Senators Postpone Call for Eisenhower Testimony on Aid Bill
The Senate foreign relations committee postponed a vote on summoning General Eisenhower to testify on the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill. After closed doors, Chairman Connally cited absences as the reason for delaying action and noted Lodge and Brewster were not present. Several Democrats favored hearing Eisenhower but final decision remained unsettled. Hoffman, a key Eisenhower backer, said he urged the General to return before the July Republican convention to aid his political prospects.
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Connally
D.texas
Sen
McMahon
D.conn
Eisenhower
Sens
Lodge
R.-Mass
Brewster
Maine
Robert
Iowa
Green
R. 1
Wiley
Tobey
Hickenlooper
Hoffman
Paris
Paul Hoffman
United States
Economic Co-operation Administration
Ford Foundation
Enemy Claims New Allied Raid on POW Camp
MUNSAN Korea March 17 AP Communist truce negotiators accuse U N command of a criminal air raid on a North Korean POW camp near Changsong. A British soldier reportedly wounded as an Allied plane strafed the camp before dawn Sunday. Tsai Cheng Wens Chinese colonel cites past massacres at Koje Island and decries continued bombardments, while U N authorities say the five point plan shows progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
U. N
North Korea
Changsong
Tsai Cheng-Wen
Jon
Tsai
U. N. Koje Island
Carp
Army
Jets Strafe Red Lines in Korean Front Battle Report
American Shooting Star jets bombed front line Communist positions near Korea with rockets and guns. They claim 75 Red soldiers killed and 13 guns plus 28 bunkers destroyed while Sabres engaged MiGs with no Allied hits. Wisconsin took a hit from shore batteries. three sailors were slightly injured.
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Seoul
Korea
Shooting Star
Rea
Wisconsin
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Eighth Army
St Patrick’s Day
Koria
Valley Forge
Mexicans Turn Back American Juveniles at Border
Four automobile loads of unescorted American juveniles were turned back at the border by Mexican immigration officials during the weekend. Immigration chief Fernando Calazada said the teenage ban would be continued. The move was resumed Saturday after a trial earlier. San Diego County authorities asked the bank to help prevent juvenile delinquency.
Where to Find It Beeoch Combirg
The notice lists sections and page numbers for the Beeoch Combirg paper. It directs readers to look on B1 for Where to, Bove Fp A-3, and other sections including sports on A-1, A-12, A-13, with editorial on A-8 and obituaries on B-8.
Wife Shoots Base Commander Then Kills Self
ArlingtonMass March 17 PF Lt Col Lowell Peaster commanding officer of Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford was wounded critically and his wife Leona Peaster 43 was found dead in what police termed death by own action and attempted murder. Police reported she left a note saying she would end it all and crawled to a telephone to tell an operator her husband had shot her and killed herself. The officer was taken to Symmes Arlington Hospital with a chest wound from a .38 caliber pistol. The medical examiner was to conduct an autopsy to determine exact cause and time of death.
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Arlington
Mass
Lowell Peaster
Hans. Com Air Force
Bedford
Archie Bullock
Leona Peaster
Peaster
Oklahoma City
Okla
Beilied
Oessine
Symmes ArHngton
Hos Pital
Walnaut Ridge
Ark
Calif Hunts 51 Who Fled Tijuana Jail
A mass escape from a Tijuana jail saw 51 inmates flee through a 30 foot tunnel with guards estimating the tunnel dug over more than a month. Five were recaptured, others possibly crossed into Southern California. Prisoners included murderers and narcotics offenders. hunger and harsh conditions were cited by detainees.
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Tijuana
Mex
California
Jose Gonzales Esquivez
Amelio Barrena
Mexicans Seize U S Craft Report
The State Department said it is reviewing a report that at least twelve American shrimp boats were seized by a Mexican gunboat near Campeche yesterday. Florida lawmakers were informed and asked the department to investigate amid communications disruptions at Merida, close to the U S consulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Campeche
Mexico
Department
Merida
U. S
Patients evacuated as fire hits Atlantic Coast Line Hospital
ROCKY MOUNT N C March 17 All 48 patients were evacuated safely today in a fire at the Atlantic Coast Line Hospital. The blaze confined to the attic of the 31 year old brick and concrete two story hospital and was controlled in 46 minutes. Staff doctors nurses and employees evacuated patients to other hospitals.
