Russians and Nationalists veto to block UN package admit list
At United Nations New York December 13 Russia and Nationalist China vetoed a plan to admit 18 new members in a single package. Sobolev vetoed 13 West favored candidates and Outer Mongolia while Tsiang blocked Outer Mongolia later. Final tally showed 15 Soviet vetoes since the UN began, with 43 against membership. US and China abstained, and the council vote left four remaining candidates with only Sobolev voting for Communist states.
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China
Tingfu Tsiang
U. N
Security Council
Russia
Arkady A. Sobolev
Outer Mongolia
United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Assembly
T. F. Tsiang
U.N
Sobolev
South Korea
Viet Nam
Tsiang
Moscow
France
Italy
Ceylon
Jordan
Ireland
Portugal
Austria
Finland
Nepal
Libya
Japan
Laos
Cambodia
Spain
Red
Albania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
United States
Council
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Peru
Turkey
Brazil
Britain
Iran
Belgium
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Second Life Claimed in Norfolk and Western Engine Blast
A second death followed the Monday locomotive explosion near Wytheville Virginia. M B Shorter 29 of Salem died at Wytheville Hospital after being critically injured. Engineer W D Shumate Jr 45 of Radford and brakemen F P Sledd 31 of Roanoke were hospitalized in serious or critical condition as the blast blocked Radford Division traffic for hours. No cause yet determined.
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Wytheville
Norfolk and Western Railway
M. B. Shorter
Colorado St
Salem
Shorter
Wytheville Hospital
H. C. Hawthorne
Bristol PF
W. D. Shumate Jr
Radford
FP. H. Fledd
Roanoke
Shumate
Sledd
Tenneson Returns From Red China Visit
Five U.S. soldiers who refused repatriation after Korea are listening to old tunes in Hong Kong as Richard Tenneson returns from Red China. He was released to return home to Alden Minnesota after asking the Chinese Red Cross. Tenneson worked in a paper mill near Tsiwan and stayed in a workers dormitory with Arlie Pate James G Veneris Lowell Skinner Albert Belhomme and Howard Adams.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Spain
Richard Tenneson
Tenneson
Red Cross
Alden
Minn
China
Tsiwan
Peiping
Arlie Pate
Carbondale
Ill
James G. Veneris
Hawthorne
Calif
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
Ohio
Albert C. Belhomme
Ashland
Howard C. Adams
Corsicana
Texas
Abingdon Fire Damage Reaches Half Million
Abingdon Virginia fire chief Nelson Berry raised the damage estimate to half a million dollars after a Monday night blaze destroyed a tobacco warehouse and a lumber company. One man, James Walters Jr., was killed as he attempted to retrieve company records. Firefighters from Abingdon Bristol Damascus Glade Spring fought the flames near a large gasoline storage tank.
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Abingdon
Nelson Berry
Berry
James Walters Jr
Bristol
Damascus
Glade Spring
State Miner Quits Quiz On $32,000
West Virginia coal miner Stanley Skeens paused on The $64,000 Question after earning $32,000. He told host Hal March he plans to save the money in a Danville bank and continue his church work as an ordained minister, while remaining employed in the mines and spending weekends on ministry. He received a first edition King James Bible as a prize. A New York postal worker, Roscoe Wright, earlier reached $16,000 in his category.
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New York
Stanley Skeens
West Virginia
Danville
Hal March
Skeens
March
London
Bile Press
Philodephis O Press
Roscoe C. Wright
Eisenhower Eyes Billion Dollar Defense Spending Increase
President Eisenhower reportedly plans a one billion dollar boost in defense outlays for the coming year, with a large share for airpower and guided missiles. Congressional leaders cautioned the Air Force may receive funding parity with Army and Navy combined, amid talks on tax policy and the 1955-56 budget.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Army
Navy
Hollywood Stars Struck by Illness in Tucson Setbacks
In Tucson sixteen Universal-International cast and crew members fall ill during filming of a John P. Clum Apache film. Anne Bancroft pleural pneumonia, Robert Warwick pneumonia, Jay Silverheels and Anthony Caruso also hospitalized. Director Jesse Hibbs delays schedule as production lags about a week. Audre Murphy leads as Clum with a sore throat but continues working.
