West Berlin Crisis Moves Toward a Free City Proposal
The United States and NATO allies map a long diplomatic campaign against the Soviet Union’s bid to turn West Berlin into a free city. Washington warns no agreement would abandon West Berlin to hostile domination and plans consultations with Britain France and West Germany. Officials expect a late 195? rejection while pursuing a broader all German settlement and a Paris foreign ministers meeting on December 15.
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Soviet bloc proposes talks on inspection and disarmament
At Geneva the Soviet bloc offered to negotiate an international inspection system to prevent surprise attack if the West accepts other disarmament measures. Jeri Hajek for the five Communist nations outlined a plan for ground observer posts and aerial inspection and related disarmament steps. Western delegates refused to discuss the proposal, deeming it political and outside the conference's technical remit.
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Romania
Albania
U. S. Strategic Air Command
Weather Ohio Five Day Forecast
Ohio faces continued cold with temperatures 5 to 8 degrees below normal. Snow today and tonight with accumulating four to six inches, possible mix with freezing rain or sleet. Snow flurries continue into Tuesday, with drivers warned of hazardous conditions. West Virginia sees heavy snow northwest with three to five inch local accumulations and mixed precip elsewhere.
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Missiles Main Topic At Eisenhower Meeting
President Eisenhower and top Pentagon officials met at Augusta National Golf Club to decide on military funding with emphasis on guided missiles. Attendees included Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy General Nathan F. Twining and Defense Office head William Holaday, plus Budget Director Maurice Stans and others.
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Death Claims Noted Maestro Rodzinski
Artur Rodzinski, famed conductor, died at Massachusetts General Hospital of a heart ailment. Widow Halina cites 66, though others list 64. He led major orchestras amid tempestuous disputes and last conducted Wagner in Chicago ten days prior with the Lyric Opera.
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Artur Rodzinski
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Rodzinski
Chicago
Lyric Opera Company
Chicago Symphony
Algeria begins first legislative election since 1951
Algeria opened its first legislative election since 1951 with 67 seats in the French National Assembly on the ballot. Voting continues through Sunday with candidates aligned to maintaining French rule dominating the field.
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Algeria
French National Assembly
Judge rules against damages claim in jaw injury case
In Haderslev a judge dismissed a woman's demand for 60 kroner after another woman broke her jaw in a quarrel. The injured party said she could not eat for days, while the defendant argued the claimant saved money for food while ill.
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Haderslev
Demagaes
Thor Missile Takes New Role As Intermediate Range Weapon
The Thor missile, previously a booster for space probes, moves to its primary role as an intermediate range ballistic weapon. Four squadrons with 15 missiles each will be stationed in Britain under a February agreement, with Britain training a RAF squadron.
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Thor
Britain
Royal Air Force
Douglas Aircraft Co
Santa Monica
Calif
Sheriff to Question 13 Year Old In Cousin Slaying
Holmes County Sheriff Harry Weiss planned to question a 13 year old Friday about the shooting death of Harry Amons Jr. 20 of Holmesville shot in the back near a county road as they returned to a car.
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Holmesville
Heavy Snow Warnings Grip Entire Ohio State
The weather bureau issued heavy snow warnings for all of Ohio as four to six inches of accumulation were expected before ending in light flurries tonight or Saturday. Snow began falling state wide, delaying holiday trimming in many areas.
Boy Leads Authorities To Victim In Hunting Accident
A 13 year old boy led authorities to the body of Michael Spence near Portsmouth after an all night search in the woods. The victim died from a .22 rifle wound just over the heart. Ralph Osborn Jr. initially suspected, later admitted to shooting in a hunting accident and guided deputies to the scene.
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Ruby Spence
Young Spence
Ralph Osborn Jr
Spence
Young Osborn
Michael
Man Trapped Two Days in Downtown Elevator Shaft
Stanley Heiducki, 38, spent Thanksgiving trapped at the bottom of a Manhattan elevator shaft for two days and eight days without food. Two restaurant workers nearby heard knocking and, in a prankish moment, called for him to reveal himself at 4 a.m. Heiducki could not explain how he ended up there.
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New York
Stanley Heiducki
Manhattan
Humphrey Begins Short Moscow Visit
Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota arrived in Moscow for a brief diplomatic visit marking a new phase in U S Soviet engagement and signaling continued high level dialogue between the two powers.
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Moscow
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Alaska Counts Votes After Thanksgiving Recess
Alaska resumes vote tally after a Thanksgiving recess. Democrats sweep the state’s two Senate seats one House seat and the governorship, giving the party full control of the 60 member Legislature. Bartlett leads one Senate race Gruening wins the other Egan wins the governorship over Butrovich.
