Powerful U S Task Forces Prepare for Any Eventuality
A 75 ship U S armada near the Tachens led by Rear Adm Lorenzo Sabin Jr prepares to evacuate Chinese Nationalist forces and civilians from the Tachens Yu Shan and Pishan islands amid potential Red attacks. Marines and beach masters will go ashore as evacuation unfolds over the next week with American assistance.
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Estes
Formosan
Inchon
Tachen Islands
Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin Jr
Tachens
Yu Shan
Pishan
Sabin
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Yikiangshan Island
East China
Yikiangshan
U. S
Lower
Tachen
North Tachen
Impostor Edagr Fassburg's Death Ends Baltimore Probe
Baltimore police closed the case of Edagr Fassburg a Brooklyn con man and impostor who died by his own hand after overdosing on barbiturates. FBI fingerprint checks confirmed his aliases and false identities including Dr Phillips and Dr Lowe. The investigation traced his life of deception across multiple roles and marriages before his death.
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Baltimore
Edagr Fassburg
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York
Fassburg
Edward James Phillips
Army Medical Corps
FBI
Bunko
Edna Guttenstein
Phillips
Governor’s Island
Edgar Allen Lowe
Minister Says Too Many Are Obsessed With Peace of Mind
The Rev. Stuart Grizzard urged at the University of Richmond Religious Emphasis Week that many seek a soothing faith and turn God into an aspirin. He warned that real religion demands repentance and sacrifices, not easy peace of mind, citing Billy Graham’s influence and a trend toward prayer meetings in cabinet sessions. Ministers of Richmond Baptist churches attended the Cannon Memorial Chapel convocation.
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Richmond
Stuart Grizzard
University of Richmond
Billy Graham
Cannon Memorial Chapel
Kenneth Hoddler
London
England
Religious Emphasis Week
Nixon's Caribbean Tour Focuses on Sugar and Communism
Vice President Richard Nixon began a four week Caribbean itinerary with talks in Havana on sugar as the Cuban economy relies on it. He discussed U S sugar quotas, opposing any early revision, and planned talks with President Andres Domingo and president-elect Batista. Henry Holland accompanied Nixon.
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Havana
Cuba
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Holland
inter-American Affairs
Nixon
Washington
Mexico
Guatemala
el Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Holland
Rio de Janeiro
Andres Domingo
Fulgencio Batista
Island
U.S
United States
Robbers Tunnel Into Bank Near Parliament Seize $42,000
Robbers tunneled into the St. James Street Martin's Bank basement near Parliament and blasted a safe open to take a $42,000 haul. Scotland Yard officers swarmed the scene finding a two foot hole in brick and a shattered safe.
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London
House of Parliament
Scotland Yard
St. James Street
Martin’s Bank
Phi Beta Kappa Scholar Convincing Speaker on Multiple Fields
A historical note highlights a scholar who wore a Phi Beta Kappa key and broadened a medical career with studies in psychology music medicine and military science and was known as a convincing speaker on these topics.
Rain and warm spell sweep across the Southeast and into the East
Rain drenched the Southeast and parts of the East with milder temperatures. Temperatures reached the 60s in the Southeast and 40s to 50s along the Atlantic Coast. Flooding threats rose as Alabama and Georgia streams swelled, with three drownings reported in rain swollen rivers.
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Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Boston
New York State
Ohio Valley
Texas
Pensacola
Fla
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolinas
Georgia
North Carolina
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Rockies
Grantsburg
Wis
McCarthy and The Black Shirt Ice Skating Quiz Answers
The page lists quiz answers with names and items: Joseph R. McCarthy, Black shirts, Ice skating, Appointed, United States of Mexico, Florida, 44 guns, Great Britain, an electrical charge seeking equilibrium, O. Henry.
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Joseph R. McCarthy
United States of Mexico
Florida
Great Britain
O. Henry
Evacuation of Tachens and nearby islands underway
US Navy reports no enemy contacts as evacuation ships approach Keelung Harbor Formosa. Nationalist air force troops arrive from the Tachens while Communist artillery and MIG jets loom. Peiping calls the move a war provocation despite broad watchful stance. AP correspondent aboard the aircraft carrier notes ongoing operations.
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Formosa
Keelung Harbor
Tachens
Alfred M. Pride
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Keelung
Yikiangshan
Yu Shan Islands
Pishan
Red
Death Toll Climbs Too in Virginia
Virginia 1955 highway deaths rose to 67 with three more fatalities reported. Otis David 54 of Penola Caro ling County plus Pearl Arthur Rice 22 of Route 3 Farmville died in separate crashes. Mrs Nannie Jackson Bonner 69 of Richmond died from injuries from a Jan 2 truck crash.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Otis David
Penola
Caroling County
Pearl Arthur Rice
Route 3
Farmville
Nannie Jackson Bonner
Richmond
David
Hanover
U. S
Rice
U. S. 460
Prospect
Princess Edward County
Bonner
Richmond’s
St. Philip Hospital
State Rt. 6
Goochland Courthouse
Clarification Sought on Formosa Cease Fire Issue at U.N.
Sparkman argued for more explicit handling as senators debate how to frame U S moves on Formosa and the Pescadores. Dulles faced questions on new U N cease fire efforts while Lodge Jr indicated possible developments next Tuesday or Wednesday.
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United States
Formosa
China
Cairo
Japan
Dulles
U. N
Formosa Strait
Red China
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
Eisenhower
Carrier jets deploy for Tachens patrol evacuation
Aircraft lifted off from carrier decks shortly before midnight to fly patrol over the Tachens. The evacuation was expected to take seven to ten days.
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Tachens
Sales Directors February auctions at several Winchester area farms
February sales listings show multiple auctions around Winchester on Feb 8 12 16 18 and 19. Items include furniture household goods livestock farm equipment and machinery with auctioneers W F Artrip Jr W D Orndorff and Charles R Duvall. Locations range from Pattons Transfer and Storage to Berryville Senseny Road White Hall Murphy Farm and Chambersville Road near Round Hill.
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Kenneth Whitacre
Patton
N. Cameron St
W. F. Artrip, Jr
Albert Tomblin
Berryville
Senseny Road
C. W
Helen B. Lutz
Albert Whitacre
White Hall
Lutz Farm
G. D. Orndorff
Winchester
Murphy Farm
Old Charles Town Road
Charles R. Duvall
Army Losing Trained Men Warns Wilson in Hearing
Secretary of Defense Wilson told a House subcommittee that the armed forces are losing too many trained personnel to private industry. He cited a high turnover rate and urged higher military pay to keep outstanding officers and men, noting readiness and experience suffer as pay lags behind industry and cost of living.
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Washington
Wilson
Rep. Kilday
D-Tex
Military pay raise eyed for long term servicemen
Congress grouping will likely approve a pay increase for career personnel after debate. The armed services unit weighs a measure to boost long term servicemen pay by eight to twenty five percent.
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Gress
Armed Services Unit
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Front Royal
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White
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Saps & Bet
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Dan B. Griffin
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H. E. Heitt
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