East German minister held by police amid arrest wave
East Germany foreign minister George Dertinger is reported under house arrest by Communist police after a crackdown that saw his aide and aides’ secretary seized. Die Welt says documents and files were seized as charges of neglect of ministerial duties arise. Soviet and East German officials are said to be directing the investigation.
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Germany
Reds
Fhve
Volkskammer
Se Welt
Walter Ulbricht
Dertinger
Statt
All 'Dacumentsndn
Dertigera
Die Welt
West Berlin
Tagesspiegel
Vassiliy Chuikov
East Germany
Chuikov
Andrei
Scree
Otto Grotewohl
Soctallet
War hero Gen Buck dies at 90 during Texas Pioneer party
Gen Beaumont Buck, World War I hero and long time Texas Army leader, collapsed at Pioneer Hall during a Valentine party while dancing with his new bride Mrs. Virginia Hedgers Buck. He died shortly after 9 p.m. as guests watched. arrangements are pending with Porter Loring Funeral Home. Buck, a West Point class of 1885 graduate born in Mississippi, served extensively in the Philippines and France, earning the Legion of Honor and later returning to active duty before retiring in 1924. He leaves four daughters and two sons among his survivors.
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Bueck
Jane Huth Tyroff
Bowen
Buck
Santa Rosa Hospital
Burr Rd
Porter Loring
Gen
Buick
Philippines
West Point
Mayhew
Miss
Dallas
Texas Rabitts
Gebior
San Antonio
B. B. Buck Jr
P. Arthur
J. B. Buck
Orlandov
John M. Br
Texan Dies at 117 in Pt Isabel Veteran Lighthouse Builder
Don Rosales, a Texas resident when Texas joined the union, died at Pt Isabel at age 117. He helped build the Pt Teachel lighthouse, completed in 1852, with death attributed to pneumonia.
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Isabel
INS
Don Rosales
Texas
Union
Pt. Isabel
Pro Manila
Rosales
Pt Teachel
Seven Hour Revival Prays at Wheaton Seminary Group
The Chicago based Wheaton inspired revival at a Chicago seminary saw 375 students and faculty participate in a seven hour prayer service at the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. The event followed Wheaton college's 38 hour prayer meeting and was hailed by school officials as a notable spiritual gathering.
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Whealton
Chicago
Wheaton College
Hic
Wheaton
Mor Ing
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Peru Plane Wreckage Sought Off Pacific Coast
Lima officials hunted for traces of a Peruvian air force B25 bomber missing with five aboard. The craft is believed to have crashed into the Pacific about 300 miles northwest of Lima during a night training flight Thursday night.
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Lima
Feo
Pivera
Peru
Pacific
Gotham Seeks Rainmakers Aid
New York faces a severe water shortage and will dispatch water experts to Schenectady on Wednesday to seek assistance from Nobel laureate Dr. Irving Langmuir. Langmuir, retired head of General Electric Research Laboratories, helped develop cloud seeding methods using silver iodide and pellet devices to induce rain.
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New York
Schenectady
Iving Langmuir
General Electile Research Laboratories
Angmuir
Trains Crash Near Toulouse Kill Twenty, Injure Thirty Eight
Twenty people are reported dead and thirty eight injured after two one car trains collided near Toulouse France. Officials say one train failed to heed a stop signal triggering the crash. President Quirino returned to Manila today from the United States.
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Toulouse
France
UNS
Sigstel
Floods Threaten Tennessee as Cold Grips Nation
A fresh wave of cold and wet weather spread across the United States with floods threatening Middle Tennessee. Two women drowned in Cumberland River floods near Nashville while about 800 residents fled lowland homes. Downstream at Clarksville flood levels rose, and winter weather returned to the northern Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, and New England with subzero readings reported in several Dakotas Minnesota and Maine. Snow fell in the Great Lakes, Rockies, and Pacific Northwest interior regions.
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Associated Press
Middle Tennessee
Cumberland River
Nasha Vile
Middle
Tennessee
Nashville
Clarkaville
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
New England
Dakotas
Minnesota
Maine
Pembina
N. D
Alex
Andria
Minn
Caribou
Great Lakes
Central
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Explosion Heard Over North Wembley Area in London
An explosion was heard over a side area of the north Wembley section of London today. Firemen and police were called to the premises of the British Oxygen Co., which supplies oxygen to hospital tanks. Further details were not provided.
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Lyndon, Fen
Weekend Weather Forecast for San Antonio
A wet weekend is expected with dense fog Saturday morning and light rain or drizzle through the day and night into Sunday morning. Scattered showers forecast for late Sunday afternoon. Temperatures will be mild with a high near 66 degrees Saturday and a low around 56 Sunday morning.
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Antonio
Boy 14 Held As Pal Slayer in Baltimore
Walt Burman, 14, is held without bail for grand jury action on a charge of fatally shooting 14 year old Witbur Biddle, with a third boy present in the basement. A witness, Linwood Holliday, recounts Burman tying Biddle to a bar and firing a rifle shot after provoking him with his father’s cigarette.
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Baltimore
Walt Burman
Grand Jury
Etlon
Witbur Biddle
Aldete
Burman
Sali Linwood
Holliway
Biddle
Bidds
Bureman
Dad Killer Sent To Insane Colony
Crown Point Indiana report states John Purevich, 29, unemployed, admitted killing his 64 year old father Alex saying he was too old to live. Police Captain T V Curley says Purevich described mercy killings. doctors report the elder Purevich was in excellent health.
