French Rebel Artillery Duel At Dien Bien Phu
French and Vietminh artillery clashed at long range across Dien Bien Phu as air power pounded rebel positions. The fortress garrison held firm amid massed assaults while Vietminh losses mounted, with 36 000 French troops in reserve suspected to be deployed to crush resistance.
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Hanoi
United States
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Rter
Americ Cats
Foreign Legionnaires
Inch
Ohio Farm Delegation Sees Farm Program Less Political
A 50 member Ohio Farm Bureau delegation returns from Washington convinced farm policy is no longer a political football. They note bipartisan support to cut price supports 5 percent and 15 percent on April 1, urge St Lawrence Seaway legislation, and push for broader reciprocal trade while debating universal military training vs selective service for farmers.
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Washington
Ohio
Bureau
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ohio Farm Bureau
Stanfield
Business Analyst Reports On U S Economic Conditions
Sam Dawson, Associated Press reporter, travels across the nation to deliver daily reports on U S business conditions. His first dispatch outlines how the economy looks from coast to coast with solid, informative analysis.
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Sam Dawson
Associated Press Business News
U.S
Dawson
Ohio Forest Fire Danger Rising as Spring Approaches
Federal and state forestry experts warned at a conference that Ohio and eight other states face serious forest fire risk by April 1 due to three years of drought. Merley Lowden, assistant U.S. forester, cited grim conditions across nine states.
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Milwaukee
Ohio
Merley, Lowden
U.S
Gotham Alerts as Terrorists Issue Threats
A State Department warning said Puerto Rican Nationalists planned to kill important figures including UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, prompting 200 extra city police and protective details for officials such as Sen. John F. Kennedy and Mayor Wagner. FBI declined comment.
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New York
State Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Lodge
FBI
Waldorf- Astoria Towers
Thomas E. Dewey
St. Patrick's Day
Roosevelt Hotel
Pawling
N. Y
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Gracie Mansion
Robert F. Wagner
Manhattan
West Side
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
D-Lib-Ny
Washington
Thug Seeks Loan Then Robs in East Liverpool
A robber entered a Household Finance Corp office in East Liverpool yesterday asking for a loan and then held up E. H. Seiferth for about 1000 dollars. The incident followed the loan request at the lender’s location.
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East Liverpool
Household Finance Corp
E. H. Seiferth
Ohio Farmers Debate How Great a Communist Threat
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation surveys two dozen county adviser groups to gauge farm views on communism. Responses from Wayne Knox Adams Warren Darke Paulding counties show varied stances from tightening sanctions and armament to preserving liberties and UN participation.
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Washington
Wayne Two
Pickaway County
Ohio
State Department
Russia
Knox County
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Adams County
Liberty
Warren County
Darke
North Central
Sen. McCarthy
Paulding
United Nations
McCarthy Headlines Persist Amid Army Subversion Clash
Washington reports Secretary of Defense Wilson defends loyalty in the Army and rejects claims of coddling Communists. McCarthy and Roy Cohn push subversion probes while Senate panels prepare hearings. Mundt and Stevens anticipate further testimony and possible perjury charges.
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Bulletin
Washington
Wilson
Army
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Roy Cohn
G. David Schine
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stevens
John Adams
McCarthy
Armed Services
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congressional
Chicago Irish Fellowship Club
Department of Agriculture
Benson
Wisconsin
Congress
Eisenhower
Department
Condemned Killer Gets Assistance
Salt Lake CityMiss Keehn from Sherman Oaks Calif visited Utah State Prison to meet convicted killer Don Jesse Neal and discuss his bid to overturn a first degree murder conviction in the 1951 death of a Salt Lake City police officer. Neal on death row for two years with an appeal pending.
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Salt Lake City
Constance Keehn
Don Jesse Neal
Utah State Prison
Miss Keehn
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Neal
Los Angeles
Utah
GOP Holds Slim Margin Against Dem Tax Increase
Washington Republicans sustain a tight margin to defeat a Democratic bid for a $2.4 billion annual tax cut through higher exemptions. Democrats vow to push the issue in the Senate and fall campaigns as the 875 page tax revision bill looms to pass with wider business and individual deductions.
