Bodies Recovered After Massive RB-36 Plane Crash
Newfoundland searchers combed a timbered truck route wreckage of an RB-36 from Rapid City Air Base with seven bodies reportedly found and 16 feared lost. US officials said casualty details were unconfirmed while rescue teams and ground parties faced long treks through deep snow in near-wilderness conditions.
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ST. John’s
Air
U. S
Newfoundland
Rapid City
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gander
Pepperrell Air Base
Azores
U. S. Northeast Air Command Headquarters
Howard W. Moore
Jacob Pruett
Charleston
718Th
Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
Moore
United States
Marines Raid Chinese Red Company in Pre-Dawn Clash
U S Marines struck in fog and rain using flamethrowers and bayonets to hit a Chinese forward position near Bunker Hill and Buoker Hill. The Eighth Army reported three hour battles with 40 killed, 50 estimated killed, and 65 injured on the Chinese side, while Marines suffered no stated counts. Marine raiders said they killed many and moved through smoke to clear bunkers and trenches.
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Seoul
U. S
U.S. Eighth Army
Bunker Hill
Buoker Hill
Eighth Army
Piy William W. Weitzel
Sinking Springs
Rae
May Regret If Canada Goes Alone On Seaway
President Eisenhower warned that the United States may regret if Canada proceeds with the St. Lawrence Seaway alone. He said the administration has made some decisions on the matter but did not specify what they were and noted he might have forgotten whether any would remain confidential for the time being.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Seaway
Quake Strikes West Turkey Causing Widespread Destruction
A violent earthquake centered near Balikesir in West Turkey reportedly killed hundreds and damaged more than half of homes in Genea and Manyas. The Turkish Red Crescent and local police cited up to 500 deaths, with Istanbul and Gallipoli nearby towns shaken and residents spending the night outdoors. Seismologists in New York and observatories in Europe recorded strong ground motion across a 10,000 square mile area.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Balikesir
Sea of Marmiara
Gallipoli
Yenice
Cihan
Genea
Manyas
Turkish Red Crescent
Red Cross
Istanbul Observatory
New York
Frank Press
Columbia University
England
Italy
San Domico di Prato
Florence
Charter Bill To McKeldin Advances To Governor Action
The Frederick city charter revision bill lifting mayoral and alderman salaries passes the State Senate and will go to Governor McKeldin. It previously cleared the House of Delegates with no known amendments and would raise salaries to 6000 for the mayor and 1200 for aldermen starting next term. It also clarifies bonded indebtedness for self liquidating water bonds and expands city police eligibility. A Senate referendum proposal on moving pictures in Franklin district Sundays after 9 pm is noted.
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Frederick City
Board of Aldermen
State Senate
McKeldin
House of Delegates
Hoft
Senate
Franklin
Carroll County
Tayiorsville
Another U S Plane Crashes in Newfoundland
A United States military plane on a routine flight crashed into St George's Bay Newfoundland. Ten men aboard are missing. The Superfortress from Harmon Field left wreckage in the bay. This follows another U S Air Force crash off Newfoundland's East Coast yesterday with 23 aboard, including a general. Canadian woodsmen found ten bodies, with thirteen others unaccounted for.
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ST. John’s
United States Military Plate
Newfoundland
St. George’s Bay
Harmon Field
U. S. Air Force
Reed May Try To Force Bill On House Floor
Rep Reed of New York says he may invoke a rare procedure to push his tax cut bill to the House floor despite opposition from leaders. Eisenhower warned balancing the budget is essential before any tax reductions, complicating Reed’s plan to cut personal income taxes about ten percent starting July 1. The Rules Committee aligns with Eisenhower and Speaker Martin that spending must be cut and a balanced budget in sight before action.
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Washington
Reed
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Joseph Martin
Rmass
Thirteenth Daughter Born To Maine Couple
In Water Ville Maine newborn Lorene Avis Brooks weighed pounds? ounces and joined 13 daughters for 37-year-old Lloyd Brooks a textile worker. He joked about adopting a son yet praised the healthy baby and noted the mother also fared well. The family welcomed the girl as the others voiced mixed reactions about boys versus girls. The birth shifted to Osteopathic Hospital after Alma contracted German measles, preventing a home birth.
