Puerto Rican Held For Threat To Kill President
A 24yearold Puerto Rican, Pedro Oromo Sancatz, was held for federal grand jury action on charges of threatening to kill President Eisenhower. He allegedly made repeated threats at Hartford police headquarters while being fingerprinted for a non support charge as four Puerto Rican Nationalists opened fire in the House, wounding five congressmen.
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Hartford
Conn
Eisenhower
Pedro Oromo Sancatz
Sancatz
House of Representatives
Travel Bad Tax Payments Go On Via U S Mail
County Treasurer Carl Schmitkens notes tax collections by mail remain strong despite slow traffic conditions. To date 1,780,000 has been collected, about half the expected total, with March 15 the final date for current real estate taxes without penalty and March 31 for filing personal tax returns.
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U.S. Mail
Carl 0. Schmitkens
Puerto Rican Nationalistas Behind Shooting Not Representative
A critical analysis argues the Nationalista Party in Puerto Rico is a small fringe group based in New York, not the island’s mainstream. It cites poverty driving migration to major cities where language barriers and prejudice fuel frustration.
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Puerto Rico
United States
Munoz
Renna Acon
Independistas
Natonalistas
Alabama
Ilinois
New York
Chicago
Doubtel
Trucking Firm To Hold Safety Awards Dinner
Norwalk Track Lines Inc. trucking foremen from Elyria and Lorain terminals plan a Sunday 3 p m safety awards banquet at Spring Valley Country Club. About 40 to 45 drivers plus guests are expected. Richard Boose, safety director, will present awards. president J F Ernsthausen is also slated to attend.
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Elyria Jand Lorain
Norwalk
J. F. Ernsthausen
Falso 18
Sternbaum Trial Witnesses Include Family Members
In Mansfield Ohio defense attorney Paul M Herbert plans to call Sternbaum's relatives to testify as the first degree murder trial for E Max Sternbaum proceeds. The defense seeks to rest after relatives speak about Leah Sternbaum's death on December 4 1952. Gloves found with burglar Lewis P Morris's jacket spurred discussion as Sternbaum claims the items belong to him. The case centers on whether Sternbaum killed his wife amid a love affair or fled after burglars attacked the couple and a fire followed.
Appointment of Xavier North approved as U S Marshal
President Eisenhower's nomination of Xavier North to be U S Marshal for Northern Ohio received Senate approval by voice vote. The chamber also backed Summer Canary to serve as U S attorney for Northern Ohio.
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Eisenhower
Xavier North
Loram Republican
U. S
Northern
Ohio
Senate
Summer Canary
South Korean Schools Hit by War Destruction and Aid
During the Communist invasion of South Korea about 10 000 classrooms were destroyed and 19 000 damaged. The U S Army supplied materials to repair or build 1 000 classrooms in one year as part of rehabilitation efforts.
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South Korea
U.S. Army
Korean Peninsula
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Jenner
Benson to advise veto of rigid farm price plan
Washington AG Secretary Benson says he will recommend vetoing a rigid 90 percent price support plan and will assess final bill provisions before endorsing changes. He warns Congress could face a serious setback to curbing farm price problems and notes dairy price cuts already ordered. He stresses storage space for wheat and corn and expanding overseas markets as key to solving surpluses.
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Benson
Washington
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Congress
Apni
Jance
Terrorists Linked To Communist Party in New York raid
Police seized SS papers in the New York homes of four Puerto Rican nationalists linked to the shooting at the House. Investigators said two suspects, including Rafael Miranda of Brooklyn and Lihta Lebron, had ties to the Communist party and Soviet delegates. Evidence points to coaching by Red agents and Lebron’s access to UN mission listings. Authorities expanded checks in Puerto Rico neighborhoods and tightened guard around Mayor Wagner as a precaution.
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New York
Communist Party
Red
House of Representatives
Rafael Miranda
Brooklyn
Iis
William Z. Foster
Lihta Lebron
Manhattan
Lebron
Woman’s Committee For Liberty
Rosa Collazo
Oscar Collazo
Truman
FBI
Puerto Rico
Robert F. Wagner
Gracie Mansion
City Hall
Congress Group Probes MacArthur Ouster for Real Story
Washington group reopened the MacArthur ouster case inviting Col. Laurence Bunker to testify about the Truman Eisenhower era policies toward Communist aggression. The inquiry aims to uncover the real story of how the United States confronted China and Korea during the war and who ordered actions countermanding MacArthur.
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Congress Group
Washington
INS
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Laurence E. Bunker USA
MacArthur
Esenhower
Bunker
International News Service
Charles Grimes
Senate Infernal Securty
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
Wellesley, Mass
Korea
Yalu River
North Korea
Marchuria
New Bedford
Mass
Standard Times
Eisenhower
Far East
Joseph W.marlin Jr
Congress
Manchuria
Red China
Congressional Action
Senate
Pope Pius XII Quietly Marks Birthday in Bed
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XI entering his 79th year and 16th of reign confined to bed with gastitis and weakness. Doctors say long treatment needed, aides urge no further heavy duties, Easter ceremonies uncertain.
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Vatican
United Press
Robert E. Jackson
Vatican City
Pius XI
Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli
Pontcif
Pmus X
Apostolic Palace
Ricear
Pris XII
Rhodes Blasts Treatment Of Girls At School
Ohio State Auditor James A. Rhodes accused the Girls Industrial School in Columbus of cruel disciplinary methods after a personal inspection. He cited solitary confinement in cells known as the hole and said teenage girls languish for minor misdeeds. Lt Gov. John W. Brown brought the issue to his attention, and Rhodes called the treatment cynical and shocking.
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Cotwen
Ohio
Rhodes
James A. Rhodes
John W. Brown
Two Cabinet Officials Cancel Puerto Rico Trip
Interior Secretary Douglas McKay and Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson called off their planned 36 hour trip to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands amid security concerns. They intended to fly from Washington to attend a Virgin Islands corporation meeting and to stay in San Juan, but demonstrations feared in San Juan led to the cancellation.
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Cabamet
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Douglas McKay
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Washington
Virgin
Lucknow Demonstration Fatality at Monkey Bridge
A rickshaw man was killed as police fired on student demonstrators near Monkey Bridge in Lucknow India. The incident underscores rising tensions between authorities and protesters over policy and campus unrest.
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Monkey Bridge
Lucknow
India
Saxbe Attacks Bender In Senate Nomination Fight
Delaware report says Wil iam Saxbe accuses George Bender of a record inconsistent with Eisenhower era principles. Saxbe spoke during a Republican Recruitment Day event at Ohio Wesleyan Institute of Practical Politics, noting Bender’s GOP opposition and potential clash with Sen. Thomas Burke.
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Delaware
Wiliam Saxbe
US Senate
Mechanicsburg
George Bender
Ohio Westeyan Institute of Practical Politics
Bender
GOP
Saxbe
Ohio
Sen
Thomas Burke
Democratc
Eisenhower
2550 Gas Heat Applications To Be Approved In Ohio
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co reported to the State Public Utilities Commission that 2550 gas house heating applications will be approved in Ohio, bringing total approvals to 43068 since last June. Of the current total 1192 will be approved by Ohio Fuel 528 by Cincinnati Gas and Electric 467 by Dayton Power and Light. Cincinnati firms are wholesale customers of Ohio Fuel, a subsidiary of Columbia Gas System. Remaining 363 space heater units will be approved by three other companies and towns supplied by Ohio Fuel and two other interstate companies of Columbia operating in Ohio.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Commissio
Omo
Ohio Fuel
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Dayton Power Cincinnati
Columbia Gas System
Columba l
Ohio
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