Soviet nuclear proposal faces skepticism at U N
United Nations observers report Russia calls for destruction of all nuclear weapons but offers only broad international control. Washington doubts inspection foolproofness and demands concrete terms, as Nevada tests and Britain hydrogen bomb plans frame the debate.
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Russia
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London
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United States
Nevada
Britain
Moscow
Man killer hunt spreads through Harlem in New York
A massive manhunt unfolds in Harlem as police pursue Augusto Robles a 41 year old gunman linked to a gangland killing and the murder of several high profile figures. Robles slipped past a 100 man blockade disarmed three detectives and fled after surrendering briefly to investigators.
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UPI
Harlem
Augusto Robles
Chicago
Serge Rubinstein
Ann Yarrow
Margaret Grob
Long Island
Robles
Joseph Aronowitz
Carmen Guzman
Miss Guzman
Overdue TWA Airliner With 16 Aboard Missing Near Santa Fe
A Trans-World airliner carrying 13 passengers and three crew is overdue on a flight from Albuquerque to Pittsburgh. Snow and winds hinder sightings near Madrid New Mexico. State police report a possible sighting as planes search the rugged area. The twin engined Martin Skyliner had not radioed since leaving Albuquerque.
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N. M
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Madrid
Here
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Amarillo
Tex
Wichita
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Indiana House approves diploma for Korean War veterans
The Indiana House passed 85 to 5 a bill permitting Korean War veterans to obtain high school diplomas based on credits earned through the United States Armed Forces Institute educational program.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Armed Forces Institute
Great Plains Blizzard Brings Death Misery
A severe blizzard across the Great Plains and Rockies leaves at least eight dead and many injured. A Craig Colorado postman is missing as search efforts probe the storm swept region. Snow and wind cripple travel from Minnesota to Nebraska and Wyoming with buses marooned and frostbite reported, while Colorado residents shovel through four feet of Maine snow and shifting forecasts predict eastward spread.
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Maine
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Craig
Colo
Wyoming
Two Injured When Truck Leaves Road Near Lyford
Ernest Holt 28 of Chicago is in critical condition at Union Hospital Terre Haute and Daniel Boone 44 of Chicago is hospitalized at Vermillion County Hospital with injuries from a single vehicle crash eight miles north of Lyford on US 41. Six men were riding in a panel truck driven by Holt en route to Donaldson Tennessee to visit his ill mother.
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Ind
Ernest Holt
Chicago
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Daniel Boone
Lyford
Holt
Bob Wiot
Donaldson
Tenn
James Holt
William Proctor
John Day
Ellis Howard
Vermillion County Hospital
Branson
Rockville
Terre Haute Hospital
Delayed Giant Nuclear Test By Weather Concerns
The Atomic Energy Commission postponed firing of a giant nuclear explosion for the fifth time due to unacceptable weather. Northerly winds risked a fallout pattern forcing evacuation of Camp Mercury and Camp Desert Rock near the proving grounds. The 1955 test series opened Friday with a smaller device as a stand in for the big tower shot.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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AEC
Mercury
Camp Desert Rock
Proving Grounds
Rev Frederick C Jordan Dies After Short Illness
Rev Frederick C Jordan longtime pastor of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church dies at Union Hospital after a brief illness. A Cleveland native, he served Terre Haute since 1925 and held prior pastorates in Holmes County and Amherst Ohio. He worked with the Missouri Synod Central District and aided sick and aged, with World War I and II service to the community.
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Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Union Hospital
Jordan
Poplar Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Amherst
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Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Central District Mission Board
Strange Journey of 1889 Silver Dollars
William C. Gardner of Baltimore was arrested and convicted for a $650 New Year’s Eve robbery at an iron and metal company. Seventeen 1889 silver dollars were found hidden in the shoulder padding of Gardner’s overcoat, part of a batch accidentally released by the Philadelphia Mint last December.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia Mint
William C. Gardner
Toll Road Bill Faces Delay in Indiana House
The Indiana House Judiciary Committee, facing constitutional questions, delayed action on the Senate toll road bill. Rep. James D. Allen pressed to force a vote, while conflicting opinions on legality surfaced. The measure proposes toll roads along U S 136 between Indianapolis and Litton and across southern Indiana, with the Craig administration viewing attached conditions as crippling.
