French airliner crash kills 37 in Nice olive grove
A four engined Air France Languedoc jet crashed near Nice after takeoff killing 37. Victims include American ballet dancer Harriet Toby and two French actresses Lise Topart and Michele Verly. One survivor, Mrs. Marguerite Delpy, faces possible leg amputation. Airline officials probe seagull collision as possible cause.
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Nice
France
Olive Grove
Riviera
Paris
Brooklyn
Jean Harriet Katzman
Marquis de Cuevas
Cannes
Harriet Toby
de Cuevas
New York
Brussels
Belgium
Marguerite Delpy
Italy
Air France
Lise Topart
Michele Verly
Truce Talks Stalled as Allies and Reds Clash in Korea
At Panmunjom Allied and Soviet negotiators failed to move on Russia's role in the post armistice order. Communists backed Russia as a neutral police, while the UN rejected the idea. Two hours of heated exchanges over prisoner exchange followed by calls for moderation. Washington sources warned Russia may wreck the talks by insisting on neutral inspectors.
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Munsan
Korea
Russia
Soviet Union
Air Force
Don O. Darrow
Panmunjom
R. E. Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
Libby
Chang Chun San
Chang
Washington
Yankee Airmen Down Two Communist Jets in Korea Sky
In North Korea on Monday American Sabres shot down two MIGs and damaged five others in four air battles over the peninsula. Allied losses not disclosed. 600 daylight sorties flown. rail lines cut in 60 places. Marine fighters reported 100 Communist troops killed.
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Korea
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
38Th Parallel
Red
Sinanju
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Treasury Official to Be Quizzed About Tax Dealings
Senator McCarthy seeks a Senate inquiry into reports that Under Secretary Edward H. Foley Jr. shadowed tax cases and advised the Internal Revenue Bureau to lay off some matters. He asks for a closed session with Foley as the administration pushes to reorganize the bureau.
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Tax Bureau
Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Capitol Hill
Senate
Dunlap
Foley
Bureau
The
Wisconsin
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Butte Weather Forecast Tuesday Snow Likely in Montana
Mostly cloudy in Butte Tuesday with a mild morning. Airport low of -5 and high near 32. School of Mines -1 to 26. West of Divide light snow possible Tuesday with little change. east of Divide increasing clouds and snow flurries, warmer in some areas. Northeast to west highs 25 to 32.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Mystery subs sighted off Samana Bay in Dominican Republic
The Dominican government said on Monday that several mysterious submarines were sighted in Samana Bay and were being hunted by Dominican air force planes and naval vessels.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Samana Bay
Assault Charged in Tavern Fight in Empire Bar
Elizardo Navajo Lesdesma was charged with second degree assault after a tavern fight wounded Leo Gonzales in the Empire bar. Gonzales hospital condition improved but poor. victim identified Lesdesma as his attacker. Lesdesma, held in county jail, said he confronted Gonzales over a stool and beer.
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Lesdesma
Leo Gonzales
Gonzales
J. Frank Sullivan
John J. O'Leary
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. J. Winston
St. James Hospital
Empire Bar
South
Wyoming
East Galena
Possible Plane Crash Near Cascade Investigated
Great Falls Montana March 3 The Cascade county sheriff office is investigating a possible plane crash near Cascade about 25 miles south of Great Falls A Fish and Game radio car at Bohmans Corners reported the crash at about 830 Monday night The witnesses saw the plane swerve to the right disappear in flames from its rear with sheriff office confirming the scene for investigation
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Great Falls
Cascade County Sheriff’s Office
Cascade
Here
Sheriff's Office
Fish and Game Department
Bohman’s Corners
Wolf Creek
Augusta
Simms-Lincoln Road
Eisenhower Welcomes Turkey as NATO Member Trio Arrives
General Eisenhower praised Turkey’s stalwart people and strategic location as a great addition to NATO. He arrived from Paris to greet Turkey and Greece as new NATO members in Ankara.
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Ankara
Turkey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Eisenhower
Paris
Greece
French Effort to Stem Vietminh Tide in Indo China Fails
In Indo China six years of war fail to halt Vietminh gains as French forces struggle to secure a front. Despite 115 ships delivering US aid worth 500 million dollars since 1950, Letourneau warns destroying the Vietminh in battle is impossible without a front. Operation Leap Year targets Vietminh infiltrations in the Red River delta near Hanoi with 531 killed and 1,000 wounded since Feb 29.
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Larry Allen
Hanoi
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Jean Letourneau
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Red River
Phat Diem
Gulf of Tonkin
Guerrills
Pinay to Form Emergency French Cabinet to Stabilize Economy
Paris March 3. Antoine Pinay, a little known independent and former minister of public works, began efforts to form a nonparty emergency cabinet to save the franc, curb inflation, and stabilize prices. Pinay aims for a technical government to finance Europe defense and the Indo China war through tax measures while seeking broader unity.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
France
Pinay
Vincent Auriol
Paul Reynaud
Rene Pleven
Edgar Faure
Pleven
Faure
National Assembly
Auriol
Rhone Valley
Henri Queuille
Freeing of Oatis to Be Discussed
In Paris on Tuesday top U. S. diplomats will discuss Eastern Europe policy and focus on freeing American AP correspondent William N. Oatis from a Prague jail. Oatis was sentenced to 10 years in prison on espionage charges nearly a year ago.
