Underground Command Post Is Completed
The high command's atom age underground Pentagon near Rock Raven Mountain Maryland is 100 percent completed and ready. The 35 million dollar project includes a cavern under Frederick County and above ground housing with five microwave links to Washington. It would serve Army Navy and Air Force leaders in wartime, even if Washington itself were destroyed.
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National Capital
Defense Department
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Frederick County
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National Guard
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Fwe
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Defense Ent
Army
Navy
Air Force
Corps of Engineers
Greencastle
Sharpsburg
Allegheny Mountain Ridge
Maryland- Pennsylvania
Murdale Plans Meeting With State Aeronautics Director
Murdale Airport Authority to meet Illinois State Director of Aeronautics Joseph K. McLaughton in Springfield Wednesday to discuss state funding for airport improvements. Philip Kimmel, board president, seeks clarification of state intentions as the board requests 56 000 dollars from federal funds with 50 000 dollars locally. The state has offered 40 000 dollars but asks locals to participate up to 50 000 dollars.
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Murdale
Illinois
Joseph K. McLaughton
Springfield
Philip Kimmel
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois with Drizzle Likely
Cloudy conditions persist in Southern Illinois with a cool spell and a chance of light rain or drizzle tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 58, high Tuesday 65, low Tuesday night 42. yesterday low 49, 7 am today 65, 6 pm yesterday 65. high yesterday 67, noon today 69. sunrise 6 51, sunset 5 36. Crab Orchard Lake 17 inches below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 39 inches below spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Rebels Repelled in Luang Prabang Front Fight
French High Command said Vietminh forces crossed the Mekong north of Luang Prabang and were repelled by defense lines. Reinforcements around Luang Prabang were reported while the main Vietminh force stayed in the Bac River Valley. French bombers struck Vietminh batteries as fighting eased in other fronts.
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Indochina
Luang Prabang
Mekong
Luang River
12 U. S. Bombers Based in Indochina
Tokyo reports that at least 12 American B26 bombers and 250 U.S. airmen are stationed at two Indochina coastal air fields. General Weyland, commander of U.S. Far East Air Forces, says they are non combatants acting as technical advisers and mechanics under the military assistance program for French forces.
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U. S
Indochina
O. P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Weylan
Exploration Begins As 55 Enter Mammoth Cave System
A 55 member party including Ida V Sawtelle and Marguerite Klein descends Crystal Cave in Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky for a week long exploration. The group carrying ropes and mining gear aims to probe 40 miles of passages from Advance Camp No. 2 with 18 hour trips planned into uncharted caverns.
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Ida V. Sawtelle
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss Rogers
Miss Blakesley
Grand Juries Probe Labor Racketeering Across Region
Federal grand juries in East St Louis and St Louis resume separate labor racketeering probes. The St Louis panel has indicted 17 AFL union officials and plans further indictments as witnesses, including building contractors, testify from eastern Missouri and nearby Illinois.
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Floods Flood Los Angeles Area Strands Cars and Homes
Heavy rains swamped streets from Santa Monica to San Pedro with up to 6 inches of snow in the San Bernardino mountains. Cars floated in six feet of water in West Los Angeles, 700 Venice homes flooded, and Huntington Drive traffic stalled as mud slides and road closures blocked arterial routes.
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Arcadia
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Santa Anita Racetrack
Harbor
Valentine Floral Gift Turns Out Phony Romance
A Boston florist said a young man bought $12 worth of flowers for a supposed valentine and paid with a $25 check that bounced. The recipient and address were fictitious, and police said the check was fake.
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Boston
Eisenhower Plans Palm Springs Trip for Five Days
President Eisenhower, back from a Georgia quail hunt, will depart Wednesday afternoon for five days in Palm Springs California. Mrs Eisenhower and several aides will accompany him. He will stay at the Smoke Tree Ranch home of Paul E Helm a baking firm executive and friend of the President.
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Eisenhower
Georgia
Palm Springs
Calif
White House
Smoke Tree Ranch
Paul E. Helm
Two Boys Open Switch but No Train Wreck
Detroit report says two boys aged 10 and 11 broke into a railroad tool shanty and hammered open a main line switch. Although the switch was set, no train wreck occurred as railwaymen closed it and police turned the boys over to their parents.
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Detroit
New York Central Railroad
Tax Plan Aims to Cut Filers and Expand Revenue Force
Revenue Commissioner Andrews unveils a plan to relieve about 35 million taxpayers from filing annual returns by year end 1955. The proposal doubles revenue agents to 9,000, targets 1% to 2 billion dollars in uncollected taxes, and shifts to employer filings for income and social security taxes. He cites rising evasion and illegal deductions as a growing concern.
