Pope Pius XII Shows Gradual Improvement After Illness
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII, 78, rests well for a third night and swallows broth for the first time in a week. His strength strengthens as he speaks to Rome, with 50,000 in St. Peter's Basilica and international broadcasts noting his fragile but improving condition.
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Pius XII
Nuff
Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican Radio
Placido Riccardi
Physicians urged to police fees to stop socialized medicine
Rep Walter H Judd a physician warns that high private medical costs will drive the nation to government controlled care unless doctors police their fees. He urged doctors to keep charges down and said cooperation could avert socialized medicine.
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Salt Lake City
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Burglar Snatches $800 From Hidden Home Hiding Places
In Baltimore a burglar took more than 800 dollars from Edward Karst's home while the family was away delivering newspapers between 4 and 7 am. Cash and checks were secreted in a basement chair, basement desk, first floor china closet, second floor dressing table, and a picture frame, with no ransacking. The bulk came from Saturday routes.
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Baltimore
Edward Karst
Karst
Candy Loot From School Stockings Surprises Denver Police
A Denver grade school was entered yesterday with offices and rooms ransacked but only Christmas candy was taken. The candy had been placed in stockings hung on classroom bulletin boards after school hours last Friday.
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Denver
Navy Challenge to Montgomery on Carrier Power
The U S Navy responds to Field Marshal Montgomery's remarks on air powered sea control with a news conference by Assistant Secretary James Smith. The Navy also prepares to launch the 60 000 ton USS Forestal the first super carrier at Newport News next Saturday amid carrier aviation debates.
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United States Navy
Field Marshal Montgomery
Navy
James Smith
Montgomery
West Coast
Newport News
Air Force
United States
Police Continue Search For Escaped Slayer
The search for escaped slayer Pat McDermott entered its second week with authorities at a blank wall. McDermott, 56, killed Don R. Mellett during Melletts 1926 anti vice crusade as a Canton Ohio newspaper publisher. He slipped out the prison front door after joining a group of penitentiary visitors.
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Columbus
Pat McDermott
McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Mellett
Canton
Ohio
Five Die and Five Injured in Five Car Collision
In Pontiac Michigan a five car crash near Oxford killed five people and injured five others. State Police questioned the five survivors to determine the cause of the accident which occurred in a no passing zone.
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Pontiac
Mich
Oxford
Helpessly Trapped Fire Kills 5 Tots in Franklin Farmhouse
Five children aged 2 to 7 died when a kitchen oil stove exploded in a Franklin Massachusetts farmhouse. Reginald De Bag gis, the father, said he saved his wife and baby before flames trapped the older children sleeping above the kitchen. The medical examiner cited suffocation and charring as causes.
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Franklin
Mass
Reginald de Baggis
Attleboro
Swanka Co
Maureen
Diane
Shirley
Donald
Margaret
Joanne
Regina
Walter Crowley
de Baggies
Ex-Prisoner Claims China Holds U.S. Airmen
Canadian flier Andrew R. Andy MacKenzie says Americans, including Air Force fliers, remain prisoners in a camp in Red China. He noted they can write home but are not among 13 Americans recently sentenced on spy charges. Washington reports three Americans known in the camp.
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Hong Kong
Andrew R. Andy MacKenzie
Red China
Air Force
United States
Peiping
U. S
Washington
MacKenzie
TV Audience Sees Surgery
A nationwide TV audience watched surgeons perform an arterial transplant using a new technique. Patient George Chisum, 43, of Texas, faced the operation at Methodist Hospital in Texas, with the donor artery taken from a recently deceased donor.
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New York
George Chisum
Uniform Plan Urged For Buying Grain
Ohio State University economist George F. Henning urged a uniform grain buying plan at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation meeting. He said buyers should earn a reasonable profit handling high moisture grain, while noting discounts for such grain have been excessive in many cases.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
George F. Henning
OSU
29 Believed Killed In Laos Plane Crash
The French news agency reports that 29 people are believed dead in a Saturday air crash near Luang Prabang Laos. The Compagnie Air-Laos plane was on the Vientiane to Muong Si route via Luang Prabang and Nam It carrying 26 passengers and crew.