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Rockq Mount
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Three Dead in Southland Storm as California Rains Hit
Northern California braces for another major storm while Southland cleans up after a weekend of extreme weather. The event left four homes damaged and a tungsten mill buried under massive snow slides at Pine Creek near Picton. A 15 month old child survived being buried, saved after two hours of digging. At the U S Vanadium Corp facility 33 workers and families faced evacuation as slides crushed high in the Sierra Nevada.
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California
Sierra Nevada
U. S. Vanadium Corp
Pine Creek
Picton
Holmes
Houesher
John Emerson
Police Commission Opens Inquiry Into City Brutality
Los Angeles March 17 The Los Angeles Police Commission held a hearing on alleged police brutality as an overfilled City Council chamber listened to a summary of a 204 page internal affairs report. Mayor Bowron and council committee attended as FBI and district attorney actions follow. The issue follows judge Call urging grand jury action after youths’ jail beatings were revealed. The matter will go before the county grand jury tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Police Commission
Fletcher Bowron
Police and Fire
Police Internal Affairs
FBI
Joseph L. Call
Wailing Beauty Jailed in Reno Burglary Case
A 36 year old French Canadian writer artist Marie Jeanne D Arc Machaud was jailed in Arizona on bond for interstate transportation of stolen property after a Reno burglary. She held $50 000 cash 28 pieces of jewelry and securities. She screamed in jail and died in her cell before a Reno removal hearing.
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Bpagstafy
Ariz
Redfield
Reno
Marie Jeanne-D'Arc Machaud
la Verne Redfield
Dust Explosion Injures Two at Albany Plant
An aluminum dust explosion at Metals Disintegrating Co. in Albany last midnight injured two workers and alarmed Albany and Berkeley residents. The blast shattered windows in three low concrete buildings, with damage estimated under 10,000 dollars. One worker was burned and another suffered concussion.
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Albany
Calif
Metals Disintegrating Co
Berkeley
Fred Pimental
Married Lover Slain by Hostess Freed on Self Defense Verdict
Betty Lou Tracy, 21, an air hostess, was freed by a coroner's jury on a verdict of justifiable homicide in the slaying of her married lover, Lawrence Keil, 42, Ozark Airlines superintendent of stations. The jury accepted her self defense claim after Keil threatened torture over her alleged affairs. Tracy's confession was read into record, detailing threats and past meetings. Keil was shot six times outside Tracy's apartment and died later at county hospital.
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ST. Louis
Betty Lou Tracy
Lawrence
Keil
Ozark Airlines
Miss Tracy
Claytor
Overland
Tracy
County Hospital
Joyce Doteac
Oyce
Larry Keil
She
Mrs. Keil
Alu
Tracy Seit
Kell
Ight
Rockford
Abe Bald
Government expands scarce metal allotments for 1952 building
Washington March 17 AP says the government has substantial stocks of steel copper and aluminum for late 1952 commercial construction and invites bids. DPA head Fleischmann notes higher allocations will aid highway school and hospital projects from July 1. He cites possible end to TV station freezes pending FCC ruling and warns a steel strike could hinder new construction while amusement projects remain banned under control policy.
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Washington
Manly Fleischmann
Line Defense Production Administration
DPA
Federal Communications Commission
Fleischmann
Body of Boy Found After Raft Incident
The body of Fred Burton Kenoe was found after a raft incident reported near the river. Rescue crews identified the drowned youth and notified his family as authorities investigated the circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Burton Kenoe
Olien
May Draft Call is 19 000 for Army and 4 000 for Marines
The Defense Department issues a May draft call totaling 19 000 for the Army and 4 000 for the Marine Corps. Since September 1950, the draft has reached 913 430 personnel. Army totals rise to 1 558 000 by June 30 while Marines expect to reach 31 490 draftees by then. Volunteers increasingly supplement military manpower as fighting in Korea slows and armistice talks continue.
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Washington
Defense
Army
Marine Corps
Pine Corps
Air Force
Marines
Korea
Negroes Homes in L A Wrecked by Time Bombs
Two timed blasts rocked a Los Angeles neighborhood early yesterday wrecking a home occupied by a Negro family and a neighboring house set to be theirs. No injuries were reported though the William family slept through the explosions. Police said no threats were received and the incident targets remain under investigation.
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Los Angeles
Wiliam
Wills
William
Baley
Jez
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Citizens For Eisenhower
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Nenpananeges
Tom Helmes
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