Arctic Cold Wave Grips Nation With Snow and Deaths
A brutal Arctic outbreak blankets the nation with snow sleet and freezing rain. Montana and the Dakotas report subzero temperatures as a deadly mid continent storm stretches into the Great Lakes and Southeast. Oklahoma Michigan Illinois Kansas Texas Iowa Indiana report fatalities.
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Midwest
Rockies
Montana
Dakotas
Florida
Mississippi Valley
California
Mid-Continent
Lower
Michigan
Mid - Continent
Great Lakes
Southwest
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Fort Scott
Kan
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
New York
New England
Aftershock Felt in Eureka Calms Town After Quake
The heaviest aftershock since the December 21 quake struck Eureka at 1 18 am today. Buildings shuddered but no damage was reported as residents felt the tremor in the lumber town.
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Eureka
Calif
Escapee Still Eludes Searchers in Ohio Jail Break
Five inmates escaped from Xenia Ohio Green County Jail by climbing a ventilation duct and sliding down ropes made of mattress covers. By Tuesday three had been recaptured: Harry Ferguson in Highland County, Henry Faulkner near Stanton Kentucky, and Kenneth Faulkner in Circleville. Earl Dean remained at large.
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Xenia
Ohio
Earl Dean
Charleston
W.va
Green County
Harry J. Ferguson
Highland County
Henry Faulkner
Stanton
Faulkner
Kenneth
Circleville
Virgil Caplinger
Leesburg
F. F. Gustin
Ferguson
Littl Kentucky
Shelby Lowe
Powell County
Rosslyn
Ike to Seek At Least 3 Billion For Foreign Aid
The Eisenhower administration aims to request Congress approve at least three billion dollars for economic and military aid to friendly nations abroad, an amount above this year's 2.78 billion. Officials expect a regional distribution and a focus on the Far East with limited Western European funds, amid expected congressional scrutiny.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State
Treasury and
Defense Departments
Foreign Operations Administration
U. S
Far East
Western
Europe
Pacific
Formosa
Indochina
Korea
Western Europe
Spain
Turkey
Greece
Yugoslavia
Uniforms OK Says O'Neill
Ohio Attorney General C William O Neill ruled sheriffs may dress deputies and staff in uniforms with county commission approval. Summit County officials may furnish uniforms or fund them directly to the sheriff. Money cannot be paid as an extra uniform allowance apart from salary.
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Columbus
William O'Neill
Summit County
Alva J. Russell
Attorney General
O'Neill
Youthful Murderer To Be Placed In State Institution
Twelve year old David Larry Ingles of Ohio labeled the state's youngest murderer will be placed in a boys institution. County officials said the facility is not disclosed. Ingles confessed to fatally shooting his father John Ingles aged 36 as he lay in bed last September 12 after saying the father had been mean to him and his mother.
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David Larry Ingles
Pos
Ohio
Institut
John Ingles
Ingles
Missing Teeth Stirs Baltimore Cafe Scene
In Baltimore a 55 year old woman, Mrs Margaret D Eversburg, caused a scene in a downtown cafe by declaring her upper plate stolen after dinner. She barred customers from leaving, called police, and led a napkin search for her missing teeth, valued at 85 dollars, with no success.
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Baltimore
Margaret D. Eversburg
Pies Linked to Break‑In and Fire at Dallas Shop
Dallas police report a break in at the Vickery Pie Shop led to the theft of a $70 adding machine. The culprit ate nine apples pies, damaged chocolate and pineapple pies, and scattered office records. A transformer exploded behind the building, burning fuses and bulbs.
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Hays
Jammed Docket Faces Common Pleas Judge
Judge A. Hanna presides over the criminal branch as the most jammed docket in recent history. After Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard murder trial consumed 52 days, 220 cases remain, including 19 homicide cases, with 66 more set for grand jury action.
Longtime Urbana twin dies at 91
Lizzie Ward, 91, one of the nation’s oldest twins, died yesterday at Champaign County Hospital in Urbana. Her surviving twin sister, Jennie McGill, is a patient at the same hospital.
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Urbana
Ohio
Lizzie Ward
Champaign County Hospital
Jennie McGill
Price change notice for Sunday Messenger 1955
The Sunday Messenger raises its single copy price to 10 cents starting Sunday January 2 1955. Daily issue price remains 10 cents and weekly subscription stays at 35 cents.
