Costa Rican Air War as Rebel Holdouts Come Under Attack
A Venezuelan pursuit plane from Nicaragua strafed San Jose before being downed by anti aircraft fire near Liberia. Government forces attacked Villa Quesada at dawn, battling rebels said to number 40 to 100 while reinforcements flown from the Canal Zone aided the assault. President Jose Figueres vowed decisive action as a tense border fight unfolds.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Civil Guard
Villa Quesada
White House
Jose Figueres
Lacsa Airlines
Liberia
San
Cen
Panama Canal Zone
Congress Ties Pay Raises for Federal Workers to Debate
Congress shows mood to raise federal salaries and considers a larger pay hike for lawmakers while a postal rate increase faces resistance. President Eisenhower urges a 5 percent rise for civil service and postal workers, with bills proposing higher raises and mixed support in both chambers.
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Congress
Washington
Dom
Anc
Eisenhower
House
Senate
White House
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva
Senate Judiciary Committee
Commission On Judicial
Congressional
Rep
Celler
Judiciary Committee
Walter
House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
Radio Minister Bonnell Backed For National Post Leader
A movement formed to appoint Dr John Sutherland Bonnell radio minister as head of the Presbyterian Church in the USA. Prominent ministers across the nation backed the 62 year old for moderator as New York and Los Angeles Presbyteries named him their choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Sutherland Bonnell
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Los Angeles
Bonnell
Hammarskjold Heads to New York with Prisoner Talks
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold flies from Peiping via Tokyo toward New York to report on efforts to secure freedom for 11 Americans and other UN detainees. He met Chou En Lai and is keeping details private as U S officials urge cautious steps.
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Tokyo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Pacific
U. N
New York
Hammarskjold
Peiping
Red China
Chou Enla
Hammarskjolec
U.S. Air Force
Hawaii
San Francisco
Hammarskjod
General Assembly
Chou
London
United States
State Dulles
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arthur W. Radford
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Can
Hong Kong
French Vote Elevates Schneiter as Assembly President
Pierre Schneiter, opposition member and 49 year old former minister from Champagne, becomes president of the French National Assembly on the third ballot. Communist votes shifted from Marcel Le Troquer to Schneiter with Marcel Cachin also supported by Reds. The outcome, seen as a slap at Premier Mendes France, leaves the premier’s program intact as the president serves a neutral role.
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Paris
Pierre Schneiter
Pierre Mendes-France
French National Assembly
Schneiter
Assembly
Andre le Troquer
le Troquer
Reds
Marcel Cachin
Cachin
Champagne
Popula Republican Movement
MRP
Pemier
European Defense Community
Pope Hosts French Premier Amid Recovery Sign
Pope Pius XII received French Premier Pierre Mendes-France in the first audience since his collapse last month. The 78 year old pontiff, practicing a three day state visit by Mendes-France, appeared to be regaining strength through the notable public meeting.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Pierre Mendes-France
Italy
Nixon Plans Caribbean Goodwill Tour
The State Department announced a goodwill tour by Vice President Nixon beginning early next month. The trip will visit Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Washington
State Department
Nixon
Caribbean
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
The
Virgin Islands
Embezzlement Indictments Hit Butler County Juvenile Office
Butler County Grand Jury indicted former chief probation officer Emmett Sherron 67 for two counts of embezzlement linked to a $4,260 shortage at the Middletown juvenile court office. The panel also charged Arthur Spencer 22 with first degree murder for the fatal beating of his wife Imogene. Kenneth Wheatley 27 faced second degree manslaughter in a traffic death.
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Emmett Sherron
Butler County Juvenile Court
Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Middletown
Sherron
Harry Walsh
James Rhodes
Walsh
Vera Mullins
Mullins
Grand Jury
W. H. Henry
Oscar Leiser
Wilbraham Rd
Eagles
Boy Scouts
Arthur Spencer
Glenn Ave
Rolling Mill Park
Imogene
Kenneth Wheatley
Hamilton
Minva Hansel
Two RAF Bombers Vanish Over Atlantic
Rescue planes comb the Atlantic off southern Ireland seeking two Royal Air Force bombers with 16 men aboard who disappeared during a training exercise. The bombers took off from Cornwall last night and were about 100 miles out when they vanished. each carried survival rafts and eight crew wore lifebelts.
