Monarch's body goes to London for state lie in
King George VI's coffin began its three day journey to London in a rain soaked procession from Sandringham to Westminster Hall where the late monarch will lie in state until Friday's burial at Windsor. Queen Elizabeth II, aged 25, rode in the procession with royal family as crowds watched in enduring chill and rain.
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Showdown avoided in Oklahoma convention scene
The Associated Press reports a last minute compromise in Oklahoma City as Taft and Eisenhower factions tentatively agreed on a four at large delegate slate amid a broader effort to avert a strength test. Four delegates favor Taft, four Eisenhower, one Taft, two to the general, and one to MacArthur likely taft edge hinges on two delegates today.
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Eisenhower
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Associated Press
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Spokane
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Seattle
Portland
Minnesota
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Harold E. Stassen
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Earl Warren
Crippled B-36 Lands Safely After Long Flight
A United States Air Force B-36 bomber with landing gear trouble landed safely at 3:20 a.m. Pacific at North Island Naval Air Station San Diego Bay after nearly 13 hours aloft. The six-engined craft, destined for a delivery flight, was to be heavily loaded and carried a large crew.
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Truth serum clears man in slaying case at Terre Haute
Terre Haute Ind Detective Chief James Evele said a truth serum test for Bernard Morgan 29 showed he had no part in the killing of Vincent Broyles 31 newspaper artist on January 15 Morgan was released Saturday
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James Evele
Bernard Morgan
Vincent Broyles
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Limited Military Action Against China Considerations Rise
Washington policy makers debate responses if Korea talks fail. Options under study include resuming full scale war in Korea, harassing Red China with air and naval strikes, blocking the China coast, and aiding Chiang Kai-shek with troops staged from Formosa.
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Red China
Manchuria
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Formosa
Allies Question Red China Role In Korean Peace Talks
MUNSAN Korea The chief United Nations truce negotiator Rear Adm C Turner Joy questioned Red China's right to participate in a Korea peace conference and urged that the issue of which nations negotiate the peace be settled after an armistice. He warned that if the communists insist on official recommendations the UN Command will oppose them.
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Washington
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China
United Tes
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MIG Downed Four in Air Fights Over Korea
American Sabre jets shot down a Communist MIG and damaged four more in North Korea, boosting the two day tally to four kills and nine MIGs damaged. Fifth Air Force said one enemy jet fell in a dogfight with 18 Sabres and 60 Red jets high over the border area.
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Pyongyang
Kangso
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
North Korea
Former Red Leader To Finish Testimony
In Los Angeles the conspiracy trial of 15 California Communist party leaders resumes with former party functionary David Saunders continuing his testimony. Saunders, a 41 year old master mariner from San Francisco, has said he met 11 defendants during his decade in the party and organized for the party in five coastal counties from 1935 to 1939.
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Los Angeles
California
Communist Party
David Saunders
Saunders
Master Mariner
San Francisco
Six Boys Die in Convalescent Home Fire
A Glasgow fire at a convalescent home killed six boys as they slept in dormitory beds. Fire officials said the blaze began early today and swept through the building while residents were unaware. Families gathered as authorities investigated the disaster at the Glasgow site.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Water Drop Contact Lens Deemed Success After 27 Years
Dr William Feinbloom told the Brooklyn Optometrical Society that a contact lens as small as a water drop has been perfected after 27 years of research and found useful for one to three years by boxers baseball players underwater demolition experts circus performers opera stars and actors with a 93 percent success rate.
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New York
William Feinbloom
Brooklyn Optometrical Society
Antibiotic Drugs Fatal To Two Children In Los Angeles
County and state officials probed the deaths of two young children after antibiotic doses. Jackson Beakley, 2, died at home after medicines from his doctor. Carl Whitlock, 18 months, died at a hospital after receiving another antibiotic. A third child fell ill but recovered.
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Los Angeles
Jackson Lee Beakley
Carl Ann Whitlock
Beakley
Senate Fight Over Universal Military Training Heats Up
Senator Edwin C Johnson vows to oppose universal military training as the Senate Armed Services Committee enters a final hearing week. Chairman Russell aims to report the bill to the Senate by February 21 as the 1950 act extends the draft and lowers induction age to 18.
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Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
de Colo
Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
House
Congress
Youth Freed From Boxcar After Four Days
A 15 year old boy named William Wright was found in a sealed railroad car after four days without food. He traveled with plans to reach California to find his mother, who he believes is in Oakland. He is in serious condition from malnutrition and frostbite.
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Madison, Ill
William Wright
California
Oakland
Soviet People Called Best Peace Allies
New York report says Soviet people may be the No 1 allies of the free world against Communism. Retired Adm. Alan G. Kirk, former U S ambassador to Moscow, spoke after accepting the chairmanship of the American Committee for Liberation of the Peoples of Russia Inc.
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New York
Free World
Adm
Alan G. Kirk
U. S
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kirk
American Committee For Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, Inc
Keyserling Defends Record Against McCarthy Charge
Washington economist Keyserling, head of the Council of Economic Advisers, called Senator McCarthy’s claim that he once spoke with a Communist organizer "utter nonsense" and "entirely false." He rejected the secondhand testimony and urged belief in his lifelong anti Communist record.
