New Earthquakes Recorded Near Aleutians Amid Pacific Tide Wave
Fordham University seismographs logged two shocks near the Aleutians at 4:09 and 4:17 a.m. CST. A 5 intensity quake was described as destructive but not a rip snorter. Saturday’s tide wave damaged Hawaii, Japan, California with hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. Two dead include Sarah Park and pilot Paul Beam. Kauai declared disaster area. damages spread to homes, bridges, boats, and docks.
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Hawaii
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Honolulu Star Bulletin
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Samuel Wilder King
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Hokkaido
California
San Diego Bay
Senate probes Teamsters ties to underworld fail links
The Senate Rackets Committee found evidence of ties between union officials and criminal elements but no proof that the AFL-CIO Teamsters Union itself was infiltrated. Teamsters President Dave Beck may be subpoenaed after returning to Seattle from Europe as the committee seeks his personal financial records amid ongoing hearings. Carey blasts Beck for alleged corruption and says the AFL-CIO ethics code is being bypassed.
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Senate
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David
Dew
New York
Europe
Seattle
Wash
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Carey
Afl-Cio
James B. Carey
Japs Ask Soviets To Halt All H Tests
Tokyo reports the Japanese Foreign Office appealed to the Soviet Union to suspend all further nuclear tests. The demand was delivered in Moscow two days earlier after three formal protests to Britain over Christmas Island hydrogen bomb experiments. Japan also recalled February 1946 parliament resolutions urging the United States Britain and the Soviet Union to halt testing.
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Soviet Union
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Britain
Christmas Island
Japan
United States
Eisenhower budget chief sees potential tax cut on surplus
Budget chief Pereval Brundage said a 5.6 billion dollar 1959 surplus could fund a tax cut if spending is held. He suggested trimming spending to 70 72 billion for a couple of years might boost receipts enough for a tax cut, while warning against deep cuts without program losses.
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Mike Mansfield
Mont
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Senate House
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Windy Night Disrupts Green Bay Power, Mild Showers Follow
Strong south easterly winds toppled power lines and felled branches in Green Bay and nearby townships, causing an 80 minute outage. The Wisconsin Public Service Corp reported lines shorted at a substation serving the southeastern city. No serious injuries were noted. Showers persisted across Wisconsin with above normal temperatures following the wind event. Temperature readings varied from 17 below in Grantsburg to 46 in Beloit region, while Laredo Texas posted 89 highs.
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Egyptian appoints Latif to Gaza post amid UN tensions
Cairo reports Maj Gen Hassan Abdel Latif named to Gaza administration as Egypt assumes functions there. Bunche and Burns visit Gaza Strip to assess UNEF efforts amid protests and calls for return of the territory. References to UN secretary general Hammarskjold and wider regional unrest noted.
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Hassan Abdel Latif
Fedaygen
Golda Meir
UNEF
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Demarca
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U.N
Bunche
E.lm. Burns
UNEP
Gaza Strip
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Dawaiian
Jeanne
Agyptian Wuups
Egypt
Dag Hammarskhote
Raymond A. Wheeler
Suez Canal
Church Group To Oppose Ban On Subversives
The Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist Church in Oshkosh opposed a bill banning use of tax supported facilities by subversive groups. Led by Lawrence Giesé Milwaukee the committee called for freedom of thought and speech. The group warned against denying public spaces for opinion even if abhorrent.
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Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist Church
Oshkosh
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Representative Methodist Committee
Lawrence Giesé
Milwaukee
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Israel
Is- Triske
Gaza Strip
Wisconsin Department
American Legion
Fedayeen
William
David Ben - Gurion Trinke
Lake Geneva
State Legion
Gaza
Three Air Force Jets Collide In England Tragedy
In Finchingfield England a mid air collision between an F8 Thunderstreak and an F-4 jet trainer killed three airmen. Wreckage spread over several miles as emergency teams searched the area. The Air Force identified the pilots and pledged to investigate.
