French Defenders Brace for Imminent Vietminh Attack on Luang Prabang
Reports say Vietminh forces reached within eight to twenty five miles of Luang Prabang as French and Laotian troops dig shelters and defend the royal capital. King Sisavang Vong vows to defend the 142000 population, calling the potential fall a world crisis.
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Saigon
Indochina
Luang Prabang
Mekong River
Laos
Sisavang Vong
Hou
Luong
Savang
Luang Renee
Thailand
Burma
Southeast Asia
Pontiff Shows Improvement At Vatican Amid Recovery Hopes
The Vatican press office reports Pope Pius IX had a fairly good night and continued improvement, raising optimism for eventual full recovery yet noting his age demands cautious monitoring. On Monday he rose from bed and spent considerable time in an armchair, hearing Mass in his private chapel but cannot yet say Mass himself.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Armi
Russia Invites Asian Nations for Trade Delegations
Russia seeks Asia trade inviting 12 regional countries to send five man delegations to the Soviet Union in September or October for talks on expanding commerce with South Asia.
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Colombo
Ceylon
South Asia
Russia
Soviet Union
Weather Forecast For Southern Illinois
Fair and cloudy conditions persist in southern Illinois with colder air expected Wednesday. Lows drop to 34 tonight and 25 Wednesday night, high around 43, previous highs 60 and 55, sunrise 6 58 am and sunset 5 29 pm, Crab Orchard Lake 17 inches below spillway today.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Break in Water Main Causes Flooding in Carbondale Area
Fireman Don Crabtree of Carbondale said a water main break caused flooding with about 15 feet of water. Crews worked three hours pumping water from the area after cooling caused the break.
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Don Crabtree
Carbondale
Crabtree
Chapman Insane Killer Given Reprieves at Menard Hearing
Curtis Chapman, 21, condemned for the Heininger hitchhike murder near Green County, was declared mentally ill at a Menard Penitentiary hearing. He has received fourteen stay orders since his conviction. Doctors warn recovery chances are slight as voices haunt him and his condition worsens.
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Curtis Chapman
White Hall
Menard
Howard Heininger
Green County
Chapman
Chester
Heininger
Murphys
Carson Seger
Alton
Smith
Seger
Parker
James Chapman
Fred Heininger
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Ross Randolph
Heiningers
Segar
Randolph County
Paul H. Nehrt
I. D. Newmark
Milton Zemlyn
William A. Schuwerk
J. Clyde Hamilton
Dr. Smith
Springfield Students Show Little Interest in Lincoln Tomb
Springfield board hears concerns as Dwight O Keefe reports taking his children to Lincoln tomb and home. Custodian surprised to learn locals reside in the city. Board votes to designate one annual school day for a grade to visit the tomb and the Lincoln home.
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Springfield
Lincoln Tomb
Board of Education
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight O'Keefe
Lincoln
O’keefes
O’keefe
The Farm You Save May Be Your Own Slogan
Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell toured Utah and urged voters to back Democrats in 1954. He framed the key question as whether residents are better off under the Republican administration than under the Democrats, while promoting the slogan in Salt Lake City Provo and Ogden.
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NEW Democrat
Mitchell
Salt Lake City
Stephen Mitchell
Seattle
Utah
Provo
Ogden
Hecht Offers Funeral Aid For Bodenheim Death
Ben Hecht offers to pay funeral expenses for Maxwell Bodenheim the slain writer and poet. Minna Bodenheim arranges burial in Cedar Park Cemetery New Jersey. Ruth Fagan body remains unclaimed. Police seek Harold Weinberg in double murder as Bridgehead Books reports plan to publish Bodenheim writings.
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Maxwell Bodenheim
Ben Hecht
Bodenheim
Minna
Cedar Park
Oradell
N J
Ruth Fagan
New York
Harold Weinberg
Bodenheims
Weinberg
Greenwich Village
Indian Guards Leave Korea With 88 Prisoners Linked to Armistice Tensions
A remnant of 88 North Korean and Chinese prisoners were transported by Indian troops aboard the Asturias to leave Korea amid protests from South Korea. ROK Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai warned of action to remedy the violation of the armistice as the prisoners sought to be sent to neutral nations.
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South Korea
ROK
Pyun Yung Tai
Inchan
India
Pyun
Gain
Panmunjom
Inchon
Eighth Army
ROK National Police
Claire Luce Denies Resigning As U S Ambassador
Rome reports that Claire Boothe Luce refused to quit as ambassador to Italy. She dismissed rumors of health issues or a cabinet or diplomatic post as false while facing a Communist attack over meddling in Italian affairs.