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Brooks
Osteopathic Hospital
Waterville
Eunice
British Talks With Tito Continue Amid Cold War Ambiguity
Prime Minister Churchill chaired a high level session with defense and economic advisers as Britain prepares for further discussions with Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito. Officials hint at a mutual defense pact short of a formal treaty in the heated East West standoff with the Soviet Union. Conley W. Brown, son of Elmer Brown, was named probationary City Police Department member by Mayor Donald B. Rice. Brown, discharged from the armed forces earlier this month, is in training as a special officer pending the Police Commission exam.
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London
Churchill
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Britain
Soviet Union
Conley W. Brown
Elmer Brown
Donald B. Rice
Charles V. Main
Brown
Police Commission
Pave Way For Firing Atomic Artillery Shell
LAS VEGAS NEV A series of sub size atomic explosions will pave the way for the first firing of an atomic artillery shell. The 280 mm cannon’s nuclear debut is expected in mid May. A second test is planned next week as officials pursue tower detonations to measure power at Yucca Flat.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Alvin C. Graves
Atomic Energy Commission
1 000 Reds Beaten Back In Bonn Raid
In Bonn police beat back about 1,000 Communist led marchers near the West German Parliament as the Bundestag pushed toward final approval of twin treaties. Adenauer, 77, urged a strong majority before his April 6 U S state visit. The Allied Bonn Peace Contract and the six nation European Defense Community pact would grant near sovereignty and create a unified Western army.
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Bonn
Parliament
Konrad Adenauer
Free Europe
Charities Meet Hears Reports At 22 South Market
Federated Charities owners 22 South Market report on Free Kindergarten and crippled children school run by League for Crippled Children and Adults. Milton Brunk updates on East er seals funded project while Miss Williams will supports care via hospital bed and drug prescriptions. Rodock reelected president with Helfenstein Webb Summers and Waskey in key posts.
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South Market Street
Federated Charities
Wat
C. T. Summers
Pas
League For Crippled Children and Adults
Milton Brunk
Ernest C. Webb
Red Cross
Charities Organization
Margaret Jane Williams
Automatic Tax Cut Bill Up Today
In Annapolis the Senate will consider the automatic tax reduction plan, backers say it would return surplus funds to taxpayers as a tax relief. Sen Turnbull questions the delay as Senate President Dela explains a printing typo halted final action and party-line Democrats face insurgents over the bill. The House supports a oyster shell replanting bill and talks on a toll free Williamsport Bridge. The Agriculture Committee backs hunter enforcement changes to curb illegal deer poaching aided by night lights.
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Annapolis
Senate
Sen
Turnbull
D-Balto County
Dela
D-Balto
Virginia
Della
Dempsey
D - Ba Board
House Judiciary Committee
Baltimore City
House
Bay and Tributaries Committee
Potomac River
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
McLaughlin
Potomac
Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Otther States
George Shields
The
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Deer Country
Shields
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Kathleen Winsor and Third Mate Divorced
Kathleen Winsor author of Forever Amber announces a friendly separation from her husband Arnold Krakower 37 in a New York statement. She says there is no reconciliation and a divorce will follow. They wed in April 1949. Krakower helped her obtain a divorce from Artie Shaw, her second husband.
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New York
Kathleen Winsor
Amber
Arnold Krakower
Terday
Miss Winsor
Krakower
Artie Shaw
Letters Granted In New Haven Estate Case
Letters of administration on the estate of Helen Brooks Owens died in New Haven February were granted in Orphans Court to her daughter Cora G. Taylor also of New Haven. The husband and two daughters are heirs. Realty valued at about $2,000 was reported.
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Helen Brooks Owens
New Haven
Conn
Jin
Cora G. Taylor
Bowles Told VOA Officials To Tone Down Anti Communist Voice
Washington two Voice of America officials testified before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee that Chester Bowles then ambassador to India urged toning down anti Communist broadcasts. Gerald Doorher and Stanley Ghosh described a June memo confirming the directive to refrain from undue anti Communist emphasis amid a probe of State Department waste and subversion.
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Washington
Voice of America
Senate
Chester Bowles
India
Gerald Doorher
The
Voice
Middle East
Africa
Asia
Stanley 8. Ghosh
Doorher
Bowles
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Extortion Sentence Suspended for Cumberland Mother of Eight
Mrs Ida Viola Files, 56, pleaded guilty to writing Morten W Peskin Sr threatening to reveal the Meister murder unless paid 500. A two year suspended reformatory sentence was imposed by Circuit Judge George Henderson. Prosecutors call the act a by product of Cumberland’s Meister murder case. Family testified she was distraught over a son in Korea. No link found between Peskin and the murder.
