France considers Tunisian base concessions amid Asia Pact talks
France reportedly ready to give up five Tunisian air bases and convert Bizerte into an Atlantic Pact base to ease tensions. Diplomatic efforts include observers on the Algeria border and a five kilometer wide no mans land along the frontier. France seeks troop reductions in Tunisia as part of a peace plan.
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Washington
France
Bizerte
Tunisia
U. N. Security Council
Habib Bourguiba
Felix Gaillard
Algeria
No Man’s Land
Three Seamen Saved as Bonitas Sinks in Atlantic Capsize
A rescue at sea left three survivors from the Italian freighter Bonitas as 14 crewmen were lost after a lifeboat capsized in 20 foot seas east of Cape Lookout. The President Adams, two Navy destroyers and the Cavalaire searched through the night amid blizzard conditions. The Bonitas crew abandoned ship, the lifeboat capsize occurred, and three men were rescued while others drifted away in darkness and snow. Survivors identified include Captain Zenazin Marini, Alfredo Contessi, and Giovanni Barbaro.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
President Adams
Cavalaire
Cape Lookout
N. C
Adams
Coast Guard
Bonita
Zenazin Marini
Alfredo Contessi
Giovanni Barbaro
Wrecked U S Plane Spotted On Mt Vesuvius
A U S Air Force C47 with 16 aboard was spotted on the north slope of Mt Vesuvius after disappearance Saturday night. No signs of life found as fog and sleet hindered rescue teams from reaching the scene above the Bay of Naples.
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Naples
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
U. S
Athens
Ramstein-Landstuhl
Germany
Istanbul
Turkey
Robert D. Bennett
Cincinnati
Bay of Naples
Vesuvius
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Quie Narrowly Wins Minnesota 1st District Seat
Albert Quie a 34 year old dairy farmer and freshman state senator wins the Minnesota 1st Congressional District seat in a close race. Eugene Foley a 29 year old attorney trails by 655 votes with full returns showing Quie 44310 to Foley 43655. Foley considers a recount as the district known for dairy farming since 1893 leans Republican amid Benson policy debates.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Albert Quie
August Andresen
Quie
Eugene Foley
Foley
Benson
TV Fire at Holderman Home Causes Smoke but No Damage
Firemen responded to Mrs. S. D. Holderman at 114 West Ave. Tuesday evening when smoke issued from a television set. They moved the set to the porch and no damage occurred inside the home.
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Morris
S. D. Holderman
West Ave
Mother and three sons die in Cutler house fire
A mother Mrs. Albert E. Smith Jr. 25 and her three sons Bruce 3 Tommy 2 and Earl 2 months perished in an early morning fire in a four room frame house at Cutler Illinois. Rescue workers recovered the bodies about four hours after flames were brought under control. The husband said he was at work when the blaze started and firefighters said it appeared to have begun from an overheated stove.
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Cutler, Ill
Illinois
Albert E. Smith Jr
Bruce
Tommy
Earl
Weather warms in Grundy county after sub zero spell
Grundy county slowly ends the deep freeze that began February 5. Tuesday night stayed at zero or above, with today partly cloudy and warmer, tonight fair with a low of 5 to 10 above zero. Thursday through Friday look fair to warmer with a chance of snow Friday. Pyatt station reached 15 degrees, then dropped to zero, with 9 am today at 10 degrees and rising.
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Grundy County
Pyatt
Filter-Tip Cigarette Advertising Deceives Public
A House committee says cigarette manufacturers deceived the public via filter-tip ads. It accuses the industry of implying filters prevent cancer and heart disease while noting many filters deliver equal or more nicotine and tar. The report criticizes FTC for lax policing and details brand claims and test results from the 1950s.
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House Group
Washington
House
Federal Trade Commission
Ublic
Ilters
Rep
Blatnik
C-linn
Eycott
Kent
P. Lorillard Co
Consumer Reports
L&m
Liggett & Myers
L&w
Miss Betty Lane Cherry Crowned National Peach Queen
Betty Lane Cherry former Miss USA was crowned National Peach Queen at the National Peach Council meeting in Columbia South Carolina Tuesday night.
