Reds Blast Isles amid offshore island defense standoff
The report details ongoing clashes between Nationalists and Communists near offshore islands including Quemoy and Matsu. Nationalist air raids hit targets on Lower and Upper Tachen, Yikiangshan, and Quemoy while defending with the 7th Fleet nearby. Casualties cited include civilians and soldiers, with continued shelling and bombardment as both sides assess a cease-fire plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etcue
Stump
China News
Quemoy
Matsu
Amoy
Foochow
Defense Ministry
Lower Tachen Island
Yikiangshan Island
Tachen Island
Yikiangshan
Upper Tachen Island
Tateng Island
Seral
Formosa
Peiping
U S Feed Packages Given to Italians
In Naples 33000 CARE food packages, a gift from the American people, were laid over for distribution to Italy's poor by non Communist unions. Official recipients included the Italian Labor Union and the Wallan Free Labor Federation, while the Communist dominated CIGLI was excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
Italian Labor Union
CIL
Wallan Free Labor Federation
CISL
Italian Federation of Labor
CIGLI
Army Chief Ridgway Warns Against Army Cutbacks
General Ridgway clashed with Secretary Stevens over proposed Army manpower reductions. He argued modern warfare requires more, not fewer, troops as mobility and weapons grow. Stevens defended cuts aligning with the administration plan, while Ridgway urged flexibility to maintain force effectiveness amid rapid deployment needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgway
Yarince
Stevers
Stevens
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Vinson
D-Ga
Army
Ridesway
House of Services Committee
Congress
Ridgwey
Belie
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ridgwas
Joint Ehurd
America
Kilday
D.-Tex
Hower
Rombat
Medic Testifies Nugent Spoke at Peace Rally in Korea POW Camp
Army doctor Maz Alexander testified at Maj. Ambrose Nugent's general court martial that Nugent spoke from a podium addressing 350 to 400 fellow POWs in a Korea camp peace rally. The witness, captured July 1950, said Nugent urged end to war while prisoners sat on the floor amid bombing sounds. Nugent, a 1st-year officer from Wisconsin, faces 13 counts of collaborating with the enemy and a separate charge of organizing peace committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Okla
Ambrose FH Nugent
Korea
Maz Alexander
Boysen
Stlieness
Brookes Army
San Antonio
Tex
Nugent
Vsen
Capiure
Ont Ig
Robert E. Hough
Harry Fleming
Natiany Guard
Survive
Morell
Wis
Hough Sai Fleming
Ft. Leonard Wood
Hough
Churchill and Commonwealth Chiefs Seek Formosa Peace
British Prime Minister Churchill hosts a ten day Commonwealth parley at No 10 Downing Street with premiers from India Canada Australia New Zealand Pakistan and more to pursue a China cease fire and a UN mediated Formosa settlement. Eden urges united action to stop fighting amid Sino American tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Comrmonth
Churchill
No. 10
Downing St
Aldis
China
Vermosa Strait
Red China
U.S
Anthony Eden
House of Coammons
Formosa
Eden
New Zealand
U. N. Security Council
Jin
Commonwealth
United Nations Security Council
Nehru
Innis
Louis St. Laurent
Canada
Robert G. Menzies
Australis
Parachute Fails to Open. Soldier Survives 1000Foot Fall
Pvt Stanley Melezak of the 53rd Regiment 11th Airborne Division fell about 1000 feet over Talkeetna during Operation Snowbird when his main parachute did not open. He deployed a reserve chute too late, landing in 38 inches of snow with internal injuries but no broken bones, and was flown to Ft Richardson Hospital Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmendore Air Base
Alaska
Stanley Melezak
53Rd Regiment
11Th Airborne Division
Ft. Richardson Hospital
Melezak
Fittsburgh
Talkeetna
Melczak
Melczek
Formosa crisis near war as U N debates cease fire
United Nations debates a Formosa cease fire as Soviet and New Zealand proposals clash. The council rejects a motion to exclude Chiang Kai-shek and backs a US led measure while Red China demands U S evacuation of Formosa and the Pescadores. Officials warn the crisis could trigger a broader war in the Far East with fleets ready to evacuate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Formosa
New Zealand
China
Pescadores Islands
United States
U. S
Coouncil
Chiang Kai-shek
Tingin F. Nsiang
Arkady
Sobolev
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Republic of China
People's Republic
Munro
Red China
Hammarskjold
Heiping
U. N. Command
Korea
Taiwan
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Security Council
Far East
Walter 5. Robertson
U. N
People's Republic of China
Torefrain
Taipey
Techens
Tawei
Felix B. Stump
U.S
Washington
Russia
London
Anthony Edens
Jawaharlal Nehru
Foreign Office
Clement Attlee
Tokyo
Peiping
Kremlin
U.N
Jakarta
Colombo
Indonesia
India
Burra
Pakistan
Ceylon
Thina
New York
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
Asia
Denver
Wayne Morse
ind-Ore
Berkeley
Calif
Chester W. Nimitz
Eisenhower
Lt Col Thomas H Glenn Dies from Jan 20 Wounds in Korea
Rome Ge Lt Col Thomas H Glenn of the U S Army died of wounds received January 20 when a light plane was hit by shell fragments near the Korean demilitarized zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Thomas H. Glenn
Rome
Zong
Sends Health Plan to Congress Critiques Private Policies
The Sends Health Plan to Congress argues many private health insurance policies are too limited, expensive, and hard to obtain for individuals and rural families. It touts a reinsurance plan with no government subsidy as a sound, effective method to encourage private firms to participate.
