Stillwater Prison Under New Directorate For Probe
Stillwater prison began a state run inquiry with Leirfallom directing the operation. He asked Warden Leo F. Utecht and Assistant Warden Orville Engstrom to step aside during the investigation and met with officials and reporters at the prison entrance.
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Stillwater
Minn
Jarle Leirfallom
Stillwater Prison
Leirfallom
Leo F. Utecht
Orville Engstrom
Utecht
Engstrom
Tito Breaks Ties with Vatican Over Cardinal Stepinac
Belgrade Yugoslavia Premier Marshal Tito announced diplomatic relations with the Vatican are severed following the Vatican named Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac to the College of Cardinals. Tito charged Vatican hostility and threatened to cancel a London visit amid British accusations of religious persecution.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Alojzije Stepinac
College of Cardinals
Ales Bebler
Msgr
Silvio di Oddi
di Oddi
Joseph P. Hurley
Tito
London
Study Group Slams Lavish Anoka Hospital Pool
A five member legislative study group described the $81 000 swimming pool in the Anoka state mental hospital Receiving Building as expensive impractical and hazardous for hydrotherapy. They noted the pool’s size depth and location pose drowning risks and questioned its cost effectiveness for recreation and therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Anoka State Mental Hospital
Legislative Research Committee
Lawrence F. Haeg
Robbinsdale
Anoka
Haeg
Unidentified Man Killed in Hopkins Area Hit Run
An unidentified man about 60 years old, dressed in farmhand clothes, was killed when struck near Excelsior road Hopkins. Elaine Sontag, 23, confessed to striking and later fleeing after aiding the unconscious victim. She cared for Mrs. Helen Esler’s children and used Esler’s car. Esler is serving a 90 day workhouse term for contributing to the delinquency of minors after a party investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Excelsior Road
Hopkins
Elaine Sontag
Marcia Miller
American Legion
Miss Sontag
Helen Esler
Esler
Sabre pilots down MIG in North Korea dogfights
Allied Sabre jet pilots credited with one MIG-15 destroyed and four damaged in four dogfights over North Korea. Col. James K. Johnson led the kill, with damage credited to four other officers. U N ground losses tallied 3,462 casualties from Dec 8 to 14, including 2,215 KIA, 1,240 WIA, and 7 captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
James K. Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Eighth Army
United Nations
Czech Reds Admit Unrest Amid Shortages and Rebellions
Czechoslovakia’s Communist Premier Antonin Zapotocky acknowledged discontent and rebellion in the nation, blaming the unrest on shortages of food and coal. President Klement Gottwald had warned that Soviet industrial demands have strained the country, provoking chaotic conditions and hunger demonstrations in defiance of police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravo
Antonin Zapotocky
Klement Gottwald
Soviet Union
Russia
Builders Show to Be Held March 27 29
The Fourth Annual Builders Show will be held in the Austin Armory March 27 29. H B Lidstone show manager announced today. The Austin Contractors Association sponsors the event and Clinton L Jordan L W Johnston and H J Taylor were appointed to the Executive Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Armory
H. B. Lidstone
Austin Contractors Association
Clinton L. Jordan
L. W. Johnston
H. J. Taylor
Eisenhower Keeps Neutral Stance On Taft Leadership Bid
President-elect Eisenhower remains explicitly neutral on Senate leadership, with aides stressing he will not side with Taft or others. GOP lawmakers Carlson and Smith signal strong Taft backing, while Bridges is seen as unlikely to run. Durkin proposes talks on Taft Hartley amendments and Meany’s stance is noted as open to changes. Possible MacArthur talks are also foreshadowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
Eisenhower
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Bridges
Martin P. Durkin
AFL
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
Prowl Strikes Trini Lutheran Church In Rochester
Rochester police probe another church break in after a Saturday incident at Trini Lutheran Church. A kneeling cushion and a woman's purse were reported missing amid the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Trini- Lutheran Church
Six Children Die in North Little Rock Blaze After Blast
Six Bryant children aged 9 to 9 months perished when an explosion and fire destroyed their three room home two miles from North Little Rock Arkansas. Parents Hilton and wife and sister Shirley 12 were hospitalized in critical to serious condition with burns. Deputy says blast occurred as father poured kerosene on the stove igniting flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Little Rock
Ark
Hilton Bryant
Ruth Ann
Patsy
Billie
Ronnie
Jean
Johnny
Shirley
Arkansas Baptist Hospital
Little Rock
Johnny Hardin
MacArthur Eisenhower Center on Far East Outlook
President elect Eisenhower and Gen. Douglas MacArthur met at John Foster Dulles to discuss a clear solution to the Korean War. The luncheon meeting followed MacArthur's earlier statements, with Eisenhower and Dulles leaving the Commodore Hotel together for the talk at Dulles home.
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Eisenhower Headquarters
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Eisenhower Center
New York
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
MacArthur
Dulles
Commodore Hotel
Far East
Truman
Partial Christmas Postal Service Returns Friday
The Post Office Department will provide partial mail service on Friday December 26 designated by President Truman as an additional Christmas holiday for government workers. Some workers will be released while windows stay open to meet public needs. rural delivery will be suspended. Temporary staff will handle much of the work and extra trips will move gift parcels to prevent congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Truman
Quadruple Amputee Is Proud Papa
Fred Hensel a World War II quadruple amputee and his wife welcomed their first child a daughter named Kay Frances in a Birmingham hospital The couple married in 1942 moved from Kentucky to Birmingham in 1946 and ran a farm at Mt Pinson since then Hensel lost both arms and legs on Okinawa in 1945 while serving as an Army master sergeant.
