Returned GI Asks Probe In PW Camp
Cpl. Batchelor of Texas urged the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission to investigate conditions in the Red prisoner compound in Seoul. He claimed armed factions, mixed loyalties, and coerced letters, and said some would return if assured safety. He planned a Tokyo medical check and reunions with his wife.
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Seoul
Claude Batchelor
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Batchelor
Kermit
Texas
Neutral Zone
Tokyo
Gillette seeks curbing of McCarthy era international probes
Sen. Gillette proposes removing the Senate Government Operations Committee from international affairs inquiries to the Foreign Relations Committee. He warns careless actions in international relations could harm U S status as he urges action in the upcoming session.
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Washington
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Government Operations Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Wisconsin
Congress
U.S
China
Europe
U.N
Weather outlook: Partly cloudy and colder tonight
Partly cloudy conditions persist tonight with a low near 16. Sunday remains partly cloudy with a daytime high around 40 degrees. Winds are light and there is no precipitation forecast.
Republicans to Publish Four Page Magazine for 1954 Elections
Washington report says the Republican national committee will launch a four page magazine to publicize the GOP position in the 1954 congressional races. It will be distributed free to about 225000 party workers from national committee members to precinct leaders, with a January publication target and no decision yet on the name.
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Washington
Republican Party
G.O.P
National Committee
Polio Inoculation Drive Scheduled Nationwide
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis launches the 1954 March of Dimes campaign with Basil O'Connor announcing a nationwide inoculation drive. In Pittsburgh and across the nation thousands of children will receive a new polio vaccine as field tests begin. The program, costing about 75 million dollars, targets between 500000 and one million second graders for serum testing.
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New Orleans
National Foundation For
Moscow surprises with Gershwin on English AP broadcast
In London AP reports Moscow radio shifted unexpectedly to George Gershwin's Someone To Watch Over Me during an English language transmission to Southeast Asia. Monitors noted no explanation for the switch from usual Soviet orchestral or socialist themed interludes.
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London
Moscow
George Gershwin
Southeast Asia
Viscount Norwich dies at 63 amid wartime leadership
Alfred Duff Cooper known as the Viscount of Norwich, a onetime war secretary and first lord of the Admiralty who resigned over Munich appeasement, died of a heart attack aboard the Colombie off Spain. His wife Lady Diana Manners, a famed actress, sailed with him toward Jamaica for a vacation.
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London
Britain
Viscount of Norwich
Alfred Duff Cooper
Norwich
Colombie
Diana Manners
Jamaica
Admiralty
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Winston Churchill
France
Accident Delays Spartans Band Trains After Gas Spill
In San Francisco two passenger trains carrying Michigan State University's 120 member band were halted for an hour when a butane gas truck overturned on a parallel highway. The Owl trains from Los Angeles to Oakland were stopped south of Pixley, 60 miles south of Fresno, while spilled gas was washed from the road to prevent ignition risk.
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San Francisco
Michigan State College Band
Southern Pacific
Owl
Los Angeles
Oakland
Pixley
Fresno
Highway Patrol
Tremor Shakes Tri State Area Spreading Fear
A minor quake rattled homes from Middlesboro Kentucky to Asheville North Carolina and reached Knoxville Tennessee on Friday night. No injuries or damage were reported. Officials at Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Commission denied any tremor origin or blast.
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Knoxville
Blues Composer William Handy Marries at 80 in Yonkers
William C. Handy, 80, famed for writing St. Louis Blues, wed his longtime secretary Irma L. Logan, 51, in Yonkers. Handy, a widower and great grandfather, marries a divorcee who had been his secretary for 16 years.
Cedar Rapids City Council Reappointed To Guard $1 Million Bonds
Cedar Rapids new city council took office Saturday for a two year term citing a precautionary self appointment to avoid clouding bonds worth $1,000,000. City Attorney Garberson and Assistant Nathanson retained posts. Finance Chief Burgos exits after 22 years with Shank as successor.
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Iazette
Tom Merryman
Finance
Louis D. Burgus
Cedar Rapids
Milo Sedlacek
Stewart E. Shank
Burgus
Shank
Fireman Council
C. W. Garberson
Maurice L. Nathanson
Louis D. Burgos
Finance Post
James E. Patterson
W. W. Stolba
Edward A. Prochaska
Richard C. Jones
Old City Council
Garberson
Postmaster in Alice Locks Stamps After Ouster
In Alice Texas postmaster Marguerite Mullen locked the stamps and cash in the office vault and walked out citing political grounds for her impending replacement. The post office will serve only mail until an acting postmaster arrives, leaving 16 500 residents to buy stamps elsewhere. Mullen plans an appeal to the Civil Service Commission.
