Berlin’s West Dilemma as Powers Split Over Action
Western allies struggle to agree on a unified Berlin policy amid Khrushchev’s looming dismantle proposal. Bonn resists Western concessions to East German Reds, while U.S. analysts note no Western decision until Moscow clarifies its plan. 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain, 10 000 Allied troops hold West Berlin.
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Britain
France
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Germany
Moscow
London
Washington
Bonn
West Berlin
Iron Curtain
Airlines and Auto Plants Gripped by Broad Labor Strikes
Disruptions across airlines halted service at Trans World, American, Eastern and Capital Airlines with thousands idled. The United Auto Workers walkout idled 7000 at Studebaker Packard in South Bend while U S Steel Gary works faced curtailment from Elgin Joliet and Eastern railway workers. Federal mediation sought to avert further shutdowns as pickets withdrew in Gary.
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Trans World
TWA
Federal Mediation Service
Kansas City
International Assn. of
Fastern
American
Capital Airlines
Studebaker & Packard
South Bend
Ind
United Auto Workers Local 5
Gary
U.S. Steel Corp
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Nixon Rockefeller Reach Informal GOP Pact Through 1960
A weekend Washington meeting produced a tacit accord between Vice President Nixon and New York Governor-elect Rockefeller to avoid stepping on each other’s toes through 1960. Rockefeller endorsed Nixon’s 1960 nominating idea while pledging to focus on governing New York, signaling mutual non interference in each other’s reform work and party building ahead of the convention.
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New York
GOP
Rockefeller
Nixon
FBI reports 11 percent rise in crime in nine months
The FBI said crime rose 11 percent in the first nine months of this year versus 1957. Preliminary city data from populations over 25 000 show increases across seven offense types: robbery 18 percent burglary 14 percent forcible rape 13 percent larceny over 50 13 percent auto theft 5 percent murder 3 percent aggravated assault 2 percent.
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Washington
FBI
Minister Continues Defiance at Cincinnati Arraignment
In Cincinnati a new arraignment session opens in U.S. District Court for Rev. Maurice F. McCrackin, a controversial non taxpayer pastor, who says he will not respond to the summons for his appearance. He previously refused to enter pleas or cooperate with attorney appointments.
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Cincinnati
U.S. District Court
Maurice F. McCrackin
Internal Revenue
McCrackin
Eisenhower Graces Augusta Course During Vacation
At Augusta Georgia the president continues his golf vacation with Mrs Eisenhower appearing cheerful on the church steps after services and the president settling in for another 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club. The Christmas holiday escape is described as a tonic with Ike looking ruddy after days of sun during a ten day stay.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church
Charles H. Gibboney
Dent
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
Push to create UN space committee faces Soviet veto risk
United States and 19 allied nations push a General Assembly Political Committee plan to form an 18 nation body to study peaceful space uses. Soviets demand parity. rival Soviet proposal favors an 11 nation panel with a permanent space research program.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
UN General Assembly
U. S
Assembly
Valerian A. Zorin
Fast Draw Fan Slain by Slug in Shoe Incident
Philadelphia man Albert C Williams aged 50, a Western fan and deli owner, practiced fast draw in Delaware County. He packed a .22 pistol and left town Sunday, but a misfire or mishap left a slug in his shoe, injuring him.
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Philadelphia
Albert C. Williams
Delaware County
Guinea Ghana Plan Merger Moves West Africa Toward Union
Premiers Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Sekou Toure of Guinea agree to merge their nations as a first step toward a West African union. Ratification by assemblies required, with Nigeria seen as likely candidate for independence on October 1, 1964. Guinea recently gained independence from France. Ghana became a republic in 1957.
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Guinea
Africa
Kwame Nkrumah
Sekou Toure
Nigeria
France
Britain
Commonwealth
Pastor Changes Post in Canton Methodist District
On January 1 Rev Charles W Hamilton moves from Willoughby Methodist Church to superintendent of the Canton Methodist District, a district with 88 congregations and 32 715 members.
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Cleveland
Charles W. Hamilton
Willoughby Methodist Church
Canton
Teachers To Get Aid From NSF Grant
Springfield Ohio reports tenberg College will use a 44600 grant from the National Science Foundation to help high school teachers learn more about the heavens above the earth.
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Springfield
Ohio
M—Wittenberg College
National Science Foundation
Mayday calls from Ohio planes end safely after diversions
Two military aircraft triggered Mayday distress calls over Ohio Sunday evening. A Wright-Patterson officer said one call was a false alarm from a C123 cargo plane that switched on the distress channel en route to Mansfield. The other came from an Ohio National Guard F84F piloted by Capt. L. E. Prince, who diverted to Indianapolis after instrument trouble and landed without injury on a taxiway at Weir Cook.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force Information Services
Information Services
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Afb
Air Force
Mansfield
Greensboro
N. C
Ohio National Guard
L. E. Prince
Springfield Municipal
Wright-Patterson
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Prince
Woman Charged With Hiring Hitman For Patrolman’s Wife
A 22 year old social worker is charged with hiring a man to kill the wife of a state highway patrolman she loved. The alleged killer turned out to be a police detective. The plan never reached execution and the patrolman was not implicated.
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Greensboro
N. C
McArthur Services Set For Man Killed By Car
Funeral services and burial will be held Tuesday at McArthur for 22 year old Charles Richards Jr of Columbus who was killed Sunday when hit by a car passing a tractor trailer on a Columbus street. Richards is survived by his parents a sister and grandmother of Columbus.