Ike Requests Funds for Smog Research
President Eisenhower asks Congress for increased appropriation to the Public Health Service for smog research and more effective control methods. He warned that industrial growth and urban development strain the atmosphere near population centers, potentially compromising health. He did not specify an amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennower
Congress
Con
Eisenhower
Public Health Service
Eisenhower health program details and funding plan
President Eisenhower outlined a health program emphasizing protection against expensive illness and coverage for medical care costs in homes and physician practices. Major items included a $20.5 million annual direct federal payment to aid states for the blind aged orphans and others on relief. A $10.5 million private-hospital construction mortgage insurance appropriation and expanded grants for nurses, mental health, pollution control, and juvenile delinquency treatment. The 1956 budget totals $72.75 million for health programs, aiming to spur private effort with private funds. A federal reinsurance proposal would create a revolving fund to reinsure private plans against added risk from expanded coverage, with private companies choosing participation. Additional public health, mental health, and juvenile delinquency initiatives are noted.
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Attica
Fisenhower
Eisenhower
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
TV worker scales tower to boost polio drive
March of Dimes event in Pittsburgh raised about 3500 and sent KOAM TYV assistant director Delayne Hudspeth to the 530 foot transmit ter tower. Pledges from Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and Kansas came in fast, raising the height per dollar pledged. Viewers watched via spotlight and TV camera as he climbed the tower in one hour and 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Vision
Delayne Hudspeth
Koam-Tyv
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Hudspeth
Fire kills mother and four children in Georgia home
A 29 year old mother Mrs Alta Wright Sledge and her four children Roy Lee 10 Larry Paul 8 Brenda Fay 6 and John Terry 3 months died when a fire destroyed their Lakeview frame house near ROSSVILLE Georgia. Husband George G Sledge 32 escaped burned trying to rescue them. Fire blamed on a faulty off heater. Neighbors recalled the house exploding as the wife woke him shouting. In a second report a six year old Army sergeant Sgt John T Smith Sey Jeanne 7 Sonn T Je 6 and Virginia died in a Camp Gordon eight room house fire while his wife nurse Rose Kom Smith was at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossville
Lakeview
George G. Sledge
Alta Wright
Roy Lee
Larry Paul
Brenda Fay
John Terry
Sledge
Burton Keager
Augusta. Ga
Camp Gordon
John T. Smith Sey Jeanne
Sonn T. Je
Virginia
Rose Kom Smith
Camp Gordon Hospital
Three UC Berkeley coeds hurt in Ridge Route crash
Three Los Angeles bound UC Berkeley students were injured when their car rear ended a truck on the Ridge Route about 35 miles from Bakersfield. Shirley Jean Russ, 20, of Whittier, suffered a concussion and facial injuries. Dorothy Jean Grettenberg, 21, of Balboa, the driver, and Ann Delge, 20, of Berkeley, both had concussions and head lacerations. The collision occurred near Lee bee as officers reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Coled
Here
California Highway Patrol
Shirley Jean Russ
Whittier
Dorothy Jean Grettenberg
Balboa
Ann Delge
Berkeley
Miss Grettenberg
Miss Delge
Leebee
University of California At Berkeley
Poles Seize Top Prober in Shakeup
VIENNA AP The head of Poland's security ministry investigation dept Jacek Razanski was arrested and to stand trial for flagrant misuse of authority and banned methods Two other leaders Roman Romkowski and Anatol Fejgin were ousted from the party for alleged violations of the people's justice The purge follows Jozef Swiatlo's defection to the West and a prior reshuffle of the secret police led by Interior Minister Stanislaw Radkiewski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Radio Warsaw
Communist Party
Jozef Swiatlo
Jacek Razanski
Public Security
Roman Romkowski
Anatol Fejgin
Romkowski
People's Justice
Swistle
Stanislaw Radekiewski
Radkiewski
Secret Police
General Retires After 42 Years In European Command
General William M. Hage retired from the U S Army in Mannheim Germany after a 42 year career telling his troops Europe was in a stronger and better position for world defense. His farewell review was attended by Allied Commander in Europe Alfred M Gruenther and nearly all top American and Allied military leaders in Europe.
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Mannheim
Germany
William M. Hage
U. S. Army
Ger
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
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Sydney Holland
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Gonn Kotelawala
Godfrey Huge
Central African Federation of
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Nyasaland
Charles BR. Swart
South Africa
Chou En-Lai
Ingrid
Peter Lindstrom
Ingrid Bergman
Jenny Ann
Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Ike
Mary L. Kayes
San Francisco
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