Modest Pilot Saves 50 From Blazing Death
A Braniff DC 4 with 50 aboard landed in a wheat field after an engine failure and wing blaze near Hugoton Kansas. Chief Pilot Jack Stanford and Co-Pilot John Beakley avoided credit as the craft became engulfed moments after passengers evacuated. one injury reported.
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Jack Stanford
Braniff Airlines
Stanford
John Beakley
Dallas
Tex
O. R. Stites
Oklahoma
Civ
Doctor Says Romaine Boy Shot Himself
WILLIAMSTOWN Mass Mil lard Romaine Jr a Cincinnati youth found dead in a Williams College fraternity house Feb 18 died by self inflected gunshot according to Dr George T Mullen the Berkshire medical examiner Inquest judge Jenny W Kaliss will rule in two to three weeks The 19 year old sophomore survived two to three hours after the shot The .22 caliber rifle bullet damaged his optic nerve Friends said he faced periods of deep introspection He appeared cheerful during a weekend visit but grew remorseful the final day of the guest stay
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Williamstown
Mass
Millard Romaine Jr
Cincinnati
Williams College
George T. Mullen
North Adams
Berhshire
Jenny W. Kaliss
Kaliss
Mullen
Romaine
Patricia Sweney
St. Paul
Slander Suit Over Immunity Sparks Senate Debate
Washington The McCarthy Benton suit raises questions if a congress member can waive immunity. Sen McCarthy sued Sen Benton for 2 million dollars alleging libel slander and conspiracy. Benton challenged to press for trial before his re election and offered to waive immunity.
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Washington
McCarthy
FBI Targets Former U S Trucking Employees In Armored Car Robbery
FBI agents began rounding up former U S Trucking Corp. workers after an armored truck was robbed of 681000 in Danvers Massachusetts. Investigators seek to learn if a former employee held a key or helped obtain it amid links to a nearby Brink's Boston operation and a January 1950 theft.
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Danvers
Mass
FBI
U. S. Trucking Corp
Danvers St
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Armored Car Service
Boston
North End
Brink
POW Talks Grind On In Secret
In Munsan Korea secret POW talks continued with Korean truce negotiators detailing prisoner exchange plans while the U N Command presses for a compromise. An Allied spokesman warned against optimism or pessimism as Communists spar over who truly represents the Korean people in these sessions.
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Sam Summerlin Munsan
Korea
U.N
U.N. Command
Col
Don O. Darrow
United Nations
Nuckols
Auto Phantom At Work Again
Wellsville police and state highway patrol investigated reports of a phantom on Route 30 and 45 in the Wellsville West Point area of Columbiana County. Four observers described a green glow and a screeching noise with a glowing outline, while one sighting claimed the car seemed to run on the running board. Authorities found nothing upon checks.
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Wellsville
State Highway Patrol
Salem
Rts
Wellsville-West Point
Columbiana County
Highway Patrol
Thorpes
Richards
Lewis M. Brown
Brown
William Richards
Miami River
John Booth
Thorpe
Politics Pays for Cuban Needy Fund
In Havana contractors who did business with Cuba’s former government raised 547 200 to aid the presidential campaign of Carlos Hevia. After Batista’s coup the money was handed to Batista’s wife for a charity fund and deposited in a bank as she organized a women’s committee to spend it. Hevia denied knowledge of the fund.
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Havana
Cuba
Carlos Hevia
Carlos Prio Socarras
Fulgencio Batista
Prio
Batista
Senora Batista
Hevin
Bridges Denies Involvement in Tax Case
Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire testified before House tax investigators that he took an interest in a seven million dollar tax case involving an Ablaimote liquor dealer to urge quick and proper government action. He said his interest was official and aimed at fairness to both government and taxpayer.
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Washington
Styles Bridges
House
Bridges
Congress
Wilson Drops Plan for Talk On Steel
Washington Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson canceled a top level briefing on the steel strike threat and instead conferred separately with price and wage control officials. He did not announce any immediate actions to head off a strike while defending the Wage Stabilization Board proposal as reasonable and inflationary.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
Philip Murray
WSB
John L. Lewis
Murray
Feinsinger
Navy trains crews for robot weapons ships in 1954 plan
The Navy begins guided missile training for crews as two robot weapons warships prime for 1954 readiness. Unit No. 21 heads the training while flight and surface tests occur from Norton Sound and a submarine, with a Pomona plant producing missiles for air defense and surface combat.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Guided Missile Training Unit No
Pointugu
Calif
Norton Sound
California
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Pomona
Weather Calms Front as Stormy Korea Quieted
In Seoul reports describe quiet weather over the front with stormy conditions easing. Allied air operations were halted today while enemy activity remained limited to light squad sized thrusts along a 155 mile battlefront.
