Canadian ace Mackenzie freed after two years in Red China
Squadron Leader Andrew R Mackenzie, the Canadian ace shot down in Korea, arrived in Hong Kong after two years in captivity. He said American prisoners were in the camp but did not disclose names or numbers. Mackenzie, credited with 812 enemy planes, crossed the Yalu under a bamboo curtain on the anniversary of his capture.
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HONG KONG
Dee
Andrew R
Andy) Mackenzie
Red China
Air Force
Mackenzie
Korea
freedom
bamboo courtain
Yalu
Peiping
Donald Skene
Royal Canadian Air Force
O D Simpson II
Mackenzies
Skene
Simpson
Washington
US Air Force
Anr Totree
Harold F. Fischer
Swea
Cold Wave Forecast For New England States
The weather bureau warned of frigid temperatures across New England with zero to five below in northern Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. Snow was expected along coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island with colder conditions Monday night as the region braces for a harsh early winter spell.
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S weather bureau
New England
mpat
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticu
Rhode Islands
Weather summary for Bridgeport and New York City
Partly cloudy and windy in Bridgeport with a day fair and cold night. Temperatures around 25 to 30 during the day, low near 15 in suburbs. Strong winds diminish tonight. In New York City and Bridgeport, conditions vary with a cold spell continuing into Tuesday.
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BRIDGEPORT
vic
NEW YORK CITY
Sam Bridgeport
sterdas
oderate
Five Children Die In Franklin Farmhouse Fire
Five children aged up to seven perished when their home on Lincoln Street in Franklin burned. Reginald De Baggis, 34, is named as their father. A witness described bodies being removed in hampers as firefighters from nearby towns battled the smoldering blaze at the farm home.
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FRANKLIN Mass
Lincoln street
Reginald
De Baggis
Robert Buchanan
Archbishop OBrien receives pallium in Hartford ceremony
In Hartford on December 5 Archbishop Henry J OBrien became the first Connecticut-born prelate to receive the pallium at St Joseph Cathedral. Cardinal Spellman conferred the liturgical emblem signaling his metropolitan authority as clergy, dignitaries, and about 2000 worshippers attended.
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HARTFORD
St Joseph Cathedral
Connecticut
Henry J O’Brien
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Pius XII
Holy See
John 1 Lodge Mavser
Dominick Delucen
Raymond Kelly
Connectcut
O Brien
Cardinal Spellman
Westporter Arrested Over Police Captain Badge Incident
A New York badge maker, Henry Pommier, 42, of North Avenue Westport, was arrested for breach of the peace after flashing a gold Police Captain badge to a policeman who stopped him for reckless driving on Fast Avenue. The badge, inscribed Captain New York Police, prompted an examination and bond posting of $25 for December 20 City Court appearance.
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NORWALK
Nec
New York
Henry Pommier
North avenue
Westport
Lord Baker
Fast avenue
Pommuer
Police
New York area
Pommier
Socialists win in West Berlin city elections
West Berlin voters gave the Socialists a clear lead in the 127 seat city parliament with 44 percent, while the Christian Democrats and Free Democrats trailed. Communists were shut out for the first time since 1946, amid a push for unity against extremism. CDU and SPD seek coalitions, with Adenauer’s bloc gaining at the Free Democrats’ expense. The vote reflects a demand to preserve democracy in a Soviet zone island.
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BERLIN
West Berlin
Konrad
Adenauer
Free Democrats
Wedding
Red Pasture
Adenauers CDU
Free Democrat party
CDU
Ernst Lemmer
CD17
Otto Suhr
Lemmer
new assembly
Christian Democrats
West Germany
Germany
Bonn
Pontiff Pius XII Broadcasts Benediction From Rome
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII, appearing stronger after a brief rest, delivered a benediction via microphone to the people of Rome. Technicians had planned an advance tape but a nap delayed the broadcast. The pontiff, 78, had collapsed Thursday and slept through much of the afternoon before addressing the crowd in St Peters.
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Pontiff
Rome
VATICAN CITY
Pius XII
Vatican Padia
S Peters
Westport Cops Injured In High Speed Chase Crash
Two Westport police officers were injured when their cruiser crashed into a tree and a fleeing car struck a fire hydrant during a six mile chase on Shore Road Route 136. The driver, Charles S Webster 17 of Fanton Hill Weston, was arrested on seven charges. Teens in the second car escaped unhurt. Both officers were treated at Norwalk hospital and released.
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WESTPORT
Charles S
Chuck’ Webster
Fanton Hill road
Weston
Clarente L
Romano
George
Robert Skinner
Post road
Compo road
State Polce
Greens Farm
Skinner
West Parish
Greens Farms
aid Hillspoint road
Skinner and Nugent
Smith
Greens Farms road
Hillspoint road
Plane crash kills 3 prisoners slug Bruce Campbell
A 24 year old Army officer from Tarchmont New York and summer resident of Fairfield since childhood was killed when an Army Signal Corps plane crashed near Las Vegas New Mexico. Bruce Campbell son of Mr and Mrs William Campbell grandson of Mrs John Demuth of Fairfield Beach died Friday along with the other officer in the crash. Campbell had begun active duty last year after graduation from Carrier College and ROTC. He had been stationed in Arizona about a week ago.
