Eisenhower seeks authority to defend Formosa against Communists
President Eisenhower asked Congress for power to use United States armed forces if needed to secure Formosa against Red China. He argued redeploying Chinese Nationalist troops would be impractical without U S support due to air conditions and urged UN action to end hostilities. Senate committee scheduled to hear Dulles as part of the push for approval.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Formosa
Free World
Pacific
United Nations
Red China
Republic of China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Tachen Islands
U.S
Peiping rejects UN action over Formosa crisis
China denounces any UN intervention in Formosa as a domestic affair while Formosa tensions prompt U N Security Council deliberations. Nelson Mandela? No. Nations discuss cease fire as New Zealand and United States potential moves loom.
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N. Y
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Formosa Strait
U. N. Security Council
Chinese Communist Party
Peiping People’s Daily
U.N
Formosa
Peiping
Taiwan
Lausche Signals Possible Senate Bid in 1956
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche suggested he may seek a U.S. Senate seat in 1956 while stressing he does not plan to run for a sixth term as governor. He reiterated his intent to retire in 1956 and dismissed suggestions of national campaigns as speculation. He noted he will not speak outside Ohio until December 1956 and has a history of delaying concrete political commitments.
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Dayton
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Whio-Tv
Executive Mansion
U.S
Chou En-Lai accuses US as mine explosions kill miners
Tokyo dispatch notes Premier Chou En-Lai accuses the United States of stepping up military operations after the seizure of Yikiangshan Island. In Turkey, gas explosions in the Zonguldak coal mines killed 41 miners and left 19 trapped, according to a government spokesman.
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Tokyo
Chou En-Lai
Red China Today
United States
Yikiangshan Island
Istanbul
Turkey
Zonguldak
Mrs Dwight Morrow Dies at 81 Writer and Educator
ENGLEWOOD NJ Mrs Dwight W Morrow noted educator and writer dies at 81 at her home with family present She was mother in law of Charles A Lindbergh widow of former ambassador to Mexico and US senator She declined Senate bids in 1931 later became public figure after the Lindbergh baby kidnapping wrote Saint of the Lost Hostage and Asphodel Born Elizabeth Cutter in Cleveland Ohio and a Smith College graduate she served as acting president of Smith in 1939.
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Englewood
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico
Morrow
Lindbergh
Saint of the Lost
Asphodel
Elizabeth Cutter
Cleveland
Ohio
Smith College
Seine Flood Reaches Crest After Weekend Rise in Paris
Paris faced its highest Seine since 1935 as floodwaters began to fall, with the river at 23 feet at 8 a.m. and suburbs still under water. Thousands evacuated, factories closed, and major roads cut, while Moselle and Garonne rivers continued rising elsewhere in eastern and southwestern France. Authorities warned it would take days for waters to recede and reported no flood deaths so far.
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Seine
France
Moselle
Garonne
Toulouse
Paris Basin
Death Toll In Rail Crash May Reach 18
Rescue workers toiled through wreckage of the York to Bristol express after a 60 mile per hour derailment near Sutton Coldfield killing at least 15 and injuring 42. Police warned the toll could rise to 18 as bodies remained trapped in the debris and station.
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Sutton Coldfield
England
Bristol
Coldfield Sutton Station
Britain
Health Message Delayed by Eisenhower to Congress
President Eisenhower has postponed sending a special health message to Congress at least until tomorrow. This delay leaves the nation awaiting details on health policy and funding plans from the White House.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Bleeder Said Worse At Duke Hospital Durham NC
Willie Cooke a 31 year old from Four Oaks NC with hemophilia has bled for over 425 hours since a tooth extraction on January 6 and was reported in very poor condition by Duke Hospital officials. He has received 380 pints of blood including 216 pints of whole blood and 164 pints of plasma as doctors pursue stopping the bleeding.
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Durham
N. C
Willie Cooke
Duke Hospital
Cooke
Four Oaks
N.C
Ex POW Nugent Faces Court Martial Over Alleged Treason
Maj Ambrose Nugent 44 a career artilleryman goes before a general court martial at Fort Sill Oklahoma charged with collaborating with the enemy while a Korean War prisoner. Ten colonels on the board hear 13 counts including giving intelligence to captors. If guilty by at least seven votes he could face life imprisonment. death penalty not to be considered. Nugent denies all charges saying his aim was to protect his men. He served 33 months in Europe and was with the 24th Division at Korea onset.
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Okla
Ambrose Nugent
Nugent
Korea
Merrill
Wis
Edward T. Williams
Ft. Sil
Wall Street
Premier sets new elections in Japan
Tokyo Prime Minister Hatoyama’s government dissolved the Diet to face a general election next month. He acted under an agreement with the Socialist parties for early polls in return for their support on Yo Shida’s resignation. Election unofficially planned for February 27. The 72 year old aims to form a long term Democratic government with closer ties to Red China and Russia while keeping the United States as an ally.
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Hatoyama
Diet
Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Party
Red China
Russia
United States
Weather Watch Warns of Prolonged Cold Spell
The forecast shows continued cold with a low moving into the Miami Valley from Missouri. Temperatures to dip to 25 degrees tonight and drift to about six degrees below today's 30 degree high tomorrow. Snow flurries likely before the cold spell ends.
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Miami Valley
Missouri
Families weighing China visit for jailed Americans
Families of Americans held in Peiping weigh Red China invitation to visit prisoners. Some plan to travel soon, others hesitate. Parcels to detainees allowed up to 50 dollars weekly via Red Cross. Fees and travel costs cited as main deterring factors amid mixed views from relatives and a Montreal contact.
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Red China
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Peiping
Red Cross
Harold Fischer Sr
Swea City
Iowa
Harold Fischer Jr
Korea
Fischer
Fischers
Andrew MacKenzie
Montreal
Canada
Rolland G. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Cameron
Peiping Radio
U. S
Tokyo
Washington
200 Rebels Still Taunt Costa Rica
The OAS five nation peace commission arranged an urgent flight to Nicaragua for observers to manage about 200 rebels in the neutral buffer zone between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. A 32 hour Managua conference with President Somoza aimed to halt plans to lift neutrality allowing Costa Rican troops and US supplied fighters to act.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Peace Commission of the
Organization of American States
OAS
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
United States
Ike to Seek OK for Mactan Evacuation by Fleet
Vice Adm. Pride said President Eisenhower would ask Congress to approve evacuating the Mactan Islands by the 7th Fleet. He noted the move would be grave and policy-altering, but the fleet could handle contingencies. The force includes Essex Yorktown Kearsarge Wasp with the Princeton assigned but not aboard.
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Formosa
Alfred M. Pride
U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
Mactan Islands
Pride
Essex
Yorktown
Kearsarge
Wasp
Shortages Found in Circleville Mayor Accounts
State Auditor Rhodes reports $7,307 shortages across 13 items in former Circleville Mayor Edward M. Amey accounts. Full repayment made. audit cites missing arrests, lost affidavits, and alleged cash theft in 1954 with police chief Merriman linked to no investigation.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Circleville
Edward M. Amey
Amey
Rhodes
William Merriman
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