Stay Put on Half of Fort Mercer Tanker
Thirteen crewmen remained aboard the derelict Fort Mercer as rescuers saved 18 others from the broken tanker in the Cape Cod storm. The ship, torn in half, dangers navigation and may be sunk by gunfire if towed. Coast Guard helicopters and cutters worked to salvage and evacuate near Boston.
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Chatham
Mass
Fort Mercer
Coast Guards
Boston
Acushnet
John M. Joseph
Truro
New York
Trinidad Corp
Coast Guard
New England
Cape Cod
Pendieton
Mercer
Ross victory in Queens favors Republicans in Fifth District
In New York Queens, former Republican Robert Tripp Ross defeated Democratic City Councilman Hugh Quinn in a November-echoed special election to fill a Fifth District seat. Ross won 17 300 votes to 11 442, a 58 58 point margin, seen as a national omen by GOP leaders and noted as a rebuke to Trumanism.
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New York
Queens
Truman
Jeaders
Robert Tripp Ross
Ross
Hugh Quinn
New York State
Fifth
New York City
Republican National
Guy George Gabrielson
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Republican Congressional Committee
Quinn
T. Vincent Quinn
House of Representatives
Plane Skims Pyramid Top Killing U S Diplomat Wife
A private plane struck atop the Pyramid of the Sun near Mexico City, killing Eleanor Wernimont of Aurora Illinois and injuring her sister and niece. The pilot Jose Velazquez and another teen were detained on homicide charges by negligence. Joyce Thomas escaped unharmed. The Wernimonts’ party was touring the 2000 year old ruins at San Juan Teotihuacan.
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Mexico City
U. S
Eleanor Wernimont
Aurora
Kenneth Wernimont
William Bailey
Yorkville
Geraldine Bailey
Jose Galil Velazquez
Bogota
Colombia
Francisco Atayde Garcia
Vernimont
San Juan Teotihuacan
Joyce Thomas
Geneva
Ill
Partner Says Cleanup Boss Shared in Fee
Washington February 20 AP. Law partner of President Truman corruption sleuth Wewbold Morris says Morris has shared since 1947 in fees averaging 330000 to 40000 a year paid to their law firm for legal work on a ship deal now under Senate investigation. Wasson said he has given Senate investigations subcommittee documents on the fees and may testify next week. Joseph E Casey, former Congress member and chief engineer of two surplus tanker ship deals, currently sits in the witness chair. The committee values the deals at 14 to 16 million dollars.
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Washington
Wewbold Morris
Truman
Morris
Senate
Houston H. Wasson
Senate Investigations Sub Committee
Joseph E. Casey
Congress
Acheson appeals to NATO to finish barrier plan
In Lisbon on February 20, U S Secretary of State Acheson urged NATO members to complete a powerful defense force to counter Soviet aggression. He cited plans for rearming West Germany and creating a 1 400 000 man European army and warned talks would be tough.
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Lisbon
Portugal
U. S
Pean Acheson
North Atlantic
Acheson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
West Germany
NATO
London
West Gorman
Y. S. Casualties Reach 105 841
The Defense Department reports U S battle casualties in Korea at 105 541, up 333 from last week, with 494 dead and 1359 wounded. The breakdown lists service branches and totals, including the Air Force at 118 545.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Defense Department
Bey Ane Tinang
Actlor
Servace Nat
Air Force
Manne Corns
Snow Blocks Pass Again at Donner Summit Closure
Heavy wind driven snow shuts U S 40 over Donner Summit and delays openings on U S 50. Only U S 24 remains passable. 32 inches new snow at the summit raises totals to 233 inches. Gale winds and continued snowfall forecast with no permanent clearing expected. a new storm approaches the coast and could reach the valley tomorrow.
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Sacramento
U. S
Red Bluff-to-Susanville
Donner Summit
Weather Bureau
Norden
Bureau
Sierra
Division of Highways
U. S. 40
U. S. 50
North
Pacific Coast
Sacramento Valley
Sierra Nevada
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding Marriage in Limbo
Elizabeth Taylor may not wed Michael Wilding tomorrow in London Caxton Hall due to missing divorce papers from the United States. Registrar requires proof of divorce. documents en route may delay the ceremony to Friday. Wilding stayed upbeat, with plans for dinner and a last minute shopping dash.
