Three guests rescued as Parker House fire evacuates hotel
AP reports a hotel fire on the Parker House fifth floor evacuated about 500 guests. Joseph Fitzgerald, 47, Coral Gables, smoke inhalation treated at Boston City Hospital. Kenneth Hartley, 39, Baltimore metallurgist, and Gorgon Shilling law, 27, Yonkers, were lowered by ladders. Most guests sheltered in the lobby or fled to late-night eateries.
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Parker, House
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Boston City Hospital
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Baltimore
Gorgon Shillinglaw
Yonkers
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Hartley
Bethlehem Steel
API Official Sees Bright Oil Outlook
A Philadelphia exec told a Houston audience the oil industry faces a bright future across sectors. John G. Pew of Sun Oil Co spoke at the Southwestern district API meeting, urging tech development to raise yields and rejuvenate depleted wells, with petrochemistry broadening future opportunities.
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Texas
Philadelphia
John G. Pew
Sun Oil Co
Pew
American Petroleum Institutes Division
API
Act to Forbid Ads of Drinking on TV
A Michigan bill introduced this week would ban television ads that show people drinking alcoholic beverages. The measure would revoke the liquor license of any liquor beer or wine manufacturer or retailer whose ads depict drinking.
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Lansing
Michigan
Snow Abated and Chill Fresh Air Reaches Midwest to Gulf
A broad weather shift left most of the storm-swept region from the midwest to the Atlantic coast with lighter snow and rain. Cold air from central Canada extended south to Texas and Mississippi while northeastern states saw lighter conditions. eight deaths were linked to the three day storm. conditions improved in the southwest. In Washington, Dr Winfred Overholser testified about Communist pressure involving Col Frank Schwable, saying the confessor was essentially a man without will and not fully competent to judge his actions, noting the method's high success in extracting confessions.
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Marine Corps Court
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American Society of Psychiatry
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Ike appoints Willkins as top cabinet aide
Washington reports President Eisenhower nominated J. Ernest Wilkins a Black attorney to be Assistant Secretary of Labor. Wilkins, 60, from Farmington Missouri, is a Chicago lawyer and former Cook County Bar Association president. Senate confirmation required.
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Eisenhower
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White’ House ‘Press
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Wilkins
Senate
Spencer Miller Jr
Hagerty
X Wilkins
Farmington, Mo
Entersity of Illinois
University of Chicago
Lincoln University
Missouri
Chicago
Cook County
Servng
Turbine fails at GE plant. one killed, nine hurt
A test turbine at the Vast General Electric Co. plant in Schenectady exploded early today. One man was killed and several others wounded when parts of the giant machine shot through the roof and into an adjacent building. Nine persons were treated at Ellis Hospital and released for minor injuries.
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N. Y
General Electric Co
Ellis Hospital
Balk by Mickey Cohen Before Jury Queries
Seattle reports a Fifth Amendment refusal by Mickey Cohen before a federal grand jury after arriving from McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary. The Los Angeles gambling figure may be forced to reveal sources of income of a former California police officer or face contempt. Cohen, 49, is serving a term for income tax evasion and has survived six assassination attempts while under tight guard.
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Mickey Cohen
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
the Times
Los Angeles
Grand Jury
California
Cohen
U. S. District Court
Revenue Service
Los Angles
Bandits Rob Cash Box In 30 Second Holdup
In a bold robbery, suspects wrestled a victim to the floor and announced a holdup. Police say the gunmen rifled the cash register taking 860 dollars before fleeing in under half a minute. Victims described the attack as well planned.
Illini to Meet Diinois State Society
Illinois society schedules a meeting at 6 30 p m on March 12 in Machinists Hall with attendees expected to discuss club affairs and community outreach plans.
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Diinois State Society
Machinists Hall
Standard Oil plans 500 million expansion and modernize
Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) announced a two year, 500 million dollar expansion and modernization program. The firm reported 1953 net income of 124.8 million dollars, 8.11 dollars per share, up from 7.8 dollars in 1952. Executives Robert B. Wilson and A. W. Peake said half of the capex will go to new crude oil production and reserves as crude finds grow scarcer.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Robert
B. Wilson
A. W. Peake
Government Risk Firings Reach 2429 In Civil Service
The Senate heard figures from the Civil Service Commission showing 2429 government separations last year under the Eisenhower security program. Of these, 1074 were fired and 1955 resigned, with subversion and sexual perversion among listed causes.
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Senate
Civil Service Committee
Eisen
Young
Philip Young
Mit
House Civil Service ‘Committee
Rees
R.kan
House
Man Dies Climbing Tree in Suspected Suicide
Coroner rules 45 year old Ronald Lacey died of heart failure while climbing a tree. Inquest revealed Lacey intended to hang himself, indicating self inflicted death as the likely cause.
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Ronald Lacey
Lacey
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