Border clashes surge as Arab unity clash widens
A new Syrian charge accuses 30 Iraqi troops of crossing the border and wounding two Syrians as Nasser warns of uprisings in Iraq. Cairo protesters target Kassem amid calls to purge traitors, while Arab unity supporters pledge to topple the Iraqi regime and curb communism.
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Abdel Karim Kassem
Syria
Iraq
Baghdad
Kassem
Cairo
Cairo University
Kasaes Oe
Asser
Middle East
U.A.R
The
Arabs Everywhere
Winter Strikes Late Blows Four Trains Freed From Snow Drifts
Four Chicago and North Western passenger trains carrying about 355 people were trapped for hours by 12 foot snow drifts during a late winter storm across Wisconsin. A fireman reached a farmhouse to summon help as plows and diesel units finally freed the trains after thousands faced stranded travel. The wider storm system spawned tornadoes in Arkansas and Illinois with casualties and extensive damage across the central Midwest.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
Ashland
Wis
Green Bay
Milwaukee
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Sallal
Randolots
Rabellsport
Ac Aes Theon
Randolph
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Rockies
Iowa
Nebraska
Midwest
Michigan
Joes
Owensboro
Moko
Twisters
Illinois
Memphis, Tenn
President of Ireland Arrives for Eisenhower Visit in US
Sean T. O'Kelly arrives in New York for an official visit at the invitation of President Eisenhower. The 76 year old president and his wife will stay in New York and then spend St Patrick's Day as Eisenhower's guest in Washington.
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Ireland
Washington
New York
Sean T. O'Kelly
Eisenhower
O'Kelly
St. Patrick’s Day
Weather Forecast for Southern Illinois Warms Slightly
Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with a small warming trend. Low temperatures tonight and Tuesday night near the mid 20s. Tuesday’s high about 50 degrees.
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Southern
Illinois
Cargo Plane Crashes Near Midway Airport
American Airlines will hold a formal inquiry into a twin-engine cargo plane crash near Midway Airport. The aircraft struck a 100-foot steel tower and wrecked in the Belt Railway of Chicago freight yards. pilot Capt. Lawrence Larsen and co-pilot Kenneth Kinne escaped with no injuries.
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Chicago
American Airlines
Midway Airport
Belt Railway of
Lawrence Larsen
Springdale
Conn
Kenneth Kinne
New York
Nationwide fires claim over thirty lives in scattered incidents
Fires across the United States on Friday to Sunday killed more than 30 people including many children. In Superior Wisconsin a father and his five children died in a duplex fire while the mother was away. Across Hill D C a sharecropper and eight of his children perished as two children visiting died. In North Philadelphia a three story house fire killed eight children in one family. In West New York three died of smoke inhalation and in Halfway Oregon three small children died trapped in a closet. Firefighters resumed search for four men in Aurora Illinois as high winds hindered debris removal. two more elderly men missing at Jasper Davis Alfred Franzen Charles Bartholomew Ernest Stade. Ninety two residents escaped the five story home.
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Associated Press
United States
Superior
Wis
Cross Hill
D.C
Philadelphia
West New York
N.J
Halfway
Ore
Warren Yardly
Aurora
Jennings Terrace
Jasper Davis
Alfred Franzen
Charles Bartholomew
Ernest Stade
Herter Seeks Foreign Aid Vote in Senate Push
Acting Secretary of State Christian A. Herter urged Congress to approve President Eisenhower's 3.93 billion foreign aid program. He defended military and economic aid to allies, warned against cuts, and cited Khrushchev's claims of economic competition to stress urgency for aid to underdeveloped nations.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Congress
Eisenhower
Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev warns Nasser over Iraq in Kremlin remarks
Premier Khrushchev denounces Nasser's anti-Communist speeches in Damascus and says the Soviet Union will not be indifferent to unrest near Iraq. He notes a Soviet Iraqi economic pact during talks amid the Iraqi rebellion and asserts Moscow’s aid remains disinterested and nonpolitical.
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Nasser
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Soviet Union
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Kremlin
Moscow Radio
U.S.S.R
U.A.R
Abdel Karim
Kassem
Moscow
Senator Casts Light on Washington Gobbledygook
Senator M. Young of Ohio shares a glossary for constituents mapping official jargon to plain meanings. Examples show how terms like expedite or coordinator are reframed by Young as delays or busy desk jargon.
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Ecaa M. Young
Ohio
Washington Gobbledygook
Young
Ted T
To Fit The Crime Juvenile Jail Policy in Duval County
In Jacksonville Florida sheriff Dale Carson enforces a policy to keep young inmates in line by feeding them baby food. The plan has the backing of Juvenile Court Judge Marion W. Gooding.
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Duval County
Dale Carson
Marion W. Gooding
Eight Die In Auto Crash Near Peach Springs Arizona
A head on collision 40 miles northeast of Peach Springs on U S 66 killed eight people and injured four, two critically. Victims in one car were Joe Williams 32, John Collins 32 Hattie Williams and Mary Collins of Peach Springs. The other car carried Henry Manuel Goke 38 of Albuquerque Gertrude Chavez 24 of Long Beach and her infant Richard and Jose Campbell 2 of Long Beach. Williams allegedly crossed the center line.
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Kingman
Ariz
Arizona
Highway Patrol
Floyd Cont
Ian
Joe Williams
John Collins
Hattie Williams
Mary Collins
Peach Springs
Hualapai
U.S. 66
Henry Manuel Goke
Albuquerque
N.M
Gertrude Chavez
Long Beach Calif
Richard
Jose Campbell
Long Beach
Campbell
Disney
Williams
Prowler Reported on East Jackson Street Sunday
A prowler was reported around 3 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of East Jackson Street and had left before Carbondale police arrived.
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East Jackson Street
Carbondale
Eisenhower to address nation on Berlin crisis tonight
President Eisenhower plans a half hour White House address at 8 30 p m outlining U S charges against the Soviets aim to force Allied forces from Berlin The speech reportedly restates firm policy and emphasizes deterrence of atomic war Senators Mansfield urges a general framework for Berlin negotiations and broader messaging reach.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
White House
Cuba
Ernesto Dihigo
Malcom Moos
Last Civil War Veteran John Salling Dies at 112
112 year old Confederate soldier John Salling of Slant Virginia dies in Kingsport hospital after pneumonia. He leaves Col Walter Williams of Houston as the last Civil War survivor, aged 116. Salling was famed for his memory and humor despite illness and kept talking about boyhood days.
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Slant
Kingsport
Salling
Walter Williams
Houston Tex
H. A. McCamy
Hubert Hawkins
Linda Hawins
Bristol
Sallin
Wacs
Fort Myer
D Company
25Th
Virginia Regiment
Scott County
Virginia
Kinksport
Tenn
Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
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Chicago & Northwes
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Walter Reed Hospital
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D-Mont
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