Rumor Nationalists May Leave Matsui
Top level talks in Taipei as officials and press speculate the Nationalists may abandon the Matsu Islands amid security concerns. U S officials warn against Communist attacks on Formosa while plans for stronger American aid and a possible joint defense command are discussed.
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Formosa
China
United States
Matsu Island
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsus
Formosa Strait
Matsu
Red China
Matsu Islands
U. S
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Felix B. Stump
Alfred M. Pride
7Th Fleet
William C. Chase
Pescadores
West Pacific
Chiang Kaishek
Postal Pay Fight Near Washington
A House floor clash over a bill to raise postal field workers pay intensified as Rep. John E. Moss leads a group seeking more than the 7.5 percent average. Some members floated amendments for a 10 percent increase, with focus on low income workers including 330,000 letter carriers clerks and drivers. The committee backed at least a six percent raise and job reclassifications, estimating an extra 150 million dollars annually if enacted.
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Post Office Committee
John E. Moss
House
Senate debate over ultimatum to Red China on airmen
Sen George opposes any ultimatum or fixed deadline for release of 15 American airmen held since the Korean War. Sen Knowland suggests action if not freed by April 1. UN efforts face rejection by Communist China. few expect success. Dag Hammarskjold is pursuing proposals, with potential sea and air blockade as a retaliatory option discussed.
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Sen. George
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Red China
Sen
Knowland
California
GOP
United States
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dag Hammarskjold
Congress
China
International Organization
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Celebrates 54th Birthday
Taipei Formosa Madame Chiang Kai Shek marks her fifty fourth birthday today as first lady of Nationalist China amid public tributes and ceremonies in the capital.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nationalist
China
Wisconsin Weather Braces for Deep Freeze Weekend
Cold wave grips Wisconsin with temperatures sliding to zero or below by early tomorrow morning in Kenosha. Sewage plant logs show 38 yesterday, 28 last evening, and 31 this morning. American Motors reads 35 and downtown hits 34 as Arctic air settles in.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
American Motors
State Reports Most Roads Safe. Some Slippery Highways
The Motor Vehicle Department says most roads statewide are in good condition for driving. Highways in the Superior area are noted as slippery.
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Madison
Superior
Derailment Near Somers Delays Milwaukee Road Service
Five freight cars and a caboose derailed on Milwaukee Road tracks south of Somers. No injuries reported as the caboose stayed upright. Tracks damaged for 200 to 300 feet. heavy delays expected for about a day and a half. Two repair crews from Milwaukee and Chicago dispatched to clear double rails.
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Somers
Ernest Tabbert
Tabbert
Milwaukee
Chicago
Taylor to survey Thai military situation in Far East tour
General Maxwell D. Taylor, United States Army commander in the Far East, left today for Thailand to survey the military situation and assess regional security concerns.
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Tokyo
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. Army
Far East
Thailand
Two Chicago men face federal flight charges in Milwaukee A P store holdup
Mike Amerino and Michael Messina, both 45 and 44 respectively from Chicago, were arrested after a high speed chase following the A and P robbery on the Milwaukee South Side. Authorities recovered two sealed money bags containing about $14,000. A third suspect is being sought.
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South Side
Waukegan
Ill
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Michael Messina
Chicago
U. S
Floyd Jenkins
Wisconsin
Clayton Tiffany
Lake County
Amerino
Messina
Stanley Christian
Highway 42A
Soviet Foresees U S And Britain Hit By Hydrogen Warheads
Moscow radio quotes Maj. Gen. Isayev in New Times saying the Soviet Union leads in hydrogen weapon production and that U S and Britain face possible military retaliation on their territories. He warns Washington that range of retaliation now includes U S soil and ally targets.
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United States
Britain
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F. Isayev
New Times
Soviet Union
Washington
Isayev
Europe
U. S
Ike Seeks Renewal of Price Control Law
President Eisenhower asked Congress to renew the contract renegotiation act through December 31, 1956. The law, enacted in World War II to ensure fair prices on defense contracts, has expired.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Rampage Ends as Ex-Convict Gray Is Shot by Officer
Green River Wyoming scenes of a 16 hour manhunt conclude when W G Sherman fires through a window to kill Melvin Henry Gray 27 after he kidnapped a 17 year old and killed a man and wounded others. Deputy Ed Phillips police and other officers were wounded. Gray had seized a hostage in Evanston and moved toward Manila Utah before returning to Green River.
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Union Pacific Railroad
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Gus Kalivas
Wyoming
Ed Phillips
Rock Springs
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Manila
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Durrant
Little America
Pete Thalas
U.P
Army Expands Armor Power With 3rd Armored Division
The Army vows new emphasis on tanks as an atomic age weapon and brings back the 3rd Armored Division from Ft. Knox to full strength by September. It will train replacements at a new Ft. Knox center while continuing to its battle-tested history in Normandy St Lo and the Bulge.
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Kenosha
Richard Custer
E. L. Watts
Norfolk Police
Harry B. Price Jr
Norfolk Appliance
George P. Leigh Jr
Price Organization
Custer
L. A. Young
Highway 50
Chicago
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Cologne
Observers' Families Evacuated on Gaza Border
Egyptian military governor Maj. Gen. Abdullah Rifaat said Israeli artillery struck a Egyptian outpost at Deir El Ballah near the Gaza border. UN observers' families and mixed armistice commission workers were evacuated to UN truce headquarters amid rioting and tense border warnings.
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No Man’s Land of Jerusalem
UN Mixed Armistice Commission
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Deir el Ballah
UN Security Council
New York
Egypt
Middle East
E. L. M. Burns
Jerusalem
Jordan
Burns
Mixed Armistice Commission
Auja
Rifaat
Bombing Reported Near Currimac Vessels Attacked
Panic in Currimac Ilocos Sur as six unidentified aircraft allegedly bombed three vessels off the coast. Eyewitnesses quoted by the Philippine News Service claim the attack occurred yesterday afternoon. Clark Air Force Base officials say no confirmation. The Philippine Air Force says it received a request to verify ships but no attack report was filed.
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Currimac
Ilocos Sur
Philippine News Service
U. S
Clark Air Force Base
Philippine Air Force
Motorist Killed in Head On Crash near Milwaukee
Joseph J Levi, 37, of Fussville in Waukesha county, died Friday night in a head on collision on Highway 100 in suburban Wauwatosa.
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Joseph J Levi
Fussville
Waukesha County
Highway
Wauwatosa
Major Nugent fate to be decided by court martial
Maj Ambrose Nugent of Merrill Wisconsin faces nine counts of collaborating with Communist captors in Korea. The seven colonels presiding over the general court martial begin its seventh week after testimony concluded. If convicted he could face life in prison.
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Okla
Ambrose Nugent
Merrill
Wis
Korea
Nugent
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