Murder aboard grounded freighter Fairhope off Mexico
Crewmen await rescue and a murder inquiry after chief steward Carl Thurmond vanishes from bloodstained quarters aboard the 6125 ton Fairhope. Coast Guard reports Captain Hallman requested armed guard as salvage crews move to refloat the ship carrying Army materials to Mobile.
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Planes Lost By Navy In War 1033 Planes Lost By Navy In War
Far East Naval headquarters reported Sunday that the Navy and Marine Corps lost 1033 planes in the first 30 months of the Korean War while dropping more bombs than in World War II. A summary of combat operations claimed carrier based Navy planes and ground based Marine aircraft killed or wounded about 160000 Communist troops since June 25 1950. The Far East Air Forces reported 144 casualties inflicted in the same period.
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Dulles Seeks Unity as European Army Tops Agenda
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Harold Stassen began talks in Paris on the prospects for a unified European army linked to U.S. aid. French leaders voiced mixed hopes as Dulles emphasized listening, while U.S. diplomats assessed mood across Paris London Bonn and Rome amid optimism that European unity moves may accelerate.
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Korea War Blamed On U S Vacillation
Secretary of State Dulles said a decisive foreign policy would reduce war risk and blamed the Korean conflict on the United States failing to clearly state its plan to defend South Korea against a Communist invasion. He spoke in a film recorded interview before departing on a European fact finding tour.
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Operation Smack The Way It Is in Korea Readers Digest
The January Readers Digest leading piece titled Operation Smack The Way It Is in Korea explains why hilltops are taken and lost and why the controversy over Operation Smack dominates public discussion. It clarifies conditions behind the tempest while not easing the pain of casualties among our men. The article argues against this show being a special visitor demonstration and will continue on page 6.
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Navy Patrol Plane Crash Kills Eleven
A U S Navy Neptune patrol bomber with three officers and eight enlisted men crashed in rugged mountains of North Okinawa with all crew perishing. The Neptune, attached to Patrol Squadron 22 and formerly based at Barber's Point Hawaii, crashed in an inaccessible area delaying rescue. List of dead includes James L. Krefting Mill Valley California and Charles D. Oliver San Francisco California among others.
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Fiery Army Plane Crash in Hong Kong Survived
A US Army C4 transport plane skidded into a seawall near Hong Kong airport in drizzle, cartwheeling and catching fire. All 22 aboard survived with one seriously hurt, seven hospitalized for lesser injuries, and 14 with scratches and bruises as the fuselage remained largely intact.
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Peale Develop Faith In Ability Ban Fear
Norman Vincent Peale opens a series from Power of Positive Thinking urging belief in oneself. He argues confidence unlocks success and happiness while inferiority hampers goals, emphasizing humble but firm faith in personal powers.
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Groundhog shadow and self belief amid winter talk
A garbled column mixes weather musings with a self help anecdote about a man fearing failure and inferiority. It notes a groundhog shadow reading, then shifts to a businessman seeking faith in himself after a motivational speech about positive thinking. The piece ends with a Twin Cities transit stoppage avert worded in brief.
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Transatlantic plane missing near Gander in Atlantic
A four engine York airliner operated by Skyways of London with 39 passengers is believed lost about 359 miles east southeast of Gander Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. RCAF sources say last report was at 1 35 am EST three fourths of the way to Gander. SOS later received. six Lancasters from Greenwood NS searched the area.
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Formosa Top Item in Ike's Speech Today
President Eisenhower will deliver the State of the Union to Congress at a joint session. The speech is expected to outline policies and may include freeing Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist troops for raids on the Chinese mainland to support the Korea war effort.
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Ike's Message On TV Radio Ike's Address Across Stations
President Eisenhower will deliver the State of the Union to Congress this morning. TV coverage begins at 9:15 AM on Channels 2 4 5 and 7 with the Congress arrival shown at 9 AM on Channels 4 5 and 7. A kinescope of the speech airs at 6 PM on KNXT Channel 2. Radio stations KF KECA KFWH KHJ and KNX start at 9:30 AM with KMPC planning a 7 PM rebroadcast and KFAC at 1:30 PM.
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Britain Toll 300 250 Die in Holland
A weekend North Sea hurricane driven storm flooded coasts of Britain and northern Europe. Death toll climbed beyond 544 with 25 000 England residents displaced and Holland reporting over 250 dead. Noord Beveland submerged, Prinses Victoria ferry sinking added to losses, Foulness Island feared drowned.
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Flood toll rises as Yanks and kin face North Sea disaster
In Hunstanton Norfolk a North Sea flood killed or left missing many, mostly Americans from Sculthorpe Air Base. Rescue crews led by U S airmen and British civilians saved others amid raging surf. Capt Gerald Weatherman, Texas, led daring efforts before collapsing from exposure. Airman Reishs Leming, 22, Washington, repeatedly jumped into icy waters to save others before being pulled out unconscious.
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63 Bodies Recovered 44 Off Steamer Saved
Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. Sip's nets fished Sunday for victims of the Princess Victoria disaster. The destroyer Contest reported 30 bodies brought to Belfast. Sixty three bodies recovered. 45 pulled today, 12 by lifeboat, six found earlier.
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Tragedy at Canvey Island As Flood Devastates Thames Estuary
Floodwaters trap Canvey Island residents as winds reach 115 miles per hour. Police report at least 20 bodies recovered with 5000 missing from the 13000 population. Island evacua tion underway and relief crews struggle to register survivors. At Hunstanton, six American airmen and dependents confirmed dead with 40 to 50 families feared marooned.
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Congo Grounded In Halifax Harbor Amid Gale
High winds drove the 2166 ton Norwegian freighter Congo aground in Halifax harbor on Sunday. The vessel dragged anchor and grounded on the Dartmouth shore. Refloating efforts failed at first but tugs will make another attempt at the next high tide.
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