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Rome
Clare Boothe Luce
U. S
Italy
United States
Survivors recount disintegration of Air Force C47 crash
Six airmen rescued after a C47 broke up in flight near Anchorage Alaska last Friday. They described being hurled into space then marooned in snow while 16 men flew, three bodies found, seven still missing, and the crash scene searched 75 miles from Curry.
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Air Force
W. West-Watson
British
Joint Military Services Mission
U. S. Army
Washington, D. C
James Hill
Army Field Forces
Ft. Benning
Curry
Here
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Edward J. Fox
West Utica
N. Y
C. Huey Montgomery
Eldridge
Ala
Edward W. Olson
Elkader
Iowa
Five Airmen Bail Out Of Crippled C119 Near Madrid
Five American airmen aboard a C119 Flying Boxcar bailed out near Caceres in west Spain after engine trouble en route from Sewart Air Base to the United States. Two were reported slightly injured. the crew included Lt. T G Johnson and Lt John Matthesen among others. The transport attached to 317th Troop Carrier Wing originated at Neuburg Germany and crashed after parachuting. A US Air Force spokesman placed the home base at Smyrna Tennessee.
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Caceres
Spain
T. G. Johnson
John Matthesen
William Adams
Charles John Sink
M W. Strang
Neuburg Air Base
Munich
Germany
United States
Azores
Madrid
U. S. Air Force
Rhein Main
Frankfurt
Sewart Air Base
Smyrna
Tenn
Conductor Awarded 80000 in Damages in Illinois Central Suit
Floyd v Broughton a Paducah Kentucky man and Illinois Central Railroad case was decided by a circuit court jury in Chicago. Broughton 65 suffered fractures of two vertebrae in a 1951 freight derailment ten miles from Central City Kentucky after 39 years with the railroad. The verdict awards 80000 while the plaintiff sought 100000. The railroad was charged with negligence.
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Chicago
Monda
Floyd
Broughton
Paducah
Illinois Central Railroad
Central City
Illinois Central
Competition Getting Sharp TV Networks Battling For New Stations
Four major networks NBC CBS ABC and Dumont vie to sign new TV stations as transmitters surge from FCC policy. By C E Butterfield networks chase space while some stations affiliate with multiple nets and UHF conversions drive viewer costs. Time costs per hour vary by market from $100 to $60 000 with production per program between $5 000 and $100 000.
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NBC
CBS
ABC
Dumont
Norfolk
Buffalo
N. Y
Houston-Galveston, Tex
New York
Operation Performed on Donna Matthews in Los Angeles
Twenty month old Donna Matthews from Macomb Illinois was flown to Los Angeles on January 25 for surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. The operation lasted about four hours after initial delays due to a swimsuit infection during travel and aims to save her life. Surgeons say paralysis below the waist from spinal and brain tumors may not be fully corrected. The case became a civic project in Macomb with funds raised to send her to Los Angeles.
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Donna Matthews
Los Angeles
Macomb
Ill
Donna
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Terminal boosts Midwest transport link from Granite City
Maj. Gen. Leif J. Sverdrup announced a new terminal at Granite City Illinois will connect river rail and highway networks feeding the four river system. The facility expected to open next summer will lower costs for shippers and boost traffic for carriers and consumers.
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Leif J. Sverdrup
Bi-State Development Agency
Granite City
Ill
Mississippi Valley
Gen
Sverdrup
Mississippi Valley Assn
St. Louis
Chain of Rocks Canal
B. L. Robinson
Army Engineers
St. Lawrence Seaway
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Missouri River
America
Defense chief says victory likely in Indochina not Korea
Secretary of Defense Wilson said a military victory in Indochina is perhaps both possible and probable and that there is no need to send American forces or pilots there. He noted current aid levels and cautioned against using atomic weapons, stressing U S influence without domination.
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Wilson
Indochina
Korea
Hong Kong
Civil Air Transport
Air Force
Red China
United States
France
Senators demand coffee buyer lists to probe price spikes
Senators said they will subpoena large traders and coffee exchange speculators unless exchange officials and brokers provide customer lists. Chairman Beall said they seek to compare speculative volume with price increases from November through January to identify causes.
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New York Coffee Exchange
Beall
Senate Banking Committee
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Midwest
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