Tornado Toll Rises as Rescue Crews Seek More Victims
In Vicksburg Mississippi rescuers in freezing weather hunted for additional tornado victims after a deadly Saturday storm killed at least 30. Amid power outages and gas line fears, 12,000 residents faced heat shortages while Civil Defense and National Guard units aided the grim search for those still missing, including a 17 year old girl buried in debris.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Vicksburgs
Civil Defense
Eisenhower
Old City
Jack Palermo
Talks Still Continue In Newspaper Strike
Federal mediators and union reps met after surprise talks as a 10 day old strike widens across six New York daily papers led by the photoengravers over wages and contracts. About 400 workers are involved, idling 20,000 others across CIO and related printing trades unions. The Herald Tribune resumed publication with adless editions as mediators pressed for joint negotiations.
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New York
Walter A .Maggiolo
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
AFL Allied Printing Trades Council
AFL International Photoengravers Union
CIO American Newspaper Guild
The
Printing Trades Council
New York Herald Tribune
Herald Tribune
Maggiolo
Reed and White House Disagree Over Tax Policy Approach
Washington report says Rep. Daniel Reed and Secretary Humphrey clash over how to handle billion dollar tax questions when Congress reconvenes. Reed favors a separate general tax revision bill early in the session, while the Treasury backs a single broad package including major rate decisions. Officials say no decision yet and aim to iron out differences.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
Reed
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
The
Treasury
Heed
Harmony
White House
Capitol
42 Cheat Death As Airliner Limps 350 Miles to Safety
Forty two passengers and crew aboard a four engine Pan American airliner survived an engine explosion that crippled the craft. The flight from San Francisco via Honolulu to Tokyo Hong Kong and Karachi limped 350 miles to Johnston Island at 2300 feet in turbulent conditions. Passengers wore life jackets as the crew kept calm and continued the journey with another Pan American plane meeting them to proceed.
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Johnston
Mac
San Francisco
Honolulu
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Karachi
Pan American
Shoulders Seeks Police Protection in Kidnapping Case
ST LOUIS W The police officer who investigated the Bobby Green lease kidnapping case asks for protection. I A Long president of the St Louis Police Board said Shoulders has requested protection due to threats. Officers will obtain full statement and grant protection if justified.
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St, Louis
Bobby Greenlease
I. A. Long
St. Louis
Signs Point to Police Station if Budget Allows
Portsmouth officials discussed erecting three directional signs to the police station at Penhallow with State and Damiel streets and in front of the station. The plan depends on surplus department funds. The Police Commission approved the 1954 police budget of 148582 and will review department regulations with City Solicitor Flynn. Morill requested withdrawal from the police force candidacy.
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Portsmouth
Penhallow
State Streets
Damiel
Police Commission
J. Paul Griffin
Police Department
Department
Thomas E Flynn
Reginald E Goldsmith
Arlington, Mass
Richard T. Morrill
Air Force
J. K. Lacey
U. S
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Lacey
Red Prison
Dean Skips Talks On Negotiations Meets With Rhee
Panmunjom dispatch reports the U S chief delegate Arthur Dean skipped today's Korean peace talks and met South Korean President Syngman Rhee in Seoul to discuss progress. Kenneth Young stood in for Dean at Panmunjom. Also noted were three ancillary items on POW repatriation and disputed prisoner releases amid armsistice deadlines.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Arthur H. Dean
Rhee
Kenneth Young
Young
Dean
Ellis QC
Briggs
Korea
Bodies Found Among Hunters Missing Since Last Summer
In New England, two long missing hunters were found dead after a day of hunting accidents and reverberating cases. Edth Craven 53 vanished in May from Fitzwilliam New Hampshire. William Whittemore 40 died by hanging, ruled suicide. Everett Richard 46 of Lynn shot in toe by accidental gun discharge. Maurice Patria 48 of Winchendon injured leg and found in Richmond. Daniel Leary 33 of Lynn found dead from exposure in Unity. Francis Howe 47 of Alton escaped from Woodman Swamp.
