President Eisenhower Sees Drought Effects in Six States
President Eisenhower surveyed drought damage in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Kansas. He toured dust blown farms and gaunt cattle near San Angelo Texas and spoke with ranchers and farmers before continuing to Woodward Oklahoma Colvis New Mexico and Tucson Arizona.
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Eisenhower
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Texas
Columbine III
Woodward
Okla
Colvis
N. M
Tucson
Ariz
Joe R. Lemley
Pecan Station
Wilbert Block Ranch
Earl Byrd Ranch
Ezra T. Benson
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Sailor Dies From Injuries in Milwaukee Fight Over Girl
Milwaukee South Milwaukee sailor Gilbert Gruenewald, 20, died in Johnston Municipal Hospital after a Sunday night clash with Raymond Vytlacil, 19, over Gruenewald’s former girlfriend. Gruenewald allegedly followed the couple, attacked Vytlacil at his car window during a train stop, and suffered a skull fracture in the ensuing fall.
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Milwaukee
Gilbert Gruenewald
Johnston Municipal Hospital
Raymond Vytlacil
Vytlacil
Gruenewald
Bank names Thurn successor as Hannahs retires
First National Bank of Kenosha announces officer changes at its annual meeting. Lynn T. Hannahs retires as president effective today but remains on the board. William Thurn named president. James W. Blair also retires. Paul Zielenski named executive vice president. Lillian K. Gitzen and Winn Peterson retire as of Dec. 31. O H Vandenberg adds duties. L M Brickley becomes assistant vice president and trust officer. W L Willems named assistant cashier.
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First National Bank of Kenosha
Lynn T. Hannahs
Hannahs
William Thurn
Hannah
Thurn
James W. Blair
Paul Zielenski
Blair
Zielenski
Lillian K. Gitzen
Winn Peterson
O. H. Vandenberg
L. M. Brickley
W. L. Willems
United States proposes five point disarmament plan at UN
The United States laid before the UN General Assembly a five point disarmament program. It calls for stockpile limits on fissionable materials for non weapons use under international inspection, gradual space missile controls, and an international agency to oversee inspections and prevent surprise attacks. It also proposes troop caps for the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France tied to an evolving inspection system.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
General Assembly
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Disorders Reported in Communist Bulgaria Declares Unrest
Athens and Salonika papers say disorders may be brewing in Stara Planina district with about 100 officers joining a patriotic peasant group. A strike clash left three workers dead and about 20 injured as police faced protesters.
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Athens
Salonika
Bulgaria
Vohe
Stara Planika
New Guard Policy Faces Opposition From Guard Leaders
Washington reports a broad revision of the army reserve program requiring all reservists and National Guard members to serve at least six months of active duty training. The National Guard Association opposes the plan calling it a step to downgrade the guard. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker says the change is to boost combat readiness and aligns with Defense Department aims to emphasize quality over quantity in reserves. The policy takes effect April 1 and expands six months active duty training to all youths enlisting in reserves or guard units.
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Washington
Army
National Guard Association
Guard
Defense Department
National Guard
Wilber M. Brucker
Army Reserve
Ready” Reserve
Dulles Sees Middle East Test as Decisive
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees the Middle East may present the decisive test in the struggle between communism and freedom. He said Communists will risk everything to win and urged Congress to grant standby authority for U S actions to counter Soviet aggression.
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Washington
Dulles
Middle East
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Congress of the
United States
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Britain
France
Korea
Snow Tractor Accident Kills U.S. Serviceman at McMurdo Sound
An American serviceman died when a weasel snow tractor with the U.S. Antarctic Expedition crashed through ice at McMurdo Sound. Five others escaped. The name of the deceased is being withheld until next of kin are notified.
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Auckland
New Zealand
U. S. Antarctic
McMurdo Sound
Arrests of IRA Headquarters Staff Reported in Dublin
Dublin police arrested the staff at the outlawed Irish Republican Army headquarters. A government spokesman announced the arrests after earlier reports that five men were seized as the heads of the IRA.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Drop Plans to Hold National Aircraft Show
The Air Foundation announced from Cleveland there will be no National Aircraft Show this year as military aircraft will not participate.
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Cleveland
Sponsoring
Air Foundation
Kenosha Bites Cold Wave Sets No New Records
Kenosha endures subzero weekend with seven days of zero or below temperatures this winter. Auto and pedestrian traffic slows as fuel trucks surge, yet streets stay largely clear due to light snow, while Chicago outskirts plunge to 16 below zero and relief is not expected until Friday.
