Adenauer urges Ike to name strong U S high commissioner
West German Chancellor Adenauer appeals to President-elect Eisenhower for a forceful U S high commissioner in Germany to push German rearmament and Western unification. He seeks ratification of alliance treaties and a timely boost amid parliamentary delays and bickering. Speculation names Draper Murphy Kennan as possible appointees.
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Adenauer
Ike
Strong Man
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
U. S
West Germany
France
European Army Project
United States
John J. McCloy
Walter L. Donnelly
Donnelly
William H. Draper Jr
Truman
Europe
Mutual Security Agency
Robert D. Murphy
Japan
George F. Kennan
Russia
Draper
Murphy
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Kennan
Britain
Supreme Court bars Judge Flynn from Hudalla case
Minnesota Supreme Court orders District Judge Harold E. Flynn to recuse from presiding over Eugene V. Hudalla’s trial for indecent liberties with a 15 year old girl. The court directs appointment of another judge or moving the trial to another county, ruling the prejudice affidavit timely and binding.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Harold E. Flynn
Shakopee
Eugene V. Hudalla
Flynn
Hudalla
Gordon Sinclair
Supreme Court
Snow boosts skiing at Mt Telemark in Cable Wis
A recent two to four inch snowfall plus a four inch base have improved conditions at Mt Telemark in Cable Wisconsin. Officials rate skiing as good.
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Cable
Wis
Mt. Telemark
Sub Zero Blast Hits North Central Region
Colder weather moved into the central United States as icy blasts push east from the Rockies and west from Central Canada. It was 12 below in Butte Montana with readings to 15 below elsewhere in the mountains. Sub-zero temps were forecast for North Central regions tonight. Miami logged 77 above as the warmest spot. Light snow fell in Northern Montana and the Great Lakes area.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Plains
Canada
Butte
Mont
Florida
Miami
Montana
Great Lakes
Temperatures Plunge 5 to 15 Below Across Minnesota Tonight
Northern Minnesota faces subzero readings of 5 to 15 below tonight while southern areas drop to 5 below to 5 above. The Weather Bureau expects Saturday's high near 15 with little to no significant snowfall.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
23 Die in Iran Crash near Tehran Airport
An Iranian Airways propeller plane crashed in dense fog near Tehran Airport killing 23 people. Four Americans died, two passengers survived. The flight from Isfahan circled for a landing, then bounced and broke apart in an open field. Investigators suspect pilot altitude miscalculation during a blind approach.
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Tehran
Iran
Iranian Airways
Isfahan
Cecile Ann Ademoisy
Point Four
Shiraz
Charles Ademoisy
Ogden
Utah
Thomas Rispoli
U. S. Military Mission
Atlanta
James E. Blakemore
Great Neck
Long Island
N. J
Middle East
Ford Foundation
J. E. Blakemore
Station Plaza
Arlene Blakemore
Henry G. Bennett
Four Girls Kidnap Amateur Sleuth in Lewiston Town
In Lewiston Maine police investigate Donald L. Snow a Freeport man who says four young women abducted him at gunpoint forced intimate acts and shot him before releasing him. A .22 caliber bullet was removed from his thigh and he is recovering at Central Maine General Hospital. State police question the credibility of the tale amid the lack of physical evidence.
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Lewiston
Donald L. Snow
Freeport
Central Maine General Hospital
Snow
Roger L. Whitmore
Whitmore
Rhode Island
Piggy Bank Thefts Surpass Two Week Mark in Miami
A Miami store reports the third piggy bank theft in as many weeks. One bank with $27 was taken from a desk drawer and another piggy bank containing $1 000 belonging to a prominent contractor was stolen.
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Miami
Fla
Christmas Mishap Toll Tops 300
The nation reports over 300 Christmas holiday deaths as auto crashes claim 251 lives and fires and other accidents add 53. With a 102 hour weekend remaining the toll could surpass the 1936 all time high of 555 traffic deaths, as Midwest and Northeast roads iced and many cities report record accidents. Officials cite drunken driving and milder weather as contributing factors.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
Michael Acarn
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Five Killed in Minnesota Traffic During Christmas Weekend
Five people died in Minnesota traffic incidents as the holiday period neared its end. Victims include Kenneth Laumann 23 Madison Lake in a three car crash on Highway 14 near Janesville Mrs Selmer Ness 60 Albert Lea in a three car crash on Highway 16 near Albert Lea Judy Yaeger 10 St Paul killed in a two car crash at New Brighton Diane Voligny 9 Bayport killed when her sled was backed over and John Angus 64 Warroad died when the vehicle ran off a curve near Roosevelt. Four others injured including Harry Orbell in Mankato.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Kenneth Laumann
Madison Lake
Minn
Highway 14
Janesville
Selmer Ness
Albert Lea
Highway 16
Harry Orbell
Mankato
Judy Yaeger
St. Paul
New Brighton
Diane Voligny
Bayport
John Angus
Warroad
Roosevelt
Minneapolis Loses in Transit Firm Case
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against the City of Minneapolis in a case seeking immediate restoration of streetcar schedules and service on six lines. The court reversed a district judge order directing restoration of May 4 1950 schedules.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota Supreme Court
Minneapolis Street Railway Company
High Tribunal
Paul Carroll
Eisenhower Aims for UN Blockade to Pressure China
Eisenhower’s team plans early calls for a United Nations economic blockade of Red China and faster training and deployment of South Korean forces as a way to ease American combat burdens. Stalin’s reply to Times questions adds uncertainty about price for peace, while UN peace appeals to China and North Korea face a hard line on prisoner repatriation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Red China
Korea
mid-Pacific
Gen. MacArthur
New York
United Nations General Assembly
U. N
Moscow Radio Keeps Old Tune
Pravda branding the West as preparing a third World War dominates Moscow radio coverage. The editorial accuses imperialists of seeking a war while Stalin’s remarks and Soviet push for peace occupy top broadcast space.
