Rhee Arrives in Washington for Korea Talks with Eisenhower
President Eisenhower plus top advisers prepare for talks with South Korea's Rhee as Washington weighs Southeast Asia defense plans. Rhee seeks more aid and equipment to boost Korean forces while the United States mulls future posture toward Japan and unification talks.
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South Korea
Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Wilson
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James A. van Fleet
Far East
Southeast Asia
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Philippines
Asia
Seoul
Indochina
Pentagon
United States
Southeast Asia Alliance
Medics Say Thorne Died Naturally in Pneumonia Case
Pathologists conclude 2 year old heir to a 2 000 000 dollar estate died of natural causes from a lung disease possibly pneumonia. Coroner to receive report this week. Earlier coroner’s physician noted alcohol barbiturates and an alkaloid in his system, but panel says amounts were too small to cause death.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Walter E. McCarron
Otto Saphir
University of Illinois
Thorne
Harry Leon
Leon
Saphir
Thailand Seen as Next Red Target by Rhee
President Syngman Rhee warned at MCCHORD Air Force Base that Thailand could be the next victim of Communist aggression after the Indochina settlement. He called Indochina's fate an unfortunate outcome and said he would discuss matters with President Eisenhower after a 22 hour journey from Seoul.
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Mcchord Air Force Base
Wash
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Thailand
Washington Air Base
Eisenhower
Indochina
Seoul
Screen Test Set Up For Top Beauty
Universal-International staged a screen test for Miriam Stevenson Miss Universe 21 moving from Miss USA holder. Stevenson, praised as the most beautiful girl in the world, won the Miss Universe title over 32 foreign entrants and earned a four film contract.
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Hollywood
Universal-International Studio Today
Miriam Stevenson
South Carolina
Miss Stevenson
Long Beach
Universal-International
Flood death toll tops 1000 at Gyantse Tibet border
Reports from the India Tibet border indicate more than 1000 people perished in floods that overwhelmed Gyantse, the Tibetan trade hub, last week. The disaster prompted rescue and relief efforts across the region.
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New Delhi
India
India-Tibet
Gyantse
Vietminh engage in south Viet Nam after cease fire pledge
Vietminh forces strike Nha Trang and Tuy Kon near Da Nang as the ceasefire nears. French evacuations planned from Hanoi Saigon while Hanoi prepares to pull back up to one million civilians. Peiping broadcasts Ho Chi Minh vows liberation of all Viet Nam while a multinational cease-fire commission forms.
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Saigon
Indochina
Viet Nam
Sagion
Peiping
Ho Chi Minh
Nha Trang
China Sea
Ae Nhon
Trang
Tuy Kon
Cheo Keo
Qui Nhon
Paul Ely
Peiping Radio
Vo Nguyen Giap
South Viet Nam
Jacques Compain
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi
Mil
Haipong
Poland
Canada
India
Ohio plant blast rocks Gulf Oil station injures three
A blast at a Gulf Oil bulk station in Sandusky destroyed three of five tanks and sent three people to hospital. John Baker, 26, suffered severe burns, while Elizabeth Barbour, 30, received a chest injury and Robert Williams was treated after the explosion disrupted nearby homes. The fire was brought under control as authorities evacuated surrounding houses. The article also reports a separate international note of apology from China over a different incident.
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Sandusky, Ohio
Gulf Oil Co
John Baker
Elizabeth Barbour
Robert Williams
Norwalk
Ohio
Williams
Navy Holds Largest West Coast Maneuvers Since World War II
The U S Navy began massive exercises along the West Coast from San Diego to Seattle involving over 6 ships and 18000 personnel. The drill assumed total war with a coastal threat and included convoy defense against enemy ships submarines and aircraft.
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San Diego
Calif
West Coast
Long Beach
Enane
California
Seattle
Plane sits in odd position after takeoff accident at NAS Atlanta
Lt. J. M. Brown emerged uninjured from a freak takeoff incident at the Naval Air Station in Atlanta yesterday. He waited in the cockpit until a stepladder could be extended and the plane braced.
