U S Arrests Prio Deposed Cuba Chief
U S authorities arrest ex Cuban president Carlos Prio Socarras and former foreign minister Secunda Curti along with two Cuban nationals in Miami on charges of conspiring to export arms and implements of war to Cuba. Indictment alleges plans to regain power by force. Frail report notes bond set at 75000 dollars and arraignment scheduled in New York.
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Miami
Presi
Yilla
S. Miami Ave
Secunta Curti
Fris
Ag Ab Prio
New York
Wal Export
Cuba
Piio
Mexico
Fulgent
da Batista
Batista
U.S
James L. Guilmaress
No Accord in Sight in N.Y. Paper Strike
New York enters a second week of a major newspaper strike with no immediate sign of a deal. AFL Photo-Engravers demand a 5 50 weekly wage increase, publishers offer 3.75, and talks at the Times Tower with mediator Walter Maggiolo yield no progress. Sunday papers face cancellation as unions and publishers clash over printing rights and staffing.
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New York
New York City
Denis M. Burks
AFL
New York Times
Broadway
Walter Maggiolo
Maggiolo
Newspaper Trade Journal
Dennis Burke
Tora
Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Collis
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Pet
Collis
Herald Tribune
Long Island Star - Journal
Indianapolis Gun Battle Ends in Slaying and Death
In Indianapolis on Friday a laborer, Richard Preacher LaVelle, 53, shot and killed his friend Otis Starks, 29, then fought a 645 minute gun battle with 30 police officers. Officers battered the door with an axe and blasted the apartment with machine guns tear gas and small arms fire. A woman, Miss Betty Garrett 32, was questioned after fleeing from the scene. Police Lt Harold Morton described the dramatic incident at Indiana Avenue apartment. None of the officers were hurt.
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Indianapolis
Richard Preacher
LaVelle
Otis Starks
Harold Morton
Morton
Betty Garrett
Ng LaVelle
Starks
Indiana Ave
Arthur Taylor
Surprise Typo Flips Movie Title at Treasury Preview
Attendees at a Treasury Department preview night were startled to see the film billed as The Bond Between Us instead of the intended The Blond Between Ls due to a typographical error in an earlier notice. The mix up caused confusion among viewers and highlighted a printing error in the announcement.
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Perssons
Treasury Department
Allyson
Filipino Huk No 2 Outlaw Signals Willing Surrender
Manila report says Mariano P. Balgos, a top Huk with a 25 000 peso bounty, indicated willingness to surrender to press contact Ramon Magseysay, amid pursuit in the Philippines.
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Manila
Mariano P. Balgos
Philippines
Ramon Magseysay
Girl Hangs Self Mother Finds Body in Bathhome
Fifteen minutes after school, 12 year old Carol Evonne Atkinson of Rolling Hills was found by her mother hanging in the family bathroom. Investigators labeled the death as possible suicide. A silk neckerchief tied to a shower bar was used. no note was found. The body was taken to McNerney Mortuary San Pedro with funeral plans pending. Police said an inquest is unlikely.
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Rolling Hills
Carol Evonne Atkinson
Donald B. Atkinson
McNerney Mortuary
San Pedro
Barr Assaulted Her Says Robbery Victim
Los Angeles UK 38 year old pianist accuses wanted killer suspect Anthony Barr of assault in her Burbank home. District Attorney S Ernest Roli said Barr attacked when he came to buy a fur coat she advertised, tied wrists and fled with fur pieces and belongings. Barr is linked to the killing of insurer Andrew K on Jonesy road near Whittier. Mrs Barr released from county jail after suspicion of receiving stolen property. she denied being a sex maniac.
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Los Angeles
Anthony ‘Barr
Burbank
Ernest Roli
Belle Brooks
Barr
Andrew K
Miss Brooks
Roll
Geraldine
California police to take Barr back to Los Angeles
California authorities will fly here on Sunday to return Anthony Barr a 4 year old ex convict to Los Angeles where he is charged with the want ad murder of insurance adjuster Andrew Kmiec. Barr has waived confinement saying he has nothing to fear about being returned. He denies knowledge of the shooting on November 21 beyond what he read in papers. Detectives said two .38 caliber revolvers found in Barrs car will be shipped for ballistics tests. Barr gives conflicting stories about how he got here and what he was doing with the guns. He was arrested at the main post office after taking a planted letter. Police had planned to question him cautiously due to lack of details on the shooting and fear of giving him leads.