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GOP
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Priest
D-Tenn
Lausche Defends Lack of Authority Over School Strike
Governor Frank Lausche stated he cannot intervene in the South Point high school strike dispute. He said the law assigns school program control to elected school boards and provides remedy only at election time. Lausche expressed disappointment and urged students to understand constitutional limits.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
South Point
Ellison Wheeler
North Kenova
Department of Education
Ohio
Panther Hoax Confirms Carnival Owner’s Panther Claim
In Los Angeles and 45 other counties the panther scare ends as Wayne Roberts, a carnival owner, reveals the jungle cat is in his custody. He says the police report of a missing panther was the result of an inventory error not publicity.
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Los Angeles
Wayne Roberts
Roberts
Dime Store Burns at S S Kresge in Fairview Park
Fire swept through a new S S Kresge five and ten cent store in Fairview Park early today causing about 25000 dollars in damage. Fire crews battled the blaze with damage mainly confined to the storefront and interior shelves.
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Cleveland
S. S. Kresge
Fairview Park
State Aide Urges Full Tax Return Filing in Ohio
Columbus state tax commissioner Stanley J. Bowers urged 88 counties to boost efforts to collect personal and intangible property taxes. Last year these counties gathered 115 million in personal taxes and 25 million in intangible taxes, about one third of total taxes. Returns are due by March 31 and apply to individuals, partnerships, associations, and corporations with business or intangible property such as stocks, bonds, and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Stanley J. Bowers
Editor Selected at Hillsboro News-Herald
Harold O. Powell today became editor of the Hillsboro News-Herald succeeding the late Granville Barrere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Harold O. Powell
Hillsboro News-Herald
Granville Barrere
Police Sure Of Case When Driver Sees Yellow Light
Motorist Mike Brozak, 28, of Stewart Route 1, was fined $10 and costs for running a red light at Elm and Hunter Streets. He argued the light was yellow, but police said no yellow globe exists at that intersection and the case proceeded under red light violation.
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Joseph Phillips
Mike Brozak
Stewart Rt. 1
Elm
Hunter Sts
Brozak
Wable Seeks New Trial In Turnpike Slayer Case
Defense for John Wesley Wable files motion for a new trial after a seven man five woman jury convicts him of killing truck driver Harry F. Pitts and seeks death by electric chair. Attorney argues judge erred by allowing evidence of other crimes.
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Greensburg
John Wesley Wable
Ohiopyle
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Edward G. Bauer
Wable
France preps Geneva to win China support on Indochina
Paris officials expect the United States to help buy Chinese backing at Geneva to end the Indochina war. France fears a failed deal could topple the government and sour future Europe defense plans. Some officials advocate recognizing Red China or trading concessions to secure Peiping alignment.
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Paris
Washington
France
United States
U. S
Europe
China
Peiping
Indochina
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Geneva
Ho Chi Minh
Siso
Congress Calls For Report On H-Bomb Test
U S lawmakers urge the Atomic Energy Commission to disclose full details of the Pacific hydrogen explosion after preliminary tests showed a blast far surpassing expectations. Reports say stockpiling of hydrogen bombs is under consideration and a state ment may come soon. A separate Tokyo mission treats 23 Japanese fishermen exposed to radioactive debris from the Marshall Islands blast.
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Durham
Price
AEC
van Zandt
Atomic Energy Committee
Pacific
United States
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
Eisenhower
Cole
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy
Tokyo
U. S
Marshall Islands
Hiroshima
Cashman Named State Fair Chief in Ohio
Sam Cashman of Upper Sandusky Wyandot County agricultural agent was named assistant state agricultural director and state fair manager by Ohio Agricultural Director A L Sorensen. The appointment begins April 1 for nine months following the death of former fair manager Howard Foust last Christmas.
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Columbus
Sam Cashman
Upper Sandusky
Wyandot
Ohio
A. L. Sorensen
Howard
Foust
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Vietminh
D. R. Stanfield
Brannan
Usiness
Gotham Alert
Thug
Chicago Irish
Gallup
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Pentagon
Secretary of the Army
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Armed Services Committee
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Lausche
Dime Store
America
Dulles
R-Pa
D-Nc
D-Ii
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Shigeru Yoshida
Kyodo
Central Pacific
Cashman
State Fair
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