knowledge spread at NC State
Dean J. H. Hilton of North Carolina State College urges continuing agricultural research to advance the South and get the answers to the people. He spoke to 25 farm editors at the first annual Farm Press and Radio Institute during the final session at the college.
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Farm Press and Radio Institute
Funeral services for Asheville Citizen-Times executive
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for W. Randall Harris 54 assistant general manager and treasurer of the Asheville Citizen Times Co found dead in bed Friday from a heart attack. The services will be at Central Methodist Church at 4 pm with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
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Early filers in North Carolina receive tax refunds
Greensboro reports Internal Revenue Director Edwin Gill says about 96,000 North Carolinians who filed early have already received refunds. He adds the refunding program is keeping pace with early returns.
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Cape Fear River Falls as Rain Forecast to Raise Levels
The Cape Fear River level, measured at 22.7 feet at noon after starting the day at 29.7 feet, continues to fall slowly in Elizabethtown. Rain upstream prompted Weather Bureau warnings that another rise is expected by tomorrow afternoon.
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Virginia Negro OK’d for retrial in Bladen County murder
In Elizabethtown on February 21 a 25 year oldManassas Virginia carnival worker Douglas Grayson will stand trial again for raping and killing Bladen County housewife Mrs Thay Lewis White. A prior jury of 11 white men found him mentally competent though defense argued a mental rate of about 6.
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Thay Lewis White
Sokolovsky Named Chief of Soviet Armed Forces
Moscow reports Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, famed for Berlin victory, named chief of staff and promoted to marshal. The announcement comes as the Soviet Army marks its anniversary with invitations sent to foreign attaches.
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Sergei M.antes
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Alexander Vasilevsky
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Alexander S. Scherbakov
Germany
Vassily Chuikov
Lucius D. Clay
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Britain
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Big And Little Federal Jobs Falling In Government Economy Drive
Washington reports a sweeping federal cutback as the Eisenhower administration pushes a budget-balancing drive. Agencies must submit revised 1953-54 spending, with Defense, Treasury and Agriculture leaders among those trimming. The plan targets personnel reductions, consolidation, and no replacements for voluntary quits, signaling a broad downsizing across civilian federal payrolls.
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Bohlen Nominated as U S Ambassador to Moscow
The Soviet Union reportedly accepted Charles E. Bohlen as the new U S ambassador to Moscow and the announcement is expected soon from President Eisenhower. If confirmed by the Senate Bohlen would replace George F Kennan who has not served since Oct. 31 after being deemed personally unacceptable by the Kremlin.
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Prospects Dim For Dramatic Korea Proposals At UN
At the United Nations General Assembly session opening, prospects faded for bold Western moves on Korea. Lester Pearson suggested no immediate steps beyond the Indian truce resolution, while U S officials signaled limited action and maintained secrecy amid friction over Far Eastern issues and possible naval measures.
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Government Worker Tries Counterfeiting in Secret Service Case
Washington February 21 Secret Service agents arrested Martin T Storey 47 a Department of Agriculture employee and his clerk Miss Mary Watson 55 both from Washington D C Storey an administrative officer in the livestock division allegedly engraved copper plates to print counterfeit ten dollar bills The two were released on bond with a March 4 preliminary hearing Storey admitted making four plates and claimed he burned a batch of about two dozen notes though the plates appeared crude The Agriculture Department sits near the Bureau of Engraving where real money is produced Storey reportedly earned about seven thousand dollars yearly and had no financial need for counterfeiting
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A. E. Baughman
Martin T. Storey
Oxon Hill
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U.S
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Silver Spring
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Senator Wiley urges stronger anti Stalin resolution
Washington February 21 Senator Wiley Wisconsin said a draft resolution condemning Soviet violations of secret agreements is disappointing and not strong enough He urged Congress to strengthen the wording to reflect American sentiment He cautioned against disunity but pressed for a firmer foreign policy beyond containment Taft will head a new treaties subcommittee and Dulles may be called for hearings
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Today's Weather Summary
High temperature is 10 and low tonight 22 with yesterday's high 67 and low 24. Sun sets at 6 08 p m and rises tomorrow at 6 53 a m.
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