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Alice, Texas
Marguerite Mullen
Alice
Mullen
N. R. Abrams
Civil Service Commission
Smashup Follows Safety Advocacy in Williamsport
Editor Rebecca F. Gross, 48, who wrote a New Year traffic safety editorial for the Lock Haven Express, was injured in a highway crash on New Year's Eve. Doctors listed her condition as fair after losing both legs in the wreck caused when she ran a stop sign.
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Williamsport
Rebecca F. Gross
Lock Haven Express
William D. Garman
Youthful Gangs Challenge Polish Communist Order
Hundreds of Polish teens have been arrested in raids across Warsaw Krakow and Lublin as hooligan gangs threaten the communist regime. Western diplomats see restive youth fueling anti regime expressions while state youth groups fall to rowdiness.
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Vienna
Poland
Warsaw
Krakow
Lublin
Zycie Warszawy
Trans-U.S. Mark Set by Iowa Native
Col. Willard W. Millikan, 35, a Tamburg Iowa native and Goodyear executive, set a new air national guard record by flying 2 530 miles from Los Angeles to New York in 4 hours 8 minutes 5 seconds in an F 86F Sabrejet. He completed one stop at Offutt AFB and was greeted by his wife Ruby and daughter Patricia.
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Mitchell Air Force Base
N. Y
INS
Air Force
U.S
Los Angeles
New York
Willard W. Millikan
Tamburg
District of Columbia Air National Guard
Millikan
William Council
England
Royal Air Force
Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Flyer
Mitchell
Ruby
Patricia
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Air National Guard
Allies Back Indian Count
PANMUNJOM AP The U N command Saturday endorsed the Indian custodian count of Chinese prisoners as a normal administrative action The tally freed 135 pro Communist Chinese prisoners for return to the Reds The U N statement said some prisoners may request repatriation and stressed free choice The South Korean foreign minister protested the count on behalf of Seoul
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Panmunjom
U.N
U.N. Command
Pyun Yung Tai
Weird Apemen Reported In Malaya Jungle Hunt
British security squads in north Malaya were ordered to search for two fanged apemen and an ape woman seen near the Trolek forest preserve. A Chinese girl, an Indian rubber-tree tapper, and two Malayans reported sightings of humanlike creatures with dog-like fangs, fair skin, long hair, and a yellow bark garment worn by the woman. Witnesses describe vocalizations as guttural croaks.
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Singapore
Malaya
Trolek
Blowout Blamed in Waynesville Bus Crash
A westbound Greyhound bus carrying 30 passengers crashed into an embankment on U S 66 five miles west of Waynesville. Fifteen people were injured, six seriously. The driver Morris Mink blamed a blowout and was listed in serious condition.
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Waynesville, Mo
Greyhound
U.S. 66
Waynesville
Highway Patrol
Morris Mink
Mink
Collision scene prompts cautious refusal to drink
Two men, Jack and Pat, survey a car crash. Jack offers Pat a drink but says he will not drink until the police arrive. Pat drinks. Jack pockets the bottle and waits for authorities.
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Jack
Pat
Stampede Kills, Injures Many At Tokyo Imperial Plaza
At least 17 people are dead and over 100 injured after a crowd surge at Tokyo’s imperial plaza during a balcony appearance of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako. Two American Marines were credited with rescuing many. Authorities seek cause for the crush as public access to the inner palace grounds ends abruptly.
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Tokyo
INS
Imperial Palace
Imperial Plaza
Hirohito
Nagako
Imperial Household
Couple Arrested In Bank Robbery
In New Orleans AP report, a young couple connected to a Houston bank robbery yielding $57,000 was captured Friday night. Special Agent Ray L. Faisst names James Mitchell 22 and Lola 18 as the suspects. Mitchell will face federal bank robbery charges, Lola is a material witness. One of four robbers remains at large.
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New Orleans
Houston
Ray L. Faisst
James Mitchell
Lola
Faisst
Mitchell
Theft Solved by Look at Parade Jacket Identified
Philadelphia AP report says rookie Patrolman Joseph Kelly recognized a marcher’s jacket from a recent theft during a Mummers parade. The man, James Richards, also produced Kelly's trousers and shirt when asked, solving the case.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Kelly
Kelly
James Richards
Not a fair swap in Galveston theft
A thief stole a coat dress and shoes from Mrs. Fred Castaneda on New Year’s Eve and left behind a worn pair of shoes. A Galveston police report notes the petty burglary as a local crime with no injuries or arrests reported.
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Galveston
Fred Castaneda
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