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Birmingham
Fred Hensel
Kay Frances
Hensel
Okinawa
Hensels
Kentucky
Mt. Pinson
Former Iowa Federal Worker Faces Count
House investigators confronted Tobias E. Diamond a 74 year old attorney with accusations he abused his official post while representing Richard Swalve in a dairy eggs dispute. Diamond allegedly pressured Miami clients with threats of jail and indictment before stepping away as Swalve's lawyer. Indictments against others were later dismissed and re submissions ordered by a judge.
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Washington
House
U. S
Iowa
Robert E. Collier
Judiciary
Justice Department
Tobias E. Diamond
Miami
Fla
Diamond
Collier
Herman Gross
David Schiller
Herman N. Rice
Quality Egg Shippers, Inc
Richard Swalve
George
Swalve
Gross
Schiller
Langer targets Foreign Relations seat and Judiciary chair
Sen. Langer of North Dakota seeks a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the Republican Congress convenes. He plans to leave the Post Office panel and aims for the Judiciary Committee chair, leveraging seniority to secure both posts. He backs Eisenhower’s Korea policy and favors MacArthur in advisory roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate Post Office Committee
North Dakotan
Will
Langer
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thief Driving Stolen Car Kills Father of 6
Charles P. Nichols a 30 year old sales manager and father of six was killed when his car was hit by a speeding stolen vehicle. Nichols wife suffered fractures of both collarbones. The theft party fled on foot and left the stolen car abandoned. Readily found in Nichols car were bundles of toys and six Christmas stockings filled with candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles P. Nichols
Nichols
Atomic Scientist Becomes Clergyman
Dr. William G. Pollard a noted atomic scientist and executive director of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies was ordained into the Episcopal ministry today at St Stephen's church He stressed the move did not stem from guilt over the atomic bomb and he will continue his nuclear research Pollard's four sons joined the ceremony as parishioners
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge, Tenn
William G. Pollard
Oak Ridge
Gale Buffets Crack Liner United States
London reports the American liner United States dented near Southampton as winds over 100 mph force her back to port. The port side bridge jammed between cranes, paint scraped, 600 passengers aboard told sailing would be delayed while tugs maneuvered to refloat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
British Isles
Southampton
New York
Mystery of Missing State Game Funds in Hennepin County
State public examiner Richard A. Golling reports a $2,485.32 missing from game and fish license receipts in Hennepin County. The investigation tracks Pettigrew and DeTuncy as former license handlers, with a large deposited total and a persistent deficiency dating to March 18, 1952. Pettigrew died two days after illness. a Brown envelope marked personal contained about $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Hennepin County
Richard A. Golling
Robert F. Fitzsimmons
Golling
Daniel Pettigrew
Pettigrew
Richard DeTuncy
Frank Pettigrew
John Best Elected President Of Valley Blackhawks Club
John Best of Austin was elected president of the Valley Blackhawks Motorcycle Club at a library meeting. Other officers include Paul Johnson as vice president Edith Briggs as secretary Carl Peterson as treasurer A S Laging as sunshine chairman Jesse House as steward Joe Briggs as road captain and Tom Vandergreft as referee. The club enters its fifth year and plans yearlong activities including a safety program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
John Best
Austin
The
Valley Blackhawks Motorcycle Club
Paul Johnson
Edith Briggs
Rochester
Carl Peterson
Grand Meadow
A. S. Laging
Sunshine
Jesse House
St. Charles
Joe Briggs
Tom Vandergreft
Albert Lea
Lattimore Indicted on Perjury Charge in McCarthy Era
A federal grand jury accuses Owen Lattimore of swearing he never supported communism and of lying on six other points during Senate internal security testimony. Lattimore, 52, denies guilt, calls the charges innocent, and faces arraignment with trial possibly set next. The case ties to McCarthy era investigations of the Institute of Pacific Relations and related State Department loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Lattimore
Sen
McCarthy
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Justice Department
Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Vincent
Senate
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State Civil Service Department
John J. Tierney
William Conley
William Bennyhoff
Tierney
Robert D. Stover
State Civil Service
L. D. Goldsberry
Stover
Ed Lane
Civil Service Department
Leo Feider
Ray Lappegaard
Rolf Stageberg
Spencer Brader
Governor’s
Geoffrey Fisher
Britain
Canterbury
Anthony Eden
Oseeer
Reenes
Maise
Ereeee
Mereree
Mereens
LA. Bees
Linda Speer
Philadelphia
Salinas
Calif
Anoka Hospital
By Jack B. MacKay
George A. McArthur
Paul J. Jacobsen
Elmore
Vincent E. Stacy
Crystal Falls
Mich
Vermont Garrison
Mt. Victory
Edwin H. Finlayson
Monticello
U. S. Eighth Army
Taft, Bridges
Nam‘’D
Carlson
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
George Meany
Henry N. Graven
John Brice Booth
Queens
N. Y
Airlines
Maynard Booth
Frankfurt
Germany
TWA
Seat
By Richard P. Powers
Tobey
Wiley
Wisconsin
Ohio
GOP
Foreign Relations Committee
Sens. Lodge
Massachusetts
Brewster
Maine
Gen
DeTuncy
America
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Detlev Bronk
John Carter Vincent
Tangier
Civil Service Commission
Mundt
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