Battle for Medan Port in Sumatra heats up
The Indonesian army said insurgents were driven from Medan city after fierce fighting as Jakarta forces retook the airfield and harbor. Rebels claimed capture of Medan earlier, led by Maj. Boyke Navin Golan, with about 2,000 troops. Sukarno ordered reinforcements and hinted at wider turmoil across Sumatra and nearby islands, while Caltex resumed operations in Central Sumatra.
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Singapore
Medan
Sumatra
Jakarta
North
Antra
Sukarno
Celebes
Indonesia
Ventje Sumal
Java
South Sumatra
Palembang
Barian
Siak Sri Indrapura
Padang
Galtex
Caltex Oil Co
Pakanbaru
Abdul Haris Nasution
Djamin Gintings
North Sumatra
Navy
Air Force
Gintings
Sibolga
Heavy Snow Falls Across Southern Illinois States
Snow blanketed southern Illinois with flurries in the north as Weather Bureau forecasts up to four inches in southern counties despite milder temperatures. A hard freeze gripped the state Sunday night with readings dipping to 20 at Rantoul, 23 at Moline, 25 at Rockford and Vandalia Readings held in the 30s elsewhere as skies slowly cleared.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Weather Bureau
Rantoul
Moline
Rockford
Vandalia
Ban Mamie’s Kin On Stand In FCC Hearing
Washington Col George Gordon Moore testified before a House committee investigating alleged influence in a federal regulator. He denied any direct or indirect involvement in Channel 10 Miami license award to a National Airlines subsidiary and claimed no past discussions with FCC members.
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Mamie
FCC
Washington
George Gordon Moore
Miami
Moore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Federal Communication Commission
National Airlines
RFCC
Channel 10
Federal Communications Commission
Castro Demands Batista Resign
Fidel Castro issued a 22 point ultimatum from his mountain base demanding Batista quit by April 5. He warned of a finish fight by guerrillas and roving terrorists, ordered a halt of transport in Oriente by April 1, and said he would fire on any vehicles. Castro urged tax resistance and desertion of government forces while promising promotions to officers who joined him.
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Larry Allen
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Oriente
Castro
Knox County Tragedy At Grade Crossing Claims Five Lost
A young couple and their three children were killed in an auto train collision at a rural Knox County grade crossing near Henderson, nine miles northeast of Galesburg. William Edgar Barty 23 Sylvia 22 Dina 3 David 2 and Donald 1 were killed when the train hit their car at about 50 mph. The diesel locomotive dragged the car a quarter mile. the parents perished in the wreckage with the children.
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Galesburg
Knox County
William Edgar Barty
Sylvia
Dina
David
Donald
Oneida
F. C. Healey
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Harbor Springs celebrates basketball team with bold school color dyes
Harbor Springs High School's girls team reach Class C state quarterfinals after a 63-47 win over Traverse City St. Francis in Petoskey. Town erupts in cheer as fire trucks, sirens, and fireworks echo through the 1412 resident community. A dance hall floor sinks four inches forcing evacuation before moving the party to the high school gym. Four senior girls dye hair orange and black. teachers and staff sport bold changes as the town marks a feverish victory. The team faces Crystal Falls next.
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Harbor Springs
Mich
Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Harbor Springs High School
Traverse City
Crystal Falls
Yank Shot Down By Reds Is Released
PANMUNJOM Korea Communists return U S jet pilot Capt Leon Pfeiffer of Kenosha Wisconsin who parachuted March 6 after his Fly Sabre Jet was hit He was unhurt and questioned by Air Force security officers before return to U N control at a Military Armistice Commission meeting Pfeiffer spoke at a brief news conference saying he was happy to be back and very tired The UN command said both planes briefly violated the North Korean air space unintentionally but accused the Reds of an unnecessary armed attack
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Panmunjom
Korea
U. S
Leon Pfeiffer
Kenosha
Wis
Pfeiffer
U. N
Military Armistice Commission
Air Force
Seoul
Demilitarized Zone
Reds
Okinawa child slain by mother not a kidnapping
Terrence D. Hitt, a Plymouth, Michigan technician, said his wife admitted smothering their 6 week old son Brady Dean and burying him in a garden to fake a kidnapping. The 28 year old husband spoke to reporters while his wife, under observation at a U S Army hospital in Naha, described a nightmare leading to the crime. Police uncovered the body after the wife revealed the burial site following a neighbor visit.
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Naha
Okinawa
Terrence D. Hitt
Plymouth
Mich
U.S. Army
Hitt
Brady Dean
Mom Who Lost Baby To Kidnapper Marries Again
Newton Iowa report: Mrs Martyn Damman 24, whose son Steven vanished on Long Island in 1955, wed Ted Haney of Newton in Omaha Nebraska. Damman had divorced Jerry Damman earlier this year for cruel treatment and retains custody of daughter Pamela Sue if Steven is ever found.