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Tucson
Ariz
Universal-International
Hollywood
John P. Clum
Jesse Hibbs
Anne Bancroft
Robert Warwick
St. Mary's Hospital
Anthony Caruso
Jay Silverheels
Mary Carrizosa
Clum
Audre Murphy
Children Letters From Santa Show Laughs And Tears
New York posts reveal 12 000 to 14 000 Santa letters with 8 000 to be answered this year. Brooklyn girl Ginny asks for everything while Judy 10 pleads for a presence from Santa due to lacking a mom or dad. Postmaster Schaffer notes letters come mainly from New York children with some from abroad.
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New York
Ginny
Brooklyn
Lonesome Judy
St. Nick
Robert H. Schaffer
Santa
Ireland
England
Brazil
Germany
Puerto Rico
Judy
Schaffer
Auto Repairman Kills Wife and Three Infants
In Dallas Texas an unemployed auto repairman shot and killed his estranged wife and three infant children early today after reportedly warning he was like a rattlesnake. He then fatally wounded himself as police arrived.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas mother and family slain in dawn attack
Mrs. Margry Calhoun 33 and her infant son and twin daughters were killed by gun and bayonet as authorities pursued her husband Buford Calhoun 32 in East Dallas. John Warren 19 suffered critical wounds and Calhoun died hours later in a Dallas area drug store after a police encounter amid a family murder and suspected threats.
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Vernw
Margry Calhoun
Bobby Lynn
Pamela Sue
Patricia Lou
Dallas
John Warren
Buford V. Calhoun
E.nly
Cold air sweeps Northern Plains breaking into Great Lakes region
Strong Canada air pushed across the Northern Plains as temperatures tumbled. Readings fell from near 38 degrees to single digits in several towns including Glasgow Montana and Williston North Dakota, with Minot reaching zero by noon. Snow and gusty winds affected Minnesota Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, delivering about an inch of accumulation in six hours.
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Associated Press
Canada
Plains
Glasgow
Mont
Williston
Sheridan
Minot
N.D
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Weather to Continue Cold in West Virginia
The forecast calls for continued cold weather in West Virginia over five days with temperatures about four to eight degrees below normal. Northern areas average 35 and southern 38 degrees. highs turn milder Wednesday, with colder nights and Saturday milder again. Rain mixed with snow expected Wednesday and night, with more snow Thursday and likely Saturday, total precipitation about half an inch.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Art Godfrey Lark Faces Divorce Suit
Dorothy McGuire Godfrey lark sues for divorce from Sgt. John Henry Brown with a countersuit filed by Dorothy. Court action in Flagler County awaits which suit goes first. both cite cruelty. Dorothy, 27, wed Brown in 1951 and rose to fame with Arthur Godfrey. No children reported.
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Bunnell
Pla
Dorothy McGuire
Godfrey Lark
Julius la Rosa
Charles E. Booth
John Henry Brown
Air Force
Flagler County
Dorothy
Brown
Miamisburg
Ohio
Arthur Godfrey
la Rosa
Godfrey
Ear
Korea
Power firm sues U S over Dixon Yates contract
Mississippi Valley Generating Co sues in the Court of Claims for 3 534 778 45 dollars claiming government repudiation of the Dixon Yates private power contract harmed its efforts to build a 107 million dollar West Memphis Arkansas plant. The suit notes Adolphe Wenzell conflicts of interest and seeks recovery of preparation expenses.
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Washington
Dixon-Yates
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
U. S. Court of Claims
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley Authority
New York
Adolphe Wenzell
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
Dixon- Yates
Wenzell
Mississippi Valley
Dixon
Justice Department
Anderson
Iaw
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Middle Southern Utilities, Inc
The
Southern Co
E. A. Yates
TVA
Memphis
Plam
Dixon-Yates Energy
AEC
Two Hunters Missing In Virginia Swamp
In Suffolk Virginia a day long search of the Dismal Swamp failed to locate two missing hunters W R Haywood 6 and son Alton 18 of Ports o Prince Street and cries and rifle shots were heard by family members who searched. The Coast Guard plane and a Marine detail from Norfolk Naval Shipyard assisted in the effort as a three by four mile area was swept.
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Suffolk
Coast Guard
W. R. Haywood
Alton
Portsoe
Haywood
Suffolk Police
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Mining blast kills Tazewell County man at Honaker site
Marvin Clyde Whitt a 48 year old Fleetwood Coal Company operator was instantaneously killed when blasting powder exploded in a pickup bed at a Tazewell County mine entrance near Richlands. Whitt a native of Russell County had lived in Honaker two months and left a large family including wife Irene Harris Whitt six sons and four daughters plus step sons and siblings. Funeral arrangements are pending at Farmer Funeral Home in Richlands.
