Pentagon chief Brig Gen Brink found dead by gunshot
Brig. Gen. Francis G. Brink 38, top American military figure in IndoChina, was found fatally shot in a third floor Pentagon office. Authorities termed it apparently self-inflicted with a small automatic. he died en route to Walter Reed Hospital. He had arrived from the Far East two weeks earlier for staff conferences on the Orient crisis.
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Conventions Near as Taft Ike Clash Shapes GOP Race
As conventions near, Taft and Eisenhower supporters debate the path to the Republican nomination. Warren and Knowland weigh delaying a first ballot to stymie a Taft push, while Kefauver leads Democratic contenders in delegate counts with Harriman and Russell close behind amid key western and southern races. Stevenson drafts movement rumored amid shifting local commitments.
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Cancer Ridden Youth Dies in Her Sleep
In Baltimore AP report a 9 year old girl Lille Donna Opt died in her sleep from brain cancer. Her condition drew national attention at Christmas when doctors warned it would likely be her last. She had endured a long hospital stay and earlier had received visitors and support from neighbors. In Missouri, a fire at Woodbury Chemical Centry caused about 20000 dollars in damage, sparked by a solvent ignition according to Herbert Woodbury.
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Kingpin in Heroin Racket Is Dead
SAN FRANCISCO API-Wrax low Gerdin a longtime boss of New York heroin rackets died at Alcatraz at 63 after a reattack in the federal prison hospital. He had been the kingpin of a vast narcotics network and was serving a 25 year New York state sentence for peddling narcotics. His underworld rise began in 1920s from pickpocket to feared leader, nickname tied to a violent hardboiled image.
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