Thailand Urges NATO-Type SEATO Army at Bangkok Meet
Thailand presses eight SEATO members to form a NATO-style standing army to halt rising Communist activity in Southeast Asia. Premier Phibunsongkhram cites a 20,000-strong Chinese-trained Thai expatriate force and calls for discussion at the Washington Manila Bangkok conference on mutual defense and enforcement of the SEATO pact.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.P
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Southeast Asia
Phibum Pibul Songgram
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Red China
China
Phibum
Manila
Philippines
Nationalist Air Force Sinks Submarine Near Taishan
Formosa February 21. The Nationalist Chinese Air Force announced it sank an unidentified submarine near the Taishan Islands after bomb and strafing runs. It reported surface sighting, presumed sinking, and noted 11 submarines sighted near the strait by intelligence sources.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.P
Taishan Islands
Taishans
Nanchi
Matsu Islands
Taishan
Chinatone
Hainan Island
Pearl River
Hongkong
Chekiang
Taishan Island
Fukien
Four Bodies Found After Sandia Mountain Plane Crash
Rescuers reported finding four bodies near a rock pinnacle in the Sandia Mountains after a Trans World Airliner with 16 aboard crashed Saturday near Albuquerque. The wreckage was perched on a cliff rim and no survivors were expected.
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Albuquerque
Sandia Mountains
Trans World
Kirtland Field
I. R. Spong
Prairie Village
Kan
Santa Fe
Balltimore
James Bixler
Carco Air Service
William Gibson
Rescue Service
Denver
Woman reports assault near Nineteenth Street and Seventh Avenue
A 21-year-old woman from North Side told Police Lieutenant Ermil Stevens she was grabbed near her home Sunday evening by a young man. She screamed, escaped, and ran to a friend’s house before police arrived. A 15-year-old youth was arrested but not positively identified by the victim.
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Northside
Wanda Jackson
Beech Street
Ermil Stevens
Nineteenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Jackson
Second Blizzard Is Due To Hit Great Plains
United Press reports a new cold wave and heavy snow threaten the Great Plains after a weekend blizzard left at least 42 dead. Montana forecasts a zero to subzero surge with winds up to 30 mph and drifting snow spreading across the state Tuesday, with severe conditions feared in the Dakotas and Nebraska. Snow plows worked to free stranded motorists as travelers remained marooned in small towns.
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United Press
Canada
Great Plains
Great Falls
Mont
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Minnesota
Manitoba
Ontario
Globe
North Sea
Britain
China Sea
Flat $11 License Fee Approved by Indiana Senate
Indiana Senate approved a bill to set a flat $11 fee for automobile license plates, replacing the current sliding scale. The 26-17 vote sent the measure to the House amid opposition arguing the same $11 cost hits rich Cadillac owners and older cars alike. supporters say savings in administration and broader revenue result. A mental health bill was rejected 18-23 and can be revived later. Continuous coverage notes the full article continues on Page 2.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Senate
House
Senate
John van Ness
Russell Bontrager
R.elkhart
Cadillac
Milford Anness
R.-Liberty
Anness
Hoosiers
Riots hit French Quarter during Mardi Gras bustle
Riots swept New Orleans French Quarter as Mardi Gras revelry peaked. Six were injured and about 100 arrested after crowds clashed with police who used tear gas bombs. The unrest followed an attempted arrest of Lawrence Morrison, an 18 year old from Arlington Virginia, who claimed to be a federal agent.
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New Orleans
Lawrence Morrison
Arlington
St. Peter
French Quarter
Pat O'Brien
Dixie
Bourbon Street
Morrison
Seven Killed in Head On Crash in Texas
Kingsville Tex Feb 21 Two cars edged into the center of a three lane highway and collided head on seven died in the tangled mass including four members of one family. Three other persons were seriously hurt a little boy lay near death. The crash occurred on a straight stretch with one car bursting open at the sides like a crushed match box. Officers found no possible cause for the wreck.
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Kingsville
Tex
Weather Update Shows Cloudy, Colder With Rising River Stage
Weather forecast notes cloudy and colder conditions with river stage at 4.9 feet and rising. Times list 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. readings, sunrise at 6:35 and sunset at 5:34, no precipitation details provided.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday’s high reached 48 degrees and the low dipped to 27. Rainfall measured .45 inches.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and colder tonight. Increasing cloudiness with little temperature change Tuesday followed by rain or snow Tuesday night. Low tonight 22, high Tuesday 35. Indiana mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with rain or snow south and east portions late tonight or Tuesday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 25 to 30 northwest to 30 to 35 southeast. Temperature street thermometer readings 6 am 29, 2 pm 35.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
First big A bomb test planned for Tuesday
The Atomic Energy Commission prepared a substitute device as weather issues threaten the Tuesday launch of the 1955 A bomb test series. Officials said two shots would be ready for Tuesday after weather delayed earlier tests.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
New Anti Polio Plan Uses Single Blood Drop Test
Pittsburgh February report on Dr. Jonas Salk and his lab testing a one drop blood method to gauge polio immunity in pupils at Sterrett and John Morrow schools. The operation thumb jab aims to decide needed vaccine dosage for protection and will expand to 6000 students across 28 schools with possible one to three shots later.