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Tazewell County
Fleetwood Coal Company
Marvin Clyde Whitt
Honaker
Seaboard
Richlands
Russell County
Richard and
Nettie Harris Whitt
Cedar Bluff
Whitt
Pledwood Coal Company
Dumfordtown
Clyde
Jim
Sammy
Bobby
Louise Lester
Columbus
Ora Mae Woods
South Bend
Ind
Shelby Jean
Janice
Roy
Dan
Coers
Florida
Carl Henry
South Carolina
Ellis
Nuh
U. S. Army
Finn Burns
Mada Iferrit
Missouri
Beulah Mucick
Pauline Robinson
Princeton
Dellie Thompson
Indiana
Ruby Trimmell
Huntington
Farmer Puneral
Pedestrian Fined for Jaywalking in Cleveland Auto Collision
In Cleveland on December 13, Arthur Hrovat an 18 year old high school football alumnus was fined 1 dollar for jaywalking after he bumped into a car driven by Henry Warner. He was also ordered to pay 27.85 to repair the vehicle. He claimed he dashed across the street and was not hurt.
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Cleveland
Louis Petrash
Arthur Hrovat
Henry Warner
Hrovat
Blizzard Hits Western Canada Strikes Saskatchewan Manitoba
A weekend blizzard swept across Saskatchewan and Manitoba with 50 mile per hour winds. One Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer died and four others were missing. Schools closed buses halted planes grounded and travel slowed. In the Atlantic region gale wrecked ships off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Blizes
Eree
Blaze Kills Two Kentucky Infants
Fire at Hackney Creek Virginia near Grundy claims two children ages 14 and 28 months. Neighbors could not save the frame house where Billy and Radford Grizzle died. The mother was away at a store. heating stove overheated and winds aided the blaze. Funeral plans set for 11 am at the family home with Rev. Miller officiating. Surviving relatives include paternal and maternal grandparents.
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Hackney Creek
Billy
Radford Grizzle
Harvey Grizzle
Grundy
Hess Coal Co
Virginia
Lilly Grizzle
Harrison Miller
Honaker
Darse Miller
Freeburn
Thery Taylor
Phyllis, Ky
Gee
Grizzle
Ex Police Judge Sentenced In Bankrolling Of Assassin
Martin Yamin, former Baltimore police magistrate, sentenced in New York for bankrolling an assassin. He is eligible for parole in 12 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder for the Feb. 15 slaying of Joseph Aronowitz during an attempted robbery. The killer was August Robles, killed Feb. 20 in Harlem.
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New York
Martin Yamin
Sen
Brooklyn
George Joyce
Yamin
Baltimore
Joyce
James D. C. Murray
Desperadoes
Joseph Aronowitz
Aronowitz
August Robles
Harlem
Wilson vetoes atomic carrier plan in budget debate
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson rejected a Navy proposal to fund the first nuclear powered surface ship in the next budget. He said more design work is needed before requesting money. The Navy pursues atom energy in propulsion studies with Allison and General Motors, while the Air Force advances nuclear aircraft projects and SeaMaster tests. A SeaMaster test jet crashed during a routine flight.
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Washington
Penngen
Congress
Navy
Defense
Charles EB. Wilson
Wilson
Europe
White House
Pentagon
Allison
General Motors Corp.s
Air Force
Glenn L. Martin Co
Congressmen Quip About Attack With Eisenhower Chat
Senator George of Georgia said at a White House conference that President Eisenhower traded wisecracks with Sen. Lyndon Johnson and Rep. Dan Reed who have shared the experience of heart disease. The exchange touched on shared health concerns and political unity.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Lyndon Johnone
Rep
Dan Reed
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Rayburn
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Air Force Ground Observer Corps
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Uvalde
Arlington
Stanley
Northern
General
Del
John C. Webb
Fairfax
House of Delegates
Kathryn Stone
Armistead L. Boothe
Alexandria
Harrisonburg
Gray Commission
Calhoun
Oses Bayonet
Warren
Great Plains
Art Godfrey Lark
U.S
D-Y
Tazewell Countian
Blaze
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