New Nike Guided Missile System Starts To Deploy
The Army announced the first battery of its Nike guided missile system is being set up at Fort Meade Maryland to defend Washington area including Baltimore industry and Potomac River region. Nike claims to locate track and destroy enemy bombers at high speed and is the first fissile anti aircraft system for U S cities.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
U. S
Air Force
Navy
AEC Reopens Talks Over Portsmouth Plant Wage Dispute
AEC labor management panel resumes wage talks at Portsmouth Ohio area plant to settle a pay raise dispute for about 1000 office workers. Peter Kiewit Sons Co. the prime contractor and Local 308 AFL Office Employes International are involved as witnesses testified yesterday.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Portsmouth, Ohio Area
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Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co
AFL
Firm To Fire 25 Tied To Violence
Twenty five Local 927 CIO United Auto Workers members connected with violence during the eight week strike against North American Aviation in Columbus will be fired. Eleven face charges for bombing property of non strikers and fourteen are identified in motion pictures of the Columbus plant violence on November 17.
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Cio-United Auto Workers Union
North American Aviation, Inc
Union Reach Accord On Pay Raise For 200000 Rails
CHICAGO THU A wage dispute between railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen ended with an agreement granting an additional five cents per hour to base rates and folding in 13 cents escalator increases from the last two years. The deal ends the cost of living escalator clause. An extra week of vacation for members with 15 plus years of service brings paid time off to three weeks. Local wage scales range about 14.50 dollars daily for yard workers and 13.50 dollars for road crews.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
Bender Seeks Senate Post
Republican congressman George H. Bender announced his bid for the Ohio Senate nomination in the May primary. A longtime Cleveland GOP leader and seven term House member, he seeks the seat vacated by Burke appointed after Taft's death. Ohio voters will choose who fills the remaining two years of Taft's term.
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George H. Bender
Eisenhower
Ohio
Bender
Cleveland
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Burke
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Father of 7 Dead in Car Crash on Woodward Avenue
DETROIT. Bernard Skop, 40, a father of seven working two jobs as a welder and a filling station attendant, died when his car struck a safety island on Woodward Avenue. Police say witnesses reported he appeared tired and may have fallen asleep.
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Robber Escapes With 30000 At Dayton Store Cashier Hold-Up
Dayton police report a lone armed bandit robbed cashiers at Rike's Department Store near noon and fled with 30000 in cash. Investigation continues as officers review store security footage and canvass the area.
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Ohio
Rike’s
Calm Kidnap Slayers Die Together in Gas Chamber
In Jefferson City Missouri Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady died together early today after being sentenced for the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping and slaying. The two spoke calmly as cyanide gas filled two death chairs and witnesses watched with security precautions in place.
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Bobby Greenlease
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Mrs. Heady
Bobby
France fails to elect president in third parliamentary ballot
In Versailles France the divided parliament again failed to elect a president in the third round. Marcel-Edmond Naegelen led with 313 votes, Joseph Laniel 358, Yvon Delbos 225, with 26 scattered votes and 462 needed for a majority. A fourth ballot is scheduled.
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Yvon Delbos
Georges Bidault
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Hotel Fire Is Probed After Fatal Collapse
Chicago arson squad detectives probed whether John Tybor a 38 year old released mental patient started the skid row hotel fire that killed five firemen and injured twenty four others. A note on his body claimed more killings and set fires. Tybor had stayed at Manteno State Hospital and registered at the Reliance Hotel the night before.
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Chicago
Farce 13 for Dinner Leaves London Crowd Dour
A new farce opened with gallery regulars barred by the producer and 300 Gallery First Nighters booing ticket holders in the lobby. The husband of the leading comedienne punched a patron amid threats of police action. Upstairs, 150 armed service members attended free, described as maintaining warlike discipline.
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Air Force
Christmas Clemency Granted to Prisoners in Korea
In Pusan Korea Maj Gen William S Lawton announced a Christmas clemency order freeing 95 prisoners from the U S Army stockade there. The 95 accounted for roughly a quarter of inmates in Korea's only Army stockade. The release covered those who would have finished sentences by January 15 or were eligible by then.
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U. S. Army
William S. Lawton
Korean Communications Zone
President To Give Talk Christmas Eve
President Eisenhower plans a three minute television and radio address from the White House on Christmas Eve at about 4 30 p m EST. He will be joined likely by Mrs. Eisenhower as he appeals for world peace.
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Eisenhower
White House
Rail freight curbs lifted after wage board acts
The Railway Express Agency Inc lifted its embargo on air and rail shipments into Pittsburgh Detroit and Milwaukee after a railway clerks strike was called off following a presidential emergency board review of a wage dispute with the AFL Railway Clerks Union. About 100 communities were affected and thousands of shipments refused since last September.
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Railway Express Agency Inc
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Milwaukee
Eisenhower
AFL Railway Clerks Union
Express Agency
Union Picket Boss Arrested in Pittsburgh Demonstration
In Pittsburgh a Yuletide strike at five department stores drew 100 to 150 pickets surrounding Gimbels for about two hours. AFL local union president Thomas L. Fagan and nine others were arrested on disorderly conduct charges after he allegedly interfered with police efforts. Officer Joseph Wallace was injured, breaking his ankle during the pursuit.
