Plane Hits House Killing One Student in Crash
A small two seater plane crashed into a Baton Rouge house just before dawn killing 19 year old Edwin Samuel White Jr a LSU student from Mansfield and seriously injuring 8 year old Robert M Heard son of LSU Athletic Director T P Red Heard. The aircraft was reported stolen. The crash occurred at the northeast corner of the citys main airport and damaged the living room and adjacent bedrooms.
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Baton House
H. G. Leach
East
Baton Rouge
Hair Flying Service
White
L. C. Whidden
Cynthia
Rindy
Henry M. Smith
Arthur Carrick
Five Die In Dense Fog Car And Cattle Truck Crash
A head on collision in heavy fog near Houston killed five, including a young couple, their two children, and an elderly woman from Yingston. The car’s occupants were Harvey Lee Blum and his wife, with relatives from Brenham, while the cattle truck was driven by Frank J. Moore Jr. of Sonora, Texas. Authorities attributed the crash to fog and the vehicles’ actions on State Highway.
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Houston
Judy Diane
Ed Blum
Brenham
Texas
R. L
Lyo
Frank J. Moore Jr
Sonora
Moore
School Blast Fire Claims 14th Victim
In Cheektowaga New York the Cleveland Hill Elementary School blast fire killed 14th victim Susan Jors 12 dying after Donald Kelle lov 12 and Marlene Miller 11 died from burns. Other children perished in the flames that leveled the annex of the school in the Buffalo suburb.
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Cheektowaga
N.Y
Susan Jors
Donald Kellelov
Marlene Miller
Cleveland Hill
Buffalo
Sears Remains as Counsel in McCarthy Army Probe
Senator Mundt defended Sears amid criticism and said solid new evidence could change the arrangement. The Army named Joseph Welch to present its case in the hearings slated for April 12, with Welch’s involvement described as public service and unpaid. Mundt withheld final decisions, instructing Sears to begin staffing and setting procedural rules for the hearings while the inquiry examines alleged pressures tied to Pvt. G. David Schine and McCarthy’s charges of Army blackmail.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
Samuel
Sears
Mundt
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Boston
Joseph R. McCarthy
R.wis
Fred A. Seaton
Welch
Wisconsin
Seaton
Senate
McCarthy
Dnce
Momlay
Campaige
Reds
Adlai Points Up U S Problems Hits GOP
Adlai Stevenson told a Charlotte audience that the Eisenhower administration relies on gimmicks while neglecting core issues. He cited Indochina, unemployment, and atomic threats, blasted GOP division and timidness, and urged a shift to international control and broader policy. He praised Southern Democrats who returned to the party and warned GOP ambitions threaten national fate.
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Charlotte
N. C
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
GOP
Ahower
Indochina
Pacific
Charles Raper Jonas
Eisenhower
Juin Refuses to Quit NATO Command
Marshal Alphonse Juin said he would not resign his NATO post as commander of Allied forces in central Europe until a French general is named to replace him. He rejected entering politics and noted his dismissal over a speech criticizing the European Defense Community prompted political turmoil in France.
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LE Mavre
Alphonse Pierre Juin
NATO
Europe
Juin
European Defense Community
France
Moscow
Red Star
Marshal Juin
Lene
Iin
Big 3 Urge U N Disarmament Meet In London Paris Moscow
The eighth General Assembly session in London Paris Moscow Washington and other capitals sees the big three urging a UN Disarmament meet. The 11 members of the Security Council including Russia and Canada back a subcommittee to privately seek a nuclear arms control solution and report swiftly.
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London
Paris
Moscow
Tral Assembly
Washington
Russia
Canada
Tel
Belgium
the Disarmament Commission
West
AgNpiea Py Ne Aasstinwy Sane
Assembly
Disarmag ‘Ment Commission
Disarmament Commissions
Phenomenal Pretzels Man Tours Los Angeles
Joe Matthews of the American Cone and Pretzel Co. visits Los Angeles for the West Coast outlet’s third anniversary dinner at Brewer's Restaurant. He notes Southern California’s craze for pretzels with weekly shipments totaling about 100000 pounds from Long Beach and explains pretzel history and making.
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California
So Say
Joe Matthews
American Cone and Pretzel Co
St. Louis
Matthews
National Pretzel Bakers’ Institute
West Coast
Daisy Ave
Brewer's Restaurant
Long Beach
Californi
Timmy
Jim
West Coast Agency
Vast throng welcomes 286 Spanish repatriates home
At Barcelona's waterfront an estimated million people greeted 286 Spanish internees released from Soviet camps after 11 years. Most were falangists who served in the Blue Division against the Russians. Red Cross groups and French authorities arranged the repatriation from Odessa aboard the Semir.
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Barcelona
Span
VPI
Blue Division
Germany
Red Cross
Black Sea
Odessa
Youth Truancy Leads to Bank Loot Recovery
A 14yearold boy skipped classes, triggering detectives to uncover about 300000 in stolen dividend checks from Central National Bank. The driver left the truck unlocked for coffee, and officers found part of the loot on the youth after detention. He led police to an attic cache. a second sack remains missing.
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Cleveland
Central National Bank
Atttic
Two Women Die in North Carolina Fire at Farm Home
A blaze at a farm near Tuttle North Carolina killed a mother Mrs Elmer Miller and six children nine miles north of town. Miller and her eldest son Elmer 15 survived the blaze stalled by flames as the father fled with the other child. No telephones in the Miller area hampered emergency response.
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Charles
Tuttle
N. C
Here
Elmer
Miller
Miller Farm
Tuttie
Bismarck
Blonde Coed Gets Gary Crosby Pin
Barbara Standeus a blonde coed from San Jose State admitted wearing Gary Crosby’s fraternity pin. She denied engagement to Crosby but said you should ask him. Crosby a Stanford student, 22, could not be reached for comment.
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San Carlos
Barbara Standeus
Gary Crosby
Stanislaus
San Jose State
Beverly
Crosby
Stanford University
Himn
Gary Jast
Gary
Continent
French Hold Dien Bien Phu Against Vietminh Assault
The fortress at Dien Bien Phu endures heavy night attacks as Vietminh artillery pummels outer defenses and pushes toward a decisive breakthrough. French losses are unclear but reported heavy on the enemy, with defenses remaining largely intact amid ongoing attempts to disrupt Hanoi Haiphong supply routes.
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Uniion
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Dust Bowl
Arca
Hanoi
Haiphong
Pint-Sized Bandit Robs L.A. Bank
Police search for a five-foot-four inch bandit who robbed a downtown Bank of America branch in Los Angeles, escaping through a rear exit with $116. The brief says the incident occurred near Seventh Street and Broadway as banks closed, with the thief threatening staff and escaping uninjured.
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Los Angeles
Kathleen Corbett
Seventh St
Broadway
Bank of America
Yartcan
L’osservatore Romano
New York
Pius X
Baltimore
Vatican
Philadelphia
Norfolk
State Chamber of Commerce
St. Peter's Square
Alley
Ita Joss
Picza
Sigar
Pusan Blaze Kills and Injures Over Hundred Koreans
A flash fire in a refugee district of Pusan, Korea, killed and injured more than 100. Army and police disputed tolls, with estimates ranging from 27 to 37 deaths. The blaze destroyed 900 shacks and wooden homes along a pipeline area. Firefighters contained the flames after destroying factories and homes, leaving thousands homeless in a city of 7 million.
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Pusan
Korea
U.D
U.S. Army
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