House Race Tests GOP Leadership in California District
The 24th California District election draws national attention as a Democratic win could cut the Republican House majority. Voter turnout forecast at 40 percent, about 66 000 votes, with Lipscomb and Arnold as leading candidates.
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Los Angeles
California
House
Registrar of Voters
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Norris Poulson
Glenard P. Lipscomb
Democratic Party
George Arnold
John L. E. Collier
Irving Markheim
Lipscomb
Collier
Arnold
Thurmond Arnold
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Drew Pearson
Markheim
Veterans’ Service
Congress
Peulson
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Truman
FBI
Harry Dexter White
Pair Recovers Abducted Son After Kidnapping
Richard and his wife in Tulsa rejoice at returning their five month old Richard Lee to Evansville Indiana. They blame 17 year old former carnival stripper Tommie Doughty, who admitted taking the child while babysitting. Doughty remains jailed on kidnapping charges with a twenty thousand dollar bond and remorse begins to show.
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Tulsa
Okla
Richard Duane
Richard Lee
Evansville
Ind
Tommie Dene Doughty
Carnival
Tommy Dene Dougherty
U.S
W. A. White
Hugo
FBI
Bokochitka
Wanda White
Stormy trial in third day of Mossadegh court martial
Tehran Iran ex Premier Mohammed Mossadegh bursts into sobs and screams as he tries to walk out of a court martial on charges of defying the shah and attempting to topple the monarchy. He vows to die or defend himself if released and says he will not appeal if convicted.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Tribunal
Yesterlay
Walkout at Kyger Power Plant Ends
A three day wildcat strike at Kyger Creek plant of the Ohio Valley Electric Co ends as over 200 workers return to work. The walkout began when about 30 truck drivers quit claiming sole control of incoming materials and set picket lines later removed last night.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Kyger Creek
Ohio Valley Electric Co
Ike Agrees To Bermuda Meeting With Churchill
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill along with Premier Laurel of France will meet in Bermuda between December 4 and 8 to discuss the world situation. Secretary Dulles, French Foreign Minister Bidault, and British Foreign Secretary Eden will join. Main topics include Russia's stance, West Germany's future, and Far Eastern issues like Korea and Indochina. The Bermuda session follows delays due to Churchill's health and a French government crisis.
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Eisenhower
Churchill
Great Britain
Laurel
France
Bermuda
White House
Dulles
United States
Bidault
Eden
Russia
Ber
West
Switzerland
Soviet Union
Canada
West Germany
Korea
Indochina
Winston
Pomeroy bus driver fined and jailed for intoxicated transport
Oren Wears of Harrisonville Road was fined 200 dollars and costs and received a 60 day jail sentence in Mayor Delmar A. Canaday’s court for driving a school bus while intoxicated while transporting Pomeroy football players to Jackson Friday night. About 10 players testified. A separate reckless operation charge for another bus driver in an incident involving Betty Jo Coburn was dropped. the driver was cleared.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Jackson
Oren Wears
Harrisonville
Betty Jo Coburn
Pomeroy High School
Cleveland Elevator Plunge Injures Dozens at Caxton Building
A downtown Cleveland elevator plunged 60 feet into the basement of the Caxton Building injuring 16 people during the evening rush. Over 1000 watched as ambulances ferried victims to four hospitals. Ten released after treatment, six admitted with back or leg injuries, including 50 year old Minnie Lubnow in serious condition. The elevator served freight and passengers. city inspectors had recently examined it and ordered some repairs.
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Cleveland
Caxton Bldg
Minnie Lubnow
Indian commander scuttles hope for PW repatriation talks
Panmunjom, P Yukon Kaesong. Lt Gen K S Thimayya, head of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, declared that a revived POW repatriation program is up to the Communists after four hours of talks with their high command. He said stoppages are demoralizing and warned of renewed talks within days.
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K. S. Thimayya
Thii
Cleveland Postmaster to Quit Amid Probe Ties
Postmaster Joseph F. Prosser resigns from the $12,800 yearly Cleveland post at year end. He denies pressure from Rep. George H. Bender and says investigations by the Bender subcommittee did not force retirement. Prosser served 32 years in the Postal Service and was appointed by Truman in 1950.