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Crown' Point
Ren
John Purevich
Gary Milihand
Mana
T. V. Curley
Gary
Purevich
Alex
Curley
Galveston Taxi Dispute Settled
Galveston taxi dispute ends as drivers and owners reach terms. Reported in a Galveston port dispatch, drivers will receive a daily wage plus elevated percentages on fares. Separate item notes a murder conviction in Sioux Falls and a Tokyo taxi strike settlement affecting driver compensation and daily take.
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Galveston
Tokyo
Diamond
Sioux Falls
Beating of Triplet Tots Lands Man in Jail
A 230-pound truck driver Edward J. Green 26 was jailed after admitting severe beatings of his 2 year old triplets and neglect of another child. Two triplets Virginia and Thomas were hospitalized with fractures and bruises while Gertrude remained at Brady Infant home for strength. Green received six months for cruelty to children and his wife Greta pleaded guilty to neglect. Authorities say he beat the children in temper while the wife watched.
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Albanx
Edward J. Green
James A. Quinn
Children's Court
Greta
Quinn
Virginia
Thomas
Mumane Society
Ifald Green
Green
Brady Infant Home
Gertrude
The
Humane Society
Mpr
Bentley P. Sonk
Sook
Sack
Texas Airmen Safe in Crash Near Los Angeles Airport
Seven U S Air Force men escaped unharmed when a Texas based C47 transport crashed and burned on landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Pilot Capt. CE McIntyre said runway lights could not be seen in the rail yard and the plane touched down too soon ripping a wire fence and nosing into mud before bursting into flames. All occupants leaped out as the aircraft was destroyed. The transport was en route home from Mather Field Sacramento and based at Carswell AFB Fort Worth. Also aboard were Capt. W L Evans co pilot Capt James B Mahaffey navigator and T-Sgt Delos Stoddard flight engineer and three passengers Capt Douglas S Baker Capt Robert H W Lee and SSgt Joseph B Wolfe from Bergstrom AFB Austin.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Air Force
Los Angeles International Airport
Ce, McIntyre
Matherfield
Sacramento
Carswell Afb
Worl
Carswell
W. L. Evans
James B. Mahaffey
Delos Stoddard
Douglas S., Baker
Robert HW. Lee
Joseph B. Wolfe
Bergstrom Afb, Austin
Texas firefighter slayer tied to Munising arrest
In Munising Michigan Ken Ty reports Texas sheriff arrived to collect suspect Rinald Johnson 32 who confessed to fatally biting W A Tex Thornton in an Alma tourist cabin. Sheriff Gaither and deputies pursued Johnson as his wife Diana 18 provided Washington police with crucial statement guiding the arrest. Johnson’s capture followed cross state investigation with police involvement from Texas Michigan and Washington.
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Munising
Mich
Texas
Rinald Johnson
FHI
Michigan
Johnson
W. A
Tex
Thornton
Almaro
Gaither
Amarillo
Washington
Diana
Baptists oppose envoy to Vatican in Texas action
The Baptist General Convention of Texas adopted a resolution opposing the appointment of a U.S. envoy to the Vatican calling it a flagrant violation of the American guarantee of the separation of church and state.
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Anthur
Baptist General Convention of
Texas
U.S
Vatican
Czechs Doom 3 In Overthrow Plot
In Prague, a Moravian state court sentenced three men to death for plotting to overthrow the Communist led regime. Two others received life terms, eighteen were given between four and 25 years, and more than 20 more suspects await trial.
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Prague
Moravian
Bergman divorce papers travel by air to Rams
Ingrid Bergman and Dr Peter Lindstrom divorce papers move by U S airmail via a Mexican carrier. The Bergman Rossellini marriage prospects hinge on legal steps in Juarez and Rome. An expected civil ceremony may occur soon with possible three month delay for Italian legal deliberations.
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EL Paso
Rep
Ingeriel Bergman
Rams
U. S
Alty
William Corks
Miss Bergman
Juarez
Peter Lindstrom
Atlsntic
Rottertown
Rosselill
Gionale d'Italia
Rome
al Giornale
Rossellini
Gionnle
Rosset
West German lawmakers cut gasoline price amid truck parade
West Germany reduced gasoline price by 6 cents as lawmakers moved to end rationing amid streets crowded with about 3000 trucks protesting a recent price rise from 40 to 70 cents. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Jack M. Warner gave birth to a 7 pound 19 ounce son, husband Jack L. Warner.
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Germany
Los Angeles
Feb
Jack M. Warner
Jack L. Warner
Steward of Airliner Yanked out
A Pan American World Airways transoceanic airliner over Long Island lost a steward, John Harris, 28, who was sucked through an open door as the plane flew at 200 miles an hour. Crew attempted to close the door but the powerful wind prevented it. Harris disappeared over St James New York. Passengers and crew were shaken. an investigation was launched. Twenty two passengers were aboard. The incident occurred during the flight from London to New York International Airport.
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New York
Long Island
John Harris
Pan American World Airways
Transocean
Fere
Karjicek
Bt James
Harris
CCA
Lancon
New York International Airport
John T. Nolen
Huntington
Sai
Harvis
New York City
St. James
WN. Y
Iarvis
Weather forecast shows mild temps and scattered showers
Forecast Mostly cloudy with mild temperatures through Sunday. Light rain or drizzle Saturday night and Sunday morning, a few showers late Sunday afternoon. East to south east winds moderate. Maximum Saturday around 70. Sunday low around 56. Friday high 64. Saturday low around 51. (Additional weather Page 3)
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Oceanie
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