Mighty U. S. Fleet Guards Tachens Evacuation
A large American task force around the Tachen Islands begins evacuating 30,000 Nationalist civilians and soldiers. U. S. Marines and Navy beach masters prepare to land as carriers, destroyers, and minesweepers clear waters infested with mines. The operation, led by Rear Adm. Lorenzo Sabin Jr., aims to evacuate 15,000 civilians first and then 15,000 troops, potentially over a week.
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Assestes
Tachen Islands
Navy
Washington
Formosa
Adm
Lorenzy Sherwood Sabin Jr
Yikiangshan Island
Sabin
East China
Yikiangshan
U. S
Tachens
Tachen
North Tachen
Chiang Kai-shek Defends Tachen Evacuation as Counterattack Prep
Chiang Kai-shek stated that evacuating and redeploying troops from the Tachen Islands is a positive step toward a counterattack against the Communists, not a retreat. He argued the move preserves counterattack potential while consolidating Formosa Penghu and nearby islands, and thanked the United States for evacuation support.
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Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Island
Red m
Chiang
Taiwan
Formosa
Penghu
Pescadores
Quemoy
Matsu
Te Reds
Yikiangshan
Wu Nan-ju
Government Information Office
Tachens
North Viet Nam May Seek Open Relations with South
Peiping radio quotes Communist Vice Interior Minister Phan Van Bach saying the North Vietnamese government is ready to grant facilities for business science and sporting exchanges across the border. The broadcast notes the Vietnamese people’ s solidarity is indivisible and hints at cooperation with non Communist South.
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London
Peiping
Viet Nam
Phan van Bach
Churchill hosts final session on Formosa crisis amid blue waters hope
London sources report Prime Minister Churchill called Commonwealth premiers to a secret meeting over the Formosa crisis. China Nationalists reportedly agreed to withdraw from the Tachen Islands while Britain India and Russia seek a face saving cease fire through covert diplomacy.
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London
Churchill
Formosa
United States
Tachen Islands
U. S
Quemoy
Matsu
China
Pescadores
Anthony Eden
Russia
Far East
V. M. Molotov
Chequers
Britain
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Ching Kai-shek
U N Deliberates Formosa Cease-Fire Plan From Washington
United Nations Security Council debates Formosa cease-fire with plans reportedly from Washington. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. says U S program to be announced by midweek as council ponders next steps and possible peace observers for Formosa and Pescadores.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Formosa
Washington
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Eisenhower
U.S
Vicar A. Belaunde
London
India
Moscow
New York Times
United States
U.N
Pescadores
the Times
Soviet Union
Security Council
General Assembly
Little Assembly
Funds Donated for Rebuilding Athens Church
In Athens Ohio donations toward rebuilding the First Methodist Church after a fire began arriving. Pastor John H Versteeg said several thousand dollars were received and about 200000 from insurance would cover one third of the cost. The church, destroyed by fire early Saturday, caused an estimated 500000 loss. Worship services were held in Ohio University Memorial Auditorium while committees were formed. No injuries were reported.
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Athens
Ohio
John H. Versteeg
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University
Evacuation Begins as Fleet Guards Tachens near Formosa
U S Navy task force surrounds the Tachens to evacuate about 30 000 Chinese Nationalist troops and civilians while two Red torpedo boats coast 17 miles away A Marine patrol lands and officials report no Communist interference as helicopters hover and minesweepers clear passages near Keelung Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tachens
U.S
U S Carrier Jets Targeted by Chinese Antiaircraft Fire
A U S Seventh Fleet pilot reported Chinese antiaircraft guns fired on U S carrier based jets over Formosan waters. He said no damage was reported to the aircraft.
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U. S. 7Th Fleet
Formosan Waters
U. S
Evacuation of Tachens and nearby islands planned under heavy Nationalist effort
Reports describe a planned evacuation of the Tachens, Yu Shan, and Pishan with 41,688 Nationalist troops and civilians involved. Allied ships and air control personnel arrive, while Communist forces monitor from Yikiangshan. The operation faces rugged beaches and tides as Chiang Kai-shek directs troops to Formosa and evacuation lasts 7 to 10 days.