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McArthur
Charles Richards Jr
Columbus
Wrightsel Funeral Home
Richards
Charles Richards Sr
Man Gets Loot as Fire Destroys Barn
Warren Ohio report that John L Brase Wick recovered 7000 of 11000 dollars hidden in a barn during a Sunday fire near Courtland. The blaze caused 15000 estimated barn loss and 5000 for non cash contents with 4000 remaining unrecovered.
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Warren
Ohio
John L. Brasewick
Near Courtland
Quiet on shore guns as Quemoy bombardment eases
Taipei reports Communist shore batteries ceased fire on an even shelling day after heavy bombardment of Quemoy and nearby islands. The garrison says hundreds of troops return to coastal fortifications while Nationalist return fire remains heavy. Red air activity resumed over offshore areas.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Quemoy
Guild Accepts Contract For Cleveland Papers
Cleveland Newspaper Guild members voted Sunday to accept a new two year contract covering about 700 employees of the three daily newspapers.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Torch Death Probe Advances In Ohio Case
Cincinnati police say they can prosecute Edythe Klumpp under Ohio Criminal Code rules after a legal snag on where the torch death of Martha Bergen occurred. Bergen was found heavily burned at a state lake near Wilmington after allegedly being shot. Klumpp reportedly carried the body in a car trunk and burned it. Police cite a statute allowing prosecution in either county where death occurs. The next hearing is set for Wednesday.
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Cincinnati
Edythe Klumpp
Cinton County
Martha Louise Bergen
Wilmington
Klumpp
Cleveland
Eastern Air Lines Flight Engineers Set to Strike
A union spokesman says 600 flight engineers for Eastern Air Lines will strike today, potentially shutting down service systemwide. The dispute centers on pilot training requirements, and Eastern has offered to fund it. The union warns of widespread impact on 124 cities across 25 states plus Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Bermuda. The strike could hurt South Florida’s tourist season as Eastern operates up to 100 flights daily through Miami.
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Canada
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Bermuda
American Airlines
Air Line Pilots Assn
Miami
Fla
Flight Engineers International Association
Eastern
South Florida
IAM
First Election As New State Set At Alaska
In Alaska many voters brave snow to cast ballots in the first state election. Democrats favored to win two U S senators one congressman governor secretary of state and 60 legislators. E L Bartlett expected to win a Senate seat easily while Gov Mike Stepovich and Ernest Gruening contest a close race. National figures campaigned for both parties with Nixon Seaton for Republicans and Kennedy for Democrats.
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Juneau
Alaska
United States
E. L. Bartlett
Congress
Mike Stepovich
Ernest Gruening
Richard M. Nixon
Fred M. Seaton
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Thirty-One Volunteer for Lie Tests in Money Disappearance
Thirteen volunteers, thirty-one in total, will undergo lie detector tests at Central Police Station. Twenty-eight are policemen and firemen. three others work with Acme Meats, Inc. from which $3200 vanished.
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Cleveland
Central Police Station
Acme Meats, Inc
Mother OKs Marriage in Shreveport Pair Wed
Allie Dowden aged 77 wins his 103 year old mother's approval to marry 65 year old Mrs. Syleter Pevytoe next Wednesday. Both widowed once before, Dowden works as a carpenter and the wedding will be their second marriage.
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Shreveport
Allie Dowden
Dowden
Syleter Pevytoe
Flames Set on Creek as Oil Tanks Spill
A spectacular fire on Little Falls Creek caused by oil from 12 storage tanks spilled into the water near Washington. Flames burned for hours, causing about $350,000 damage. Firemen battled through thick smoke. two firefighters were slightly injured.
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Washington
Little Falls Creek
Radio Funnyman Dies in Hollywood Heart Attack
Hollywood authorites report 54 year old Harry Einstein known on air as the Greek funnyman Parkya karkas died of a heart attack today backstage at a show business gathering. Colleagues describe him as a vibrant radio performer with a sharp wit and wide audience.
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Hollywood
Harry_ Einstein
Funnyman Parkyakarkas
De Gaulle Returns Big Win In First Round Of French Assembly Polls
Premier De Gaulle gains sweeping support in a low turnout national vote as his UNR party and anti Gaullist groups clash. Communists lose ground while independents and rightists gain, with 41 of 465 seats decided and runoff set for next Sunday.
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Paris
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Red
Jacques Duclos
Pierre Mendes
France
Maurice Bourges- Maunoury
Union For the New Republic
UNR
Jacques Soustelle
Interior Ministry
Youths Break Ground for Education Building at Newburg Church
In Louisville Kentucky children performed a spoof groundbreaking using spoons to dedicate the Newburg Christian Church education building valued at $47 000. Adults allowed the kids to lead the ceremony since they will use the structure.
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Louisville
Newburg Christian Church
Weather West Virginia Forecast Turns Colder With Snow Flurries
Weather outlook shows clouds and a sharp chill across West Virginia with light snow flurries in the north tonight. Tuesday remains cloudy and colder with lows around 32 to 36 and highs near 45, while the five day forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal and about 0.3 to 0.4 inch of precipitation midweek and again by Saturday. Northern regions see lower normals than southern areas and colder conditions trend into Thursday or Friday.
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West Virginia
Father’s intuition saves drowning child in Ohio pond
In Painesville Ohio Fred Trusty 30 reported a sudden feeling to check the pond and rescuing his two year old son Paul Trusty from drowning. Firemen revived the child with a respirator after he drifted unconscious face blue from a six foot deep water. Paul had wandered away from brothers Fred Jr six and John four while playing in the yard.
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Painesville
Ohio
Paul Trusty
Fred Trusty
Trusty
Paul
John
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