State Rights Affirmed to 3 Mile Limit
A House Judiciary Subcommittee approved legislation granting coastal states title to lands beneath marginal seas up to three miles from shore while preserving federal control over resources. The measure, not granting police or tax powers, aims to meet Texas and Florida claims. President Eisenhower indicated interest if passed. The bill keeps revenues beyond seaward boundaries with federal allocation and may face Supreme Court challenges.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Secretary of Interior
Texas
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Eisenhower
Truman
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
UN Warplanes Hit Communist Supply Centers in Korea
United Nations air forces raided three strategic Communist supply centers and bombed a vast area near the Yalu River after a 270 ton Superfortress attack. Bombers hit storage, troop billets, factories, and anti aircraft positions while Thunderjets and Marine jets targeted troop centers near Won san and Yonan. No U.N. casualties were reported.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Yalu River
Wonsan
Panther
Pyongyang
Yonan
Fifth Air Force
Shooting Stars
Pungha
Sinuiju
Manchurian
U.N
Oleh Doroshenko
Detroit
Mick
Atomic pointers in Nevada teach lessons on survival
Las Vegas reports detail civilian defense guidance from a Tuesday nuclear test. Lessons include staying in a car with windows open and crouching on the seat or floor, and using a basement-like shelter in a house. Eisenhower orders a full re analysis of civil defense after observed home and car damage.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Slayton Jenner
Federal Civilian Defense Administration
Ilp
Eisenhower
America
Fucca Flats
Val Peterson
National Civil Defense Director
Washington
National Security Council
Peterson
Aged Man Slays Wife and Kills Self in Caltech Area
John William Petterson, 80, shot his wife 73 dead today then telephoned police from the EL Cajon station at 6 30 a m to say he would kill himself. Patrolman Benson engaged him by phone while authorities confirmed both bodies with bullet wounds in bed and a pistol in the husband's hand.
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San Diego
John William Petterson
A. E. Gallagher
A. E. Benson
EL Cajon
Benson
Petterson
Peiterson
Mrs. Peiterson
Reds Again Seek Big Five Peace Pact
The World Peace Council urged a Big Five peace pact among the United States Britain France the Soviet Union and Communist China. The statement mirrors recent hints from Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov about settling international issues via a five-nation accord.
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Vienna
Austria
World Peace Council
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
Russia
Georgi M. Malenkov
Weather outlook: cloudiness through tonight and Thursday
Considerable cloudiness persists tonight into Thursday with little temperature change. Skies stay overcast as a weak system nears, but no rain is expected. Highs and lows remain near current averages, with mainly dim sun when breaks occur.
Survival Guidelines For Soldiers In Open Areas
The text advises lying flat on the ground if shelter is unavailable, or taking a prone position in a foxhole. It notes army officers suspected dug-in soldiers might have remained above ground two miles from a blast tower on Yucca, and stresses watching the wind and staying behind it. Continued on Page 4.12 Col 1.
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Yucca
Assembly Votes to Ban Punchboards in California
In a swift, unanimous action the State Assembly approved a measure to drive punchboards from California. The bill by Assemblyman H. Allen Smith would empower officers to seize devices on sight, targeting a $30 million annual business and expanding current gambling prohibitions to candy punch boards as well.
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Sacramento
State Assembly
California
Senate
H. Allen Smith
Glendale
State Attorney General's Office
Assembly
Smith
Braves Move to Milwaukee Marks NL Franchising Shift
The National League voted unanimously to allow Lou Perini to relocate the Boston Braves to Milwaukee, marking the first major league franchise move in 50 years. Details appear in the sports pages.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
National League
Lou Perini
Boston Braves
Milwaukee
Pay Raise Granted to Rail Workers in 4-Cent Boost
Washington reports more than 300000 rail workers received a 4 cent hourly pay raise by an administrator, retroactive to December 1. Arbitrator Paul M Guthrie awarded the increase after a bitter contest with national carriers over productivity and output per man hour.
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Washington
Paul M. Guthrie
Carriers
U S Challenges Russia to Show It Means Peace
United Nations disarmament debate opens with U S delegate Ernest A Gross urging Russia to prove its peace claims in the General Assembly political committee. Soviet delegate Georgi I Zarubin listens as Gross notes Moscow rhetoric contrasts with action.
