Disarmament Talks Under Way Nanchishan Abandoned
Nationalist China abandoned the tiny Nanchishan outpost to the Communists without a fight, abandoning a strategic location 140 miles north of Formosa. About 5,000 garrison troops and civilians evacuated to Formosa, fortifications blown, and air strikes continued against Red targets as Tachens were evacuated earlier.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.P
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanchi
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
China
Nanchishan
Defense Ministry
U.S
Nanchi Shan
Matsu Complex
Matsus
Quemoy Island
Pescadores
Foochow
Amoy
Washington
Far East
Peilungshan
Hsiung Eng-teh
Tachen
Valley Ministers Gather for Wabash Valley Conference
Delegates and guests of the Wabash Valley United Churchmen's Conference arrive in Terre Haute for two days of sessions. More than 100 attendees are registered with events at the Y.M.C.A., First Baptist, Central Christian, and Shrine Temple Auditorium under the theme The Christian and His Daily Work. Max Huber Royce Campbell and Roy Kuykendall lead opening activities with Rev G C McCracklin giving the invocation.
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PLAN
Wabash Valley Churchmen’s Conference
Y.M.C.A
J. F.turner
Max Huber
John Thompson
R. Powell Mead
Royce Campbell
W. K. Schelhorn
Roy Kuykendall
Lloyd Schell
Bill Friend
M. L. Bellinger
Clarence Loveland
Wabash Valley United Churchmen’s Conference
First Baptist Church
Central Christian Church
Shrine Temple Auditorium
Terre Haute Council of Churches
G. C. McCracklin
Roy T. Combs
Indianapolis
J. F. Turner
SEATO Parley Ends with Optimistic Outlook
In Bangkok the Manila Pact conference wrapped after three days with optimism over progress against aggression. U S Secretary of State Dulles said the aggressor’s path had been made harder. Delegates created a permanent Bangkok secretariat and formed committees on military antisubversion and economic matters to enforce the pact. Members: Pakistan Philippines France United States Great Britain New Zealand Australia Thailand.
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Bangkok
U.S
Dulles
Manila
Pakistan
Philippines
France
United States
Great Britain
New Zealand
Australia
Thailand
Council (of Representatives
State Chief Justice Dies After Attack
Indianapolis Feb 25 Frank E Gilkinson 77 chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court died of a heart attack in his hotel room he was breakfasting with his wife in the Continental Hotel and had planned to go to his office He was elected to the court in 1944 and was its senior member A Republican native of Washington Indiana and former judge of the Martin Davis Circuit Court.
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Indianapolis
Frank E. Gilkinson
Indiana Supreme Court
Continental
Gilkison
Washington
Ind
Martin-Daviess
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity and Indiana
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a warmer Saturday. Low tonight 24 to 38 degrees. High Saturday 44 to 55 degrees. River stage 45 ft and falling. Local conditions show no precipitation. Sunrise 6:29 to 6:32 a.m. Sunset 5:32 p.m. Temperature readings vary by location with highs in the mid 40s and lows in the 30s.
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Innsee
Terre Baute
Vicinity
Celder
Indiana
Perth
Gunman abducts pair then assaults woman in Brazil
Ernest Price, 35, of 521 North Sixth Street, reports he and a Brazil waitress companion were robbed and forced from his car by a colored man after leaving a Terre Haute tavern. Police found them in an alley. both were taken to Clay County Hospital where Price’s condition was listed as satisfactory. The assailant allegedly forced them to drink whiskey before fleeing. The woman’s name was withheld by police.
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Ernest Price
North Sixth Street
Clay County
Brazil
Price
Terre Haute
Jackson Street
U.S. Pledges New Relief Funds for Palestine Refugees
The United States announced eight million dollars in recent U N relief aid for Palestine refugees in the Near East and a fresh pledge of four point seven million dollars, adding to twelve million pledged last year.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
U.N
Near East
Germans Advance on Pact Ratification In Bundestag
In BOMN Germany on February 25 the Bundestag defeated a Socialist bid to suspend debate on the Paris treaties. Chancellor Adenauer’s party reiterated Saar status as German territory while noting a plebiscite will decide Saar’s future. police faced Red demonstrations as the vote neared a final outcome.
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BOMN
Germany
West Germany
Bundestag
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Saar
Otto Lenz
France
Paris
Ruhr
Adenauer
Dulles Marks 67th Birthday in Bangkok Party
Secretary of State Dulles celebrated his sixty seventh birthday in Bangkok as the U.S. delegation to the Manila Pact presented a silver cigarette case and embassy staff joined in singing Happy Birthday.
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Bangkok
Dulles
U.S
Submarines Turned Over to Red China Reported
Washington reports that Russia may have transferred up to eight small coastal type submarines to Red China and is training Chinese Communist crews to operate the craft. American officials said the information was conveyed today.