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Tarchmont
Fairfield
New Mexico
Saent
Bruce Campbell
William Campbell
John Demuth
Fairfield Beach
Army Signal Corps
William Thorn
Fairfield Beach road
Carrel
Arizona unt
Seventh Child Born After Milford Car Crash Injures Woman
A Milford woman severely injured when her car left Bridgeport avenue and a hedge, then plunged to Route 1, gave birth to a healthy 11 pound girl at Milford Hospital. Mrs. Morrrissey, mother of six, had been unconscious after the accident and was treated for a skull fracture. her husband was charged with reckless driving and released on bond. Debora Ann will be the baby’s name. other children ages from 3 to 17 include Elizabeth 17, Diane nine, Robert seven, Tanda six, Sharon four, and Barbara three.
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MILFORD
Bridgeport avenue
Milford hospital
Robert F Morrissex
Bayshore drive
Waldo Martin
Morrisse
Morrisses
Milford Oal company
Meadowsend road
Samuel Campagna
William Hughes
Morrissey
Burbank Cahf
Mar, MacTaggart
Deborah Ann
Elizabeth
Diane
Robert
Tanda
Sharon
Barbara
Lozano Named De Facto Leader in Honduras Crisis
A rump Congress session in Tegucigalpa dissolves in a brawl as Vice President Tulio Lozano becomes de facto dictator. Santiago Mesa was elected president of the rump by liberals who said Congress would not be formally constituted by midnight, leaving Lozano with executive and legislative power likely for two years.
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TEGUCIGAIPA
Honduras
congress
Tulio Lozano
Santiago Mesa
republic
Lovano
Shopping days to Christmas push extended store hours
Members of the Retail Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce will keep stores open until 9 pm on Monday including tonight to aid Christmas shoppers.
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Retail Merchants division
the
Chamber of Commerce
Tornadoes Rip Two State Area
Associated Press report details tornadoes in eastern Alabama and western Georgia killing at least one and injuring 47. Dozens of homes damaged across Manchester Richland Blakely and Filavile. National Guard deployed in Calhoun County to guard shattered homes.
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Alabama
Georgia
Manchester
Richland
Blakely
Filavile
Alahame
Anniston
Birmingham
Opelika
Montgomery
Liberty City
Montgomers
Wellington
Cod Hall
Annniston Star
N « Oreans
News York
Gordon Persons
National Guard
Calhoun
Persons
Red Artillery Rakes Nationalist Positions
Chinese Communist artillery shelled Nationalist bases off Formosa in the Taiwan Strait. Nationalist forces replied from the Tachen Islands and near Que Men, with no casualties or damage reported by the Central News Agency.
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Formosa
Sureas
kint
Tachen Islands
here
Quemcy
Nationalist
Central
Safety Group Poses No Accident Challenge to Nation
Washington December 5 AP President Eisenhower's committee on traffic safety issued a challenge to all Americans to pass 24 hours without a traffic accident. The Safe Driving Day was proclaimed to governors mayors and county officials and endorsed by Eisenhower. The drive cited 1953 and 1952 accident figures to urge safer driving nationwide.
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WASHINGTON
Dee 5
Fisenhowers
Florida double murder shocks Stamford couple at home
Dominick Albanizio and Evelyn Campbell Mead, living together in Hollywood Florida, were slain in their night clothes in a dawn attack. Their 14 year old son, the only witness, was placed in protective custody as police hunt for suspected killer Guibert Mead. Mead, a Stamford man already known as a phantom burglar, is believed to be in Florida and is sought on parole violation and related theft links.
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HOLLYWOOD Fla
Stamford Conn
wemars
Guibert Meader
Stamfords
burgar
bodge
Evelyn Campbell Mead
Dom neck
Athanizite
Mr. Mead
Boy Thebo
Rehard Dimon
Albanizio
polce
Albanizo
Stamford
racing hors
Mead
Florida
Mead 47
Connecticut
Berlin
Conn
Evelyn Campbell
Massachusetts
Stamford Charges Mead With Burglary and Forgery
Stamford reports Mrs Evelyn Mead slain in Holkwond Flatoda as the wife of Gilbert Mead, linking a phantom burglar claim to Dominih Alban izio and ongoing charges against Mead for burglary and forgery amid the Stamford case files.
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Evelyn C. Mead
Stamford
Mead
Evelyn Mead
Holkwond Flatoda
Dominih Albanizio
Gilbert Mead
Stamfords
Hartford Girl Attacked by Roaming Dog Pack
Seven year old Claudia Jean of 46 Liberty Street was bitten several times by roaming dogs near her home in Hartford. She received treatment at St Frances Hospital and was discharged. Police arrested Grace Wreh 52, Lucy Webb 43, and Thomas Migher 26 for allowing a dog to roam. four other owners remain unknown due to unlicensed dogs.
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HARTFORD
Claudia Jean
Liberty street
Frannie
Fenton
St Frances hospital
Grace Wreh
Walnut street
Lucy Webb
Bedford street
Thomas Migher
Edwards street
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William D OBrien
Chicago
Stephen J Donohue
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Reds
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Constantine Brown
Dr Bundesen
Jacoby
Sylvia Porter
Women's News
Marvin Foerster
Rhea Mae Schuster
Detroit
Lansing
Mich
W. J. Smith
Romano Rams Tree
Auto
Norwalk hospital
William J Smith
Hales court
Joseph A Romano
Las Vegas
Clark County
Glen Jones
Deborah Baye Vaaser
Walter Seften
J 10
Blackie
Ticker
Clifford Lair
Ed Johnson
sor ree Hiekeve
LOZANO
GILBERT MEAD JR
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eisenhower
Action Committee for Traffic Safety
Dominick Albanizio
sticks
Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate
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