East German Push for Red Army in Warsaw Pact Command
East Germany urged Friday to have its new People’s Army admitted to the Warsaw Pact’s unified military command led by Soviet Russia. The ADN report from Prague noted Ulbricht pressed for inclusion and hinted at a broader European security pact while warning of Western efforts to revive the cold war.
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Berlin
East Germany
Warsaw Alliance
Russia
ADN
Prague
United States
Walter Ulbricht
People
Europe
East
West Germany
Ulbricht
Germany
Warsaw
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
Hungary
Poland
V. M. Molotov
Alexej Cepicka
United States of America
Father Finds 3 Children Dead
Charles Johnson Sr. found his young children Rickie Lee 2 Eckstein 1 month and Charles Jr 3 dead from likely gas heater fumes in their second floor flat. His wife Mrs Johnson 21 was unconscious but revived. The Laclede Gas Co. spokesman said the heater was not rented improperly adjusted and illegally installed.
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ST. Louis
Rickie Lee
Charles Johnson Sr
Charles Jr
Eckstein
Johnson
Laclede Gas Co
Floods and Explosions Hit Ford Plant in Long Beach
A flood struck Ford's West Coast assembly plant in Long Beach California triggering explosions and a raging fire. The blast released stored fuel into flooded areas, leaving the facility inoperable for at least two months with firefighters wading through gasoline flooded water.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ford
West Coast
Ford plant flooded by channel burst sparks massive fire
Floodwaters from the Cerritos Channel engulfed the harbor area plant to six feet, triggering a transformer short and oil slick ignition. Explosions and a towering smoke plume followed as two workers were burned and shocked, with damage pegged at over a million dollars and two months to resume operations.
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Harbor
Ford
Les Schoelerman
Ford Power
Mark Davis
Cerritos Channel
Schoelerman
Davis
Robert C. Armour
California Mops Up After Deluge
Southern California recovers from the second heaviest 48 hour rainstorm in state history. Schools and plants reopen as residents return home from floods and boat rescues. a seven year old boy, Roger Weingartner, was found dead in Rio Hondo after playing near Rubio Wash. Weather Bureau notes 7.97 inches in 48 hours, second only to 1933/34 record.
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Los Angeles
California
Weather Bureau
la Crescenta Valley
Roger Weingartner
San Gabriel
Rio Hondo
Sheriff's Office
Rubio
Ex-convict Charged After Wallet Switch in Butte Bar
James Connors, just released Friday from Montana State Prison Deer Lodge, is jailed after police say he swapped wallets with Canadian man Pat Graham at the 101 Bar on South Main Street. Graham reported $160 in Canadian and U S currency missing. Connors still had Graham's wallet, containing $60 Canadian and $30.57 U S, plus ID cards. Connors had served a term for grand larceny and was identified by police after officers checked his photo.
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Montana
Deer Lodge
South Main St
Butte
John O'Leary
James Connors
Connors
East Park
Ed Malthen
James Moran
Pat Graham
N. Main
United States
Graham
Matthen
Matthen and Moran
Police
O'Leary
O’leary
State Penitentiary
Illings
Silence on noise effects committee queried in House
London Sir Lionel Heald Conservative MP and former attorney general has asked for a House reply by Feb 16 to why the joint noise effects on human efficiency committee set up by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Medical Research Council remains silent since the last answer given March 31, 1953 by the parliamentary secretary.
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London
Lionel Heald
Fely
Dept. of Scientific Industrial Research
Medical Research Council
Afghanistan Seeks Soviet Arms on Moscow Mission
Afghan Premier Sardar Mohammed Daud and his foreign minister will lead a military mission to Moscow to discuss purchasing Soviet arms as Kabul presses for aid after unanswered requests to the United States and Britain. The talks come as Afghanistan borders the Soviet Union and seeks modernization of its forces.
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London
A.P
Afghanistan
Moscow
United States
Britain
Russia
Sardar Mohammed Daud
Rainstorm Causes Heavy Damage on Kauai Island
A Kauai storm dumped 43.5 inches of rain in 48 hours causing damage estimates over 500000 dollars. Emergency milk and bread supplies reached 5000 people stranded along the northern coast, connected only by a wooden footbridge.
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Honolulu
Kauai Island
Eisenhower Considers Russian Plea for US Soviet Treaty
President Eisenhower weighs a Russian proposal for a U S Soviet friendship treaty and disarmament plan. officials see Bulganin letter as political maneuver toward Eden meeting and Geneva spirit, while warning against easing Western strength or creating false security.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Nikolai Bulganin
U. S
State Dept
White House
Russia
Bulgarin
Anthony Eden
Tokyo Rose Faces Deportation After Treason Sentence
Tokyo Rose, real name Mrs. Iwa Ikuko Toguri d'Aquino, an American born broadcaster for Japan in World War II, faces deportation hearings after completing a 10 year treason term. Immigration officials say she may lose citizenship and could be ordered out of the United States, with a tentative hearing in Chicago.