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Paris
U. S
Europe
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Oatis
Two Gunmen Grab $500 in Billings Robbery
In Billings on Monday two gunmen held up Joe Orchowski of the Snappy Food Mart as he and an employee left the store. They escaped with more than $500 from Orchowski’s wallet while the employee Allyn De Marr fled after tossing a sack containing a larger sum into the parking lot. The robbers pursued De Marr briefly before both fled on foot.
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Billings
Joe Orchowski
Snappy Food Mart
Orchowski
Allyn de Marr
de Marr
Truman Backers Move Sign at Manchester Headquarters
Backers of President Truman quickly shifted the sign at their Manchester New Hampshire headquarters this weekend. The new arrangement covered a preceding fur business sign that read Furs Fur Dyeing Quality Furs Fur Repairing Furs, replacing it with Truman Headquarters.
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Manchester
N. H
Truman
Burglar Nabbed After Alarm At Milwaukee Filling Station
Milwaukee March 3 AP Patrolman William Klippel spotted a man near a filling station then found a broken window. A bystander rang for help and a large response followed. The burglar, Seth L. Greene Jr, fainted and was taken into custody.
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Milwaukee
William Klippel
Klippel
Seth L. Greene Jr
House Slashes Treasury and Postal Funds in Budget Bill
The House cut 76.58 million from Truman's Treasury and Post Office budget, sending a 3.4386 billion appropriation to the Senate for fiscal year 1953. The action trims agency totals but keeps next year spending above current levels despite votes against further reductions.
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Washington
House
Truman
Treasury
Postoffice
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Brownson
R- Ind
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Bureau of Accounts
Public Debt Bureau
Coast Guard
Stassen Seeks NH GOP Support In Presidential Drive
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen arrives in Concord New Hampshire on a weeklong campaign tour to win votes in the March 11 Republican primary. He predicts sizable support from MacArthur backers who won’t back Taft and notes his past 1948 delegate showing as a reference while seeking a broad second choice across the country.
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Concord
N. H
Minnesota
Harold FE
Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
New Hampshire
MacArthur
Taft
Sentencing Set for Wife Who Robbed Blind Man
Phoenix, March 3 AP Joan Brokus Larson 24 pleaded guilty to stealing 4000 dollars from her blind war veteran husband. She fled Phoenix with the down payment money three weeks after the December wedding and was later arrested in Evanston Illinois while broke.
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Phoenix Ariz
Joan Brokus Larson
Inquest Set Today in Brooks Death
A coroner's inquest is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 PM in the Brooks death case. Coroner Rudy Sagatovic will preside. Alexander Nademovic, 27, is held on a murder charge after being identified by the victim's son.
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Ellen Brooks
Rudy Sagatovic
Alexander Nademovic
Justice Court
Paul
Justice Douglas Dissents in Important Case
The Supreme Court upheld New York states anti subversive teacher law by a 6 to 3 vote. Justice Douglas dissented calling the Feinberg law a threat to academic freedom and a principle of guilt by association. The court also ruled on school prayer, voting leave laws, and a gambling statute in other decisions.
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Supreme Court
New York State
William O. Douglas
New York
New Jersey
Missouri
Congress
Sherman Minton
State Board of Regents
New York City
Five Held Here After Reno Burglary Arrests Dropped
Five suspects including Geraldine Harris and four men were released from Silver Bow jail after nearly 24 hours in custody. They were rounded up at a roadblock near Nissler by Butte police and Montana patrols following an all points bulletin tied to a $2,500,000 Reno burglary. A Dillon station attendant tipped Montana authorities to their presence. The group was fingerprinted and photographed before release after bond issues on a Cadillac tied to the case were resolved.
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Reno
Silver Bow
Bill Dalling
Nissler
Butte
Montana
Highway Patrol
Geraldine Harris
Tulsa
Okla
Rodney C. Unger
Walter FE. Moore
Houston
Texas
Bendel Lee Moore
Monroe
Lloyd Dugger
Missoula
Nevada
Dillon
Montana Governor Proclaims Border Closure Over F MD Risk
Governor John W. Bonner ordered a Montana border closure to items likely to carry foot and mouth disease after a Saskatchewan outbreak. The proclamation bans import of livestock, products, and other risk goods from Canada and asks agencies, industries, and citizens to enforce it while seeking federal assistance. District captains and livestock board members supported the move.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
Montana
Canada
Bonner
Saskatchewan
Agriculture
Charles Brannan
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Howard O'Neal
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Armand Town
Miles City
Jack Toole
Shelby
Massive quake hits Pacific near Japan killing at least 28
A powerful underwater quake off Japan on Tuesday killed at least 28 people. The tremor opened fissures on Hokkaido, toppled buildings and trains, and spawned a tsunami that swept away about 400 structures in a coastal village.
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Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Hokkaido Island
France Warned to Do Her Share in NATO Defense
Senate actions threaten to cut U S aid to France if Paris does not fully fund its defense burden. Connally urged France to do her utmost and warned that large economic and military aid may be at risk amid the Faure government crisis. Acheson testified on NATO plans as lawmakers weigh foreign aid requests totaling billions.
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Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
France
Western
Europe
Acheson
United States
NATO
Lisbon
Sparkman
D-Ala
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
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