Four Tots Die After Punished Fire Hazard Tragedy
In Milwaukee a two story frame home fire killed four children aged 6, 3, 2, and 1 after they were punished for playing with matches. Father Milton Bartelson escaped but firemen and a police officer were overcome. Grandmother Vera Brumfield, owner of the residence, survived with the mother at work nearby. Fire Marshal Joseph Farrar cited rubbish as the likely start point.
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Milwaukee
Milton Bartelson
Bartelson
Hervis
Vera Ann
Milton Jr
Jeffrey
Glenn Ford
Vera Brumfield
Joseph Farrar
Brumfield
Eight RCAF crew killed in Ottawa area B-25 crash
Eight Royal Canadian Air Force members died when a B25 Mitchell bomber crashed 14 miles southwest of Ottawa en route from North Bay Ontario. The twin engine aircraft went down near Highway 16 close to Manotick, with names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Force
North Bay
Ont
Highway 16
Manotick
Macmillan Mollet to Hold Talks in Paris and London
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will visit Paris for talks with Premier Guy Mollet on March 9 and return to London the next day. Foreign Ministers Selwyn Lloyd and Christian Pineau will participate as Mollet visits the United States. Macmillan set to meet President Eisenhower in Bermuda March 21 to 24.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Paris
Guy Mollet
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Mollet
United States
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Freight Train Hits Bus in Snowstorm Killing Driver and Student
A freight train crashed into a school bus in a heavy snowstorm in Bancroft Maine. Driver Archie McKenney aged 67 and 10 year old Faylene Hannington died in the wreck.
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Bancroft
U.P
Archie McKenney
Faylene Hannington
City-County Planning Bill Wins Tentative Approval
Montana senators advanced a 59 section city county planning bill to a final Senate vote after a stalled path and a failed motion to kill it. Proponents led by Sen. Robert A. Durkee hailed the measure as progressive amid debates on salaries and other fiscal proposals.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
Carl P. Minette
Glacier
Robert A. Durkee
Hill
R. A. Grant
Custer
Fred L. Robinson
Phil
University of Montana
State Training School
Boulder
State Hospital
Warm Springs
University
General Fund
Board of Equalization
Durkee
Seven Democrats Back Mideast Policy Fight Splits Rise
Seven Democratic senators rallied to support President Eisenhower’s Middle East resolution as the Senate nears a vote on halving the aid package. Kennedy led opposition to drastic cuts, cautioning against political embarrassment while backing the core measure. Additional opponents and supporters weighed a substitute that would authorize force if needed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Senate
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Congress
Sens
Hennings
Sparkman
Ala
Carroll
Cole
Church
Idaho
Pastore
Russell
Byrd
Stennis
Miss
Anderson
U. S
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Sen. Pastore
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Communists Set Up Base in Sumatra Reported by Officials
Medan in North Sumatra is cited as a Communist base with Malaya operatives moving into Indonesia. Officials say ten thousand guns have been illegally distributed to Indonesian workers linked to the all Indonesian Trade Union Congress as Jakarta fears violence under Sukarno's guided democracy plan.
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Padang
Sumatra
Medan
Malaya
Strait of Malacca
Indonesia
All Indonesian Trade Union Congress
Jakarta
Sukarno
Norwich Matron Seeks 30 Student Nurses
A Norwich mental hospital matron placed a London newspaper want ad for 30 student nurses and received over 1300 replies many from Spain. The ad invites readers to call 5451 to order resultful inexpensive Want Ads.
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Norwich
England
London
Spain
Montana Weather Summary for East and West Regions
East region fair Saturday with partly cloudy Sunday no major temperature change highs 40 to 50 lows 20 to 30 overnight. West region partly cloudy with little change highs 40 to 50 both days lows 20 to 30 Saturday night. Table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending 5 30 p.m.
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Montana
Sugar truck crashing into pole powers酒 whiskey spill
In Fremont California a sugar truck plowed into a power pole on Thursday. A whiskey truck overturned to avoid the crash and the downed line caused a large spill of alcohol and energy.