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Sunday Messenger
Blood donor’s Rh blood fails to save Japanese baby
An American soldier, Johann Sliva, 25, from Little Rock, Arkansas, donated Rh factor blood to a Japanese infant. The baby, daughter of Yohiko Tatake, weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces and died 14 hours after all her blood was replaced due to a congenital heart malformation at a Japanese Red Cross hospital.
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Tokyo
Red Cross Hospital
Trey
Yohiko Tatake
Johann Sliva
Little Rock
Ark
Mountain Village Lacks Snow Halting Water Supply
Salt Lake City reports Mammoth Utah, a mountain village of 159 residents, faces water shortages as insufficient snow prevents thawing. State Sanitary Engineer L M Thatcher notes the ground has frozen beyond the 17 mile water pipeline, freezing the line and hindering supply.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Mountain
Mammoth
L. M. Thatcher
Truck Driver Killed in Ohio Crash
Ted Dean aged 49 from Franklin Indiana died when his truck crashed into a tree in West Jefferson near London Ohio. Authorities described the accident as a fatal roadway collision.
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London
Ohio
Ted Dean
Franklin, Ind
West Jefferson
Fire Sweeps Lumberyard in Boyertown During Rain
A roaring blaze at a Boyertown lumber yard in heavy rain damaged nine nearby structures. Fire Chief Jack Stauffer said the fire, which began around 3:30 a.m., was controlled by 6:15 a.m. with damage estimated at up to a million dollars. Ten communities battled the blaze. six firefighters were injured.
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Pennsylvania
Itl
Jack Stauffer
Stauffer
Reading
Tomy
Philadelphia Ave
Aaron LeFevre
Russell Croll
Fraternal Order of Origins
L. H. Schmeyer
Russia Aims for 1000 Long Range Submarines
A UC Davis history professor, Dr Walter Hucul, says Russia seeks 1000 long range submarines to back world revolution. He cites Jane s Fighting Ships claiming Russia has 400 subs already, planning to operate in all major oceans to aid revolutions, as stated at the Pacific Coast annual meeting of the American Historical Association.
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Angeles
Russia
University of California At Davis
Walter Hucul
Jane's
Kremlin
Huecul
Pacific Coast
American Historical Association
He Shouldve Stayed in Bed
In Tokyo a knife wielding burglar forced entry into Kayoko Yoshino and her husband’s home. The woman woke her sleeping spouse and offered to fetch money, then returned with a meat knife and slashed the intruder six times. The burglar fled as the couple escorted him to a police station.
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Tokyo
Kayoko Yoshino
Fish Talk From the Deep Reported by Dr. Fish
In Berkeley a record of underwater noises from fish and shellfish was presented by Dr. Marie Polarm Fish of the Narragansett Marine Laboratory. She noted varied sounds from beeps to croaks used for contact and courtship. WWII spurred interest in sonar by submariners.
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Berkeley
Calif
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Marie Polarm Fish
Narragansett Marine Laboratory
University of Rhode Island
Sam's Back in Court Seeks New Trial Over Errors Claims
State health officials report shifts in tuberculosis subsidies as new drugs cut hospital days. Auditor James A. Rhodes notes total TB subsidy payments of 2,841,297 for the year ended last June, with earlier figures 2,917,372. The record cites per patient daily rates and county distribution, while Dr. Ralph E K Dwork cites home treatment and early detection trucks as factors in subsidy declines.
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Columbaus
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ralph EK. Dwork
Feres
Dwork
Piesawney County
Vinton County
Mendes France pushes final vote on German rearmament in Paris
Premier Mendes France urges a confidence vote in the National Assembly on the Western European Union armament plan for West Germany. Lawmakers previously approved NATO and other accords while wrangling over the rearmament measure and Saar control. The fate of the treaty hinges on today’s Assembly vote amid intensified partisan maneuvering.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes
Mendes
France
West Germany
NATO
Saar Valley
Assembly
Germany
Mendes-France
Mit
UN Secretary Leaves Today for Peiping
Dag Hammarskjold departs New York for a mission to secure the release of 11 U S fliers and other UN personnel held by Communist China. He will first go to London then New Delhi to meet Indian Prime Minister Nehru before expected talks in Peiping with Premier Chou En Lai on January 4 or 5.
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N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
China
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Idiewild
Lodge
Assembly
Hammarskjold
London
New Delhi
Nehru
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Senators Push Closer Ties for Nations
Washington reports senators plan to press for closer links among North Atlantic nations. Senator Kefauver argues a favorable international climate supports a 1949 resolution for a meeting of delegates from seven nations. Senator Sparkman backs a proposal to have these delegates discuss a possible union.