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Alfred M. Pride
U. S
Yu Shan
Pishan
Red China
Peiping
Red Army
Tachens
Sabin
Tachen
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Dulles Faces Treaty Questions on Far East Pact
In Washington, Secretary of State Dulles prepares for a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on the mutual defense treaty with Nationalist China. Questions focus on evacuation of the Tachens, possible new cease fire moves, and whether ratification implies US recognition of nationalist claims to Quemoy and the Matsu islands. The state department noted Chiang Kai-shek sought US aid for Tachens evacuation.
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Washington
Tachen Islands
Dulles
Senate Committee
China
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Bahamas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Tachens
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
File Closed On Strange Hotel Death
Baltimore reports the case of Edgar Fassburg a Brooklyn NY confidence man and imposter ended when New York police took over. Fassburg who died by barbiturate overdose was not Dr Edward James Phillips nor a brigadier general but an FBI known bunko artist. Police traced his identity by fingerprint with FBI help after a staged testimonial dinner was canceled and he killed himself following a fake guest speaker telegram.
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Baltimore
Edgar Fassburg
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York
Fossburg
Edward James Phillips
Army Medical Corps
FBI
Bunko
Fassburg
Edna Guttenstein
Phillips
Sabrejets Outfight MIGs Over Yellow Sea
Two American pilots Lt Ge E Salmon and Capt George F Williams Jr said their 12 Sabrejets and an RB45 on a training patrol near Osan repelled eight MIG15s. They reported two MIGs shot down with no American losses and no markings on attackers. The skirmish occurred 10 miles off the North Korean coast, 40 miles southwest of Pyongyang, as the RB45 conducted a reconnaissance flight.
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Ewe
Ge E. Salmon
Port Jervis
George F. Williams Jr
Austin
Tex
Pyongyang
North Korea
Williams
Osan
Salmon
Ohio Airman Killed in Savannah Car Crash
Airman 1-C John F. Thomas age 22 from Middleton Ohio was killed when the car he rode in struck a service station on U S 80 in Savannah Georgia He was stationed at Hunter Air Force Base authorities said.
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Savannah
John F. Thomas
Middleport
Ohio
U.S. 80
Thomas
Hunter Air Force Base
Parachute pilot rides strange winds for 35 minutes over Texas
Col. W. O. Beane of Norfolk, Virginia, ejected from a T33 trainer after fuel ran low near Randolph AFB. He hung for about 35 minutes in 7,000 feet darkness as vertical updrafts tossed his canopy, sleet and fog preventing view. A rancher gave coffee after he landed in a tree with only scratches.
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San Antonio
Tex
Col
W. O. Beane
Norfolk
Randolph Air Force Base
Luke Afb
Ariz
Beane
Ere
Britain asks Soviet union to urge restraint off China coast
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said Britain has asked the Soviet government to urge restraint on the Chinese Communists in the delicate situation now existing off the China coast.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
China
Pinay Seeks to Form New French Cabinet for 21st Postwar Government
Antoine Pinay, 63, conservative former premier, began talks with non Communist factions to form France's 21st postwar government after Mendes France. He aims to present his minister list by Thursday and would need a majority of votes in the Assembly under the new rule to confirm. The immediate task includes Paris treaties on West German rearmament awaiting ratification.
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France
Pierre Mendes
Republican
Mendes-France
MRP
Pinay
Assembly
Republican and Social Action
Paris
West Germany
Council of the Republic
Uniform Absentee Vote Law Sought
President Eisenhower asks governors to push for uniform absentee voting laws for service personnel. He urges state legislatures to enact statutes this year reflecting World War II voting experience as part of a federal codification proposal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Injuries Prove Fatal in Zanesville Traffic Crash
Lloyd Joseph Litzinger, 46, of Somerset, died at Bethesda Hospital in Zanesville from injuries suffered in a traffic accident last Thursday. He passed away yesterday, the result of the crash authorities reported.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Lloyd Joseph Litzinger
Somerset
Bethesda Hospital
NYU Graduate Student Found Choked and Fatally Stabbed
Anne Yarrow, 23, a Guilford College honor graduate and New York University student, was found choked and stabbed in a sixth floor Manhattan tenement. Police described the scene as brutal after a friend found the body and a possible sexual assault was noted. Neighbors heard screams and a phone call to her father was reported. her parents live in California and Astoria, Queens respectively.
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New York
Manhattan
William Schnabel
Anne Yarrow
South Carolina
Miss Yarrow
Herta Payson
New York City
Sam Gir
Guilford College
Greensboro
N. C
Brooklyn
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