Nanchishan Falls to Communists Amid Civil War Shifts
Nationalist China abandoned Nanchishan Island to the Chinese Reds, a bloodless victory for the Communists. The Defense Ministry said 5,000 troops evacuated without U S assistance or Red interference, with fortifications blown and supplies moved to Formosa. Over 2,000 civilians fled to Formosa. The loss shifts the front toward the Matsu group near Formosa, leaving Quemoy as the remaining Nationalist stronghold outside the defense zone.
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China
Nanchishan
Defense Ministry
U. S
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Islands
Yikiangshan
Matsu Complex
Matsus
Quemoy Island
Formosa Defense Zone
Pescadores
Youth Plunges 12 Stories Rescued After 12 Hours
New York youth James Anderson told police a willing accomplice forced him at gunpoint to leap through a skylight during a burglar attempt. He spent about 12 hours wedged in an airshaft before emergency crews freed him with suspected multiple injuries. Police doubt there was another person present.
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Leap
New York
James Anderson
Michael Reedy
Anderson
Negligence Searing Fire Leads to Involuntary Manslaughter Charges
A Chicago coroner's jury blamed Barton Hotel owners and staff for 29 deaths in the February Skid Row blaze. Five individuals including owner Mrs. Margaret McGuire, Ben and Max Glassman, night watchman Anthony Dykes, and night clerk Clarence Harvey face involuntary manslaughter charges for delaying alarm reporting and violating city code.
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Margaret McGuire
Ben
Max Glassman
Anthony Dykes
Clarence Harvey
London Talks Hindered By Red Broadcast
London reports pacem talks among United States Russia Britain France and Canada began amid pessimism. Moscow radio accused the West of undermining the parley while Nations Disarmament Commission sub committee members met at Lancaster House. Lodge Nutting Robertson Gromyko Moch attended as talks focused on abolition of nuclear arms and step by step disarmament with inspection disputes lingering.
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United States
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
Anthony Nutting
Norman Robertson
Canadian High Commission
London
Eight Nation Manila Pact Ends With Optimistic Tone
Manila Daat Bangkok Feb 25 AP The eight nation Manila Pact conference closed with optimism on progress to strengthen area defense A permanent secretariat was established in Bangkok with committees on military antisubversion and economic matters The nations Pakistan Philippines France United States Great Britain New Zealand Australia and Thailand aim to make the council an effective working group on defense against aggression subversion and regional welfare Dulles Eden discussed Formosa and the danger in Asia He suggested abandoning Quemoy and the Matsu complex Dulles offered 220 pounds of nuclear fuel for atomic reactor research to Manila pact membersas
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Bangkok
U. S
Dulles
Manila
Pakistan
Philippines
France
United States
Great Britain
New Zealand
Australia
Thailand
Council (of Representatives
Formosa
Asia
Anthony Eden
Eden
Quemoy
Matsu Complex
Manila Pact
Kefauver outlines teen crime probe and budget
Sen Kefauver chairing the Juvenile Delinquency subcommittee announced a new probe into teenage crime and violence. He seeks a 154000 budget this year and will study effects of horror media on youths, narcotics use, and a proposed federal law to curb fathers who abandon illegitimate children.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Southern Illinois Weather: Cloudy and Warmer Through Weekend
Partly cloudy tonight and mostly cloudy with warmer conditions Saturday. Tonight’s low near 30 with Saturday high in the 50s. Saturday night low around 40. Times noted 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. yesterday and today show highs near 54 at noon. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake levels are about an inch above spillways today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Aurora Mayor Demands Militia Over Office Dispute
Aurora Mayor Paul Egan says he has asked Gov. Stratton to send the militia into Aurora due to a lack of harmony among officials. He telegraphed the request and may travel to Springfield to press the issue. A fist fight with Justice of the Peace John Chivari occurred in the mayor's office, and records allegedly stolen from the police and fire board were later claimed to be damaging to senior officers. Downey of Stratton's staff called it another complaint and said it would be looked into.
