Big Four To Bring Up Korea
In Berlin Secretary of State Dulles plans to seek Molotov’s help to break the Panmunjom deadlock on a Korean peace conference. The Big Four talks Monday will consider Korea amid a Soviet bid for a Big Five including Communist China. The U.S. rejects recognizing China as a great power while willing to discuss Red China on limited issues. East German police crack down on protests linked to Molotov’s unity plan as Big Four sessions end their second week. Interior Minister Will Stoph vows strict suppression of demonstrations during the recess.
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Berlin
Dulles
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Monay
Korea
China
United States
Molotov
Germany
Will Stoph
East Berlin
Red
East Germany
TVA Budget Criticism by Three Democrats in Senate
Senate Democrats from the TVA region denounced Eisenhower administration budget proposals as inadequate for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Sen. Eastland called it a starvation diet while Sens. Hill and Kefauver joined in criticizing funding. The debate touched on selling TVA to private interests, with Knowland opposing any liquidation policy.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee Valley
Authority
Eisenhower
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
TVA
Sen
Eastland
Mississippi
Sens. Hill
Alabama
Kefauver
Tennessee
Knowland
Calif
Clarence Manion
South Bend
Ind
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Manion
Herbert Hoover
Hero Returns To Mom's Arms After Czech Escape
John Hvasta, 26, back at Idlewild Airport to his mother after months on the run from a Czech prison and police. He praised God for his escape, declined to detail imprisonment, and thanked supporters including Rep. Rodino and diplomats. He said he plans to publish his story later from the embassy.
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New York
John Hvasta
Red
Tsten
Bice
Hamen
Idlewild
Michael Hvasta
Hvasta
Czechoslovakia
Gabriela Bansova Hvasta
Alexis Johnson
George Wainsworth
State Department
Shooting of 17 Year Old in Columbus Cafe
Police described a rejected suitor, Paul J. Turner, 32, as the shooter who killed 17-year-old Mrs. Virginia Raleigh in Moon-Glow Grill before 25 patrons. Turner, already facing an earlier charge for a Christmas Eve shooting that wounded Dorothy Williams, reportedly told officers he would kill Raleigh after reentering the cafe and firing multiple shots. Raleigh died en route to a hospital.
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Columbus
Ohio
Paul J. Turner
Virginia Raleigh
Turner
Raleigh
Recession Spreading Says Truman at ADA Dinner
Former President Harry S. Truman warned that the recession has moved from farms to city streets and condemned Republican claims of miracles. He attacked the Eisenhower tax cut as a rich man's relief, urged higher wages, and accused GOP propaganda on Communists as a major hoax while addressing the ADA banquet at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Republican Party
Americans For Democratic Action
Truman
Eisenhower
Republican
Fagen
CBS
Waldorff- Astoria
Shoppers Carrying Bundles In Pittsburgh Strike
Pittsburgh shoppers trudged through a nationwide strike by 11 AFL unions, with about 4,000 workers idle across five largest department stores as 8,000 others remained on duty. Pickets stand outside Kaufmann's Horne's Rosenbaum's Frank Seder and Gimbels while talks with Federal Mediator George Woomer yield no progress. The mayor plans to receive a mediation update ahead of another bargaining session.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
AFL General Teamsters Local 249
David L. Lawrence
Federal Mediation Service
George Woomer
Kaufmann’s
Horne’s
Rosenbaum’s Frank & Seder
Gimbels
Coffee thief gets five days in jail
Luther Allen Hatfield, 46, was sentenced to five days in jail and fined 25 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge G W Marriott after he admitted stealing a 63 cent jar of instant coffee from a Mansfield grocery store.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Luther Allen Hatfield
G. W Marriott
Slump In American Economy Leveling Off Says Senator
Washington reports the Senate House Economic Committee finds early spring upturn in hiring and production may lead to a partial economic revival in fall. Chairman Wolcott notes evidence from nine government agencies supporting a rebound, with 1954 output near 1953-54 averages, amid party split over tax and agriculture provisions.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
Wolcott
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Eisenhower urges ignore gloom prophets at GOP supper
President Eisenhower told about 6500 at a Republican box supper to ignore "prophets of gloom" and promised a "big brother partner" in government. He argued the United States must not fall and urged governing by the Constitution as it stands, while opposing Bricker's treaty powers amendment. He joined Bricker on stage amid applause and dismissed any GOP split as non existent.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Ike
Fire destroys Springfield home killing eight including children
Fire raced through a four room frame house in Springfield killing seven children and their mother. The victims include Linda and Kay Lillard aged six and four, Barbara two, Johnny Jr. five months, Gary Letterman four, Linda Lee Letterman ten, and Sandra Kay Letterman eleven. Father John Lillard escaped with severe burns. origin of the fire remains undetermined. Dorothy Letterman was hospitalized with a brain tumor in another matter.
