Stepinac Freed by Yugoslavia Under Guarded Conditions
Belgrade AP reports Yugoslavia granted conditional freedom to Msgr Alojzije Stepinac, former Roman Catholic primate, prohibiting his return to duties without government approval. He will reside in a parish house near Zagreb after five years in Lepoglava prison.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Msgr
Alojzije Stepinac
Tarjug
Krasic
Zagreb
Stepanic
Axis
Marshal Tito
Croatia
Lepoglava
Catholic Church
Martin Wiley Named County Supervisor
Martin Wiley a 51 year old Clinton township fruit farmer was named temporary first district Linn county supervisor to fill the vacancy created when C L Beeson was suspended. Appointed by Auditor Otto F Hanzlik Recorder Dempsy Jones and Clerk Arthur Axmear Wiley must file a bond. He has operated Wiley Fruit Farm since 1929 and has been in farming since 1926. Wiley will serve until the court rules on Beesons suspension, with a Dec 20 hearing scheduled.
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Martin Wiley
Clinton Township
Linn County
Wiley
Otto F. Hanzlik
Dempsy. Jones
Arthur Axmear
C. L. Beeson
Beeson
Palo Road
Cedar Rapids
Odd combination leads to liquor charge in Philadelphia
E Irwin Carter, 31, was charged with larceny and drunkenness after a patrolman found him walking at night with a pair of boy’s crutches under one arm and a city parking meter under the other.
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Philadelphia
E Irwin Carter
Doctor Freed in Spinster Death Charge Dropped
Supreme Court Judge Kenneth Wynne dismissed the manslaughter charges against Danbury physician Dr. Donald F. Gibson. The court ruled the state failed to prove a guilty link between Gibson and Elizabeth M. Ayres's death on July 26, 1950, noting speculation cannot be proof.
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Bridgeport
Miss Ayres
Wynne
Murer
David Goldstein
Gibson
Yale
Positronium: A Nucleusless Atom Reported at Brookhaven
Professor Martin Deutsch of MIT presented a new atomic concept at Brookhaven AEC lab describing positronium a tiny atom with no nucleus. He said it weighs about one thousandth the mass of hydrogen and consists of one positive and one negative electron bound together, found in cosmic radiations.
Yanks Down Five MIGs In Korean War Air Battle
United States Fifth Air Force jets shot down five MiG-15s and damaged five more in the tenth straight day of air combat over Korea. No U.S. planes were lost or damaged. The clash near Sinanju involved 29 F-86 Sabres against 80 MiGs, producing six confirmed or probable enemy losses and one additional damaged MIG. Ground actions remained minor with limited probing by U.N. forces.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
U.S. Fifth Air Force
U.S
Sinanju
U.N
Eighth Army
Father Held for Tying Up Twins
Carl Rodgers, 65, jailed in Eldora on a $300 bond for a charge linked to alleged abuse of his twin boys who will turn three next month. He faces a juvenile court charge of contributing to the dependency of a child amid claims he tied the children to keep them from kicking covers and notes tying them in the car. Rodgers rents a farm home in Providence township and draws a soldier's pension while his wife and other children live there. A placement agent has complained about conditions at the home and the mother of the boys says neither child ever complained.
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Eldora (Ap
Carl Rodgers
Rodgers
Providence Township
Gilchrist
the Gazette
Gilchrist denies beating claim at Toledo children home
Rob ert Gilchrist a Cedar Rapids storekeeper charged The Gazette with a brutal beating incident at the Toledo state children home. He was fired and alleged two brothers living in Cedar Rapids were involved. A 16 year old interviewed said the boy was paddled years ago by a cottage patron and deserved it.
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Ed Murphy
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Toledo State
Robert Gilchrist
Supt
L. H. Ladd
Gilchrist
Toledo
Brothers
Gertrude Stockdale
Reds Offer Names for Truce Vigil
At Panmunjom the Communists proposed five observer nations Denmark Sweden Switzerland and Poland and Czechoslovakia to monitor a Korean armistice with no single supervisor. They would not specify what ports of entry include and delayed prisoner exchange discussions. The U.N. questioned the neutrality of some states and accused the Reds of double talk.
