Soviet Air Reconnaissance Over North America Arctic
An Air Force source says Soviet planes have appeared over the Arctic perimeter and Greenland about a dozen times in the past year with few details released. Two February incidents near Hokkaido involved firing passes and minor damage to a U S interceptor.
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U.S
Japan
Arctic
U. S
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
Red Air Force
Russia
Siberia
Eurasian
Germans Defy Reds Hunger Drives Them
East Germans defied arrests and confiscations to flood West Berlin for Western aid parcels. The American financed gifts aimed to pass one million in distributions as factory workers from the Russian zone joined the crowds on a sixth day of giveaways.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Lenia
Landslide in Alps kills three tourists in Austria
A violent rainstorm triggered a landslide on the Alpe di Leachtalec in Austria burying a party of German tourists. Three women were killed and a male companion was seriously injured. The incident occurred near Bolzano, Italy.
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Bolzano
Italy
Austrian Alps
Alpe di Leachtalec
Austria
Turnpike Phantom Killer Hunt Tightens Across States
A truck driver was wounded near Lisbon Ohio as highway patrols and hundreds of drivers hunt a suspected killer tied to two earlier Pennsylvania Turnpike slayings. Rewards total 11000 dollars plus 5000 each from the AFL Teamsters and 1000 from Continental Lines.
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Ohio
Here
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Teamsters Union
AFL
Continental Transportation Lines, Inc
John K. Sheperd
West Alexander
Sheperd
Salem City Hospital
W. B. Umpleby
The
Highway Patrol
Girl Climbers Die in Falls in Rocky Mountain Park
Two teen girls died in separate 50 foot falls on a Rocky Mountain National Park hike near the Little Maerhorn. Kathryn Rees, 15, of Cheyenne Wyoming, first fell fatally. Sandra Miller, 17, of Park Ridge Illinois, died while rushing to seek help. The pair were part of a party of 10 with two camp counselors when the tragedy occurred.
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Estes Park
Colo
Rocky Mountain National Park
Kathryn Rees
Cheyenne
Wye
Sandra Miller
Park Ridge
Ill
Rees
Maerhorn
J. Barton Herschlear
Unprovoked Attack Claim Faces Co-Pilot Contradiction
Capt. John E. Roche, survivor of the American B50 shot down off Siberia, said the crash occurred about 40 miles from Russian territory after a MIG with Russian insignia attacked and severed a wing. He insisted visual navigation and radar showed no proximity to Russia and denied seeing red craft in the area.
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Tokyor
Siberia
John E. Roche
Moscow
Red Naval Base
Vladivostok
Roche
Washington, D. C
U.S
Russia
Picking
Reds to Free 400 POWs Daily at Munsan Exchange
The Communists announced they will hand over 400 Allied captives daily starting 9 am Wednesday, delivering 100 prisoners each hour for four hours per day. They hold about 12,763 Allied POWs including 3,313 Americans, with 500 disabled prisoners among them. The exchange aims to complete within 32 days as per 60 day terms.
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Munsan
Reds
Peiping
U. N
Panmunjom
Red
Wilfred Burchett
Paris
L’'Humanite
Heat Wave Extends Four More Days Across Area
Weather Bureau forecasts no relief for four days with temperatures near 90s and high humidity. Yesterday reached 99 degrees at 4 pm with a 78 degree low. today 6 am 74 and 10 am 85 as scattered thundershowers possible later.
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Weather Bureau
Neutrals Gather In Korea For Armistice Meetings
The neutral armistice commission met at Panmunjom to oversee violations in the 214 mile buffer zone. Allied POWs head toward Freedom Village for processing as the first group is moved from Communist control. Five Allied airmen delivered Red Cross kit supplies to Seoul for liberated prisoners.
