Syrians Demand U.N. Expel Israel Over Syria Attack
Syria urged the United Nations to expel Israel and favor economic penalties after an attack on Syria near the Sea of Galilee. Syrian delegate Ahmed Shukairy cited Egypts warning and called the issue war or no war while Israel defended its action as necessary to silence Syrian gunfire. Council members urged waiting for a full report from Cana Palestine before action.
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Israel
Ahmed Shukairy
U.N. Security Council
Sea of Galilee
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U. N
Egypt
Shukairy
Abba Eban
Nasser
Turkey
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
France
Iran
China
Peru
Belgium
New Zealand
Brazil
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Arkady A. Sobolev
Ional
Isaeli
Eban
Washington
Cana- Palestine
Brave Little Polar Bear's Career Ends
MILWAUKEE December 16 Cumulus the polar bear cub died at Washington Park Zoo after a brief life marked by pneumonia colic and enteritis. Keeper George Speidel noted no American hand raised polar bear cub abandoned by its mother had been successful before and that Washington Park Zoo pioneered captive breeding.
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Milwaukee
Cumulus
Washington Park Zoo
Cirrus
Zoo
George Speidel
Speidel
Hollywood Entertainers Fly To Military Bases
Six planes carried about 100 Hollywood entertainers to boost Christmas morale at U S. military bases worldwide. Buddy Rogers and Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom led the Europe unit while Johnny Grant and Roscoe Ates headed Far East tours. Ben Yost led an Alaska unit with other groups targeting North Africa mid Pacific and the Northeast Air Command including Newfoundland Labrador and Greenland.
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Burbank
Calif
Buddy Rogers
Slapsie Maxie Rosenboom
Europe
Johnny Grant
Roscoe Ates
Far East
Ben Yost
North Africa
mid-Pacific
Northeast Air Command
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
Draper Woman Dies In Highway Accident
Ruby G. Taylor 32 of Draper Pulaski County died as a passenger when a 1951 Ford driven by John E. Quesinberg crashed 5.4 miles north of Hillsdale on Route 104 Carroll County Virginia. Trooper E. A. Farthing investigated the 12:05 a.m. crash.
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Carroll County
Ruby G. Taylor
Draper
Pulaski County
Hillsdale
John E. Quesinberg
Sylvatus
E. A. Farthing
Pair Jailed On Bombing Extortion Plot In Portland
Eight months of detective work led to the jailing of blind man William Peddicord and his sister in law Joyce Keller for bombing the Meier & Frank Co. store in April. They extorted 50 000 but lost nerve and did not contact payoff man. Bail set at 75000 each. No injuries were reported.
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Ore
William’ Clarence Peddicord
Joyce Keller
MO bin Ninb Awe Tee Dacee
Awwantad
Wsbdiocluuraw
Waiiovou
William Browne
Meier & Frank Co
Stanley N. Smoot
Roland A. Severtson
Bard Purcell
Peddicord
Browne
Keller
Purcell
Trucker Killed In State Mishap Near Gassaway
Emory R. Barnhouse of Emmitsburg Maryland, 35, died when his tractor trailer plunged into the ice covered Elk River 20 miles southwest of Gassaway West Virginia on December 16. His helper Paul Horst of Winchester escaped with minor injuries after crawling to the highway. The Masser Pony Express Co of Hagerstown operated the truck bound for Charleston. Bulldozers pulled the trailer free and recovered the crushed cab from the riverbed. The depth was about 10 feet and investigators cited drowning as the likely cause with no immediate signs of other injuries.
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Horst
Vandevender
Gassaway
Mately
Barnhouse
J. C. Baker
Harry Kyer
Baker
Kyer
Braxton County
B. D. Marple
Masser Pony Express Co
Hagerstown
Charleston
Marple
Kenton Meadows
Trigger Burke To Face Death
Elmer Trigger Burke was sentenced to die in Sing Sing for the 1953 barroom shooting of Edward Walsh. The 38 year old gunman said he would not inform on friends as an appeal is automatic, with execution date to be set later pending the outcome of the appeal. Burke had a history as a jailbreaker and fugitive tracked by the FBI to Folly Beach, South Carolina.
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Trigger) Burke
Sing Sing
Burke
Edward
Poochy) Walsh
John A. Mullen
General Sessions Court
Walsh
Boston
FBI
Folly Beach
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Bluefield Man Hunted In Road Crew Escape
State and local police hunted two state convicts who fled a road crew near Richmond Virginia. William C. Taylor 22 of Bluefield West Virginia and Joe P. Wilson 18 of Martinsville were seen in prison clothing ten miles west of Richmond. Taylor faces a three year term for statutory burglary. Wilson has six years four months for burglary and break in. Earlier two other escapees from the same camp remain at large.
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Chesterfield County
Providence Road
William C. Taylor
Bluefield
W. Va
Joe P. Wilson
Martinsville
Taylor
Fauquier County
Wilson
Henry County
Mecklenburg County
Bon Air
Kefauver Enters Democratic Presidential Race
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee announces entry into the Democratic presidential nomination race aiming to challenge Adlai Stevenson in California and potentially other primaries. He plans to campaign vigorously and weighs competing in New Hampshire Minnesota New Jersey and Ohio contests, with cautious notes on unity.
