Deadly Mid-South tornadoes kill 31 and injure about 100
Tornadoes lashed Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama, killing 31 and wounding about 100. Major losses reported near Commerce Landing Mississippi and Olive Branch with schools struck. many victims were schoolchildren. Guardsmen, volunteers and hospitals mobilized as survivors searched wrecked Leatherman plantation for additional casualties.
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Memphis, Tenn
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Commerce Landing
Miss
Here
Memphis
Olive Branch
Marianna
Ark
Huntsville
Ala
National
Leatherman Plantation
Wiggins Negro Elementary School
Delta
Tunica
W. W. France
Plane Crash Fatal To Pair In Queen Charlottes
A BC Air Lines plane carrying six passengers and a pilot crashed yesterday on a short hop from Alliford to Aero Camp in the Queen Charlotte Islands about 50 miles northwest of Vancouver. Two people were killed and the rest injured seriously. Victims’ identities were withheld and the dead and wounded were taken to Sandspit for transport to Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B. C
1954 Accidents Toll Details Tolls and Costs
The National Safety Council reports 1954 saw 91,000 deaths and 9.2 million injuries from accidents in the United States with an estimated economic loss near 10 billion dollars. Traffic deaths fell to 36,300, the lowest since 1950, while other causes included 28,000 home deaths and 16,000 public accidents. The report notes two deadly 1954 events, Atlantic Coast tornadoes and New England tornadoes, each causing over 50 deaths.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Atlantic
New England
Slayer Faces Death If Appeal Fails in Toledo Case
Bernard Schreiber, 18, convicted of raping and stabbing Mary Jolene Freiss, was sentenced to death by three-judge panel in Toledo. He must win a stay or appeal to avoid the June 1 electric chair execution. Judges cited a psychiatric report showing sanity at the time of crime. The killing occurred near the victim’s home on August 12.
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Toledo
Ohio
Bernard Schreiber
Common Pleas
John M. McCabe
Harvey G. Straub
John Q. Carey
Schreiber
Mary Jolene Freiss
Ohio Supreme Court
Coffin Truck Death Tragedy at Gasoline Station
Alonzo Dukette about 60 of Worcester Massachusetts was killed when a coffin loaded truck at a Worcester gas station proved a death trap. Roland Gaboury 29 also of Worcester was overcome as they napped in the cab. Police blamed carbon monoxide from the running motor for the fatal incident. The truck belonged to Frank Sessions Co Worcester casket manufacturers.
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Montpelier
Alonzo Dukette
Worchester
Mass
Dukette
Roland Gaboury
Worcester
Frank Sessions
American Jo Ann Stork Meets Monaco Prince Rainier III
American student Jo Ann Stork flew to Monaco to meet Prince Rainier III after reading about possible marriage. She visited him for two hours with chaperones Rev Francis Tucker and Princess Antoinette, touring rooms and discussing plans for the future.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Jo Ann Stork
Rainier III
Rainier
University of Illinois
Francis Tucker
Father Tucker
Antoinette
Joan
Eisenhower Declines To Detail U S Formosa Plans
President Eisenhower spoke at a news conference about U S stance on Formosa and Korea. He emphasized United States determination to defend South Korea and Formosa, avoided specifics on hot pursuit and congressional resolution wording, and noted delicacy of discussing the Red China coast.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Formosa
Congress
America
United States
Great Island Barrier
Western Pacific
South Korea
Sen
Knowling
California
Senate
Humphrey
D-Minn
United Nations
Red China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Knowland
7Th Fleet
U.S
China
White House
Fire Ruins Navy Work On New Ship In Michigan
Fire swept the Defoe Shipbuilding main shed in Bay City destroying the plastic hull of a 57 foot Navy minesweeper prototype MSB23. Officials estimate the loss at hundreds of thousands to about a million dollars, ending 10 months of work on the project. The cause is unknown and completion was half finished.
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Bay City
Mich
Defoe Shipbuilding Co
Navy
China Sends Secret Message on Formosa Cease Fire to Nehru
Indian sources say Communist China delivered a secret message about a Formosa cease fire to Prime Minister Nehru today. The report notes the gesture as part of ongoing regional diplomacy in Asia and signals possible talks or tensions ahead.
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London
China
Formosa
Nehru
Evacuation Plan for Tachen Islands Under U S Navy Air Support
The 7th Fleet, Sabrejets, and Nationalist Chinese forces will coordinate the evacuation of the Tachen islands. About 10 000 troops and 20 000 civilians move to Formosa, 200 miles south, under a redeployment plan backed by U S guarantees for Formosa the Pescadores and nearby Nationalist islands.
