Fires Kill 12 Children Across Three States
The Associated Press reports twelve children died in three separate fires along the Eastern Seaboard. In Crisfield Maryland five children and the infant perished as a blaze leveled their home and two others. the mother Lucy Miles could not save them. In Boston Roxbury a three-story tenement fire killed four children under 12, while parents Orlando and unknown mother escaped. In Hanson Massachusetts three children aged 3, 5, and 9 died in a seven-room home fire. the father Raymond Sullivan survived.
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Seaboard
Crisfield
Lucy Miles
Roxbury
Boston
Orlando Watkins
Hanson
Mass
Raymond Sullivan
Unlimited mobilization praised as strength to resist Berlin
Army chief of staff Gen Maxwell D. Taylor told a secret Senate hearing that the United States could mobilize unlimited power to resist force in Berlin if called on in time. Sen. Russell B. Long pressed about blue chips and reserve forces as Soviet demands in Berlin rose.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
Army Chief of Staff
United States
Berlin
Russell B. Long
D-La
Maxwell D. Taylor
Senate Disarmament Subcommittee
Long
Taylor
West Berlin
West
Army
Leonetti Guest Spot Canceled Amid Hearings Probe
New York AP reports singer Tom Leonetti’s TV guest spot was canceled after his name surfaced in Washington racket hearings. Manager Dick Linke said another appearance on the Dick Clark Show may occur later. Clark and producer Reeves declined comment. Leonetti denied knowing Ambrosia’s Chicago jukebox scheme and said he would testify if given the chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tommy Leonetti
Leonetti
Washington
Dick Linke
Dick Clark
Clark
Chuck Reeves
Linke
John Ambrosia
Senate Labor Management Committee
Ambrosia
Chicago
Robert Kennedy
Reeves
Exit Visas Halt for Haitians in Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE Haiti AP reports exit visas canceled for all Haitians with no stated reason. Interior Ministry decree issued Saturday. President Francois Duvalier accuses opponents of training in Cuba for an armed invasion, describing it as invasion nerves of the regime.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Interior Ministry
Francois Duvalier
Cuba
Just a Lark for Firemen Douses Akron Auto Fire
Firemen in Navarren doused a blaze Saturday in Henry Ford s automobile. Ford of Steinver Ave Akron drives a Chevrolet.
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Canton
Ohio
Navarren
Henry Ford
Ford
Steinver Ave
Akron
Marshall Holds Own in Battle With Stroke and Pneumonia
AP reports Army surgeon Col George M Powell expressed cautious optimism about Gen George C Marshall after a second stroke at Fort Bragg North Carolina, with mild pneumonia complicating his condition. Powell said Marshall 78 has a better than 50 50 chance to survive if no further stroke occurs.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
George C. Marshall
George M. Powell
Col. Powell
Gen. Marshall
Ex-Danish diplomat sentenced for spying for Poland
Einar Blechingberg, a former top Danish diplomat, was sentenced in Copenhagen to eight years in prison for spying for Poland. He admitted surrendering 11 embassy files from Bonn to a Polish agent named Baumgarten, claiming coercion and panic. Prosecutors noted some documents were related to a Baltic naval command and NATO meeting, with two deemed potentially dangerous.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Einar Blechingberg
Blechingberg
Bonn
West Germany
Baumgarten
Warsaw
Baltic Sea
$100 Plate for Democratic Victory Dinner
The Democratic National Committee will charge $100 a plate for its February 28 victory dinner, keeping prices at 1952 levels despite a 9.2 percent rise since Eisenhower's era. Chairman Paul M. Butler says costs are restrained by reduced program length and lower overhead, aiming to raise over $150,000 to help cover a $750,000 deficit.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower
Paul M. Butler
Big Swiss Slide Is Motionless
In Herbriggen Switzerland the huge rock and ice slide stayed motionless on Saturday. Local experts warn it may stay unchanged for weeks while Valais officials plan a possible concrete barrier at the slide’s lower section and will investigate next week whether containment is possible.
