Democratic Leaders Call Ike To Account At Dinner
Averell Harriman and Paul Butler urged Democrats to hold President Eisenhower responsible for his lieutenants actions and campaign tactics. They condemned the administration for deficiencies in governing and uniting the nation, while Truman praised Democratic control as safer for the country.
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Kansas City
Eisenhower
Averell Harriman
New York
Paul M. Butler
Indiana
Butler
Harry Truman
Truman
Harriman
Congress
White House
Washington
Nixon
McCarthy Vacation Ends Red Hearings After Two Days
The Senate Investigations subcommittee closed a two day hearing on Communists in defense plants as Senator McCarthy, absent for a rest, resumes plans for subpoenas and possible further testimony. Five witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions on Communist affiliations.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
P-Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Potter
R-Mich
James M. Juliana
Subcommittee
Senator McCarthy
Milwaukee
Army - McCarthy
Senator McClellan
D-Ark
Paul Ault
Bethlehem Steel Co
Williamsport
Alvin J. Heller
Bethlehem
Luria Engineering Co
John Babirak
Bethlehem Steel
Harold C. Allen
Easton
Lehigh Foundries, Inc
Morris K. Slater
Phillipsburg
N. J
Ingersoll Rand Co
Japan Elects Pro-American As Premier
A pro American conservative diplomat, 71, was elected Japan's prime minister by a coalition of Hatoyama's Democrats and the Socialists. The vote favored Hatoyama 257 to 191 over Taketora Ogata, Yoshida's deputy premier. Hatoyama pledged to dissolve the Diet and call new elections before March 10, aiming to boost Socialist gains. Yoshida resigned Tuesday amid strong cross party opposition but remains a Diet member.
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Ee Eee
On Sia
Red China
Japan
Hatoyama
Democrats
Shigeru Yoshida
Taketora Ogata
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Diet
Toys Found Gifts for Slain Father Reach Daughter
MEMPHIS Tennessee police said gifts Richard G. Carter bought for his daughter Kathy Jo in Cambridge Ohio will reach her by Christmas. Carter a 26 year old former airman was found shot in a hotel after being discharged from Greenville AFB Mississippi. The gifts including a bike were in the car trunk.
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Memphis
Tenn
Richard G. Carter
Cambridge
Ohio
Kathy Jo
Carter
Greenville
Miss. Afb
Cornerstone Laid for Church of the Annunciation Site
Nazareth Israel cornerstone laid yesterday marking the Marian Year for the new Church of the Annunciation. The fourth church to be built on the sacred grotto where the angel Gabriel is said to have appeared to the Virgin Mary.
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Nazareth
Isreal
Finn Twins Win Fight Over Plane Ownership
The Finn twins, George and Charles, won a federal ruling confirming they own a C-46 war surplus transport plane. Judge Mathes ordered the government to return the craft in original condition or pay $50,000 plus $15 a day rental, with the twins seeking the plane itself. The plane was seized after they flew it from Bakersfield to Scotty's Death Valley airstrip.
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Los Angeles
Finn Twins
United States
George
Charles Finn
Scotty
Death Valley
Bakersfield
Calif
Air Force
U.S
William C. Mathes
Liquor Stores Get Evening Extensions for Holidays
Columbus state liquor stores and agencies win extended hours during the holiday season. Director William C. Bryant announced the change, with stores normally open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. opening two hours earlier on December 18 22 24 30 and 31.
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Columbus
William C. Bryant
Department of Liquor Control
Washington Lawyer Keenan, Gangbuster in Tokyo Trials, Dies
Joseph B. Keenan, 66, a Washington lawyer famed as a gangbuster and chief prosecutor in the Japanese war crime trials in Tokyo, died yesterday.
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Asheboro
N. C
Joseph B. Keenan
Washington
Tokyo
Dog gives birth in sewer bed. saves three puppies
In Baltimore, Cocoa the dog birthed seven puppies in an outdoor sewer main after snubbing prepared beds. After two days she was enticed away and a neighbor and owner dug into a concrete pipe to rescue three surviving pups. four died.
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Baltimore
Robert Pawliske
Cocoa
Pawliske
Father and Two Daughters Die in North Side Fire
A Chicago father Earl Jorgensen aged 30 and his daughters Elizabeth five and Margaret two died in a flash fire at their North Side home. The wife and two other children escaped unharmed. Firemen report the trio likely suffocated before rescue arrived. cause of the blaze remains unknown.
