Mercy Plane Strikes Peak Survivor Rescue in Olympic Terrain
Five crewmen survived a B-17 crash on Tyler Peak after plunging 1300 feet through snow on the Olympic Peninsula. Three others, including navigator Stanley Lankiewicz Jr and engineer Alan Ball, are missing. Capt Casimir Hybki and Sgt Carl Scargall led the survivors who used flares and painted signs in the snow to guide rescuers.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Olympic Peninsula
British Columbia
Tyler Peak
Stanley Lankiewicz Jr
Tacoma
Tech
Alan S. Ball
John A. de Rath
Stavanger
Norway
Sandspit
B. C
Mossadegh Wins Double Victory in Iran Aid and Consulate Cut
Premier Mossadegh announced a working agreement for 24 million dollars in Point Four aid with minimal strings. Britain closed nine consulates and vice-consulates in Iran as Washington waived a Mutual Security Act condition to retain a Western foothold on Russia's southern border.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mossadegh
U. S
Middle East
Russia
Bandit Robs Flagstaff Police Station
A gunman entered the Flagstaff police station Saturday night and stole 220 dollars from Deskman Art Nay who was on duty alone. Nay described the bandit as seedy looking and could not provide a clear description.
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Flagstaff, Ariz
Flagstaff
Art Nay
Nay
Nun slain as British tighten grip in Suez fighting
Ismailia Egypt British troops searched Arab quarters after the killing of New York born nun Sister Anthony Brigitte Timbers 52 who stepped from her convent door to greet a British tank detachment. An army report said a bomb attack by Egyptian thugs caused the death with conflicting accounts of who fired the fatal shot.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Suez
Anthony
Brigitte Ann Timbers
Samuel Timbers
Peekskill
N. Y
Egyptian Casualties Reported After Ismailia Cemetery Battle
In Ismailia near the Suez Canal Zone a cemetery battle left four Egyptians dead and a British officer seriously wounded. A British spokesman said 2,000 rounds of ammunition were found in a cemetery tomb.
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Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
Ismailia
Ismailia nun shot sparks British raid and cleanup
A British killed nun Sister Anthony in Ismailia prompting orders from Gen Sir George Erskine for a thorough clearance of the Arab quarter. Tanks blocked streets as 41 guerrilla suspects were arrested and hundreds of Egyptian families displaced amid ongoing fighting and a Cairo embassy protest.
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Egypt
St. Vincent de Paul
Ismailia
Moascar
Sir George Erskine
Canal Zone
Cairo
U. S
Jefferson Caffery
Sister Anthony
Farag Pasha
Caffrey
Daytonian Peter King Dies at 101 in Dayton Hospital
Peter King, a Dayton resident aged 101 as of last August, died Sunday in a Dayton hospital. He lived much of his life in Dayton and was known in the community for his long life and local ties.
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Dayton
O. HW
Peter King
Cabdriver Debuts With Opera Aims At The Met
Barker Vartanyan, a 30 year old Armenian American taxi driver, made a self financed debut at Carnegie Recital Hall performing Mozart Massenet Tchaikovsky and more. The 299 seat venue hosted 61 cab workers including drivers and mechanics as he expressed hopes for future opera training and Met appearances.
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ED Morse
NEW York
Mink
Calico
Barker Vartanyan
Carnegie Recital Hall
Massenet
Moussourgsky
Carnegie Auditorium
Manhattan
Vartanyan
Providence
R. L
Met
UN Jets May Have Strafed Truce Convoy on KAesong Pyongyang Route
UN Command said Allied jets may have attacked a marked truce convoy on the Kaesong Pyongyang highway. Four planes bombed a bridge and anti aircraft positions near the convoy area, though pilots saw no vehicles. The incident coincides with stalled Korean armistice subcommittees and a Red violation claim.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Kaesong-Pyongyang
U.N
James C. Murray
Murray
Pyongyang
Kaesong
Taft Chides Ike Backers For Crying
Taft chided Eisenhower supporters for crying to high heaven over his campaign methods and said he may back Eisenhower if he wins the nomination. Ives retorted that Taft’s camp tears down Eisenhower by innuendo and helps his chances. Taft avoided committing on backing his brother Charlie in Ohio for governor and noted Ohio Republicans should decide without his influence.
