Jury Deadlock Seen In Sam Sheppard Murder Trial
In Cleveland AP reported the Sheppard murder trial jury may be deadlocked over guilt or degree. The jurors returned to deliberations for a second day with no verdict. If guilty, a first degree murder charge could bring the death penalty. prosecutors note possible nonpremeditated factors.
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Sheppard
Cleveland
Louise Feuchter
Elizabeth Burke
Jack Hansen
Frank Moravec
Edmund Verlinger
Howard Barrish
Frank Kollarits
James Bird
Beatrice Orenstein
Luella Williams
Eddie Francis
William Lamb
Anne Foote
Samuel Sheppard
Criminal Courts
William J. Corrigan
Marilyn
Villagers Like Mike for Mayor, U.S. Says No
Mike Colikas a 70 year old beauty shop operator from Pittsburgh returned to his birthplace in PYRGI Greece after 47 years in the United States He aided the village by funding a school road a village square and a clock tower yet refused to run for mayor because he would lose American citizenship The village elected him 2 145 votes to 2 147 and the U S consulate advised that accepting any term as mayor would strip him of citizenship prompting his return to Pittsburgh
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Mike Colikas
Pittsburgh
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Mike
Athens
Snow Flurries Tonight With Light Snow Sunday
Snow flurries are expected tonight with light snow on Sunday. Lows drop to the mid teens to mid 20s tonight and highs reach the low to mid 30s Sunday.
Cyprus Riots Prompt British Fire in Limassol
British troops fired on anti-American and anti-British rioters in Limassol injuring three student demonstrators as protests spread from Nicosia and Athens. Tear gas and bayonets cleared the main square while a Communist mayor calmed crowds.
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U.S
Britain
Greece
Nicosia
Athens
U.S. Information Office
U.N
National Labor Board backs hot cargo clauses in unions
The National Labor Relations Board upheld 3-2 the validity of hot cargo clauses in labor contracts. It also ruled unions cannot enforce such clauses if an employer repudiates the agreement. The clauses allow workers to refuse handling freight to or from a rival employer in a labor dispute.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Survey Shows Effects of Television Are Declining
New Brunswick New Jersey residents show a shift back to pre TV habits as the Cunningham and Walsh survey for 1954 notes gains in morning radio and newspaper reading while movie attendance and magazines rebound. The report, based on a city of about 40 000, suggests TV will have lasting influence but people are readjusting to normal living patterns.
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New York
New Brunswick
N. J
Cunningham and Walsh
Canada
Retail Booksellers Association
Public Library
Prosecutor Seeks Further Talk With Victim's Mate
Brin kley Arkansas. Prosecutor J B Reed said he will speak again with Melvin Fuller an auto dealer whose wife was beaten to death Sunday Fuller agreed to take lie detector and mental tests if officers want to administer them
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Brinkley
Ark
J. B. Reed
Melvin Fuller
Reed
Fuller
Fallout Research to Clarify Atomic Fallout Threat
AEC Chairman Lewis L Strauss announced plans to strip mystery from fallout. The commission will study radiological, medical, biology, weapons, and defense aspects, with results to be presented at an as yet unspecified future news conference.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L Strauss
Commission
Dog Shoots Master at Dahl Farm
A wire-haired fox terrier named Terry shot and wounded 12-year-old David Dahl at the Dahl family farm near New Liberty. David had placed a .22 rifle against a loft ladder when Terry jumped on it, triggering the gun and injuring his right hand and thigh. He was treated by a London doctor and released.
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Terry
David Dahl
Dahl
Here
David
Oscar Dahl
London
Man Gets Year In Slaying Plot
J Willard Durden an Orlando contractor was sentenced to one year in jail after a jury convicted him of conspiring with the late Emmett Donnelly to murder clients for profit. Donnelly killed himself when the plot was exposed. The trial covered one conspiracy to kill Mrs Byrd Thompson Roach with other charges pending.
