Pearl Harbor Day Attracts Visitors To Battleship Row Landmark
Tourists gather at Pearl Harbor on the fifteenth anniversary of the attack. A motor launch ties up along Battleship Row as visitors photograph the Utah and Arizona sites, while guides recount the fleet’s wartime losses and the shift from battleships to aircraft carriers.
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Jemson
Pearl Harbor
United States
Pearl
Sauor
Taunen
America
Felix
Cwmp
Muvee
Utah
Navy
Battleship Row
Channel
Philippine Sea
Arizona
Eisenhower Eyes 38 Billion Defense Budget Plan
Augusta report states President Eisenhower and Defense Secretary Wilson discuss a 38 billion dollar defense budget for the next fiscal year. The plan, lower than Air Force Navy and Army preferences, excludes nuclear weapons costs and stockpile material while citing higher aircraft and equipment prices.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Defense
Wilson
Air Force
Navy
Army
Pentagon
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
James C. Hagerty
White ‘House
Congress
Flash Fire On El Train Kills One
A moving eight car Chicago elevated train caught fire during rush hour killing the motorman and injuring about 40 passengers. The blaze started in the first car near Howard Street station as the Evanston to downtown Chicago train halted near Jarvis Avenue, with riders jumping to safety amid chaos.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Evanston
Howard Street
North
Russell Lane
Associated Press
Lane
Jarvis Avenue
Ten Stranded At South Pole Meantime
Ten crew members aboard a U S Navy plane were stranded at the South Pole after an engine failure during a supply mission for a Seabee base project. The ski plane, with two jet engines and two propeller engines, landed on the polar plateau. repairs underway as weather holds at minus 30. Officials from Scioto County and state governance convene to address regional telephone outage and ensure law and order amid the strike affecting 23 counties.
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Meamurdo Sound
Antarctics
U. S
South Pole
Portsmouth
Lawen
Scioto
Ohio Consolidated Telephone
Robert E. Layton
Navy Neptune
America
CWA
Ohio
Scioto County
Frank J. Lausche
Columbus
Bonus Boss Named for Ohio Veterans Pensions
Retired Maj Gen Chester W Goble who managed veterans bonuses in Ohio after World War II was chosen Thursday to direct bonus payments to veterans of the Korean conflict.
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Columbus
Chester W. Goble
Ohio
Policy Review Eyes New Aid for Western Europe
The Eisenhower administration begins a broad policy review that may propose a new U S program to aid Western European allies similar to the Marshall Plan. Officials note potential bipartisan support in Congress yet warn of possible opposition to pure economic aid while considering heavier cost sharing for free world defense and freer trade with Britain and France.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Europe
Britain
France
Suez Canal
Aide Sastern
North Atlantic Alliance
Nixon
New York
Congress
Egypt
Oil shipments won’t hurt U S oil imports no rationing seen
Chicago reports ODM director Arthur Flemming told officials that sending large gasoline and oil shipments to Western Europe due to the blockade will not cause shortages in the United States. He said no rationing is expected and that a prior ban on imports had been considered.
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Chicago
Europe
United States
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Arthur S. Flemming
Middle East
Flemming
General Assembly of the States
Nelsonville captures suspect in double escape plot
Police in Nelsonville arrest Basil C Hawkins after a wild string of escapes and alleged molestations. Hawkins fled from Columbus police after being linked to a 1953 Mercury theft and a gas station stop. Three youths and a woman connected to the case were detained. detectives set roadblocks across Chauncey Athens and Logan as the pursuit unfolded. The suspect's movements tied to Canal Street in Nelsonville and a Route 33 cutoff area, with reports of an elevator escape and a checked disguise.
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Basil C Hawkins
Columbus
Canal Street
Nelsonville
Hawkins
Columbus Detective Bureau
Chauncey
Athens
Logan
Ted Covert
Stid
Nelson- Nelsonville
Carl Barker
Franklin Ave
Talksonville
Geer hearing set on change of venue for coroner
Dr. Joseph A. Geer 42 Fairfield County coroner faces murder narcotics prescription falsification charges. A Common Pleas Court hearing is set for Monday to move his trial to another county, with trial date December 18 unless venue change is granted.
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Lancaster—I
Common Pleas
Joseph A. Geer
Fairfield County
Conservatives Win Vote Hungarians Tives Aten New Strike
Budapest dispatch reports a general strike threat amid Soviet pressure on Hungary. The Central Workers Council, leading anti Kadar sentiment, warned of bloodshed and a national tragedy if tactics against workers continue. Many council members have been arrested as spontaneous plant strikes spread.