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U.S. 7Th Fleet
Tachen Islands
Formosa
United States
Pescadores
Ohio senators seek steep rise in teacher salaries
Five Ohio lawmakers from both parties filed a package of bills including a demand for higher minimum salaries for teachers across all degree levels. The measure would raise minimums from 2000 to 2600 for beginners and from 2700 to 3400 for masters, with longer term annual increases. The session also advanced an emergency bill granting Korea era medical officers Ohio exam rights. A separate measure would boost the state tax on track wagers from 5 to 6 percent and require unredeemed winnings to revert to the state after one year.
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Ohe
101St
General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Robert A. Pollock
Stark
Oakley C. Collins
R-Lawrence
Delbert Latta
R . Hancock
Ray Hildebrand
R-Lucas
Frank King i
D-Lucas
Senate
House
Korea
Ohio
GOP
Lausche
Driver License Reminder Proposal Hits Ohio Legislature
Ohio House Highways Committee heard a plan to notify all 334 million motorists 30 to 60 days before license expiration. The measure, backed by the governor's Traffic Safety Committee, could tie to a yearly vehicle inspection bill proposing a $1.50 annual fee while renewing licenses would rise from 75 cents to 1 dollar for three years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House Highways Committee
House
Alaska Defenses Focus On Cities Not Remote Outposts
Alaska defense leaders outline a plan to shield major installations like Elmendorf Ladd and Eielson bases and pivotal centers such as Anchorage and Fairbanks. They say attackers would face stiff resistance near key sites, with limited ground campaigns unlikely and airborne or amphibious actions possible. Nike missiles may be sited later, but no construction has begun.
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Elton Fay Elmendorf
Air. Force Base
Alaska
United States
Texas
Joseph H. Atkinson
Alaskan Defense Command
George R
Acheson
Alaskan Air Command
James F. Collins
Atkinson
Elmendorf
Ladd
Eielson
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Collins
Ain
Red Planes Hit Tachens as Civilians Flee Formosa Strait
Reports from Formosa describe new nationalist air raids on Yikiangshan and the Tachens with civilians evacuated to Keelung. Refugees say bombs halt civil life on the Tachens while UN talks inch toward Ceasefire talks with Red China and New Zealand proposing dialogue.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Yikiangshan
Tachens
Formosan
Keelung
U.N. Security Council
China
Tachen Islands
Hsin Sheng Pao
Tachen
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Formosa Strait
U. N
New York
Chou En-lai
New Zealand
Peiping Radio
United States
United Nations
Tokyo
Pescadores
Groundhog Day Weather Mix Hits Ohio and Beyond
Residents brace for stormy conditions as Groundhog Day forecasts fall short of shadow sightings. Ohio warns drivers to avoid roads amid freezing rain and glaze. temps dip to 26 with a 15 night low and 30 by tomorrow. Snow blankets multiple cities while storm centers shift power across the region and Southeast warms.
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Middletown
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Midwest
Youngstown
Springfield
Dayton
Zanesville
Cleveland
Columbus
Findlay
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
New England
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
Virginia
Caribou
Maine
Burlington
Pensacola
Fla
Two Deputies Lose Immunity in Costa Rica Plot
Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly voted 31 to 10 to strip deputies Mario Echandi and Guillermo Jimenez of congressional immunity over alleged complicity in a revolt against President Jose Figueres. A mob of about 350 chased the pair to the Union Club and they fled through a rear door as guards secured homes and the club.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Legislative Assembly
Jose Figueres
Mario Echandi
Guillermo Jimenez
Union Club
Robber Strikes Saxon Theatre in Fitchburg
A masked gunman robbed the Saxon Theatre in Fitchburg Massachusetts last night taking petty cash from the cashier. In the escape he dropped the loot his firearm his overcoat and his hat, evading immediate capture.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Plane Crash Near Nagepur Airport Claims Ten
A C47 transport aircraft crashed yesterday near Nagepur Airport New Delhi killing all ten people aboard. The disaster shocked local authorities and prompted initial investigations into the cause.
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New Delhi
Nagepur
Refugees from Tachens Arrive After Bombings
About 538 evacuees including Liu Yu arrive in Formosa harbor aboard a Nationalist Chinese troop ship after renewed bombardment on Tachens. Civilians, many dependents of soldiers, proceed to relief stations as U S authorities assist with transport and DDT spraying.
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Keeling
Formosa
Hon Cha
Tachen Islands
Here
Liu Yu
Tachens
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Sia
JO Ann
Prince Charmer
Bulletin
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Chou
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