Eight-Year-Old Reefer Addict Sparks Dope Gang Probe
New York police exposed youth drug rings after an 8-year-old smoker led to revelations of 11 to 18 year olds in three gangs in the Bronx. A 16-year-old named a 19-year supplier, Hector Lopez, 19, held on narcotics charges with heroin found on his person.
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Eugene Callahan
Mankato
Minn
New Ulm
Leonard Schweid
NEW York
Bellevue Hospital
Bronx
Peter Terranova
Hector Lopez
Lopez
Terranova
Rikers Island
George B. de Luca
Publicly Identified Nine-Year Coma Patient Dies in Cincinnati
Robert Steger of Lexington Kentucky, once known as Patient X, died at 61 after nine years in a coma at Bethesda Hospital. He was injured at work in 1957 and never regained consciousness. Doctors cited inactivity and organ deterioration as the cause of death.
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Cincinnati
Patient X
Mr. X
Robert Steger
Lexington
Bethesda Hospital
Steger
Carlsen Rejects Hollywood Offers From Sea Saga
Kurt Carlsen, the Flying Enterprise captain, refused film offers totaling 30 000 to 40 000 pounds for his 13 day battle at sea. He returns to Falmouth after reporting the loss of his freighter in a severe North Atlantic hurricane and says his priorities are his wife and two daughters and another ship.
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Falmouth
Eng
Kurt Carlsen
Hollywood
Flying Enterprise
Carlsen
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Woodbridge
N.J
Twenty Japs Paroled From Sugamo Prison
Tokyo reports twenty more Japanese war criminals were ordered released on parole from Sugamo Prison on January 22. The parole raises the number freed under the Supreme Command's plan to 575, with sentences of 10 to 12 years.
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Tokyo
Sugamo
Supreme Command
Lausche to Seek Fourth Term As Ohio Governor
Gov. Frank J. Lausche announced in a 23 word statement from Columbus he will seek a fourth term as Ohio governor on the Democratic ticket in the May primary. The move clears the path for Michael J. DiSalle of Toledo to run for the U S Senate currently held by Republican John W. Bricker. DiSalle is a Democrat.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Il A. m
Lausche
Michael J. DiSalle
Toledo
U.S. Senate
John W. Bricker
DiSalle
Mundt Polls Put Taft and Ike Ahead in GOP Race
Sen Mundt reports a grass roots survey showing Taft and Eisenhower as front runners for the Republican nomination with Truman out of contention in the South. He cites no definite trend and says he is uncommitted. Kefauver hints at seeking the Democratic nomination with delegates entering primaries. Eisenhower boosters file favorable entries in New Hampshire.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Taft
Robio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bob
Ike
Mundst
Southwest
Middle West
Truman
South
Earl Warren
California
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Stassen
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Ilinois
Ohio
New Hampshire
New York
White House
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Wesley Powell
Automobile Blown Up in Leslie County Man’s Car
An automobile owned by a United Mine Workers organizer in Leslie County was exploded early today, according to UMW International Board member Tom Raney. The blast occurred in Pikeville Kentucky. Further details were not immediately available.
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Pikeville, Ky
United Mine Workers
Leslie County
UMW International Board
Tom Raney
Dollars Found All Over In Mississippi Gold Rush
Jackson residents scavenged cash found in a Mississippi neighborhood after a cab driver reported thousands in loose money. A total of $930 was recovered from various spots including a home alley, a drainage ditch, and under a bed, with a $150 take by a police officer and a $4 000 rider related tale. Authorities itemized the funds for safekeeping as the case drew ongoing attention.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Clark
Hot Springs
Ark
Rev. Valentine
Secrecy Veils Indochina Defense Plan
Pacific military chiefs discussed indirect steps to counter Red China in Indochina with focus on UN backing for France, air and naval aid, avoiding direct ground commitments, and closer political military liaison. Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny’s death shaded the deliberations as France searches for leadership.
