China Commies Fire Shells At Quemoy Islands
Chinese Communist guns resumed shelling of Quemoy and Little Quemoy after a heavy artillery duel. The Defense Ministry reported 88 shells fired at Quemoy and eight at Tsugu from Amoy, with casualties including an elderly woman fatally wounded and a schoolhouse demolished.
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Commies
Quemoy Islands
Taieh
Formosa
Quemoy
Little Quemoy Islands
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Tateng Islands
Tsugu
Gleason Plans TV Weight Reduction Bid on Show
Hollywood star Jackie Gleason announced a new weight loss plan to shed fat and profit from a reducing aid. He weighs 265 pounds now and will begin the program on his next broadcast, weighing himself before 50 million viewers each Saturday until he reaches 190 pounds. He promised to reveal the product name and where to buy it once target weight is reached.
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Hollywood
Jackie Gleason
Rockefeller
Gleason
Putin New Cell Dr. Sheppard Grieves Over Mother's Death
Dr Samuel H Sheppard, jailed on murder conviction, mourns his mother Mrs Ethel Sheppard who killed herself in her home. He faces bail appeal and life sentence review as he copes with grief in an observation cell.
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Richard A. Sheppard
Samuel Sheppard
Rocky River
Sheppard
Sam
Marilyn
Stephen Sheppard
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Richard
Joseph M. Sweeney
Ethel Sheppard
Chicago Philadelphia Atlantic City Bid For 1956 GOP Convention
Delegations from Chicago Philadelphia and Atlantic City visited Washington to bid for hosting the 1956 Republican nominating convention. Chicago offered its air conditioned auditorium as a venue while Democrats set August 27 as their convention start date.
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Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Paul M. Butler
Leonard W. Hall
Butler
Eisenhower
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
GOP
WEU ARMAMENT POOL DISCUSSED BY SIX NATIONS AND FRANCE
Paris memo from Prime Minister Mendes France outlines a phased arms and troops pool for France and West European Union members West Germany Britain Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg. An international board would oversee purchasing standardization and arms allocation over a two year transition.
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Paris
France
West European Union
Pierre Mendes-France
WEU
West Germany
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Central International Administration
United States
Canada
Rides To Urge Boost In U S Road Plan Funds
A presidential commission urged a 101 billion dollar ten year highway program to modernize interstates. The plan would have federal sponsorship of about 54 billion, with 47 billion from state and federal sources. Funding would use bonds via an RFC like agency and aims to support national defense and economy.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Commission
Capitol Hill
Frank Turner
Turner
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Congress
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Third Man Mystery In Dayton Theft
In Dayton Ohio a cafe robbery of 2572 dollars ended when two armed men forced nine patrons to the floor and fled with cash. As they left a third man joined, prompting police to consider he was a lookout rather than a hostage.
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Dayton
Ohio
Americans Held by Soviets May Be Freed Today in Berlin
Two American servicemen Pvt. William T. Marchuk and John H. Noble, long held in Soviet captivity, arrived in East Berlin and may be released later today. Berlin officials await word from Karlshorst on timing. Noble’s father, a camera manufacturer, was captured in Dresden in 1945. Marchuk disappeared in February 1949 after crossing into Germany. Verdine, Marchuk’s accomplice, was not mentioned as freed.
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Berlin
East Berlin
High Commission
Karlshorst
William T. Marchuk
Brackenridge
John H. Noble
Detroit
Marchuk
Germany
Buddy
William Verdine
Starks
Noble
Dresden
U.S
Moscow
Verdine
Hammarskjold Chou Talks On U N Airmen Case Continue
Dag Hammarskjold and Premier Chou En Lai held lengthy talks in Peiping over the 11 U.S. airmen jailed by Red China as spies. Hong Kong signals suggest a decision may be near while Peiping broadcasts offer no progress or stalemate hints. Hammarskjold aims to secure their release and has kept U.N. headquarters informed with scant news.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Dag
Peiping
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou En-lai
Red China
Hong Kong
Hammarskjold
British Overseas Airways
Red Radio
San Francisco
U. N
Chou
U.N
New York
Puerto Rican Communists Plead Innocent in Federal Court
Eleven Puerto Rican Communist leaders arrested in October pleaded innocent in Federal Court in San Juan. They face charges of conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government in Puerto Rico.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
U.S
Major Nugent to Stand Trial for Korean War Collaboration
Maj. Ambrose H. Nugent a 44 year old career officer from Merrill Wisconsin will stand trial by court martial Thursday on 13 counts including allegedly providing intelligence to the enemy while a prisoner in Korea. The Army says the most serious charge is treasonable while the others cover obstructing escapes and propaganda broadcasts. Nugent denied the charges and said any acts during imprisonment were to protect his men from abuse or execution.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Ambrose H. Nugent
Nugent
Merrill
Wis
Korea
Wall Street
Two Car Crashes Kill 13 In New Mexico and Virginia
A Friday head-on collision east of Lordsburg New Mexico killed five adults and two children when a speeding car crossed the center line and struck a Minnesota couple’s vehicle. In Virginia near Fincastle six people died in a separate crash on Route 220 with two more seriously hurt, authorities said.
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Lordsburg
N.M
Here
Neil Moore
Minnesota
Moore
Ralph Osborn Mitchell
Adena
Ohio
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Wer Mitchell
Richard Lavern Hursh
Silver Spring
Elwood H. Vincent
Fairmont
Minn
Vincent
Fincastle
Virginia
Julian Wills
Wilmer Rea Wills
George Vincent Brown
William Henry Clay Jr
Gilbert Wiley
Troutville
Roanoke
Army releases chronology in Peress case probe
Senate investigations chief McCarthy read an Army chronology clearing Lt. Gen. Weible and others in the Maj. Peress discharge. The Army defended Camp Kilmer commander Brig. Gen. Zwicker and said discharge sought to protect national security despite McCarthy’s accusations of subversion and perjury at hearings.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Maj. Peress
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Peress
Walter L. Weible
John G. Adams
Perss
Ralph Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
Adams
Charles L. Bolte
Gen. Weible
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Stevens
Weible
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Zwicker
Death toll in Philippine storm rises to 51
The Philippine National Red Cross reports the death toll from this week’s crushing storm in the southern Philippines has climbed to 51. Rescue teams continue relief efforts as authorities assess damage and needs.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine National Red Cross
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