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Moscow Radio
Moscow
Pravda
Soviet Union
Stalin
Paragould Man Grows Tobacco for Years at Home
Paragoould Arkansas notes Joe Walters a 79 year old retired railroader has cultivated and cured his own barley tobacco for six years. His patch produced a bumper harvest in 1951 and he continued to smoke the home grown tobacco in 1952 as well.
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Paragould
Ark
Joe Walters
St Paul Visitors Explain Money Linked to Bank Robbery
A Monrovia California couple rushed home from St Paul to explain how they received funds tied to California bank robber Ethel Arata. FBI and police noted Arata once roomed with the couple and allegedly lent money, which they say they later deposited without their knowledge. Authorities cautioned they had no information about a second recipient named May Grace Johnson.
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St. Paul
Los Angeles
California
Frank McKellar
Monrovia
Calif
FBI
Ethel Arata
Associated Press
Banister
McKellars
Los Angeles Dispatch
May Grace Johnson
Santa Anita Opens 16th Winter Racing Season
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia California opens its 16th winter racing season amid sunshine and flair with the main event the $20,000 Las Flores handicap.
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Arcadia
Calif
Santa Anita Park
Reed to Seek 5 Percent Tax Cut Next Year
Rep Reed of New York says as Ways and Means chair he will introduce a measure to reduce individual income taxes by about 5 percent next year and 11 percent over two years. He notes budget savings from trimming non-essential spending to fund tax relief. Other lawmakers urge balancing the budget before tax cuts.
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Reed
R-Ny
House
Ways and Means Committee
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Finance
Senate
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
FBI Nabs Memphis Bank Theft Suspect
Foster Lee Gaug hey Jr., 21, sought on a Memphis bank theft warrant, was arrested Thursday in Hanna Wyoming by the FBI Denver office. He was arraigned on a Federal Reserve Act violation charge at Memphis with bond set at 5000 dollars.
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Denver
Foster Lee Gaughey Jr
Memphis, Tenn
Hanna
Wyo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Thomas C. Farnsworth
U. S
Memphis
GN Granted Tax Amortization Certification for Defense Facilities
Minnesota firms including Great Northern Railway Co received certificates of necessity for accelerated tax amortization. GN's $97,600 grant covers mine trackage at Virginia Buhl and Hibbing, allowing depreciation to be taken in five years instead of 20 to 25.
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Minneapolis
Great Northern Railway Co
Minnesota
Virginia
Buhl
Hibbing
Colorado, Wyoming Tops Cold Readings Across Nation
Fraser Colorado reported 30 below zero making it the coldest spot in the United States as Colorado and Wyoming recorded extreme low temperatures early today.
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Colorado
Denver
Wyoming
Fraser
Move Will Be Up to Eisenhower
Washington officials show a lean toward an Eisenhower led approach as Stalin hints at a possible US Soviet meeting. Stalin’s note mentions a possible summit but omits reference to Truman. President elect and Dulles privately weigh the implications of the Kremlin peace proposal.
Eisenhower aides urge concrete peace proposals from Stalin
John Foster Dulles, soon to be secretary of state, issued the new administration’s first response after telephoning President-elect Eisenhower from New York. Dulles said Stalin should offer concrete proposals on peace and that such ideas would be seriously and sympathetically received following Stalin’s replies to four questions in the New York Times.
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Ike
Dwight Eisenhower
Morningside
New York
Elvira Doud
Eisenhower
Susan
David
John Eisenhower
Major John
Barbara Anne
Washington
Russia
Stalin
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
New York Times
Stalin reply offers little new in four NYT questions
Washington circles say Stalin provided few fresh points in his written answers to four questions from the New York Times. The reply touched on war avoidance and Korea but offered no clear new path to peace. Skeptics doubted sincerity, suspecting Kremlin propaganda amid interest in a potential Eisenhower meeting.
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Washington
Stalin
New York Times
the Times
Russia
Eisenhower
U. S
Soviet Union
Korea
Son Slays Father in Florida Identified Murder Case
James O. Barker, 49, a police identification expert who aided the Oakes murder case in 1943, was shot dead by his son James O. Barker Jr., 24, in Homestead Florida. John Tyler said Barker Jr. admitted the shooting and sobbed in custody. Family feuding and prior domestic actions preceded the fatal event.
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Fla
James O. Barker
Duke of Windsor
Oakes
James O. Barker Jr
John Tyler
County Criminal Bureau of Investigation
Young Barker
Tyler
Barker
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