Knowland Opposes Islands Surrender for Cease-Fire
Senator Knowland warned that a cease-fire with the Communist side must not trade away Quemoy and Matsu to Red China. He urged the United Nations not to invite Peiping to talks and said any deal that costs nationalist-held offshore islands would be appeasement and a strategic blow to free nations in Asia.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Red China
Dulles
Senate
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Quemoy
Matsu
Eisenhower
Seewee
Chiang Kai-shek
Vinced
Great Britain
Neil
Formosa
Amoy
Foochow
Free World
Hainan
Hong Kong
China
Korea
Viet Nam
United States
Chiang
Dien Bien Phu
Free Nations of
People’s Daily
Munro
Tachens
Britain
Red
Free China Pleased At American Action
United States approval of Eisenhower defense plan for Formosa and the Tachens is welcomed by Nationalists. Talks of evacuation begin as U S Seventh Fleet prepares to cover 15 000 troops and civilians from Tachens to Formosa via Nanchishan staging point.
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Taipeh
Formosa
United States
Eisenhower
Tachen Islands
Tachen
Defense Ministry
Senate
America
Far East
U.N. Security Council
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosan
Yu Ta-wei
Peiping
Nanchishan Island
Nanchishan
Helena
Alfred M. Pride
the Lung
Taipei
Russia Says It Does Not Seek General War Over Formosa
Moscow reports quote Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov saying Russia does not want full scale hostilities with the United States over Formosa. Hearst Jr and J Kingsbury Smith relay that Molotov refused to disclose full Soviet intentions on Formosa and cut off mid sentence when pressed.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Russia
United States
Formosa
Wiliam Randolph Hearst Jr
J. Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Molotov
Far
London
New York
Hearst
Smith
Soviet Union
Eisenhower Signs Formosa Security Resolution With Fifteen Pens
President Dwight D. Eisenhower used fifteen pens to sign the Formosa security resolution in Washington on January 29 1955 distributing twelve as souvenirs to witnesses. He added a date line and time 842 a m before the document became law, then retained three pens.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington, D.C
Soviets Claim Invention Of Atomic Powered Auto
The Soviet Union announced its top nuclear scientists developed an atomic powered automobile that can run for weeks on grams of uranium. Prof. V. P. Romadin led reported experiments, with an "atomic oven" engine turning lead into steam to drive wheels, while a new alloy shields the driver from radiation as plans extend to ships and planes.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Lausitzer Rundschau
East Germany
V. P. Romadin
Eisenhower Returns to Washington After Augusta Rest
President Eisenhower flies to Augusta Georgia for a weekend golfing break at the Masters course. He signs a Formosa defense resolution and plans to return to Washington Monday morning after a brief White House visit and a round of golf.
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Washington
Eisenhower
ED Creagh
Augusta
White House
Columbine III
Congress
Formosa
James Hagerty
Pentagon
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Hagerty
Francis E. Howard
Camp Gorden
Elbert Peabody
Augusta National Golf Club
Clifford Roberts
New York
Roberts
Howard Snyder
Presi
World's Smallest Man Walter Boehning Dies at 22 Inches
Walter Boehning, who claimed to be the world’s smallest adult man, died in Delmenhorst Germany at age 48. He stood 22 inches tall and weighed under 20 pounds, unable to climb stairs or cross streets without assistance. He appeared in international variety shows.
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Delmenhorst
Ger
Walter Boehning
Boehning
Pacific Chief In Formosa For Talks
Adm. Felix B. Stump commander in chief in the Pacific arrived in Formosa and began talks at Pine Hill with top American officials before meeting Chiang Kai-shek. Welcomed by Vice Admiral Pride Ambassador Rankin and Maj. Gen. Chase, the visit followed discussions on U S 7th Fleet orders and possible aid to Nationalists amid tensions at the Tachens.
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Taipeh
Felix B. Stump
Pacific
Pine Hill
Chiang Kai-shek
Stump
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Adm
Alfred M. Pride
7Th Fleet
Karl Rankin
William C. Chase
American Military Advisory and Assistance Group
Refugee survives icy Hudson plunge after Baltic escape
A 31-year-old Hungarian stowaway, survivor of a trio from a communist prison, was pulled from the Hudson minutes after leaping from the Ryndam. He said Ludwig Reiger disappeared, likely drowned, while Edgar Helgar died in the Rhine trying to reach the Netherlands. Immigration officials would not permit him to stay.
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Hoboken
N.J
Hungary
Hudson River
Nicolaus Almassy
United States
Holland
Hungry
Ryndam
Statue of Liberty
Ludwig Reiger
Almassy
Reiger
Canada
London
Flogriyeschavan
Vienna
Edgar Helgar
Rhine
Germany
Netherlands
Or Dam
Navy Rescues Unwanted Whale at Hunter's Point
In San Francisco a 35 foot whale slipped under barges at Hunter's Point Shipyard and became trapped in a circle of piers and ships. Navy officials said the vessels would need to be moved to create a channel so the whale can rejoin its pod, the same group reportedly seen off Monterey. The mammal surfaces and dives, spraying onlookers with spray as it cannot free itself.
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San Francisco
Navy
Hunter's Point
San Francisco Bay
Boxer
Monterey
Rubinstein Murder Leads to New Family Clue
Stella Rubinstein reports hearing angry voices at Serge Rubinstein’s Fifth Avenue home hours before the financier’s body was found bound and slain. Police note a possible grudge motive as they search numerous angles and study keys, tapes, and a list of about 1,000 acquaintances.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Stella Rubinstein
Feneral
Alexander Herman
Playboy
Manhattan
Rubinstein
Fifth Avenue
Considera
Central Park
Aveee
Aes Noid Dee
Red China Invited as Talks Continue Before U N Council Meeting
United States Britain and New Zealand pressed ahead with Security Council discussions in New York ahead of a Monday session to halt fighting over Chinese island areas. A plan to invite Red China to present its case was expected to be approved, with Chou En-lai likely to be asked to send a representative.
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Peiping
London
Formosa
U.S
New Zealand
Security Council
Britain
U.N. Council
United Nations
N. Y
United States
U. N. Security Council
Red China
Leslie Munro
Peru
Victor A. Belaunde
Munro
Chou En-lai
Ae Piedavion Wa
V. Mae
Nalives
Aioe
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