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ST. Louis
California
Anthony Barr
Los Angeles
Andrew Kmiec
Barr
Cat
James Chapman
Chapman
Jhow
Disappearance Blamed on Diet
Kitty Higgins, 22, a stenographer, vanished November 27 and returned six days later. She said a two month reducing diet caused a fainting spell, after which she crawled into a truck for rest, woke in Las Vegas, spent nights in a bus depot, sold her watch for $30, bought jeans and shoes, and lived mainly on candy bars.
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Los Angeles
Kitty Higgins
Sne
Las Vegas
Nev
Youths Accused in Brutal Home Invasion and Assault
A 55 year old husband and his wife suffered a brutal attack when Lewis and two youths entered the Lawrence home after claiming paint remover was needed. The assailants tied the woman, assaulted her with a wrench and screwdriver, demanded money, and fled as the husband returned to aid his wife. Lewis was arrested, two youths surrendered, and a third was arrested at his home. The trio reportedly planned to run away to join the Merchant Marine.
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Lewis
Deput
Jim
James Lawrence
Norwalk
Tewis
Lawrence
U N Political Unit Delays Korea Debate
The United Nations political committee voted 55 to 0 to recess the Korean debate over the weekend to avoid a clash between India and Western powers. Indian delegate V K Krishna Menon urged limited debate and a Feb 9 recess, while Brazilian delegate Marie de Pimentel Brandao backed indefinite recess with reconvening by the president when a majority sees fit, with backing from the United States and its allies in Korea.
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United Nations
U. N
India
New Zealand
Leslie Knox Munro
V. K. Krishna Menon
Braails Marie de Pimentel Brandao
Menon
United States
Korea
Three Children and Mother Die in West Side Blaze
A mother Anne Ciucci aged about 28 and her three children Vincent Jr 9 Virginia 8 and Angelina 4 died in an early morning fire that swept their grocery store and home on the west side. The husband Vincent Ciucci 28 was left in serious condition at Cook County Hospital with second degree burns.
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Chicago
Anne Ciucci
Vincent Jr
Virginia
Andl Angelina
Vincent Ciucci
Cook County Hospital
Two Baby Brothers Die In Downtown Fire
Huntington West Virginia fire victims include two infant brothers and about 20 families losing possessions as fire swept a downtown business and apartment building before a state inspection. Seven firefighters were overcome by smoke in a blaze described as difficult to fight due to flimsy partitions between units. a mother, Mrs June Dorton, rescued a child from the top floor to a life net and was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Huntington
W. Va
C. A. Draper
June Dorton
French Take Vietminh Strong Point Muang Khoua
French forces capture the fortified village of Muang Khoua 82 miles north of Luang Prabang after heavy fighting with Vietminh troops. The communique reports 50 Vietminh bodies left on the battlefield and many more wounded as the Vietminh retreat north along mountain paths. Muong Khoua serves as a strategic communications point on the Vietminh route to Laos.
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Saigon
Muang Khoua
Luang Prabang
Nam Pak
Muong Khoua
Laos
Cambodia
France
Indochina
New Look in Soviet Pondered by Big 3 Leaders
Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Laniel discuss a possible Kremlin shift after a four day Western conference. Eisenhower recalls Russian policy may not have changed while Churchill cites a new look post Stalin. Berlin talks aim to focus on German unification and Austrian treaty. McCarthy issue looms as U S and Britain differ on tactics.
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Joseph Laniel
Moring
Dulles
Eden
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Laniel
Mr. Eisenhower
Russia
Josef Stalin
Premer Georgi Malenkov
Churchil
Bermuds
Eisenhower T
Berlin
Red China
Eisen
Wilmington Girl Given 5-Year Term
In Salt Lake City ICE district court heard a running gun battle between Wilmington California teen Virginia Dianne Palado and Kenneth M Emmons of Los Angeles. Palado, 14, was sentenced to five years in the Women’s Federal Reformatory at Alderson West Virginia for juvenile delinquency and auto theft. Emmons, 17, was sentenced to a Colorado Englewood correctional facility to serve until his 21st birthday on July 22, 1957. Judge Willis W Ritter noted the maximum sentence imposed and that harsher penalties could have been added.
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California
Here
Ogden
Virginia Dianne F Palado
Wilmington
Calif
Alderson
W. Va
Kenneth M. Emmons
Los Angeles
Englewood
Colo
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