Alpine avalanches kill 170, many missing in Europe
Rescue crews across Austria Switzerland and Italy dig through heavy snow from weekend slides. Deaths tally 170 with 95 in Austria 60 in Switzerland 15 in Italy. Swiss villages buried authorities fear more slides as resupply and rail links struggle.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Oscar Helmer
Alps
Swank
Davos
Vals
Graubuenden
Uri
Glarus
Alais
Safien-Neukirch
Gotthard Pass
St. Moritz
Arosa
Six B-36 Bombers Return From England in 30 Hours
Six B-36 Sky Giants completed a 30 hour non stop mission from England to Texas amid minor issues. The squadron landed at Carswell Air Force Base after leaving Lakenheath and Limestone in a routine training flight. Military officials praised the aircrafts range and noted jet engines used only on takeoff.
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Lakenheath Air Base
London
Fort Worth
Tex
England
Texas
Carswell Air Force Base
Air Force
Bobbie J. Cavnar
Oklahoma City
Ransom Wins Bollingen Poetry Prize at Yale Library
John Crowe Ransom, editor of the Kenyon Review, was named the Bollingen prize winner for poetry. The award carries $1,000 and is linked to Yale University Library. Ransom has served as Carnegie professor of poetry at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio since 1937.
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New Haven, Conn
John Crowe Ransom
Kenyon Review
Yale University Library
Carnegie
Kenyon College
Gambier, O
Debate on Troops Size in Europe Draws to Key Question
Washington debates troop numbers for Western Europe as Gen Eisenhower's coming report looms. Taft threatens to push a Senate limit if Foreign Relations does not pass a cap. Connally faces resistance from Knowland over any ceilings with Georgia's George urging a ceiling and Knowland proposing a ratio-based cap.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Eisenhower
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations
Western
Europe
George
D-Ga
Eisenhower wraps German visit with informal talks in Bad Homburg
General Eisenhower concludes his German stay with an informal meeting at the Bad Homburg home of U S High Commissioner John J McCay and plans to meet West German officers including Hans Sneidel and Adolf Heusinger The visit precedes a move to Paris and then Iceland amid Communist demonstrations.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Atlantic Alliance
Bad Homburg
U. S
John J. McCay
Eisenhower
Woody Hayes to Interview for OSU Football Job
Miami University coach Woody Hayes will meet the Ohio State screening committee on Saturday February 3 in Columbus. He is the fifth coach to accept an invitation for consideration by OSU officials.
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Columbus
W. W
Woody) Hayes
Miami University
Ohio State
OSU
Chinese Grenadiers Struggle as They Throw Grenades
AP report notes the Chinese Communist army revived the Grenadier unit. Their weapons are small concussion grenades with limited range and no rifles. UN troops mock the grenadiers as ineffective, exposing themselves to blasts. several waves produced many casualties but few serious injuries among Americans.
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America
U. S
Video Set Makers Plan New Methods To Keep Producing
New techniques promise major material savings in copper and cobalt for civilian TV set production. Max Balcom of the Radio Television Manufacturers Association notes cathode ray tube makers are adopting the new screen focusing method, with 37 manufacturers pursuing the change and 1951 output likely not dropping below 25 percent of 1950’s 7.5 million sets.
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New York
Max Balcom
Radio-Television Manufactures Association
Sylvania Electric Products Corporation
Balcom
Bradley Sees No Danger Of U S Disaster
Gen Omar Bradley told Congress the U S forces planned are sufficient to avert disaster and that while bombing of American cities might occur there is little real danger of invasion. He urged defense plan support and outlined air power and base proximity as key to retaliation if needed.
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Washington
Omar Bradly
Congress
United States
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Continental
Bradley
U. S
North American
Margaret Truman Sings on Ed Sullivan Show
Margaret Truman mixed light piano notes and a few dance steps into her television singing on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town. The President's daughter sang My Love and joined extras in a gavotte between choruses as Sullivan praised her wholesome performance.
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New York
Margaret Truman
Ed Sullivan
Columbia Broadcasting Sysem
Sullivan
OKLAHOMA CITY MAN COOK CONFESSES TO KIDNAPPING MURDER CHARGE
Oklahoma City AP report says William E. Cook Jr confessed aboard a Los Angeles bound train to kidnapping five Messers of Atwood Illinois with intent to harm and possible murder. He faces Lindbergh law charges and a jury will decide if death is possible. Arraignment expected Wednesday. Cook remains quiet in jail while awaiting trial.
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Oklahoma City
Declarec
Byer
William E. Cook, Jr
Carl Mosser
Cook
Los Angeles
Messers
Atwood
Ill
U. S
Robert Shelton
Cesperado
Okahoma County
San Diego
Joplin
Kidjepi
Here
Robert Dewey
Seattle
California
Hamilton Couple Injured In Crash
A Hamilton Ohio man Herbert Lee 44 suffered a back fracture and deep forehead cuts in a U.S. 25 crash near Crittenden Kentucky. His wife Grace Lee 42 was also injured. Both were treated at St Elizabeth Hospital Covington. Mrs Lee said she dozed at the wheel before the collision with a truck.
