Eisenhower Decorates Van Fleet With Fourth Distinguished Service Medal
President Eisenhower awarded Gen. James A. Van Fleet a new Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility. The surprise ceremony followed a Korea report and a meeting with defense chiefs, with Van Fleet later dining with Eisenhower and congressional leaders.
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Eisenhower
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van‘ Fivet
United Nations
van Fleet
Korea
Congress
Oval Office
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Washington National Airport
State Dept. Opposes Extending Sea Boundaries Beyond Three Miles
Washington AP reports State Department deputy legal adviser Jack Tate told the Senate interior committee that federal boundaries should stop at three miles, signaling resistance to Texas and Florida claims to submerged coastal lands. Attorney General Brownell proposed a compromise limiting exclusive state rights to ten miles, prompting criticism from Rep. J. Frank Wilson. Tate stressed foreign affairs implications and Jefferson’s three mile rule, with further discussion continued on page A-4.
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Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Jack B. Tate
State Department
Senate Interior
Gen
Brownell
J. Frank Wilson
Dtexas
Tate
Jefferson
Peron Escapes Bomb Blast At Buenos Aires Station
President Juan D. Peron narrowly escaped injury when a powerful bomb exploded in the luggage checkroom at the Buenos Aires railway station as he returned from a Chile visit. A dog suffered facial injuries and several people fainted. 10 station employees were questioned as investigators consider a long fuse timed for 6 30 p m.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Chile
Peron
Furniture Plant Blaze Kills Seven in Bronx Factory
A fierce fire at a Bronx furniture factory at 150th Street and River Avenue killed seven workers, including two women, with five men. Dust explosions fueled the flames as workers escaped by breaking windows and leaping airshafts. the two story building was ruined after nearly two and a half hours.
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Bronx
150Th St
River Ave
First fatal smashup of Canada jet airliner at Karachi
Canada's first Comet jet airliner crashed on takeoff from Karachi Airport killing five Canadian crewmen and six British technicians aboard. The four engine passenger plane burned after slicing a barbed wire fence, hitting a culvert and crashing into a ditch. The incident follows a prior incident in Rome last October with no injuries. The aircraft was to inaugurate a Hawaii to Australia route for Canadian Pacific Airlines and was to be christened Empress of Hawaii in Honolulu March 14.
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Pakistan
Canada
Rome
Canadian Pacific
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Magnate Max Viault fatally stabbed by knife slip
Max Viault a 77 year old milling operator and founder of the V-O Milling Co died in a Santa Monica hospital after a kitchen accident at his home Monday night. The Faribault Minnesota native had built a milling business in Mesa Arizona before relocating to Los Angeles and selling the V-O mill to Quaker Oats. The fatal wound occurred while he carved a roast for his wife Clare and guests. complications led to a second operation and his death.
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Viault
Qand
Eugene
Hannay
Laguna
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Medici mother uses razor in futile attempt to save baby
Sacramento police report a 27 year old Air Force physician, Eleanor Strathman, tried to remove an aspirin tablet from her eight month old daughter Jane Maine with a paring knife and razor blade. The child died from suffocation. Strathman and her husband Benjamin Strathman, 26, were home at dinner time. Autopsy listed death as suffocation from chalklike material in the throat. Deputy Sheriff described the scene as chaotic and the mother as shocked. Authorities said she is not licensed for private practice in California and remained in shock hours after the incident.
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Eleanor Strathman
McClellan Air Force Base
Benjamin Thomas Strathman
Jane Maine
Strathman
E. Sypnicki
Sypnicki
Robert Cole
Air Force
Watle
Sheriff's Office
Oath Taken by Mrs Luce As Ambassador to Italy
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce was sworn in as the United States ambassador to Italy by Chief Justice Vinson with Dulles present. The ceremony drew cameras and onlookers as Luce vowed to strengthen ties, noting Italy's role in world affairs and the long link since Columbus. She will begin duties in Rome in about six weeks and was playfully hopeful about the title ambassadress.
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Clare Boothe Luce
United States
Haly
Fred. M. Vinson
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Italy
Dulles
Christopher Columbus
State Department
Navigation Notes Across the Paper Sections
A fragmented index lists where to find features such as Beach Combing Bridge Classifieds Comics Crossword Financial Editorial Obituaries Radio and Television Shipping Sports Theaters and Women's Activities across pages A and B. It reads like a reader’s guide to the newspaper’s sections.
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Boyle
Lawmakers Split on Slave Charge
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee split 8 to 6 on an anti enslavement resolution amid debate over World War II era agreements with Russia. The panel amended the measure to state Congress does not judge the validity of the agreements, signaling a likely floor fight next week.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Russia
Dulles
Congress
Senate
Taft
Reied
Roosevelt
Truman
State Department
Sen
Gillette
Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower Meets NATO Navy Chief at White House
President Eisenhower held talks at the White House on North Atlantic defense with Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, the Supreme Allied Naval Commander for NATO and commander in chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. McCormick described the visit as focused on alliance defense matters.
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Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Lynde D. McCormick
McCormick
White House
U.S. Atlantic
Infant girl rescued from giant Python jaws in Australia
An infant girl survived after a huge python bit into her truck camp where halfcaste Aborigine Alex Scott and his wife cared for the baby. Scott struck the snake freeing the child. the serpent was later found coiled inside a 44 gallon drum with fang marks on the baby’s face but no serious injuries reported.
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Australiia
Australia
J. A. Quirk
Alex Scott
Ord River
Scott
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