NATO Plans Unified Air Defense and New Communications Net
Western NATO ministers backed John Foster Dulles in resuming the cold war threat with a plan to build a four-region air defense system from Norway to Britain and Turkey. A new scatter communications net, funded by the United States, will connect SHAPE Naples Izmir and Norway, enabling faster radar warnings.
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Norway
Turkey
Paris
Europe
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
NATO
Dulles
Alfred M. Gruenther
Gruenther
North
Britain
Johan W. Beyen
Beyen
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Naples
Izmr
Santa Arrives Early For Tot 7 Who Has 23 Heart Attacks
In New Albany Indiana on December 15 a seven year old girl Sheila Whitehead with a long history of heart attacks is sent home for Christmas. Santa arrived ten days early to grant a trip to Memphis farm home from St. Edward Hospital. An unidentified Navy man funded a colorful rag doll. Sheila will be sheltered from excitement but Santa will visit daily until Christmas.
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New Albany
Ind
Santa
Memphis
St. Edward Hospital
Sheila Whitehead
Sheila
Brunswick
Maine
Hazel Whitehead
Storms Claim Seven Fishermen As Seas Roar
Storms across the Atlantic and North Sea claim seven lives and leave four fishermen missing. An RAF helicopter crashed into Bell Rock lighthouse off Scotland injuring two crew. Near Moray Firth the Bel gian trawler Beatrix-Fernande battered rocks. five crew saved, one drowned, two missing. The French boat Andre Suzanne also reported missing near Ned Yeu with bodies recovered from other vessels.
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London
Atlantic
North Sea
Royal Air Force
Bell Rock
Scotland
Moray Firth
Beatrix-Fernande
Andre- Suzanne
Ne d’Yeu
Spurrier Drops Appeal and Is Fined in Assault Case
Medal of Honor recipient Spurrier dropped his appeal after a six month jail term was suspended on probation. The veteran testified his drinking led to the incident with his girlfriend’s friend and to firing a shot into the floor to intimidate her companion. Mrs. Murphy, once involved, now forgives him and plans marriage after her divorce.
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Junior Jame
Nate
Bacon James
Spurrier
Joseph R. Byrnes
Porrter
Spurrieer
Bluefield
W. Va
Josephine Neece
Jon Murphy
Mrs. Neece
H. Chester Goudy
Sunny
Byrnes
Murphy
Hus
Classified Ad Offers Grown Boxer That Eats Corn
A Indianapolis News classified ad offers a grown boxer that is A.K.C. registered and will eat corn notably fond of children. The listing unusually mentions diet and an appeal to families in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis News Today
A.K.C
Nasser says Egypt will use force over Israeli attack
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser told the United Nations that Israel’s strike on Syria also targets Egypt and that Cairo will act with armed force to safeguard its safety. He sent a letter to Dag Hammarskjöld as the UN Security Council met on Syria. Egypt cites the Syria-Egypt mutual defense pact. The U.S. delayed arms deliveries to Israel amid tensions from the raid, with officials weighing sale rules and defense needs.
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United Nations
N. Y
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
U.N
Syria
Nasser
Dag Hammerskjold
Security Council
Omar Loutfi
1L-Nation Council
Washington
United States
Israel
State Department
Georgeen
Abba Eban
Allen
Ebban
Congress
Arctic Cold Blankets Portions Of Country
Arctic cold spreads over the eastern and central United States bringing record lows. Cincinnati dropped 28 degrees in 24 hours to 15 midday. West Yellowstone, Montana, recorded the coldest at 48 below zero with light rain along the Pacific Coast and light snow flurries from the Great Lakes to New England.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
New York
Ohio Valley
Central Plains
Rockies
Yellowstone
Mont
Pacific Coast
California
Great Lakes
New England
West Virginia
Navy Chief Sees No Quarrel With AF Over Seaplane Use
Admiral Arleigh Burke said the Navy has no quarrel if the Air Force flies jet seaplane bombers like the Navy is building. He warned Soviet naval growth has accelerated and noted the Seamaster experimental jet seaplane exploded over Chesapeake Bay, promising investigation and fixes.
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Navy
Washington
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Air Force
Burke
National Press Club
Chesapeake Bay
Two Wytheville Men Hurt As Car Plunges Over Bank
Two young Wytheville men were critically injured yesterday when a car left U S Route 52, plunged over a bank, and rolled twice. George Underwood 22 and Eugene Puckett 23 were listed in serious condition at Wytheville area hospitals with skull fracture and severe facial injuries. State Trooper Jack Pugh said the 1949 Chrysler sedan veered left across the highway before going over the bank and overturning. Both men remained unconscious and unable to be questioned.
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Wytheville
U. S. Route 52
Wrethaville
Vygg Veew Teeen
Chitwood Clinic
George Douglas Underwood
Eugene Puckett
Route 1
Wytheville Hospital
Virginia
Jack Pugh
Pugh
Lost father and son rescued from Dismal Swamp
W. E. Haywood and his 19 year old son Alton of Portsmouth were found after a three day search five miles inside the Dismal Swamp Suffolk Va rescuers airlifted them to a hospital in good condition Marines and a swamp guide aided the effort Two Navy and Marine searchers were located and the pair had survived on swamp water and fatigue with possible frostbite on the elder at the time of rescue
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Suffolk
W. E. Haywood
Alton
Portsmouth
D. I. Pruitt
Cpl. R . Walbridge
Z. Powell
Hershey Glover
Haywood
Wallace Brinkley
Hell
Norfolk Navy
Britain protests Israeli attack on Syrian positions
London reports Britain formally protested to Israel over Sunday’s assault on Syrian positions along the Sea of Galilee. Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick summoned Ambassador Elath expressing grave concern and said Britain would support Syria’s UN appeal as the Security Council prepared to meet.