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Washington
Russia
Wernsing Named President By Chest Board
Bernard H. Wernsing, Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery manager, was elected president of the Community Chest of Terre Haute Inc at the annual meeting at the Terre Haute House. He has served on the board for two years and on several campaign committees. He is active in Rotary Ellis Lodge Zorah Shrine and Central Presbyterian Church. The Wernsing residence is 126 South Twenty fourth Street. Re elected officers were retained in their posts.
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Bernard H. Wernsing
Roselawn Memorial Park
Community Chest of Terre Haute, Inc
Terre Haute House
Wernsing
Community Chest
Rotary Club
Ellis’ Lodge
Zorah Shrine
Central Presbyterian Church
South Twenty-fourth Street
Siamese twins die after separation operation
In Horwich England February 25 the father said Britain's month old Siamese twins died today during an unsuccessful operation to separate them. The girls were joined by tissue at the tops of their heads and surgeons had been hopeful separation would be possible.
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Horwich
England
Britain
Russia Asked To Join West In Peace Move
Secret disarmament talks began among United States Russia Britain France and Canada as a subcommittee of the United Nations Disarmament Commission. Western officials support a plan for all round disarmament tied to reductions in manpower and conventional weapons while opposing unchecked nuclear disarmament without other arms cuts.
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London
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
Moscow Radio
Five Nations
United Nations Disarmament Commission
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U. S
Red China
Kremlin
Burglar Rescued After 12 Story Fall From NY Office
A 20 year old burglar named James Anderson was rescued after plunging nearly 12 stories into a narrow airshaft at 121 123 East 25th Street. He was forced to jump by a companion armed with a gun and wedged behind pipes until workers broke through a wall to reach him. The man shouted that his arms and legs were numb and suspected multiple fractures.
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New York
James Anderson
East 25Th St
House approves $20 income tax cut plan in partisan clash
The House backed a Democratic bid to cut income taxes by $20 per person next year, 210 to 205, defeating a Republican attempt to block the measure. Leaders predicted victory or defeat as a showdown vote neared, with estimates of a slim Democratic edge amid a high-stakes party line fight. The plan would grant a $20 break for each taxpayer and dependent, about $100 for a family of five, and would relieve roughly five million low income or large families from federal taxes. Continued on page 9.
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Washington
U.P
House
Eisenhower
Martin
R.-Mass
Philadelphia
G.O.P
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Congress approves $7500 pay raise for lawmakers
House members and senators unanimously back a bill granting themselves a $7500 yearly salary increase, a $1250 tax free expense allowance, and six annual round trips home, with passage by voice vote as a separate tax cut measure awaited Senate approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Paragon Bank Robbed of $4,000 in Martinsville
Paragon branch of the Indiana Bank and Trust Co in Martinsville was held up by an armed man at noon. The robber fled with about $4,000. State police set up road blocks. The bank had been robbed of $10,000 last November.
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Martinsville
Ind
Paragon
Indiana Bank & Trust Co
U S Works On Inter Continental Missile of Death
Washington reports that the Air Force acknowledged work on an intercontinental ballistic missile named Atlas though in early development. Gen. Nathan F. Twining said Atlas is just getting going while confirming progress on Snark.
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U. S
Washington
Air Force
Atlas
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
South Atlantic
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Fla
Air
Harold E. Talbott
Senate Armed Services Committee
Snark
Falcon
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Adm
Robert P. Carney
Naval Operations
House Restores Felony Clause On Beer Bill
INDIANAPOLIS Feb 25 The House restored the original provision forbidding beer wholesaler permits for anyone ever convicted of a felony. The Public Policy Committee added a safeguard for current permit holders. Rep Vance M. Waggoner said the clause would shield present wholesalers from penalties for future felonies and the chamber rejected indefinite postponement on a 63 to 5 vote.
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Indianapolis
House
House Public Policy Committee
Vance M. Waggoner
R.rushville
Leo A. Meagher
Evansville
Waggoner
Bond Issue Approved To Aid Harrison Township Poor Relief
Vigo County Council votes $100000 bond issue to support Harrison Township poor relief over ten years. Deficit about $99183 after prior tax board cuts, with $61000 already owed to the county. Contingency fund used. relief must be funded per law. Present: Branam Johnston Turner Mann Cooper Leeth.
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Vigo County Council
Harrison Township
Indiana State Tax Board
Everett Branam
Edward Johnston
Pierce Turner
Frank Mann
Stanley J. Cooper
Charles Leeth
Eisenhower to spend weekend at Camp David
President Eisenhower planned to depart Washington for a weekend at Camp David in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains, aiming for a quiet retreat. He scheduled no public appearances during the trip and would return to the capital afterward.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
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