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J. M. Brown
Naval Air Station
Atlanta
Lt. Brown
Red China intensifies anti US propaganda over Taiwan and coast defense
Peiping broadcasts in Tokyo denounced a US Chinese Nationalist alliance and pledged strict coastal defense. The Reds warned they would shoot down any Nationalist planes and cited apologies for a British airliner incident while vowing to smash what they call a US Chiang Kai-shek plot against Taiwan and Formosa.
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Gene Kramer
TOKYO
China
Britain
South China Sea
Peiping
Red
Humphrey Trevelyan
Chang Han-fun
U.S
Chiang Brigandy
Pi Peiping
Cathart Pacific Airlines
Hainan Island
Philip Brown
Hong Kong
John Foster Dulles
Red China
Indochina
United Nations
United States
Amoy
Kintang
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Taiwan
Formosa
Knowland vows no surrender on atomic energy bill
Washington Senator Knowland declares there will be no surrender to filibuster tactics as the Senate debates the administration atomic energy bill. He says Congress may stay in session weeks longer to ensure a vote on amendments and related legislation. The House has tentatively approved the measure.
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Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
California
Capitol Hill
Inconsistent Testimony in Sheppard Case Probed in Los Angeles
Los Angeles investigators report inconsistencies between statements of Susan Hayes, a 23 year old medical technician, and Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard in the Marilyn Sheppard case. Assistant prosecutor Thomas Parrino says changes affect the picture and will be sent to Cleveland police as detectives from Cleveland discuss Sheppard’s visit here in March.
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Los Angeles
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland
Marilyn
Ohio City
Thomas Parrino
Cuyahoga
Susan Hayes
Sheppard
Parrino
Robert F. Schottke
Dr. Sheppard
Military Seizure In Phenix City Den Adds To Gambling Gear
National Guardsmen and state troopers conducted a second raid on Phenix City dens as hundreds watched. The militia piled confiscated gambling equipment, weapons and narcotics while Gov. Gordon Persons ordered martial law and all private citizens and police to surrender firearms. Russell County officers were deemed unable to enforce the crackdown following the June murder of Albert Patterson, with Arch Ferrell named prime suspect though he denies involvement and faces other charges.
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Alabama National Guardsman
Phenix City
Gordon Persons
Albert L. Patterson
Ala
Vhce
Russell County
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser Yes
Terday
Russell
Arch Ferrell
Ferrell
Birmingham
Harriman Enters Governor's Race
New York Averell Harriman former mutual security administrator and railroad heir has entered the Democratic governor nomination race. He announced on television he will be proud to accept and take his coat off and fight for the principles he believes in.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Communists Attack U S Search Unit in High Seas Clash
State Department reports U S carrier planes shot down two Chinese Communist fighters while protecting rescue operations after a British Cathay Pacific airliner was downed. No U S casualties. eight survivors later, including Leonard Parish and two sons aboard the plane.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
A Department
United States
Jangkok
Hong Kong
Peiping
Britain
Dulles
Henry Surdam
Secretary of Defense
High Seas
Hainan
Leonard Lee Parish
Iowa Park
Tex
Lawrence
Philip
Valerie
Garcia optimistic on SEA pact after air strike
Philippine Vice President Carlos P Garcia said the Chinese Communist plane attack on a British airliner should propel the formation of the proposed Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. He spoke in Manila amid regional tensions and urged unity to counter aggression.
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Manila
Carlos P. Garcia
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
France Denies Secret Deals With Reds On EDC
Washington reports say French Premier Mendes France did not trade peace in Indochina for recognition of Red China or to scuttle the European Defense Community. Dulles hopes Mendes France moves the EDC through Parliament in weeks and French officials say no talks with Chou En Lai on recognition occurred. France awaits Indochina armistice results before final stance.
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U.S
Pierre Mendes- France
Indochina
European Defense Community
Red China
Dulles
Mendes-France
Red
China
Chou En-lai
Geneva
France
Waa
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