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Luang Prabang
Laos
Compagnie Air-Laos
Vientiane
Muong Si
Nam
McCarthy Resumes Red Infiltration Probe Hearings
Senator McCarthy resumes a closed hearing on Communist infiltration of defense plants, with 42 subpoenas claimed and hearings expected to run into the new year. He did not appear at a Cincinnati speech as his elbow injury limited his travel.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
James N Juliana
Cincinnati
Juliana
John E. Held
Cuvier Press Club
Army
Senate Internal Security
Bender Vote Shrinks in Official Canvass
In Columbus the recount shows Rep. George H. Bender with 2918 votes and Sen. Thomas A. Burke with 3123, narrowing Bender’s lead to 6041. Burke had sought a recount of 6826 precincts across two counties and called for a Hamilton County review amid alleged irregularities. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown planned a recanvass this week as 25 boards of elections submitted updated tabs.
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George H. Bender
Thomas A. Burke
Bender
Burke
Hamilton County
Ted W. Brown
Boards of Elections
Safe Driving Campaign Receives Gold Plated Frames
The drive safely campaign in Ohio gained a golden glow as the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association presented Gov. Frank Lausche and three state officials with gold plated license plate frames bearing the drive safely emblem. Recipients included Director A C Felty of the department of highway safety Supt George Mingle of the state highway patrol and Acting Registrar C E Nofer of the bureau of motor vehicles.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association
Frank J. Lausche
A. C. Felty
Department of Highway Safety
George Mingle
State Highway Patrol
C. E. Nofer
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Editor Heads Group on Rhodes Scholarship
N. R. Howard, editor of the Cleveland News, leads the Ohio committee interviewing Rhodes scholarship candidates. William E. Stevenson of Oberlin College, W. R. Burwell of Clevite Corp., and attorneys Joseph C. Little and Frank E. Taplin join as members. The panel will interview 12 Ohio applicants for a two year scholarship at Oxford.
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N. R. Howard
Cleveland News
Ohio
Howard
William E. Stevenson
Oberlin College
W. R. Burwell
Clevite Corp
Joseph C. Little
Frank E. Taplin
Oxford University
Eng
Federal Grand Jury Sets Robbery Case in Ky Bank Heist
In Ashland Kentucky two Germantown Ohio men Ernest Carter age 23 and Orba Jack Metcalf age 20 face federal charges for the November 19 bank robbery of the People's Bank of Sandy Hook Kentucky. They allegedly stole 23928 dollars and were arrested later that day in Zag Kentucky.
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Ashland
Germantown
Ohio
Catlettsburg
Ernest Carter
Orba
Jack Metcalf
People’s Bank
Sandy Hook
Zag
United States seeks UN action to free airmen and allies
The United States to hold a conference with 15 Korean War allies in New York to decide language for a UN Assembly resolution on freeing American airmen and other Allied personnel held by Red China. The Allies are expected to add the prisoner issue to the Assembly work program and resist inviting Red China to debate.
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Red China
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Felco N. van Rieffens
Russia
Assembly
Geneva
State Department
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New Britain
Conn
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
WU. S&s
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Air Force Group
Panmunjom
Airmen Admit Hiding Body in Hotel Closet
Two airmen Rosenthal 22 and Tuzzo 20 were held without charge in Memphis after admitting they tried to hide the body of R G Carter 26 Cambridge Ohio who authorities say was dead when last seen Friday night A Madison Hotel charwoman found the body in a closet as she opened a door The men from a Greenville Mississippi Air Force base were arrested Saturday and denied any role in the death.
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Tenn
R. G. Carter
Cambridge
Ohio
Carter
Gerald Rosenthal
New York City
Madison Hotel
Rosenthal
Michael Tuzzo
New Jersey
Air Force
Greenville
Miss
Expert Advice on Christmas Trees From Chicago Wholesaler
Gust Relias, a Chicago tree wholesaler who handles about 80 000 trees yearly, dismisses watering with sugar as a myth for keeping trees fresh. He expects ample supply this year and provides rough retail guides: 8 foot trees around 325 dollars, 5 to 6 foot around 2.75, and 4 foot about 1.50.
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Chicago
Gust Relias
Relias
Nine member Ohio Board of Education urged by study group
A subcommittee led by Karl Weaner Jr and W H Shuman recommends a nine member elected state board from each appellate district. Election of three members every two years from non educators. The board would set salary for a state superintendent and oversee policy, budgeting, and administration of funds. Public hearing planned at the State House on December 15.
