Kefauver Begins New Hampshire Handshaking Tour
Sen Estes Kefauver opens a three day handshaking tour in New Hampshire aiming to win the March 13 Democratic presidential primary. The report notes local election maneuvering over Eisenhower’s name on the Republican ballot and Kefauver’s comments on major campaign issues.
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Associated Press
Estes Kefauver
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Harry E. Jackson
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Stratton
House
Jackson
Maurice Grant
Manchester
Grant
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Kefauver
New Hampholds
Widows View Slain Missionaries Graves In Amazon
In Quito on January 14 the widows of five U S missionaries killed by Auca Indians flew over their husbands graves along the Cararay River Valley. The five were Nathaniel Saint James Elliot Edward McCully Roger Youderian. A U S Air Force plane transported the widows and rescue crew to the scene while their plane lay nearby near the Auca village. No signs of life were seen among the huts as authorities noted bodies and belongings were not disturbed.
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Quito
Ecuador
U.S
Amazon Jungle
Nathaniel Saint
Huntingdon Valley
James Elliot
Portland
Ore
Edward McCully
Milwaukee
Wis
Ae Roger Youderian
Lansing
Cararay River
U.S. Air Force
Auca
Gonzalo Ruales
Ruales
Wood backs segregation in Charleston remarks
Gen Robert E Wood former Sears Roebuck chairman told a South Carolina cadet he does not believe in integration or the Supreme Court decision. He said the race question will be solved and compromises will be worked out as to its impact on the Souths economy.
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Harry Truman
Minneapolis
White House
St. Paul
Truman
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Charleston
S. C
Robert E. Wood
Oard
Sears Roebuck & Co
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Png
South
Wood
Ike Prepares Balanced 57 Budget Amid Growth Outlook
President Eisenhower indicates a balanced budget goal for the 1957 fiscal year starting July 1 with expected revenue gains from a growing economy. He forecasts possible spending near 444 billion dollars and cites a prior pledge to balance by June 30 while considering a tax cut only if it does not unbalance the budget.
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Washington
Congress Mononee
State of the Union
Congress
Eisenhower
Rookie Disc Jockey Aids Polio Fight in Waukegan
In Waukegan Illinois a young disc jockey on WKRS led a radio fund drive for polio relief. By noon contributions totaled 2500 dollars toward a 6000 dollar goal. The event featured four popular records chosen by local youths Julie and Dick with Adlai Stevenson’s son John as a brief guest.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
WKRS
Waukegan
Stevenson
Wadsworth, Ill
Julie Proctor
Libertyville
Bing Crosby
John Fell Stevenson
John
Ae Aes
France
Lib
al Polio Viet Wen
Dick Crenshaw
Worth
Julie
Marine PFC Marries Then Returns to Jail
Lancaster South Carolina reported an AWOL Marine Pfc Edward Riley Thornhill of Roanoke Virginia married Betty Ann Taylor of Elkton Virginia in Lancaster after being released briefly from jail for the ceremony. He was jailed again after the wedding with companions released on bus tickets provided by the Red Cross for their return to Elkton.
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Lancaster
S.C
Edward Riley Thornhill
Roanoke
Betty Ann Taylor
Elkton
Thornhill
Quonset Point
R.I
Lancaster City
R. L. Welko
Ft. Belvoir
J. Carnes
Carnes
Thornhill Onesse
Pan
James H. Howey
Howey
Red Cross
Ace Speen
Welko
Marine Pic
Edward R. Thornhill
8. C
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Slug Club Formed at Ashland High School Closed
Ashland Kentucky January 14 The principal and the dean of boys report the Slug Club among male students at Ashland High was broken up after suspending three football players. The club allegedly rewarded members who slugged nonmembers with cash pot contributions from several boys. A reported attack led to the club’s termination.
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Ashland
Ashland High School
H. L. Ellis
W. C. Shuttles
Askland
Brink's guard threatened twice in local incidents
Police say two threats were made to a Brink's guard, with one warning delivered to his home. District Attorney H Byrne indicated seven men in custody face arrAignment as investigators probe the incidents dated January 14 and January 17, 1950.