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Cleveland
Joseph F. Prosser
Truman
George H. Bender
Ohio
Prosser
Bender
House
Violence Marred Philippines Election Duel with Five Dead
Manila reports deadly clashes amid a tense presidential vote as gunfire disrupts polling. About 5.5 million Filipinos voted across 28,072 precincts for president and other offices, while Cavite saw armored patrols after a gun battle that killed the vice mayor and two guards.
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Philippines
Elpidio Quirino
Ramon Magsaysay
Commission On Elections
Cavite
Bacoor
Thhan
Philippine News Service
PNS
Justiniano Montano
Montano
Magsaysay
Nacionalist-Democratic Party
Camerino
Quirino
Liberal Party
Big Three blame Israel for Kibya killings at UN
At the United Nations the Big Three denounced Israel for the Kibya border killings and urged restraint. Abba Eban said Israel would present its case when hearings resume, as the council reviews Syria’s charge over Jordan water diversions. Britain France and the United States censured the Oct 14 Libya raid by Israeli forces and urged accountability.
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N. Y
Israel
Jordan
Kibya
Security Council
Abba Eban
Council
Isreal
Syria
Britain
France
United States
Libya
Palestine
Middle East
Big Three
Eban
Sir Gladywn Jebb
Jebb
Mason County Man Missing in KaNawha River Search
Point Pleasant officers and firemen search the Ka nawha River after James Lewis and Edward Durst were last seen in a boat near Raike’s Landing. A sunken boat, a found pipe, and a gun suggest a hunting trip gone awry. Lewis is about 42.
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Mason County
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
James Lewis
Lewis
Edward Durst
Raike’s Landing
Eddie Dunlap
Charles Roberts
Roberts
Griff Durbin
Darst
Henderson
32 More Officers Join State Patrol
Columbus Col. George Mingle state highway patrol superintendent said 32 new patrolmen will be put to work immediately on Ohio's serious traffic situation. The 32 were graduated over the weekend, increasing the patrol to 595. Applicants are being accepted for a new class to begin training later this month.
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Columbus
George Mingle
Ohio
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Temperatures Stay Cold
Five day outlook for Ohio shows temperatures about 25 degrees below normal with normal highs 50 to 54 and lows around 34. Warm spell near Wednesday gives way to colder conditions Thursday or Friday and light snow flurries in the Lake Erie region. No major precipitation expected statewide through Sunday.
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Lake Erie
Water Cut Strands Crooksville as Main Break Hits East Side
Water supply failure in Crooksville Ohio left residents without water on Monday. Schools were dismissed while pottery plants continued operations from auxiliary tanks, reflecting the town's key industry adapting to the outage.
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Crooksville
Ohio
Fire destroys two downtown Conneaut buildings
Fire Chief Louis Stevens increased damage estimate to 400000 dollars and cited a short circuit in wiring as the cause of a Sunday night blaze that leveled two downtown Conneaut business buildings.
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Conneaut
Ohio
Louis Stevens
Byrnes recalls FBI link between White and communism
Former Truman aides dispute an FBI report claiming Harry Dexter White spied for the Soviets. Byrnes says he read the report, alerted Truman, and urged withholding White’s Senate confirmation for IMF director pending action. Truman and others deny.
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Truman
FBI
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Harry Dexter White
South Carolina
White
Brownell
Mane eCarny
White House
Eisenhower
Spruille Braden
Adm
William D. Leahy
Prownell
J. Edgar Hoover
New York City
Columbia
S. C
Senate
International Monetary Fund
Hoover
Deficit Warning Sparks Budget Debate At Detroit Club
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey warned of a potential eight to nine billion dollar deficit next year unless spending cuts or tax increases occur. He urged quick action with modest spending reductions and hinted at possible tax measures and higher debt limits amid upcoming fiscal 1955 planning.
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Detroit
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Detroit Economic Club
Treasury
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Steel Union Boss William F. Donovan Dies by Own Action
Cleveland reports the death of William F. Donovan 57 district director for 45000 CIO United Steelworkers. Police said he hanged himself in his Lakewood home after a nervous breakdown and left a note for his wife asking her to tell a priest and David J. McDonald the steel workers president goodbye.
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William F. Donovan
CIO
United Steelworkers
Donovan
District 28
Lakewood
David E. Kerr
Homicide Bureau
Kerr
David J. McDonald
The
Steelworkers
No Farm Cure-All Expected in January
San Jose California Asst. Secretary of Agriculture John H. Davis told farmers at the California Farm Bureau Federation convention that Congress will not offer a new national farm program next January. Any new plan must be developed gradually, level by level and by commodity.