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Springfield
Evelyn Lillard
Linda
Kay
Barbara
Johnny Jr
Gary Letterman
Linda Lee Letterman
Sandra Kay Letterman
Letterman
Lillard
Dorothy Letterman
John Lillard
Two Air Crashes Reported
ANCHORAGE Alaska AP Two Air Force C47 crash landed in freezing rain 75 miles northeast of Anchorage with 16 aboard. Some survivors reported but exact numbers and condition unknown as rescue crews fight brutal conditions near Curry. Wreckage spotted 15 miles northwest of Curry after a parachute opened. A separate San Francisco Bay Ci21 radar station crash boat rescued all 13 crew. two injured, one seriously.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Here
Curry
Ladd Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Elmendorf Afb
San Franciscop
San Francisco Bay
Roosevelt Finances Are Bared
In Pasadena, a judge said the separate maintenance suit against James Roosevelt over adultery with 12 women will not go to trial for six to eight months due to a crowded calendar. Testimony detailed Roosevelt's finances, lavish lifestyle, and a $120,000 deficit, with monthly needs estimated by Mrs. Roosevelt at high levels and the defendant claiming a net income of about $2,425 per month plus estate fees.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Kurtz Kauffman
Roosevelt
Kauffman
Romelle Schneider Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami Valley Weather Forecast Tonight and Tomorrow
Vandalia forecasters predict partly cloudy skies for the Miami Valley tonight and tomorrow with temperatures easing from 23 degrees to a high of 42. Kentucky shares the outlook, with a low between 28 and 34 and little change expected. Armco East Side Main Gate posted 37 degrees yesterday at 12 30 p.m. Middletown logged a 32 degree low yesterday and a 25 degree low at 4 a.m. The national low was 15 degrees in St Paul Minnesota yesterday.
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Kentucky
Armco
East Side
Middletown
Associated Press
St. Paul
Minnesota
Pope Shows Symptoms Of Improvement
Pope Pius XII shows slight improvement but remains weak as doctors report the pontiff, age 77, has difficulty taking nourishment. Intravenous feeding continues while x-ray checks may be repeated. World Catholic leader has not left his bed since January 25 in the Vatican Palace.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Riccardo Galeassi-Lisi
Vatican
Msgr
Angelo Dellacqua
Rome
Il Tempo
Vatican Palace
Galeazzi-Lisi
D.R Paul Niehans
Cesare Frugoni
St. Peter's Basilica
Convicts Escaped Across State Line Spur Nationwide Hunt
Heavily armed officers with bloodhounds pursue nine dangerous Florida fugitives from the state line toward Mobile Bay as a wide search extends across waterways and rural routes.
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Atmore
Florida State Line
Mobile Bay
Earthquake Devastates Chiapas Towns Killing Many
AP report from Mexico City says a strong quake wrecked Yajalon Petalcingo Chilon and Tila in Chiapas. Many killed and injured as 50 mile quake area felt nationwide. communications disrupted and relief planes ferried doctors medicines to stricken region.
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Mexico City
Chiapas
Tuxtla Guitierrez
Yajalon
Tita
Petalcingo
Chilon
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Pasadena
United States
Mexico
Tila
Solon Raps Treaty Plan Vote Delay
Washington reports Senator George of Georgia blasts any move to bypass a Senate showdown on the Bricker treaty power amendment. He pushes a constitutional amendment and says his substitute would curb executive agreements conflicting with the Constitution. Debate resumes with no votes likely before mid February.
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Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate
Congress
Bricker
Eisenhower
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Georgia
Atty
Brownell
Hennings
D-Mo
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