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Washington
Congress
Kefauver D-Tenn
Senate
Sparkman
D-Ala
Asian premiers call for Africa Asia cooperation in Jakarta rally
Five Asian prime ministers joined Indonesian President Soekarno before 200,000 cheering bystanders at the Jakarta stadium. The Colombo Pact leaders spoke after a Bogor conference ending yesterday and invited African and Asian chiefs to Bandung in April to discuss mutual interests.
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Indonesia
Ahmed Soekarno
Africa
Asia
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Burma
Ceylon
Parkistan
Bogor
Apri
Bandung
Air Force probes crash that killed nine airmen
Air Force investigators sought to determine the cause of yesterday's crash southeast of New Hope Alabama. The big plane traveling from Sewart Air Force Base near Smyrna Tennessee to Brookley Air Force Base Mobile Alabama carried four crew and seven passengers.
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New Hope
Ala
Air Force
Sewart Air Force Haste
Smyrna
Tenn
Brookiey Air Force Base
Mobile
Bids Opened for Gas Stations and Restaurants on Northern Ohio Turnpike
Bids for building gas stations and eateries in seven counties along the Northern Ohio Turnpike were opened yesterday, marking a step toward expansion and improved roadside services.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike
Tragic California Battery Suspect Kills Family Then Self
In Sacramento, a man named Mulroy faces a battery charge and, after bail, fatally shoots his mother-in-law Nora Wyatt through a window and his wife’s sister Mabel Neighbors in her home. He then shoots his wife and turns the gun on himself, ending the sequence with his death.
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Sacramento
Calif
Richard Mul
Mulroy
Seater
Tom Howerd
Nora Wyatt
Bette
Mulloy
Mabel Neighbors
Wyatt
Boys Admit Damaging Church and School
Two boys aged 11 and 12 were held at Juvenile Center after admitting damage to a church and a school in Upper Arlington last week. Police say the acts occurred in the late afternoon while the youths were unsupervised at home at night.
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Columbus
Upper Arlington
Grand Jury Indicts Kearns in Franklin County
Franklin County Prosecutor Frank H. Kearns faces a grand jury indictment in Columbus. Charges include taking a bribe and obstructing justice as a criminal court judge notes an appearance is expected for arraignment and bond considerations.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Frank H. Kearns
Criminal Court
Joseph M. Clifford
Kearns
Bond
Keats
Kearna
Trotsky Assassination Convict to Be Released Next Month
Jacques Mornard, a Russian revolutionary linked to the murder of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City, has been convicted and sentenced to two years. He will be released next month after serving two thirds of his term, per parole rules.
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Mexico City
Jacques Mornard
Seoe
Leon Trotsky
Mornard
Dr Samuel Sheppard appeals for new trial in murder case
Cleveland AP reports defense counsel Will i am Corrigan asks a new trial contending 41 errors at the second degree murder conviction of Dr Samuel Sheppard for his wife Marilyn s death. Judge Udwerd Blythin denied a motion as jurors and witnesses testified.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Ty Sheppard
Udwerd Blythin
Sheppard
Corrigan
James C. Hird
Mra . Kare
Louise K Tere Weil
Rattler Bites His Pickler in Whisky Remedy Incident
In San Francisco a Texas rattlesnake immersed in whisky bit a man named Toy on the finger as he prepared a potion. The snake’s fangs were removed and Toy was treated for a cut finger and sent home from hospital yesterday.
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San Francisco
Minnal Tey
Flertay Aegency Hospital
Toy
Murderer Sentenced to Life in Prison in Akron
A man identified as Ernest Edward Roseberry was sentenced to life in prison for murder in Akron. He was convicted of fatally shooting Otis Eugene Mearg after a series of quarrels and also attempted to shoot his wife. Police said the incident occurred last August 12.
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Akron
Ernest Edward Roseberry
Ohio
Otis Eugene Mearg
France to repay 52 million dollar loan by year end
The Ministry announced that the United States loan of 52 million dollars to France since World War II will be repaid by the end of the year.
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France
Paris
Scientists Learn to Fight Smog Could Doom Modern Cities
Berkeley symposium hears horror scenario of air pollution as a four horsemen threat to future cities. Laur en Hitchcock warns clean air costs rival water and sewage. auto exhaust and burning fuels drive vast pollutant tonnage in the Los Angeles Basin and nationwide.
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Berkeley
Calif
Lauren B. Hitchcock
Southern California Air Pollution Foundation
Los Angeles
American
Los Angeles Basin
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