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House Judiciary Committee
James D. Allen
R.salem
Senate
Oren E. Felton
R.fairmount
Allen
House
Toll Road Commission
U.S. 136
Litton
Harry T. Ice
Commission
Indiana
Michael D. Fansler
Craig
Expect Next Move On Nanchi Island
Washington reports authoritative sources say Red China may strike Nanchi Island next, rather than Quemoy or Matsu. Beijing is building jet bases on the mainland and reinforcing the Ta Chen Islands. Nanchi lies 150 miles north of Formosa, a key radar post, with Wenchow eyed as a possible torpedo base to harass Nationalist shipping.
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Formosa
Nanchi
Quemoy
Matsui
Reds
Tachen Islands
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsu
Wenchow
Plane Crash Kills 4 in Illinois A Marine Escapes
Terre Haute resident Staff Sergeant Dick Setliff identified the dead pilot Tech Sergeant Ray O Brezeale and his wife Jennie among four killed when a privately owned twin engine plane crashed 20 miles south of Springfield Illinois after leaving Hulman Field late Friday night. Two other sailors from the Jacksonville North Carolina base also died. Setliff said the group planned to visit St Louis en route home to their Marine station at Jacksonville. The plane was found around 10 am in a muddy field after crashing earlier. The wreck prompted continued reporting on the investigation and trail to Page 2.
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Springfield
Ill
Dick C. Setliff
Helen DeLane
South Twentieth Street
Terre Haute
Marine Corps Air Station
Jacksonville
N. C
Ray O. Brezeale
Jefferson City
Marine Corps
Jennie
North Carolina
Kansas City
Brezeale
Setliff
St. Louis
Cash and narcotics stolen in burglary at drug store
Police report a burglary at the Robert Ash Drug Store in North Seventh street where a safe and a cash register containing over $200 in cash and a large quantity of narcotics were stolen. Entrance was forced via a basement window and a cellar door. The cash register, worth $1,200, was later found abandoned on a river road near Dresser. three men would be needed to move the heavy safe and register.
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Ermil Stevens
Robert Ash
North Seventh Street
Dresser
Nationalist Air Force Sinks 20 Communist Ships Near Taishan
Taipei reports the Nationalist air force blasted a second troop convoy near Taishan Island, sinking or damaging 20 ships and boosting 24 hour Red losses to 41. The action targets troop ships en route from Foochow to Taishan as Beijing eyes Nanchi and Matsu.
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Formosa
U.P
Taishan Island
Foochow
Taishan
Nanchi
Matsu Islands
China
Matsu
Quemoy
Tachens
Ministry of National Defense
Chinatone
Russia
Tribute To Heroic Marines Memorial Services Held On Mt Suribachi
Joe Rosenthal, veteran AP photographer of the Iwo Jima flag raising, returned to Mt Suribachi for a simple service marking the 10th anniversary of the American landing. He reports for the San Francisco Chronicle with a restrained, somber dispatch recalling the moment and its lasting significance.
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Joe Rosenthal
A.P
U. S
Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi
Rosenthal
San Francisco Chronicle
Memorial salute on Iwo Jima marks 10th anniversary
On Iwo Jima suribachi heights airmen and sailors joined Marines in a brief memorial ceremony. Lt. Gen. Thomas D White opened with a prayer and noted the beach assault 10 years earlier. The gathering honored those who sacrificed to save lives and preserve the mission for aircraft and shipping operations.
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Iwo Jima
Air Force
Suribach
Armed Services
Assembly Turns Down Pineau As French Premier
Paris records a sharp government crisis as National Assembly rejects Christian Pineau 312 to 268, provoking fresh editorial denouncements and calls for constitutional reforms. President Rene Coty seeks a new premier while parties clash over France’s direction amid looming SEATO conference.
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Pineau
Paris
National Assembly
Christian Pineau
France
SEATO
Bangkok
Foreign Office
Rene Coty
Pierre Mendes-France
Coty
Elysee Palace
Mendes-France
Edgar Faure
L’aurore
Antoine Pinay
Pierre Pflimlin
Weather Update For Terre Haute And Indiana
The US Weather Bureau reports rain changing to snow and colder conditions tonight with snow likely Sunday. Terre Haute forecast lows near 30 and highs around 37, while Indiana area expect rain today, snow and much colder by Sunday, highs around 59 and 32 respectively. river stage 3.7 feet and falling.
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