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London
Atlantic
Ireland
Royal Air Force
Cornwall
Air Force
Crafts Collide And Burn
Fifteen people are believed killed in a mid air crash southwest of Cincinnati involving two large airliners. A Trans World Airlines jet bound for Dayton and Cleveland carried three named crew members and a likely two aboard the other plane, a Douglas DC 3 from Battle Creek with two pilots. A Battle Creek source provided the information to the airport.
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Burlington, Ky
Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Trans- World Airlines
Dayton
Cleveland
TWA
J. W. Quinn
Belleville
Mich
R. Childress
Ann Arbor
Pat Stermer
Ypsilanti
Battle Creek
Arthur
Slim) Werkhaven
Sturgis
Edward Agner
Robert Sobul
Columbus
Ohio
Two Paratroopers Missing After Fire on Flying Boxcars
Flames engulfed two C119 Flying Boxcars during a dawn Alaska ferry mission from Sewart AFB Tennessee. 68 paratroopers and 3 airmen parachuted to safety. two crewmen remained missing. Paratroopers from the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment jumped from 8000 feet in near freezing weather near Sewart and Miles City.
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Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Alaska
Montana
Air Force
Miles City
Mont
T.G. Johnson
Sewart Afb
Ft. Campbell
503Rd Airborne Infantry Regiment
Wite Nesses
Eskimos Adrift On Ice Floe
Mounted police and the Royal Canadian Air Force search for nine Eskimos stranded on a Hudson Bay ice floe since January 4. A police spokesman said the chances of rescue are slim as the group, marooned after their hunting ice broke from the northeast shore, face starvation without matches to ignite blubber for warmth.
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Ottawa
Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Air Force
Hudson Bay
H.A. Larsen
Eisenhower Defers Judgment on Ladejinsky Case
President Eisenhower said he has not formed a personal judgment on the Ladejinsky matter and that Harold Stassen must assume full responsibility for the case’s final outcome. He defended Stassen’s decision to hire Ladejinsky after the Agriculture Department ousted him on security grounds and noted Ladejinsky’s prior clearances.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wolf Ladejinsky
Harold E. Stassen
Ladejinsky
Benson
Stassen
Agriculture Department
Tokyo
State Department
Viet Nam
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Soviets Agree To Free Another Yank Prisoner
The State Department said the Soviet government agreed to hand over Pvt. William Verdine, held five years, to U.S. authorities in Berlin with a repatriation date to be set. Two other recently freed Americans reported Verdine at the Vorkuta camp, fueling hope that eight airmen missing since a Baltic Mission may be alive. Verdine’s mother Willie Verdine voiced joy at the news.
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Washington
William Verdine
Starks
State Department
Berlin
Verdine
Vorkuta
Arctic
Russia
John H. Noble
Detroit
Baltic Sea
Navy
Noble
William Co. Marchuk
Norristown
Baltic
United States
Predicts Pay Floor Boost in Senate Votes
Senator Ives says a $1 minimum wage has real chances if voted on despite Southern opposition. Senator Hill, potential Labor Committee chair, would not rule out Congress approving the 90 cent to $1 raise in Eisenhower’s recommendation.
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Olin D. Johnson
D-Sc
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Post Office Committee
Eisenhower
Johnston
Senate
House
Rayburn
Washington
Sen. Ives
RNY
Ives
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Bus and truck crash injures six near New Haven
A Greyhound bus rear ended a truck on U S 30 east of New Haven. Driver Edward M. Wheatcroft 53 of Lima suffered serious injuries. Truck driver James A Crutcher 26 of Ellisville Missouri escaped injury. Five bus passengers including Mrs Sam C Brown 54 of Mansfield Ohio were hurt. The bus left the roadway but did not overturn.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Greyhound
New Haven
U.S
Edward M. Wheatcroft
Lima
James A. Crutcher
Ellisville
Sam C. Brown
Mansfield
Ohio
Martial Law Extended in Panama After Remon Assassination
The National Assembly extended the state of siege for ten more days following the Remon assassination. The move, aimed at aiding the investigation, suspends most constitutional guarantees and allows arrests without warrants. Minister of Government Cetalino noted little impact on daily life in Panama City.
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Panama
National Assembly
Jose Antonio Remon
Remon
Cetalino
Rockefeller Donates 20 Million to Theological Education
John D. Rockefeller Jr. sent a two sentence note donating securities with a market value near 20 million dollars to the Sealantic Fund Inc. The gift aims to strengthen and expand Protestant theological education in the United States and likely marks the largest single grant for religious training.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr
United States
Sealantic Fund, Inc
Rockefeller
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Special Commission
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