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Paul Egan
Stratton
Aurora
Plane Crash Kills Two in Mount Olive Ill
Two Springfield men, Gordon W. Chambers Jr. and Robert Fillbright, were killed when their single engine plane crashed in a cornfield north of Mount Olive, Illinois, at 7:55 am. Chambers, 27, ran an electrical shop. Fillbright, 28, was an electrician. The plane, rented from Capitol Aviation in Springfield, had departed Capitol Airport about an hour earlier for New Orleans. No immediate cause available.
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Springfield
New Orleans
Here
Gordon W. Chambers Jr
Robert Fillbright
Chambers
Fillbright
Capitol Aviation, Inc
Capitol
Waives Hearing in Metropolis Brother-in-law Murder Case
Arthur Lynn 57, of Metropolis, facing murder charges for killing Long Davis 76 after Davis threatened Lynn’s wife. Lynn waived preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace W. A. Pettiford. Held without bond, he likely faces a grand jury in April. Lynn said he shot Davis with a 12 gauge shotgun at 12:05 p.m. February 14 while Davis sat in a rocker.
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Arthur Lynn
Metropolis
Metropolis Justice of the Peace
W. A. Pettiford
Massac County
Dwight Mann
Lynn
Long Davis
Davis
Surplus Food Costs Quadrupled in Illinois Contract
Illinois public aid officials report distribution costs for surplus foods more than fourfold under a Springfield trucking firm Dunbar & Co. Asst. State's Attorneys say IPAC representative Peter Cahill notified cost rises from 5.85 percent of food value in October 1952 to 28 percent over the next two years. Cook County institutions sought to haul their own surplus foods but Vernon L. Nickell refused to cancel Dunbar contracts.
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Illinois Public Aid Commission
Springfield
Attys
Gordon Nash
Meyer Goldstein
Peter Cahill
IPAC
Chicago
Cahill
Dunbar
Vernon L. Nickell
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Cook County
Nickell
Area Police To Organize In Herrin Meeting
In Herrin a Mayors Association gathering set the stage for a wider area law enforcement group. Police chiefs mayors and other officials attended with 18 officers present as Henderson chaired and Edwards served as secretary. The group plans to elect officers and form a permanent organization at the next meeting.
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Herrin
Mayors Association
Fred Henderson
Marion
Charles Edwards
Fire Station Condemnation Stuns South Side
Fire inspectors deem a South Side building dangerous and unfit for use, labeling it a fire trap that must be repaired or demolished. The site currently serves as a fire station.
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Chicago
Hicks Town Uranium Boom Draws Interest Near Hicks Dome
In Hardin County Illinois, a new uranium boom stirs hope and lease deals around Hicks Dome. Landowners report rents from 1 to 8.50 dollars per acre plus 10 percent of uranium sales, as mineral firms from Kentucky Illinois and Oklahoma seek leases. Geological tests from 1952 show low uranium content but fluorspar association, with ore prices given for various uranium percentages.
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Kentucky
Oklahoma
Hicks Town
Hicks Dome
Willie Robinson
Hicks
Robinson
United States
Hardin
John S. Brown
A. Emory
P. H. Myer Jr
Denver Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission
Elizabethtown
Illinois
Actress Cathy Downs Divorces Golfer Husband
Los Angeles based actress Cathy Downs obtained a divorce from golfer Joe Kirkwood after testifying that dubbing her golf shots helped end their marriage. The pair wed in Las Vegas on October 8, 1949, separated last October, and a property settlement was arranged.
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Los Angeles
Cathy Downs
Joe Kirkwood
Kirkwoods
Las Vegas
Nev
Australia Hosts Biggest Wave of European Migrants
Geneva Feb 25 AP reports Australia has settled 70 000 of 300 000 European migrants in new homes over three years with help from ICEM. The United States ranked third with 52 164 migrants.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Australia
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
United States
Third Salem Child Dies From Fatal Home Blaze
A Salem house explosion and fire killed three children. Carolyn Branch, 18, died from respiratory failure due to inhaling smoke and gases. Brenda, 10, and Jerry, 7, perished in the blaze rescued by their parents. Fire officials attributed the incident to a gas explosion.
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Salem
Carolyn Branch
Gerald Galbreath
Carolyn
Brenda
Jerry
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Mount Olive, Ill
Ernnest Haller
Mount Olive
Earl Hagermann
Hagermann
C. J. Schlomann
Schlomann
Edwin Leuker
Dunbar & Co
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