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Red
U.N
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Howard S. Levie
Acad
North Korea
Manchuria
Siberia
Eruption Toll Of 2000 Seen In Philippines
Manila officials estimated 2000 deaths from Hibok Hibok eruption on Camiguin island after a second blast. Rescue efforts faced heat and fumes as evacuees fled to Mindanao, with ten villages destroyed and widespread destruction reported. Island lies off northern Mindanao with populations displaced.
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Camiguin
Paciencio Ysalina
Misamis
Mindanao
Oe Cross
Philippine Army
Patricio Monzon
Philippine News Service
Hibok Hibok
Theft of car and 31 batteries leads to two arrests
Two Cedar Rapids brothers Melvin Pieper 37 and Glenn Pieper 35 were arrested after investigators linked them to a stolen car owned by Donald Bowers and 31 storage batteries removed from Hargrave Construction equipment. A Gazette reporter helped locate the car and authorities recovered 16 batteries in Mechanicsville.
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Sherlock Holmes
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bukacek
Melvin
Glenn Pieper
Gazette
Third Avenue SW
Donald Bowers
Fifth Avenue SE
Hargrave Construction Company
Thirtythird Street
Mechanicsville
Bukacek
Man Claims Football Winner Picks Made Infallible
William Piatkiewicz, a 45 year old postal employee, faced mail fraud charges after inspectors described his winnings scheme. He mailed predictions on Thursdays, waited for Saturday results, and altered scores to win contests run by an oil firm and a tire maker. He posted verdicts with a Thursday postmark and hid his name in pencil. He won prizes by nearly predicting scores, including a 35 to 0 Michigan State over Notre Dame. He posted a $1,000 bond after arrest and a Dec 11 hearing was scheduled.
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Chicago
William Piatkiewicz
S. A. van Petten
P. B. Richter
Piatkiewicz
U. S
C. S. Bentley Pike
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Pike
Industrialist Held In Cager Scandal
New York AP reports district attorney Frank Hogan announced the arrest of Daniel Lamont, 44, Altoona shoe manufacturer, whose real name is Donato Lamorte. Lamont is the money man alleged to have financed bribes to college basketball players including Jackie Goldsmith and Joseph Serota to fix games. Harvey Connie Schaff of NYU is serving a six month sentence for conspiracy to accept a bribe. Goldsmith, once a Long Island University player, is indicted for conspiracy and bribery. Serota, of Brooklyn, is accused of paying a $2000 bribe to Schaff.
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NEW York (Ap
Frank Hogan
Daniel Lamont
Altoona
Hogan
Lamont
Donato Lamorte
Jackie Goldsmith
Joseph
Serota
Harvey
Connie
Schaff
New York University
Goldsmith
Long Island University
Brooklyn
U.S. Casualties Rise to 101,688 in Korea War
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea reached 101,688, up 805 from the previous week, as of Wednesday.
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U.S
Washington
U. S
Korea
Resignation of Oliphant as IRS chief counsel cited in probe
Washington AP Charles A. Oliphant quit Wednesday as chief counsel of the internal revenue bureau after saying he faced attacks, rumors and pressure beyond endurance. The resignation was voluntary and accepted by the White House. Franklin Nathan testified about his tax matters, denials by officials, and Caudle’s ties to Nathan as Ways and Means hearings continued.
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Charles A. Oliphant
Internal Revenue Bureau
Oliphant
Truman
White House
Frank Nathan
T. Lamar Caudle
Nathan
House
Ways and Means
Pittsburgh
Dacemos Washington Parc
King
D-Calif
Rome
Rep
Byrnes
R-Wis
Caudle
Mr. Caudle
Adrian de
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First District
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Josef Beran
Prague
Stefan Wyszynski
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Ted Press
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Larson
Congress
Hardin County
Panmunjom
Voice of
U.N. Command Radio
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Bower
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Peoples Bank and Trust Company
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Leonard Stusak
Pieper Brothers
Stusak
Breuer
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Jess Larson
War Assets Administration
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