Key Witness in Reuther Shooting Escapes Police Guard
Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien said the key witness in the Walter Reuther assassination case fled to Canada after slipping his guards. The Canadian ex-convict, who aided the attack, reportedly worked with four accused men led by Santo Perrone to carry out the 1948 shooting in Detroit, with rewards totaling 204000. Detective notes say two suspects are jailed, one has a 25000 bond, and a fourth is sought, while Perrone remains at large awaiting extradition in Windsor.
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Detroit
Gerald K. O'Brien
CIP
Walter Reuther
Canada
O'Brien
John
O’brien
Ben
Donald
Leonard
Ontario
Clarence Jacobs
Reuther
Jacobs
Windsor
Perrone
Peter Lombardo
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Leavenworth
Carl Renda
Renda
Two Gunmen Loot St. Paul Tavern for 3652 Dollars
Two unidentified gunmen roped in patrons at the Mounds View tavern on Hudson road and escaped with 3652 dollars after forcing customers into booths. Witnesses say the pair wore red masks, one man tall and the other short, matching descriptions of earlier robbers linked to a Dec 23 shooting and a $3000 Blue Moon bar theft.
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ST. Paul
Mounds View
Hudson Road
Tom's
Blue Moon
Minneapolis
Potter Seeks Reason for Atrocity Film Delay
Senator Potter of Michigan presses State and Defense Departments for an explanation of delaying an Army film detailing Communist atrocities in Korea. He cites looming talks with Russia, Korea repatriation dates, and the Berlin conference as possible factors. Potter plans to release a companion report based on survivor testimonies.
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Washington
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
State
Defense Department
Korea
Potter
Defense Departments
U.S
Russia
Eisenhower
Berlin
Senate
Indiana Man Held on Bond in Bank Heist Case
Murl R. Jarvis of Richmond Indiana was ordered held on $15 000 bond after a hearing on removal to Minnesota for the First National Bank of Cannon Falls hold up. Prosecutors showed probable cause with testimony from bank workers including Patricia Coffing and Fridge Peters. Jarvis also faces an Iowa indictment for a Bondurant bank robbery on December 18.
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Murl R. Jarvis
First National Bank of
Cannon Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Jarvis
U.S
Lawrence Turner Jr
Richmond
Ind
Patricia Coffing
Fridge L. Peters
Coffing
Peters
Iowa
Bondurant
Two Die in Storm Death Toll Tops Nineteen for Year
Two men died in an auto crash during a snow storm in Hinckley Minnesota. Six others perished in Minnesota and North Dakota, including a head on collision near Larimore North Dakota. Victims include Darrell A. Rosen 20 of Fairmont and James M. Schofield 47 of Chicago.
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Associated Press
Hinckley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Larimore
N.D
Darrell A. Rosen
Fairmont
Minn
James M. Schofield
Chicago
Rural Electrification OKs 304000 loan for Runestone
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan of 304000 dollars to Runestone Electric Association based in Alexandria Minnesota on Friday to fund electric service expansion and improvements.
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Washington
Runestone Electric Assn
Alexandria
Minn
Minnesota Highway Study Commission to Meet at Capitol
ST PAUL The Minnesota Highway Study Commission will hold its next meeting at the Capitol Jan 22 to hear more testimony on highway problems and evaluate many suggestions from prior sessions. Lloyd F Wilkes executive secretary said no decision would be made at that meeting on recommending a special session to Gov Anderson, awaiting the Public Administration Service survey due by Feb 15.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Highway Study Commission
Capitol
Lloyd F. Wilkes
Anderson
Public Administration Service
Donovan Sees Thai Resistance to Any Vietminh Invasion
New York William J. Donovan, U.S. ambassador to Thailand, says the Thai would resist any Vietminh invasion. He calls Thais good, strong boys able to fight, speaking with reporters before flying to Bangkok after three weeks of consultations in Washington.
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New York
William J. Donovan
U.S
Thailand
Donovan
Bangkok
State Department
Washington
U S Plans New Atomic Pacific Test
The United States may launch a new hydrogen bomb test at the Marshall Islands Pacific proving grounds. The AEC says equipment will move this month for a further phase of weapon tests with observers limited to U S officials.
