Faure Prods Allies Toward Big Four Talks
Paris reports Premier Faure cleared the way for Big Four talks with Russia after final approval of German rearmament. He told the Senate he had consulted the United States and Britain on a high level East West conference, as Bulganin signaled a positive attitude. The vote set four Western aims and backed West German entry to NATO and Saar control under WEU.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Russia
Faure
United States
Britain
Kremlin
Nikolai Bulganin
Tass
Bulganin
Eisenhower
State Department
Washington
Dulles
Free World
France
Antoin Pinay
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Supreme Court
Rene Coty
Italy
Brussels
Saar
WEU
U.S. Senate
Denmark
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Call Em Off Byrd Urges Tax Cutters
Senator Byrd of Virginia blocks tax cuts in election year urging budget balance first. He rejects Eisenhower’s hint of future cuts and vows to oppose tax cuts or borrowing until the deficit is repaired. House Democrats plan a long range probe into last year’s tax revision amid Treasury findings.
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Byrd
Washington
Sen
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
House Democrats
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate
House
Eo. Mills
D-Ark
Treasury
Atomic AA New Goal Atomic AA New Goal
Washington reports that Nevada tests will include a high altitude nuclear blast able to damage enemy bomber formations. The joint AEC Defense Department statement outlines plans for atomic anti aircraft weapons with no initial test date given.
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Washington
Nevada
Joint Atomic Energy Commission-Defense Department
Polish Tanker Karpaty Delivers Fuel to Whampoa Port
Maritime sources report the Polish tanker Karpaty has reached Whampoa with about 10 000 tons of petroleum including jet fuel. The claim lacks official confirmation. Two Polish tankers reportedly shuttle between Constanta and Whampoa. The Finnish tanker Aruba sailed from Constanta with 13 000 tons of jet fuel but diverted to Romania after Nationalists threatened interception.
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Hong Kong
Karpaty
Whampoa
Constanta
Black Sea
Canton
Aruba
Romania
Harlan Takes Bench on Supreme Court in 1954 55 Term
Washington John Marshall Harlan begins service on the Supreme Court to help decide major cases of the 1954 55 term. He fills the seat of the late Justice Robert H Jackson and is the second Justice John Marshall Harlan. His grandfather served on the court from 1877 to 1911. After opinions and orders, new cases were scheduled for argument.
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Washington
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
New York
Eisenhower
Robert H. Jackson
Worst Of The Year Blizzard Paralyzes Regions Across U S
A deadly winter storm swept from Canada into the United States ending with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. It caused 36 deaths, massive crop losses, and widespread travel disruptions from New York to the Gulf states.
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Canada
United States
Gulf States
New York
Syracuse
Thruway
Ontario
Quebec
Illinois
Georgia
Carolinas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Virginia
Dixie
New York Harbor
Niagara River
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Great Plains
Cutbank
Mont
Indiana
Michigan
Florida
Ohio
Missouri
Tennessee
Brown Named GOP Press Committee Chairman
Leonard W. Hall selects Clarence J. Brown of Ohio as chairman of the press periodical photo subcommittee for the 1956 GOP national convention in San Francisco.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
San Francisco
Crop Loss 50 Million In South
A frigid spring blast caused more than 50 million dollars in damage to orchards and crops across seven Southern states. Georgia suffered about 10 million in losses to peaches and early produce as a record March 27 low chilled the region.
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Atlanta
Canada
Great Plains
Dixie
Fort Valley Ministerial Association
Georgia
Peach District
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
New Orleans
Asheville
N.C
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City loitering arrest prompts sobering quote
A 24 year old mother arrested for loitering tells police she has no money for a fine and fears jail because she would be charged 50 cents an hour for babysitting while incarcerated, underscoring a costly legal trap.
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Oklahoma City
Family Of Four Slain Suspect Sold Farm Mules
ROCK ISLAND Tenn A family of four was slain on their farm. Officers say Billy Gibbs 23 in jail for selling the victims mules and pigs killed Bratcher wife daughter and granddaughter. Gibbs allegedly confessed to thefts but denied the killings.