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AFL
Gimbels
Thomas L. Fagan
General Teamsters Local 249
Daniel Shussett
Joseph Wallace
Chemist Admits Weird Toast of Death Plot
A 20 year old chemist, Harlow Fraden, confessed to spiking his parents champagne with potassium cyanide killing Dr William Fraden and Shirley Fraden. Fraden claimed motive was resentment over his mother's accusations of sexual abnormality and money was not the motive, a friend said they plotted the crime for payoff. The case emerged after a girlfriend of the accomplice learned of the plot and informed police.
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Bronx
George B. de Luca
Harlow Fraden
Fraden
Wil
de Luca
Wepman
Corn Harvest Nears Record
Washington reports the Agriculture Department’s near record crops for 1953 with a corn crop valued at over 4.5 billion dollars leading the list. Cotton, wheat, hay, tobacco, and vegetables also exceed one billion dollars in value, despite drought.
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Agriculture Department
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Histor
Gates To Color TV Opened Small Sets Ahead in Price
Washington reports the FCC approved a new NTSC color broadcasting system standardizing color TV. Color receivers remain scarce and costly with early 12 inch sets estimated around 1000 dollars. Broadcasters face large upfront costs but mass production may lower prices later.
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Columbian Broadcasting System
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National Television System Committee
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Federal Register
Dixie in Grip Of Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports a deep South cold snap with subfreezing readings in Florida Georgia Mississippi and Alabama. Corbin Kentucky hit four degrees below zero as mid western warming was expected today and eastern southern areas faced cold air for at least 24 hours with northerly winds across the region.
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Watershed Approval Expands Upper Hocking Project
The Agriculture Department approves 20 more small watersheds including Upper Hocking River and Hunter’s Run in Fairfield County Ohio as part of a five million dollar pilot program. The Soil Conservation Service head says tiny farm dams replace the old multi million flood control dams downstream.
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Agriculture Department
Upper
Hocking River
Hunter's Run
Fairfield County
Ohio
D. A. Williams
Sol! Conservation Service
Congress
Colubus Leaders seek state posts in lieutenant governor bid
State politics saw Columbus figures P John W Donahey a Hudson Democrat and George W Woodling a Cleveland patent lawyer file petitions Thursday for state office. Both appear set to run for lieutenant governor.
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P.john W. Donahey
Hudson
Ike and aides map tax plans in White House talks
President Eisenhower and Republican leaders convened for a second day of White House sessions to shape a new legislative program. Topics include taxes and debt limits, atomic energy amendments, social security and handicapped aid, health plans, agriculture, and foreign affairs.
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Lewis Strauss
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Eisenhower ponders future air speed and light travel
President Eisenhower imagines airplanes reaching 2500 miles per hour within three years and considers the effect of speeds doubled, joking about sight loss if faster than light. He recalls the Wright brothers’ 1903 milestone and notes guest Maj. Charles E. Yeager, who later broke speed records above 1600 mph.
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Eisenhower
Wright Brothers
Air Force
Charles E. Yeager
Vets' Bonus Vote Sought in Ohio
State Rep. Ray T. Miller Jr asks Gov. Lausche to push a 100 million dollar veteran bonus before the January 11 special session. Miller reports polling 159 legislators: 62 favor immediate adoption, 26 favor at leadership designated time, 18 want more info, 7 oppose, 46 unreturned. Passage requires a House resolution and a statewide referendum.
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Ray T. Miller Jr
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland Democrat
Lausche
C. O. Marshall Dies Active Grange Worker
ZANESVILLE Charles O Marshall retired farmer and brother of former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Carrington T Marshall died Thursday at his home. He was active in grange and farm bureau work and exhibited at southeastern Ohio fairs. funeral services were held Sunday.
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Charles O. Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court
Carrington T Marshall
Marshall
Grange
Farm Bureau
Ohio
Warmer Weekend Forecast for Ohio Weather
Forecast calls for warmer weekend across Ohio with Saturday to Wednesday averages 4 8 degrees below normal. Temperatures rise over the weekend then fall again Monday with continued cold afterward. Normal lows 21 24 highs 35 north to 40 south. Light snow possible Saturday night and Sunday with occasional flurries totaling under a quarter inch moisture.
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Douglas to Seek Re election in Chicago U S Senate Race
U S Senator Paul A Douglas, 61, a Chicago Democrat, announced Thursday his plan to run for reelection. He serves as a key political figure in Illinois and faces upcoming campaign decisions.
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Chicago
U. S
Paul A Douglas
Chicago Democrat
India Hints Last Chance for POWs in Korea Sessions
Panmunjom reports indicate neutral officers say reluctant POWs including 22 Americans may get one final chance to change their minds after the explanation period ends. Allied persuasion teams face a shrinking window before next Wednesday midnight deadline. Lt Gen Thimayya says he may later consider screening all prisoners who refused repatriation.
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Korea
Nutral Nations
K. 8. Thimayya
Repatriation Commission
Plane Wreck Sighted on Iceland Glacier
A missing American Navy patrol bomber was sighted on a bleak Iceland glacier with no survivors reported. An Icelandic ground rescue party will be flown to a nearby airfield, as US Air Force coordinates. An American rescue plane confirmed the wreckage after a 24 hour search by ten planes and two Danish ships.
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Iceland
U.S. Air Force
Mansfield Boy Shot In Hunting Accident
A 14 year old, Ralph William Weber, was shot through the heart in a hunting accident near Mansfield. Richland County Coroner D C Lavender ruled the death accidental after a defective 22 caliber rifle discharged when Weber exchanged guns with 10 year old John Claes.
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Richland County
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