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Covington, Ky
Hamilton
U.S
Crittenden
Herbert Lee
Grace Lee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Covington
Jesse Hamilton
Kentucky State Police
Lee
Washington rescues 19 crew from burning tanker Bie
In the North Sea the US liner Washington saved 19 crewmen from the 1290 ton Swedish tanker Bie after a fire erupted on the ship en route from England to Terschelling Island. One crew member died and another was badly burned.
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Rotterdam
The
Netherlands
Washington
North Sea
England
Terschelling Island
Volcano Lamington Claims 23 Dead on New Guinea Island
Mount Lamington eruption near Port Moresby creates a 100 mile ash cloud and mud rain. Government spokesman reports 1 European and 22 natives confirmed dead with 34 Europeans missing and fears for others.
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Sydney
Australia
Mount Lamington
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Lamington
New Guinea Administration
Russia Mourns Lenin Death as Moscow Honors Leader
Moscow ends a two day mourning for Vladimir Lenin founder of the Soviet state. Traffic halted in Red Square as crowds visit Lenin's mausoleum under Kremlin walls. Prime Minister Stalin attends Bolshoi gathering where Peter Postpelov warns against American aggression.
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MOSOW
Russia
Vladimir Vich Lenin
Red Square
Kremlin
Stalin
Moscow
Bolshoi Theater
Peter N. Postpelov
Cincinnati man shot dead in Covington home
Jack Mason 46, a Cincinnati bartender, was shot to death at his mother in law's home near Covington Kentucky. His estranged wife Dorothy Mason 42 was arrested on manslaughter charges after she fired three shots striking Mason in the head and shoulder. Police say Mason forced entry and threatened to kill her before chasing her into another room where the shooting occurred.
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Covington, Ky
Jack Mason
Cincinnati
Here
Dorothy Mason
Kenton County
Carl Mershon
Cold Wave Eases as Midwestern Deep Freeze Breaks
The Midwest cold snap weakened as warming trends spread from the Great Plains toward the Atlantic Coast. Temperatures plunged sharply overnight from 61 in Richmond to 27 and New York fell to 22, while Portland dropped 38 degrees to 15. Forecasters expect climbs above freezing across most of the region today with a stronger rise tomorrow.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Richmond
New York
Portland
Middle West
Doctors Find Antihistamines Help Colds
Two studies show antihistamines ease cold symptoms without curing the illness. Researchers report 72.7 percent relief versus other remedies and placebos in 5600 patients on the eastern U.S. coast. A separate 1008 inmates at Lawton Reformatory showed symptom relief even after onset, with mild side effects.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
United States
International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology
Basle
Switzerland
M H. Manson
R. Lomax Wells
Lawton Reformatory
Washington, D. C
Vic
CDO
Epor
Allied motorized columns near Seoul push to 25 miles
Four Allied columns with tanks and artillery moved deep into western Korea near Seoul while reporting minimal Red resistance. Central front saw Wonju airstrip retaken after a three hour fight with Lt Gen Ridgway visiting Wonju. authorities warned a news blackout west of Yoju to control coverage.
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Seoul
Tokyo
Wonju
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
South Korea
Kumyangjjang
Osan
Ichon
Kumyangjang
U. S. Eighth Army
Yoju
Won U
U S Policy Toward Chiang Outlined at U N Session
The United States declared that Formosa must be represented by Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist government at any future conference on Formosa and Korea and will oppose seating Communist China in the UN. Deputy U S envoy Ernest A Gross said the policy aims to protect national security and ensure participation of directly interested governments.
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U. S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Theu. S
U.S
Ernest A. Gross
VU. S
Peiping
Gross
China
Washington
Red Chiang
Malik Improves After Heart Ailment At UN Shift
Soviet UN delegate Jacob Malik, sidelined five days by a heart ailment, is described as much better. A Russian spokesman indicated Malik should soon resume duties at the United Nations in New York.
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New York
United Nations
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Illinois coach Ray Eliot stays at Illinois
Champaign AP reports head football coach Ray Eliot confirms he will remain at the University of Illinois after being considered for USC’s vacant coaching spot. Eliot rejects move to Southern California and commits to Illinois.
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Champaign
Ray Eliot
Illinois
University of Southern California
Ilinois
Rockne's Son Shot After Forcing Entry Into Wichita Home
William D. Rockne son of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne was critically wounded by gunfire after forcing entry into the Wichita home of Joe Novacek a used car dealer Novacek said he struck the intruder with a board and ordered him to stay until police arrived Rockne fled and was shot three times by the homeowner Rockne 35 had a history of mental health treatment and was drinking at the time of the incident
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Wichita
Kans
William D. Rockne
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Viticers
Bho Miller
Ty Lockett
Rockne
Joe Novacek
Novacek
Kansas
South Bend
Ind
William Rockne
State Mental Hospital
Elgin
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