Soviet Union Demand for No-War Pact and Disarmament Talks
In Moscow Khrushchev challenged the West to sign a no-war pact and back an international disarmament conference. Gromyko dismissed NATO’s foreign ministers meeting as unproductive while urging UN or international talks. Parliament backed proposals for a nuclear ban and a Central European weapons-free zone. Khrushchev called for direct U.S. talks without harming other nations’ interests.
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NATO
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khruschev
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
United Nations
Paris
Gromyko
West
Dulles
Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
United States
Britain
Russia
Europe
Bulgamia
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
U S Facing Battle Before Arming Europe
European diplomats after this week's NATO conference press for more U S concessions before arming Europe with missiles and nuclear bases. They warn Eisenhower's health may hinder leadership. Dulles clashes with others over talks with Russia while seeking disarmament avenues.
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WGLU
Russia
State Dulles
United States
Eisenhower
Murder Verdict With No Corpse in Thros Case
Los Angeles reports a jury convicts L Ewing Scott of first degree murder in the disappearance of his wife Evelyn Thros by Scott. The verdict follows a largely circumstantial case with death penalty to be decided Monday by a separate penalty jury under a new California capital trial law.
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Los Angeles
L. Ewing Scott
I Evelyn Throsby Scott
Scott
P. Brasil Lambros
San Quentin
Clementi D. Nye
Scott Wholly
California
State Supreme Court
J. Miller Leavy
United States
Probers Prepare 1958 Senate Labor Racketeering Hearings
The Senate Rackets Committee plans a Strategy conference with 35 field investigators from major offices to map next year hearings on racketeering in labor management. Possible probes include United Auto Workers and Kohler dispute violence, operating engineers, carpenters and butchers unions, and corporate labor consultants.
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Washington
Senate
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Miami
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Kohler Plumbing Fixture Co
Wisconsin
Kohler
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
McClellan
D - Ark
Teamsters Union
Bakery Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Virginia Hunts Missing Family
Dr. O D Sparks asks Virginia authorities to help locate his wife and 10 month old twins missing since Monday. They were visiting relatives in Gate City Virginia and Sparks says he believes his wife may be there though he fears no foul play. He has spoken with FBI officials and learned a missing persons alert had been issued in Virginia.
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Paintsville
O. D. Sparks
Virginia
FE. W
McKinney
Gate City
McKinney’s
McKinneys
Sparks
FBI
Just Stopped By For Cup Of Tea- Bigshot Liquor Baron Innocent Bystander
Albany hearing details how John Montana, a liquor and taxi baron, claimed he was an innocent bystander at the Apalachin meeting. He testified he stopped for tea at Joseph Barbara's home after car trouble, contradicting police accounts. The legislative watchdog pressed for district attorney action while noting 23 of 36 New Yorkers were questioned.
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Albany
N.Y
PKA
Buffalo
Albany County
William F. Horan
John C. Montana
Joseph Barbara
Horan
Salvatore
Ignatius Cannone
Endwell
Emmanuel Zicari
Endicott
Montana
District Attorney
New York
Barbara
Apalachin
Five Die In State Wreck Near Charleston
A car truck crash on West Virginia Route 17 near Charleston killed two adults and three children from High Point North Carolina en route to Christmas in High Point. Driver Mrs Dean and her husband Joseph Dean 22 and 20 were among the dead, with Harris children Martyn Kay 9 Cheryl E 12 and Marshall 7. The Harris family and a third passenger were in the other car.
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Charleston
W. Va
Here
High Point
N. C
Joseph Dean
Patricia
Marshall S. Harris
Martyn Kay Harris
Cheryle E. Harris
Harris
Charles F. Harris
Dean
Putnam County
Opha Stone
Donald G. Houser
Winston- Salem
Houser
McLean Trucking Co
Little Rosella Loses Second Foot In Freezing Tragedy
Fate turned against 15-year-old Rosella Auxier of eastern Kentucky as doctors removed her right foot after removing the left last week due to prolonged exposure to freezing weather. Found unconscious December 13 in Prestonsburg, she was taken to Children’s Hospital with only a walk memory and a calm, hopeful response to surgery.
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Louisville
Rosella Auxier
Rosella
Kentucky
Prestonsburg
Children’s Hospital
Navy Sparring Effort In Race Of Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Dec 21 Observers detect faint signs at the Vanguard complex suggesting the Navy may beat the Army to place America’s first satellite The Navy controls Vanguard a scientific effort while the Army pursues the Jupiter C as part of the Redstone missile program The Air Force tightens security and observation limits around Cape near the launch area.
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Navy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
Army
America
U.S
Russia
Air Force
Cape
Monroney Proposes Presidential Commission on Auto Safety
Sen. Monroney announced a bill to create a presidential commission to combat highway accidents. The plan includes nationwide crash reporting, potential interstate driver licensing, and uniform traffic codes with federal funding for the reporting system.
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Washington
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Moneroney
Oklahoman
Monroney
Automobile Company
Senate
House
Yuletide Customs Through Centuries Narrated By Jim Dalton
Bluefield readers are reminded Christmas blends religious and secular customs from pagan roots to modern festivity. Santa Claus origins trace to St Nick's acts of giving, with gift lore tied to stockings and chimneys as legends grow from Myra to today.
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Jim Dalton
Bluefield
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Bigshot
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Mich
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Letha
Little Rosella
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
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Diana Dors
London
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Yeardye
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Marilyn Monroe
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Christ
England
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Santa
Nicholas
Myra
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