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Theames C. Allen
Dontas
H. Byrne
Democrats Attack Dulles Over Brink of War Remark
Democrats attacked Secretary of State Dulles over his claim that the United States deterred war by approaching the brink. Republicans defended him while the White House stayed silent. The dispute drew foreign comment in Vienna and London as Eden planned talks in Washington.
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Washington
Dulles
White House
Life Magazine
Red China
Graham
Billy Graham
John Foster Dulles
Far East
Bizarre Case Probes Dismembered Woman's Body
Police intensify search for Jacqueline Smith, 20, in New York after two men are held on homicide charges. Investigators suspect she died during a Christmas Eve abortion and was dismembered, with body parts allegedly dumped near the Bronx Whitestone Bridge and East River shore. Suspects are Thomas G. Daniel, 24, and Leo Pijuan, 46.
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New York
Jacqueline Smith
Lebanon
Bronx- Whitestone Bridge
East River Shore
Bronx
Thomas G. Daniel
Warren
Ohio
Leo Pijuan
Arlington approves partial desegregation plan for schools
The Arlington County School Board voted unanimously to allow mixing of white and Negro children at some elementary schools next fall if Virginia's Gray Plan becomes law. Plan extends to high schools in 1957 and senior highs in 1958 with no mandate for any child to attend an integrated school.
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Arlington
Arlington County School Board
Virginia
T. Edward Rutter
Supreme Court
Nation
Garland Gray
Heavy Rain Threatens New Floods Across Northern California
Army engineers and Civil Defense sit on standby as an extended storm drives rivers toward flood stages. Officials monitor the Russian and Eel rivers, the Feather at Yuba City, and the Sacramento, with levees tested and new flooding risks from Sierra snowmelt.
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San Francisco
Army
Civil Defense
California
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Santa Rosa
Presidio
6Th Army
Sacramento
Yuba City
R. M. Thompson
Weather Bureau
Guerneville
Sonoma County
Red Bluff
Sierra Nevada
Mercy Flight Fails to Save 5YearOld Leukemia Patient
New York dispatch reports five year old Luis Dealva of New Mexico died en route to a Paris Lourdes pilgrimage effort aided by government and Red Cross. His parents, William and Phyllis Dealva, praised agencies and airline staff for their quick help as the child’s condition worsened after landing in New York and transfer to Bellevue Hospital. The Los Alamos physicist father had sought expedited passports to reach France, saying the mercy flight effort came too late.
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New York
New Mexico
Luis Dealva
Lourdes
France
William E. Dealva
Caenzimene
Dealva
Red Cross
Sion
Manhattan
Los Alamos
Sonnel
Moe
Phyllis
Martha
Billy
Susana
University of California
Los Alamos Laboratory
Albuquerque
Bellevue Hospital
Luis
The
Bomb threat at Middlesex Jail linked to Brink’s robbery case
A caller warned of a roof bomb at Middlesex jail in East Cambridge prompting a large police sweep as 11 men implicated in the Brink’s robbery were indicted. Joseph O’Keefe remains in custody as authorities investigate a possible internal dispute over loot.
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Joseph
Specs) O'Keefe
Iie O'Keefe
Brink
Cambridge
Boston
Herbert F. Mulloney
Middlesex
Mulloney
Henry M. Coughlin
Coughlin
Mulroney
O'Keefe
Suffolk County
East Cambridge
Bomton
Charles Street
Elmer Trigger Burke
O’keefe
Shelby Attorney May Oppose Wells
Shelby N C January 14. Attorney Hugh Wells may oppose Wells in the race for reelection with Woodrow Jones, Democratic National Committee member, stating no definite decision yet. Wells has practiced law in Shelby since 1952 and serves as 2nd vice president of the Shelby Young Democrats.
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N.C
Woodrow Jones
DNC
Elby
Hugh Wells
Ith
Congressional District
Young Democrats
He Ryan
Wells
Sige Ey Tnt
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