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Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Kefauver
California
Los Angeles
Tom Carrell
Kefauver For President Clubs
Chicago
Democratic Party
Florida
Miami
Frank Katzentine
Minnesota
Democratic-Farmer - Labor Party
New Hampshire
Truman
Mercury Shows Wide Variations Across Regions
Temperatures fluctuated Friday with readings in the East and South down about 20 degrees from 24 hours earlier. Central Rockies rose due to strong West winds with Pueblo Colorado at 55 and Dodge City Kansas up 28. Denver gained 21 with 44 mph winds. Southerly winds lifted readings in the central Plains and Great Lakes, while a cold line stretched from Virginia to Oregon. Rain hit the Pacific Northwest and snow touched higher elevations plus flurries in the Great Lakes and northern New York.
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Rockies
Pueblo
Colo
Dodge City
Kans
Denver
Central Plains
Great Lakes
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Kansas
Wyoming
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
New York
North Carolina Eyes Special Session on School Segregation
Atty. Gen. Rodman said the North Carolina Legislature likely will convene a special session to address school segregation. A state advisory panel reported it is drafting a plan that would avoid forced racial mixing, though it is unclear if legislation will be needed.
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Raleigh
N. C
William B. Rodman
North Carolina
Rodman
North Carolina Advisory Committee On Education
Luther Hodges
Thomas J. Pearsall
Rocky Mount
Raysal Veteran's Body Recovered After Car Plunge
The body of 20 year old Ray sal Army veteran Robert Spears was recovered from Dry Fork Creek near Bartley after his car plunged 135 feet off a steep embankment on State Route 83. Four Big Creek High School students riding with Spears were uninjured and helped report the crash to authorities.
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Raysal
Dry Fork Creek
Bartley
Robert Spears
Big Creek
Spears
Ross Adkins
Richard Fuller
Ted Sexton
Ralph Crutchfield
Joe Runyon
Bartley No. 3
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Youngster Discovers Christmas Shivering In Doorway Of Store
SOUTH NORFOLK VIRGINIA DEC 16 A nameless stray mutt shivers in a doorstep display by a Poin Dexter Store. A shaggy boy nearby notices the dog and, embracing him as his Christmas, warms himself as they share a moment.
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Norfolk
Poindexter
Strikers Receive Yale Loan Offer from Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Corp offered to lend 100 cash to striking or furloughed workers so they can buy essentials for Christmas. Production at 40 plants is stalled due to AML CIO IUE and UE strikes affecting over 50,000 workers with an additional 40,000 furloughed or under parts time. The loan requires 30 days of consecutive work lost.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Aml-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
IUE
Mother’s Love Follows Son In Court Hearing
In New York on December 16 24 year old John Foley punched his mother Margaret leaving a swollen lip. Magistrate Louis Kaplan reduced the assault charge to disorderly conduct and sentenced Foley to six months in the workhouse.
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New York
John Foley
Louis Kaplan
Margaret
Kaplan
Foley
Eisenhower Close to Second Term Decision After Milestone
President Eisenhower nears the end of 12 weeks of convalescence as doctors plan further tests to determine if he will seek a 1956 reelection. He eases into duties while awaiting medical bulletins from Dr. Paul Dudley White and the team at Walter Reed. White House aides say fatigue has influenced the pace of presidential chores.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Paul Dudley
Bothes
Baltimore
National Advisory Heart Council
Boston
Denver
Col
Thomas W. Mattingly
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Howard M. Snyder
Maj
Walter Tkach
White House
Richmond Judge Dismisses Bid to Block Virginia Referendum
Richmond Circuit Court Judge Harold F. Snead dismissed an injunction petition by Norfolk Negro Attorney Joseph A. Jordan Jr. aimed at blocking the January 9 constitutional convention referendum. The ruling followed a Virginia Supreme Court view that courts focus on results, not motives, in legislative actions.
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Richmond
A To Eo
Virginia League of Women Voters
Virginia
Harold F. Snead
Norfolk
Joseph A. Jordan Jr
Snead
Virginia Supreme Court
Jordan
Supreme Court
Women Voters
Carl Marcy
Arlington
League
Richmond League of Women Voters
State League
Fredericksburg
George C. Roper Jr
Richmond League
Thomas Stanley
Commission On Public Education
Garland Gray
Waverly
J. Hugo Madison
Madison
Bluefield Sees Temperature Dip To One Below Zero
A mid December cold snap hit Bluefield with a record low of one degree below zero in the early morning. Daytime high reached 25 degrees and the forecast called for mostly clear and cold conditions overnight with a near zero low. Clouds and rising temperatures were expected today with a high in the upper 20s.
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Bluefield
Turncoat Richard Tenneson returns to Alden home
Richard Tenneson, 22, who renounced the United States to live with Communists, returns to his Minnesota family farm to explain his side of the story. He speaks of faith and seeks time to think, while relatives and townspeople react to his repatriation and lingering questions about his beliefs.
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Alden
Minn
Richard Tenneson
Young Tenneson
Portia Howe
Minneapolis
Iganapecgia
Tenneson
Twin Cities
United States
Korea
Lord
Christ
Widow of Caruso Dies of Cancer
Dorothy Park Benjamin Caruso, widow of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, dies at 62 in Union Memorial Hospital after a long cancer battle. Born into a New York family, she wrote about Caruso in 1945 and lived between Europe and America after his death. She had three marriages, the last restoring Caruso’s name in 1940.
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Dorothy Park
Benjamin Caruso
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Naples
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