Fire devastates Lockheed vault housing secret missile drawings
A locked vault at Lockheed Aircraft's missile system plant in Sunnyvale burned Saturday, destroying top secret drawings and records. Officials feared sabotage. crews fought dense smoke for hours, while duplicates of documents are kept at a secret site. The blaze, near Moffett Field, halted access as firefighters entered in relays, with no injuries reported.
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Reds Give Stalin Birthday Tribute
London AP reports Stalin was praised in Pravda on his 78th birthday. Moscow radio carried tributes from his home town Gori, calling him an outstanding fighter for communism and a devoted Marxist Leninist. The piece notes de facto shifts after Khrushchev’s denouncement and past de-Stalinization.
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London
Josef Stalin
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Stalin
Gori
Kremlin
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Saw recovered near tree stump at Glenville Grange
In Schenectady area a man who lost a saw can reclaim it by contacting the Glenville Grange. The tool was found on the ground beside the stump of a 14 foot Christmas tree on Grange property.
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Schenectady
Glenville Grange
Grange
Ghost Image of Sputnik Spotted
Washington AP reports Dr. Harry Wells observed a radio image of Sputnik I over the United States while the satellite was on the far side of the Earth. He notes it is a non optical radio phenomenon due to ionospheric conditions causing focused energy and a ghost satellite signal at receiving antennas.
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Washington
U. S
Harry Wells
Sputnik
Not Santa He Says He Is Not Santa Claus in Chico
William Gardenhire 71 answered a phone call from a child asking for Santa and learned his number was crossed with a Junior Chamber of Commerce Santa line. He apologized to the children and thanked them for renewing his faith in God in a note to the Chico Enterprise Record.
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Soviets Warn Public to Watch for Western Spies
Moscow security chief Ivan Serov urged vigilance against Western espionage, claiming U.S. diplomats expelled from the USSR were involved in spying. He warned scientists to beware and cited a Western spy network amid Soviet scientific advances. The Pravda article appeared during a three day session of the Soviet parliament.
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Ivan Serov
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U.S.S.R
West Germany
Grant III Named Head Civil War Centennial Panel
Virginia congressman George Tap Grants grandson Ulysses S. Grant III unanimously chosen chairman of the Civil War Centennial Commission. The panel, created by Congress, aims to plan a centennial observance with $100,000 authorized though not yet appropriated. The nominee said the family from Appomattox and the elder Grant earned broad respect North and South.
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Tuck
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Kennan Delivers Bitter View On NATO Conference
London reports diplomat George F. Kennan called the NATO gathering futile and said nothing hopeful emerged. He warned the alliance's nuclear missile principle complicates U.S. and Britain talks with Russia and noted the containment policy he helped shape.
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London
George F. Kennan
NATO
Kennan
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Russia
European
Britain
Dulles Doubts Arms Parley Will Be Held
Washington sources report Secretary Dulles doubts new East West disarmament talks will occur due to Russia objections. He believes NATO quitting if talks happen and suspects changes in conferees could break the stalemate. Officials note months of London talks failed and Dulles favors expanding long range missiles to counter Soviet power.
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U.N
Gromyko
Elvis Gets Call But Studio Will Seek Deferment
Elvis Presley received his draft notice from the Memphis board ordering induction on January 20. Paramount Pictures head Y Frank Freeman said the studio will seek an eight week deferment to allow Presley to start filming a movie on January 13, warning cancellation could cost between $300 000 and $350 000 in commitments and investments.
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Woman Leaves Hospital 100-Year-Old Bequest to City
Mary Edith Detwiler of Vinton dies at 100 and leaves her entire roughly $20,000 estate to the city for the Virginia Gay hospital. Executor J. H. Milroy notes the will dated May 20, 1954 directs the funds for hospital improvements and general betterment. Detwiler, who observed her centennial on Dec 1, had no children and her husband died in 1913.
