Army probes Peress case as McCarthy pressure grows
Secretary of Defense Wilson defends not coddling Communists while promising a task force to review security risk handling after Maj Irving Peress, an Army dentist, invoked the Fifth Amendment amid subversion questions. Senator McCarthy credits Army protections for known Communists and questions Peress’s officer status and conduct.
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Army
Maj
Irving Peress
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Peress
Raiders Hit Hanoi Civil Plane Field
Communist Vietminh raiders attacked Hanoi's main civil airport at Gia Lam, planting explosives under aircraft engines. Several planes were destroyed or heavily damaged while guards fired on the attackers. One attacker was killed and authorities rounded up more than 200 suspects after the raid.
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Indochina
Gialam
Red River
Six Marines Die in Korea Training Accident
In Korea the 1st Marine Division reports a mortar shell exploded during a training lecture at the mine warfare school behind the front. The blast killed six Marines and wounded 30, with four in critical condition. The instructor died. the shell, likely an enemy munition, was shown with an American fuse adapted for it. Names of all victims were not released.
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Korea
U.S
Solons' Pay Raise Issue Said Alive
Washington Senator Dirksen said the pay raise issue for members of Congress and federal judges is alive though unlikely to see action by March 15. The commission’s Jan 15 report to Eisenhower proposed raises of 12,500 to 27,500 for lawmakers and up to 40,000 for chief justice, with lawmaker salaries currently 15,000 to 25,500. Dirksen noted Congress could act any time this session and supported some increase though not necessarily the full recommendation.
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VFW Post Attacks McCarthy Over War Record
VEW Post in Stoughton Wisconsin passes a resolution denouncing Senator McCarthy for alleged misrepresentations of his military service. Richard Bakken of Badger Post No 328 says the measure honors Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker and condemns McCarthy for resigning before World War II ended and for false war claims. The resolution targets McCarthy’s supposed wounds, air force ground intelligence service, rank at entry, and decorations attempts.
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Marine Corps
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Philippines Australia treaty rejected by Australia
Manila reports the Philippine Foreign Office said Australia has declined the proposed treaty of friendship between the two nations, signaling a diplomatic setback and halt to further talks.
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Philippine Foreign Office
Australia
Inter-American Conference Yanks Accused Of Intervene
Guatemala accused the United States of seeking to intervene in its domestic affairs by asking the Inter-American Conference in Caracas to discuss Communist penetration in the Western Hemisphere. Foreign Minister Guillermo Toriello denounced US maneuvering against Guatemala and defended democratic principles while denouncing anti-Communist pressure as an attack on national independence. Dulles urged clear stand against Communist influence and cited World Bank funding and private capital as paths for Latin American development.
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Guatemala
United States
Inter-American Conference
Guillermo Toriello
Latin America
Toriello
U. S
John Foster Dulles
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America
Eisenhower
U.S
World Bank
Ike May Be Target For Terrorists
Washington AP report notes four Puerto Rican Nationalists charged with wounding five congressmen in a Monday shooting face a court arraignment. Indications of official concern suggest possible terrorist targets of President Eisenhower and others. Attorney General Brownell said the Justice Department studies how to proceed against members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist party.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Atty
Brownell
Justice Department
Army charges two POWs who switched sides during Korea
Washington reports Cpl Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas was ordered held for pre trial investigation for alleged misconduct and aiding the enemy while a POW in Korea. He arrived at Fort Sam Houston for a medical checkup. The other is Cpl Edward Dickenson of Cracker's Neck Virginia facing a court martial for unlawfully collaborating with the enemy. trial set later this month.
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Army
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
Korea
Kermit
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Batchelor
Edward Dickenson
Cracker's Neck
Blue Ridge Mountains
Dickenson
Molotov Links Berlin Talks to Geneva Peace Efforts
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov said the Berlin conference results depend on the April 26 Big Four Geneva talks with China and others on Asia peace. He accused the United States Britain and France of East West rifts and warned against a third world war from Western defense plans. Molotov praised Berlin for airing global issues and said Indochina settlement hinges on French and American positions.
