Missing Hanford documents spark call for probe
Washington AP reports secret papers possibly tied to hydrogen bomb production are missing from the Hanford atomic plant in Washington. Rep. Pelly says AEC confirmed the loss but offered no details, calling for Senate House Atomic Energy Committee inquiry. Dr. Lapp links material to the first hydrogen bomb test, noting tritium as a possible element.
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Washington
Hanford
Wash
Pelly
R-Wash
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
The
Atomic Committee
Commission
Columbia River
Ralph Lapp
Lapp
Nixon urges GOP unity amid McCarthy Army probe clash
Vice President Nixon appeals for Republican unity on a radio television address as McCarthy and aides clash with Army officials over alleged blackmail and pressure to shield Schine. An Army report accuses McCarthy and Roy Cohn of pressuring for special treatment for Schine, while Stevens and Adams deny the allegations.
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Washington
Nixon
GOP
Eee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army Department
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Senate
G. David Schine
Subcommittee
Schine
Roy Cohn
Stn
Joseph McCarthy
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Sen
Unemployment Rises to 3 671 000 in February
Washington AP says unemployment reached 3,671,000 in February with two Census methods showing large but divergent increases. President Eisenhower warned of possible action if March figures fail to drop, including tax relief to aid the economy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Wable Faces Jury Over Truckers Slayings on Turnpike
Greensburg Pa John Wesley Wable stands trial for the July 28 slaying of Harry F Pitts in a truck cab on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and is accused of killing Lester B Woodward three days earlier. Judge Edward G Bauer charges a seven woman five man jury in Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court as zeal for conviction or mercy shapes the case.
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Greensburg
John Wesley Wable
Pennsylvania
Edward G. Bauer
Westmoreland County Common Leal
A. C. Scales
Wable
Asst. Dist. Atty
Joseph M. Loughran
The
Commonwealth
Fron Chippyle
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Wabie
Lester B. Woodward
Duncannon
Pitts
New York Mayor Moves To End Wildcat Waterfront Strike
Mayor Robert F. Wagner seeks immediate talks with waterfront labor and employers to halt a nine day strike that has cost the shipping industry millions daily. He warns 5,000 businesses face layoffs as fruit vegetable cargoes spoil and thousands of tons shift to other ports. Dock workers ignore a federal court order while the ILA deems the action unauthorized and aims to restore work.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Commerce and Industry Assn
International Longshoremen's Assn., Independent
Senate Confirms U.S. Labor Aide
The Senate confirmed J. Ernest Wilkins a 60 year old Chicago lawyer as assistant secretary of Labor heading the international affairs division. He is noted as the first Black nominee for sub cabinet rank in 40 years and will take over the post soon.
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Washington
J. Ernest Wilkins
Senate
Chicago
Labor Department
Welfare talk set in Columbus on March 30
Ohio welfare department advisory council on child care will meet March 30 to discuss juvenile institutions under attack from James A. Rhodes the Republican candidate for governor.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Welfare Department
Advisory Council
James A. Rhodes
Snow Flurries Forecast After Midwest Blizzard
A storm moved from Colorado and Kansas bringing dust and snow. Nebraska faces the initial blizzard impact with snow replacing dust, while Grand Rapids and five states reported reduced visibility and gusts. Miami Valley to expect cloudy, windy weather with a low of 28 and high of 34.
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Miami Valley
Colorado
Kansas
Plains States
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nebraska
Fire Claims Five Lives in New London Apartment
A blighted New London apartment building caught fire early this morning killing five residents. Nineteen escaped with aid from off duty sailors from the nearby submarine base who joined firefighters and police to rescue people leaping from upper floors. Victims include Mrs Pina and her children Roger 10 Jacquina 15 and Haginico Pitre 40 plus Olgita’s brother-in-law. A 14 month old nephew Anaries Oriiz was thrown to safety by Manuel Ortiz.
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New London
Conn
U. S. Navy
Three Bank Robbers Kill One in Seattle Shootout
In Seattle the Greenwood Bank robbers killed three police officers in a dawn raid after robbing about $97,700. The trio, wearing disguises, fled in a waiting car. two officers were wounded and one killed. Police say the search across the Pacific Northwest is virtually clueless as of last night.
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Howard M. Slessman
Greenwood
Seattle First National Bank
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Wmain
George
Howard Slessman
Chase
Hardy
Americans, Canadian Among 40 Aboard BOAC Constellation Crash
A BOAC Constellation crash near Singapore killed 32 of the 40 aboard. Among the dead are two Americans and one Canadian, with American figures including Grant F. Olson of W. A. Shaeffer Pen Co. and Michael Shathin, Warner Bros. Far East supervisor.
