Arrival of 105 American aircraft technicians in Indo China
Tokyo reports 105 U S aircraft technicians arrived in war torn Indo China with Gen Otto Weyland to aid French forces. They join a growing American servicing effort for planes in the region amid rising Viet Minh activity and high level talks in Saigon and Washington.
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Tokyo
Indo-China
Otto P. Weyland
Far East
IndoChina
John E. Hull
Washington
U.S
John Allison
Weyland
Rene Pleven
Saigon
Hanoi
Luang Prabang
Laos
Indo China
Hong Kong
Claire Chennault
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
U. S
Charles E. Wilson
Refugee shot by Communist police at Berlin border
West Berlin reports say a refugee from the Soviet occupation zone was shot in the right leg by Red police while attempting to flee to the West. The incident follows the Big Four talks and signals rising unrest as shortages and propaganda increase pressure in East Germany.
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Berlin
West
East Berlin
Red
East Germany
Germany
Soviet Zone
Molotov Proposes European Security Treaty Plan
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov urged a general European treaty on collective security open to all European states. He also called for withdrawal of foreign occupation troops from Germany within six months, and his plan would exclude the United States from Western Europe’s defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Europe
Molotov
West
East Germany
United States
Parsons Appeal Vetoed By Court
The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Tulsa socialite Mary Jean Parsons a new hearing on charges she murdered her bridegroom husband. Lawyers argued trial court instructions were improper after she received a 10 year sentence for murder for the El Paso killing of Army Lt. Richard O. Parsons.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Tulsa
Mary Jean Parsons
Hedy Lamarr Reported In Hospital Checkup
Hedy Lamarr and Houston oilman W Howard Lee are tied to a rumor as Lamarr is said to be in Methodist Hospital for a routine checkup. The hospital refused to comment on the report.
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Houston
Tex
Hedy Lamarr
W. Howard Lee
Methodist Hospital
Weather Forecast Clear to Partly Cloudy with Winds
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with wind and dust. Tonight partly cloudy, Thursday partly cloudy. High today 8, low tonight 48, high tomorrow 60, overnight low 49. Sunset 6:31 p.m. tonight, sunrise 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Precipitation in last four hours minimal.
Eisenhower Calls Indo China Aid a Calculated Risk
President Eisenhower said U.S. aid to Indo China is limited to technical assistance and not combat troops. He warned against broad involvement, noting aviation technicians will return by mid June and comparing the risk to past actions such as aiding East Germany.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Indo China
Congress
Leadso
Far East
America
Germany
Chief Suspends Baton Rouge Police Amid Gun Confiscation Scandal
In Baton Rouge on February 10, Police Chief Joe Green suspended six city officers including a captain after peppering the station house walls and a map with 353 guns seized from juveniles.
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Baton Rouge
Joe Green
Eisenhower backs higher federal highway spending proposal
President Eisenhower endorsed a plan to raise federal highway aid from 75 million to 800 million dollars with state and local matching. Rep McGregor introduced a bill to authorize 412 million annually for federal road construction. The president also delayed a scheduled one half cent per gallon gas tax cut and warned against recession fears.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep
McGregor
Ohio
House Roads Committee
Giant Bombers End 8 700 Mile Tokyo Flight To Maine
Two giant RB 36 bombers landed at Limestone Air Force Base Maine after an 8 700 mile nonstop flight from Tokyo in under 29 hours. Brig Gen Stanley J Donovan of the Strategic Air Command called it a jet stream research study. Ground speed and altitude were not released.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Limestone Air Force Base
Maine
Tokyo
Stanley J. Donovan
14Th Air Division
Strategic Air Command
Court Hears Ouster Talks In Texas Judge Case
In Austin on Feb 10 state lawmakers and attorneys argued before the Texas Supreme Court in a bid to oust Judge C Woodrow Laughlin from the 79th District. Defense contends only one witness per cause. prosecutors seek to amend to show sworn causes by multiple people.
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Austin
C. Woodrow Laughlin
South Texas
Texas Supreme Court
William H.shireman
Corpus Christi
Clint C. Small
Supreme Court
Laughlin
Clint C. Small Jr
Small
Shireman
Woman Claims Not Real Son In Texas Estate Case
In Dallas, a divorced wife testifies that a newborn adopted by her and her husband in 1932 was not their son but another woman's child. William Marcus Peyton Jr. has controlled a $3 million estate since 1953, with Norman Peyton seeking accounting and a receiver as claims conflict over paternity and years of expenses.
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Dallas
Texas
William Marcus Peyton
William Marcus Peyton Jr
Peytons
Norman Peyton
Peyton
Dallas County District
Norman
Baylor Hospital
Substitute Duval Judge On Beach
San Diego Texas February 10 A substitute district judge Arthur Klein of Harlingen was appointed amid a Duval county power struggle. Witnesses testified of altered minutes and disappearing records as Auditor C. T. Stansell Jr and Roy H. Cauley testified about possible tax and endorsement irregularities. Attorney General Shepperd sought immunity for witnesses and moved to restrain destruction of records as he tied the matter to George B Parr.