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Washington
T. Coleman Andrews
Andrews
House Appropriations
Social Security Administration
Two Auto Crashes Kill Two, Injure One Near Area
Two area crashes Sunday left Lorraine Wolters 18 of Cleveland dead when her car overturned on Highway 50 near Carlyle. Driver Al Griffin 36 suffered minor injuries. In a second crash near New Baden William Hodel 31 died and Earl Roseberry was hospitalized with serious injuries after vehicles appeared to lock bumpers during an attempted pass.
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Lorraine Wolters
Cleveland
Ohio
Highway 50
Carlyle
al Griffin
William Hodel
Earl Roseberry
Breese
New Baden
Hodel
Gibbs Trial Postponed to April 5 in Illinois Case
Springfield February 15 The circuit judge postponed until April 5 the trial of former State Rep William F Gibbs of Quincy. Gibbs faces forgery larceny and a confidence game charges tied to 1943 to 1948 payroll irregularities. Former Gov Dwight H Green is among 50 subpoenaed witnesses.
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Harry C. Daniels
William F. Gibbs
Quincy
Gibbs
Dwight H. Green
Pope Pius XII Delivers Feeble Broadcast Message
Vatican Radio aired a four minute message from the convalescing pope, recorded at his bedside over two days. The 77 year old leader shown slow improvement and spoke from his Vatican apartment chapel during Marian year observances.
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Racial protest injures seven at Chicago housing project
In Chicago on Sunday night a 1000-strong demonstrators clash near Trumbull Homes protesting Negro occupancy. Seven people suffer minor injuries including Deputy Commissioner Breitzke and reporter James Tintner. four are detained. Police guard the housing project following ongoing white residence tensions.
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Dep
Phili Breitzke
Paul Sobocinski
James A. Tintner
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Robert O'Keefe
Patricia
Breitzke
Donald Howard
Howard
Trumbull Homes
Joseph J. Drucker
Stepmother Charged With Maiming 12-Year-Old Girl
Greensboro, Feb 15 AP Doctors say Judy Atkins, 12, lost the right eye allegedly by her stepmother Mae Atkins 30 of Greensboro. Police arrested Atkins after two weeks of investigation. Judy is nearly blind in the left eye. The motive for the attack was not explained.
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N. C
Mae Atkins
Judy Atkins
Two Centralia Youths Drowned at Raccoon Lake
Two Centralia boys, Bill Eiland 12 and Edward White 12, drowned when their leaking boat sank in Raccoon Lake Iralia Saturday. Volunteers recovered Eiland from mid lake and White’s body was found at 9 am. The sunken boat remains. An inquest is planned for Friday or early next week. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
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Raccoon Lake
Iralia
Bill Eiland
Edward White
Cora Gerald Galbraith
Slessor urges bomb warning to Russia
Former British air chief Sir John Slessor calls Britain and the United States to warn Russia that atomic and hydrogen bombs will be used in case of aggression.
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John Slessor
Britain
United States
Russia
Family Cars Collide Killing Father and Son in Wooster
In Wooster Ohio on February 15 a head on collision killed Charles Garrison 34 and his son while en route to separate churches. Also dead were Garrison’s sister Faye 14 and his father Willard 61. five children survived injuries, three serious. The Garrison family were farmers living about eight miles apart.
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Wooster
Ohio
Charles Garrison
Naomi
Faye
Willard
Garrison
French Officers Set Depth Record in Atlantic Dive
Two French naval officers, Lt. Cmdr. Georges Houot and Henri Willm, descended 13,288 feet in an adapted diving bell off Dakar, deeper than any previous dive. The Bathyscaphe, weighing 35 tons, used electric propulsion and a magnetically weighted hull to reach a new global record, surpassing earlier depths reached by Piccard and his team.
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Dakar
Africa
Auguste Piccard
Hison
Jacque
Tyrrenhian Sea
Ponza
Italy
Cmdr
Georges Houot
Henri Willm
Western Powers Meet Today In Secret Session
United States officials say Russia will keep forward European positions, requiring sizable American forces on the continent long term. Dulles views this as a key Western victory and a guide for future policy while Molotov pressures for Red China inclusion and broader Asian talks. The Big Four adjourn Thursday with Geneva talks eyed for April 15 to revisit Korea.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
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Academy Award Nominations Tonight
Hollywood sees the Academy announce nominations for this year on February 15. Likely contenders include Shane From Here to Eternity and Roman Holiday. Burt Lancaster as the sergeant in Eternity is favored for best actor, while Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday is a top actress candidate. Stevens is expected for best director for Shane and Eternity.
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tonight
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