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Singapore
Singapore Standard
Grant F. Olson
W. A. Shaeffer Pen Co
Michael Shathin
Far East
Warner Bros
Flanders Attacks George Tax Plan as Expensive Phony
Sen. Flanders calls Sen. George plan to raise exemptions and cut income taxes an expensive phony. He says the proposal would yield only 80 cents weekly for a low wage individual with no dependents while costing about 4.8 billion dollars this year and eight billion in later years. George seeks exemptions rising from 600 to 800 this year and to 1000 in 1955 onward to boost purchasing power amid a downturn. The administration aims to let 12 million dollars in House excise cuts pass Senate without major fight while opposing exemption increases.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
George
Senate
House
Vermont
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Puerto Rican Arrested for Threatening the President
A Puerto Rican national named Jose Rivera Colon, 30, an itinerant painter, was arrested in New York after telephoning the FBI to say he planned to kill President Eisenhower. He will be arraigned on charges of threatening the President.
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New York
FBI
Eisenhower
Jose Rivera Colon
Colon
Washington
Two U S Navy planes attacked near Czech border
Two American Navy carrier aircraft on a training flight were fired upon after reportedly crossing into Czechoslovakia near Domazlice. One plane damaged, both landed safely at Neubiberg in the American zone near Munich. Czech protest and Navy inquiry announced.
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Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Jachymov
Iron Curtain
Navy
Neubiberg
London
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Army
Air Force
Red
Prague
U. S
Domazlice
Randolph
Sixth Fleet
NATO
Austria
Bavaria
Wreck of Qantas Constellation Leaves 32 Dead in Singapore
A London bound Qantas BOAC Constellation crashed on landing in Singapore killing 32 of 40 aboard including one crew member. Eight crew survived and were hospitalized. The aircraft came from Jakarta on a Sydney to London route and skidded into flames after a rooftop pass. Firefighters succeeded in pulling out victims as ambulances collided en route to hospital.
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Singapore
Airlines
Fish Commonwealth Company
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sydney
Australia
London
Josephine Butler
French Rout Vietminh Blocking Supply Line
French Union troops with tanks and heavy artillery rout Vietminh forces blocking the Haiphong supply corridor. Rebels blow gaps in the Hanoi coast railway and damage bridges as clashes reach eight miles from Hanoi. French armor patrol the corridor to Hooghly coast to keep vital U.S. supplied traffic open.
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Hanoi, Indochina
France
Indochina
Red River Delta
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nhu Quynh
Nations to vote on anti communist resolution at conference
At the 10th Inter-American Conference in Caracas, 20 nations prepared to back U S Dulles led anti communist resolution urging joint action to curb international communists influence in the Americas Some states sought amendments to limit outside interference and protect each nation's right to determine its own government and economy Guatemala defended its democracy against alleged Red influence while Mexico pressed for narrower action
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Caracas
Venezuela
U. S
State Dulles
Washington
Dulles
Americas
Guatemala
Mexico
Police Cruiser Collision Kills Passenger in Columbus
A Columbus police cruiser, transporting a man injured in an earlier crash, collided with a car killing Percy Brantley 75 of Columbus. Officers Jack Cole 26 and Albert Miller 24 sustained injuries along with car passenger Sam McClurkin 37 while Charles Larry 24 was admitted in serious condition after finishing the trip in a second cruiser.
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Columbus
Ohio
Percy Brantley
Jack Cole
Albert R. Miller
Sam McClurkin
Charles Larry
Larry
Eisenhower Works On Tax Address At Camp David
President Eisenhower rests at Catoctin Lodge planning work on the tax address to the nation to air Monday night. He and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived at Camp David with relatives and associates including Janet Doud and George E. Allen as weather dampened golf hopes at Blue Ridge Summit nearby.
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Catoctin Mountain
Esenhower
Camp David
Janet
Washington
Here
John
S. Doud
Col
Gordon Moore
George E. Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Truman
Blue Ridge Summit
Pennsylvania
GM Stands Behind Tanks Amid Transmission Defect Probe
General Motors Corp says it will stand behind the products it delivers to the U S government after reports of hundreds of GM built tanks breaking down. The company named an engineering detail for defects in transmissions from its Allison division and Col Jean E Engler linked a faulty screw in transmission assemblies to emergency overhauls of hundreds of tanks.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Segregation Ends in Ohio National Guard Units
Maj. Gen. Leo H. An adjustant general announced that segregation in Ohio National Guard units will end within two years, marking a move toward integrated units. The statement was issued from Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Leo H
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