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State Dulles
Korea
Indochina
Stratojet crashes at Davis-Monthan AFB. four killed
A P- A BAT Stratojet crashed after takeoff at Tucson Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. All four crew members died in the desert fire. No Ortoans were among the deceased.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davise Monthan Air Force Base
Middleton Business Outlook From February Indicators
The Middleton Journal reports on February business indicators showing a fair month amid optimism. It covers how local readers discuss the business picture, notes a tape recording hobbyist turning writing chores into work, previews an Antiques Fair by Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, and teases Sunday Society and Sports sections with features on a photo preview and upcoming basketball tournament games.
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Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary
Cleveland Braces as Snowbound City Faces Fifth Day
Cleveland endures five straight snow days as 20.8 inches blanketed the city with a west wind drifting snow. Buses ran late or lost routes, schools closed, industry stalled, and hundreds of drivers were stranded. Mayor Celebrezze urged reduced downtown travel and ordered police to aid about 2,000 stalled vehicles amid at least 21 storm deaths statewide.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Floated gyroscope could measure moon block width
MINNEAPOLIS A new floated gyroscope, the Hermetic Integrating Gyro, weighs under three pounds and claims extreme sensitivity. It detects motion 3,000 times slower than a clock hour hand and will aid Air Force aircraft control as well as naval and ground systems. Engineers credit near frictionless operation to jewel-mounted parts in a special fluid.
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Minneapolis
Pene Well
Air Force
AF Plane Missing with 20 Aboard in Europe
A U S Air Force C47 carrying 20 men disappeared after departing Rome Ciampino, last radioed “air normal” over Corsica. A three nation air sea search extended from Nice to Ligurian Sea as residents and French ski troops aided patrols.
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Bitburg
Germany
St. Etienne de Tinee
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Ciampino
Morocco Sultan Injured By Mosque Bomb Blast
Paris based French Press Agency reports سultan Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa was injured in a Marrakech mosque bombing while praying. His chief supporter Thame Glaoui, pasha of Marrakech, was with him but escaped unharmed according to the dispatch.
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Morocco
Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
Marrakech
Thame Glaoui
Green hair halts Long Beach plant work at Douglas
A Douglas Aircraft tool crib clerk in Long Beach wore her hair green for a day, causing a production halt as foremen ordered her to return to brown. Mrs Ballinger told how coworkers stared, her boss sent her home, and her husband demanded the dye be washed out by day’s end. The next morning she returned brown, promising no repeat.
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Long Beach
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Co
Lawille Ballinger
Fullerton
ILA Strikers Defy Court in New York Waterfront Tie
Wildcat longshoremen tied up New York port defying a Federal Court order in a battle for dock control. Resentful ILA members refused to work at Manhattan Brooklyn and Staten Island piers while rival AFL ILA crews avoided work to prevent clashes. NLRB restraining order cited as reason. Queen Elizabeth passengers carried luggage. Cunard Line used about 100 office staff to assist.
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Wildcat
Independent
International Longeshoremen’s Assn
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Brooklyn
Staten Island
AFL
ILA
National Labor Relations Board
Cunard Line
Aiken Praises Benson as Honest Man in Farm Debate
Washington farm officials faced tough questions from senators on the plan to relax agricultural price supports while receiving some support from Senator Aiken who called Secretary Benson an honest man. Aiken defended the 22 year cost of farm programs as a good investment and questioned the administration bill’s aims. The panel scrutinized whether prices and incomes might drop under the proposed 75 to 90 percent parity flex option as 90 percent supports would expire.
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Eisenhower
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
D. Morse
Karl Loos
Weather notes from Middleton and Cleveland spring chill
Middletonians walk the streets describing a spring like chill while Clevelanders toil to clear a five day snowstorm. Vandalia forecasters say the Miami Valley will stay fair and cold with a low around 15 degrees and no snow in sight.
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Vandalia
Italian Youths Set Woman Afire in Bari Home
In Bari Italy a gang of youths showered a 71 year old woman with firecrackers and flames then set her ablaze inside her house. Mrs Annunziata Vericelli drove them out but fell and broke a leg. She crawled and cried for help, the flames ignited the residence, neighbors rescued her. Police pursued the assailants as her condition remained critical.
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