Somoza accuses Costa Rican pilots as border clashes rise
In San Jose and Managua escalating tensions unfold as Nicaraguan President Somoza accuses Costa Rican F51 pilots of frontier violations near La Cruz. The OAS commission and Ulate offer mediation. observers note guerrilla skirmishes rather than large battles as loyalist forces push rebels toward the border.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Anastasio Somoza
inter-American Investigation Commission
Somoza
la Cruz
Jose Figueres
Managua
Organization of American States
Nicaragua
Figueres
Santa Rosa Plantation
Mexico
Luis Quintanilla
OAS Commission
Otilio Ulate Blanco
Ulate
Quintanilla
Uruguay
Four inmates hold guards hostage in Boston prison siege
Four rebellious convicts in a Boston prison enter the third day of a holdout, holding five guards as hostages. Catholic chaplain and prison doctor report the men remain defiant yet courteous while family pleas fail to force surrender. Hostages receive meals from staff.
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Boston
Edward P. Hartigan
Samuel Merlin
Hartigan
Commonwealth
California
Merlin
Barbara
Toby) Green
Teddy Green
Jeanette Balben
Hudson
Waleter
Hr Balben
The
Boston Post
Joseph Flaherty
Fritz O. Swenson
Rusesell
Russell
Woman Sits 60-foot Pole To Chase Record
PARKLAND Wash. Kathleen Denham 18 aims to set a 153 day pole record atop a 60 foot pole. Sponsored by an oil distributor she endures radio, telephone talk and meals arranged by sponsors as she plans to hold until Feb 5 to secure the record.
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Parkland
Wash
Alvin
Yikiangshan Defenders Hold On Despite Red Onslaught
Yikiangshan Island defences clung to a fingerhold amid heavy shelling from Toumen Island and Red reinforcements. The Nationalist Defense Ministry said two Communist warships bombarded the island as fresh troops landed. size of the resistance remained undetermined but small.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Peiping
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Toumen
U S Advisers Stationed on Tachens in Formosa
An American observation team led by a colonel is stationed on the Tachens to advise on training, observe rotation of forces, and report on the general situation. The unit, from the U S Military Assistance and Advisory Group, includes four or five officers and enlisted men, names not released.
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Taipeh
Formosa
A. U.S
Tachen Islands
U.S
Chiang Kaishek
Tachens
Tachen
Red forces suffer casualties as Quemoy bombardment escalates
Southeast China coast reports say at least 17 Red ships sunk and five damaged, most small. Nationalists shell Chia jowa Island in Amoy harbor with 500 shells as the heaviest bombardment since September. US jets reportedly aided the attack, while Eisenhower and Dulles signal UN cease fire talks may proceed, drawing Navy caution in Formosa and the Pescadores.
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China
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
Chiajowa
Amoy
Tachen Islands
Eisenhower
Dulles
United States
United Nations
U.S
Karl L. Rankin
Hong Kong
Alfred M. Pride
7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
Formosa
Pescadores
U.S. Delivers 59 Planes to Japanese Air Force
The United States Air Force handed over 59 aircraft to the new Japanese air force at Tachikawa U.N. base near Tokyo. The delivery includes eight jet fighters as part of postwar military aid and restructuring.
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Tachikawa
Japan
U.S
U.N
Tokyo
Veteran Middletown educator C. J. Hughes dies at 79
C. J. Hughes a longtime Middletown schoolman with about 50 years of service died at 12 30 am after a heart attack. He taught, led Roosevelt Central Jefferson and other schools since 1923 and believed order is Heaven’s first law. He served First Methodist Church Rotary Club and Masons and leaves a wife two children a son in Barcelona Venezuela and four grandchildren. Burial is in Woodside Cemetery with memorial at First Methodist Church Saturday.
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C. J. Hughes
Middletown
Mr. Hughes
Edith Hughes
Central Ave
Hughes
Roosevelt School
Central School
Jefferson School
Central
Lancaster
Galton
First Methodist Church
Gordon E. Hughes
Armco International
Barcelona
Venezuela
Clifford Hist
Charles F. Hughes
Lima
Harley Hughes
Woodside Cemetery
Louis R. Walter
Wilson Memorial Home
China Cease Fire Discussed by Britain and Allies
Britain said it has consulted with the United States and New Zealand on a possible UN cease-fire resolution for the China fighting. A Foreign Office spokesman stressed no decision was made and noted opposition from Nationalist China. President Eisenhower urged the UN to use its good offices to halt the fighting between Red China and Chiang Kai-shek’s forces on Formosa.
