Plane Crash Kills Nine of Eleven Aboard Tanker
A four engine Air Force KC97 tanker crashed near Windsor Missouri during a refueling drill. Nine crew members died and two parachuted to safety as the flaming aircraft exploded on impact. Missing officers include Capt Ralph Colton and John Vandekraats. six others named with ages and home towns.
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Windsor
Sedalia Air Force Base
Missouri
Rock Island
Asa Gunn
Eldon
Stanley C. Beach
Lambert Lake
Maine
Walter H. Polk
Knoxville, Tenn
Ralph D. Colton
Hartville
Tight Shoes Trigger Shopper's Gun Outburst in Los Angeles
Bernard Schwartz bought shoes three years ago and says they damaged his feet. The shop refused a return and the small claims case failed. He later returned to the store and fired six shots, injuring no one, and was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
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Los Angeles
Bernard Schwartz
Small Claims Court
Schwartz
Civilians Withdrawn From Nanchishan Island Outpost
Nationalist China reports all civilians left Nanchishan a small Red-threatened island 140 miles north of Formosa. About 2,000 civilians once inhabited the site. An expected military evacuation would leave Quemoy and the Matsus outside the Formosa defense zone.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Nanchishan
Air Force
Taishans
Peilungshan
Red
Amoy Bay
Quemoy
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsus
Pecadores Islands
College Makes Joke Of Discrimination
Roosevelt University in Chicago will bar men with mustaches and women under 5 feet 2 from elevators, prohibit blondes from the library, and restrict three floors to freckled students during Brotherhood Week. The college newspaper says the plan mocks arbitrary discrimination.
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Chicago
Roosevelt University
SEATO takes steps to coordinate anti subversion plans
Eight nation SEATO conference creates a Council of Representatives and a military affairs committee in Bangkok. Dulles signals a security representative could join future planning while economic aid and cooperation among member nations, including Pakistan and the Philippines, are debated for Southeast Asia defense.
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Bangkok
Red China
Council of Representatives
U. S
State Dulles
Red
United States
Pakistan
Karachi
Philippines
France
Harold Stassen
U.S
Foreign Operations Administration
Manila
Stassen
Seato
FDA
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Casey
Eden
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Britain May Back Soviet Parley Call
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament Britain would support Russia's call for an international disarmament conference this year if East West talks yield agreement. Delegates from Britain, Russia, the United States, France and Canada prepare to resume UN disarmament subcommittee sessions in London.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Russia
United States
France
Canada
U. N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
House of Commons
Moscow Radio
Germany
West Germany
Commons
V. M. Molotov
Flier Lands Cincinnati Grandfather In Legal Trouble
In Columbus Ohio Henry L Carroll a 52 year old grandfather and former typewriter repairman pleaded guilty to burglary of Bond Clothing last May He asked for probation and Judge Ralph J Bartlett sent the case to the probation department Carroll said he had gone straight after parole in 1940 and that two men met him in Columbus leading to the burglary Indicted with Carroll were Paul Frank Dewey and Theodore Albert both awaiting court appearance
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry L. Carroll
Cincinnati
Bond Clothing
Common Leas
Ralph J. Bartlett
Carroll
Paul Frank Dewey
East Cleveland
Theodore Albert
Toledo
Beta Theta Pi chapter receives $5000 legacy
KEOKUK Iowa Mrs Maude Marshall Hassall bequeathed $5 000 to the Miami University Oxford Ohio chapter of Beta Theta Pi. Her father Samuel Taylor Marshall a Keokuk pioneer helped found the fraternity at Miami.
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Keokuk, Iowa
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Beta Theta Pi
Maude Marshall Hassall
Samuel Taylor Marshall
Keokuk
Miami
Congressmen urge defense of Quemoy and Matsu islands
Senators and representatives pressure the Eisenhower administration to publicly commit to defending Quemoy and Matsu off south China amid British pressure to yield the offshore islands. They warn loss could neutralize Chiang Kai-shek's forces on Formosa and threaten broader Red China expansion.
