Armed and Dangerous Recapture Traps Two Escapees
Pittsburgh police captured Cormack F. McNelis and Ralph Mastermonica within 24 hours of Western State Penitentiary escape. Nine convicts remained at large as officers hunted in multiple counties after the eight men overpowered guards, cut through the roof, and descended on a 70 foot rope.
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Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Cormack F. McNelis
Clairton
Ralph Mastermonica
McNelis
McKeesport
Mastermonica
Diamond Street
McNells and Mastermonica
Steel Company
John Peterman
William Engle
Virgil Toney
Ingram
Toney
Howard Brannan
Clayton Terhune
Bloomingdale
N. J
Somerset
Hugh Matticks
Melvin Robert Loveland
Nick Derembis
Andrew Lee White
Ralph Mastermonico
James Milk
Carnegie
Leo Stiles
Oil City
Campaigning Costs Under Scrutiny By House Panel
The House special committee on campaign expenditures summoning major party leaders to examine rising costs in the television age. Witnesses include Rep. Clarence J. Brown and Republican Arthur Summerfield with Democrats Stephen Mitchell and James McGranery among others. The panel notes a $3 million national spending limit but no cap on auxiliary committees. Estimates of post-election spending range from 50 to 100 million dollars.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Hale Boggs
D-La
Summerfield
Arthur Summerfield
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
Atty
James McGranery
James L. McDevitt
Labor
League For Political Education
Boggs
Republican
Democratic - National Committees
Citizens
National Committee
Allies pound across Korean front as snow slows air battles
Fifth Air Force said jets defeated MiG-15s 23 to 4 in November air combat while other Allied planes knocked out 3,035 Communist trucks. Weather hindered operations with snow two inches deep along the central front. Marine Corsairs hit a road bridge and four buildings near the west coast as ground fighting remained light. A Chinese Red probe on Sniper Ridge was repelled by U N artillery.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Marine Corsairs
U. N
Rochester Sewage Project Tops List
A Rochester sewage treatment project with an estimated cost of 1,876,620 leads Minnesota’s 11 water and sewage projects granted construction permits in the third quarter per the U S Department of Commerce. Other projects include Anoka water 95,000 Beaver Bay waterworks 300,000 Eagle Bend water 120,000 Edina water system 184,050 Ely sewage 361,248 Pine River water tank 146,506 St Louis Park water 176,000 and Waseca sewage 500.
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Minneapolis
Rochester
Minnesota
U. S. Department of Commerce
City of Anoka
Reserve Mining Co
Beaver Bay
Eagle Bend
Edina
Ely
Pine River
St. Louis Park
Waseca
American Tourists Spend More, Says Malian Daily
A Malian financial daily reports that American tourists are valued at twice as much as travelers from other nations. They spend that amount more, highlighting a skew in tourism value between visitors.
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Rome
Blue Earth 4-Her Wins Scholarship At National Congress
At Chicago national 4 H club congress Minnesota and the Dakotas shared honor roll with $300 scholarships. Catherine Nelson 17 Blue Earth won in frozen foods. James Mosser 20 Fortuna ND won field crops. Barbara L Ray 17 Poplar Wis in clothing. Walter Holtz 20 Mukwonago Wis tractor. David Nelson 18 Shippen Wis dairy. Jack Clouse 21 Taylor Wis soil and water. Donald T Tupper 20 Junius SD won recreation and rural arts and a trip to the congress.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Catherine Nelson
Blue Earth
James Mosser
Fortuna
N. D
Barbara L. Ray
Poplar
Wis
Walter R. Holtz
Mukwonago
Eisenhower Turns to Foreign Problems After Weekend Picks
President elect Eisenhower shifts focus to international affairs after naming top foreign staff officers. John Foster Dulles becomes secretary of state designate, Winthrop Aldrich to Britain ambassador, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to chair U N delegation, and Harold Stassen to head the Mutual Security Agency. Lodge to confer with Dulles and Austin on U N matters. Gen. Lucius D. Clay to meet the President elect. A hush hush Columbia meeting with Nelson A. Rockefeller and two college presidents led to a study group on governmental organization.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
John Foster Dulles
Winthrop W. Aldrich
U. S
Great Britain
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
United Nations
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Mutual Security
Lodge
Dulles Lodge
Dulles
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
U. N
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Continental Can Company
Columbia University
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur S. Flemming
Milton Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Fiemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Pennsylvania State College
Aldrich
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chase Safe Deposit Company
International Paper Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Westinghouse Corp
New York Central Railroad
Discount Corp. of New York
Gifford
Auto Exhaust Claims Two Young Lives in Nashwauk
Ruth and Howard Conners aged 10 and 12 died of asphyxiation while waiting in a running car for their father Lawrance Conners outside a Pengilly area liquor store and bar. Itasca County coroner Eben Henderson dated death at about 11 45 p m after a four hour absence. another daughter previously died in similar circumstances. Nashwauk lies about 50 miles west of Hibbing in Itasca County.
