Western storm strands shoppers and troops in western U S
A severe storm sweeping the West caused at least one death and eight missing as snow, rain, and 60 mph winds created 10 foot drifts. Rescue teams searched near Denver for seven marooned people while other storm victims included a dying driver near Gallup and reports of missing youths in Colorado and New Mexico.
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Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Iowa
France Will Fight Aggression and Seek Peace Says Auriol
President Vincent Auriol pledged France will resist aggression and deter war while seeking peace. He defended France’s will to fight against Russia’s possible attack, citing postwar gains and soldier losses in Indochina and Korea as proof of resolve.
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Vincent Auriol
Russia
Margin Price Controls Put On Groceries
Grocers shift about 60 percent of foods to fixed mark up ceilings under OPS orders to complete by April 30. The plan introduces community pricing with district posted ceilings, likely six months to full implementation, and potential price dips offset by farm price swings. DiSalle says most reductions may be offset by higher farm costs, and tighter future controls are not yet decided.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
OPS
Two Tunnels Found At State Prison
Special to The Gazette Florence March 29 two tunnels big enough for a wholesale escape have been found and filled in Warden Lon E Walters Jr announced. Two prisoners were caught digging in one tunnel and placed on the hard labor gang. Thirty feet of tunnel from the old hospital toward the west wall had been completed when prisoners were seized. Another seventy foot tunnel from the ice plant toward the east wall was found later. no prisoners were found there and work may have stopped. Two convicts at the ice plant lost good conduct credits for starting the digging. ringleader unidentified.
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Gazette
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Walters
Woman One Of The Facing Stiff Penalty
New York March 29 AP two men and a woman found guilty of passing wartime atomic secrets to Russia in the first US atom spy trial. Defendants Julius Rosenberg Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell face possible death with a seven hour deliberation. Jury verdicts read with limited emotion as Judge Kaufman notes it is a sad day for America.
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Ethel
Morton Sobell
Klaus Fuchs
England
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Japan
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Ethel Rosenberg
Greenglass
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Farmy
Los Alamos
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R. Kaufman
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Mrs. Rosenberg
Protests Over East Berlin Bus Shooting In Berlin
United States protests to the Soviet envoy after East Berlin police fire on four sightseeing buses carrying American soldiers and families near Potsdamerplatz. Maj. Gen. Samuel Mathewson calls the attack liberate and unprovoked. No injuries reported. Mrs. Lauris Norstad aboard one bus. British commander Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Bourne also protests.
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East Berlin
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Europe
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Samuel Mathewson
Sergei Dengin
Norstad
Frankfurt
Geoffrey K. Bourne
Dengin
Pyle Questions Commission Over rate study objections
Gov Howard Pyle will seek a written statement from the Arizona Corporation Commission listing objections to a 50000 appropriation for rate studies. He will respond with a written position to create a formal record. He also rejects calling a special session to challenge the law, citing taxpayer cost.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
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Sion
Fred O. Wilson
Wright
Mit Sims
Yale McFate
Phoenix
Auto theft targets air force official in Brooklyn
Vincent M. Earley, civil head of the New York State Air Force procurement division, reported his gray sedan stolen from 69th Street and Third Avenue in Brooklyn after parking at 11 p.m. A briefcase with secret documents was inside, though Earley did not reveal details. Police issued an alarm for the missing car.
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Air Force Procurement Division
Air Force
Vincent M. Earley
New York State
Brooklyn
Earley
69Th Street
Third Avenue
Hazardous devices blamed for orphanage tragedy in Seoul
Richmond dispatch reports over 100 children fatally harmed by hazardous devices believed to be dropped by American bombers at a crowded Seoul orphanage early this year. Christian Children's Fund, Inc. confirms the orphanage under its oversight.
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Christian Children's Fund, Incorporated
Aleman Sends Plane To Bring Back U S Ambassador
Mexico City March 29 President Miguel Aleman dispatched his personal plane to fly United States Ambassador William O Dwyer from New York, a notable gesture of esteem for a foreign diplomat and a rare goodwill act by the Mexican leader.
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Miguel Aleman
United States
William O’dwyer
New York
What Noted People Are Saying What Noted People Are Saying
Washington French President Auriol pledges resolve to defend France against aggression noting occupation history. New York General Sir William Morgan warns that remaining on unequal terms with Russia risks, stating time is not on their side.
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Sir William Morgan
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Aussies and Canadians Push Front in Korea Front
Australian Diggers and Canadian Princess Pats gained on the muddy central Korean front as Communists staged rugged resistance to the south of the border. British commonwealth forces crossed streams and hills near Kapyong while Red China rejected peace talks as China vowed to fight until Korea is cleared. Air battles saw 16 F 86 Sabres clash with 23 MiG 15s over northwest Korea with no reported verdicts.
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Soghan
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Fifth Air Force
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U S Casualty Totals Rise In Korea Report
Washington report shows American casualties in Korea at 57 120, up 1 306 from last week through March 23. Breakdown: 8 511 killed, 37 918 wounded, 10 691 missing in action with 9 602 combat deaths overall. Army 47 450, Marine 8 602, Navy 628, Air Force 440.
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Korea
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Traffic Death Toll In Arizona Now 71
Arizona's traffic fatality toll for 1951 reached 71 today, ten fewer than the same period last year. Daniel M. Hainey, 84, of Quartzsite, died late yesterday from injuries suffered about six hours earlier in an auto pedestrian accident in Yuma County. Highway patrolmen said the car was driven by Paul Albert Wagner, 37, of San Francisco, who was not held.
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Daniel M. Hainey
Yuma
Paul Albert Wagner
San Francisco
Chief Cochise Retreat Site Of Air Search
In Benson Arizona on March 29 AP to search for a missing four place plane in the Dragoon Mountains at Cochise Stronghold the last unsearched area. The plane vanished Sunday from Tucson bound for El Paso piloted by Don Stansell of Medford Oregon union official and Al Tuttle of a Medford typewriter firm are suspected passengers.
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al Tuttle
Medford Typewriter
Violence subsides as Huk clashes total minimal
Manila dispatch reports that on the ninth anniversary of the Hukbalahap movement there was only limited violence along the Chico River in central Luzon. Government troops and Hukbalahaps skirmished briefly, marking the day with quiet overall.
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