Fires Kill Seventeen Children and Forty-One Mothers
Eighteen people died in two fires last night including six children in Joliet Illinois and twelve Negro residents in an Atlanta Georgia two family dwelling. In Joliet a trailer house fire killed five Wright children with one more dying in hospital. Firemen said a coal stove caused the blaze and survivors include Carl Wright, 51, Desojina Wright, 36, and Carl Jr., 11.
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Joliet
Atlanta
Carl
Deso- Jina
Carl Jr
Marilyn
Angeline
Lockport
Doctors Remove Hardware From Soble's Stomach
In New York, doctors at Bellevue Hospital removed more than 12 pounds of nuts bolts and screws from the stomach of convicted Soviet spy Jack Soble after he swallowed the hardware at Lewisburg prison. The operation followed an apparent suicide attempt and saved him from likely death within a day.
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New York
Jack Soble
Bellevue Hospital
Soble
Federal House of Detention
Federal
Lewisburg
U.S. Dist. Atty
Paul W. Williams
Bellevue
Williams
Boris Mortos
Beautiful blonde dining table with 6 chairs for sale
Advertises a like new blonde dining set with six chairs offered for $75. Contact FA 3-7685 for details.
Farm Bureau Leaders Map Legislation
Farm Bureau leaders from Mississippi Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana met over two days at the Virginia Hotel to discuss national legislation commodity programs and citizenship activities. The final phase aims to adopt recommendations during the afternoon session led by top agriculturalists.
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Farm Bureau
Virginia Hotel
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Examiner calls Miami channel award the least qualified
Federal examiner Herbert Sharfman testified before a House subcommittee that the FCC chose Public Service Television Inc. over his 1954 recommendation for Col A. Frank Katzenstein for Channel 10 in Miami. The subcommittee hearing also questioned possible improper influence by Col George Gordon Moore, Mamie Eisenhower's brother-in-law.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Miami
National Airlines
Herbert Sharfman
House
Richard A. Mack
Public Service Television Inc
Mack
Col
George Gordon Moore
Mamie Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Moore
Public Service
Sharfman
Ambitious Belhaven freshman Mildred White noted
Mildred White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. White of West Monroe, a Belhaven College freshman, maintains a straight A average while working part time at the college business office and for a law firm. From the Crescent City where Mardi Gras parades and balls are held.
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Mildred White
J. R. White
North 4Th St
West Monroe
Belhaven College
Miss
Crescent City
North Koreans Reject Demand To Return Plane
North Korea rejected the United Nations demand to return a hijacked South Korean airliner. The 34 aboard include two Americans and two Germans. U.S. Navy Capt. George W. Kehl presented the UN request at the joint UN Communist Secretariat meeting in the neutral zone. Colonel Kim Choon Kyung said the De-3 entry was voluntary to escape American imperialists and the Rhee regime.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Red Cross
International Red Cross
Geneva
U.N
U.S. Navy
George W. Kehl
Kittery Point
Maine
Kim Choon Kyung
Kim
Korean National Airlines
Syngman Rhee
Citrus Catastrophe: Florida Faces Worst Winter
Report details Florida's severe cold start December 11 and ongoing waves devastating agriculture from Okeechobee to Orlando. Cattle ranchers, vegetable growers, and citrus farmers faced starvation losses as 30 million boxes of fruit were killed and truck crops suffered nationwide impact.
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Okeechobee
Fla
Florida
Peninsula
J. C. Pearce Jr
Lake Okeechobee
Immokalee
Ewell Moore
Mometer
Orlando
Ernest S. Dill
America
No Reason For Terror Just Police At Work
Redwood City dispatch scenes depict a terrified caller describing two men outside her home on Edgewood Road prompting sheriff’s deputies to respond. The exchange ends with a distracted dispatcher joking about rounding up a stray jackass, illustrating a tense incident handled by law enforcement.
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Redwood City
Calif
Phyllis Wagner
San Mateo County
Edgewood Road
Wilmar Kruger
Harold Francis
Winter Weather Brings Fatal Toll Across Northeast and South
Sub zero winds and heavy snows crippled the Northeast and stretched into the South, causing countless outages and deadly incidents. At least 141 deaths were reported in the latest cold wave, with totals rising to 347 nationwide since February 6. States from New England to Georgia declared emergencies as trains stalled, schools closed, and government workers took leave amid record snows and bitter temperatures.