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State Board of Education
Ohio School Survey Committee
Atty
Karl Weaner, Jr
Defiance
W. H. Shuman
Cleveland
Ohio
Elig le
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bcope
State House
William L. Manahan
Berlin Socialists Win Clear Majority in Elections
In West Berlin the Socialists gained a one vote majority in parliament, pledging a democratic coalition with Adenauer’s Christian Democrats. Voter turnout reached 916 percent of eligible voters, producing 54 seats for Socialists, 44 for the Christian Democrats, and 19 for Free Democrats. Police reported 851 wartime strikes arrests in the campaign, including 64 East Berliners ineligible to vote.
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Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Union
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Ernst Reuter
Walter Lchreiber
Oelices
Somneseate
Reinners
Jes
Detacie Est
M4 Red Provocateure
State Starts New Attack on Dr Sam Sheppard Trial
In Cleveland the prosecution opened a fresh line of questioning in the eighth week of the Marilyn Sheppard murder trial. Dr Stephen Sheppard, brother of Dr Samuel Sheppard, prepared to resume cross examination as the defense contends about the nightmarish discovery of Marilyn's body and the battered state of the osteopath’s home.
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Cleveland
Samuel Wee
Marilyn
Stephen Sheppard
Thomas Irine
Steve
Marilyn Sheppard
Parrino
Reuther Demands Higher Wages At CIO Convention
CIO president Walter Reuther warned that the nation is at risk of slipping toward depression unless there is a substantial rise in consumer buying power. He said the New Deal and Fair Deal legacy under Eisenhower has kept the economy from a full downturn.
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Angeles
CIO
Walter Reuther
Eisenhower
Court Calls Witnesses On Seditious Literature
The court resumes as the prosecution rests against Carl Braden. Judge L. P. Curtis will rule after the commonwealth finishes its case. The literature found at Braden's home is alleged to be seditious and may have been obtainable only from senior Communist Party members.
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Carl Braden
Ll. P. Curtis
Commonwealth
Braden
Communist Party
Narcotics Ring Expands to 13 in Columbus Case
A Columbus narcotics roundup expanded to 13 suspects with two new arrests. Sheriff deputies Columbus police and federal agents led the operation begun Friday. Nine men remain in federal custody on narcotics charges while two others Fred Willie Wright 24 and Ervin Boyd 2 were identified.
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Columbus
al Cook
Donald Spafford
Hearas
U. S
Comgy Newton
Policy Proposal Voting at Ohio Farm Bureau Meeting
Voting on policy proposals occupies the second day of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation three day annual meeting. Proposals cover hog and sheep marketing dairy problems price supports and St Lawrence Seaway and United Nations resolutions. Mrs di je an aid to Vietnam refugees in Indochina was discussed at yesterday's session.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
St. Lawrence Seaway
United Nations One
Oeeee Dije
Vietnam
Indochina
Tornadoes Wreck Homes and Kill One in South Alabama
Tornadoes struck eastern Alabama and western Georgia injuring many and destroying hundreds of homes. Alabama reports 57 homes destroyed and 100 damaged, Georgia 220 battered. National Guard guarded looters as Red Cross aided victims and power lines were restored.
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Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Jim
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Salvation Allvy
Stevenson Sees Ike Vulnerable If He Runs Again
Adlai E. Stevenson told a New Orleans crowd he believes President Eisenhower could be defeated in a 1956 bid if Democrats press the issue of GOP unpopularity. He indicated he is not rushing to seek the nomination but did not close the door to future candidacy. Stevenson suggested Eisenhower may be forced by his party to seek the nomination despite his own wishes.
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New Orleans
Adial E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Fisenhower
Frients
Hay
Stevensons
500 Buffaloes To Be Slain In Canadian Herd
Ottawa dispatch reports that a large buffalo herd at Wood Buffalo National Park between Alberta and the Northwest Territories is culled yearly by riflemen to reduce its size. The beef will supply meat to Indians in need, church missions, and Hudson's Bay Company stores in the far North, with new packinghouses planned for sales across the territories.
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Wood Buffalo Cional Park
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Hudson's Bay
Territories
Santa Visits Early Before Death Strikes
MEMPHIS five days Santa Claus brought toys and candy to the room of Limmie Crestman 6 victim of a rare type of cancer Limmie spent many shows with the bedful of Yesterday sleeping ceased died
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Santa Claus
Limmie Crestman
Limmiie
Cea
Bird Causes Injuries Then Main Course at Diner
A man named Winfrey slipped and fell while a turkey in his home. The tumble tore a nine inch gash across his face and broke his nose, but he was patched up in time to eat the bird at dinner.
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Princeton
W. Vase Williams
Winfrey
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