Dynamiting Of Market Described In Knoxville Hearing
Knoxville grocer B B Powers testified before senate rackets investigators that his market was dynamited the night after a Teamsters Local 621 official warned him of trouble for selling Coca Cola during a strike. He said no arrests or grand jury action followed.
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Washington
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W. J. Reynolds
Teamsters Local 621
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Reynolds
Lavern J. Duffy
Rackets Committee
Knoxville
Hal Clements
Clements
McClellan
Lola Freels
Tennessee
W. A
Smitty” Smith
Nashville
Smith
John T. Reynolds
Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Investigation
B. L. Waggoner
John P. Hagen
Vanguard Project
Fire wipes out Epworth store and apartments
A two story brick building on Epworth main street burned Friday night, destroying the Silkers general merchandise store and the town telephone exchange. Seventeen residents from five families escaped with only their clothes as the blaze razed the structure. Fire support from Farley and others aided, while a water-filled tanker came from Dubuque. Cause not yet determined.
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Epworth
Silkers General Merchandise Store
Dial Telephone Exchange
Hank Spielmen
Keith Cole
Lyle Kahr
Robert Fritz
Mirs. J. A. Chapman
Jerry Grue
Dubuque
Tito Declines U.S. Military Aid During Briolini Meeting
Belgrade sources report Yugoslavia’s President Tito refused U.S. military aid after a Friday meeting with Ambassador James R. Berger on the island Briolini Tito said aid was declined due to recent U.S. reappraisals of assistance.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.S
Tito
James Riddleberger
Bri‘oni
Pearl Harbor Memorial Observed Beside Arizona Wreck
In Honolulu on a rainy day, hundreds paid homage to 1,102 dead aboard the sunken battleship Arizona. Chaplains from three faiths led services as representatives from 48 states, the territory, and the Philippines offered wreaths in the harbor remembrance.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Territory
Philippines
Dog Meat Craze Plagues Owners
Police crackdown on Taipei restaurants serving meat from stolen dogs continues. Authorities note dog meat is legal if lawfully acquired, but thieves target pedigreed and mongrel dogs alike. Two men arrested Friday with six dogs rescued from menus.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hopes for Christmas Trees Glow Dim as Lights Vanish
In McGregor Texas the Chamber of Commerce brightened downtown by placing 18 lit Christmas trees on parking meters. On the first night 100 bulbs disappeared prompting concern over vandalism and security.
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Mcgregor, Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Daily Record Index Briefs and Local Notes
Summary unavailable due to fragmented text. Key items include courthouse references, editorial features, Marion Movies, radio and TV sports, and classified wants ads. Entities like Daily Record are present, but specifics are illegible.
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Ender
Marion
Football Queen Among 4 Girls Killed in Crash
In Hamburg Arkansas four Hamburg high school seniors died when a car struck a trailer truck on a train soaked highway. Kay Carver 17 football queen Myrtle Bunn 17 Jimmie Nell Ruff 17 Fay Henderson 18 were en route to a class banquet. The accident occurred as the group tried to pass a stalled vehicle and skid into the trailer. The truck driver was lightly hurt and the banquet was canceled.
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Hamburg
Ark
Kay Carver
Hamburg High School
Myrtle Bunn
Jimmie Nell Ruff
Fay Henderson
Miss Henderson
Crossett
Carver
B. A. Courson
S. P. Portis
Kay
Trains Collide at Penn Station Injuring Four
A Pennsylvanian Railroad Clevelander train and an empty train derailed after a sideswipe collision while entering Pennsylvania Station. Four people suffered minor injuries on the incident which involved 106 passengers aboard the Clevelander and disrupted service. No fatalities reported.
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New York
Clevelander
Pennsylvania Station
Cleveland
New York City
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central
Nixon says safety outweighs budget balance for defense needs
Vice President Nixon told 1800 manufacturers that security comes before a balanced budget if needed for national defense. He said a budget balance is possible next year with cuts to domestic programs and no tax cuts, while urging continued aid and information programs to counter Soviet threats.
