London Press Breach Storm Over London Disarmament Talks
Britain denounces Russia and Andrei Gromyko for publishing distorted accounts of the London five power disarmament talks breaching secrecy rules. The United States charges Moscow with a shocking breach of faith and Western delegates threaten to reveal full facts when appropriate. Izvestia condemns U S efforts as preemptive discrediting of UN committee work.
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London
British Foreign Office
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Washington
United States
Foreign Office
Pravda
Communist Party
Moscow
Gromyko
Izvestia
Eisenhower
UN Committee
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
Jacob Malik
Five Nations
United Nations Rearmament Subcommittee
Disarmament Nations Subcommittee
Non Atomic Blast Tested Over Desert Near Yucca Flat
Las Vegas reports a non atomic charge exploded high over Yucca Flat as part of military studies by the Army and Air Force. No atomic device was used and observers noted a smoke-filled sky with multiple aircraft trails and a tiny puff of smoke visible.
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Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Army
Air Force
State Man 80 Dies As Farm Home Burns
Black River Falls. John B. Hanson, 80, was found dead outside his fire destroyed farm home two miles northwest of the city. Fire Chief Frank Kubina said Hanson apparently collapsed and died almost immediately after leaving the blaze. Clothing burned. cause undetermined.
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Black River Falls
John B. Hanson
Here
Frank Kubina
Hanson
Bitter Wisconsin Weather Reported With Freezing Temps
The forecast covers Wisconsin with sub zero wind chills from Montana through northwestern regions. Noon readings show 19 degrees at the sewage plant, 21 at American Motors, and 22 downtown Ke nosha. Grantsburg records six below, while the area logged a 17 degree low last night and a 32 degree high Thursday. Tonight remains partly cloudy and cold with a low around 12. Saturday brings considerable cloudiness with a high of 15 to 25.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
American Motors
Montana
Grantsburg
Marine student pilot killed in Pensacola plane collision
A Marine student pilot, 1st Lt. James W. Flanigan, died Thursday night after two trainer planes collided during landing at Corry Field near Pensacola. The French cadet in the other aircraft was uninjured. Flanigan’s wife and baby reside in Pensacola. His parents live in Bear Creek, Wisconsin.
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Pensacola
Fla
Corry Field
Naval Air Station Public Information Office
James W. Flanigan
Patricia W. Flanigan
James K. Flanigan
Bear Creek
Wis
PIO
Senate committee defers on Peress case to justice dept
The Senate investigations subcommittee voted to let the Justice Department decide if perjury occurred by witnesses in the Irving Peress matter and to have the department pursue possible grounds for prosecuting the former Army dentist. Secretary Stevens acknowledged Army handling errors while the panel weighed possible revocation of Peresss honorable discharge and court martial if feasible.
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McCarthy
Army
John G. Adams
Senate
Adams
Robert Kennedy
John L. McClellan
Ark
Joseph McCarthy
George Bender
James Juliana
McClellan
Maj. Peress
Peress
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Irving Peress
Justice Department
D-Ark
Sen
R-Wis
McClean
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Ralph Zwicker
New York
Pentagon
Stevens
Congress of the Army
Atomic Cannon Unit Arrives in Germany
The sixth and likely last U S Army atomic cannon battalion joins Western Europe defenses. The 216th Field Artillery unit arrives with 54 families, the largest tactical unit moved overseas with families under the Army travel program.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
216Th Field Artillery
Senate kills $20 tax cut plan in favor of one-year extension
Senate-House conference committee voted 61 to 32 to remove the $20 per person income tax cut from the Eisenhower era tax package. Democrats reluctantly accepted an extension of present corporate and excise tax rates for one year as a fallback to avert revenue loss.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sen. Millikin
R-Colo
Conference Committee
Lent Agony At Necedah in Fraction of Faith
Necedah Wisconsin reports that Mrs Mary Ann Van Hoof 46 endures weekly passion of Christ crucifixion on Fridays during Lent with increasing weakness. Clara Hermans notes added daily suffering from 4 pm to 7 pm while past visions drew thousands in 1950. church officials once labeled the apparitions a hoax.
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Necedah
Wis
Necedah Marquee
Mary Ann van Hoof
Clara Hermans
van Hoof
Here
U.S. Funds 93,000 Tons of Steel for India Expansion
The United States announced eleven million eight hundred thousand dollars for India to purchase 93,000 tons of steel. The aid comprises a loan and a grant to support industrial expansion in New Delhi.