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London
Britain
United States
New Zealand
United Nations
China
Foreign Office
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Eisenhower
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Army Chief Promises Cooperation in Peress Inquiry
Secretary of the Army Stevens pledged cooperation with the Senate Investigations subcommittee on its planned new Peress case inquiry. A unnamed committee source said Stevens gave the assurance in a private talk with Sen McClellan who postponed today’s subcommittee session and expects a tentative discussion of reopening the Peress case on Monday.
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Washington
Stevens
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Peress
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Verdine Freed From Soviet Captivity In Berlin
Pvt William A Verdine of Starks Louisiana was released by the Russians in Berlin after six years in Soviet captivity including a long stretch in the Vorkuta prison camp. An Air Force B26 from Turner AFB Albany to Griffiss AFB Rome crashed near Griffiss killing all three crew. The atomic powered submarine Nautilus left its mooring for its first dive.
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Berlin
William A. Verdine
Starks
Vorkuta
Bouceville, N. Y. i
Turner Air Force Base
Albany, Ga
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
N.Y
Hear
Groton
Conn
Four Die in Wallingford House Fire
Chester authorities report a deadly blaze in Wallingford killing three girls and a babysitter. Investigators work to determine cause as residents describe a rapid, engulfing fire that ruined the home.
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Chester
Wallinggard
Philadelphia
Eisenhower outlines 500 billion economy goal and tax plan
President Eisenhower sent Congress a 10 year blueprint aiming at 500 billion dollars in annual output by 1965 with a possible modest tax cut in 1956. The plan urges higher unemployment compensation, a raised minimum wage, and expanded public works financed by a new independent highway authority.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Pubiie
White House
Middletown Flier Missing After Training Mission
Marine pilot Charles Bryan Manning 23 of Middletown is missing after a bombing training mission from Cherry Point North Carolina. His Skyraider disappeared during the final run of a 10 flight sequence prompting an air sea and land search by 18 aircraft amid bad weather. his parents已 notified.
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Middletown
Cherry Point
N. C
Marine Air Base
Charles Bryan Manning
Bryan Manning
Fleming
Navy
Red Cross
Manning
Booby Trap Bomb Kills Texas Wife
In San Angelo Texas a 52 year old Mrs. Harry E Weaver wife of a prominent architect and geologist was killed by a booby trap bomb as she left for a hospital visit to her mother The Houston businessman questioned in the case was escorted by Texas Rangers and sheriff s deputies with his two children to Harris County Court House after long police talks and later returned to his home in a gated Houston neighborhood
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San Angelo
Harry E. Weaver
Weaver
Houston
Harris County Court House
Texas Rangers
Policy Toward Red China Changing, Mansfield Says
Senator Mansfield indicated a shift in U S policy toward Communist China with greater UN role and partial recognition, while Senator Knowland cautioned against declaring a major change. The two Foreign Relations members reflected on Eisenhower aims for a UN cease fire in Formosa and interactions with China and the Dulles secretary.
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China
Mansfield
Washington
Sen
D-Mont
United States
Knowland
R-Calif
Beall Sees Coffee Cost Going Down
Sen Beall says coffee prices likely fall further as a world surplus exists per a banking subcommittee report released yesterday. Prices rose to 1.34 per pound in April 1954 then dropped to 1.04, with frost damage in Brazil cited as a major cause.
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Washington
Sen. Beall
R-Md
Beall
Subcommittee
Brazil
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Aead
Commodity Exchange Authority
Las Vegas Pastor Shot By Friend
The Rev. T Malcom Jones 49 pastor of Christ Episcopal Church was shot to death by a longtime friend Raymond P Smith 51 after an argument in a drive in restaurant Mrs Jones was present and Jack Wallace ? grabbed a pistol from Smith Police said Smith was arrested and booked for murder The incident followed a half hour drive around town amid a business dispute and drinking days.
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Las Vegas
Nev
T. Malcom Jones
Christ Episcopal Church
Raymond P. Smith
Elizabeth
Jack Wallace
Smith
B. J. Hanelon
Wallace
Mr. Jones
Episcopal Church
Grand Rapids
Tisolagion Seminary
New YorkCity
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inter-American Investigating Commission
I Or
Cc. J. Hughes
Crawfis Institute
Ohio Northern University
Miami University
Rotary Club
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
C. B. Manning
Texas
Mosa
GOP
Far East
T. F. Tsiang
New York
Chiang
George K. C. Yeh
Eiisenhower
Chamber of Commerce
Alexandria
Ros Anecs
Suastes
aavankCncdancanae Society
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