Ministers Sign Baghdad Pact Communique At Ankara Session
Five nation Baghdad Pact ministers in Ankara sign a 2300 word communique detailing four day conference results. They expand the Middle East alliance military planning staff and report U S pledges of 10 million dollars in aid and mobile force readiness. Iraq Iran Turkey and Pakistan seek more Anglo American support and full U S membership while Dulles attends as observer and warns NATO power would respond to any Communist aggression.
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Middle East Alliance
U. S
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Britain
Alliance
United States
State Dulles
Baghdad
Suez
Middle East
Asia
Africa
Dulles
U. S. 6Th Fleet
Strategic Air Force
Clarke Fund Drive Mobilizes to Save Berryville Park Grounds
Clarke County residents launch a February 5 6 drive to raise thirty thousand dollars to buy Horse Show Grounds for a Berryville Clarke County Recreation Park. P T McIntire chairs the effort aided by six zone chairmen and Ruritan volunteers. An option on the property exists from H H Kelley of Round Hill, with Berryville Clarke County Recreation Park Inc to run the site.
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Berryville
P. T. McIntire
Clarke County Ruritan
David Childs
Kenneth Shenk
Richard Bromley
Cecil Wolfe
Orie Royston
Monroe Buckley
Lawrence Williams
Raritan Club
H. H. Kelley
Round Hill
Clarke County Recreation Park
Dynamite Blast Kills Teen In Lebanon Tennessee
In Lebanon Tennessee a trailer loaded with dynamite exploded after a boy and his companion fired at cans. Glenn Gulley aged 15 died. Charles Pruett 17 survived with injuries including loss of an eye. The dynamite had been left in the woods by a Nashville firm working on a highway project and was marked dynamite in chalk by Marion Construction Co.
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Lebanon
Tenn
Charles Jt
Glenn Turner Gulley
Pruett
Gulley
Nashville
Malcolm S. Poteat
Marion Construction Co
Assassination Attempt Reported Against Chow En-lai
The Manchester Guardian cites a U S educated Chinese student in England who says three Chinese students in China attempted to kill Red Chinese Premier Chow En-lai on July 28. The informant claims Chow survived though possibly wounded or shocked. the three would be killers were executed.
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London
Manchester Guardian Today
Chow En-lai
Guardian
England
China
Chou
Peiping
Line Formed Tuesday for 99c Automobiles
In Flint Michigan a used car dealer offers four cars for 99 cents and four for 99 dollars tomorrow. Eight buyers have queued since Tuesday with 15 minute breaks and no spot selling allowed. First to arrive at 11 30 a m was James Stewart and the lone woman in line is Mrs Sandra Hollingshead a mother of three laid off from GM AC Spark Blue Division.
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Flint
Mich
James Stewart
Sandra Hollingshead
General Motors AC Spark
Uninsured Motorist Reform Moves to Joint Committee
The uninsured motorist dispute shifts to a joint Senate House committee hearing in Richmond. A proposed $10 annual surcharge on uninsured drivers aims to create a fund, with debate over compulsory liability and endorsements for insured motorists.
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Richmond
Senate
House Committee
Legislative Study Commission
Shirley Holland
Joint Committee
John J. Wicker
Mutual Casualty Insurance Companies
Wicker
Godwin
Massachusetts
Del
Harold Purcell
House General Laws Committee
Purcell
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Motor Vehicle Division
Jackson Urges Bomber Boost and Nuclear Submarine Build Up
Senator Jack Jackson urged immediate expansion of bomber production and a rapid increase in long range missiles and nuclear submarines. He called for 18 Army divisions and questioned funding within the emergency defense bill, while Admiral Radford warned about overreliance on industrial strength.
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Washington
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Administration
Senate
United States
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lyn
Don B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National
Navy
Healy persists in Fifth Amendment pleas in Senate probe
Stephen A. Healy refused again to answer if he bribed union chief William E. Maloney or holds government contracts. He faced possible contempt of Congress charges as the Senate Rackets Committee pressed for details on 228 923 dollars in his firm’s books. The case involucrves the International Union of Operating Engineers with crane and bulldozer contracts. Healy clashed with Senator McNamara over comment on lawyers who advise pleading the Fifth.
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Washington
Chicago
Stephen A. Healy
William E. Maloney
Congress
Senate
Healy
Maloney
International Union of Operating Engineers
Sen. Mc-Namara
D-Mich
New York
Jacob Grumet
Mc-Namara
American Bar Assa
McClellan
D-Ark
Intel
Airlines Overtake Railroads and Buses in Passenger Miles
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports airlines carried 25.8 million passenger miles in 1957, surpassing intercity bus travel at 25.2 million and rail at 21.6 million. Bus travel held steady from 1956 while rail passenger volume declined for five years.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Gunman 19 Faces Justice in Wanton Killing Case
Homer E. Albert of Winchester Memorial Hospital cites a failing visiting hour trial as of January 6. He notes visitors overstay, cause noise and discomfort, with one Sunday recording 1 047 visitors and patients left fatigued and delayed in care.
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Homer E. Albert
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Alberti
Mr. Alberti
Starkweather Captured After Murderous Two State Spree
Charles Starkweather, 19, was captured after a violent two state crime spree that left ten dead including a sleeping shoe salesman in Great Falls and nine Nebraska victims. Cari Pugate, 14, was with him. authorities say he killed her family. Prosecutors in Wyoming prepare murder charges for the Colson killing in Douglas.
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Nebraska
Cari] Pugate
Starkweather
Converse County
William P. Dixon
Merle Collison
Great Falls
Mont
Collison
Douglas
Dixon
Converse County Board of Commissioners
Wyoming
Lincoln
Neb
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Scheele
Eisenhower seeks five year extension of reciprocal trade program
President Eisenhower asks Congress for a five year extension of the reciprocal trade program with expanded power to negotiate tariff cuts. He says it strengthens national security and economic foundation for peaceful power, while hearings are set for Feb. 17 amid House opposition and debate over impact on American workers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Rep. Reed
New York
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Rep
Kean
R-Nj
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
White House
James C. Hagerty
Missing plane found. all five aboard dead near Charleston
Civil Air Patrol crews resumed the search for a Charles ton bound Cessna missing since Tuesday evening. The wreckage was found on a mountain top in southern West Virginia with five people aboard, including Mrs. Bertha Michie and Beverly L. Michie, plus Mrs. Louise Puckett and two pilots.
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Bradshaw
W. Va
Charleston
Civil Air Patrol
West Virginia
CAP
Clearwater
Fla
Bertha Michie
Beverly L. Michie
Bradenton
Louise Puckett
Thomas Sternad
Robert Phillips
Hubert Stark
Kanawha County
Stark
Strasburg
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Arthur Gavshion
Ankara
Charles Starkweather
Caril
Winchester
Virginia
Wear
Chow
House Insurance and Banking Committee
Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Denny's
Berryville Pike
W.P.W
Wyo
Badland Country
Edward Jensen
Philadelphia
Betty Szeide
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