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Chicago
North Side
Earl Jorgensen
Elizabeth
Margaret
Woman saves son and Christmas cards in Pasadena blaze
Mrs Lee Van Valkenburg fled a burning Pasadena home but rescued her four year old son Gary and 250 Christmas cards. She joked that she did not want to write the cards again, noting she saved them first.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lee van Valkenburgh
Gary
Salt water fills cavity in brain after half removal
A Philadelphia surgeon reports removing half of some children's brains to stop seizures. The empty half is filled with salt water until tissues absorb it. most children retain intelligence while seizures cease, though some cases were fatal. Dr Spitz presented 16 operations to the Radiological Society of North America.
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Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Eugine Poo
Childrens Hospital
Philphia
Spitz
Bushy haired stranger seen near Sheppard murder scene
Cleveland AP The bushy haired man described near the scene on the night of Marilyn Sheppard's murder was spotted by Leo Stawicki a steel worker. He saw a man 100 to 150 feet away in a driveway between 2:15 and 2:30 am last July 4. The witness said he only learned the house belonged to Dr. Samuel Sheppard after reading about the case days later. He described the man as about six feet tall and around 190 pounds.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Leo Stawicki
Stawicki
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn
Stawick
Bay Village
John Eaton
Eaton
Dr. Sheppard
Sam Sheppard
Man Denies Sedition Count in Kentucky Trial
Louisvile based author Carl Braden, 40, denies being a Communist and pleads not guilty to four counts in the sedition indictments. The case stems from an explosion at Andrew Wade IV’s home and Braden’s transfer of a bought all white neighborhood house to Wade. Braden and associates face a second indictment on charges of inciting racial strife to promote communism.
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Louisville
Carl Braden
Communist Party
Andrew Wade IV
Braden
Wade
Bradens
Three legged dog survives suburban Montgomery house fire
In Cincinnati a three legged dog named Tatters survived after a fire destroyed the Montgomery home of elderly couple Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller. The couple, aged 80 and 64, attempted rescues but a parrot about 75 years old and several pets perished including two Persian cats a finch canaries and two other dogs.
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Cincinnati
Tatters
Montgomery
Jack Miller
Miller
Woman Sentenced Over Child Torture Case Involving Matches
A woman named Gertie Lee was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to mayhem for torturing her five year old nephew with burning matches. Her 16-year-old daughter Charlene Lindsey testified she held the boy, Connie Thames, while the abuse occurred. Charlene received a six month suspended sentence.
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Columbia, &. C
Gertie Lee
Charlene Lindsey
Connie Thames
Charlene
Pope Pius XII Restless After Marian Year Rites
Pope Pius XII, aged 70, rested poorly after yesterday's Marian Year rites. He spoke a brief two minute benediction from his sick room broadcast worldwide, as doctors reassess his stomach ailment and monitor progress with new treatment amid continued bed rest.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Rome
St. Mary
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Galeazzi - Lisi
Hall Sees GOP Unity From McCarthy Attack
Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall said Eisenhower will gain greater unity and support from GOP lawmakers due to McCarthy's attack. He delayed comment to sample Senate and House views, and Eisenhower asked reporters to consult Hall on the matter during yesterday's news conference.
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Washington
Repubean
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
GOP
Congress
Je McCarthy
Hall
Senate
House
Burke supporters ask FBI to probe Hamilton County recount
Hamilton County backers of retiring U S Senator Thomas A Burke petition the FBI to examine alleged irregularities in the November 2 recount. Burke conceded to Republican George W Bender while recount leaders Edward Quinn and Vincent Halpin say they funded the recount and are not satisfied with the result.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
U .S
Thomas A. Burke
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Burke
George W. Bender
Edward Wuinn
Vincent Halpin
Mount Vernon Bridge Co. Low Bidder on Barnhart Island Bridge
Mount Vernon Bridge Co of Mount Vernon Ohio is the low bidder for the Barnhart Island bridge project in the St. Lawrence river power scheme. Col William 8 Chapin general manager of the New York State Power Authority said the bid was just over three million dollars.
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New York
Mount Vernon Bridge Co
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Barnhart Island
St. Lawrence River
William 8. Chapin
New York State Power Authority
Four Die in Farmhouse Fire In Van Buren Maine
A fire at a rambling two story farmhouse in Van Buren Maine killed four people sleeping inside. Victims were Camille Lausier 46 Cecile 5 Arlene Bouchard 3 and Nancy Bouchard 2. Six other Lausier children and another grandchild were hospitalized. Cause of fire unknown.
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van Buren
Maine
Camille Lausier
Cecile
Arlene Bouchard
Nancy Bouchard
Security-Risk Firings To Need Better Data
Washington reports a Civil Service Commission order aims to curb security risk firings and ensure accurate counts. Democrats have charged prior discharge totals included non-security firings, inflating numbers and misrepresenting risk levels.