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Seoul
North Korea
18 Nations Meet in Paris Over Europe Economic Plan
Finance and foreign ministers from 18 nations meet at OFEC near the Palais de Chaillot to discuss Western Europe’s money and trade problems amid rearma ment. The talks cover a 25 percent productivity boost in six fields, reforms to the European Payments Union, and a plan to liberalize trade with a common list of free products.
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Western
Europe
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OFEC
Palais de Chaillot
OEEC
European Payments Union
Three Slain By Gunman In Nebraska
Three people were shot to death and two wounded at a ranch south of Merriman Nebraska by an unidentified shooter. Victims were George Mensinger his wife and neighbor Dee Gardner. wounded were the Mensingers infant son and neighbor Cliff McDonald. Roadblocks and air searches were launched as the killer fled in a car.
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Merriman
Here
George Mensinger
Dee Gardner
Mensinger
Cliff McDonald
Nebraska
Art Jones
Valentine
McDonald
Gardner
Frank Ellis
Kimball Vows Navy Will Keep Formosa Free
Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball said in Taipei the United States will continue to protect Formosa regardless of Korea. He stated the policy would go along with Korea and that Formosa’s people are friends, warranting ongoing protection as needed.
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Tokyo
U. S
Dan A. Kimball
United States Navy
Formosa
Korea
Navy
Kimball
Washington
Truman
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Seventh Fleet
China
Formosan
Taipei
Oil For Education Plan Backed by Hill Group
Senators led by Sen Hill D Alabama push an oil for education proposal to dedicate revenues from oil rich submerged coastal lands to education. With amendments pending, 18 additional senators join in sponsoring the plan despite ongoing votes.
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Washington
Sen
Hill
D-Ala
Strange auto fire leaves two dead in Franklin
Coroner Dr H M Williams withheld verdict at noon on a mysterious auto fire near Franklin. Jack Thorp 33 and Lola Ellen 26 died. Charles Richards 24 of Franklin burned severely and held for investigation as authorities plan to question relatives to learn relations among the parties.
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H. M. Williams
Warren County
Franklin
Jack Thorp
Lola Ellen
Forest Ave
Hollywood
Middletown
Charles Richards
East St
Williams
Richards
Gerald W
Ouden
John Roth
Congress weighs extended controls amid price clash
In Washington the administration seeks a two year extension of price wage rent and credit controls while opposing calls to curb the Herlong amendment and a move to repeal it progresses the Senate Banking Committee considers the plan. OPS protests complicate timing and rent controls survive in part amid defense area debates. The Capehart amendment remains in place as Truman presses for inflation containment.
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Washington
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Senate Committee
Truman
Chicago
Two Military Plane Crashes Kill Twelve In Southwest
Twelve airmen died in two crashes in the Southwest. A B-29 from Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson exploded after takeoff. A B-47 from Kirtland AFB near Albuquerque crashed while attempting to return to base, five miles from the field.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Kirtland Afb
Albuquerque
N. M
Nebraska primary heats up as Taft Ike drives head to head
National round up notes Taft and Eisenhower campaigns mobilizing in Nebraska ahead of the April 1 primary. Wedemeyer supports Taft while Kefauver and Kerr campaign to boost Democratic hopes as candidates chase momentum. Kerr claims a Nebraskan win would boost his nomination bid.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Sen
Taft
Ohio
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Kerr
Oklahoma
Lincoln
Kefauver
stu!King
Eight Die As Fire Destroys Family Farmhouse
A Somerset Pennsylvania farmhouse blaze killed eight people, six children, at Rockwood eight miles south of the community. Only 10 year old Franklin Whipkey survived by leaping from a window as firemen fought the three story structure. four bodies were recovered initially and identification was pending.
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Somerset
Rockwood
Pennsylvania
Franklin Whipkey
John Whipkey
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Bill) McPhail
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Oklahoma City
Steve Ribnickar
Houston
Butcher
Sharon
Pasadena
Ribnickar
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Auto Phantom
Eugene Hamilton
Hamilton Sales and Service
River Rd
Hamilton
Paul
Florida
United Steelworkers
Union
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Pittsburgh
By Elton C. Fay
By Godfrey Anderson
Paris —Finance and Foreign
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Franklin Firemen Co
O. F E. Chamberlain
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Miamisburg
Ike
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Portance
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