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Columbia
S. C
Betty Lane Cherry
Natiional Peach Council
Towboats Battle Ice Gorge on the Mississippi
Towboats freed smaller tows trapped in a 24 mile ice gorge on the Mississippi River as 90 percent wasBlocked by ice. Traffic on the Ohio was entirely blocked while two boats remained trapped near Cairo. About 100 vessels sought shelter at Cairo where the rivers meet. Weather remains frigid with well below freezing temperatures through the weekend.
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Cairo
Ill
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Ohio River
St. Louis
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Banta Towing Co
Kishwaukee
Missouri
Federal
Mis
Quiz Believed Planner of Plane Seizure
South Korea reports a high ranking Communist agent arrested as the mastermind of a airliner seizure. Seven Communist passengers allegedly hijacked the plane from Pusan to Seoul at gunpoint and diverted it to North Korea. The flight carried two American pilots and 34 aboard some wounded.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Pusan
U. S. State Department
Panmunjon
U. N. Command
Sweden to abstain from intermediate range missiles
Swedish Defense Minister Sven Anderson stated that the government will not acquire missiles that reach Soviet territory across the Baltic. He also indicated plans to buy and produce various missile types domestically.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Sven Anderson
Baltic
Anderson
Gardner Man Not Liable in Crash Suit
Tracy Storm of Gardner was found not liable in a crash damage suit filed by Frances Swaim of Lincoln. The eleven woman one man jury deliberated 45 minutes, ruling in Circuit Court that December 26 1954 negligence claim involving a three car collision on Highway 66 was unfounded. Judge Howard Ryan presided with Francis Loughran and George Swaim Jr. as counsel.
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Tracy Storm
Gardner
Frances Swaim
Lincoln
Howard Ryan
Francis Loughran
Joliet
Storm
George Swaim Jr
David Root
Army Issues Draft Call for 13 000 Men in April
The Army issued a draft call for 13 000 men in April, matching the March figure and signaling a steady level through June. Since September 1950, 2 309 430 men have been drafted or earmarked for induction under the Selective Service restart.
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Washington
Friends of Loser in Miami Case Sought Aid of Top Republicans
The House Commerce subcommittee found that friends of A Frank Katzentine sought support from top Republicans including Vice President Nixon in the Miami TV Channel 10 dispute. A letter from Downey Rice described a 1955 conversation with Bob King about Nixon, while Katzentine said meetings with FCC Commissioner Richard A Mack occurred in 1956. The probe followed testimony about $2,650 in checks paid to Mack during the case.
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Friends of Loser In
Miami
Case
Washington
House
Friends of
Nixon
A. Frank Katazentine
Downey Rice
Katzentine
Bob King
Federal Communications Commission
WKAT
FCC
Public Service Television, Inc
National Airlines
Richard A. Mack
Mack
House Commerce Subcommittee
Bernard Schwartz
Eisenhower warns sharp aid cuts could raise taxes and defense costs
President Eisenhower urged Congress to fund 38.942 billion in foreign aid warning that deep reductions would trigger a surge in defense spending and tax hikes. He argued cuts threaten mutual security and leave America beleaguered by communism while urging continued support for newly independent nations.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Congress
Soviet Union
China
America
House
Morris Pupils to Represent at District Speech Meet
Five Morris Community High School students will compete in the District Speech contest Saturday at Ottawa Township High School. The group also enters the one act play The Tenth Word in the drama festival directed by Mrs. Charles Southard.
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Morris Community High School
Ottawa Township High School
Dale Steffen
East
West Aurora
Dwight, Gardner
Hempton
Herschel
Mendota
Morris
St. Paul
Odell
Marquette
Plano
Reddick
Ottawa
Priscilla Vacca
Charles Southard
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