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Washington
Freeing U S Sailors Jailed by China At UN
United States and 15 allies push for quick UN Assembly action on a 16 nation resolution demanding the release of 11 U S N sailors jailed by Red China on spy charges. The debate opened with U S Chief Delegate Lodge urging world opinion against the detention as a breach of the Korean armistice.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
UN Assembly
U. S.S
Red China
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Peiping
Enid
Fleda
Stern
Russie
Jacob Malik
Assembly
Malik
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rejected Suitor Jailed After Abducting Reporter
Robert Panek, 22, a printer's apprentice, abducted Abbey Johnson from the La Porte Herald Argus newsroom at gunpoint then released her after handing her his .22 rifle. He surrendered at the police station shortly after and was held on preliminary disorderly conduct charges. Johnson, shaken, had recently resigned from the paper to return to Chicago.
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LA Porte
Ind
Convict Tries Escape From Prison Cabinet
Sam Ramos, a 32 year old convict at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, locked himself inside a steel cabinet beside the main wall after hours. A chain link fence blocked his path to freedom, and after 16 hours he yelled for help and was released by guards.
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Mcalester
Okle
Sam Sam Hkames
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Ramos
Yule Mission Tragedy Strikes Akron Child
Eleven year old Donald Morris went to the woods to gather materials for a wreath. He returned home wounded and collapsed, dying at People's Hospital from a knife wound believed self inflicted by a fall.
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Yule
Akron
Donald Morris
People’s Hospital
Bill proposes jail terms for dangerous driving in Commons
London lawmakers introduce a bill outlining sentences up to two years in jail for dangerous driving. The measure also fines jay walkers up to 56 dollars for disobeying a traffic officer.
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London
House of Commons
Boys Find Skeleton in Woods West of Portsmouth
Two teenage boys Kevin Lawrie 17 and William Lawrie 14 found a human skeleton while hunting eight miles west of Portsmouth. Sheriff Justice and deputies recovered the remains indicating death occurred three to four months ago. A brown leather jacket gray trousers and black shoes were found nearby and the area was to be searched for clues with coroner Dr James Scott involved.
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Portsmouth
Kevin Lawrie
Wiliam
Burl Justice
James Scott
Blame Placed for Aircrash in Tower Control Error
The Civil Aeronautics Board found partial blame for a June air crash near Port Colum bus Ohio on the local traffic controller. It cited a traffic control situation and a contributing factor of insufficient vigilance by both aircraft crews. Two naval officers died when a Navy SNB collided with an American Airlines car carrying 32 passengers.
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Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Wes
Civil Aeronautics Board
Navy
SNB
American Airlines
Strike Activity Shows Drop in Recent Period
Ohio strike activity declined from recent peak to lower levels as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 89,000 man-days lost in 4% of strikes involving 10.40 workers, according to the director.
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Columbus
Ohio
Oecast
Themo Department of Ve So
Eisenhower Weighs Campaign Path Ahead of 2006 Nomination
President Eisenhower plans a vigorous bid to steer the Republican nomination toward a progressive moderates slate. He denies intent to clash with McCarthy though questions linger over party unity and possible third party moves.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eich
Walt
Fienhower
Missing boat believed safe near Wake Island
An American family and their yacht missing since October are now believed to be somewhere near Wake Island. The Japanese Coast Guard named the boat Phoenix which left Takamatsu on October 2 and has not been reported since. Dr Earl 14, formerly of Ohio, and Reverend Lloyd R Jr said Reynesda told him the crew likely did not intend danger. The clergyman described the Phoenix as an able, well found ketch.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio Charges Armistice Breach
Peiping radio accused the Geneva armistice breach by North Vietnam and charged Gen. J Lawton Collins military mission with provoking the breach. Pham Van Dong protested to Molotov and Eden as chairmen of the Geneva conference.
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Tokyo
Peiping
North Viet Nam
J. Lawton Collins
Wes
Pham van
North Nam
V. M. Molotov
Rusia
Anthony Eden
Britain
CIO vetoes third party move at union convention
At the CIO convention in Los Angeles Michael J. Quill proposed forming a third national party but was vetoed as impractical by Walter Reuther. Quill criticized Tammany Hall and Harriman’s nomination over Roosevelt Jr. for New York governor, while Reuther urged a realignment within two parties and noted mixed party support across states. The convention planned a resolution backing a guaranteed annual wage and signaled tougher economic goals ahead.
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Los Angeles
CIO
Michael J. Quill
New York
CIO Seag Orkers Union
Adent
Walter Reuther
Quill
Tam- Hall
Averell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Harriman
Reuther
Sen
England
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