Panel Opens Cost Probe of Campaign
Washington AP House investigators summon Republican Clarence Brown and other party leaders to testify on campaign costs in the television era. Hale Boggs chairs the probe into election law adequacy as costs and limits come under review. New York AP Eisenhower names foreign staff officers and outlines key posts for the incoming administration.
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Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Hale Boggs
D-La
Arthur Summerfield
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
James McGranery
James L. McDevitt
Labor
League For Political Education
Boggs
Accident Toll Held to Five Despite Snow
Ohio saw at least 11 violent deaths over the weekend, but traffic toll remained five amid heavy snow. Victims include William J. Aiken 21 Wil loughby involved in a crash at an East Cleveland parked trailer. Charles White 37 Youngstown died at the Republic Steel cake plant. Robert Eugene O Neill 12 near New Sunday railroad. Donald Cox 4 Dayton struck by a car. Douglas Jordan 21 months Cincinnati suffocated between mattress and wall.
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Ohio
William J. Aiken
Willoughby
Cleveland
Charles White
Youngstown
Republic Steel Corp
Robert Eugene O'Neill
New Sunday
Donald Cox
Dayton
Douglas Jordan
Cincinnati
Yanks Trounce Red Jets 23 to 4 in Korean Skies
U S Sabre jets scored at least 23 4 against MiG 15s in November air battles as Fifth Air Force reported. Allied planes also destroyed 3035 Communist trucks amid rain and cloud cover over North Korea.
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U. S
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Jenkins Lists Expense Cuts as First Target
Rep. Jenkins Ohio says first step to tax cuts is a scaling-down of government expenses. He told a reporter the government must cut costs before reducing taxes.
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Jenkins
Washington
Rep
Ohio
Sister Kenny Buried After World Famous Treatment
Sister Elizabeth Kenny dies at 66 after a weeklong battle with cerebral thrombosis and pneumonia at her Toowoomba home. The nurse, who developed the Kenny treatment for infantile paralysis in the Australian bush, had a two year old patient inspire her method and was urged by Dr. Aeneas J. McDonnell to press on.
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Australia
Elizabeth Kenny
Bush Country
Toowoomba
Kenny
Aeneas J. McDonnell
Korea Tour Decides Foreign Aid Future Says Stassen
Harold E. Stassen, newly named to head the Mutual Security Agency, told ABC's Union Press Conference that U S foreign aid policy in the Far East hinges on President-elect Eisenhower's upcoming Korea trip. His remarks aired Sunday on the program.
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U. S
Far East
Eisenhower
Korea
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
American Broadcasting Company
Junion
Mother and three children die in Sackett lodge fire
In Ridgway Pennsylvania a blaze destroyed a two room hunting lodge killing a mother Mrs Helen Mason 27 of Meadville and her three children Mary Jane 7 Les Jr 4 and John 13 months. A forceful explosion preceded the fire.
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Sackett
Helen Mason
Meadville
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Les Jr
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Crash Toll at 37, Only Two Survived
A C54 inbound crash near Tacoma Washington on Friday left 2 dead and seven others missing. Airman Bobby R. Wilson of Fort Worth Texas died on Saturday, wiping out the seven-man crew of the four engine transport based at Great Falls Montana. The remaining crew members perished.
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Here
Bobby R. Wilson
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Great Falls
Mont
Pro French Forces Win In Crucial Saar Election
The French backed government in Saarbrucken won a clear majority in the parliamentary election amid record turnout. Hoffmann's Christian People's party claimed about 55 percent of valid votes and likely 29 of 50 seats, while the Social Democrats followed, with a 9 percent share for a new Democratic People's Party.
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Saarbruecken
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Christian People’s Party
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Thie A. Saat
Democratic People’s Party
Hoffman
Winnie Judd Placed Under Heavy Guard
Winnie Ruth Judd known as the Tiger Woman of 1931 is placed in a guarded room at the Hospital for the Insane in Phoenix Arizona after another escape. Guards are assigned 24 hours a day following her recapture in a guardian’s home closet. She seeks a new sanity hearing.
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Ariz
Te Hospital
Winnie Ruth Judd
Los Angeles
Winnie Ruth
Young Bride and Groom Face Immigration Actions in Mexico
In San Diego a 48 year old hotel cook Walder Christian Billa of Sacramento and Virginia Lee Willis a Grass Valley girl aged 12 were married by proxy in Tijuana. Police detained them after U S immigration inspectors picked them up. Billa jailed on suspicion of child stealing and Virginia placed in a juvenile home.
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Calif
Virginia
Walder Christian Billa
Sacramento
Virginia Lee Willis
Grass Valley
Tajuana
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U. S
Sex Change by Doctors in Copenhagen Front Page News
Christine Jorgensen, formerly George Jorgensen Jr., says the world heard of her sex change after Danish doctors performed operations and treatment. The Army veteran and Bronx native spoke from a Copenhagen hospital bed while doctors kept the patient under secrecy awaiting discharge home to the United States.
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Denmark
Christine Jorgensen
George Jorgensen Jr
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Jorgensen
United States
Byers Named Chief of Staff for Allied Southern European Command
Maj. Gen. Clovis E. Byers of Columbus Ohio was appointed today chief of staff to Admiral Robert B. Carney leading the U S Allied Southern European Command in Naples Italy.
