Marine Admits Crime Spree Five Murders
A young Marine, Fred E. McManus of Valley Stream New York, admitted a cross country crime spree that killed five people in four days. He was captured near Dubuque Iowa with a 16 year old girl claiming to be his wife and held on armed robbery charges as officials from three states planned further inquiries into the Minnesota Illinois New York and Rochester murders.
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Dubuque, Ia
Dubuque County
Midwest
New York State
Fred E. McManus
Valley Stream
N. Y
Mose McManus
Dubuque
Leo J. Martin
McManus
Minnesota
Illinois
Hobart
Summerville
Here
Martin
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Allen Braverman
Rochester
Braverman
Monroe County
Davis Beaton
Spring Valley
Minn
Harriet Horseman
George N. Bloomberg
Florence
Keneyville
Chicago
New York
Ilinois
Highway
Diana Marie Weggeland
Lawrence Sheffel
California
Eisenhower Removes Civil Service Protection From Hundreds
President Eisenhower signed an executive order stripping civil service protection from more than several hundred policy making officials appointed by Democratic administrations. The order aims to give agency heads greater freedom to appoint individuals. Hagerty said the exact number affected is uncertain and depends on agency implementation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Cole Wins Fight To Head AEC Group
Senatorial support collapsed for the atomic energy panel as Rep. W Sterling Cole of New York was elected chairman of the joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee. The vote ended a three month deadlock with Hickenlooper as vice chairman. The panel will rotate chairmanship to House and Senate members in coming sessions. Cole will serve for the remainder of this Congress.
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Washington
House
W. Sterling Cole
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Ser. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Cole
Hickenlooper
Ike Submits Cecil Nomination to U S Judge Seat
Eisenhower today nominated Les ter L. Cecil of Dayton Ohio to be U S judge for Southern Ohio. Cecil, then a common pleas court judge at Dayton, would replace the late Judge Robert R Nevin on the federal bench.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lester L. Cecil
Dayton
U. S
Ohio
Senate
Cecil
Common Pleas Court
Robert R. Nevin
Nuns Guide 95 Orphans To Safety In Newark Fire
Englewood Cliffs New Jersey report details the evacuation of 95 orphan boys from St. Joseph's School for Boys as flames tore through the three story wooden building atop the Hudson River palisades. Seventeen sisters of the Order of St. Joseph of Newark led the children from classrooms to safety.
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Englewood Cliffs
St. Joseph’s School For Boys
Hudson River Palisades
Order of St. Joseph of Newark
Eisenhower Signs Creation of Health Education Welfare Dept
President Eisenhower signed legislation establishing a new cabinet rank Department of Health Education and Welfare. The department becomes effective April 11, marking a major reorganization in domestic policy.
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Washington P
Eisenhower
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fighting Still Bitterie Pons Hopes Mount
Bit ter fighting rages along the Korean front as U N troops await the outcome of truce talks. Al lied Sabre jets claim 33 Red MIGs shot down in March with two Sabres lost. The air summary notes 18 Allies killed by MIGs, seven by ground fire, nine by other causes.
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George McArthur
Fifth Air Force
Bunker Hill
Leathernecks
Korea
Nam River
Anchor Hill
Old Baldy
House Okays States Title To Tidelands
Washington reports the House passed legislation granting states title to oil rich submerged coastal lands. Final passage 285 to 108, with 188 Republicans and 97 Democrats voting yes. The measure follows earlier House approval and Eisenhower endorsement, while Truman favored federal control.
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Washington
House
Senate
Celler
D-Ny
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
J. Frank Wilson
D-Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Police manual bans brides in Phoenix crackdown
The Phoenix police chief says a new city manual bars officers from accepting or soliciting brides, a prohibition that will be revised to replace the word brides with brides in an upcoming update.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix
Charles P. Thomas
Ammo Probe Starts Fast Van Fleet Says Landing Blocked
Gen. James A. Van Fleet testified before a Senate panel that he received stop orders from Gen. Ridgway to halt a proposed June 1951 amphibious landing behind enemy lines in Korea. He urged an East Coast landing after Korea’s spring offensives. The session, aired on TV, examined ammunition shortages and accountability. Byrd pressed for details on defense funding and ammunition deliveries after Congress approved billions for defense.
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Army
Robert T. B. Stevens
Mark Clark
Far East
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
Old Baldy Hill
Seoul
Stevens
Korea
U. S
630Th Ordnance Ammunition Company
Washington
Senate
James A. van Fleet
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
van Fleet
Senate Armed Services
Margaret Chase Smith
R - Me
Pentagon
Almond
10Th Corps
Collins
Army Chief of Staff
Congress
Byrd
Clark Demands Exchange of Sick POWs as First Step
General Mark Clark the UN commander said the first concrete move toward a Korea armistice must be the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners. He stressed readiness to act and not delay negotiations while awaiting a truce.
