Eisenhower defense plan deemed adequate by GOP leaders
Washington reports President Eisenhower defended his defense program as meeting the nation’s needs despite Democratic alarms. GOP leaders Halleck and Saltonstall said the president is the top expert on national security and that defense spending remains adequate amid calls for higher budgets and more manpower. In Massapequa, N Y, four men were arrested within hours of a bank robbery, with detectives tracing the crime to a suspect who bought handcuffs in New York.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
GOP
Charles A. Haleck
Indiana
House
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Halleck
Congress
Berlin
Massapequa
N.Y
Thomas Parks
Bay Shore
N. Y
New York
Parks
Security National Bank
Long Island
Dad Three Kiddies Die in Home Fire
A two story Lisbon Falls home fire killed three children and their step father. Neighbors report Lestr Simmons, 30, attempted rescues. One child reportedly pushed her mother Sara to safety before perishing.
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Lisbon Falls
Maing/Pl
Lestr Simmons
Sara
Weather Update Feels Cooler With Morning Fog
Weather forecast notes mostly clear night with early morning fog expected Wednesday. Temperatures dip slightly, and the maximum temperature should reach by noon today.
Synthetic rubber breakthrough boosts war readiness
A Torrance area created synthetic rubber proves as tough as natural rubber, offering a vital U.S. wartime boost. The note appears in the paper’s A-2 page with related sections on editorial, business, and features across pages B and C.
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Torrance
United States
Iraq Revolt Claimed Crushed By Baghdad Radio
Baghdad declared a nationalist uprising in Iraq was crushed as crowds backed Premier Abdel Karim Kassem marching to the defense ministry to present resolutions. Demonstrators shouted slogans including Long live Kassem and Down with the plotters as radio reported the crackdown across Baghdad.
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Beirut
Iraq Republic
Baghdad
Airliner Returns Safely From Atlantic Run With Dublin Mayor Aboard
An Irish airliner carrying Dublin Mayor Mrs Catherine Byrne and 53 others returned safely to Shannon Airport after engine trouble forced an emergency flight from 700 miles east over the Atlantic. Byrne, en route to Boston for St Patrick's Day events and a monthlong U S tour, was aboard.
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Dublin
Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic
Catherine Byrne
Boston
United States
Eisenhower Names Reid as Israel Ambassador
President Eisenhower selected Ogden R. Reid, New York Herald Tribune director, to be ambassador to Israel. He will succeed Edward B. Lawson. Reid is 33 and a Republican.
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Washington
Ogden R. Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Eisenhower
Israel
Edward B. Lawson
Reid
Khrushchev repeats call for demilitarized free city
The United States dismissed Nikita Khrushchev's offer to allow Allied troops to remain in West Berlin only if it became a free city as merely repeating earlier terms in new words. State Department spokesman Lincoln White called the suggestions a variant of the original note of November 27, with Khrushchev urging Western Allies to pull out by May 27 and demilitarize the city.
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APA Upi
United States
Nikita Klyushchev
West Berlin
Stats Department
Lincoln White
White
Khrushchev
Russia
Mooney Pilot Aborts Long Beach to Rome Flight in Tennessee
Hill Mallen abandoned a 7100 mile nonstop attempt from Long Beach to Rome when mechanical trouble forced a forced landing near Bristol Tennessee at 104 am CST. Ben Mullen a 35 year old Texas sales manager for Mooney Aircraft took off Monday from Municipal Airport in a four place Mooney Mark 20. the craft had previously crashed twice on prior Rome attempts and was recovered from the Atlantic after floating for three days and wrecked in an Italian vineyard. The aircraft will be readied for another interhemispheric flight once the trouble is located and remedied according to Jack Linnard of Corporate Aircraft Associates Long Beach distributor for Mooney.
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Long Beach
Rome
Italy
Hill Mallen
Bristol
Tenn
Mooney Aircraft Co
Mullen
Texas
Municipal
Atlantic
Jack Linnard
Aircraft’ Associates
Mooney Ca
DA Launches Rebut in Duncan Case
The Ventura case reports the defense rested its case in the Elizabeth Duncan murder trial as the prosecution called rebuttal witnesses. District Attorney Roy Gustafson sought to reopen to call Mrs. Helen Franklin, a Duncan friend, who says Mrs. Duncan asked to eliminate her daughter in law and plotted to kidnap the son. Two laborers have confessed to killing Olga Duncan.
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Ventura
Elizabeth Duncan
X15 Rocket Ship Reaches First Captive Flight at Edwards
At Edwards Air Force Base California the X15 rocket ship completed its first captive flight test. The aircraft was attached to a B52 bomber under its wing and piloted by North American test pilot Scott Crossfield. The flight lasted one hour ten minutes as the B52 circled the base.
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Calif
Scott Crossfield
Desert
Stole It All Lady Dockers Jewels Valued at 420000
Lady Norah Docker reports theft of nearly 2 million dollars in jewels from a parked car in Southampton. Loss includes bracelets rings and necklaces set with sapphires and diamonds totaling 15000 pounds. Sir Bernard Docker places the value at 420000 dollars. The car was near a police station after a dinner party.
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Southampton
England
Norah Docker
Norah
Barnard Docker
Decker
Bernard
Stockbridge
Landon
Officer Poses As Slayer In Plot To Kill Husband
Miami police arrested Beatrice Gurley and John Walker after detective posed as a killer for hire in an alleged conspiracy to murder her husband Ernest Gurley. Gurley paid $100 down on a $5,000 plan, hoping for $30,000 life insurance proceeds. Walker denied involvement. Gurley claimed marital tensions and desire to attend church with Walker.
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Miami
Fla
Beatrice Gurley
John A. Walker
Werel
Hughs
Ernest Gurley
Jack Metcalf
Metcalf
Former Medic Chief in L. B. Dead
Dr Kenneth Brandenburg a former president of the local medical association was found dead at 217 Park Ave Long Beach. Police said he apparently took a tablet and left a note of despair noting unbearable pain and futility. He had led mental health efforts and held multiple local medical and civic roles.
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Kenneth C. Grandenburg
The
Medical Association
Park Ave
Yvonne
Brandenburg
Harbor
Los Angeles County Maddical Assn
Lions Club
Long Beach
Water flooding halts subsidence in Wilmington oil field
Port Manager Charles L. Vickers reported to the Board of Harbor Commissioners that preliminary water injection projects in the Wilmington Joi Field have stopped sinking over a 600 acre area. He noted repressuring of oil zones with salt water reduced subsidence in another 900 acre area and cited ongoing government review and oil company plans for continued progress.
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Wilmington Joi
Charles L. Vickers
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Vickers
Boo Wees
Los Angeles
Harry C. Westover
William P. Gray
U.S
Radar Line to Cover Greenland Extends DEW Across Arctic
The Defense Department announced more than 27 million dollars to extend the Distant Early Warning radar line across Greenland. Two contracts cover four stations. Peter Kienlt Sons Co of New York builds two ice cap stations for 2,720,000 dollars, while Danish Arctic Contractors of Copenhagen lands a 14,404,137 dollar contract for two coastal stations near Kivdelg Fjord and Kulusuk.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Greenland
Aleun Tian Islands
Alaska
Canada
Baffin Island
North America
Department
Greenland Ice Cap
Pentagon
Peter Kienlt Sons’ Co
New York
Danish Arctic Contractors
Copenhagen
Kivdelg Fjord
Kulusuk
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