Montreal Boy Kidnapping Ends With Safe Return
Montreal police recovered 3 year old Barbara Nemeroff after a daylong 12 hour manhunt. A 16 year old employee of Barbara’s father Morris Nemeroff admitted the abduction and asked for a 50 thousand dollar ransom before the child was found on downtown St Catherine Street. Barbara was reunited with her parents at detective headquarters and briefly examined by authorities.
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Barbara Nemeroff
Mrs. Nemeroff
Montreal
Canada
Fov
Morris
Kemeroff
Barbara
St. Catherine St
Margaret Henry
Wes
Wilfrid Bourdon
Ernest Francoeur
William Fitzpatrick
Alice Lachance
St. Luc. Que
Dolbeau St
Cate Des Neiges
Panic Fatal Stampede Smothers 700 Sheep
Panic near Kemmerer Wyoming causes a stampede that kills 700 sheep at Bar Triangle Ranch run by George Eubanks of La Barge. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars as heavy lambs ride with freezing weather. Sheep were killed before skinning. wool yield minimal.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Bar Triangle
George Eubanks
la Barge
Louisiana jet ace Whisner makes history in Korea
Maj. William Whisner of Shreveport Louisiana shot down his fifth Communist MIG 14 to become the seventh jet ace in history. Flying a Sabre he downed the Russian aircraft amid a dogfight south of the Yalu River in north west Korea. The tally put MIGs down at 226 since the war began with 1148 enemy planes lost overall, and Whisner’s feat came while aiding Maj. Don Adams of Mount Clemens Michigan whose plane was struck.
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Tokyo
William Thisner
Shreveport
Yalu River
Korea
Two Truckers Die After Highway 66 Crash
ARCADIA Okla Feb 24 exploding gasoline and rubber tires caused a fire that burned two truck drivers who were trapped in their wrecked cabs after a collision on a U S Highway 66 bridge. Drivers Townsend 49 and Floward Graham 30 of Oklahoma City were killed.
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Arcadia
Okla
Townsen
Floward
Graham
Oklahoma City
British Egypt Begin Suez Talks Next Week
Cairo February 23 Premier Aly Maher Pasha announced direct British Egyptian negotiations on the Suez Canal dispute will start here early next week. Maher will handle talks with British Ambassador Sir Ralph Steven-Sort.
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Cairo
Egypt
Aly Maher Pasha
Maher
Ralph Steven- Sort
Reds Cry Massacre at Truce Conference
PANMUNJOM Korea February 23 Reds cry massacre at internment camp amid truce talks. Communists protest the killings of 69 internees and 1 American, with 74 civilian internees and 1 soldier dead and 123 civilians wounded. Tsai Chen Wert accuses US forces of barbarity and demands full accounting. UN and Allied officers discuss prisoner repatriation and missing POWs.
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Panmunjom
Korea
UPS
Kore
Farman
United Nations
United Sactions
Tsai Chen Wert
Tsai
U.N
George Hickman
Hickman
Tsai Dodger
Gasoline Pond Forms After Tank Burst In Sheldon
Fire and police kept watch as a 12 000 gallon gasoline pond formed near homes and tracks. The burst occurred when a seam opened during loading from a truck, flooding the area about half a block. Firefighters sprayed surface vapors with fog to reduce fumes.
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Sheldon
Towa
LEI
Zane Hudson
Central Railroad
Merrill Fritts
Russian Claims Various Calibers of Atomic Bombs
Moscow reports quote Soviet officials describing atomic bombs of various calibers as essential for deterrence and potential use against aggressors. General and press statements warn that the Soviet Union will meet any attack with strong weapons and readiness to strike.
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Moscow
Seaview Union
Red Arms
Peter Norkochnay
Sovie Ag Culture
Gro
Sergei Shtemenko
Leonid Goveray
Javestia
Parents Spurn Aid, Burned Girl Dies
Kern County authorities said a year-old girl died from burns after her parents refused medical attention for religious reasons. The child, burned by a gas heater, belonged to a family that calls a doctor only during childbirth.
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Kern County
Neces Francisco
Stanley Newman
Louis Francisco
Bakersf
Truman Ends Cruise and Stays Aboard Williamsburg
President Truman returned to Washington from a weekend cruise but chose to remain aboard the yacht Williamsburg to work and rest in his stateroom. The staying duration was not determined, according to staff.
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Truman
Washington
Williamsburg
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy conditions tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Expect highs near 60 degrees and comfortable, steady conditions across the period.
MacArthur's Staff Slashed by Army
NEW YORK Feb 23 AP An aide says Gen Douglas MacArthurs eight man personal staff was cut by five, routine according to the Army. Col Lawrence E Bunker noted orders Feb 12 directing transfers within 60 days and the resignation of Col Anthony Story last month. The Army said the reductions align with precedents for five star generals without specific duty and cited pay figures. MacArthur made no comment but reportedly did not agree to the cut.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Army
MacArthur
Laurence E. Bunker
Frank Pare
Bunker
Anthony Story
Washington
Maccarthur
Truman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Korea Jet Crashes Into Hospital Killing Fifteen
In Pusan Korea a Thunder jet crashed into a power plant and then a hospital and four houses, killing 15 and injuring 20. The American pilot and 14 Korean civilians died, with at least two women and a baby among the dead. Property damage estimated at $100,000. Witnesses cited engine trouble before impact.
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Pusan
Korea
Army
Ai Dukai
Cal. T. C. Green Af
Austin
L. M. Tance Command
Sid
Where to Find It
A brief listing of section locations for content in the issue. It notes pages for obituaries, sports, comics, classifieds, financials, radio and television, tides and temperatures, theaters, ships, and churches among others. It directs readers to pages A-3 A-6 7 for churches and to B-4 for obituaries and radio and television.
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Boyle
U S To End Rubber Import Monopoly Policy Change
Washington announces end of government sole import control on rubber. The stockpile has reached a safe level and normal purchasing will resume. The move ends a policy started December 29, 1950, aimed at defense stockpile and price control from overseas producers.
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Washington
U.S
General Services Administration
NATO plan backs three year defense buildup in Europe
Lisbon February 23 AP The North Atlantic Council unanimously approved a master economic program for a three year defense buildup against communism. The Allied leaders endorsed Harriman linked study and plans for a European defense force of about two million men to deter Soviet aggression. The program calls for Western taxpayers to provide about 300 billion dollars spread over the period with nation breakdowns kept secret.
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Lisbon
Portugal
North Atlantic Council
Atlantic
Council
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
Harriman
Ike Declines Return to Seek GOP Nomination
Eisenhower's Paris headquarters says he has no planned U.S. trip in the foreseeable future to campaign for the Republican nomination. The Atlantic Pact centers report he intends to visit Greece and Turkey early next month and has spurned pleas from backers to return home.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
United States
Atlantic Pact
Eisenhower
Greece
Turkey
Martha Raye Slapped by Club Patron in Miami Beach
Night club singer Martha Raye was punched by a New York salesman at the Five o Clock Club after she slapped him for calling her a dirty name. Francis Serpico, 32, of Flushing, Long Island, was arrested on assault and battery charges after the incident and lodged on a 202 cash bond. Raye and her husband Nick Candas run the club each winter season.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Martha Raye
New York
William Drury
Serpico
Drury
Raye
Miss Raye
St St Aene
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Lowa
News of
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Ries
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George J. Swokowski
Swokowski
Tenth Corps
Cpl Swokowski
Leavenworth, Kan
U. S. Army
Onoto
NATO
U. S
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