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U.S
Russia
United Nations
U. N
Georgi M. Maleniov
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
General Assembly
Georgi I. N. Zarubin
Gross
Malen
Kevis
U S Korea Casualty Toll Rises to 131244
The Defense Department reports U S battle casualties in Korea now total 131244, up 252 from last week. Breakdowns show 23209 dead, 95246 wounded, 9088 missing, 2305 captured, and 1396 previously listed as missing now back under American control.
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U. S. Korea
Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Engine Drops From B 47 Bomber Lands Safely At Wichita
A B 47 jet bomber missing an engine returned to its Wichita base and landed safely Tuesday night. Three aboard, including one student, were unharmed. The No 1 engine fell from its mount at 35,000 feet over Valmeyer farm. An investigation is ongoing. The engine was found buried in a plowed field on the Herman Hoffman farm.
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Wichita
Kan
Valmeyer
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Monroe County
Emil Goeddel
Ill
Herman Hoffman
United States protests Soviet jet attack near Kamchatka
The State Department delivered a vigorous note to Moscow demanding discipline for the Soviet jet that attacked a U S weather reconnaissance plane 25 miles off Kamchatka. The Air Force said a B 50 bomber from Alaska was tailed by two MiG 15s and one MiG opened fire. no damage occurred.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
Kamchatka
State Department
Moscow
Air Force
Alaska
Foreign Office
Defense Department Lists 69 Casualties in Korea War
The Defense Department today identified 69 Korean war casualties in list No. 771. It records 14 killed, 50 wounded, three missing and two injured.
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Washingtion
Defense Department
Soldier saves colonel in Korea bunker defense on Little Gibraltar
Pvt. Courtney L. Stanley of Mansfield Louisiana, a 19 year old Black soldier, stood in a trench outside a bunker and repelled Chinese troops to protect a wounded American lieutenant colonel. He killed eight attackers with a BAR and an M L rifle until his weapon jammed, then credited divine aid for his courage. Stanley said he felt the Lord was with him and that he did not consider himself a hero. The colonel, unnamed, praised the bravery of the soldier who saved lives in the bunker during the first battle Stanley faced since entering Korea January 23.
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Stan Carter
Korea
Little Gibraltar
Pvt
Courtney L. Stanley
Mansfield
Stanley
Gibraltar
William Wuorinen
Neselle
Wash
Wuorinen
Ong
DeSoto Parish
Manstrela
Army
Philadelphia Raiders Nab 77 for Narcotics
Federal agents and Philadelphia police conducted a city wide narcotics sweep arresting 77 dope peddlers and seizing heroin and marijuana. The operation involved over 60 officers targeting homes restaurants and hotels. An internal shake up followed as Lt Leinhauser faced suspension for neglect of duty and a reorganization of the narcotics unit was planned.
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Philadelphia
Joseph M. Bransky
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Hei
Thomas J. Gibbons
William Leinhauser
Gibbons
Leinhauser
Diamond Heist Strikes Miami Jeweler for 500000
In Miami two masked robbers battered a rear door of A. Taylor and Sons on Lincoln Road and escaped with $500,000 worth of diamonds. Police described it as the season’s hottest holdup. Abe Taylor his wife Lillian and son Donald were present. shots were fired before the loot was seized.
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Miami
Fla
Og Swank
Lincoln Rd
R. P. Thompson
A. Taylor and Sons
Abe Taylor
Lillian
Donald
Thompson
Taylor
Ticonderoga Inn Fire Claims Five in Village Blaze
A deadly fire at the Ticonderoga Inn in northern New York killed five people and injured five others. Desmond La Pointe, 44, owner of the hotel, his daughter Michelle La Pointe, 18, truck driver Charles Noel, 24, and guests Louis Vigilotti, 35, and Sigmund Miner, 65, are named among the dead as investigators probe the spectacular blaze.
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Ticonderoga
New York
Desmond la Pointe
Michelle la Pointe
Desmond
Charles Noel
Louis Vigilotti
Sigmund Miner
Bat
Where to Find It
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