West Germany to form first postwar foreign ministry
The Allied powers approved West Germany establishing a foreign ministry and diplomacy with friendly nations under a new occupation statute. Bonn hailed normalization while awaiting a broader treaty with the Big Three to end occupation controls. The pact also allows troop shifts and stationing of other Western allies in Germany under agreed terms.
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Onn
Germany
West Germany
Washington
London
Paris
Bonn
Hes
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Count Lutz von Schwerin-Krosigk
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Reich
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Nuernberg
Schwerin-Krosigk
Landsberg
U S Butadiene Plant Rocked by Fiery Blast
A government owned butadiene plant near Monaca Pennsylvania suffered a fiery blast and fire that injured two workers. Firefighters from three towns worked to control the blaze as witnesses noted flames towered high. The plant is operated by Koppers and linked to a nearby housing complex for workers.
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Monaca
Koppers Company
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Koppers
Adm Sherman to inspect Sixth Fleet in Mediterranean
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman chief of U.S. Naval Operations departed by air for Athens on March 6 to oversee inspection of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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London
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
U. SS. Naval Operations
Athens
Mediterranean
U S May Ask Spies Death Penalty Trial Start
The government may seek the death penalty for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell as they face trial on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage and passing atomic secrets to Russia. Co defendant David Greenglass has pleaded guilty and will testify. Anatol Yakovlev is believed to have fled to Russia. witnesses may include Harry Gold, serving 30 years for wartime Soviet spying.
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New York
March & UP
Russia
Juius Rosenberg
Ethel
Manhattan
Morton, Sobel
Flushing
Queens
David Greenglass
Greenglass
Rosenberg
Anatol H. Yakovlev
New York City
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Canada plans 115000-man enlisted army
Ottawa reports Canada aims to build an armed force of 115000 by 1954 including women with peacetime voluntary enlistments. Total forces today around 66000, conscription unlikely unless a general war begins. Korean deployment will place brigades of about 6000 in Korea and Europe, rotating 18000 to 20000 abroad or at home if needed.
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Ottawa
Canada
Korea
Europe
Dominion
Quebec
United States
Britain
U. N
Returning Marines Battle Red Tape for 30 Day Leaves
In San Francisco 1000 Korea War veterans, including 1167th Division Leathernecks, march ashore under heavy red tape as they await furlough leaves. Col Miller promises 30 day leaves by Friday. Marines recall Changjin Reservoir fighting, endure cold rations, and face limited beer before rotation home. Wives and officials greet the returning Leathernecks aboard the Breckinridge.
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R. R. Kiernan
Corona del Mar
Marina
San Francisco
Korea
Breckinridge
Associated Press
Francisco
Marine Veterans of
Golden Gate
Col
L. G. Miller
Uicer
Marine Barracks
Separure Island
Changjin Reservoir
U. S. S. Breckinridge
G. L. Hogue
Oakland
Calif
Pfc
Clinton Hogue
Harry
Graves
B. Erskine
Marine Corps
Pacific
Leathernecks
Chester
Nimitz
Cpl
James Spross
Toledo
Ohio
Changjin
Louis Jordan Jr
Tampa
Fla
Cpl Spross
Henry J. Zaremski
Los Angeles
Inchon
Masan
Federal Agents Seek Is of 21 Opium Ind suspects
Federal narcotics agents sought 13 of 21 persons indicted as members of an international opium smuggling ring. U S Attorney Irving Saypol said the group used trucks and private planes to move opium from Mexico, originally from Greece and Turkey, then converted to heroin in laboratories nationwide. Harold Meltzer, tied to Mickey Cohen, was jailed in Los Angeles on a New York warrant. Max Crossman, alias Max Weller, a Mexico City fugitive, was the other defendant named in both indictments.
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New York
U. S
Irving Saypol
United States
Mexico
Greece
Turkey
Ilegal
Los Angeles
Harold Meltzer
Mickey Cohen
Meltzer
Cohen
Max Crossman
Max Weler
Mexico City
Postmaster Held on Fraud Charge in Boulder
Denver march 6 a postmaster Philip W Hanning Jr of Boulder Colo son of a post office bandit faced u s marshal arrest for embezzling 550 in postal funds he allegedly stole from August 25 to December 13 and admitted the thefts he is 55 year old and his father Philip W Hanning Sr was jailed for robbing a Nebraska post office
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Denver
Philip W. Hanning Jr
Boulder
Colo
R. B. Dunbar
Hanning
Philp W
Pete) Hanning Sr
Omaha
Comvict
Toblas
Neb
Top Czechs Held Clementis Slain Says Underground
An underground report from Free Czechoslovak exiles claims Vlado Clementis was killed while attempting to flee captors. It says President Gottwald and Premier Zapotocky are under house arrest and cites opposition to Russian demands to dismantle heavy industry and ship it to Poland and the Soviet Union. The group notes Gre g was removed in a purge of Titoist plotters and that 200 officials have been arrested, with Clementis reportedly in custody for aligning with the West. The refugees say the report is five days old and unverified but highly probable.
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New York
March & W
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Klement Gottwald
Antonin Zapotocky
Special Committee of Free Osloval
Gottwald
Zapotocky
Poland
Soviet Union
Antonin Greg
Soe
Prague
Clementis
Communist Central Committee
Refugee Committee
Clementi
Mysterious blast wrecks Bluefield Teachers College
A blast wrecked the main building of Bluefield State Teachers College just before classes. Five people were hurt, with windows shattered and debris everywhere. President H. L. Dickaton was in a damaged office. others including Adelbean Harris and Charles Penn were among the injured. Fire officials await investigation.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Bluefield State Teachers College
H. L. Dickaton
Foster E. Antony
Sidney Rowland
Charles Penn
Addalean Harris
W. H. Smith
E. L. McClure
Altitude Mark Glider Soars to 38,200 Feet
Bishop observers report a motorless glider flight reaching 38,200 feet amid updrafts on the Hi Sierras surpassing the 36,100 foot record set in 1549 by Harlan and George Diebert of Bishop. The crew wearing heated suits, with observers noting cabin temperature near minus 65 degrees, documented the altitude and ascent rate.
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Bishop
March & WU
Hi Sierras
Ler
Rome
Harlan
George Diebert
Rery Wiles E. Ivans Jr
Salesa
Kuettner
Symons
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