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Washington
Pacific
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Britain
France
U. S
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Free Nations
United Nations
Red China
Asia
Korea
Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny
Paris
Alphonse Juin
Gen. de Lattre
Fairbanks Faces Heat Wave After Arctic Cold Snap
Fairbanks Alaska records a dramatic warm up from a deep cold spell as Pacific air brings a heat wave. The interior city marked zero after dipping to 56 degrees below zero during the cold snap. Nearby Dunbar saw 74 degrees below zero as food shortages emerged and stores ran out of eggs milk and produce.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Pacific
Alaskan
Dunbar
Debris Finds Spur Search For 45 Seamen
Debris including hatch cover lumber and drums spotted by air and sea near 24 to 34 miles south and southeast of the Pennsylvania last heard from. The locate prompted a narrowed search area of 3600 square miles with six planes and six ships sweeping at daybreak in PST.
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Pacific
Seattle
Pennsylvania
Stonetown
Coast Guard
UMT Faces Hurdle as Congress Delays Start
Rep. Durham and Rep. Price report strong House sentiment to postpone Universal Military Training until after the draft ends. Open hearings begin on a plan to start the program soon, but lawmakers urge readiness only after selective service expires in June 1955.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
Price
D-Ill
Congress
Russia Plans Trade Mission in Tokyo to woo Japan
Soviet sources say Moscow intends to keep a Tokyo trade mission as part of a bid to win Japan away from the West. Russians, now in Japan only as members of the Allied Council, have overhauled their mission in anticipation of an end to Allied powers control after the peace treaty ratification.
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Tokyo
Soviet Union
Japan
Allied Council For
Allied Council
Jurist Upholds TV Hearings on Costello Case
A federal judge ruled televised Senate Crime Committee hearings did not infringe Frank Costello's civil rights. Judge Lylvester J. Ryan spoke as he denied defense motions to dismiss contempt charges tied to Costello's March testimony and the ongoing gambler’s trial.
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New York
U. S. Senate Crime Committee
Frank Costello
Costello
Lylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
UN seeks clear Communist stand on airfield ban in Korea talks
In Panmunjom talks, U N Command pressed the Communists for an explicit stance on building or repairing North Korean airfields during an armistice. Turner signaled a possible oral pledge rather than a formal ban, aiming to break deadlock on supervision of a truce. Prisoner exchange talks continued with disputes over voluntary repatriation.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U.N. Command
Howard M. Turner
U.N
Panmunjom
Washington
Turner
Reds
William P. Nuckols
Hsieh Fang
North Korea
R. E. Libby
Red Air Losses Climb in Week of Air War
The period ending Friday saw Communist jets down three Sabres and 13 other UN planes. U N forces claimed 12 MiG-15s destroyed with 14 damaged, while Red losses rose to 336 destroyed and 380 damaged overall. Ground forces raided fronts Saturday as weather favored air action.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. N
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
Air Force
Par East
Pin Curl Case Sparks Family Tug at Antioch Court
In Antioch California AP Justice of the Peace Yates Hamm fines Amos and Mrs Barton ten dollars each for keeping their 15 year old daughter Theola home from school for wearing pin curls The Bartons challenge school authority and claim guardianship of their five younger children Doreen John Tommy Cheryl and Timothy as the case heads to Juvenile Court with a petition to make Theola a ward.
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Antioch
Calif
Justice of the Peace
Yates Hamm
Amos Barton
Theola
Bartons
Barton
Board of Education
Hamm
Doreen
John
Tommy
Cheryl
Timothy
Everett Joseph
Joseph
Reds Demand Repealing Of Security Act
The United States rejected a second Russian protest claiming that funds from the Mutual Security Act are used for subversive anti Soviet activities. The note demands repeal of the act, which supports Europe’s rearmament and aid to victims of communism. Washington called the charges false and noted the act aids oppressed peoples in Eastern Europe.
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Washington
United States
Europe
U. S
Moscow
Russia
U.S
State Department
Free World
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
USSR Watches Churchill Trip
Moscow notes show Soviet interest in Churchill Washington talks and possible Moscow visit. Press indicates sympathy for easing tensions but skepticism about a real Britain United States rapprochement. Russians see Britons warming to the Soviet Union while Britain may gain little from ties with Washington.
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Moscow
Russia
Churchill
Washington
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
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