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New England
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
New Jersey
Georgia
Midwest
Rockies
Atlantic
South
Congress
Springfield
Mass
Michigan City
Ind
Huntsville
Ala
Theodore McKeldin
Maryland
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Firemen Helpless As School Burns In Greenville
Mc Evans High School for Negroes in Shaw burned last night after a frozen hydrant left firefighters unable to save the three story brick building. The 700+ pupil school, valued at 75 000 dollars, origin of the blaze undetermined as Shaw planned a new school under the state equalization program.
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Greenville
Miss
McEvans High School
Shaw
Frank Hough
Shaw Schools
Allies Lose Effort To Bar Tunisia Debate
United States Britain and France failed to block a U N debate on Tunisia and Algeria. Tunisia demanded withdrawal of French troops and broad rights, while Paris linked talks to France leaving 22 000 troops by March 20. Bourguiba sought Western support. Moscow risk cited.
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Tunisia
United States
Britain
France
United Nations
Security Council
Paris
Mongi Slim
Tunis
U.N
Habib Bourguiba
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
North Africa
Russia
Von Braun Warns Soviet May Put Up Satellite Spy
Dr Wernher von Braun warned at a military industrial conference that Soviet scientists may launch a satellite within a few years to relay televised military movements and naval Air Force operations. He contrasted U S capability to strike Russia with a nuclear missile soon, cautioning that such action would harm both sides. He urged reliable production and training as the real need, dismissing open skies as academic.
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von Braun
Chicago
Wernher von Braun
Army
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
United States
Russia
Mardi Gras Rex Reigns as Cold Weather Dampens New Orleans Parade Day
Rex Lord of Misrule Joseph Merrick Jones led the 78th Mardi Gras parade amid forecasts of cold, cloudy skies and light rain. Zulu opened the day with an 8:45 a.m. march and Proteus staged a 20 float undersea tableau while Comus planned an evening parade and balls.
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Joseph Merrick Jones
Rex
New Orleans
Augusta Dinwiddie
Hqans Christian Andersen
Comus
Springs New Word On Solons
Bernard Schwartz former counsel and witness on a House subcommittee proposed the term overdichotomize to describe how some commissions split between judicial and legislative aspects of their work. He offered no definition and referenced Webster's Unabridged for dichotomize meaning to divide into two or more parts.
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Washington
Bernard Schwartz
House
Subcommittee
Throngs Welcome King Zulu on Royal Mardi Gras Barge
Thousands greet King Zulu Alonzo Butler as he steps from a royal barge at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. His queen Wilhelmina Garnett and a regal retinue parade along Canal Street with the George Lewis Brass Band as crowds cheer in 35 degree weather.
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Zulu
New Orleans
Mississippi
George Lewis
Alonzo Butler
Butler
Zululand
Wilhelmina Garnett
Schools Urged to Reach Delinquent Youths to Break Cycle
Dr. Robert J. Havighurst, University of Chicago education professor, warned that 5 to 10 percent of U.S. youths aged 14 to 16 are the hard core of juvenile delinquency. He urged early intervention in family life and schools, suggesting first or second grade work with slow learners, including ungraded primary rooms to allow prolonged skill-building before advancing.
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Indianapolis
America
Robert J. Havighurst
University of Chicago
Havighurst
Report After White House Confab Weighs Economic Stimulus
Washington AP Republicans and President Eisenhower officials after a White House breakfast agreed cutting taxes now would not help to stimulate business. They favored reviewing options before Congress adjourns and discussed public works to offset recession.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Senate
Knowland
California
Congressional
Rep. Martin
R-Mass
House
Minniejean Expelled From Central High in Little Rock
Little Rock School Board expelled Minniejean Brown 16 from Central High School. Superintendent Virgil T. Blossom said she cannot attend any public school in the district until September. The action follows a two week suspension and comes after three white students were suspended for racial incidents earlier in the week.
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Little Rock
Ark
Minniejean Brown
Central High School
Virgil T. Blossom
Minniejean
Blossom
Cold spell continues with cool, cloudy Twin Cities forecast
Forecasters warn more cold weather with temperatures slipping to 22 to 26 degrees tonight and a high near 40 tomorrow. Partly cloudy skies persist, with a light northeast wind and morning readings around 29 degrees. No precipitation recorded yesterday or last night as Selman Field reached 30 degrees.
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Twin Cities
CAA
Selman Field
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DIAL
Col. A. Frank Katzentine
Miami Beach
United Press
Dixie
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Fifth Army
Walter Logan
Lord of Misrule
Solons
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