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Mary Edith Detwiler
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Virginia Gay Hospital
Cameron hosts largest Salvation Army Christmas party since Audrey
Cameron Louisiana staged a big Christmas event for Audrey survivors with Santa arriving from Baton Rouge to distribute over 1,000 toys and similar candy packages. About 1,200 residents and rescue workers gathered at the courthouse as rebuilding continues after the hurricane that left 500 dead and many missing. Sheriff Carter said the town is rebuilding and more residents are returning daily, despite reduced population from pre-storm levels.
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Louisiana
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Audrey
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hee
Francis Guilbeau
Red Cross
O. B. Carter
Carter
Wounded Korean War vet routs by tear gas stand
In Riceville Iowa a gunman, Herbert Johnson twenty five, barricaded a farm house and fired eight shots for over two hours. Six sheriffs used tear gas to force him out and he was seized at about 4 30 pm and committed to the Independence Mental Health Institute. Johnson had been treated after injuries in the Korean War and had a prior sanity proceeding ordering commitment.
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Riceville
Herbert Johnson
Johnson
Independence Mental Health Institute
Cresco
Independence Institute
Veterans Hopitals
Iowa City
Knoxville
Vernett Johnson
Sanity Commission
Five Killed in Holiday Trip in West Virginia
In Charleston West Virginia AP reports a fatal crash Saturday when a car carrying five from High Point North Carolina collided with a tractor trailer. The deceased are Mr and Mrs Joseph Dean in their 20s and three Harris children ages 8 10 and 12 along with the two Dean parents surviving in a separate vehicle headed home for Christmas. The Dean couple reportedly drove a 1957 convertible and were en route to High Point for the holidays.
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High Point
N. C
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Marylin Harris
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Harris
Grand Rapids
Lost and found in Tokyo swells with unclaimed items
Tokyo officials said the lost and found department has no room for unclaimed items and must add a new wing next year. It holds 60 000 umbrellas 38 000 purses 12 000 wrist watches and 110 million yen about 308 000 in cash. Only four cremation urns were turned in this year. Umbrellas are usually lost on trains and purses in taxis while wristwatches remain a mystery to officials.
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Tokyo
Stiff Secrecy Tightened at Atlas Missile Base
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Air Force blocked access roads and posted barriers to limit views of Atlas intercontinental missile tests. Lt Col Sam Bruno said a coastal observation post near the center will be fenced off as security tightens. Major Gen Donald Yates warned staff to avoid any unauthorized disclosure as security measures expand across government land and test ranges.
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Fla
Air Force
Missile Test Center
America
Sam Bruno
Cape
Brun
Air Force Information Office
U.S
Donald Yates
South Atlantic
Vanguard
Lions toy drive draws odd attic clutter in Fresno
Citizens were urged by the Lions club to clean out attics and closets for a Christmas toy drive. Items received included a partly smoked cigar in a glass tube, a broken stool in a cotton-lined box, whisky bottles, a homemade stiletto, old safety razors, broken furniture, and false teeth.
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Lions Club
Lions
Wife Can't Pay Quiz Star Fine
In Chicago AP report, Theophilus Aderonmu, winner of $64,000 on a quiz show, faces a suspended $10 traffic fine as his wife appears in court claiming no funds. Kathryn Aderonmu says her husband is out of town. Her testimony notes his car was parked without current state or city license tags in violation.
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Kathryn Aderonmu
Harry Malkin
Aderonmu
U. S
Four-H Club Founder Cap Miller Dies at 80
Special to The Gavette Cap E. Miller 80 died Friday at Clarinda and funeral services are set for Monday at 2 30 p m in the Sigourney Methodist church. Burial will be in Sigourney cemetery. A native of South English he founded the 4 H club in Iowa and helped originate the Polled Cattle Association.
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Cap E. Miller
Clarinda
Sigourney Cemetery
Mr. Miller
Iowa
Polled Cattle Association
Khrushchev pushes East West summit over disarmament
Moscow rejected a NATO plan for a foreign ministers disarmament conference and urged an East West summit or a special U.N. session. Khrushchev warned the Soviet Union would answer any war with crushing blows and called for a no war pact, while Gromyko urged progress at U.N. talks and criticized Western armament policy.
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