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U. N
Earlie Red
Communists Step Up POW Mail Returns at Panmunjom
In Mungsan Korea the U N Command reported a surge in prisoner of war mail as Communists began turning over letters. Lt A B Stuart a British postal officer at Panmunjom said the Reds delivered more than 14000 letters on Wednesday, briefed in a two week total far exceeding the prior three months.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
A. B. Stuart
Panmunjom
Construction Worker Arrested for Sock Theft in Seattle
Philip C. Stahl berg, 42, a construction worker, was arrested on shoplifting charges after taking two pairs of men's socks. He claimed he did not know why he did it and said he did not need to steal. Police found $5,506.53 on him, saved over ten years.
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Seatle
Philip C. Stahlberg
Word From Soviets Boosts Red Korea Truce Bid
Moscow backs Chou En Lai peace plan and calls for Chinese and North Korean Communists to join the United Nations to ease a Korea armistice. U S officials insist on no forcible repatriation of prisoners and demand detailed safeguards in any neutral state arrangement.
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Chou
U. N
Peiping
Red
Russia
India
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
John M. Hightower
Washington
United Nations
Molotov
Korea
U. S
U. N. General Assembly
Reds
State Department
Soviet Security Council Nominates Hammarskjold for U N Chief
The Security Council backed Dag Hammarskjold as Trygve Lie’s successor with a 10 to 0 vote after a secret five permanent members huddle. Assembly approval is seen as likely as Vishinsky presses Korea talks and the Easter recess begins. Hammarskjold, 48, is a Swedish economist diplomat and bachelor.
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Lie
U. N
World Organization
Hammarskjold
Security Council
U. S
Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
India
Korea
Vishinsky
Young Debating Conviction Appeal After Sentencing Date
Washington reports that E Merl Young's appeal on his perjury conviction may await sentencing on April 30 as his attorney indicated. The jury convicted Young of four counts of sworn falsehood after about two hours of deliberation following a congressional probe into alleged influence in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and a later grand jury inquiry. Each count carries a potential two to ten year sentence.
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Washington
E. Merl Young
Young
James F.reilly
U. S. District Court
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Driving tag deadline prompted radio quip in Paterson
In East Paterson New Jersey the 1952 license tag deadline neared midnight. A radio patrol car told Police Desk Sgt. Michael Stack they had no tags on the car. He quipped keep going stay clear of cops and you’ll be all right.
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Paterson
N. J.P
New Jersey
Michael Stack
Soviet backs Chinese plan for Korea armistice
Moscow voices strong support for Chou En Lai and North Korea in pushing a Korea armistice based on proposals to exchange sick and wounded prisoners and repatriate others. Molotov urged recognition of China and Korea in the United Nations to aid peace efforts and urged China’s admission to the UN. He said the USSR would fully assist in realizing the plan and stressed world support for ending the war.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Korea
Chou En-Lai
Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Tass
Moscow Radio
North Korea
Chou En Lai
Peiping
United Nations
Chinese People’s Republic
Korean Peoples Democratic Republic
United Nations Organization
China
Senators To Get European Briefing By Gruenther
Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear a briefing on the European situation by Gen Alfred M Gruenther chief of staff to NATO commander Gen Ridgway He will report on Western Army formation Wiley may seek a public hearing opening committee doors to the public uncertain
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alfred M. Gruenther
Gruenther
Matthew B. Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Parents Find Pleasure Doubled As Sons Visit
In Troy New York Mr and Mrs William A Hunt traveled to Union Station in Albany to greet a son on military leave prior to Korean duty Two sons surprised the couple one on the way to Korea and the other back from Europe neither Pvt John F Hunt bound for Korea nor Pfc William A Hunt Jr returning from Europe knew the other would be aboard the same train
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Troy
NY Y
William A. Hunt
Union Station
Albany
John F. Hunt
Pfe
William A. Hunt Jr
Europe
Congressmen Skeptical Over Chinese Offer
Congress leaders and lawmakers on Capitol Hill reacted with caution to Chou En Lai s peace overture. Rep McCormack urged a time limit on any truce talks while Republicans argued for continuing military buildup and viewing the offer skeptically. Rep Lyle pressed for a resolution demanding military victory, and others warned the peace maneuver could serve Communist aims and slow no matter.
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Russell Brines Washington
Rep
McCormack
D-Mass
House
Capitol Hill
Chou En-lai
Lyle
D-Tex
Congress
Plore
Peiping
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Japan-Korea
Clark
By Robert B. Tuckman
U.N
Associated Press
Forrest Edwards
Ko-reans
Edwards
Rea. Adm
John C. Daniel
Japan
Daniel
N. Y.P
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjold
Sweden
General Assembly
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Stockholm
Tage Erlander
Hjallmar Hammarskjold
UTN Assembly
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