Diamonds worth millions missing from airliner wreckage
A vast diamond cargo bound for the United States remains missing after a British Overseas Airways Corp plane crashed near Prestwick Airport on Christmas Eve. Three uncut stones were found at the site, with reports that some gems weigh up to 50 carats. Insurance inquiries follow the loss as efforts continue to recover hidden stones amid charred wreckage and guarded search operations.
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Prestwick
Scotland
Prestwick Airport
United States
British Overseas Airways Corp
New York
Louis Baumgold
Diamond Trading Co
London
Pope Enters 1955 Still Weak After Near Collapse
Vatican reports indicate Pope Pius XII, starting his 79th year and 77th as pope, remains feeble after a grave illness. Physicians foresee little chance of major change in four to five days, as the pontiff cannot resume his 1954 heavy schedule.
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Vatican
L'Osservatore Romane
Pius
Census Office Predicts Big Population Gain
The Census Bureau estimates the nation will start 1955 with a population of 163 million including armed forces abroad. The figure shows a rise of about 2.7 million people in 1954 and more than a 12 percent increase since the 1950 census.
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Census Office
Washington
Census Bureau
Joe Must Go Club Hit With New Legal Trouble
Baraboo Wisconsin officers of the Joe Must Go Club faced fresh trouble after a judge fined the group 4 200 for violating a pre existing political law by forming to recall Senator McCarthy The club failed to reach the required signatures for a recall and was accused of spending money to influence an election without proper financial reporting Names Le Roy Gore Harold Michels Carl Lachmund Patricia Watt Ivan Nestingen were cited in warrants.
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Baraboo
Wis
Dec
Joe Must Go Club of Wisconsin Inc
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Bruce Beilfuss Neilisville
Leroy Gore
Sauk City
Harold Michels
Amery
Carl Lachmund
Patricia Watt
Whitefish Bay
Ivan Nestingen
Madison
Benlfusa
McCarthy
Gore
Humphrey Seeks White House Probe of Ladejinsky Case
Senate force calls for a White House level inquiry as uproar over Wolf Ladejinsky's ouster as Tokyo agriculture attache sparks new counterstatements. The Agriculture Department says it was a security and technical dismissal despite anti Semitism claims in supporting letters.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
White House
Wolf Ladejinsky
Agriculture
Ladejinsky
Tokyo
Department
Milan D. Smith
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Ince
Tanker Blocks Suez Bridge. 70 Ships Stalled at Canal Ends
An oil tanker collided with the Swing Bridge near Port Said, halting Suez Canal traffic. Seventy ships queued at both ends while engineers estimate up to seven days to resume navigation. The 10,892 ton World Peace, Liberian registered and Greek owned, caused the blockage nine miles north of the canal.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Suez Canal Co
World Peace
BB Portas
Canal
Alamein
West German Chancellor Adenauer faces rearmament clash
Bonn battles between Chancellor Adenauer and the opposition Socialists over West German rearmament intensify as the Paris treaties gain French approval. The accords would bring West Germany and Italy into a Western European Union tied to NATO, with ratification by Bonn Parliament and the French upper house pending.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
French National Assembly
Paris
West Germany
Adenauer
Italy
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxony
West Se
NATO
Saar
W Germany
Flash Fire Kills Man and Three Children
A blaze in a frame house near Charles Town West Virginia killed James R. Costello Jr and his daughter Ida Marie along with his 11 year old son Robert and 7 year old daughter Virginia Roth. Firefighters arrived after the flames spread rapidly trapping occupants. Costello’s wife lived in a nearby house.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Here
James R. Costello Jr
Ida Marie
Jewell
Charles Town General Hospital
Costello
Robert
Roth Virginia
Bphemae
Case
Rawson
Clark Parr
Farr
Exporter Attacks Security Ruling Over Ladejinsky Case
A letter from George N. Witt of American Exporter Publications calls Ladejinsky a security risk and accuses Jews who joined Reds of betrayal. Witt criticizes Rep Judd and Sen Humphrey for defending Ladejinsky, noting Ladejinsky’s Russian birth and U S clearance history.
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Washington
Wolf Ladejinsky
George N. Vitt
American Exporter Publications
New York City
Russia
Witt
Rep
Judd
Rminn
Sen
Humphrey
Dminn
Commie
Ladejinsky
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
State Department
Agriculture
Whee Eeay
Ladey
Dulles Heralds 1954 Gains Toward Peace
Secretary of State Dulles says 1954 showed unity and strength against Communism, reducing the danger of general war. He warns against overconfidence while noting ongoing threats. He cites the Manila pact, EDC fate, Trieste tensions, Suez issues, and NATO gains as signs of a resilient free world.
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Dulles
Washington
Free World
Oer
Matemient
Eption
European Defense Community
Indochina
Manila
EDC
Suez
Soviet Satire Declares Liberace a Gravedigger of Art
The Soviet satirical magazine Krokodii jokes that pianist Liberace is no genius and calls him a “gravedigger of art.” It mocks his life story, noting his good looks and famous hair, and blames popular culture for his fame while offering a cheeky thumbnail sketch.
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Pianist Liberace
New York
Krokodii
Liberace
Leeberice
Price
Leeberie
Krokodil
Army plans early release cutting 44,000 draftees
The Army proposed releasing 44,000 draftees completing 23 to 22 months of service by May and June, while maintaining the 24 month hitch after June. About 3,400 reserve lieutenants would also be released, with exceptions for volunteers on active duty. The move aims to reduce strength to 1,100,000 by June 30.