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Calif
P— Asst
John H. Davis
Congress
California Farm Bureau Federation
Davis
Mother of Notorious Murderess Succumbs
The aged mother of Winnie Ruth Judd died in the Arizona State Hospital where she had been staying with her daughter for ten years. Mrs. Carrie McKinnell aged 87, entered the hospital voluntarily and private funeral services were held Monday.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Carrie McKinnell
Cooper Returns After Europe Stay Amid Reconciliation Hints
Hollywood reports Gary Cooper has come back to his family home after an extended European visit. Friends say signs point to a reconciliation with his wife Rocky after a separation lasting over a year.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Europe
Rocky
Coopers
Missing Meigs Soldier Dies in Red Camp
Cpl. William P. Friley, missing in Korea since 1950, died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp early in 1951. He trained at Fort Knox and San Antonio before entering service November 1949 and departing for Korea August 4 1950. Survived by parents Charles Friley Sr and Nellie Hawley and siblings Kathryn, Richard, and Charles Jr.
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William P. Friley
Korea
Nellie F. Hawley
Cheshire
Charles Friley
Cpl
Friley
Armed Forces
Fort Knox
San Antonio
Tex
North Korea
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C
Pomeroy High School
Frnley
Charles, Jr
San Francisco
Richard
Kathryn
Rich Rome Playboy Battles Policemen
In New York police dragged Pietro Francisco Mele a wealthy Rome playboy from heiress Brenda Frazier Kelly's Park Avenue apartment after a tussle that left two officers and the visitor injured. Mele 30 was booked on felonious assault for allegedly refusing Mrs. Kelly's request to leave and attempting to lock himself in a bedroom.
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New York
Rome
Brenda Frazier Kelly
Pietro Francisco Mele
Mrs. Kelly
Truck Slams Marching Gls Near Des Moines Airport
Eight soldiers in a 66 man marching formation were injured when a pickup rammed their ranks as they marched beside Des Moines Airport. Cpl. James Bernard, 22, suffered a leg fracture but is in good condition. Seven others were treated for cuts bruises and possible mild concussions at Veterans Hospital awaiting Army notification.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James Bernard
Veterans Hospital
Army
Sun Tan Vaccine Shows Promise Against Polio
Chicago researchers reported a sun-tan based polio vaccine to be safe in initial human tests. Activated by ultraviolet exposure, it produced antibodies to all three polio types in 30 volunteers, showing a fourfold antibody rise in many with prior exposure.
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Alton Blakeslee
New York
Chicago
Jonas FE. Salk
Pittsburgh
Albert Miller
Sidney O. Levinson
H. J.shaughnessy
Michael Reese
Bingo Raid At Pomeroy Clubhouse Alleges Law Violation
Mayor Delmar A Canaday and Pomeroy Police Chief Walter E Wolfe led a raid on Sacred Heart Church auditorium Monday night where a bingo party was in progress. Twenty eight cited as witnesses from about one hundred attendees. Hearing set for next Monday at 9 a m in Canaday's court.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Sacred Heart Church
Canaday
State Supreme Court
Walter E. Wolfe
Henry Werry
Key Freedoms Lose Ground as Truman Warns
Former President Harry S. Truman told the American Jewish Congress that fear of communism is being used to incite nationwide hysteria and threaten freedom of speech. He said freedoms are under attack though not yet lost, and he accepted the AJC Stephen Wise Award for civil rights leadership.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
American Jewish Congress
Truman
AJC
Stephen Wise
Heavy Draft Calls Forecast for Next Year
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, warned in Columbus that draft calls will be heavy next year as many four year men complete service and re enlist uncertainly. He said quotas will stay low until mid 1954 then rise, and that college student deferrals with high grades will likely persist before next September unless events change.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lewis B. Hershey
U.S. Selective Service
Hershey
Assn. of Land-Grant
Union and management hold talks as NA A workers return
In Los Angeles a federal conciliator convened a joint meeting for North American Aviation Inc. union and management amid a strike. The company says about 5000 of 33,000 strikers have returned to work, while a union official claims the number reporting to work is not growing and remains below last week’s pace.
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Los Angeles
North American Aviation Inc
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