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Washington
United States
mid-Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
AEC
Pacific Proving Grounds
Marshall Islands
Bikini Atoll
Eniwetok
Bikini Island
Cobra venom aids polio treatment in monkey tests
An extract from cobra venom helped polio infected monkeys avoid paralysis after treatment. Dr. Muray Sanders of the University of Miami said tests show some monkeys survived or escaped paralysis, but human use remains undecided.
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England
Muray Sanders
University of Miami
Fla
Sanders
Pathological Society of
Great Britain and Ireland
Chou En-lai proposes steps to restart Korean talks
Chou En-lai urged a speedy Korean peace conference on a Peiping radio broadcast. He called for resuming preliminary negotiations with Russia as a neutral and for the UN General Assembly to consider the issue with Red China and North Korea allowed to send delegates. He also urged a Berlin Big Four meeting to lead to a five power conference with Red China as the fifth power.
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Panmunjom
China
Chou En-lai
Chou
Peiping
Tokyo
Russia
U.S
Arthur Dean
U.N. General Assembly
Red China
North Korea
U.N
Berlin
Red
Washington
United States
US. S. State Department
South Korea
Eisenhower Rules Out Universal Military Training Plan
President Eisenhower rejected any administration request for universal military training pending a new study and possible overhaul of the reserves. He endorsed postponing UMT per ODM and defense committee, citing a need to reorganize reserves, with a three million uniform force goal through 1960 and no token training next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Department
ODM
Korea
Snow Misses Austin but Cold Wave Arrives
A cold front hit Austin with a low of 2 above and a high of 41 Friday. Temperatures may drop below zero tonight as the cold air spreads across the Midwest. International Falls logged minus seven while eastern Montana North Dakota and the St Lawrence Valley faced bitter readings.
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Midwest
Montana
North Dakota
St. Lawrence Valley
New England
Minnesota
International Falls
Ada Cadet Injured in Texas Air Crash
Aviation Cadet Norman A. Rushton of Ada Minnesota was critically injured when his T28 solo flight struck power lines on the southeast edge of Laredo Air Force Base after an engine failure on takeoff. He was attempting to return to the field.
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Laredo
Tex
Norman A. Rushton
Main St
Ada
Minn
Laredo Air Force Base
Rushton
Charlotte Rushton
Air Force
Police Crackdown Passes 2,000 Tickets in Minneapolis
Minneapolis police issued 2000 traffic tickets to drivers without 1954 license plates. Each ticket costs motorists two dollars, targeting late plate compliance in the city.
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Minneapolis
Heavy Layoffs Hit Auto Steel and Rail Sectors Nationwide
The nation faces a new wave of job cuts in heavy industry with 413,300 initial unemployment claims for the week ended Jan. 2. Michigan sees 142,000 jobless, as Chrysler Plymouth and Hudson Motors announce large layoffs.
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Associated Press
Wahsington
Bureau of Employment Security
Labor Department
Michigan
Plymouth
Chrysler Corp
Briggs Division
Hudson Motor Co
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Minnesota Sets 1955 License Plate Specs in Maroon and Gold
Minnesota announces 1955 license plates will be maroon and gold, 6 by 12 inches, with two letters and four numbers. Bids for production open about February 1, with the St. Cloud Reformatory likely to repeat as producer. Plates will show congressional district letters A through L, with lowest number 1000 and highest 9999. Special letter-number requests will not be honored at the Capitol.
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Mike Molin
St. Cloud Reformatory
Reformatory
Capitol
State Man Waives Hearing in Car Theft
James W. Calhoun 24 formerly of Brainerd Minn waived preliminary hearing on a federal car theft charge. He was returned to jail in lieu of 7500 dollars bail. Calhoun, a former inmate of St. Cloud Reformatory, was arrested by FBI agents for allegedly taking a car from a St Paul used car lot and driving it to Hudson Wis.
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ST. Paul W
James W. Calhoun
Brainerd
Minn
Calhoun
St. Cloud Reformatory
FBI
St. Paul
Hudson
Wis
Dean Estimates Bomb Would Kill 10 Million
U.S. delegate at Panmunjom Arthur H. Dean warned that atomic bombs against North Korean forces could kill up to ten million civilians. He added hostilities would not be resumed by the U.N. or Russia, nor by South Korea's President Syngman Rhee, and said dropping an atom bomb is not an easy solution.
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Arthur H. Dean
U.S
Panmunjom
United Nations
North Korea
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