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Washington
Taft
Sen
Ives
R-Ny
Gen
Eisenhower
Ohio
David S. Ingalls
Isenhower
NBC
Meet the Press
Charles P. Taft
Charlie
Douglas
D-Ill
Delaware
Sen. McMahon
Connecticut
Illinois
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
Griffis Resigns Post as Ambassador to Spain
Washington bulletin reports Stanton Griffis resigns today from his role as ambassador to Spain. The move leaves the post vacant as diplomatic arrangements are reviewed.
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Washington
Stanton Griffis
Spain
President asks $51.16 billion military budget and atomic program
President Truman proposes a 51.163 billion dollar next year military package and authorizes five to six billion in atomic contract growth. He notes actual major cash outlays come after the new fiscal year while defense plans expand to 143 wings, an Army division, and a larger active fleet.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Office of Defense Mobilization
Acheson Urges Senate to Approve Pacific Pacts
Secretary of State Acheson asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ratify the Japanese peace treaty and three security pacts with the Philippines Australia New Zealand and Japan to base a new regional security system in the Pacific. He noted the pacts would strengthen freedom loving nations and Japan's place among them.
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Washington
State Acheson
Senate
Pacific
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Comdr. Perry
Truman
Omar Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Matthew Ridgway
Train kills OSU coed near Columbus
Rita Jeanne Foster 20 of Columbus an Ohio State University student was killed when a New York Central freight train struck the car she rode in southeast of Columbus.
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Columbus
Rita Jeanne Foster
Ohio State University
New York Central
Allied Raiders Stopped Cold in Western Korea Action
U N raiding party twice stormed a Communist held hill northwest of Yonchon then withdrew after facing fierce Red fire. Eighth Army said the hill action paused as Allied artillery and infantry pressed again but Communists did not yield.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Eighth Army
Yonchon
Chorwon
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Boy Dies in Venetian Blind Cord Accident
Eighteen month-old Paul L. Lipp III of Ardsley New York accidentally hanged himself yesterday from the cord of a venetian blind.
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Ardsley, N. Y
Paul L. Lipp III
Alaska Winters In 60 Below Cold Wave Stuns Fairbanks
In Fairbanks Alaska the temperature dropped to 60 below with 78 below at Snag and many interior readings 70 below. Dense ice fog halted flights and officials warned of dangerous exposure as residents kept engines running and bundled up for hours outside.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska-Canada
Kimball Warns of USSR Submarine Menace on CBS
Secretary of the Navy Kimball says Russia's submarine fleet has grown from 50 to 300, increasing a potential underwater threat. He notes the Soviets have little surface fleet but expanded subs, warning a war undersea would pose a real danger.
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Washington
Russia
Navy Kimball
Kimball
Ex-Bootleg King Fabulous George Remus Dies at 78
Cincinnati bootleg legend Fabulous George Remus, the former Chicago lawyer who built a fortune in whisky smuggling, dies at 78 in Covington after a stroke on August 8 1950. His wealth peaked in Prohibition era with rumored daily earnings of 15000, his 1927 murder trial, insanity plea, and later confinement in Lima Ohio State Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Fabulous George Remus
Covington
George Remus
Chicago
Remus
Remus’ Star
Atlanta
Imogene
Franklin L. Dodge
Lima, Ohio State Hospital
Truman Pushes Record Budget to Expand Armed Forces
President Truman sent Congress an 85.4 billion dollar budget calling for an 11 billion growth in military spending to over 51 billion and a five to six billion dollar five year expansion plan for atomic facilities. He urged higher taxes to cover deficits while stressing global security needs and the vitality of foreign aid programs.
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South Korea
Kremlin
Congress
Washington
Truman
Congres
Brannan
Lawmakers Demand Large Budget Cuts Amid Budget Briefing
Truman presents the annual budget to Congress as Democrats and Republicans press for drastic cuts. Senators Ives and O Connor call for agency eliminations or suspensions and four to five billion dollars in non defense savings. House members Rogers Reed urge public roll calls and a tax review by fiscal experts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Rep. Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Sen
Ives
O’conor
D-Md
Butler GI in air crash injures at Mather base guardhouse
Sacramento Calif Corporal Lee R Wilder of Route 2 Hamilton Ontario was among those injured when a B25 bomber crashed onto the roof of the Mather Air Force Base guardhouse Saturday. Six men were killed in the incident.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lee R. Wilder
Rt. 2
Hamilton
Mather Air Force Base Guardhouse
Air Force
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