Young Killer Rebuffs Aid From Father
An 18-year-old AWOL Marine facing murder charges in three states rejects his father Mose McManus of Valley Stream New York despite a brief jail meeting. He admits a Rochester New York car theft killing and two more holdup slayings in Keeneyville Illinois and Spring Valley Minnesota.
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Dubuque
Fred E. McManus
Mose McManus
Valley Tream
N. Y
McManus
Dubu
Young McManus
Rochester
Keeneyville
Djl
Spring Valley
Minn
Strike Hits U.S. Rubber Across Nation
A CIO union strike against U S Rubber Company spreads nationwide after deadlocked talks. About 35,000 workers in 19 plants affected with dawn shutdowns and early picket lines. Negotiations to resume soon. company optimistic for settlement within two to three days. Issues include hospitalization pension plan revision and contract length.
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New York
CIO
U. S. Rubber Company
United Rubber Workers
Boy survives 50 foot fall from fourth story window
A two year old boy, Michael Raychel, remained in fair condition after plunging 50 feet to a concrete stair base in Buffalo. Doctors at Children’s Hospital reported three broken ribs and a lung injury.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Children’s Hospital
Michael Raychel
Fire destroys Kansas City apartment. five dead
A fast spreading blaze swept a 48 family building near downtown Kansas City killing five people including three firemen. Fifteen injured. two porches and a wall collapse crushed the firemen Don Nastasio Joseph Cooney and Melvin Kurtz. The other victims were Mrs. Willard Coon and her 2 year old daughter.
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Kansas City
Don A. Nastasio
Joseph E. Cooney
Melvin Kurtz
Willard Coon
Mary
President Proposes Plan to Reorganize ODM
President Eisenhower asked Congress to merge the Office of Defense Mobilization with the National Security Resources Board and grant ODM permanent status. A director and deputy would lead ODM, with the director to join the National Security Council. ODM would also handle stockpiling policy, aiming for better executive organization and mobilization readiness at lower cost.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
National Security Resources Board
ODM
Tral Defense Mobilization Office
Senate
House
Arthur S. Flemming
White House
Fiemming
National Security Council
Defense and
Interior Departments
Wilson Discloses All GM Stock Has Been Sold
Secretary of Defense Wilson told the Senate Armed Services Committee he has disposed of all General Motors stock and holds no beneficial interest. The stock, valued at about 2 million dollars, was a point of delay as senators pressed for his sale before confirmation. No details of the disposition were provided in his letter.
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Washington
Wilson
General Motors
Senate Armed Services Committee
G. M
Gruenther warns of tougher times for NATO aid effort
Gen Alfred Gruenther told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that harsher conditions lie ahead for Western defense and economic aid. He cautioned against swift deep cuts, argued Europeans must share burdens, and said NATO forces are not yet strong enough for a determined Soviet attack but are improving. He departs for Paris to join Gen Ridgway.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Alfred M. Gruenther
Capitol Hill
Aenew
Gruenther
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Paris
Matthew Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
United States
Russian Guards Ease Berlin Road Controls
Berlin reports said Soviet border guards on the East West express highway to Berlin largely abandoned checks. Giant trucks carrying 12 to 15 tons of goods passed with little or no customs inspection as Allied and German travelers joined the Easter holiday flow.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Brazilians Bar Sugar Shipment To China
A Meri dional dispatch from Maceio reports Brazil, acting at the request of the United States, has barred the export of 155000 bags of sugar from Maceio to Red China.
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China
Rio DE Janeiro
Maceio
Brazil
U. S
Communists Ask Meeting Monday On Sick POW Trade
The Communists proposed Panmunjom talks on exchanging sick and wounded POWs and urged resuming truce talks. U N Command plans for processing prisoners include forward aid stations and a prefabricated village, with most evacuees to field hospitals and serious cases by helicopter.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
Mark Clark
Serias
Middletown school chief Miller to retire July 31
Wade E. Miller, longtime Middletown public schools superintendent, announces definite retirement date of July 31, 1953 after 46 years total service in Ohio schools. He says he will continue duties until a successor is hired and no conflict with the Board of Education.