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Washington
Tokyo Rose
Japan
Iwa Ikuko Toguri d’Aquino
Pacific
Federal Women's Reformatory
Alderson
W. Va
D’aquino
San Francisco
Chicago
Tokyo
Rose
Los Angeles
Senator Neuberger sparks GOP shock over drug comment
In Washington, Republicans including Knowland and Goldwater expressed shock at Sen. Neuberger’s newsletter claim that panicky Republicans might use drugs to help President Eisenhower remain active in the 1956 campaign. The White House noted Eisenhower’s eight hours sleep nightly as he weighs re election.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Neuberger
D-Ore
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
California
GOP
Oregonian
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Gop
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Neuberger
Hagerty Denies Pearson Claim Ike Intervened in Timber Sale
White House press secretary James Hagerty called Pearson column a complete falsehood and a scurrilous lie denying any Ike intervention in the Al Sarena timberland sale to the Mc Donald family. Pearson defended his reporting saying time will prove the facts and notes prior disputes with Hagerty.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
al Sarena
Drew Pearson
Hagerty
Pearson
Interior
McKay
Doug
Senate Interior Committee
Senate
Rogue River National Forest
McDonald
Ike
Rogue River
Montana Weather: Partly cloudy with scattered snow flurries
Eastern Montana reports considerable cloudiness with scattered light snow Saturday and colder conditions in the east and south central. Highs range 5 to 15, near 20 southwest, with continued cold Saturday night into Sunday. Western Montana stays partly cloudy with scattered snow flurries and little temperature change. Maximums cover 12 hours. minimums 18 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Friday.
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Montana
Kefauver Enters Minnesota Presidential Primary Challenge
Sen. Estes Kefauver plans to file for the Minnesota March 20 presidential primary to contest Adlai Stevenson and the Minnesota Democratic organization. Stevenson already filed, with the DFL endorsing Stevenson and other leaders. Kefauver urged candidates to risk a straight cross-board effort if primaries truly matter.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Minnesota
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Organization
Kefauver
Stevenson
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
DFL
State Central Committee
Orville Freeman
Sen
Humphrey
Dminn
Illinois
Wisconsin
Washington
Go Modern OTTAWA Indians Adopt Magnesium Snowshoe
Ottawa Indians study modern gear and adopt a magnesium snowshoe with steel cable lacing and nylon casing. The lighter shoe, developed by the Army, weighs less than half of the traditional gut string wood frame which warped and rotted.
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Ottawa
Benson Apology Over Misdated Letter Angers Senate
Secretary of Agriculture Benson apologized for a misdated letter signed in his name praising a Harper's article calling farmers pampered tyrants. An assistant drafted the note without Benson reading it, sparking senatorial calls for firing. Benson took responsibility, while some Republicans questioned his usefulness after the incident.
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Washington
Benson
Amer
Ican Farmer
Harper’s Magazine
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Harper's
John Fischer
Fischer
White House
Sen. Case
South Dakota
Case
Murray Appeals to Indians to Get Dam Started
Sen. James Murray urged the Crow Tribal Council to permit immediate government right of entry for the Yellowtail Dam on the Big Horn River 35 miles southwest of Hardin. He warned delays could cost Crow jobs and essential power, flood control and irrigation. An order for immediate possession could hasten funding and congressional action.
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Washington
James FE. Murray
D-Mont
Yellowtail
William Wall
Crow Tribal Council
Murray
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Tribal Council
Crow Agency
Congress
Big Horn River
Hardin
Senate
Montana
Yellowtail Dam
U. S. Supreme Court
Twin City Power Co
Georgia
United States
Simple fat removal from gravy and sauce
The note explains a quick method to skim fat by wrapping ice in cheesecloth and pulling it across the surface. It also advertises Want Ads with a dialing number 5451 to reach an ad writer. A rental listing describes three newly furnished rooms with fridge, back porch, adults only, no pets, contact phone 0000.
Soldier Admits Killing Detective in Chicago Shooting
A 17 year old AWOL Army private from Chicago confessed to killing Detective Lyons Kelliher, 53, and wounding Detective William Derrig, 38, after officers questioned him during a narcotics probe at the Boulevard Hotel. He said he acted while frightened and hot after a tavern robbery.
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Chicago
Donald Lawrence
Lyons Kelliher
William A. Derrig
Boulevard Hotel
West Side
Lawrence
Ft. Sheridan Stockade
Derrig
Kelliher
George says Russia avoids shooting war to undermine US economy
Senator Walter F. George, Democratic foreign policy chair, said Russia does not want a shooting war but aims to erode the United States economy. He cited altered tactics since the Geneva Conference but warned Russia remains bent on world domination.
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Sen. George
Russia
Washington
U.P
Walter F. George
Congress
United States
Georgia
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