Lodge Urges UN to Scrap Russia Peace Plan
United States diplomat Henry Cabot Lodge Jr urged the United Nations to junk Russia's 1953 peace plan. He said current UN resolutions suffice and urged the Soviet Union to stop disregarding them. The Kremlin pressed for unilateral disarmament terms, but Western-backed disarmament controls remain the path.
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United States
Russia
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
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Kremlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Assembly
Lodge
Queen Elizabeth II Arrives in Bermuda on Commonwealth Tour
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh fly from Gander to Bermuda for a welcoming ceremony led by Governor Sir Alexander Hood. The royal couple begin a one day stay before continuing tomorrow to Jamaica on a six month tour visiting Australia Ceylon New Zealand and ten British possessions and protectorates.
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Bermuda
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Gander
Alexander Hood
Jamaica
Australia
Ceylon
New Zealand
Protectorates
AEC Head To Inspect Kyger Creek Progress
General Manager Kenneth D. Nichols will inspect atomic projects in southern Ohio on December 4. He will survey progress on the $1.219 billion Kyger Creek plant in Pike County and the million kilowatt plant to supply power to the Pike County site, invited by Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Kenneth D. Nichols
Pike County
Kgger Creek
Thomas A. Jenkins
Tronton
Pheasant Captured by Surprise in Ohio Field
Findlay Ohio professor Virgil Overholt dropped his gun when a pheasant charged toward him. He reached out and grabbed the bird by the tail as it flew past, resulting in a successful bag without a shot fired.
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Ohio
Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University
Two Ohio Hunters Killed on Opening Day
A Southeastern Ohio hunting day report notes two deaths and multiple injuries as the season began. Gail E. Wallace, 40, of Corning, was wounded when a shotgun in Mayor C. F. Wallace of Glouster discharged. He suffered leg injuries and is treated at Bethesda Hospital, Zanesville.
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Gail E. Wallace
Corning
C. F. Wallace
Glouster
Wallace
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Laurelville
Pickaway County
Gail Wallace
Ohio University
North American Parley Fails as Talks Resume
In Los Angeles officials and union reps met again after yesterday's session failed to yield an agreement ending a four week strike by 33,000 CIO United Auto Workers at North American plants in three states. The company offered a four percent raise from wages of 1.42 to 2.32 hourly. Separately, a violence incident at Mrs. Margie Lowry's Reseda home prompted new sheriff investigations after shotgun blasts through a garage door and rocks at a den window.
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CIO
United Auto
Margie Lowry
Union Fined In Price Fix
A trade association was fined 3000 dollars, an AFL union 2000 dollars and four jobbers 1500 dollars each by Federal Judge Charles J. McNamee on charges of price fixing in cigarette, tobacco and candy trade in Cleveland. Defendants pleaded nolo contendere to conspiracy to control wholesale prices and restrain competition. federal grand jury had returned the indictment months earlier.
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Cleveland
AFL
Charles J. McNamee
Greater Cleveland
First day hunting in Ohio shows strong pheasant and rabbit harvests
Dr. Charles A. Dambach reports opening day at Delaware and Resthaven preserves drew thousands of hunters. Delaware County saw 2454 hunters bagging 854 pheasants and 1817 rabbits, while Resthaven attracted 725 hunters with 442 pheasants and 168 rabbits. Fire threats delayed opening but no fires occurred and conduct was good.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles A. Dambach
Division of Wildlife
Delaware
Delaware County
Dambach
Resthaven Preserve
Erie County
Hall Requests Forgiveness in Greenlease Kidnap Case
Kansas City Carl Austin Hall wrote millionaire Robert C. Greenlease asking forgiveness for the kidnapping slaying of Greenlease's 6 year old son Bobby. Hall claimed most of the $300000 ransom was in his hotel room when arrested in St Louis and said he did not know its whereabouts.
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Carl Austin Hall
Robert C. Greenlease
Greenlease
Bobby
Hall
St. Louis
Wooden spans targeted by Scioto arsonist
Portsmouth Ohio Scioto County authorities seek a suspected arsonist targeting wooden bridges. Firefighters extinguished a Monday blaze on a wooden span and showed officials a map found at the scene with sketches of bridges between Portsmouth and Wellston.
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Ohio
Scioto County
Wellston
Schools seek changes to Korea GI bill amid funding squeeze
Representative Teague warned that financial pressures from private colleges and veterans enrollments could push Congress to revise the education provisions of the Korea GI bill next year. He noted some support exists for separating tuition from subsistence for Korea veterans, with Springer proposing $30 monthly per enrolled veteran.