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Pittsburgh
Jonas B. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Salk
Indiana Plans for Big Test in Indianapolis
Medical authorities announced preliminary plans Sunday for distributing a major test in Indianapolis with details to follow on later pages.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Five Sailors Killed Missing In Sub Blast
SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 21 Two sailors were killed three missing presumed dead and four seriously injured when a series of explosions and a fire damaged the World War II submarine U S S Pompon at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Rescue workers removed four men and two civilians were injured the missing men were aboard the sub and presumed dead due to hydrogen fumes. Pumping out the hull would take hours to days with care to avoid further blasts.
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San Francisco
U. S. S. Pompden
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Navy
Drag for bodies of two Hoosiers in Lake Pontchartrain
In New Orleans on February 21 the Coast Guard pressed dragging for two missing men after a private plane with three aboard crashed into foggy Lake Pontchartrain. Police diver recovered William A. Landes, 19, of Lafayette Indiana, with others presumed in the plane wreck. The pilot Thomas Smith 24 and passenger James Dickerson 28, both Lafayette residents, were identified. landing gear and wreckage were hoisted by the White Alder but bodies not aboard. Dragging paused around 10 p.m. due to rough water.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Lake Pontchartrain
William A. Landes
Lafayette
Ind
White Alder
Thomas Smith
James Dickerson
Smith
Dickerson
Landes
Traps Kill Many on Tachen Islands Ambush
The Min Chu Evening News quoted underground intelligence sources reporting that booby traps on the Chinese Nationalist abandoned Tachen Islands killed at least 200 Communist troops after their Feb. 15 landing. An independent paper noted casualties ranged from 600 to 700 soldiers.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Min Chu Evening News
Independent Newspaper
Formosa War Tensions Rise as Communist Forces Build Up
Nationalist sources report a third straight air and sea attack against Communist troop transports. Communists are claimed to be expanding air power on the mainland opposite Formosa with a wing of planes in Fukien Province near Quemoy Nanchi and Matsu, and five more air fields in the area. Formosa drafts and volunteer mobilization increase infantry strength, with about 100000 men believed called up.
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Formosa
Fukien
Quemoy
Nanchi
Matsu
Woman Senator Visits Formosa
Senator Margaret Chase Smith RM.E. paid calls in Taipei on Vice President Chen Cheng and Premier O KX Yui. She will be a dinner guest of President and Mme Chiang Kai shek.
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Taipei
Margaret Chase Smith R.me
Chen Cheng
O KX. Yui
Mme
Chiang Kaishek
Cobalt bomb could wipe out life worldwide says official
Washington reports Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson warned that a cobalt bomb might kill all life on earth if radioactivity spread around the globe. He noted military leaders say such a weapon would be too deadly to be built, and he doubted death would come from our own action, though details were not elaborated.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Peterson
Reds Accused of Violating Korean Armistice
PANMUNJOM Korea Feb 21 The United Nations Command accuses the Communists of building up MIG strength in North Korea and violating the armistice It demands punishment Maj Gen Leslie D Carter says the MiGs that attacked an RB45 jet over the Yellow Sea Feb 5 show increased North Korean air activity since the armistice He cites Lt Gen Lee Sang Cho dismissing the charges as hastily manufactured.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
North Korea
Leslie D. Carter
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Yellow Sea
Commission
Carter
Lee Sang Cho
U.N
Lee
Terre Haute Transit Company Files Articles of Incorporation
The Terre Haute Transit Company filed articles of incorporation with Vigo County Recorder James G. Fagin, naming H. Ralph Johnston as resident agent and $25,000 capital. Directors include Johnston, his wife Joyce Johnston, and secretary Margy J. Godfrey, while state action and a city regulation bill await Governor signature and Attorney General opinion.
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Terre Haute
Johnston
Craig
Indiana
Highway Junction Crash Injures Eight in Greencastle Area
Eight people injured in a head on collision near Greencastle Indiana as two cars collided three quarters of a mile east of the U S Highway 40 and State Highway 43 junction. Victims include Martha M Lee 40 of Brazil Patricia Dickerson 25 of Tipton and others in the Lee car. The severely injured were transported to Putnam County Hospital.
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Greencastle
Ind
Raub and Young
Martha M. Lee
Brazil
Patricia Dickerson
Tipton
Putnam County
Edward M. Lee
Cora Tabor
Cindy Lee
Martha Lee
Gertrude Lee
Lee
Dickerson
Brian M
Sharp quake awakens sleepers in Los Angeles region
A fairly sharp earthquake shock, apparently a single event, roused many residents in the west and southwest sections of Los Angeles early today but caused no damage. No injuries were reported and officials noted no further aftershocks.
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Los Angeles
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Felix Stump
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Reds
Transit Company
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