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New York
Nixon
National Association of Manufacturers
Canada Announces Broad Tax Cuts To Start January
Ottawa reports 178 million dollars in personal corporate and auto purchase tax reductions for 4.5 million taxpayers. The plan lowers the first 1000 dollars taxable income tax from 13 to 11 percent and the next 1000 from 15 to 14 percent. Dependents exemptions rise by 100 dollars. Car excise drops from 10 to 7.2 percent with immediate price effects. Fleming cites an 80 million dollar budget surplus for the year ending March 31.
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Ottawa
Donald Fleming
Fleming
Vanguard failure report sent to Eisenhower and secrecy kept
The Pentagon dispatched a preliminary report to President Eisenhower on the Vanguard misfire at Cape Canaveral. Press Secretary Hagerty said details would remain secret for security reasons and that a full study would take until next week.
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Gettysburg
Defense Department
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Pentagon
Washington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Congress
White House
Rainfall Record Falls in Memphis After Wet Day
AP report notes a long rainy spell in Memphis washing out an 80 year record as 73.50 inches in total rainfall is surpassed at 8:45 p.m. The figure eclipses the 1877 record.
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Memphis
Air General urges calm over ballistic missile tests
Grandview Missouri Major General B A Schriever senior air force missile chief urged optimism as test failures occurred saying malfunction is expected in early stages of such a complex weapon. He noted dirt can clog fueling and stressed Russia is not clearly ahead or behind in long range missile development.
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Air Force
B. A. Schriever
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Richards- Gebaur Air Force Base
Central Air Defense Force
Schriever
U. S
Russia
Europe
Iowan Receives Year Prison Term On Own Request
Laverne Christiansen of West Liberty was sentenced to a one year term at Fort Madison after pleading guilty to a first offense drunken driving charge. The judge granted the sentence to help address the man’s drinking problem following a November 19 crash on Highway 6 near Iowa City that injured four people.
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Iowa City
Laverne Christiansen
West Liberty
Fort Madison
Christiansen
H. D. Evans
Evans
A H Boileau Dies in Arkansas at 62
A H Boileau 62 retired Cherry Burrell division manager died at a Fayetteville Arkansas hospital. He moved from Cedar Rapids years ago after a 34 year career with Cherry Burrell, inventing a continuous ice cream freezer and earning 23 US patents. He served in World War I and held multiple Cedar Rapids civic posts. Survivors include wife Meryl and a sister. Services set in Fayetteville with burial in Red Oak.
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Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Fayetteville, Ark
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Boileau
Cherry-Burrell
Fayetteville
U. S
Henderson, Ia
Meryl
P. L. Bates
River Forest, II
George C. ‘Boileau
Red Oak
Watson Funeral Home
Publicity Backlash Follows Vanguard Satellite Failure
The article reports global reaction to the Vanguard satellite failure with critics in Washington London and Tokyo lambasting the advance publicity. It notes Tass and Moscow radio coverage and editorials in London papers while GOP and Democratic figures fault the hype and call for secrecy.
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Ralph Villers
INS
America
London
Tokyo
Washington
Lithle Press
Globe
Vanguard
Tass
Moscow Radio
Shoji Kochi
Canaveral
Two Girls Lost in Woods Found Hours Later
Kathleen Maiocchi and Paula Goddu, ages 12 and 14, were found exhausted after 18 hours wandering boggy woods while seeking a skating spot. Police said they appeared in good condition and were located along a highway as the large search continued.
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Pelham
N. H
Kathleen Maiocchi
Paula Goddu
Malvern Thompson
Man Rescued From 1800 Degree Incinerator Incident
In Louisville a rain Refuge ended in danger as Clarence Shackleford, 57, crawled into a large trash container behind a public library with a wine bottle to seek shelter. The container was picked up by a dump truck and dropped into a 25 foot pit in front of the incinerator. a crane operator saw his arm and he was rescued moments before a power shovel lowered. Shackleford was arrested on drunkenness charges.
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Louisville
Clarence Shackleford
Shackleford
Kishi Improves After State Dinner Illness
Manila AP reports Japanese Prime Minister Kishi feeling much better after falling ill following a state dinner hosted by President Garcia.
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Kishi
Japan
Garcia
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