Trade for 57 Americans by exchanging 35 Chinese students
Washington lawmakers voiced support for negotiating a swap of 35 Chinese students in the United States for 57 Americans detained in Red China including 11 airmen jailed as spies. Senate and House leaders urged careful terms protecting any students wishing to stay. State Department officials said exit-denied students could be exchanged if offers meet conditions, while noting 57 Americans remain imprisoned in China.
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Red China
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
House
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Rmich
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
State Department
Lincoln White
United States
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Sparkman
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D-Tenn
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Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Chou En-laji
U.n.’S
Los Angeles
GOP
Knowland
California
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Peiping
White
Air Force
Sparkman Seeks Real Democrats in State Department
Sen John Sparkman urged the administration to appoint real Democrats not Eisenhower Democrats to policy making posts in the State Department. He said this would fulfill a bipartisanship pledge and criticized Secretary Dulles for offering only a nominee. Sparkman, an EF member and 1952 Democratic VP nominee, also supported Eisenhower's bipartisan moves.
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Raymond Lahr
Washington
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Sparkman
Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Guard kills mother in West Virginia mine incident
Raymond Ritchie, 17, was guarding a mine shanty when an intruder opened the door. He fired a shotgun blast and killed his mother Mrs. Oscar Bolen who had come to bring coffee. Authorities said he is held on a murder charge.
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War
W.va
Raymond Ritchie
Oscar Bolen
Oil worker killed in Oklahoma rig collapse
An elevator on an oil well rig collapsed killing George Crawford a 30 year old worker from Lindsay. Crawford was employed by Gulf Oil Co.
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Kingston
Okla
George Crawford
Lindsay
Gulf Oil Co
Retired Pianist Maurice Eisner Dies in Long Beach
Maurice Eisner 74 longtime Long Beach resident and retired concert pianist died Tuesday He appeared as soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony and as accompanist for Fritz Kreisler Mme Schumann Heink and others He had lived in Long Beach since 1926.
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Long Beach
Calif
Maurice Eisner
Minneapolis Symphony Fhestra
Fritz Kreisler
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Eisner
Six Crewmen Rescued After Fishing Boat Burns
In Wildwood New Jersey on December 16 six crewmen were rescued when an 85 foot commercial fishing boat named North Cape burst into flames and forced the crew to abandon ship. The North Cape took the men aboard about a half hour after they escaped into a lifeboat.
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N.J
Upsix
North Cape
Windsors Arrive in New York for Florida Winter Visit
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in New York aboard the United States with two dogs and 103 pieces of luggage. They plan their usual winter visit to Florida in mid January.
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U.S
New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
United States
Florida
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