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Herbriggen
Switzerland
Valais
Calculated War Folly Macmillan Tells World in Moscow
British Prime Minister Macmillan, visiting Moscow with Selwyn Lloyd, urged world statesmen to reduce war risk from miscalculation or muddle. He warned such danger would be calamitous and urged building confidence or a treaty, while meeting Khrushchev and Gromyko at the Kremlin. The visit drew a cheering crowd as he wore a fur hat and shared a toast with Khrushchev.
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Harold K. Miles
Moscow
Kremlin
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Britain
Vnukovo
Khrushchev
Anastasi Mikoyan
Andrei Gromyko
Mecratlian
Harold Macmillan
A Glance Inside Ohio Country Was Washingtons Dream
Washington’s birthday note recalls Lincoln era trips into the future Ohio region. George Crout traces Washington’s historic wanderings into the wilderness that became Ohio, linking cherry trees and Valley Forge to the present.
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Ohio Country
Washington
Lincoln
George Crout
George Washington
Ohio
Valley Forge
Eisenhower Returns From Mexico Friendship Visit
President Eisenhower returns to Washington after a two day trip to Acapulco and talks with Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos. White House press secretary James Hagerty says the visit was worthwhile and will lead to continued close collaboration on economic issues and other matters.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mexico
White House
James C. Hagerty
Columbine III
Acapulco
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Hagerty
U. S
Sunday Paper Blocked By Strike In St Louis
St Louisans will miss one of two Sunday papers as the American Newspaper Guild strike shuts down the St Louis Globe Democrat. Publisher Richard M Amberg expects no immediate resumption and no pension plan negotiations were scheduled. About 700 employees in 11 mechanical unions did not cross the 3 am picket line.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louisans
American Newspaper Guild
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Richard M. Amberg
Five Die As Wabash Cannonball Hits Cars At Crossings
Mount Olive Illinois—AP reports two grade crossing disasters Saturday involving the Wabash Cannonball. In Mount Olive a car was struck, killing Mrs. Don Miller age 54 and her son Marvin 17 of rural Mount Olive. Earlier near Danville a pickup was struck, killing Robert Grant 42, his son Lawrence 16, and his nephew Jack Grant 15, all of Batestown.
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Mount Olive, Ill
Mount Olive
Don Miller
Marvin
Farlier
Danville
Robert Grant
Lawrence
Jack Grant
Batestown
Will Visit Dulles Macmillan Due Here In March
Washington reports Harold Macmillan plans a mid March Washington stop after Paris and Bonn to brief Eisenhower and other leaders on his Moscow reconnais sance trip. Dulles battles cancer with X ray treatment and surgery history noted as 71 next week.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington
U.S
Harold Macmillan
Moscow
Macmillan
Paris
Bonn
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Dulles
West
Berlin
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed Medical Center
TWA Officer Dies In Vandalia Fire
Dayton Ohio reports the body of Charles F. Reedy 43 found in his burned Vandalia home by firefighters. Reedy was station manager for Trans World Airlines in Dayton. Fire Chief Howard Atwood said the blaze started Friday night causing extensive interior damage. Coroner Dr. Robert E Zipf investigates the death.
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Dayton
Ohio
Charles F. Reedy
Reedy
Trans World Airlines
Butler Two
Howard Atwood
Robert E. Zipf
Woman plans ahead for seasonal wardrobe cycle
A witty remark notes how a shopper aims to buy new spring clothes this winter to wear for summer shopping, discarding the outfit in July so she will be among the first in line for the fall collection.
Eisenhower Visit News Notes and Dulles Hospital Stay
The report describes a visit by President Eisenhower and a 20 minute meeting with officials before his trip. It notes Secretary of State Dulles will undergo X ray treatments for three to four weeks and hopes for a favorable response within that period after returning from Acapulco where he met Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos.
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
Hagerty
Washington
Acapulco
Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Comedy Of Errors Couple Finally Wed After Hectic Week
Buffalo AP report says orchestra teacher Alfonso d'Artega and Vita Viviano wed after a week of delays. They faced license bureau lateness, blood test issues, a dropped sample, mislaid bachelorhood proof, a flight diversion, a Lenten ban, and a three week wait, before a diocese official granted a waiver.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Alfonso d’Artega
New York City
Vita Viviano
St. Louis
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
D’artega
Buffalo Philharmonic
Miss Viviano
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James B. Watford
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