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Miller
Board of Education
Wade E. Miller
Ohio
Middletown
R. H. Snyder
Recent A Test More Puzzling After AEC Report
LAS VEGAS Nov About half of the 300 foot tower used in Tuesdays atomic blast was left standing an Atomic Energy Commission source says which makes the puzzling shot even more of a puzzle to those outside the curtain of secrecy surrounding test explosions. In previous detonations so far as is known the towers have been vaporized leaving no appreciable trace. Other unusual features of the blast its cloud was a mere wisp of white compared to the boiling smoke mass of most previous shots. The shock wave usually felt here was not noted.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviets Invite France U S To Air Parleys
Berlin reports the Soviet Union invited the United States and France to join Britain for talks on air safety over Germany. U S High Commissioner James B Conant relayed the invitation to Berlin, and French High Commissioner Andre Francois Poncet said his office expected to accept later.
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Berlin
Germany
U. S
James B. Conant
Bonn
Andre Francois-Poncet
Russia to join coronation naval review invitation
A British Admiralty invitation to the Soviet Union to take part in the coronation naval review was accepted by Moscow. The admission signals Kremlin participation in a significant royal ceremony amid shifting wartime diplomacy.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
ROKs Repel Chinese Assault Near Kumsong Front
Eighth Army reports about 53 Communist bodies left on the battlefield with as many as 75 more Reds killed in a dawn attack by a 750-man Chinese unit against South Korean positions south of Kumsong. American Sabre jets bombed supply and troop areas as patrol clashes occurred along the 155-mile front. Army Secretary Stevens prepared to testify on Korea ammunition supplies.
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Seculp
Eighth Army
Kumhwa-Kumsong
Kumsong
Red
North Korea
Panmunjom
Robert Stevens
Korea
Stevens
Washington
Senate
Prefab Village Ready To Set Up For Traded POWs
A prefabricated village for Allied prisoners of war held by the Communists is complete and can be erected in days near Munsan. Stored with U S Marine engineers, the camp would include a hospital with surgical wards kitchen dining shelters barracks showers decontamination facilities and an administrative building.
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Munsan
U. S. Marine Engineering
American Editor In Moscow Surprises With Friendly Welcome
Eugene A. Simon reports from Moscow on April first, noting surprising hospitality from locals, mild curiosity on the street, and a lack of anticipated hostility. He describes Kremlin views, embassy visits, and conversations with guides and ordinary Muscovites during his first day in the Russian capital.
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Eugene A. Simon
Moscow
Baldwin-Wallace College
Simon
Valley Daily News
Tarentum
Eugene Simon
Associated Press
Kremlin
UN Envoys Slow to Grasp Soviet Peace Moves in UN
United Nations delegates face a slow pace as Easter recess begins amid a flurry of Soviet actions. Vishinsky shifts to a softer approach while Molotov backs China’s push on Korea prisoner issues. Krishna Menon seeks immediate Assembly action but is sidetracked. The Western plan for disarmament continues, with Soviet efforts to modify but not reject the core Resolution.
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Russia
United Nations
Kremlin
N. Y
U. S
Soviet Bloc
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
Georgi M. Malenkov
Red China
V. M. Molotov
Korea
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
U. N. Assembly
Red
Vishinsky
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Assembly
Disarmament Commission
Britain
France
Marciano Nose Injury Delays April 16 Fight in Chicago
Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano sustained a nose injury after a cut inside his nose was cauterized by a specialist. Manager Al Weill said the cut will require rest and may force postponement of the April 16 bout with Jersey Walcott in Chicago.
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Holland, Mich
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Walcott
Chicago
Marciano
al Weill
Weill
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