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New Delhi
India
United States
New Religious Controversy Breaks Out in Argentina
In Buenos Aires the Education Ministry accuses 89 Catholic schools of defrauding the state of over four million pesos. The Superior Council of Catholic Education pledges to submit evidence to refute the charges as church state tensions rise after talks between Peron and Cardinal Capello.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Superior Council of Catholic Education
Func
Tion
Education Ministry
Peron
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
Floods and Ice Jam Hit Nation Across Rivers
United Press reports widespread floods and a record Niagara ice jam as Mississippi Tombigbee crests threaten 1,200 more evacuations. Rescue teams use helicopters and boats to reach marooned families while warnings of worse flooding persist along the Tombigbee and Luxapalia rivers.
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Niagara River
Mississippi
Niagara
Tombigbee River
Queenston
Ont
Niagara-in-the-Lake
Columbus
Wiley and McCarthy differ as Senate defeats bill
Washington Wisconsin Sens Wiley and McCarthy split on a cotton and wheat acreage allotment bill. The Senate defeated the measure 51 to 39 Thursday, Wiley voting against it and McCarthy for it.
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Wiley
McCarthy
Senate
Bill
Washington
Wisconsin
Road realignment for Hy 174 near Kenocha progresses
County highway committee settled prices on about 30 parcels for Hy 174 reconstruction southwest of Kenosha. Joint School District 15 authorized sale of school land needed for the project to improve Prairie Lane and Springbrook school visibility. Only around three parcels remain unsettled as talks continue with the school district and residents backing modernization plans.
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Kenosha
County Highway Committee
Joint
Prairie Lane
Springbrook
A. Jay Freeman
New
Springbrook School
Freeman
Steve Robinson
Nationalist planes fly daily to drop passes into Formosa
Officials report regular flights from Taiwan to the mainland drop safe conduct passes enabling entry into Formosa. The terse notice cites official sources and underscores ongoing cross strait activity amid tense security conditions.
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Taipei
Formosa
Blame For Plight Of Farms Draws House Criticism
Washington. The house appropriations committee blasted the agriculture department for politics affecting farmers. It recommended 878.6 billion cash and 388 million in lending authority for the CCC and related bodies for next year, a net cut of 6.4 million from requests. The report criticizes Secretary Benson and CCC leadership as farm income declines persist and farm shares of the food dollar fall. It cites cotton cutbacks in the South and widespread hardship among farm families, urging accountability for protecting national food surpluses.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Benson
Commodity Credit Corp
The
Commodity Stabilization Service
CCC
South
Most Roads Okay But Some Icy Spots
Wisconsin drivers face generally good road conditions with slippery spots in Dane Jefferson Rock Green and Columbia counties. The Motor Vehicle Department notes icy stretches in Fond du Lac and separate slick areas around Antigo Merrill Tomahawk and Hayward.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Dane
Jefferson
Rock, Green
Columbia Counties
Motor Vehicle Department
Fox River Valley
Fond du Lac
Antigo
Merrill
Tomahawk
Hayward
Demonstration in Rome Demands Housing Upgrades
About 200 women including mothers clashed with police in Rome demanding new houses to replace slum dwellings. Led by a blonde member of parliament, they sought entry to the provincial prefect's office while chanting for housing. Luciana Leonardi 32 was injured and hospitalized amid the clashes. A city inquiry cites 15,000 apartments urgently needed as many residents live in caves or a 15-person family in a walk-in ice box.
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Rome
Luciana Leonardi
Carla Capponi Bentivegna
Senate Approves 10 Percent Pay Rise for Postal Workers
The Senate approved a 10 percent pay hike for 500000 postal workers, voting 72 to 21, with a 400 dollar minimum yearly increase and no retroactive effect. The move faces a likely veto from President Eisenhower, who opposed a larger raise.
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Washington
Pa—T
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
William F. Knowland
Reds and Nationalists clash in Quemoy artillery duel
A Nationalist Chinese communique described renewed artillery exchanges with six Red guns on Chingyu firing at Tatan Island between 10 37 and 10 43 AM and five rounds from Amoy onto Quemoy Island at 4 40 PM. No damage to Nationalist positions was reported.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Chingyu
Amoy
Tatan Island
Six Chinese Volunteer Divisions to Withdraw from Korea
A Tokyo Peiping radio broadcast said six Chinese volunteer divisions would withdraw from North Korea in March and April. It did not indicate whether the withdrawal had begun.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
North Korea
Russia makes "unacceptable" demand at disarmament talks
France disclosed that Russia seeks to maintain armed forces twice the size of any western nation at the London conference. In Wisconsin Gov Kohler signed a bill allowing old age assistance recipients to keep 500 in liquid assets and 1000 in life insurance. A Coast Guard investigation found both captains acted improperly in a Lake Michigan collision near Milwaukee on October 14.
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London
Russia
France
Madison
Kohler
Washington
Coast Guard Board of Investigation
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
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