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Leon H. Keyserling
McCarthy
R-Wis
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Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Wheeling
W. Va
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Clu
Communist Party
Savering
Keys
Dentist Admits Narcotics Count
Cincinnati dentist Dr. Ralph E Wilson pleaded guilty to two indictments alleging he obtained narcotics through fraud and misrepresentation. Judge Weber referred the case for probation investigation. Prosecutor says he used others’ names on prescriptions to help his wife, who was injured last July in an automobile accident.
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Cincinnati
Ralph E Wilson
Charles E. Weber
Probation Department
Thomas Stueve
Wilson
Witness account of National Airlines DC-6 crash
Elizabeth New Jersey AP report recalls the emergency descent and crash of a National Airlines DC-6 as stewardess Nancy Taylor describes losing power on two engines, the aircraft tilting, fire and impact with an apartment building, and her escape with a prayerful thankfulness for survival.
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Elizabeth
N. J
National Airlines
Nancy Taylor
Foster
Missing American ace Maj George A Davis Jr in Korean war
Washington The Air Force reports top combat pilot Maj George A Davis Jr is missing in action after his jet F86 was shot down in Sunday’s air battle. Davis, 31, credited with 12 enemy kills since Nov 1, served in World War II and Korea, with two children and a wife Dorıs in Lubbock Texas.
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Air Force
George A. Davis Jr
America
Davis
Doris
Lubbock
Tex
Migforce
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4Th Fighter Interceptor Wing
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Pacific
Mary Margaret
George
Pennsylvania Denies Charge On Turnpike
LANSFORD Pa a Pennsylvania Turnpike official Sunday night disputed Ohio Gov Franks Lausche's claim that an agreement on western turnpike extension usage by heavy trucks was broken T J Evans chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission called Lausche statement not true and said a full statement would be issued today Lausche said the March 1951 agreement diverted truck traffic to Homewood Pa until Ohio completes its own turnpike with traffic to Ohio routed via Pennsylvania Route 18 and U S Routes 224 and 422 adaptable for heavy trucks
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Pensylvania Turnpike
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Pennsylvania
T. J. Evans
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Lausche
Homewood
King Ibn Saud to get twenty Cadillac harem cars
In a bid to ease royal transport for his many wives, King Ibn Saud will receive twenty specially built Cadillac vehicles. The cars, a quarter of a million dollars in value, are being completed at Hess & Eisenhardt and gifted by Arabian American Oil Co. to the aging ruler for travel between Riyadh and Mecca.
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Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Riyadah
Mecca
Rossmayne
Hess & Eisenhardt G., Co
Arabian American Oil Co
Kine
Price Cuts Hit Major TV Makers in New York
Two leading manufacturers announced price reductions on several television sets. RCA slashed an 17-inch table model from 259.95 to 229.95 and a 21-inch console from 425 to 399.50 as part of boosted sales momentum. An ensemble base charge on two other sets was eliminated. Crosley division of AVCO matched with flat 20 reductions on four 17-inch sets.
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Radio Corp. of America
RCA Victor
Crosley
Avco Mfg., Corp
Earlham College to Get Half Million Gift Match
Earlham College in Richmond Indiana would receive 500000 from the Lilly Foundation of Indianapolis if it raises another 1000000 within two years. President Thomas E Jones said the funds will back a men s residence hall and the 105 year old Earlham campus building project.
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Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Lilly Foundation of Indianapolis
Thomas E. Jones
Earlham
Four Crash Victims Not Passengers
Senate investigators said a preliminary check into the Elizabeth New Jersey DC 6 National Airlines crash does not bear out the stewardess report of two engine failures. The moonlit disaster killed 29 people, including four residents of the 52 family apartment building, with 40 injured. Air traffic at Newark Airport was halted as rescue operations began.
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Senate
Elizabeth
N. J
Dc6 National Airlines
National Airlines
Newark Airport
James T. Kirk
National Airlines crash marks third fatal in 17 years
The National Airlines four engine airliner crashed while skidding on an icy runway at Philadelphia International Airport. Five women and two babies were killed. The company’s first fatal accident occurred in Lakeland, Florida, in October 1945, making this the third in its 17-year history.
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National Airlines
Elizabeth
N. J
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Lakeland
Fla
Tragic airliner crash tears through city block in New York
An overheating four engined National airliner crashed into a four story brick building in an urban area after engine failure. Capt. W. G. Foster perished while residents faced flames and debris. The disaster left at least 29 to 33 dead and many injured as crews searched wreckage near Idlewild and LaGuardia.
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LaGuardia
New York City
Philadelphia
National
Military Leaders Meet To Plan West Defense
Lisbon hosts NATO talks as the Military Committee reviews Harriman’s 12 expert proposals to intensify rearmament for Western defense. Generals Bradley Juin and Slessor among leaders, with debate on Mediterranean command and Greece Turkey entry into NATO.
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Portugal
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Alphonse Juin
John C. Slessor
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Turkey
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Robert B. Carney
Iic
Mediterranean Command
Harriman
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