Britain Opposes Blockade of Chinese Coast
London sources say the British government is strongly against any naval blockade of the Chinese mainland. They fear widening the Korean conflict and inviting Soviet reaction under the defense treaty with the Chinese Reds. Officials note lack of consultation and cite risks from Formosa denuclearization and renewed raids.
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London
Washington
Eisenshower
Foreign Office
Britain
John Foster Dulles
Russia
China
Eisenhower
Formosa
jTh
Roller Coaster Hits Mangles Track Repairman
A roller coaster at Ocean Park San Francisco struck a maintenance worker as it sped along the Big Dipper track. Jack Williams, 49, was dragged 125 feet and injured with his right foot severed and left leg broken. Two teenage girls from Meridian Idaho were aboard and unharmed. Firefighters needed nearly 30 minutes to free him and he was hospitalized at St Joseph's Hospital. The incident drew a frightened crowd as investigators began.
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San Francisco
Ydaho
Jack Williams
Ocean Park
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Kayen
Linda Crouch
Meridan
Idaho
Ike to Name Clare Luce Envoy to Italy
President Eisenhower announced he would nominate Clare Boothe Luce as ambassador to Italy. He asked Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker to remain as ambassador for now, likely until Italian elections end in late April or early May. Luce, a playwright and former Congresswoman from Connecticut, is wife of Henry R. Luce and a Roman Catholic convert.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Ellsworth Bunker
White House
Bunker
Boost in Income Tax Exemption Considered
Rep Wickersham Oklahoma says he will draft legislation to raise the individual federal income tax exemption from 600 to 2000 dollars. He told a reporter the change would provide tax relief to the little fellow and make it possible to support a dependent beyond 600 annually.
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Washington
Wickersham
D.oklah
Infant survives flood in floating crib after parents drown
Canvey Island remembers Ernest and Mary Foster who perished as flood waters overran their bungalow. Their newborn Linda, placed in a portable crib, rode the flood for 12 hours before rescuers found her unharmed. The baby joins grandmother on the island.
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Canvey Island
England
Sweekold
Linda Foster
Ernest Foster
Linda
Foster
Mary
Fosters
Ives
Balkan three power pact to draft defense alliance
Greek Foreign Minister Stefanopoulos said Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey plan a late month meeting in Athens to draft a three nation defense pact against Russian aggression. He said terms still to be agreed and military talks will run parallel to political talks open to others. The pact would not be exclusive and NATO would be informed.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
vPi
Stephen Stephanopoulos
Turkey
Athens
Greece
Stephanopoulos
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Balkan
NATO
Fumes Kill Four Seven Overcome in Montreal Suburb
In suburban Lachine, four persons were killed by fumes and seven others overcome. Victims include Wilfrid Lalonde, 30, his wife, their son Jean Pierre, 7, and daughter Lucille, 8. Police investigations continue as homes are secured.
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Lachine
Wilfrid Lalonde
Jean Pierre
Lucille
Convict Riot at Arizona State Prison Quelled
Sullen convicts filed from cell blocks at Florence as questions followed about 48 hours of unrest. Guards restored order after a guard was seized during a night of sit-down strikes, with tear gas used and armed personnel on the walls. The uprising involved around 400 inmates protesting beating and poor food and clothing.
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Florence
Ariz
Arizona State Prison
Lon E. Walters
Walters
Amaulbaet
Howard Fyle
Drugged Woman Asks Police Aid in Norwalk
A gaunt drug dazed woman with slashed wrists surrendered at the sheriff's station and asked to be hospitalized as a narcotics addict. Mrs. Willie Alice King, 29, from Nashville, Tenn, said she had been smoking heroin and drinking, and attempted suicide with slashed wrists before later going to General Hospital.
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Norwalk
Willie Alice King
Rancho Los Amigos Emergency Hospital
General Hospital
Plane crashes at La Guardia injures three
New York report says a Northeast Airlines Convair 240 airliner with 43 aboard crashed at La Guardia after landing gear collapsed. Three persons were injured in the incident, with no fatalities reported.
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la Guardia
New York
Northeast Airlines
la Guardia Field
Rising Costs Named Main Problem for Newspapers
Waco Texas report notes constant cost rises as the publisher Wilhate Dwight of the Holyoke Transcript cle pram describes. He cites two revenue streams failing to absorb higher costs, with newsprint up 100 percent since 1945 and not decreasing with volume. Advertising rates face pressure from growing media competition.
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Waco
Texas
Wilhate Dwight
Holyoke Mass
Transcriptcle Pram
Z “Newspas
Dwight
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
U S Seeks Stepped Up War Aid From U N Allies
United States seeks stronger military and economic support from United Nations allies to end the Korean War. A U N survey calls for a 1.75 billion dollar aid and investment program to aid war ravaged South Korea and notes rampant black market profiteering. Possible China blockade studied but likely limited effectiveness amid mixed opinions. Continued on Page A-3 Col 17.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
U. N
Korea
U. S
South Korea
Red China
Security Council
MiGs Fall to Outnumbered American Aces Over Korea
American Sabre jet pilots claim two Red MiGs shot down over MiG Alley in far northwest Korea as Allied fighters pound front lines and supply hubs. Over the week, two MiGs downed, one likely destroyed, three damaged. three Allied planes lost, none Sabres. Ground clashes near Mundung Valley Punch Bowl and The Hook result in several Reds killed amid rifle fire exchanges.