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London
Elizabeth Wayloe
United States
Michael Wilding
Beauty
Wilding
Caxton Hall Registry
Westminster
Miss Taylor
Nick Hilton Jr
Elizabeth
Caxton
America
Snowdrifts Halt Midwest Traffic Tangle Trails Blizzard Toll
Snow and strong winds cripple Midwest travel with South Dakota worst hit as nearly all highways stop. Heavy snow covers North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan while freezing rain and sleet affect Illinois Indiana and western Michigan. Pierre South Dakota records 12 inches as blizzard strands persist in the snow belt and 30 deaths are blamed on the weekend storm.
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Midwest
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Pierre
S. D
Minneapolis
St. Cloud
Minn
Lower
Illnois
Indiana
New England
Rotation on Black but Reds Spurn It
PANMUNJOM Korea Feb 20 UP The Communists rejected a United Nations offer to cut troop rotation during a truce from 40 000 to 35 000 men a month amid speculation they seek to pressure the UN into accepting Russia as a neutral armistice supervisor. The Red demand remained for 30 000 monthly rotations while the UN proposed 35 000. No date yet for a third staff meeting to settle remaining armistice details. The full truce delegations agreed to pursue a peace conference within 90 days of a ceasefire to discuss foreign troop withdrawals and other questions. The Communist plan for a prisoner of war exchange drew no new elements, according to UN Col George Hickman who termed it not novel.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Russia
U.N
Red China
North Korea
George Hickman
War II Ace Tallies Two MIGs Down in Korea Air Fights
U S Sabrejet pilots in northwestern Korea downed two Communist MIG 15 jets and damaged five in two fierce clashes. Col Francis Gabreski and Maj William Whisner shared one MIG kill, narrowing toward five. Morning action damaged three MIGs. U N fighters bombed Red trucks and rail targets, aiding a naval effort against supply lines, as 31 Red vessels were destroyed between Feb 11 and 17.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Francis 3. Gabreski
Oil City
America
William T. Whisner
Shreveport
Sinuiju
U. N
BP Superioris
Sinanju
Tokyo
Navy
Strike Ties Up Bay City Bus and Trolleys
In San Francisco on Feb 20, a citywide transit strike halted all buses and street cars as AFL Carmen's Union joined by CIO workers walked off at 5 am. About 250000 riders were stranded, creating a downtown traffic jam and prompting 800 taxis to operate 24 hours. The stoppage followed a three day Powell Jackson cable line dispute. The mayor threatened an antipicketing injunction to compel workers back.
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San Francisco
AFL
Carmen
CIO
Market St
Ferry
Twin Peaks
Powell-Jackson
Elmer Robinson
Doolittle Heads Air Crash Board
President Truman appointed a Special commission to investigate air crashes and crowded airports. James A. Doolittle was named chairman, with Charles F. Horne and Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker as members.
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Washington
Truman
James A. Doolittle
Doolittle
Tokyo
Charles F. Horne
Civil Aeronautics
Jerome C. Hunsaker
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Suez Canal Traffic Returns to Normal
PORT SAID Egypt Feb 20 A spokesman for the Suez Canal Co said traffic is back to normal for the first time since the British Egyptian dispute outbreak.
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Port Said
Egypt
U. A
Suez Canal Co
Weather Update Cloudy and Cool With Light Rain Expected
The forecast calls for cloudy and cool conditions with intermittent very light rain beginning late today or tomorrow. Light variable winds tonight shift to westerly, 0 to 16 miles per hour, tomorrow afternoon.
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H. W. Newman
Memphis
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Thomas A. McCoy
Providence
Joseph
Tahearn
Samuel Scott
South Weymouth
Thomas J. Gill
Milford
Associated Press
Gop
N. Y
Democratic National Committee
Robert T. Ross
Y. S
Highway Division
Liz
Boyle
The
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