Avalanche crushes Idaho canyon homes killing boy, trapping 18
A night avalanche on Mammoth Mountain struck Mace village near Wallace Idaho killing Timmy Spencer 10 and trapping 18 others in beds. A 31 year old mother of eight and a 16 month old boy survived with help from rescuers as debris covered five homes and power lines were knocked out.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mace
Here
Burke Canyon
John Spencer
Canyon Creek
Timmy Spencer
Arthur Bell
Daniel
Danny
Mammoth Mountain
Grants Railroads 6 Per Cent Freight Rate Hike
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission granted a general 6 per cent freight rate increase for most interstate rail traffic, effective March 7, with optional follow-on adjustments for domestic water carriers. Some commodities priced below the total rate. A prior 7 per cent proposal was shelved pending hearings and potential refunds if justified.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
ICC
Pope Pius Marks 80th Birthday Observed at Vatican
Pope Pius XII celebrated his 80th birthday with a public audience in the Vatican Consistorial Hall. Two hundred children from around the world sang Happy Birthday and presented a cake as thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square. President Eisenhower sent best wishes and John McCone will attend a Vatican ceremony on March 11 the eve of the pope’s coronation anniversary.
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Pius
Vatican
Italy
Ronald Kimball
New York City
Pontiff
United States of America
Ronald
Charles E. Kimball
Cairo
Trans World Airways
St. Peter's Square
Eisenhower
John McCone
Los Angeles
Defense
Rebels in Morocco Kill 8 and Wound 11
A band of about 300 rebels ambushed a convoy of Foreign Legionnaires south of Taza in northeastern Morocco. Eight legionnaires were killed and 11 wounded as planes supported the column. Rebels reportedly wore uniforms and carried automatic weapons, with no exact rebel death toll released.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Taza
Morocco
Plane With 17 on It Feared Down in Ocean
A U S Air Force Globemaster carrying 17 men reported three of four motors failed and was losing altitude 250 miles off Iceland. Distress signals were received from Prestwick Scotland but no trace was found after Keflavik Iceland dispatch.
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London
Prestwick
Scotland
North Atlantic
Iceland
New York
Keflavik
Keflavik Air Field
Seventeen-Plus Feet Snow Barricades Korean Front
South Korean and U S relief teams battled heavy snow after an avalanche at the Punchbowl battlefield area 100 miles northeast of Seoul. Army units dug through drifts up to 19 feet to reach two ROK divisions cut off by the slide. Twenty eight Koreans were known dead, 25 missing and 54 injured. no Americans were in the area as helicopters and cargo planes delivered supplies.
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Seoul
South Korea
United State
Punchbowl
Eisenhower Dulles Draft New Bulganin Note for Open Skies
President Eisenhower and Dulles draft a fresh appeal to Bulganin urging disarmament steps and a friendlier view of the open skies plan. Dulles leads a SEATO talks swing via Azores Malta Karachi Delhi, Nehru meetings, and stops across Asia before returning late month.
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Eisenhower
Bulganin
U. S
Dulles
South Asia
Russia
Bulgaria
Moscow
State Dept
U. S. Air Force
Azores
Malta
Karachi
Pakistan
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Nehru
New Delhi
Seoul
Korea
Pacific
Britain agrees to sell ships to Pakistan for cruiser Diadem
Britain agrees to sell Pakistan a 5900 ton cruiser Diadem and destroyers Gabbard Cadiz Crispin and Crole.
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Pakistan
London
Britain
Diadem
Gabbard
Cadiz
Crispin
Crole
General Glubb Fired From Arab Legion By King Hussein
AMMAN Jordan Lt Gen John Bagot Glubb was dismissed from command of Jordan's Arab Legion by King Hussein and left the country under escort. The action ends Western influence in the Middle East drama amid rising nationalist pressure and shifting alliances. Damascus Radio hailed the move as a step toward Jordanian freedom, while accounts cited Glubb's alleged restraint of Arab forces in 1948 and warned against foreign military pacts.
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Jordan
John Bagot
Glubb
Hussein
Arab Legion
Middle East
Jordan Kingdom
Abdullah
Winston Churchill
Syria
Damascus
Palestine
Jerusalem
Israel
Damascus Radio
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Britain
Egypt
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Black Sea
Painstaking Bandits Kidnap Teller, Get $188,000 in Loot
Two calculated bandits robbed a Port Chester drive in bank of 188000 dollars after abducting teller Mary Kostolos and grilling her overnight for bank data. They used her key to enter and coerced other staff as they arrived, taking nearly all the cash without firing a shot. The capture involved the teller in the getaway car found blocks away, marking the era's biggest bank heist since last April.
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Teller
Port Chester
N. Y
Mary Kostolos
County Trust Co
Mrs. Kostolos
Chase Manhattan
New York
Long Island
Surveyor Warns of Flood Risk and Road Trouble Ahead
County Surveyor George D. McCarthy warned drivers on county roads and streets outside the city limits to expect bad conditions during spring thaws. He cited ice-blocked culverts, rapid runoff risks, and shifting drainage in the flats, with open roads targeted by March 10 barring further weather setbacks.
