United States Proposes Plan for Peaceful Atomic Energy
The United States offered Russia a concrete plan to advance peaceful atomic energy with an international agency. Secretary Dulles handed the plan to Soviet Ambassador Zarubin after a five minute meeting, as Moscow cites “proposals” under study. The plan outlines a world pool of uranium and materials, managed by an international agency, to safeguard resources and develop peaceful uses, signaling a shift from procedural talks to substantive negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Georgi N. Zarubin
Dulles
State Department
Zarubin
Eisenhower
United Nations
World-Wide Atomic Energy Agency
Britain
France
International Atomic Energy Agency
Berlin
Molotov
Colonialism Issue Settled at Inter-American Conference
Delegates at the 10th Inter-American conference labored to shape projects for committee approval as the colonialism question took a watered-down turn. A Brazilian resolution calling for ending colonialism in the Americas passed a key committee vote but failed to secure a majority support, while an Argentine resolution demanding an end to enforced colonialism advanced amid Britain tensions over the Falkland Islands. The United States and Latin American nations pursued economic compromise ahead of upcoming sessions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Western Hemisphere
Americas
United Nations
Britain
Falkland Islands
Latin America
France
Netherlands
United States
Farms Created for Koreans by 8th Army Defenders
General Maxwell Taylor said today his 8th Army has reclaimed enough no-man's land to provide farms for 120000 Koreans south of the neutral zone.
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Seoul
Maxwell Taylor
No-Man’s Land
Viet Minh French duel at Dien Bien Phu continues
Under a moonlit sky Viet Minh and French forces exchange heavy artillery at Dien Bien Phu. Ground clashes occur on the periphery as French airstrikes and resupply drops persist, with the Viet Minh awaiting a new northern assault and Giap possibly thinning his ranks.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Dien Bien Phu
Challing
Weather Snapshot from Kenosha and Nearby Plants
Unsettled Wisconsin weather with readings across locations shows 60 at Lone Rock, 46 near the sewage plant, 52 at Nash Motors, and a night low near 37 inches of rain about .15. Today noon temps ranged 41 to 46 while a colder trend brings showers to snow flurries tonight with a low near 25 and Saturday highs in the 30s.
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Kenosha
Lone Rock
Nash Motors
Wisconsin
Rocking Quake Shakes Southern California
A rolling earthquake was felt across southern California at 1:54 a.m. with intensity about 5 on the Richter scale. Seismologist Fred Robinson said the event centered northeast of San Diego and lasted six minutes, causing no damage though power lines briefly went out in a San Bernardino sector. Prisoners in Coachella reportedly reacted loudly but no injuries were reported.
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Los Angeles
U.R
California
Fred Robinson
San Diego
San Bernardino
Coachella
Calif
Two Home Fires Claim 13 Lives in Muscoy
In Muscoy near San Bernardino a overheated refrigerator ignited a small makeshift home killing 13 people. The victims include 31 year old Jennie Dixie Lee Shull and four of her five children Jennie Dixie Rag land Cecilia Ann and Edward eight months. Leroy eight escaped to summon help. the husband Lloyd Leroy served at Camp Cooke. Coroner R E Williams said the body of Mrs Shull was found in a hallway with the infant. The frame dwelling built around a house trailer was destroyed.
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San Bernardino
Calif
U.P
Muscoy
Jennie Dixie Lee Shull
Jennie Dixie
Ragland
Cecilia Ann
Edward
Leroy
R. E. Williams
Lloyd Leroy
Armed Services
Camp Cooke
Williams
Stove blast kills eight in West Virginia farm house
Fire caused by an exploding cook stove at Elbert A. Tuttles four room farm home in Saint Marys West Virginia killed eight members of the family and critically injured another The victims included Tuttles two grown stepdaughters and six children Authorities said a kerosene pour to rekindle the fire triggered the blast
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Saint Marys
W. Va
Elbert A. Tuttle
Tuttle
Overtime at Janesville GM and Fisher Body Works
The Chevrolet auto plant and the Fisher body works in Janesville Wisconsin moved from a four day to a five day week two weeks ago. They began daily overtime and plan a full overtime shift Saturday March 27 due to higher production schedules.
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Janesville
Wis
U.P
Chevrolet Auto
Fisher Body
General Motors
Driver Dies In Collision Near 60th Avenue
Retired farmer George P. O Hare 85 of Route 2 died in a two car crash on Hy 50 west of 60th Ave. Eugene J. Schellinger 52 of Lake Bluff Ill. suffered minor injuries. Autopsy planned to determine if heart attack preceded the impact. O Hare’s death may be ruled a traffic fatality. authorities weigh heart attack versus accident.