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Teague
D-Tex
Congress
Springer
R-Ii
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Allies Seek Interviewers to Win Back POWs
The UN Command and Allied negotiators prepare to interview reluctant POWs including 22 Americans, 1 Briton, and 328 South Koreans as the 90 day period to question prisoners nears its December 23 deadline. The dispute over how many interviewers may talk with prisoners remains unresolved.
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Repatriation Commission
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United Nations
Union Asked To Postpone Bus Walkout
The Federal Mediation Service urged the AFL bus drivers union to delay a threatened strike against Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines for 10 days. Mediation Director Whitley P. McCoy proposed postponed action and said conferences would be held in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1953, if the request was followed.
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Federal Mediation Service
AFL
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Whitley P. McCoy
Herbert Syme
Philadelphia
Penn Executive Council
AFL Amalgamated Street, Electric Railway
McCoy
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Dodgers Pick Walter Alston As New Manager
Walter Alston, 42, former manager of the Montreal Royals in the International League, is named manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He succeeds Chuck Dressen who resigned October 14 after guiding the Dodgers to a second consecutive National League pennant. Alston played one major league game at first base for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936. The contract runs for one year.
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Walter
Wally) Alston
Montreal Royals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Alston
Chuck Dressen
Baseball
Dodgers
Hamilton
Ohio
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodger
Ironton Couple Charged with Murder in Wolfe Death
Acting Prosecutor Edwards says Roy Miller and his wife Dickie Miller face second degree murder charges in the death of Charles H. Wolfe. Wolfe, 21, Kingston Ross County, was found with fatal blows to the skull in a vacant lot in Ironton.
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Ironton
Ohio
Homer M. Edwards
Roy Miller
Dickie
Charles H. Wolfe
Kingston
Ross County
Harry Nenni
Wolfe
Ohio Miner Killed as Strip Mine Embankment Collapses
Don Harding a 28 year old resident of New Philadelphia Ohio was killed Monday when a strip mine embankment collapsed crushing him against a steam shovel authorities said.
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Sody
Tenn
Don Harding
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Adlai Stevenson Attacks GOP Tactics In Georgia Speech
Former Illinois governor and Democratic leader Adlai Stevenson denounced the Republican program as indictment by suspicion and accused McCarthyism of steering the party. He urged uncovering past mistakes and rooting out communist agents with dignity and objectivity. Stevenson praised Truman, warned against partisan strife, and claimed Democrats guided key issues in the last session.
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
McCarthy
Georgia
United States
Truman
Brooklyn
Republican Congress
Ike
Pan American road race ends with seven dead
Juarez Mexico reports the fourth Pan American road race covering 1912 miles from south to north. A three man Lancia led by Juan Manuel Fangio won the sports car class in 18 hours 11 minutes. Chuck Stevenson and team swept the big stock car division with 20 hours 31 minutes 32 seconds. Seven people died and only 57 of 177 cars finished.
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Mexico
Lancia
Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentina
Fangio
Chuck Stevenson
Lynwood
Calif
Milwaukee
Wis
Co. D. Evans
el Paso
British Woman Sails Solo Across Atlantic
Mrs. Ann Davison, 38, of Gloucestershire England, sailed alone across the Atlantic in a 23 foot sloop and docked in New York harbor Monday night after fog. She left England May 19 1952 and visited France Spain and Gibraltar before reaching Miami August 12.
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New York
Ann Davison
Gloucestershire
England
Atlantic
Football Fans Stage Wild Brawl on Bus
A wild fight among passengers on a chartered bus en route to Ohio after a Cleveland vs Pittsburgh NFL game left one man seriously hurt and two others injured. Several were jailed as police identified most passengers as Norwalk Ohio residents.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Patrick Fahey
Norwalk
Crash Kills Boy in Findlay Suburban Collision
In Findlay Ohio a two car crash near Fostoria killed 5 year old Timothy John son of Bloomdale in Wood County. Police described the incident as a fatal road collision involving a child and another vehicle. investigation ongoing to determine cause and parties involved.
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Boy Findlay
Ohio
Fostoria
Timothy Johnson
Bloomdale
Wood County
Columbus youth marks birthday in coma after car crash
Danny Neil Lissal, 11, has spent eight years in a coma since a crash the day before his fourth birthday in Hamilton. Doctors say he will never recover and he cannot count or understand his birthday, leaving this anniversary without celebration.
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Columbus
Danny Neil Lissal
Danny
Hamilton
Ike Cabinet Aides Tout GOP Record At Gala Dinner
Secretary Humphrey praised the Republican administration for a strong defense and sound economy at a $100-a-plate dinner in Chicago's Palmer House. Mrs. Hobby cited Korea peace as a top achievement as 1650 attendees heard that tax cuts require spending reductions.