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Rock Island
Tenn.p
Billy Gibbs
Henry Bratcher
Lily May
Eldridge Youngblood
Bratcher
Gibbs
Bratch
McMinnville
Charles Bratcher
Nashville
Bratchers
Neb. Prison Uprising Leaves 12 Insurgents Sealed
In Lincoln Nebraska guards Warren Miller and Eugene Swanson were taken hostage as 12 convicts seized the maximum security block of the state penitentiary. State authorities under Governor Victor Anderson surrounded the jail and demanded written demands from the rebels while the guards remained unharmed and contained.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Neb
Victor E. Anderson
Gov. Anderson
Warren B. Miller
Eugene Swanson
Ohio Traffic Toll Drops With Snowbound Weekend
Four people died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend as light snowfall reduced highway travel. William Gibson aged 42 from New Philadelphia was crushed by a skidding car near Dover. Henry Sickinger 50 of West Unity died in a snowstorm auto truck collision. One non-traffic death involved Rev. Virgin Lanning 48 buried in a strip mine cave-in at New Pittsburg.
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Ohio
William Gibson
New Philadelphia
Gibson
Dover
Henry Sickinger
West Unity
Williams County
Virgin Lanning
New Pittsburg
Weather Forecast Promises Warmer Days Ahead
The article notes a plunge below freezing last weekend with a low of 15 and a high of 32 Sunday. It reports a 24 degree early morning and a predicted high near 40 for today with warmer conditions expected tomorrow and Wednesday.
GIs Sought to Test New War Clothes at Edgewood
The Second Army seeks 20 GI volunteers monthly for chemical warfare gear tests at Edgewood Army Chemical Center Maryland. Volunteers gain fatigu e tails pass and recreation privileges, may return to old outfits after 30 days. Selection requires fitness judged by three doctors, with tests on gas masks protective suits and decontamination methods.
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FT. Meade, Md
Second Army
Army
Ft. Meade
2Nd Army
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Frostbitten Rattlesnake Roundup Sees Small Catch
In Okeene Oklahoma the annual round up drew 16 000 to 18 000 spectators despite bitter cold. Hunters captured 50 rattlers the smallest tally in 16 years with no bites recorded. The biggest snake weighed 5 ½ pounds and measured 67 ½ inches selling for 25 50.
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Okeene
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Ed Lamb
Rattler
International Assn
Oklahoma City
Lamb
Jimmy Davis
Watonga
Heart Attack Fatal To Cincinnati Doctor
Dr. William J. Graf, 71, longtime Cincinnati physician and former president of the Cincinnati Public Health Federation, died of a heart attack in his parked car. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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Cincinnati
William J. Graf
Cincinnati Public Health Federation
Dramatic crash rescue tells of Pan Am plane off Oregon Coast
Emma Peterson recalled the Hawaii bound Pan Am Stratocruiser ditching 25 miles off the Oregon coast. John Peterson, 80, and three others died. Captain H S Joslyn ordered ditching as the four engine plane sank. Bayfield rescued 20 survivors, 18 on three life rafts. four were lost.
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Emma
John Peterson
Oregon Coast
H. S. Joslyn
Bayfield
Seattle
Joslyn
Petersons
California
Peterson
Angus G. Hendrick
Donald R. Fower
San Francisco
David Darrow
Auburn
Wash
Darrow
Honolulu
Copters Rescue 93 Fishermen on Lake Marion
Two Shaw Air Force Base helicopters shuttled 93 stranded fishermen and vacationers to safety on Lake Marion near Vance South Carolina after overnight marooning by high tides. No one was seriously injured.
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VANCE
S.C
Lake Marion
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter
Robert L. Hess
Philadelphia
Francis M. Carney
Doylestown
Ronald L. Ingraham
Bethesda
Ohio Assured Free Polio Vaccine Availability
Ohio health officials declare sufficient free polio vaccine to immunize first and second graders statewide. If last year's Salk tests prove successful, vaccine will also be available for Montgomery and Richland County children who participated. Results set for April 12 in Ann Arbor.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ralph E. Dwork
Health Department
Montgomery and
Richland County
Ann Arbor
Mich
Dwork
Major Break Claimed by New GOP Group in Chicago
The Abraham Lincoln National Republican Club announced a major break with Eisenhower liberals and the isolationist wing. Speakers at a Chicago rally included Senator McCarthy Senator Malone Governor Lee and Kit Clardy. The club aims to recruit nationwide leaders and seize control from New Dealers.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln National Republican Club
Fed. 12
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Malone
Nevada
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Kit Clardy
Michigan
Edgar C. Bundy
Wheaton
Bundy
Chicago Club
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