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Fremont
Calif
Stassen Placed Under Dulles Direct Control
President Eisenhower assigns Secretary of State Dulles direct policy guidance over Harold E. Stassen disarmament aide. Stassen moves his office to the State Department while remaining on the White House payroll at 22500 dollars yearly. He will report to Dulles and stay part of the U N Disarmament Subcommittee delegation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
State Dept
White House
Minnesota
U.S
U. N
Israeli right wing party protests Gaza withdrawal
The Herut party calls nationwide demonstrations after Israel's decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Aqaba Gulf positions. It remains the opposition with 15 of 120 Knesset seats and seeks continued Israeli control. Some Labor Unity ministers threaten to resign, and Mapam weighs joining in withdrawal.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Herut (Freedom
Gaza Strip
Aqaba Gulf
Herut
Aqaba
Herut Party
Jerusalem
Haifa
David Ben-Gurion
Irgun Zvai Lemi
Palestine
State of
Acdut Avoda
Labor Unity
Achdut Avoda
Ben-Gurion
Mapam
United Workers) Party
Achudt Avoda
Statewide Reclassification Bill Advances In Legislature
Montana moves toward statewide property reclassification with SB67 after House approval 79 to 2 on day 54. The bill, similar to the 1955 measure, would levy two mills per $100 of taxable property to fund reclassification, and heads to the governor.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
House
State Supreme Court
Ransom Demand Probed Over Missing 4 Year Old
Police in Bellmawr New Jersey probe a $500 ransom request for the safe return of four year old Mary Jane Barker. The Philadelphia Inquirer cites a mysterious call to an intermediary with no delivery details. FBI and local officers reassess the case while parents search amid snow and rain.
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Bellmawr, N. J. i
Mary Jane Barker
Philadelphia Inquirer
Edward Garrity
F. B. Brown
New Jersey
FBI
the Inquirer
Frank Barker
Vern Lovering
Glendora
N. J
Three Firefighters Die in Chicago Factory Blaze
In Chicago a roof collapse at a burning Lawrence Corp shortening plant on the South Side killed three firemen and injured two others. Howard Strohack er, 48, acting marshal. George L. Donovan, 41, captain. Sylvester L. Pietrowski, 33, all with Engine Co. 24, died. Fireman Edward Hoyt, 41, was critically injured and Thomas Mc Cauley, engine company driver, injured lightly.
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Chicago
Fire Dept
Lawrence Corp
Howard Strohacker
George L. Donovan
Engine Co
Sylvester L. Pietrowski
Edward Hoyt
Thomas McCauley
Israel to Withdraw Behind 1949 Armistice Lines
The United Nations moved to post police in the Gaza Strip while Israeli forces pull back behind the 1949 armistice lines after approving a Feb 2 1957 resolution. Foreign Minister Golda Meir announced the plan to the General Assembly as U.S. and U.N. officials called it a turning point. Egypt and others welcomed the move and pledged to seek calm and cooperation in the Middle East.
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United Nations
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
U. N
U. N. General Assembly
Golda Meir
Cupied
Egypt
Israel
Eisenhower
Meir
Middle East
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
U S Says Arabs Face No Concessions From Israel
Washington reports nine Arab envoys from Egypt Iraq Jordan Lebanon Libya Saudi Arabia Sudan Syria and Yemen met with Secretary Dulles to hear that the United States offered no promises or concessions to win Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Sharm El Sheikh while Golda Meir announced readiness to pull back troops.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Feisenhower
Dulles
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Yemen
State Dept
Israel
Golda Meir
United Nations General Assembly
Gaza
Sharm el Sheikh
Gates Named Navy Secretary After Resignation
President Eisenhower nominates Thomas S Gates Jr to succeed William S. Gates Jr. Charles S. Thomas resigns effective April 1 with no stated reason. Gates, 50s, Philadelphia Republican, former undersecretary and Navy veteran, would raise salary to 20 000 if confirmed.
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Washington
Charles S. Thomas
Secretary of the Navy
Eisenhower
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Gates
Philadelphia
Thomas
White House
Sen. Martin
Rpa
Pennsylvania
Kingston Earthquake Shakes City With Darkened Streets
Kingston Jamaica was struck by a strong earthquake described as the heaviest since 1907. The quake lasted about three minutes causing blackouts, broken lines, flashing detonations, and panic in hotels cafes and bars with no immediate casualties reported.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Cuba
Caribbean
Senator Langer Improves After Illness at Bethesda
Senator William Langer of North Dakota was reported Friday to be improving but still seriously ill at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He was admitted February 4 with pleurisy and pneumonia.
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Washington
William Langer
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Family hunts 37 years for missing brother in classifieds
Toronto residents traced their relative Stanley Hiseman through ads after years of searching. They finally saw Stanley's daughter Margaret listed among apartment wanted ads and learned her father is living in England.
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Toronto
R. W. Hiseman
Hiseman
Stanley
Margaret
England
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