Rioting Inmates Release Guards at New Mexico Prison
Rioting convicts at the New Mexico State Prison freed eight guards they held since Sunday after tense negotiations. Warden Morris Abram and State Police led efforts as guards were released unharmed, with ringleader Robert Eads identified among the inmates in Santa Fe.
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St. Louis
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N. M
New Mexico State Prison
Hold Parade Second Time for Sick Boy in Boston
East Boston staged a Columbus Day parade for Skippy Romano a 9 year old boy with muscular dystrophy. About 1000 marchers six bands and National Guard units joined the event, repeated because Skippy could not attend the original due to illness and cold weather. The district residents organized the second parade to support Skippy whose illness mirrors the famed Lou Gehrig case.
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Skippy Romana
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Veterans Observe Pearl Harbor Day at Arlington
Veterans groups marked the 1th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day at Arlington National Cemetery. President-elect Eisenhower sent a message praising devotion to duty and sacrifice in Korea. Wreaths were placed at a monument for 253 men who died when the U S Serpens was torpedoed. Taps was played by Frank Wirtz of Ionia Michigan, who fulfilled a longtime wish to blow taps in the national cemetery.
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General Olmsted to Retire After New Year
Major General George H. Olmsted of Des Moines says he will return to private life after the first of the year. He has served in the Office of Military Assistance within the Department of Defense.
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Washington
George H. Olmsted
Des Moines
Office of Military Assistance
Department of Defense
Weather Outlook For Monday To Wednesday
Partly cloudy and colder Monday night with a low around 25. Tuesday brings mainly partial sunshine and cooler temperatures with highs 37 to 46. The outlook calls for continued cool and fair conditions.
Aides Join Eisenhower For Conference On Cruiser
President elect Dwight Eisenhower opens a formal conference aboard the USS Helena with advisers soon after boarding at Wake Island. The talks center on Korea and future administration plans with key appointees and aides aboard heading for Pearl Harbor for further discussions.
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Allied Warplanes Plaster N Korea Front Lines
Hundreds of Allied warplanes bombed North Korean targets as F-86 Sabres shot down a MiG-15 over Sinuiju. Seven Reds fell in one day, the largest single-day tally in three months, amid patrol clashes especially near Sniper Ridge and chilly zero-degree temperatures. Twenty-five more vehicles were reported destroyed in dawn attacks on supply convoys.
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Police car turned into real hot rod in Oakland
A police car with an officer inside was transformed into a hot rod by 2300 volts when a windstorm toppled a power line. Officer Charles Woodworth rode a cushion as crews cut the tire and saved him from electrocution. In Worth Texas, five assaulted a downtown hotel, killing three.
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Power Company
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Harlan Man Killed After Boat Capsized Near Memphis
Lt Comdr Robert K Whitney 52 of Denver and two other officers were thrown into the Mississippi when a small motorboat capsized while duck hunting about 18 miles north of Memphis. Whitney died after four hours in icy water. His parents live at Harlan Iowa. Also noted is Jim Tyler of Atlantic who spent a week in Little Rock where the Tyler company bought a Seven Up bottling plant.
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Stewart McDonald
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Denver
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Jim Tyler
Atlantic
Little Rock, Ark
Tyler Company
Church Group Weighs Unity in Interdenominational Work
Denver reports that a majority of American Protestants discussed giving The Little Brown Church a full role in national interdenominational efforts. Delegates from 29 denominations, serving about 31 million Protestants and Eastern Orthodox, meet to assess council operation and grassroots impact.
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Little Brown
General Assembly
National Council of Churches of Christ
O. M. Walton
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Council of Churches
National Council
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Fire destroys Caledonia general store and home
An early morning blast from an oil furnace caused a fire that destroyed the Caledonia general store and the Holmes family residence west of Griswold on Highway 100. Fire crews saved a grain-storage building while the living quarters and merchandise were lost. The Holmes family, including a three-week-old baby, found shelter with a neighbor. No damage estimate given.
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Caledonia General Store
Here
Leonard
Jack) Holmes
Holmes
Survey predicts repeal of colored oleomargarine law
A Des Moines AP survey shows Iowa lawmakers leaning toward legalizing colored oleomargarine sales and repealing the 5 cent per pound tax after the 1953 session opens. Support comes from grocers and processors. dairy interests oppose.
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Iowa
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Purge Report Hits Czech Reds Names Seized
Belgrade radio citing Yugoslav News Agency Tanjug reports a wave of arrests in Czechoslovakia targeting senior figures. Named targets include Antonin Gregor former foreign trade minister and General Ludwig Svoboda former defense minister, among others.
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Ludwig Svoboda
Vladimir Kopshiva
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Eugene Erban
Augustin Kliment
Zdenek Fierlinger
Boy Swallows Pencil Calmly Reports Itself
First grade pupil Jimmy Richard swallowed a three inch pencil last Friday. He calmly told his teacher about it and remains unconcerned as doctors at Faith Hospital consider non surgical removal. His mother works for a pencil manufacturing firm.
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Andrew Signorelli
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Henry Richard
Talking Horse Aids In Hunt For Missing Youngster
In Richmond Virginia a 27 year old talking horse Lady Wonder is used as a detective in the search for nine year old Gary Hayman missing from Exeter State School near Providence Rhode Island since September 23 Lady Wonder answers by spelling with levered letters on a typewriter like contraption She indicated the boy is believed alive but hurt and possibly in a truck in Kansas though authorities caution may be a publicity stunt or misinterpretation The mother of Gary expresses cautious hope and notes the odd method echoes prior cases where the horse aided in locating a missing Massachusetts boy body whose discovery followed similar responses from Lady Wonder
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Times-Dispatch
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Danny Matson
Quincy Mass
Envoy Arrested For Drunkenness With Secrets Found
Foy D. Kohler a 44 year old diplomat on the State Department staff was arrested for drunkenness after his car crashed into a tree in Arlington Virginia. He had two secret documents related to Morocco and Tunisia in the vehicle. His wife Phyllis Kohler 40 faced drunken driving charges and was granted a bail delay.
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Tunisia
Crash of Cuban DC4 Kills 37 Off Bermuda
Cuban authorities opened an investigation into a DC4 airliner crash near Bermuda. Seventeen bodies recovered, three women and a man survived, and twenty were still missing. The Madrid bound plane carried Spaniards Cubans and Mexicans. Cubana Airlines seeks to recover the wreck to determine cause.
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Kindley
Economic Boss Takes Charge of Crippled WSB
Washington economist Roger Putnam assumed control of the stalled wage stabilization program amid a mass resignation by industry board members. He faces legal questions and the option to appoint a new chairman or run the program personally with WSB staff, as unions warn of possible protests if logjams persist.
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Roger Putnam
Eisenhower
Putnam
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Chicago
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Kentucky-Ohio
Sensation Defense
Henry Fowler
AFL
George Meany
WSB
Meany
Charles C. Killingsworth
Supreme Court bars fines and imprisonment for FDA inspection refusals
The Supreme Court ruled that food manufacturers cannot be fined or jailed for denying FDA inspectors entry to their plants. The decision limits enforcement while upholding regulatory access rights.
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Washington
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Supreme Court
Nixon Confident Taft Will Work Smoothly With New Admin
Vice President elect Nixon said Sen Taft is a team player who will work smoothly with the Eisenhower administration. He made the remark after arriving at National Airport from Mexico City where he attended the Cortines inauguration. Nixon noted Taft’s critics over labor secretary nominee Durkin, but said the cabinet should avoid bias.
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Martin P. Durkin
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