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Senate
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Bob) Bartlett
Congress
Ernest Gruening
Territorial
Mike Stepovich
William Egan
Valdez
Jhon Butrovich Jr
Actor Rock Hudson Hurt in Hollywood Traffic Collision
Hollywood reports actor Rock Hudson suffered minor cuts after a taxi cab turning into his home driveway collided with another car. Hudson was in the taxi at the time of the accident.
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Hollywood
Rock Hudson
Airlines Face Court Action as Strike Looms
A New York federal hearing could decide if a third major airline joins Western and Trans World in a strike, threatening more grounded flights. American seeks to extend an injunction against pilots, while Eastern waits on a no strike plea in Miami. Nonstruck airlines face delays as holiday travel continues.
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Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Air Line Pilots Assn
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FE. C. Choate
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Ten Negroes Seek Entry To Newport News School
In Newport News Virginia ten Black children seek admission to a white elementary school. Judge Walter E Hoffman presides in U S District Court over the desegregation petition filed by the children's parents marking a second effort to end racial barriers in the shipbuilding community. The case follows a 1957 desegregation order and legal questions after the July 1 merger creating Greater Newport News.
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Walter E. Hoffman
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Virginia
Warwick
West Berlin rejects Soviet free city proposal amid six month siege
West Berlin officials led by Mayor Willy Brandt reject Khrushchev’s plan to turn the city into a demilitarized free city. The Western Allies vow to defend West Berlin, with Adenauer de Gaulle and the U S State Department signaling continued support and occupation promises to remain in place.
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Berlin
Army Navy Program Salutes New State
The official Army Navy game program salutes the new state of Alaska. The 168 page book features a totem pole topped by a football player in a composite team jersey. Alaska sports notes highlight D. D. Pullen as Army captain and tackle from the territory.
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Alaska
D. D. Pullen
Seoul Police Ban Outside Gatherings Amid Subversion Plot
Seoul Metropolitan police Friday banned outdoor gatherings and demonstrations. Police chief Le Kang Hak cited a serious North Korean subversion plot and noted two clashes off Korea's coasts where patrols encountered armed Communist vessels ferrying espionage agents.
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South Korea
le Kang Hak
Republic of Korea
Korea
Fire strikes University Hospital in Columbus ninth-floor room
Fire of undetermined origin damaged a ninth-floor room at University Hospital. Firemen extinguished the blaze in 45 minutes. two nurses and one other person were slightly injured. About 12 patients were evacuated.
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University Hospital
Thanksgiving Traffic Toll Tops Four-Day Weekend
Traffic remained the leading cause of holiday deaths during a 102 hour Thanksgiving period from 6 p m Wednesday to midnight Sunday. The Associated Press counted 394 traffic deaths plus 32 fires and 121 other accidents totaling 547, with safety experts noting travel was lighter than other holidays. The national toll could run near 470 for a comparable non holiday weekend, while 1956 set records of 707 traffic deaths and 884 total fatalities for the same period.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Oklahoma City Convalescent Home Fire Kills Five
Investigation promised by state arson investigators into the blaze that destroyed a convalescent home for disabled children. Five killed, a sixth seriously burned. Officials cited a possible cause involving a youngster's clothing catching fire, with another saying a child may have been playing with matches. Parents and others faced a grim outlook for the 17 survivors.
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Oklahoma City
Chester Stringer
State Crime Bureau
Kyle Morehead
Stringer
Ten Children Die In Thanksgiving Fires
Ten children and a mother and father died in three fires on Thanksgiving Day. In Little Rock Arkansas a mother father and four children perished in a small frame house fire, with one child as sole survivor hospitalized with burns. In Milford Connecticut a three year old girl died when a space heater fire swept the home of Mr and Mrs Ernest DuMont. Eight years earlier the DuMonts had lost four children in a space heater fire in Claremont New Hampshire.
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Ark
Milford
Conn
Ernest DuMont
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Claremont
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Tamora
Teenagers Clash After Thanksgiving Football Game
Police say eight clashes between white and Negro teenagers followed the Thanksgiving Day charity game at Municipal Stadium. Five white youths were injured, with victims unable to identify attackers. no arrests were reported.
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Cleveland
Municipal Stadium
Bulgarian Chief Dies After Long Illness
Georgi Damianov, 66, Bulgaria's chief of state since 1950, died Thursday in Sofia after a long illness, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
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Hungary
P Georgi Damianov
Bulgaria
Sofia
Treaty talks to open in Tokyo next week
Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama announced that the United States and Japan will resume negotiations in Tokyo next week on revising the 1951 security treaty, outlining the framework for renewed discussions.
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United States
Japan
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Todd’s Brother John Goldin Dies in California
John Goldin aged 69 brother of showman Mike Todd died at home in Long Beach California after an apparent heart attack. Medical authorities reported no foul play.
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Calif
Mike Todd
John Goldin
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