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Budapest
Hungary
Central Workers Council
Janos Kadar
Britain’s Conservatives hold government amid Suez clash
Parliament backed the Conservative government after a tight 327-260 vote on a Socialist motion over Suez and 312-260 on a confidence vote. Eden’s tenure remained uncertain with acting PM Butler asserting the government’s durable hold while Eden rests in Jamaica.
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London
Britain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Suez
Middle East
Eden
Labor Party
Egypt
France
U. S
R. A. Butler
Jamaica
Butler
Alleged Killer Hangs Himself in County Jail
Dr. Robert C. Myers a 45 year old sociologist charged with the slaying of his wife Eloise hanged himself with a belt in his county jail cell. He had been returned from Lima State Hospital after observation and was awaiting preliminary hearing on a first degree murder charge.
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Columbus
Robert C. Myers
Myers
Lima State Hospital
Eloise
New Jersey
Penitentiary Escapee Nabbed Near Roseville
Francis D. Taylor 28 a fugitive from Nebraska State Penitentiary was recaptured near Roseville at his mother's home about 12 miles south of Zanesville Muskingum County Sheriff David Weissert said Taylor who was serving a term for bigamy escaped two months ago and was arrested soon after arriving at his mother's residence.
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Zanesville
Francis D. Taylor
Nebraska’ State Penitentiary
Roseville
Here
Muskingum County
David Weissert
Taylor
Mabel Taylor
Weissert
Big
Amy
GOP Spends Two Million In Campaign
Columbus Ohio Republicans spent about two million dollars to finance the November section campaign. The GOP Finance Committee reported receipts of about 1.996 million and expenditures of 1.920 million with pledges of 31 thousand and a 16 thousand balance. The Democrats reported 86 thousand in expenditures and 88 thousand in receipts, including 25 thousand for state headquarters operations in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Republican Finance Committee
GOP
Democratic State Central and Executive Committees
Five Day Forecast Outlook With Temperature Trend
The forecast shows temperatures five to eight degrees above normal in the northeast and southwest areas. Normal highs range from 37 to 43 and lows from 24 to 27. Expect a cold spell through Sunday with a warming trend early next week. Precipitation totals near a half inch with rain or snow over the weekend and again around Wednesday.
A Briton Looks at America by Sir William Haley
Sir William Haley editor of The Times of London reports after a seven week U S tour. He offers a perceptive friendly reading of Eisenhower's America for both Britons and Americans. This piece opens a four part condensed dispatches on the editorial page.
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Britain
America
Eisenhower
The
Times of London
Sir William John Haley
the Times
England
United States
Sir William
Unguided Snark Missile Disappears Over Amazon Jungle
The Air Force reports a runaway Snark missile launched from Patrick Air Force Base Florida on a 300 mile flight failed to make its intended turn and is presumed to have landed in dense jungle near the Amazon River in Brazil. No warhead or explosives were involved and no wreckage has been found. Possible causes include electronic equipment failure or wing control surface issues.
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Washington
Air Force
Amazon River
Patrick Air Force Se
Fla
Atlantic
South America
Humphrey urges VA to expand direct housing loans
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota urged the Veterans Administration to broaden its direct housing loan program to ease veterans’ access to funds for home purchases. He said he opposes a forecast plan to Congress to raise GI loan interest rates next year from 4 1/4 to 5 percent.
Six Hurt At Christmas Fireworks Mortar Incident
Six people were hospitalized after a mortar shell discarded during a Christmas display at East Town Shopping Center in Dayton ignited sparks and exploded among a crowd. None of the injuries were serious.
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Dayton — i
East Town
Battleships Mothballed At Philadelphia Base
California and Tennessee, two of eight battleships attacked at Pearl Harbor, were mothballed today at the Philadelphia naval base marking a historic wartime fleet reduction.
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Philadelphia
California
Tennessee
Pearl Harbor
Philadelhia Naval Base
Vote on Officers At Ohio Education Association Meeting
Ohio Education Association delegates in Cincinnati split sessions to study school problems and prepare for tonight's policy decisions. Nominees for president and other offices were announced with contests only for the education council. results to be revealed at Saturday's final session.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Education Association
Ihe
Education Council
Jennie L. Davis
John McDowell
Hudson
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