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Cumberland If
Ida Viola Files
Cumberland
Paul M. Fletcher
Odessa Meister
Peskin
Virginian Injured In Accident On Rt 40
A Virginia man suffered a sprained shoulder when a car skidded on Route 40 near Myersville. Harold Payne of Fairfax was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and discharged. Harold Woodrow Scott of Arlington, driver, and Trooper Carlton Lewis investigated. About 9 p.m. the car struck a bank, then skidded back onto the road causing roughly $500 damage.
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Virginia
Myersville
Harold Payne
Blaine Drive
Fairfax
Fredericks Memorial Hospital
East Board
Harold Woodrow Scott
Arlington
Carlton Lewis
Scott
Can't Afford Combat Cut
Eisenhower states the nation cannot afford to cut combat strength though savings may be found in military overhead. He cautions no level of force guarantees true security amid global arms expansion, referencing Russia and echoing Washington on a reasonable posture of defense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Russia
George Washington
Divided On U.S. Budget For Military
Washington report says President Eisenhower faces Cabinet splits over increasing or cutting the 46 billion Truman military program. Some advisers seek cuts to balance the budget while others urge adding 10 to 25 billion to bolster security amid Soviet threats. Eisenhower has yet to decide.
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Jack Bell
Washington WW
Eisenhower
Truman
National Security Council
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Monocacy Up After Heavy Showers Fall
The Monocacy river rose six feet in low spots but stayed below flood level and is expected to recede. Some streams returned to normal as 0.39 inches fell at the airport with March totaling 2.94 inches. A forecast calls for more rain by Saturday night and high temperatures around 60, with a cooler night and Friday ahead.
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Monocacy
Airport Weather Bureau
Sinatra Owes Tax Back Bill, Lien Filed by IRS
The Internal Revenue Bureau says Frank Sinatra owes 109907 in back taxes. A lien was placed against Sinatra for an alleged unpaid 1951 balance of 98510 plus 11487 disallowed for 1948 to 196? years, allowing seizure of assets up to the lien amount.
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New York 2
Internal ‘Revenue Bureau
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Eisenhower outlines peace stance and policy hints at news conference
President Eisenhower says the new Soviet regime will meet no effort toward world peace half way and cites no formal peace overture from Moscow. He pushes deferral of tax cuts until a balanced budget appears and favors revenue measures over broad income tax cuts. He defends Bohlen’s Russia ambassadorship, mulls a Latin American trip, and stresses avoiding provocative moves against Korea at the UN while exploring defense gains via efficiency. He notes no public word on Tito’s U.S. visit and announces a study group led by Lewis Douglas on trade and world markets.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Rep
Reed
RNY
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Russia
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
United Nations
Korea
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
Lewis Douglas
Great Britain
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Honors Miss Myers at Legion Home
Miss Kaye Myers, first elected president of the Junior Auxiliary of the Francis Scott Key Post American Legion, received a gift from Mrs. Katherine Stull at Tuesday night’s auxiliary meeting. The group reported 296 members, welcomed new members, and discussed Easter plans, charity contributions, and an upcoming rummage sale.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Hagerstown
Morris Frock Post
Francis Scott Key Post Legion Auxiliary
Alice Kennedy
Helen Musso
A. M. Schueler
Virgie Houck
Virginia Miller
Madeline Ci
Lillian Nelson
Easton
Francis
Kaye Myers
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Katherine Stull
Legion Home
Miss Myers
Stull
Joseph Holdcraft
Catherine Layman
Ruth Hopkins
Beth Johnson
New Jersey
Kitty Eicholtz
Stnley Park
Encholtz
Society For Crippled Children and Adults
The
Heart Fund
Ronnie Smith
Harry ©. Smith
Americanism Committee
Helen Catsail
Edna Yelton
Victor Cullem Hospital
Montevue
Emergeljey Hospital
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Red Company
Kansas
Dee
Newfoundland Bay
Bill Qut
Maine
Pitisfield
Lloyd Brooks
Tito
Charities Meet
George 8. Rodock
Ernest Helfenstein
Ernest Webb
Mrs. Summers
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Rt. 40
Walter P. Feaga
Oliver Wren
Frederick
Albert L. Hargett
Circuit Court
Kenneth D. Bartgis
Charles McC. Mathias, Sr
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
Charles
Woodsboro
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Prince Charles
Llantrisant
Ostend
Beligium
U.S
Bohlen
Legion
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