Leopard Captured Alive After Escape at Oklahoma City Zoo
The 200 pound leopard escaped from an 18 foot pit at Lincoln Park zoo and returned to the den after being lured with meat and knockout drops. Zoo keeper Julian Frazier and a game ranger captured the groggy animal using a noose and a cage, with Marine reserves, dogs, helicopters, and police aiding the search.
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Oklahoma City
Eo Pit
Julian Frazier
Lincoln Park Zoo
India
Speer
Frazier
Moore Ao
Moore
Ward
Park
Louis Goebel
California
W. D. Boerman
Chiang Kai-shek Reassumes Nationalist Leadership
Chiang Kai-shek announces he will resume the presidency of Nationalist China and serve as commander in chief. Li Tsung-jen, recovering in New York, has not indicated consent as Chiang cites changes in world affairs and public opinion to justify his return.
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Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Li Tsung-jen
New York
Chiang
T of
Red
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Sun Yat-sen
Attlee Shuffles Cabinet Amid Tight British Election Threat
London faces a shaky Labor majority after Attlee wins a narrow victory and prepares to unveil a cabinet reshuffle including the likely appointment of a new colonial secretary and possibly a new defense minister. The plan aims to extend governance until the 1950 budget as pressure grows over nationalization and wage freezes.
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London
Attlee
Britain
George VI
Arthur Creech Jones
Viscount Alexander of
Hillsborough
House of Commons
Labor
East
Herbert Morrison
Commons
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Captain Brown Accepts Full Responsibility for Grounding Missouri
Norfolk Feb 28 Captain William D Brown commanding officer of the battleship Missouri told a naval court of inquiry he alone bears responsibility for the grounding in Chesapeake Bay January 17. He said the decision to run on the electronic range was his and he could have kept the ship in deep water. He praised Millett and Morris for salvage work and urged lessons for the naval service. Defendants include Millett and Lt John F E Cass.
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Norfolk
William D. Brown
Missouri
Naval Court of
Brown
Chesapeake Bay
Joan R. Millett
Frank G. Morris
Millett
Morris
John FE. Ca
Soviet Press Says Americans Pressing for Atomic Control
Moscow reports claim the American public pressures the U S government to pursue international atomic energy controls with the Soviet Union. The piece notes Truman and Acheson deny Russia will drop opposition, while Izvestia cites U S public protests and calls for talks to end the stalemate.
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Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
Truman
Dean Acheson
Russia
United Nations
U. S
Izvestia
USA
Truman to Address Nation On Red Cross Fund Drive
President Truman will speak from the White House for about five minutes at 10:54 p.m. outlining the Red Cross annual fund-raising drive. The program will also feature Gen George C Marshall as national chairman of the Red Cross.
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Washington
Truman
American Red Cross
White House
George C. Marshall
Red Cross
Rapidly Moving Sky Object Draws Astronomers Eyes
Cambridge mass February 28 astronomers study a new unidentified rapidly moving object reported by C A Wirtanen. Harvard observers say it is too faint to see without a telescope and may be an asteroid though not a comet. It appears stellar like and is at 14th magnitude, far fainter than the unaided eye.
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Cambridge
Mass
C. A. Wirtanen
C. D. Shane
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Calif
Harvard University Observatory
Harvard
Government moves ahead with John L. Lewis contempt trial
The government proceeds with the contempt trial of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers amid talk of possible eminent seizure of coal mines and ongoing coal shortages. Talks are off for now, with little progress toward a strike settlement and no White House shift in strategy.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
Truman
Lewis
Springfield
Ill
Mercy Trial Snarl Over Nurse Testimony In Sander Case
In Manchester New Hampshire Feb 28 the mercy trial of Dr Hermann N Sander tightens as nurse Elizabeth J Rose testifies for the prosecution while a signed defense statement claimed Mrs Abbie Borreto was dead before the air injection. The jury heard conflicting accounts of whether the patient was breathing and the defense argues the nurse showed the patient was dead prior to the procedure.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Sander
Borreto
Elizabeth Rose
Miss Rose
Mrs. Borreto
Abbie Borroto
Borroto
Hillsboro County Hospital
Elizabeth J. Rose
KR. N
Louis E. Wyman
Revivalists Resume Classes at Asbury College
Asbury college students returned to classes in Wilmore Kentucky as a revival gathers pace at the chapel. About 1600 people packed the building last night after officials reversed a midnight curfew. Hundreds have prayed and testified since Thursday with no classes held during the continuous meeting.
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Wilmore
Asbury College
J. B. Kenyon
Free elections in all of Germany urged by U S high commissioner
Frankfurt, Germany February 28 United States urged Russia to hold elections throughout all of Germany possibly October 15. John J McCloy said unity and freedom require full and equal opportunity for all parties nationwide to propose candidates and compete. He noted the October 15 Soviet zone election would be one sided and said he would discuss the proposal with the State Department upon return to Washington.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Russia
U. S
John J. McCloy
Loan Insurance To Be Studied By Commission
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Waldo Cheek announced a series of public hearings will be held next month to study and set regulations for loan related insurance policies. The hearings aim to determine necessary rules and their impact on insurance companies writing such policies. The department has no current special regulations for these loan tied policies.
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Raleigh
Insurance Commission
Waldo
Nationalists warn ships not to trade with Reds
Nationalist China warned that all ships trading with the Chinese communists face air attack after two American merchantmen were struck near Tsingtao. The Pioneer Dale and Flying Clipper incidents followed expanded port closure rules aimed at blocking mainland seaports.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Dale
United States Lines
Isbrandisen Line
Tsingtao
Shanghai
Yangtze River
U.S. State Department
Washington
Yangtze
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Anderson
Goldsboro
Naval Service
Manchester N. H
Reginald F. Borreto
Dr. Sander
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