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Panmunjom
Freedom
U. N
Naval Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Freedom Village
Munson
U. S. Air Force
Red Cross
Seoul
Japan
Military Armistice Commission
Red
Bryan
Weather Report Delayed by Edmonton Rain Surge
An Edmonton weather forecast was delayed after a heavy rainstorm flooded the Edmonton Airport administration building basement and cut power to the weather office. The outage blocked access to reports from correspondents needed for the evening bulletin.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lausche Expected To Help Keep GOP In Senate Control
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche faces a delicate choice after Sen. Robert A. Taft's death. He is expected to appoint a Democrat to Taft's seat but may seek a pledge to abstain from reorganizing the Senate, a move that could keep GOP control with Nixon presiding.
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Frank Lausche
Robert Taft
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Lausche
Mike DiSalle
Toledo
Robert Black
White Motors
GOP
Senate
Morse
Nixon
Tobey
New Hampshire
Hugh Gregg
Frank J. Lausche
Taft
U S Readies Rejection Of Red Shooting Claims
Washington officials drafted a denial of Russia's protest that U S pilots shot down a Soviet plane. The U S said the IL12 transport was shot down over North Korea near the Yalu River during ongoing Korean War fighting. Senators Flanders and Sparkman criticized the timing and handling of the incident.
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Washington
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Russia
United States
Korea
Red
China
U. S. Far East
Calif
North Korea
Siberia
Sen. Flanders
Armed Services Committee
U.S.S.R
Sea of Japan
Pentagon
State Department
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Yalu River
Manchuria
Huadian
Bricker Gains Key Ohio Role After Taft's Death
Washington reports Ohio gains a new senior senator as Taft dies. John W. Bricker moves toward controlling patronage with state GOP chief Ray Bliss influential in job recommendations. Roy Browne of Akron could become U S district attorney in Cleveland. Rep. George Bender expected to run in November 1954.
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Sen
Taft
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Frank J. Lausche
Bricker
Cleveland
Browne
William Minshall
Cuyahoga County
GOP
Soirce
George Bender
Air Pistol Fools Passerby in Yonkers Store Heist
Maynard Campbell 32, armed with an air pistol, entered a Yonkers sporting goods shop. A passerby mistook it for a holdup and alerted police. Six officers armed entered, startling Campbell and the clerk as they discussed air pellets. Campbell was fined $5 in City Court for carrying weapons that resemble real ones.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Maynard Campbell
Campbell
Constable Crushed in Brockhaven Grocery Robbery
A holdup man robbed a Brockhaven grocery store of 55 dollars yesterday. Constable Charles Allcott was crushed in the incident, marking the borough s first recorded crime since incorporation in 1945.
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Brockhaven
Charles Allcott
Taft to lie in state. burial to be in Cincinnati
Congressional leaders arranged a state funeral for Sen. Robert A. Taft to be held Monday with details to be announced. Taft died of cancer at 63 in New York, and his burial was planned for his hometown of Cincinnati, as Ohio Republicans praised his service and a team of lawmakers prepared to attend the service.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Jack Martin
Senate
J. Mark Trice
House
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Martin Sala
Cincinnati
Taft
New York
Sen
Knowland
California
Martin
Massachusetts
Bricker
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
Bob and
Martha
Darrah Wunder
Tafts
William Howard Taft
White House
Republicans Are Certain Of Control In Senate
Washington AP reports that despite Taft’s death Democrats may hold only a one vote margin in the Senate but Republicans appear assured of control through 1954. Sen Knowland likely to remain GOP leader as Morse signals continued support for Republican leadership and committee chairs.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Senate
William F. Knowland
California
Taft
Sen
Morse
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Debt limit boost faces Senate opposition and delay
President Eisenhower seeks a 15 billion dollar increase in the national debt ceiling as the bill heads to the Senate Finance Committee. House support is strong with 239 to 158, but Senate Democrats hold a slim 47-46 majority and may delay or modify action. Senator George signals postponement after White House talks.
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Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
House
Halleck
Indiana
Senate
Democrats
Charles Tobey
R-Nh
Robert A. Taft
Humphrey
Sen
Robert
A. Taft
Ohio
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
White House
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