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Nashwauk
Minn
Pengilly
Ruth
Howard Conners
Lawrance Conners
Conners
Eben Henderson
Itasca County
Henderson
Hibbing
Officials Take Oath in Minnesota State Posts
Three state officials sworn in before Associate Justice C R Magney at the Minnesota Supreme Court ceremony. Mrs. Mike Holm becomes secretary of state for a short term ending January 1 while Lund and Rasmussen take office for longer terms. Holm, Lund Republicans, Rasmussen the sole Democratic-Farmer-Labor pick, secured a four year term ending 1957.
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ST. Paul
C. R. Magney
State Supreme Court
Mike Holm
Ewald Lund
Duluth
Paul Rasmussen
Chatfield
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Mortar Shell Ends Marine's Life as He Writes to Wife
A 21 year old Marine in Korea writing a letter to his wife is killed when a Communist mortar shell explodes outside his bunker. A fragment severs his jugular as he falls to the dirt floor, the dying scene described in stark frontline detail.
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Marine
William C. Barnard
Korea
Son
Holes in Polar Air Defense Reported
US and Canada face gaps in North American air defense as radar covers some areas but interceptor bases are sparse along Greenland Labrador and eastern Greenland coast. President notes three USAF bases in Greenland with Thule Narsarsuak and Sondrestrom and Denmark must approve any expansion under NATO.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Fay
North Pole
Alesken
Greenland
Far North
Washington
North American
Russia
United States
Canada
Alaska
Thule
Northeast Air Command
Laborador
New Foundland
USAF
Narsarssuak
Sondestrom Fjord
Arctic Circle
Cape York
Denmark
U. S
Arctic
Lie Can Oust Reds, jurists Say
A U N panel of three international jurists says Secretary General Trygve Lie can fire staff who are active American Communist party members or those who refuse to answer grand jury questions about subversion. They urge action based on loyalty and U.N. records.
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A. I. Goldberg
United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
Lie
International Jurists
U. S
U. S. Grand Jury
Senate
U.N
Weekend Toll Placed at 3
Three people died in Minnesota over the weekend in violent incidents. Jackie Michel, seven, of Minneapolis, died when his sled struck a bus wheel after the bus driver described a burst from between snowbanks. Gilbert Farver, thirty six, a Fairfax bulk oil dealer, was pinned under a car after it overturned on an icy county road. A man identified by a driver’s license as Leonard Drossel, thirty seven, of Minneapolis, was found dead in a car near Regal. Kandiyohi County coroner Harvey Anderson indicated the death appeared self-inflicted.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Jackie Michel
Minneapolis
Gilbert Farver
Fairfax
Renville
Ben Leonard
Olivia
Farver
Leonard Drossel
Regal
Kandiyohi
Harvey Anderson
McKinley Praises Ike Choice Ezra Benson for Agriculture Secretary
Harold L. McKinley of St Ansgar Iowa reports the National Republican Farm Council unanimously applauded General Eisenhowers selection of Ezra Taft Benson of Salt Lake City as Secretary of Agriculture. The group aims to be the GOPs agriculture voice and urges Congress to create a bipartisan agricultural commission to advise the President and Secretary. An executive committee of four officers will guide until a state-representative panel is formed.
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Chicago
Harold L. McKinley
St. Ansgar
National Republican Farm Council
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Voice of Agriculture
Republican Party
McKinley
Arthur Nelson
Hutchinson
Minn
Rose Schoning
Farmington
French artist Matisse to design Ginza lamp posts
Tokyo newspapers report French artist Matisse chosen to design new lamp posts for the Ginza district as part of spruce up efforts. About 200 flower beds will be installed to brighten the capital and the shopping area.
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Tokyo
Matisse
Ginza
Pekin Draft Board Rechecks George E. Jones Address
A Pekin Illinois draft board rechecked the address of George E. Jones. One notice was received at Olney Illinois by Justice of the Peace George E. Jones who quips about being 82 and proud.
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Pekin
Ill
George E. Jones
Olney
Justice of the Peace
Housing Complex Underway Near Manila
Construction of a 3.5 million dollar model housing community in suburban Quezon City accelerates with plans for new homes and amenities. The project targets improved living standards and urban development in the area.
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Housing Construction
Manila
Quezon City
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