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London
Britain
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Eliahu Elath
Foreign Office
Ivone
Elath
United Nations
Security Council
Syria
Heroic Captain Burke Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Capt Robert E. Burke, 36, receives the Bronze Star for resistance to Communist torture. A former Air Force bombardier and Korean War veteran, he spent 34 months as a prisoner and was discharged in 1954 due to blindness. Now a University of Miami student, he aims for an airline career and is a Phi Beta Sigma member.
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Miami
Fla
Robert E. Burke
Burke
Air Force
University of Miami
Phi Bia Sigma
Nehru questions foreign aid for India
Prime Minister Nehru said it may not be desirable for India to ask for aid from abroad in the future. He noted in an Economic Review article that large development schemes create a gap between resources and planned spending.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Congress Party
United States Condemns Russian Veto On Japan UN Bid
The United States denounces Russia for vetoing Japan's bid to join the United Nations, calling it a cynical action and a bargaining pawn. State Department appeals for reversal, notes 45 Soviet vetoes, and urges speedy admission of Japan amid World War II peace context. Lincoln White says Outer Mongolia veto differs from Japan case. hopes for Russia to yield before UN Assembly ends.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Russia
Japan
United Nations
Lincoln White
White
China
Outer Mongolia
Sia
Soviet Union
United Nations Organization
International Peace Organization
United Nations Assembly
Algerian Strife Escalates as Toll Tops Eighty
Civil conflict in Algeria intensifies with over 80 killed this week including 15 rebels trapped in a cave near Djebel Dira and 19 French soldiers killed in an ambush. Aged Bertrand Laca banne, ex mayor of Duvivier, is among the victims near Bone.
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Algiers
Algeria
Bone
Bertrand Lacabanne
Duvivier
Guelma
Batna
Djebel Dira
Morocco
New York Super Road Opens 28 Mile Thruway Stretch
The New York Thruway opened a 28 mile stretch from Suffern to Yonkers at 5 p m linking six lane toll travel from the city outskirts to Buffalo 424 miles away. A Hudson River bridge project worth about 60 million dollars enhances the system with a three mile section near Yonkers slated for completion next year.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Hudson River
Suffern
Yonkers
New York City
Buffalo
New York
Love Crazed Teenager Killed in Police Gun Duel
Vandergrift Pennsylvania reports a 17 year old who killed the girl’s parents and uncle and was fatally shot by a pursuing posse after a gun duel. John Fallone died of a brain wound at Kittanning hospital. Gladys Smail, 15, is in serious condition with a breast wound. The couple J Warren Smail and William Smail were slain. The teen had terrorized the family after the girl spurned him. Police tracked him after an overnight manhunt and he was shot while barricaded in an abandoned house.
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Vandergrift
John Fallone
Kittanning
Gladys Smail
Fallone
Smail
William
Iether
Metro Poloskey
Hamsell
Harry H. Lawson Dies After Illness at 54
Harry H. Lawson 54 prominent Bluefield wholesale executive and longtime resident died yesterday at 4 p m in Bluefield Sanitarium after complications from an operation on December 6 He was vice president and general manager of the Dixie Appliance Co with operations in Bluefield and Roanoke He had undergone three major operations in less than two years Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 30 p m at Hawkins Chapel with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Lawson born January 23 1901 in Appomattox Va came to this region in 1920 working in local power and hotel projects He helped build and run Van Zandt Supply Flat Top Auto Supply and Bluefield Supply Co He joined Dixie Appliance in 1945 becoming general manager and later led expansion including a Roanoke branch Survived by his widow Ilene honaker married December 20 1928 five brothers two sisters and an aunt Services follow a long list of local memberships and civic ties known as Fats in business and social circles
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Harry H. Lawson
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lawson
Dixie Appliance Co
Roanoke
Appomattox
Hawkins Chapel
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
Appalachian Power
West Virginian
Appomattox High School
Blackstone Military Academy
Virginia
van Zandt
Rome
Ig24 Es
Harryson
Bluefield Supply Co
Dixie Fapianee Co
Ile Honaker
Raymond
Alfred Lawson
Richard
Roland Lawson
Lynchburg
Maxwell Lawson
East Orange
N. J
Watt Stanley
Anderson Scruggs
M. T. Shipman
Williamsburg
Samuel Alfred
Mollie Hobson Lawson
Campbell County
Liberty Baptist Church
White House Denies New Hampshire Dabbling Report
Gettysburg Pa December 15 Presidential press secretary James C Hagerty denied any knowledge of a report that the White House is influencing the New Hampshire primary. The denial leaves unresolved Eisenhowers second term plans as Hagerty offered no comment.
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White House
New Hampshire
Gettysburg
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Amazing Clock Begins Ticking in Copenhagen for 1000 Years
King Frederik IX and a Danish girl started the World Clock in Copenhagen Town Hall, a 30 year project by Jens Olsen. The device, protected in a pressurized case, will drift only about two-fifths of a second every 300 years and marks Gregorian and Julian calendars, planetary motions, and sunrises and sunsets. Birgit Olsen aided the launch as the clock began its run at 2 p.m.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederik IX
Copenhagen Observatory
Birgit
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Defense Department
Gordon McRae
van Nuys
Calif
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Wythe County
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Flack
Lucky Ones
Boy
Posse
Gladys
Harry Lawson
Fats
Two Virginias
Elks Lodge
Clover Club
University Club
Chamber of Com
Sherman Adams
Jens Olsen
Birgit Olsen
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