Detroit Boy Scouts Aid in 3 Day Barbara Gaca Search
Police battled a heavy snowfall as 3,000 Boy Scouts combed 90 blocks near Assumption Grotto School for Barbara Gaca. Rewards totaling 3000 dollars were offered as authorities urged further tips while the hunt stretched into its third day. Barbara, 5, vanished Thursday morning after leaving Catholic school, authorities said.
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Detroit
Barbara Gaca
Barbara
Assumption Grotto School
Herber Case
Arthur J. Heidt
Motor City
Frank Gaca
Rita
Gloria
Robert
Charles
Gail Finally Celebrates Christmas at Home
Ailing Gail Staley, once comatose after a December accident, enjoys a joyful Christmas visit from Santa on March 26 in Paducah. About 30 friends and relatives attend as Gail receives dolls, bears, dresses, a ruby ring, candy, and a toy train along with other gifts during a sunny afternoon celebration.
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Paducah
Santa Claus
Gail Staley
Gail
Santa
Erry
Soea
Louisville
Clarence Molar
Atomic 500-Foot Tower Test Scheduled At Yucca Flat
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a 500-foot tower nuclear test at Yucca Flat is rescheduled for tomorrow due to favorable wind. About 650 soldiers and 28 Marines will be in trenches 3 500 yards from ground zero with 60 others coordinating the shot area. The plan replaces an air drop of a smaller device and marks the eighth test in the 1955 series delayed from March 14 by weather.
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Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
Ground Zero
AEC
Stratocruiser Crash Claims Four Lives
A Pan American Stratocruiser with 23 aboard crash landed and burned off the Oregon coast near Seattle. Four passengers died, three when Bayfield vessels arrived and one later. Mary Marshall of Seattle was critically injured, and most travelers were Pacific Northwest residents en route to Jakarta.
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Seattle
Pan American Airways
Sith Pervon
U.S. Navy
Bayfield
Oregon Coast
David FE. Darrow
Mary Marshall
Pacific Northwest
Claude
Florence
Jakarta
Indonesia
Portland
Disatm Siplans
San Pedro
Calif
Herman Joslyn
Pan American
Pacific
Pan Am
South Pacific
Cold Wave Brings 17 Deaths Across Nation
A record-breaking cold wave caused at least 17 deaths and paralyzed regions from the East to the South. Temperatures plunged to all time lows in Denver, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Louisville, Muscle Shoals, and Birmingham while heavy snow disrupted travel in New York and the Midwest. The storm damaged early crops including peaches in Georgia, Oklahoma, northern Texas, and southern Illinois.
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Hawaiaa
Atlantic
Los
Florida
New York
New York City
Indiana
Ohio
Rocky Mountain States
Denver
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Louisville
Muscle R&, Ala
Birmingham
Ala
Meriwether County
R. C. Buchanan
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
French Senate Ratifies Western Europe Union Pact
The French Senate ratified the Western Europe Union pact amid four treaties up for approval. Vote tallies showed 184 to 110 for the WEU treaty and 234 to 75 for West Germany's sovereignty and Allied occupation end. Debates touched on delaying amendments and potential Big Four talks with Moscow.
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Harvey Hudson Corey
France
Paris
National Assembly
West Germany
Italy
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Senate
WEU
Éailioee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rati
NCEA Declines to Take Stand on Segregation Policy
Asheville NC March 26 The North Carolina Education Assn closed its annual meeting with new officers installed and resolutions adopted. The group avoided a formal stance on segregation in public schools and quietly discussed teacher contracts. Bert Ishee of Seong Checkport and Thel Perkins Edwards of Raleigh were noted among officials.
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Asheville
N.C
North Carolina Education Assn
Supreme Court
Bert Ishee
Seong
Thel Perkins Edwards
Raleigh
NCEA
Cordell Hull Condition Reported Critical at Bethesda
Cordell Hull aged 83 and long time secretary of state is in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a stroke. He was stricken at his Sheraton Park apartment and admitted to the hospital in the late morning. Hull, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has battled high blood pressure and old age, with a prior cerebrovascular event last year.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Sheraton Park
Hull
Hun
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Katherine Ethridge
State Department
Dynamite Fails To Break Ice Filled Niagara River
A helicopter crew detonated two 20 pound charges in the ice near Niagara Falls to break an ice jam on the Niagara River. The thick ice would not budge and wind changes forced a halt with plans to resume if weather improves. Officials noted the operation may extend over two days as damage from the ice jam spreads through Lewiston and Youngstown.
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Niagara River
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Loren W. Olmstead
Buffalo District
Army Engineer Corps
Upstream
Ontario Hydro Commission
Sta
Lewistown
Youngstown
U.S
Lake Erie
Lewiston
Karl Dintroff
Rochester
Dintrof
Soviets Back Talks on Great Power Conference Idea
Soviet leadership indicated support for talks aimed at easing global tensions. Bulganin said a great power conference could be held soon to discuss an Austrian independence treaty, while Eisenhower noted cautious optimism about exploratory talks and possible preconference steps.
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Stanley Johnson
Paceneres
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Germany
Russia
United States
Eee
Two Die In Norfolk Southern Freight Wreck At Midland
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on a burning trestle near Midland North Carolina killing conductor Fred Styers and flagman Marvin Belvin. Three crewmen escaped, including engineer W. J. Andrews and fireman E. T. Williams. The 23 car train started from Raleigh and wreckage halted by the Rocky River gorge.
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Fred Styers
Marvin Belvin
Trey
Raleigh
Marine
Joe Williamson
Charlotte
W. J. Andrews
E. T. Williams
Andrews
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern Railroad
N.C
Midland
Wife Killer Mead Sentenced To Death In Broward
Gilbert Francis Mead of Stamford Connecticut was sentenced to death by electric chair for murdering his wife Evelyn Mead and her lover Dominick Albonizio on December 5. An all male jury found him guilty of the double murder and a life sentence was imposed for the Albonizio killing. He fainted in the courthouse elevator on the way back to jail but recovered. A motion for a new trial may be filed within 20 days. Mead claimed self defense and that Mrs Mead was accidentally shot during a struggle over a pistol. He had previously escaped parole and was captured after attempting to return a rented car.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Gilbert Francis Mead
Evelyn
Dominick Albonizio
Stamford
Conn
Ing Albonizio
Otis Farrington
Mead
Broward County
Connecticut
Albonizio
Richard Diamon
Wag Mead
Ceneres
United States Hears Soviets Open to Peace Meeting
Washington reports Soviet Premier Bulganin shows a positive attitude toward a possible peace meeting with Eisenhower and other leaders. State Department weighs its meaning as tensions rise over Formosa and the Quemoy Matsu crisis. Dulles and the Joint Chiefs favor a firm stance and preparedness to fight if the Reds push to a showdown. Such views color White House discussions with lawmakers next week.
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Washington
United States
Bulganin
Eisenhower
State Department
China
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Dulles
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Balvanius
Moscow
Presser
Offeere
Williams
Winerey
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