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Byrd Thompson Roach
K. H. Gerlach
Lake Wales
Louise Clarke Hawley Sandberg
Orlando
Iowa City
Durden
Iowa Near All Time Death Toll With 10 More Fatalities
Iowa counted four more traffic deaths bringing the 1954 total to 615 seven weeks into the year. Victims include George Lower 44 owner of Lower Truck Co Independence Will Klinkel 59 an employee of Lower William Duis 35 Emmetsburg farmer Jacob Fischer 81 Rockwell City. Lower and Klinkel died in a Friday 7 p.m. head on collision near Hazleton blamed on slick snow packed highways. A Minneapolis semi driven by Willard Pearson jackknifed and struck their car. Pearson suffered a forehead gash and minor injuries. Duis died in a collision with a Rock Island train near Emmetsburg. Fischer died at a Lake City hospital from injuries in an earlier crash near Rockwell City.
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Iowa
George Lower
Lower Truck Company
Independence
Will Klinkel
Lower
William Duis
Emmetsburg
Jacob Fischer
Rockwell City
Klinkel
Hazleton
Willard Pearson
Minneapolis
Pearson
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Duis
Rock Island
Fischer
Lake City
Brampton
Ont
Trans- Canada Airlines
Marlene Stewart
McCarthy Group Stops Counting Signatures
Retired Rear Admiral John G Crommelin said Americans Mobilizing for Justice stopped counting petitions protesting Sen. McCarthy after reaching 2 300 000 signatures. The group sought 10 million and planned to sort remaining petitions by state though Crommelin called further counting unnecessary. McCarthy was condemned by the senate on December 2.
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New York
John G. Crommelin
For Justice
Sen. MccCarthy
G. Crommelin
McCarthy
Senate
Nine Years of Savings Stolen From Piggy Bank
Antone Barboza reported a thief broke into his home and stole $500 in dimes saved over nine years for his son Paul 9 who suffers from epilepsy. Police are investigating the burglary in Fall River Massachusetts.
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Fall River, Mass
Antone Barboza
Paul
Five Survivors Rescued From Idlewild Water Crash
An Italian DC-6 from Rome and Milan crashed into a pier at Idlewild Airport near Jamaica Bay. Five survivors were reported from the waters as rescuers fought flames and confusion over casualties. The elderly man rescued cried out for his wife amid the chaotic scene.
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New York
Idlewild
Jamaica Bay
Rome
Milan
Miller Killed Headed Brewery Flight Tragedy Claims Miller Family
Frederick C. Miller 48 president of Miller Brewing Company dies in a flaming crash in a snow bound field along with his son Frederick Jr 22 and pilots Joe Laird 39 and Paul Laird 32. The group was en route to Winnipeg for a Christmas hunting trip aboard a Lockheed Ventura.
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Milwaukee
Frederick C. Miller
Miller
Miller Brewing Company
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Boston Ora
Milwauee
Frederick, Jr
Joe Laird
Paul
Winnipeg
Paul Laird
Snowfall Targets Eastern Iowa With Lingering Snow
Light snow is forecast for Eastern Iowa tonight and Sunday while temperatures stay in the upper 20s to low 30s. Through Saturday roads remain snow packed north of a line from Dubuque to Manchester to Marengo, with sheltered routes on highways 6 and 30 near normal. Cedar Rapids reports almost four inches on Saturday morning with a 27 degree temperature at 2 30, following a 81 degree high and 27 degree low Friday.
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Iowa
German Railway Wreck Kills 14 in Pre-Dawn Collision
A train collision near Dortmund killed fourteen people and injured thirty seven, including many children on a holiday special carrying 500 schoolchildren home for Christmas. The badly damaged regular train did not derail and continued to Düsseldorf hours later. The victims were mostly German adults. the cause remained under investigation.
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Dortmund
Germany
Dusseldorf
North Sea
Syit
NATO to keep civilian control on atomic use vows
Paris NATO leaders say civilian governments must keep final say on using atomic weapons in defense of Western Europe. Communique notes no emergency polling method and cites a plan using thermonuclear weapons if needed to repel invasion.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Vessels Collide In Fog and Rain Off Cape May
Two ships collided in the Delaware river channel during fog and rain. A small fire on the tanker Atlantic Cape Town was quickly extinguished with no serious injuries reported. The crash occurred 28 miles off Cape May and involved the tanker Atlantic Cape Town and the United Fruit freighter Maya.
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Delaware River
Atlantic Cape
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