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San Diego
Tex
George B. Parr
Duval County
C. T. Stansell Jr
W. H. Ninedorf
Roy H. Cauley
Twece Ssa
Pwwewsy Wythiw Vs
Stansell
Minedorf
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cauley
Ute Wenavides
Arthur Klein
Harlingen
John Ben Chepperd
Tuaree
Shepperd
Wincn 7
George Parry
Jugge
Luescay
Parr
Viega Meras
Alvaro Guevara
Yasubio Carillo Jr
Benavides
A. Y. al- Teo
Lheppard
Klein
Raeburn Norris
Alice
Wangers
Alice Court House
W . Blalock
Wuva
Jim Wells
C. Woodrow Laugmin
Austin
Snepperas
South Texas
Duval County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Joe Valleo
Merchants Exchange Bank of
Vallee
Jimmy
J. C. Gonzales
D. C. Chapa
Oscar Carrillo
John Ben Shepperd
No Trace Found By Patrol Boat Of Racing Craft
The 60-foot racing schooner Dirigo II remains missing after a two hour search 1800 miles south of Los Angeles off the Mexican coast. Navy patrol confirmed orange flares were seen but found no debris or signs of the vessel. Dirigo II was captained by James W Crawford of St Petersburg Florida and carried a crew of three after finishing the San Diego to Acapulco race.
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Los Angeles
Here
Coast Guard
Navy
James W. Crawford
St. Petersburg
Fla
San Diego-to-Acapulco, Mex
Los Angeles-to
Confederate Veteran Thomas Riddle Reported Serious Ill
Austin reports 107 year old Civil War veteran Thomas Evans Riddle has grown steadily worse after pneumonia. Medical director Dr. Herman Wing says his failing heart and inability to take food worsen his condition despite intravenous feeding. One other Texas Confederate veteran, Walter Williams, 111, lives on a farm near Franklin.
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Austin
Thomas Evans Riddle
Riddle
Herman Wing
Texas Confederate Home For Men
Wing
Texas
Walter W. Williams
Franklin
Senators Approve Bill for CCCC Borrowing Authority
Senators Johnson and Daniel led the Texas Democrats as the Senate passed a bill granting the Commodity Credit Corp. authority to borrow 281 million dollars. The measure expands federal credit to support agriculture and related markets.
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Washington
Johnson and Daniel
Texas
Socrats
Senate
Commodity Credit Corp
Dishwasher Confesses Slaying Novelist and Wife in New York
Harold Weinberg, 25, a former convict who lodged Bodenheim and his wife Ruth Fagan, confessed to their murders after police moved him to East Fifth Street station. Bodenheim, 60, was found shot in a Third Avenue room. Ruth Fagan was beaten and stabbed. Weinberg had clashed with Bodenheim over his attentions to a third wife, and relatives arranged Bodenheim’s funeral in New Jersey.
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New York
Maxwell Bodenheim
Ruth Fagan
Harold Weinberg
Bodenheims
Weinberg
East Fifth Street
Bodenheim
Third Avenue
Greenwich Village
Brady Negro Acquitted For Forging Tax Check
Austin report says Golden Punchard a 57 year old Brady Texas Negro was acquitted Tuesday of forging a 28.40 income tax refund check by endorsing it with an X. He cannot write.
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Austin
Golden Punchard
Brady
jTex
Punchard
Wife Denies Testimony In Dying Husband Case
In a San Francisco hospital deposition, Albert N. Ades, a cancer patient, accuses wife Gertrude Weiss Ades of adultery and threats. He says she had daily encounters with a ships steward during a Honolulu cruise and offered a $30 bribe. she interrupts and questions the charges as doctors pause the proceedings.
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San Francisco
Gertrude Weiss Ades
Albert N. Ades
I. L. Harris
Adel
Adell
Honolulu
Ades
Houston Actor Finds Audience In City's Clinic
Actor Onslow Stevens, fired from the Playhouse Theater for ad libbing, entertained inmates in Houston city jail after being removed from a plane for drunkenness. He posted a $5 bond and was released after a 40 minute improvised Shakespeare recital.
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Houston
Onslow Stevens
Playhouse Theater
Stevens
E. L. Frazier
Playhouse
Joanna Albus
Frazier
Shamrock
Los Angeles
Stevenson Cannot Speak in Texas for Democratic Meeting
Adlai Stevenson will not address a Texas Young Democrats convention in Mineral Wells on Feb. 26 27 after declining an invitation from Gov. Allan Shivers who opposed his 1952 campaign. Stevenson remains slated to speak in Chicago on Feb. 26 at Roosevelt High School.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Stevenson
Young Democrats
Mineral Wells
Teegrets
Aklan Shivers
Roosevelt Chicago
Big Spring Approves $500000 School Bond Issue
Big Spring voters approved a $500,000 bond for elementary school classrooms by a 1036 to 39 margin in an election held yesterday.
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Big Spring
CIA
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