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Edth Craven
Richmond
N. H
Arthur Cleveland
Fitzwilliam
Walter H. Lacey
William Whittemore
Chesterfield
Raymond
Everett Richard
Lynn
Mass
Exeter Hospital
Maurice Patria
Winchendon
Francis Howe
Alton
N.H
Howe
Daniel Leary
Unity
Leary
Boston
Ben Gurion Resigns as Israel’s Prime Minister
David Ben Gurion resigns as premier of Israel after leading the state since 1948. He submitted his formal resignation to President Izhak Ben Zvi and bade farewell over Turkish coffee, age 68, citing pursuit of meditation and rest in the wilderness with biblical prophetic undertones.
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Eerloalem
David Ben- Gurion
Israel
Izhak Ben- Zvi
Eisenhower to Challenge Russia on Disarmament at UN Speech
President Eisenhower travels to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly with a Western push for disarmament and atomic control amid hydrogen bomb fears. Churchill and Laniel back the effort as Big Three talks focus on Indochina, Korea, and Germany rearmament. a note to Russia may call for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Berlin.
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Eisenhower
Russia
U.N. Assembly
Tucker
Bermuda
New York
Britain
Churchill
United Nations General Assembly
United States
U.N
Joseph Laniel
France
Indochina
West Germany
Lauiel
London
U. S
State Dulles
Eden
Bidault
Berlin
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Saar
Germany
Government House
Alexander Hood
Hood
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
McCarthy Protests White House Telegram Vote Tally
Senator McCarthy continues to dispute the White House count of telegrams and mail sent over the call to halt aid to nations trading with Red China. Officials cite thousands of telegrams, with McCarthy claiming higher totals, while Western Union backs a large influx and both sides urge public input to Eisenhower.
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Sen. McCarthy
White House
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenshower
U.S
China
Murray Snyder
United States
World
Red China
Western Union
Nelson Case Transferred to Merrimack Court
New Hampshire Attorney General Lew Wyman said Elba Chase Nelson, a former Communist candidate for governor, refused to answer questions on alleged subversive activity in a private session. He planned to file a Merrimack County Superior Court petition. Nelson and her attorney would appear in court. If she persists in silence she could be held in contempt. The case involves challenges to state subversive laws and a federal constitutional question.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Lews Wyman
Elba Chase Nelson
Wyman
Nelson
Merrimack County
Superior Court
Windsor
John R. McLane
Manchester
Supreme Court
Iranian Troops Fire On Demonstrators In Tehran Killing Two
In Tehran University clashes amid anti British rioting left two dead and a wounded man as Iranian troops opened fire on demonstrators. Police and military guards were boosted after Premier Zahedi said Iran would resume relations with Britain.
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Tehran
Iran
Tehran University
Fazollah Zahedi
Britain
Kashani
Farhad Dadsetan
Unfair Tactics Charged by Union In GE Bargaining
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers accuses the United Electrical Workers Ind of using a fake plea for unity as a union busting tactic during GE contract talks. The IUE says UEW pretends to seek unity while actions undermine IUE bargaining, including triggering elections and pressing GE terms. An NLRB election seeks an agent for 13,000 GE workers.
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Soston W
International Union of Electrical Workers
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Ind
CIO Union
General Electric Co
UEW
IUE
Independent Electrical Workers Union
NLRB
Two Auto Deaths Drowning Reported In Granite State
Concord police reported three violent deaths over the weekend in New Hampshire. Mrs. William D Sparrow 57 drowned in a Marlboro pond. Robert H Graham 23 of Concord died when his car struck the River Hill bridge at Penacook and rolled. Howard W Drawn 32 of Concord died in a Saturday night crash on a soft shoulder. The drowning victim’s husband found her missing. neighbors found the body. Medical referee Walbee H Lacey ruled drowning.
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William D. Sparrow
Marlboro
Robert H. Graham
Concord
Penacook Bridge
Howard W. Drawn
Conaway
Sparrow
Walbee H. Lacey
Graham
River Hill
Penacook
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Toledo
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J. D. Ferguson
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