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Newton
Iowa
Martyn Damman
Long Island
N.Y
Damman
Clyde Wilson
Ted Haney
Omaha
Neb
Haney
National Guard
Jerry
Pamela Sue
Steven
Pambiad
Moon Base in Ground Hit to Shield Pioneers Vision
Army research official James B. Edson predicts space medicine advances will remove the need for breathing eating and drinking on long flights. He foresees moon and Mars landings within 10 to 15 years and bases that are natural caves then sealed caverns. He notes military implications and a future of self sufficient off world habitats.
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Chicago
Army
James B. Edson
Moon
Mars
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
U.S
Edson
Robbers Sentenced for Cairo Night Club Heist
Thomas Ford Sloan Evanston Illinois John J Rooney Jr Wynn Massachusetts and William Kendrick Cambridge Massachusetts ex convicts were sentenced to two to seven years each for the March 3 armed robbery of the El Patio night club near Cairo Illinois. They pleaded guilty to three counts of armed robbery before Judge C Ross Reynolds. Police said the trio, who had prior federal prison terms, were captured within thirty minutes after the robbery and $2000 was recovered from their car.
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Cairo
Ill
el Patio
Thomas Ford Sloan
Evanston
John J. Rooney Jr
Wynn
Mass
William Kendrick
Cambridge
C. Ross Reynolds
Reynolds
Jaycees Invite National Leader to Mt Vernon Banquet
The Mt Vernon Jaycees host a 105 member conference with wives from Cairo Marion West Frankfort Benton Harrisburg Eldorado and Du Quoin. National Jaycee President Charles E Shearer of Shelbyville Ind will speak at an April 11 banquet. Leonard Rule and Val Gene Stanley elected state vice presidents.
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Jaycees
Mt. Vernon
Robert Cudd
Monmouth
Charles E. Shearer
Shelbyville
Ind
Ilinois
Earl Hanes
Cairo
Marion
West Frankfort
Benton
Harrisburg
Eldorado
du Quoin
Woman shoots brother in deadly family dispute
Carrier Mills Illinois police report that Theresa Lewis, 39, fatally shot her brother Truman Hill, 42, with a 12 gauge shotgun during an argument outside a neighbor’s home. She was detained without charge after claiming Hill and another brother Ralph threatened her earlier that night. A neighbor testified she retrieved a gun and confronted them as the shooting happened minutes later.
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Carrier Mills
N. W
Truman Hill
Theresa Lewis
Letter Mailed In Trash Can In Marion
Dr W Orval Luker ing believes the sender did not know mail boxes are red white and blue. A stamped letter addressed to the State Auto License Department was found in the top of an olive drab refuse container in front of a bank. Lukering placed the letter, bearing a rural Marion address, into a nearby mailbox.
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Marion
W.orval Lukering
State Auto Lcense Department
Leukering
Mitchell Sons Are Pallbearers For Their Mother
Four Mitchell sons and two nephews served as pallbearers at the funeral of Mrs. Ethel M. Mitchell age 68 at 712 South 12th Street. Pallbearers Riley George and Jerry Mitchell of Los Angeles James Mitchell of Syracuse attended along with Rev. Carl Mitchell of Greenville DC. Three sons Alonzo Wilbur and John Mitchell could not attend. Funeral at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev. Gerald Gulley officiating, burial in West Salem cemetery.
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Ethel M. Mitchell
South 12Th Street
New Baby Moon May Stay Up Five to Ten Years
Washington reports Dr. John P. Hagen of Project Vanguard says the new earth satellite should remain aloft five to ten years. He outlines plans for larger satellites, possible lunar-orbit missions within about a year, and the potential to photograph the moon’s far side. The Navy aims to launch an instrumented basketball-sized satellite and notes Vanguard stages can support future orbital vehicles.
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Washington
Navy
Project Vanguard
John P. Hagen
Moon
Hagen
Earth
Vanguard
Vangard
Stell
Don
Hagen Ald
Imankind
Vanguard Hurls Moon Into Orbit
Cape Canaveral Fla The Navy's Vanguard rocket put the second U S satellite into orbit soon after liftoff at 7 16 a m EST President Eisenhower announced the moon satellite in orbit as observers cheered in Navy circles The three stage rocket reached orbit with only one delay in a down range tracking station and its high pitched radio signals were received within minutes
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.p
U. S
Space
Thes Moon
International Gephysical Year
U. S Moon
Vanguard
Earth
Fla
Navy
Eisenhower
Russia
Nho Martin Co
Africa
Raleigh
N.C
Washington
John P. Haegen
Vanguard Project
Hagen
Army
Explorer
Vincent Thomas
John P. Hagen
Beatite
Air Force
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