Hero General Van Fleet to Receive Welcome in San Francisco
Gen James A Van Fleet retired commander of UN forces in Korea arrives on a ship after 22 months in Korea. San Francisco plans an elaborate civic welcome with a 17 gun salute and city officials at city hall. He will speak at a luncheon and hold a news conference before traveling to Washington March 4 to testify on ending the Korean War.
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James A. van Fleet
Washington
Congress
Eighth Army
United
Korea
Honolulu
Hawaii
Can Fleet
Fort Mason
Sixth Army
Joseph M. Swing
Presidio
505Th Military Police
City Hall
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Palace Hotel
Maxwell D. Baylor
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Ike Praises Truman Balcony On White House Tour
President Eisenhower told lawmakers during a White House tour that he likes the controversial balcony built in 1948 and does not share the criticism aimed at Truman. He said the balcony is “pretty good.”
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Ike
White House
Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Partial Birth At Detroit Hospital Opens Premature Baby
Mrs. Cecilia Roby delivered a four pound three ounce premature girl in the emergency room of New Sinai Hospital Detroit. Both mother and child were moved to Woman's Hospital as Sinai’s obstetrics wing isn’t due to open for another month.
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Cecilia Roby
New Sinai Hospital
Woman's Hospital
Sinai
GMC
Hydra-Matic
Love stirs school tag plan in Bridgeport civil defense
In Bridgeport Connecticut officials discovered that boys and girls were exchanging identification tags issued for a civil defense plan as tokens of affection.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Civil Defense
House Body Opens Probe of Colleges
The House Un American Activities Committee opens hearings on alleged education infiltration. Chairman Harold Velde pushes public testimony from professors who briefly affiliated with the Communist Party years ago, despite bipartisan opposition. The panel secures 300000 for ongoing college investigations with assurances against a witch hunt.
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United Press
Washington
House UN - American Activities Committee
Harold H. Velde
Bill
Communist Party
Francis E. Walter
Bernard W
Pat) Kearney
R-N. Y
Velde
LaFollette shoots self in Washington home
Former Senator Robert M. LaFollette Jr. killed himself with a .22 pistol in his Northwest Washington residence after a period of ill health. Funeral plans were reportedly set for Friday in Madison, Wisconsin, with Father John Keene officiating.
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Self
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette Jr
Madison
Wis
Bob
Grace Episcopal Church
John Keene
Demonstration by Red POWs Smashed in Korea
In Pusan Korea guards and South Korean troops crushed a revolt by Communist prisoners of war. One prisoner was fatally injured during removal to a work detail as UN POW command reported no UN casualties. The incident began when prisoners refused a headcount and chanted Communist slogans.
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Pusan
Korea
United Nations Prisoners of War Command
U.N
Fred Taylor
Republic of Korea
Nunan Indicted Again on Perjury Charge in Tax Case
Former Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. faces a five count federal indictment for alleged perjury in statements to jurors and tax investigators. He previously was indicted last December for tax evasion totaling 91,086 dollars from 1946 to 1950. he pleads innocent and remains free on 1,500 dollar bail.
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New York
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Rackets Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Nunan
Richard J. Burke
Pigeon Flies Into New York Apartment Chimney
A pigeon registered by Greenwich Connecticut Pigeon Club landed on a New York skyscraper chimney Tuesday. It dropped through the flue and perched in the fireplace where Mrs. James F. Thornton, with her parakeet and poodle, discovered it on a log.
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New York
Greenwich, Conn
James F. Thornton
Davidson College's lone coed speaks on campus life
At Davidson College in North Carolina there are 828 men and Mary McGill a 19 year old woman is the sole female student. She says the role is flattering but fears it may be cramping the style of both students and professors.
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Davidson
N. C
Davidson College
Mary McGill
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Bob) LaFollette
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