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U.S
Finchingfield
England
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Supreme Court orders reexamination of UAW case
The Supreme Court by 263 votes sends the UAW charges back to U.S. District Court in Detroit for reexamination over alleged use of union funds to influence the 1954 Senate race. The case was dismissed for trial by Judge Frank A. Picard on February 8 1956. Expenditures from general union funds to aid political candidates facially violated the federal corrupt practices law.
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Sureme
United Auto Workers
Frank A. Picard
Detroit
U.S
J. Lee Rankin
Picard
Dulles Calls Communism Transient as SEATO Grows
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told SEATO's opening council that communism in Asia is a passing phase while warning that the Soviets foment trouble. He urged readiness to meet security obligations and noted possible enlargement to include South Vietnam, Ceylon, and Burma despite Geneva limits.
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John Poster Dulles
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
SEATO
Asia
United States
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Ceylon
Burma
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Robbery reported on highway near Cameron Wis
Glen Olson 21 said he stopped after seeing a man lying on the highway. A man with a flashlight brandished a revolver, took $25, then both men fled in a nearby parked car.
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Olson
Airliner Crashes in Louisville Injures Several During Landing
An Eastern Air Lines jet en route from Chicago to Miami lost a wing and skidded 100 feet after touching down in Louisville. Five of 31 passengers were injured. one required hospitalization. The craft overturned, the engine shed a fire that was quickly put out. Passengers credit Andrew F. Andler with calming actions that helped prevent panic as they escaped through an emergency hatch.
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Miami
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Maj
Donald Ferris
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Nev
Air Force
Andrew F. Andler
Chicago
H. Solomon Horen
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Andler
Probers Seek Explanation of Leaks in Pentagon Report
Washington, UP The House subcommittee led by Rep. Moss demanded a fuller explanation of shocking features in a Defense Department report on sealing military news leaks. The Coolidge Committee urged a newsman be called before a grand jury to uncover leak sources, while Moss urged elaboration and concrete examples of leaks harming national security.
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House
Defense Department
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Coolidge
Boston
Charles A. Coolidge
Pentagon
Moss
Coolridge Group
Milure Security Informatio
Eden Rest Ordered for Ten More Days
Former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, had a fever last Thursday and was ordered to rest for ten more days in Auckland New Zealand. Doctors reported his temperature has fallen and he showed good progress over the weekend.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Brush
Anthony Eden
Push for permanent UN police force gains momentum
The committee urged the US government to establish a permanent United Nations police force with authority to recruit from volunteers and be authorized at points of international tension.
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United States
United Nations Police Force
Nixon Embarks on Addis Ababa Visit to Selassie
Vice President Richard Nixon flies to Addis Ababa for a two day talks with Emperor Haile Selassie. He plans to discuss Ethiopia seeking more aid and regional issues amid concerns of subversion and communist influence in Africa. Nixon notes Hungary's repression as a warning to African nations facing communist pressure.
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Ethiopia
Richard M. Nixon
Haile Selassie
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Igands
Ieanne
Afernoon
Nixon
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Etiropa
Copshe Chine Dan
Sorat
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Morocco
Ghana
Liberia
Tsarda
Aficea
Hungary
West Powers Reject Soviet Mid East Plan
The United States Britain and France rejected a Soviet proposal for a joint four power Middle East settlement plan. Western diplomats said Moscow would be informed of the decision likely later today. The plan called for a declaration on the region and arms deliveries, but Western powers cited inconsistencies in Soviet Middle East policy.
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Britain
France
Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Middle East
Ras
Mideast
Rhs
Amphibious Operation Planned in Philippines
Manila reports a major amphibious operation to be staged in March in the Philippines. The operation described as the largest since Inchon aims to demonstrate United States military potential in the western Pacific with land sea and air forces.
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Manila
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Inchon
United States
Western Pacific
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