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Seoula
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Air Force
No Man’s Land
Mundung Valley
Punch Bowl
Hook
T-Bone Hill
Heartbreak Ridge
White Horse
Korean Red Army Claims Tripled Strength Since War Start
Peiping Radio quoted Premier Kim Il Sung saying the North Korean Red Army has multiplied three times since the start of the Korean War 30 months ago and urged a prolonged large scale campaign. Allied officers estimate about 50,000 Reds remain active on the front with 100,000 prisoners in Allied camps.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Kim Il Sing
Red Army
Red
Kim
South Korea
Undersea Explosion Sighted Off Japan
A violent undersea explosion off Japan sent dense smoke rising over 600 feet as Seiji Maru crewmen reported sighting the disturbance about 200 miles south of Myjoinsho Island at 3 p m Friday. The blasts prevented approaching the area and echo a September eruption that created an island and destroyed an observation ship and crew.
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Japan
Tokyo
Here
Seiji Maru
Marine Safety Board
Myjoinsho Island
Ar New Island
B-36 Crashes After Safe Parachutes From England Flight
A U S Air Force B 36 crash in three English counties followed fifteen crew parachuting to safety. Lt Col Herman Gerick led the flight from Carswell Texas with sixteen others. no civilians injured. The remaining B 36 landed near Lacock, 15 miles southwest of London. Six killed in a separate French DC 4 crash near Bordeaux during a flight from Abidjan.
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London
Texas
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Wiltshire
Herman Gerick
Carswell Air lPorce
Fort Worth
Bordeaux
France
Gunard
Union Aeromaritime Des [Transports
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
West Africa
D’eysines
Newspaper Navigation and Section Index
A concise listing shows where to locate sections such as Boyle on page B-2 and churches on page A-5 along with Classified Ads on pages 8-4 to 9 and others. It also notes sports on pages A-6 and A-7 and variety content across theaters tides and temperatures on multiple pages.
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Boyle
END OF DANCE Steps on Woman's Toe at Nightery
In Benton Harbor Michigan a 25 year old dancer known as Dancing Boy Jesse Sandford was stabbed to death after stepping on the toe of Mrs Susie Lee Terry 28 in an all night restaurant. Sandford apologized but Terry fatally wounded him in the chest and was booked on murder investigation.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Jesse Sandford
Vern Storey
Sandford
Mary Spinks
Susie Lee Terry
Terry
Tod Faulkner Son Arrested After Gun Found In Auto
Tod C Faulkner Ir 18 of 315 W 25th St was arraigned on a misdemeanor carrying a concealed weapon charge. Bail set at 3000 with plea to be entered Tuesday. Police found a loaded .12 caliber pistol in his glove compartment after citing illegal parking in front of 5304 Second St at 12 45 a m.
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Tod C
Mexico
Faulkner
Tod C. Ir
W. 25Th St
Percy Hight
Hight
Young Faulkner
Second St
Tots Play on Track Halt Train in New York
Yonkers New York Central electric train halted unscheduled near Yonkers when two year old boys played between the rails. The engineer stopped 40 feet away. A conductor lifted them aboard and handed them to police at the next station. The boys, Robert Herbst and Robert Frett Jr, had wandered from their home about 100 feet from the tracks.
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Yonkers
N. Y
New York Central Electric
Robert Herbst
Robert Frett Jr
Weather forecast calls for clear night and sunny Sunday
The forecast expects a clear night and a sunny Sunday with temperatures near 80 degrees. High near 80 degrees, light breeze. No precipitation expected.
Genius' Bares Five Downey Murder Plots
Richard Corley La Force, a 19 year old Downey CALTECH junior, is jailed on suspicion of attempted murder after five arsenic poisoning attempts aimed at winning the affection of Joyce Hayden, wife of Robert P Hayden. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz noted the suspect was caught placing arsenic in a bottle in Hayden’s fridge. more plots from late December to early February emerged, with the defendant admitting motive rooted in love for Joyce Hayden.
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Robert Paul Hayden
Downey
Joyce
Richard C. la Force
California Institute of Technology
Robert P. Hayden
la Force
Sheriff's Deputies
Richard Corley la Force
la Rena St. Downey
Conway la Force
Seneol
Eugene Biscailuz
Base Metals Mine Bonanza Hits Canada
A New Brunswick town roars as a major lead zinc silver base metals find spurs a mining boom. Over 1200 prospectors flood Bathurst area near Gloucester County chasing claims from Nipisquit to Miramichi Rivers with copper potential and a Brunswick Mining and Smelting Co. fund led by M J Boylen of Toronto.
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Bathurst
N. 5
British Columbia
New Brunswick
North Shore
Maritimes
Gloucester County
Brunswick Mining and Smelting Co
M. J. Boylen
Toronto
Ont
Gloucester Woods
Nipisquiit
Miramichi
Exhausted duo found after 3 days in cave near Franklin
Washington D. C. men Harry C. Breeden Jr and Kenneth Sterner survived three days inside Trout Rock Cave five miles south of Franklin. They wandered since Wednesday, had no food and a failing flashlight, and were found by a search party about 400 yards from the middle entrance. They were brought to Pendleton County Jail for showers and rest.
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Franklin
Washington, D. C
Harry C. Breeden Jr
Kenneth Sterner
Trout Rock Cave
Breeden
Sterner
Pendleton County
U. S. 220
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