Eisenhower Urges U S to Help Rearm Europe
General Eisenhower urged the United States to aid Europe in rearming, saying there is no viable alternative. He spoke to an informal joint session of the Senate and House amid broader debate on NATO and defense commitments.
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U. S
Europe
Washington
Dwight D Eisenhower
Nem Damhdin Tala
Lepdiersontag
el Sagan Amen
Freyp Hagene
Senate
House
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
United States
Western
Western Europe
U S Moves To End Spreading Rail Walkout
A rapidly spreading rail walkout intensified as crews in more than twenty cities blocked tracks, hitting industrial centers in the East and Midwest. President Truman and Eisenhower urged unity, Europe’s defense, and rapid steps to prevent further disruption.
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U. S
East
Midwest
New York
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Third Atomic Explosion Reported In Week
An AFC spokesman confirms a third atomic test occurred in a 1965 sequence near a remote area. Witnesses describe a bright flash, a shock wave, and a long rumble as the detonation echoed across the mountains surrounding the testing site.
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Thia
Alomagerda
AFC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Protests Halt Major Plant at National Tube Company
Lorain AP reports production at the National Tube Company plant halted as workers and switchmen joined a stoppage. Company officials said the plant employed a sizeable workforce and the action disrupted operations.
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Lorain AP
Productios
Raitread
Cleveland Steel Plant Halt Hits Rail Operations
Public Merl 9 Corporation announced a stoppage affecting most Cleveland leveland steel making operations as trainmen on the local plant railroad halted work.
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Cleveland
Merl 9 Corporation
Ite
Strikes Disrupt U S Rail System Amid Korea War Strife
Government and rail unions clash over a nationwide rail walkout tied to war strain in Korea. Officials warn of a full crisis as thousands of Sea railroad workers halt service while embargoes and court actions spread, with President Truman under consideration for intervention.
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St. Louis
Carl Giesson
S. Louis
Chamber of Commerce Transportation
National Mediation Board
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Truman
Army
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Washington
Eleven Men Stage Prison Break at Arkansas Hospital
Eleven felons and a mental patient escaped the state hospital at Little Rock before being recaptured. Police set roadblocks as residents sheltered indoors. A separate crew battled a snowbound roof over a building housing 350 women and children amid overcrowding concerns.
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Little Rock, Ark
Hayden H. Donahue
Price rise in coal breaks through freeze under wage board
The Wage Stabilization Board allowed coal operators to set new ceiling prices and authorized a $1.60 daily wage increase for nearly 400,000 soft coal miners and about 75,000 anthracite miners, signaling higher costs and a limited strike risk. The board exempted state and local employees from the freeze and directed wage rules to be applied before the Feb 9 cutoff.
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Washington
Eeeine
Ee Vu
di Salle
John L. Lewis
Wage Stablization Board
Cyrus S. Ching
Louisville slayer sentenced to death for child's murder
James J. Shorty Robinson was convicted of the July 7 murder of three year old Joyce Joan Shouse in Louisville. A jury fixed the penalty at death in Kentucky's electric chair.
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Louisville
James J
Shorty) Robinson
Joyce Joan Shouse
Kentucky
Sabotage Charged Over Quebec Bridge Collapse
Premier Maurice Duplessis announced a government inquiry after he charged sabotage by subversive elements caused the collapse of the $3 million duPlessis highway bridge in Three Rivers Quebec. The bridge built in 1948 failed in 26 below zero weather, sending four people to their deaths.
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Quebec
Maurice duPlessis
duPlessis
Rural schools closed as storms strand traffic statewide
Rural districts cancel classes with roads blocked and buses at capacity. Weather snarls slow travel near Cincinnati. several towns like Lebanon and Kings Mills announce closures through March 4 as others remain open. County and city crews battle to keep main roads passable.
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Middletown
Baker
Mitaia High School
Miller
Madison Town
Lebanon
UN Gains 3 Miles In West Amid Korean War Combat
Reports say UN forces advanced about three miles in the western front near Suwon as Turkish troops and allied units fought through muddy hills. Korean units emerged from hideouts to strike on three sides while enemy positions held strong, though some units moved to counterattack near Chipyong.
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Westerm
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UN Assembly Brands China As Aggressor In Korea
The United Nations Assembly voted 44 to 7 to brand Communist China as the aggressor in Korea with North Korea. The measure also creates committees to seek a negotiated end to the war and to consider penalties for Red China while stopping short of outright sanctions. The United States backs a Good Offices plan for cease-fire talks.
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Nasrallah Entezam
Benny Meyers Paroled From Federal Prison
Former major general Benny E Meyers was paroled from the federal reformatory at Leiton Virginia after serving since 1948 for inducing a civilian associate to lie about his World War I side line business. He was immediately jailed in DC to answer a pending federal income tax evasion indictment in Baltimore. Bond on the tax charge was set at 5000 dollars by U S Commissioner Cyril Lawrence and was expected to be posted promptly.
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Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Federal Reformatory
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Meyers
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U. S
Cyril Lawrence
Meyers’ Associates
GE Lays Off 3,000 in Syracuse for One Day
General Electric in Syracuse New York furloughed 3000 workers for a single day as shipments of television parts were delayed by a railroad switchmen strike. The move affected GE plants across the area and reflected disruptions to supply chains from the labor action.
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Syracuse
N.Y
General Electric Company
Shipyard disaster in Belfast kills sixteen workers
Belfast reports a catastrophic accident as a shipyard gangway collapsed killing sixteen workers and injuring 48 others. The tragedy marks Belfast's worst accident in recent memory.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Air Defense Tested Across Pacific to Rocky Mountains
San Francisco reports a massive air defense drill began with tests spanning from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains. Civilians will mostly notice occasional vapor trails high in the sky as the exercise proceeds.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Vietminh Guerrillas Fire On U.S. Ship In Saigon
Vietminh guerrillas fired mortar rounds at a U S Navy carrier escort Windham Bay in Saigon river area. Sailors later faced grenade attacks in downtown Saigon. five French marines were injured. One attacker was captured by police as U S sailors regrouped on leave.
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U. S
Windham Bay
China Sea
Vietnam
Newark Bus Walkout Strangles Transit System
A midnight strike by public service bus and trolley workers crippled New Jersey’s largest transit system in Newark. Service on 279 bus lines and three trolley lines was halted, disrupting school buses and forcing many schools to close amid the season’s worst snow storm. no immediate state takeover plans appeared.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Winter Storm Pummels South and Northeast Hitting Roads
A sweeping cold wave and severe ice storm disrupts travel from Arkansas and Tennessee to New England. Power outages and phone service fail across multiple states as snow, sleet, and freezing rain paralyze highways and crowds. The storm’s death toll rises with hundreds injured in falls and accidents nationwide.
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New York State
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Cambria
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Portsmouth
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du Ruplin Communications and Electrical Service
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Bigh Waber
State Highway Bureau Proclaims Emergency
The State Highway Department declared a state of emergency amid a winter storm causing at least six deaths and widespread road closures. Highway crews and private contractors battled ice and snow with 1,079 snow-removal units deployed as mains power and communications were disrupted across Athens Lisbon and surrounding counties.
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State Highway Department
C. W. McCaughey
Orista
McCaughey
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