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Treasury
Humphrey
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare
Hobby
Palmer House
Korea
Eisenhower
Mother and five children die in Johnstown fire
A mother Evelyn Sullivan 32 and her five children Mattie Ruth 9 Wayne Howard 5 Eugene 3 Neverly Ann 18 months Barbara 4 weeks perished in a four family apartment blaze in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Three other children escaped with minor burns and two other families fled unharmed. Det Sgt Stephen Harris said the fire occurred between 630 and 700 am EST and all local fire units responded.
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Stephen Harris
Harris
Evelyn Sullivan
Mattie Ruth
Wayne Howard
Eugene
Neverly Ann
Barbara
McCarthy Responds as Canada Ghosts Blackmail Claims
Senate investigators reviewed FBI summaries on alleged Soviet espionage while Sen. McCarthy plans a radio TV reply to Truman. A Canadian Liberal MP accused McCarthyites of trying to blackmail Canada to release Igor Gouzenko, who exposed a Soviet ring in 1945. Gouzenko remains under police protection in Canada.
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Senate
FBI
Harry Dexter White
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
House of Commons
United States
Canada
Igor Gouzenko
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
White House
Harold E. Glasser
Glasser
Treasury Department
David Croll
Liberal Party
F Eisenhower
Lester B. Pearson
Croll
Toronto Star
Pearson
Robert Morris
Subcommittee
New York
Gouzenko
Ottawa
Atty
Brownell
Morris
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Jenner
Rand
Eisenhower on character code and Thanksgiving plans
President Eisenhower, accepting the Democratic Legacy Award, says no one can assassinate character from behind and recalls Abilene West code of facing enemies. He plans a Thanksgiving golf vacation in Augusta, then returns to Washington, noting his western upbringing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
Abilene
Kan
Hiss Parole Bid Rejected for Second Time
Alger Hiss lost a second parole bid as the U S Parole Board publicly refused any change to the prior denial. Dr Paul Tappan said the board automatically reconsidered the application and found no reason to alter the sentence from lying about giving secrets to the Communists.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Paul Tappan
U. S. Parole Board
Board of Parole
State Department
Five Day Ohio Forecast Warmer Weekend Cooler Start
The forecast calls for cooler near normal temperatures Wednesday and Thursday in Ohio. Friday and Saturday turn warmer before a colder Sunday. Normal highs around 44 north 48 south with lows near 30 to 32. Light rain expected tonight with possible rain or snow mix north Friday or Saturday totaling about a quarter inch.
House Leader Martin Deals Sales Tax Plans Fatal Blow
Washington report notes House Speaker Joseph W. Martin stated a general sales tax would not pass the House, signaling a collapse of the proposal. Democratic leaders and Republican Floor Leader Charles Halleck aligned against the tax, with committee members Jere Cooper and Daniel Reed opposing it as well.
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Martin
Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Rmass
Congress
Charles Halleck
Rind
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Daniel Reed
New York
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Secretary of the
Treasury
Humphrey
Flood Danger Rises in Pacific Northwest
The Associated Press reports increased flood danger as rain soaked the Pacific Northwest. Two people drowned and about 3500 individuals were isolated in Oregon and northern California as roads flooded and slides blocked major highways in Coos and Curry counties. Towns Coquille Myrtle Point Powers and Bandon were cut off.
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Pacific Northwest
California
Oregon
Coos
Curry
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Powers
Bandon
New England
State Claims Doctor Lied in Bank Robbery Perjury Case
The state planned to put FBI expert George F. Mesnig on the stand to prove Dr. Alexander V. Spaeth lied about an alibi in a $71,000 bank robbery case involving Joseph J. Sanzo. The doctor testified Sanzo visited for a skin ailment on the robbery day, and a medical card date allegedly changed to Aug 14 to match the heist in Warren.
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Cleveland
FBI
Alexander V. Spaeth
George F. Mesnig
Joseph J. Sanzo
Union Savings and Trust Co
Warren
Spaeth
Sanzo
Wat~ Ren
West Virginia Forests Opened to Hunters Today
POINT PLEASANT West Virginia woodlands were reopened to hunters. Conservation Director Carl J. Johnson urged sportsmen to help prevent forest fires as the season opens for squirrel turkey ruffed grouse rabbit hare quail bear ring necked pheasant raccoon possum and skunk waterfowl with exceptions wood duck swan brant and snow geese and woodcock.
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West Virginia Woodlands
Carl J. Johnson
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