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Middlewest
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Rumors Fly Over Soviet Leadership Shakeup
Warsaw rumors claim Nikita Khrushchev may be named Soviet Premier with Georgi Malenkov succeeding him as first secretary. Nikolai Bulganin could retire or move to the presidency as Marshal Voroshilov weakens. Washington reports Eisenhower nominates C Douglas Dillon as deputy undersecretary of state for economic affairs.
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Warsaw
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Malenkov
Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Klementi Voroshilov
Washington
Eisenhower
C. Douglas Dillon
U. S
France
Jet crash kills pilot during training in Long Beach
A Marine jet attack plane on a training mission crashed into an industrial building in Long Beach California killing the pilot and possibly two or three factory workers the navy reported.
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Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Zwicker Nominated for Major General Rank in Army Promotions
President Eisenhower urged Senate approval of Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker's promotion to major general. Zwicker, a figure in the Army McCarthy controversy, appears on a broad list of promotions sent to the Senate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Ralph W. Zwicker
Zwicker
Israel to Withdraw Desert Outpost El Arish
Israeli forces agreed to relinquish El Arish in the Sinai to UN peacekeepers on Tuesday. The move is viewed as Israel's last line of retreat until security guarantees are secured against Arab reprisals. El Arish sits at a strategic crossroads 30 miles west of the Israeli border. Cairo reports Egyptian troops expect to enter after the handover.
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Jerusalem
el ’Arish
Sinai
Israel
Mediterranean
Isra
Cairo
Barcelona strike hits city transit over fare rise
In Barcelona Spain residents began a strike against the city streetcar and bus service to protest a fare increase. The action disrupts daily commutes as workers join the stoppage.
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Barcelona
Spain
Bogart Dies of Esophagus Cancer at 56 in Los Angeles
Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart died at 2 10 a.m. in Holmby Hills after a long battle with esophageal cancer. His wife Lauren Bacall and two children Stephen and Leslie were at his side as doctors said a spread of the original malignancy caused his death. Burial plans at Forest Lawn memorial Park and a request to donate to the American Cancer Society were noted.
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Hollywood
Humphrey Bogart
Holmby Hills
Bogart
Stephen
Leslie
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Park Avenue
Duke Mantee
Marion Brando
McCarthy Adopts Baby Girl Tierney Elizabeth
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and his wife Jean Kerr announced the adoption of a five week old girl from a New York foundling home. They named her Tierney Elizabeth McCarthy combining family names. The couple, long noted for controversy, had discussed adoption for some time.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Foundling
New York City
McCarthys
Tierney Elizabeth McCarthy
Congress
McCarthy
Jean Kerr
Canadian Strike Ends. CPR Service to Resume Across Nation
The Canadian Pacific Railway plans to resume normal service today after a nine day firemen’s strike that paralyzed the 17 000 mile system. Montreal dispatch confirms restoration of routes and schedules nationwide.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Abnormally Cold Weather Forecast For City Tonight
The weatherman projects a low of zero to five below and a Tuesday high of eight to 14 with mostly cloudy skies and light snow flurries. Noon readings range from five to nine across city sites while the overnight low hits nine below zero. Sunday shows seven above and seven below at the treatment plant with a trace of snow. Sunrise was 7 16 and sunset 4 44.
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American Motors Corp
Cooper Rd Fatality Suspected Hit and Run Inquest
Julius Vines 68 was found dead on Cooper Road near his trailer home after an apparent hit and run Saturday night. Deputies traced leads, found glass fragments from a broken headlight, and questioned a 37 year old Kenosha man. no vehicle or driver identified yet. Vines was moving toward his new home at Tirabassi farm when struck. coroner and sheriff opened an intensive investigation.
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Julius Vines
Cooper Rd
Vines
Helen
Barbara Mullis
Dale Hi. Mullis
Mullis
William Raven
Sheriff's Office
Kolbasnik
Wohlgemuth
William P. Schmitt
James Marshall
Raven
Kenosha
Pleasant Prairie Town Hall
Tsilinois
Schmitt
Blazavier
22Nd Ave
Jack Blazavier
71St St
Franklin Hill
Hill
Tirabassi
Reds Acknowledge Photographer Held
Budapest reports that Mrs Georgette Meyer Chapelle an American freelance photographer working for Life magazine has been held incommunicado for over a month. She disappeared after leaving a Vienna hotel in December nine miles inside Hungary with Hungarian students.
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Budapest
Georgette Meyer Chapelle
U. S
Legation
Milwaukee
Chapelle
Life Magazine
Vienna
Hungary
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