Brilliant Meteor Zips Over Coast
San Francisco reports a bright object streaking over California in a 35 second glow. Coast Guard observers traced calls from Moro Bay to the Oregon line and confirmed a meteor with a green white red and blue hue. Hamilton Air Force Base officials said the sighting did not appear tied to western air defense maneuvers.
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San Francisco
California
Coast Guard
Moro Bay
San Luis Obispo
Oregon
Hamilton Air Force Base
Carrest Western Air Defense
Eisenhower to Address Nation Tonight from Washington
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will report to the American people on his western European tour. The address airs on all major networks at 7:45 p.m. Long Beach time. Details of yesterday's congressional report appear on page 2.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Long Beach
Congress
Mails Embargoed In Train Walkout
Government filed contempt actions against the switchmen's union in Washington and Cleveland as about 10 000 switchmen were out on strike. BRT official Sam Vander Hei described embittered workers while some enginemen took sick leave, with no renewed assurances of a settlement. The union had urged a return to work previously with promised talks.
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Washington
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Sam Vander Hei
BRT International
Promuses van der Hei
See Rail
What About Korea Poll Sparks Public Opinion Debate
A recent Gallup poll shows 65 percent favor withdrawal from Korea, 25 percent want to stay, and 9 percent undecided. The piece notes polls are widely trusted by corporations for advertising strategies despite occasional errors.
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Gallup
Korea
Bridges and Hallinan Defend China Policy
In Portland on February 1, Harry Bridges and his lawyer Vincent Hallinan defended Communist China in the Far East. They called the United Nations indictment of Red China as aggressors unfortunate and argued that peace would be harmed if China were not labeled an aggressor.
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Portland
Ore
Harry Bridges
Vincent Hallinan
China
Far East
United Nations
Hallinan
Seoul in Range of U N Artillery
Allied forces from ten nations push along the Western front toward Seoul resuming a limited offensive for the ninth straight day. Tokyo dispatch notes the U N armies approach within artillery range of the Red-held city as Chinese and North Korean units try to break contact near Yaju while French American troops receive reinforcements.
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Sepures
Gene We Vane
Dain
Seoul
Tokyo
U.N
United Press
Jack Burley
Eighth Army
Yaju
Meat Plant Crisis Brews Across Nation
CHICAGO Feb 1 The CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union says wage talks with two Big Four meat packers collapsed and local stoppages are spreading nationwide. The union warns more stoppages may follow and accuses Swift & Co and Armour & Co of using the wage freeze as a pretext to end negotiations.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Cyrus Ching
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Pearson Tucker Top Nation's Columnists
The Independent names Drew Pearson and Ray Tucker as the two top columnists in a national survey. The study places Pearson first, with Westbrook Pegler second and Tucker third among ten widely read political columnists.
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Ray Tucker
ALR
Town Meeting
Doe
Pearson
Tucker
Top Nation
the Independent
Westbrook Pegler
Paul Mailon
Marquis Childs
Thomas L. Stokes
David Lawrence
Walter Lipmeon
George E. Sokolski
Dorothy Thompson
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