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Italy
Clovis E. Byers
Columbus, O
U. S
Robert B. Carney
Southern European Command
Mother in iron lung runs home by phone
Mary Ann Huff, paralyzed by polio and bound to an iron lung, manages her household via a cheek switch and central operator. Her two sons read numbers for her, emergency contacts are on the respirator, and she handles tasks from barbering to Christmas shopping.
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Calif
Mary Ann Huff
Hank
Johnnie
Eight Escape Western State Prison Pittsburgh
Eight convicts described as armed and dangerous overpowered four guards and a deputy warden at Western State Penitentiary in Pittsburgh. They slid down a 70 foot wall on a rope of sheets and towels to flee, with a ninth surrendering 30 minutes later and a tenth captured on the roof. Police nationwide joined a manhunt as six escaped in a stolen automobile while two ran.
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Western State Penitentiary
John Peterman
William Engle
Virgil Toney
Ingram
Toney
Howard Brannan
Hugh Matticks
2 Gallia Men Hurt in Auto Crash Sunday
In Kentucky a head on collision on Route 42 near Florence injured three Ohio servicemen and a Middletown doctor. Alva Roush of Gallipolis and two airmen from Hamilton were treated and moved to hospitals. Dr William Neel of Middletown treated for facial lacerations at St Elizabeth Hospital before release.
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Rt. 42
Ohio
Middletown
Kentucky
Ralph Kline
Alva Roush
Gallipolis
William A. Neel
Neel
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Covington
Roush
Strike Curbs Plane Fleet
Flight engineers walkout against Eastern Air Lines grounds the Constellation fleet east of the Mississippi. The AFL Flight Engineers International Association cites failed contract talks as the cause and halts service at major points from St. Louis to New York and Boston to Miami.
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Eastern Air Lines Inc
Mississippi River
AFL Flight Engineers International Association
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Boston
Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Re-Election of Chavez Made Official by Board
The New Mexico Canvassing Board made official Sen. Chavez of the Democratic Party the winner over Republican Patrick J. Hurley by 5071 votes in the November 4 election. Hurley supporters may file recount requests within 10 days in questioned precincts.
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Santa FE
N. M
D-N. M
Patrick J. Hurley
New Mexico
Associated Press
Hurley
Retired Western & Southern Life Exec Charles Wachtel Dies
Charles Wachtel a retired executive of Western and Southern Life Insurance died at his home Sunday at age 88 in Cincinnati authorities said. He had led the firm during decades of growth and was a prominent civic member.
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Charles Wachtel
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Tobin Urges Labor Merger Amid CIO Faction Split
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin urged the CIO to seek a quick merger to present a united front to the incoming Republican administration. The CIO convention faced a deep split between Walter Reuther and Allan Haywood factions as Meany urged renewed unity.
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Maurice Tobin
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Philip Murray
Walter P. Reuther
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CIO Eccve
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Graham Seeks Korea Visit With Army Chaplains Denied
Billy Graham left Albuquerque for Los Angeles amid uncertainty over permission for a Korea trip. His executive secretary will meet in Washington with Defense Department officials to resolve the question after the department denied sponsorship by the Armed Forces Chaplains Board due to prior commitments. He may still go if military clearance is granted.
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Billy Graham
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Korea
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Al Capone’s Mother Dies at 85 in Chicago
Theresa Capone, 85, mother of Al Capone and brothers Matt Ralph, died Sunday after a long illness in Chicago. The peaceable woman avoided headlines despite her sons’ notoriety and lived a quiet life away from crime.
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Major Snow Snarls Ohio Traffic
Snow disrupted travel across Ohio with three inches in Cincinnati Dayton and Zanesville over the weekend. Columbus Chillicothe and Delaware measured two inches while Marietta Bridgeport Steubenville and New Philadelphia saw slushy conditions. Two deaths were linked to the first major snow of the season.
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Dressmaker Fath Deported After Arrival In Plane
Free famed dressmaker Jacques Fath was released on condition to leave the United States within 10 days after immigration authorities detained him on arrival by plane. Edward J. Shaughnessy said the action was for security reasons but provided no details. Fath, 40, had visited the U.S. three times before and this time failed to obtain permission.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
Fath
United States
Essy
One Chance in a Million Shell Blast Ends Letter in Korea
A 21 year old Marine in a front line bunker in Korea writes a letter to his wife as shelling rages outside. Bright sun cuts through a slit while he peers at incoming mortars. A shell fragment cuts his jugular, ending the letter and his life.
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Korea
Move Adds New Force To Inquiry
United Nations panel of three jurists backs firing of staff who are active American Communists. They say the secretary general may terminate those accused of espionage or subversion who refuse to answer U.S. questions. The opinion holds such conduct incompatible with international service.
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Lie
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Edwin Herbert
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Photographers oppose court room picture ban in Ohio
The Gene Photographers Associated, formed in New Philadelphia, classified the proposed ban as an invasion of press freedom. They directed George Smalsteed Jr., Columbus Dispatch chief photographer, to urge Chief Justice Carl Weygandt to oppose court room filming, while the Ohio State Bar Association backs the prohibition.
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Ohio
Court Room
Gene Photographers Associated Group
George Smallsteed Jr
Columbus Dispatch
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio State Bar Association
Official Says River Pollution Decreasing
Edward J. Cleary, executive director of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, stated that a 50 year trend of sewage pollution in streams may be levelling off. The remark followed the commission's fourth annual report released at Cincinnati headquarters.
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Edward J. Cleary
Ohio River
Cleary
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
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