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Washington
Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eisenhower
Women's Army Corps
Chaplains and Medical Corps
LSi Banned From High Seas After LST Disappearance
Coast Guard orders crews to board all LST vessels arriving at ports and voids certificates for this ship type to sail coastwise. Disappearance of the Southern district LST, with a crew of 22, after leaving Port Sulphur on December 2 is under investigation. Navy ship Anacostia reportedly last contacted the missing vessel and later spotted a similar craft battling gale winds off Charles.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Port Sulphur
Bucksport
Anacostia
The
Charles
World End Prophet Sane But Ideas Found Unusual
Dr. Charles A. Laughead former MSC physician was found sane in an Ingham County probate court hearing. Psychiatrists said his ideas were unusual but not proof of mental illness and petition to commit him was dismissed. Sister sought commitment for him and his wife and guardians for three children, delaying the hearing.
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Lansing
Mich
Charles A. Laughead
Michigan State College
Ingham County
Laughead
Margaret V. Laughead
Les Moines
Iowa
Neve Liza
MSC
John A. Hannah
Dorothy
Lillian
Chiang Declares Battle Overtures
Chiang Kai shek warned that Red attacks on Nationalist offshore is lands could lead to full scale war in the Formosa Strait. he spoke after talks with admiral radford about defense of formosa and us guarantees. the year 1954 started quietly with no reported shelling or major incidents.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai. Shek
Taiwan
Chiang
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
U. S
Defense Ministry
82 Year Old Couple Starts Over After Divorce in 1898
ATLANTA Dec. 31 Mr and Mrs Harry L Olive separated in 1898 after a long marriage. Now at 82 they announce a new start and plan to remarry after Olive returns to Atlanta following retirement from Boeing in Seattle. The pair vow to leave the past behind and rebuild their lives together.
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Atlanta
Harry L. Olive
Coen
Mar
Olive
Seattle, Wash
Boeing
Royal Welcome As Nation Prays For Peace In 1955
The nation ringed in 1955 with church services and a yearlong peace prayer. President Eisenhower hosted a dinner at Augusta National Golf Club with golfing friends. New York bars demanded liquor licenses for all night revelry and costs rose for couples. The national chain of prayer began in 11 Methodist communities as safety officials warned weekend traffic deaths.
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Eisenhower
Augusta, Ga. National Golf Club
Times Square
New York City
New York
Board of Evangelism
The
Methodist Church
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Motorista
New Year Opens Quiet in Bluefield Area
New Year 1934 begins with quiet conditions across Mercer, Tazewell and McDowell counties as police report no accidents and Bluefield sees nine locals jailed on drunk charges. Weather forecasts predict occasional rain with temperatures rising, and a weekend rain total near one inch.
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Bluefield
Mercer
Tazewell
McDowell
R. T. Jones
Weather Bureau
Weather Temperatures Moderate Across Nation as 1954 Ends
The weather mellowed across the United States on Friday as 1954 ended. Dry winds blasted the Texas Panhandle while the Upper Mississippi Valley saw wintry air and light rain along the West Gulf Coast. Florida enjoyed 70s and 80s, with warmer readings into the 60s and 70s across much of the West and Midwest.
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United States
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Texas
North Pacific
FM. Bragg
Calif
Stampede Pass
Wash
West Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Florida
Palm Beach
Midwest
Virginia
New England
Washington
Oregon
California
Convicted Spy Seeks Convent Life in Germany
Berlin report says Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt a 24 year old convicted Communist Spy asks to spend life in a convent. West Berlin lawyer Egon Bach notes she expressed this wish in a letter from Frankfurt jail after pleading guilty and receiving a five year sentence from a U S High Commission court.
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Berlin
Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt
West Berlin
Egon Bach
Miss Schmidt
Frankfurt
U. S. High Commission
U. S
UN Envoy Reports On Red Mission Talks
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met with British policy makers in London to discuss his mission to Peiping and to urge Red China to release 11 U.S. charges. He then planned brief talks with Eden Mendes-France and Nehru on the route to China aboard government planes.
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United Nations
Dula
Ant International
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
U.N
U. N. Assembly
London
U. S
Chou En-lai
Anthony Eden
Far East
Hammarskjold
Paris
Mendes- France
Orly
Mendes-France
Paria
New Delhi
British Overseas Airways Corporation
New
Nehru
Red China
Richmond State Senator Frank Richeson Dies at 65
Richmond Virginia December 31 Senator Frank Richeson longtime member of the Virginia Senate dies in his sleep at 65 Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 30 pm at Ginter Park Methodist Church burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery Richeson headed the H T Richeson and Co real estate firm founded by his father He served two Senate terms after election in 1947 and previously chaired Richmond Board of Aldermen from 1944 until 1947 He is survived by widow Lena Eldridge two children Frankie St Clair Richeson and Henry L Richeson an aunt Dairy Smith Abrams of Ash and...
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Richmond
Frank
Richeson
Ginter Park Methodist Church
Hollywood Cemetery
H. T. Richeson & Co
Randolph-Macon College
Senate
Justice Department claims hard blow hit at rackets
The Department of Justice reports major progress against labor racketeering in 1954. Assistant Attorney General Warren Olney III notes the 1954 creation of an organized crime and racketeering section as a key step. He cites ongoing investigations under the Labor Management Relations Act and Hobbs Act, with indictments tallied for 1954 and 1958.
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Justice Department
Washington
Asst
Atty
Warren Olney Ill
Brownell
Department of Justice
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Army and Defense Department
Journal
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NSC
Associated Press
Bluefield Area
Frank Richeson
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