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George D. McCarthy
Convicted Forger Hears Judge After Finger Severed
Hullen Howard Watkins a 31 year old confessed forger who wrote 1600 in bad checks delayed sentencing after severing his right index finger with a butcher knife in the county jail kitchen He claimed the act would prove he would go straight and said he wrote a letter to Judge William J James explaining his motive The judge continued the case for a week to decide on the extraordinary matter citing it as the strangest case he has seen since taking the bench
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San Jose
Calif
U.P
Hullen Howard Watkins
William J. James
Watkins
James
Four Airmen Missing in Cascade Intercept Jets
Four airmen in two F89 all weather interceptors from Paine Air Force Base are missing after a reported explosion in the Cascades foothills near Darrington Washington. Base officials say the aircraft had communications trouble and fuel problems before a blast was heard. searchers from Air Force and Coast Guard pursue possible parachutes and debris.
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Everett
Wash
Cascades Foothills
Ground Observer Corps
Paine Air Force Base
Darrington
Air Force
Coast Guard
Senate Group to Reopen Neff Inquiry
A special Senate committee voted late Friday to reopen its probe into whether lawyer lobbyist John M. Neff offered campaign funds for Sen. Hickenlooper. It will hear two more witnesses, Mrs. Robert K. Goodwin of Des Moines and Wendell Edson of Storm Lake, Iowa, and may re-call Neff. The panel earlier suggested the Justice Department must resolve questions of potential perjury with a transcript of conflicting testimony.
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Washington
Senate
John M. Neff
Sen. Hickenlooper
Robert K. Goodwin
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles W. Steadman
Justice Dept
Steadman
Butte Regional Science Fair Winners to Be Named Tonight
Closing ceremonies set for Saturday around 8 30 pm at the Civic Center will honor science fair winners. Harold McGrath of the Butte Chamber of Commerce serves as master of ceremonies. A GE Corp courtesy film precedes awards with remarks by Dr. M A Gold. Participants include George Haney Dr J R Van Pelt Charles Davis Arne Antjon George McVey Bill Carroll and Larry Holleran.
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Butte
Civic Center
Harold McGrath
Butte Chamber of Commerce
General Electric Corp
M. A. Gold
George Haney
J. R. van Pelt
Charles Davis
Arne Antjon
George McVey
Bill Carroll
Larry Holleran
Boys Central
Girl Central
Powell County
Anaconda
Electricity Powers Farming Improvements in 200 Ways
A General Electric Company tabulation lists about 200 applications of electricity for farm work. Farm electricity use in 1954 surpassed 1940 levels by more than sixfold. Ads invite buyers for motors generators and farm electrical equipment, with a Frigidaire sale noted.
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General Electric Company
Missoula Legion Building Burns in Fire Disaster
Flames destroyed the Missoula American Legion building on Friday afternoon. The $175,000 structure, dedicated December 29, 1949, likely started in the roof. Firemen James J. Slocum and Thomas E. Bean were overcome by smoke, treated on site, then rushed to a hospital. neither was seriously injured. About 1,000 people watched as smoke filled the business district.
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Missoula
Montana Weather Summary for East and West
Montana forecast split by region. East: fair to partly cloudy with showers on mountains, strong southwest winds along eastern slope, slightly warmer northeast, highs 35 to 45. West: cloudy with occasional snow and rain, highs 35 to 45, Sunday mostly cloudy with scattered showers and snow flurries. Maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours to 5 30 p m Friday.
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Montana
Dulles Withholds Word on Israeli Arms Request
Secretary of State Dulles refused a yes or no answer to Israel on its arms request and warned that Arabs are likely to win any regional arms race. He met with Ambassador Abba Eban to outline implications of his Senate testimony and to discuss delays in arms deliveries.
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Washington
Dulles
Israel
Middle East
Abba Eban
State Dept
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New State Dept
Jordan
John Bagot Glubb
Arab Legion
Saudi Arabia
United States
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Eban
U. S
Egypt
Old Folks Win Double Victory
Washington The House Appropriations Committee backed two measures aiding the aged. It urged the Civil Service Commission to allow federal workers to continue past age 70 if able and willing, and directed Welfare to begin addressing aging problems. The proposals, part of bills totaling 8.736 billion dollars for 24 agencies, await House approval. The panel cited longer life spans and urged no elder retirements based on age.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Civil Service Commission
Dept. of Welfare
House
Eisenhower
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
John Taber
New York
Slides Block Montana Highway 2 Near Essex
Snow slides along U S Highway 2 near Essex closed the road after heavy fall from Glacier area. Montana Highway Dept crews from both ends cleared 13 slides with 9 on Thursday into Friday, biggest about 60 feet deep and 500 600 feet long, plus 11 smaller slides. Expect possible reopening in 3 4 days if no more slides and weather stays favorable.
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Montana Highway Dept
Essex
Department
Helena
Glacier National Park
Bandit Returns to Crime Scene in Bronx Bank Heist
A man linked to an October bank robbery in the Bronx was seized at the same Manufacturers Trust Co. branch on Friday as he appeared ready to rob again. Detectives found a gun and a note reading seven thousand dollars. He identified himself as Richard Tedeschi, 34, of the Bronx and admitted the October 20 robbery.
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New York
Bronx
Richard Tedeschi
Manufacturers Trust Co
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