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George P. O'Hare
Rt. 2
Eugene J. Schellinger
Lake Bluff
Schellinger
Sheriff's Deputies
O'Hare
Hy. 50
60Th Ave
William Raven
O’hare
Raven
Art Blake
Blake
Harry Mason
Racine
Kenosha
Allen Turner
Bristol Township
Peter O'Hare
Bristol
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Earl
Truesdell
Henry
Evanston
Ill
Katie Mee-Keon
Mao Tze Tung Reported In Good Health
A New China News Agency dispatch from Sinkiang Province reports Mao Tze Tung is in very good health. Rumors of illness followed his absence from a Communist committee meeting in Peiping nearly two months ago.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tze Tung
Yuan Jen- Yuan
Sinkiang Province
China News Agency
Mao
Peiping
Public Calls for Full Army Disclosure on McCarthy Battle
Sen. Stuart Symington urges release of all army information including unedited texts of monitored telephone conversations. He aims to hand the data to the Senate permanent investigating subcommittee to shed light on the dispute with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. Defense Secretary Wilson promises all facts will be available.
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Wilson
ARMY
McCarthy
Cohn
Charles EF. Wilson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
David Schine
Fred Seaton
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.P
Stuart Symington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Missouri Democrat
Senate Permanent
Symington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Pentagon
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
G. David Schine
McCarthy Delays Speech in Milwaukee Due to Laryngitis
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy remained in bed with a virus laryngitis but planned to deliver his counterattack against Adlai Stevenson in Milwaukee tonight. Aides said his temperature rose to 103 degrees, with Otis Gomillion reporting the senator slept at 11 a.m. CST and still had a fever. Dr. Raulf Hanson, who examined him on arrival, would see him again later if he was awake.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Adlai E. Stevenson
McCarthy
Otis Gomillion
Raulf Hanson
Elizabeth in Tears Over Dust At Civic Reception
Queen Elizabeth, in Adelaide, fought back tears as dust blew into her eyes during a civic reception. She continued with the usual welcomes and her reply before an irritation forced a doctor to wash out her eyes.
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Adelaide
Australia
Elizabeth
West Germany moves to legalize 500000 man army for defense
Bonn reports the final parliamentary step to legalize a 500000 man Western defense army. But few if any will join until France approves. In Wisconsin a man and woman held up Northwestern State Bank at Almena escaping with $12000 before Eau Claire police arrested them within two hours.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
France
Eau Claire
Wis
U.P
Almena
Doria Shafik Ends Hunger Strike in Cairo Claim
Cairo report says Doria Shafik and eight supporters end hunger strike after assurances from President Nagib that women’s voting rights will be considered. In Inchon Korea a large fire threatening the port area was contained by firefighters after destroying a U S post exchange warehouse.
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Cairo
Egypt
Doria Shafik
Naguib
Inchon
Korea
U.P
U. S. Post Exchange
Committee Restores VA Budget Funds and Breaks Down Total
The House Appropriations Committee recommended restoring 215 million of a 300 million cut to the Veterans Administration budget. The sum brings total veterans compensation and pension funds to 2,461,291,000 for the year ending June 30, with other allocations including 900,000 for a security probe and 55 million more for federal highway aid.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Veterans’ Administration
Eisenhower
State Department
House
Labor Department
Unemployment Service Administration
Son Born to Horace Dodge III and Gregg Sherwood
West Palm Beach reports Horace Dodge III and his wife the former actress Gregg Sherwood of Beloit Wisconsin welcomed a son on Thursday.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Horace Dodge III
Gregg Sherwood
Beloit, Wis
Senate approves House tax bill with entertainment levy cut
Senate Finance Committee backs a House excise tax bill adding about 50 million in cuts to 912 million previously promised. A major move wipes out tax on all movie tickets under 60 cents while entertainment admissions tax drops from 20 to 10 percent. House rejected eliminating the levy on cheapest tickets. The action conflicts with the Eisenhower administration which sought to gut most House cuts.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Canadian Soldiers Captured by Reds in Korea Then Freed
Two Canadian soldiers Pvt James Andrew Piercey of Toronto and Pvt Douglas Grant Phillips of Kitchener said a Communist patrol near the truce line captured them for 29 hours and questioned them about movies and books rather than military matters. They faced a possible firing squad but were kept safe in a bunker and turned over to a joint observation team in the demilitarized zone after their release.
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Korea
U.P
James Andrew Piercey
Toronto
Ontario
Douglas Grant Phillips
Kitchener Ontario
Canada
Piercey
Phillips
Reds
China
North Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Dor Pasley
John A. Macdonald
Mitchell
London
Neutral Zone
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Leverett Saltonstall
R.mass
Willi Knowland
R-Calif
Matthew Ridgway
Rep
Dewey Short
R-Mo
Vo Nguyen Giap
Bakersfield
Tehachapi
STOVE
Senate Group
McCarthy III
Union
Conn
Harry R. Cutter
Manchester
N. H
Farris C. Crane
Powell
Tenn
Dodge
George D-Ga
George
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