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Russell Brines Washington
Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Dulles
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Red China
Smith
Rep. Richards
DSC
Eisenhower
South China
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Defend - Formosa
George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Matsu
Rep
Zablocki
D-Wis
Vorys
Ohio
House
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
United States
Richard
Eden
Hot Pursuit Led To MIG Kills Report
The State Department says American Sabre Jets shot down two North Korean Mig 15s on February 5 during hot pursuit of jets in international waters off the Yellow Sea. The United States defended an R 45 reconnaissance bomber and accused North Korea of violating the armistice by illegally introducing jet aircraft into the area. A special meeting of Korea War allies may discuss disbanding the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Yellow Sea
Korea
U.S
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
France's New Chiefs Go To Work
Paris reports Faure's new government faces urgent tasks after a 19 day crisis ends with approval of his cabinet. Four of twenty ministers from Mendes France era return, others new. Key issues include budget approval, West German treaty ratification, Tunisia self government talks, wage hikes, and tax law revisions.
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Paris
Gar Faure
National Assembly
Faure
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes- France
Antoine Pinay
Assembly
Mendes-France
West Germany
Council of the Republic
Tunisia
Radical Socialists
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
de Gaullists
Probe Seen In Firing OF Postmaster
Senate Post Office Committee may investigate the firing of Wilmington Postmaster James F. Smith after a court allowed him to stay on pending review. The case reflects disputed dismissal grounds tied to hours, conduct, post office rating, and late quarterly reports.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Ohio
Wilmington
James F. Smith
Post Office Department
Smith
Civil Service Commission
Post Office
Abe Goff
Democratic Leaders Rally Behind $20 Tax Cut Plan
In a tight House showdown, Democrats push a $20 per person income tax cut starting next year, forecasting $815 million in reduced revenue for the current year and about $2.2 billion annually. Republicans seek to defeat the measure in the Senate while Eisenhower warns against tax cuts amid a large deficit. House Speaker Rayburn attacks the president, saying Republicans gave little to voters last year.
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Eisenhower
Washington
International Soundphoto
House
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
Senate
Rayburn
D-Tex
Fire kills veteran captain in downtown blaze
Captain George Flaherty died after a fire swept a downtown shoe repair shop and a hardware store. At least 10 other firefighters were overcome or injured as residents fled upstairs apartments. Fire broke seven blocks from the Capitol near government buildings. cause and damage totals were not yet known.
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Washington
George Flaherty
Peter Chinos
Capitol
Driver Killed in Ohio 8 Collision Near East Sparta
Canton report states Charles Swank 44 of Zoar died when his car lost control on Ohio 8, veering into an oncoming vehicle about a mile north of East Sparta.
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Canton
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Charles Swank
Zoar
Ohio 8
East Sparta
Wastebasket Holds Rayburns Missing White House Messages
Washington AP reports advance copies of White House messages to Congress were left undistributed and ending up in a wastebasket. The mix up involved Rayburn's copies and spurred talk of a possible rift between the executive and legislative branches.
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Washington
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Congress
Republican House
House
White House
James C. Hagerty
McCormack
Massachusett
Weather Turns Colder With Snow Flurries Expected
Forecast shows cloudy and colder conditions with snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. Lows near 25 and highs around 30, a sharp drop from today’s 45 and yesterday’s 44. The 24 hour low was 30 at 4:45 this morning.
Malenkov faces criticism over new post and power ministries
Pravda accuses the Ministry of Power Stations headed by Georgi Malenkov and the Construction Ministry led by Fyodor Loginov of inefficiency and backward ideas. It faults delays at Kuibyshev hydroelectric project and opposition to concrete construction to save steel. Critics say drafts were changed too often and engineers warned against metal builds. New York observers see Malenkov’s demotion as potential prelude to purge.
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Moscow
Ministry of Electric Power Stations
Georgi Malenkov
Pravda
Communist Party
Fyodor G. Loginov
Kuibyshev
Nikita Khrushchev
Volga
New York
Malenkov
Jets Ram Over Japan Collision in Hokkaido Leaves Pilot Missing
Two American Air Force Sabre jets collided over Hokkaido Island today. One pilot is missing while the other parachuted to safety.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido Island
Air Force
Congress Debates Pay Boost for Senators and Representatives
Senate votes 62 to 24 to raise pay from 15000 to 22500 with talks on House 25000. House had approved 25000 while Senate favors 27500 and 45000 with conferees. Five travel allowances added for five home trips yearly atop mileage stipend. Nixon and Rayburn expected to receive 5000 raises. both bills include this.
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House
Senate
Nixon
Rayburn
D-Tex
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