Nationalist destroyer escort Taiping sunk near Formosa
The Taiping, an American built destroyer escort, was torpedoed and sunk by four Communist gunboats off the Tachen Islands Sunday. About 40 crewmen were missing as 140 were rescued. Chiang Kai-shek met with commanders to map counter-measures amid protests in Taipei.
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Taipeh
Formosa
INS
Chiang Kai-shek
Defense Ministry
Tachen Islands
Taiping
Anchorage
Taipei
Cker
Shen Chang Huan
China
Boston
U. S
Defense deflects rumors in Sheppard murder trial
In Cleveland the defense argued that rumors and police questions influenced the Dr Samuel H Sheppard case. Bay Village officer Drenkhan testified he found no sign of burglary or struggle and admitted hearing rumors about alleged pregnancy and illegitimacy.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Sheppards
Bay Village
Fred F. Drenkhan
Sheppard
Drenkhan
Rock Island Heads New Army Weapons Command
Major Gen. E. L. Cummings announced a new army ordnance weapons command with Rock Island as its headquarters. Brig. Gen. T. A. Weyher will lead the command, becoming operational January 1, with Col. Arthur R. Cyr succeeding him at the Rock Island arsenal. The unit will integrate operations of three large arsenals and oversee development, procurement, production, maintenance, and supply management of various small arms and artillery systems across Watertown and Springfield arsenals.
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Rock Island
Army Ordnance Weapons Command
E. L. Cummings
Army
T. A. Weyher
Rock Island Arsenal
Arthur R. Cyr
Weyher
Cummings
Watertown Arsenal
Watertown
Mass
Springfield Armory
Springfield
Honeymooning Couple Die From Oxygen Deprivation
Redfield New York state police reported a honeymooning couple and the bridegroom brothers died in their sleep when a gasoline lantern reportedly burned all the oxygen in a tightly closed house trailer. The victims were Robert Steffenhagen 28 from Pittsford and Alfred Steffenhagen 21.
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Redfield
N.Y
Robert Steffenhagen
Pittsford
Alfred Steffenhagen
Dewey to Become Senior Partner at Major Law Firm
Governor Dewey announced that on January 1 he will become senior partner of a leading national law firm. The firm founded 41 years ago by Elihu Root will be renamed Dewey Ballantine Bushby Palmer and Wood with the move adding to his pattern of returning to private practice after political service.
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New York
LLP
Dewey
Dewey Willhead
Elihu Root
Elihu Root, Jr
Root, Ballantine, Bushby
Ballantine
Bushby
Palmer
Wood
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Yale Professor Seeks Supreme Court Review Over Loyalty Dismissal
Dr John P Peters Yale medical professor sought Supreme Court review of his dismissal from a U S government post as a consultant to the Surgeon General for loyalty grounds. The Civil Service Loyalty Review Board found reasonable doubt about his loyalty after a June 12 1953 hearing. lower courts ruled against him in a constitutional rights suit.
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Washington
John P. Peters
Yale
Supreme Court
Peters
U. Ss
Civil Service Commission Loyalty Review Board
The
Morse Plans 1956 Independent Senate Run
Senator Morse an Independent from Oregon says he will seek re election in 1956 as an Independent after pledging a vote to Democrats to control the Senate next year.
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Morse
Washington
Ind.-Ore
Senate
Four Missing Flyers Found
Four of the five crew members of a navy patrol plane that ditched Sunday night were found about 75 miles south of Elizabeth City. One in a lifeboat and others on a navigation flight were rescued by a coast guard plane. the fifth crewman went down with the plane. Two aboard a marine corps jet disappeared while searching. the jet had fuel for only until 10 p.m. Sunday.
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Norfolk, Va
Navy
Elizabeth City
Fifth Naval District
Coast Guard
Tno
Marine Corps
Faced by Parting Ledger Ends Life
Jett E. Wilson, 61, committed suicide after learning he would be separated from the family he had lived with. Mrs. Bennie Lambert described him as deeply attached to her small children. A moving day led to discovery of the body, with police noting death by self asphyxiation using a noose fashioned from overalls.
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Oklahoma City
Jett E. Wilson
Bennie Lambert
Dad of Spellman Outlives Policy in Abington Mass
William C. Spellman Sr. 96, father of Francis Cardinal Spellman, collected thousands after outlasting a policy with odds of 100,000 to 1. He received full payment as the insurer noted only one in 100,000 reach his age. He remains in good health and takes daily car rides.
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Abington
Mass
Francis Cardinal Spellman
William C. Spellman
Spellman
Signatures Drive Backing McCarthy Reaches 10 Million Sought
A national campaign seeks ten million signatures on a petition supporting Senator McCarthy and urging the Senate to reject censure charges. The effort is led by Ten Million Americans Mobilizing For Justice, headed by retired Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, with a nonpartisan, nonpolitical aim to transcend partisanship.
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NEW York
Sen
McCarthy
Senate
Ten Million Americans Mobilizing For Justice
George E. Stratemeyer
Air Force
Stratemeyer
Sratemeyer
Winter Park
Fla
John G. Crommelin
William J. Standley
Naval Operations
Russia
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Korea
Pedro A. del Valle
Marine Corps
Charles Edison
Secretary of
the Navy
New Jersey
Grace L. H. Rosseau
American Coalition
Patriotic Societies
The
Daughers of the
John Francis Neylan
California
John B. Trevor
Permane
Newark
Case of Haymes Waits on Review
The government said it would take no steps to depart Dick Haymes pending a full court review. This delays arguments on whether the restraining order issued last week should be replaced by an injunction.
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Washington
Dick Haymes
Rita Hayworth
Lindbergh Assigned to Pentagon for Classified Research Work
The Air Force said Charles A. Lindbergh, promoted to brigadier general and a reservist, is assigned to the Pentagon for active duty as a special assistant in the research and development section. He will work on confidential projects touching aircraft and guided missiles with undisclosed details.
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Washington
INS
Lair Force
iCharles A. Lindbergh
Pentagon
Flyer
Air Force
Oldest Civil War Veteran Williams Turns 112 in Texas
Walter W. Williams of Franklin Texas marked his 112th birthday Sunday as the oldest living Civil War veteran. He expects to reach 113 and beyond while on his farm, saying he will simply sit, chew tobacco, and watch the crowd. He is one of four Civil War veterans remaining, two Confederates and one Union veteran.
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Franklin
Texas
Walter W. Williams
Williams
Eisenhower Urges Senate on West German Treaties
President Eisenhower asked the Senate to approve treaties freeing and rearming West Germany as part of the Western alliance. He said the measures would restore sovereignty, integrate Germany into NATO, and join the Brussels Pact with Italy, while avoiding a revival of militarism. The White House framed the move as a principled international control experiment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
West Germany
Free World
London
Paris
Germany
Italy
Russia
Federal Republic of
Senator Case Drops Support for Zwicker Censure Count
Senator Case , a member of the senate special censure committee from South Dakota, withdraws support for one of two censure counts against Senator McCarthy over the Zwicker incident. He cites Army letters to Chairman Watkins and prior evidence, saying it would be wrong to censure McCarthy on the Zwicker count. Case argues McCarthy’s language may have been rough but questions provocation and cites Stevens letters in his decision.
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Washington
ULP
Case
S.D
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
Watkins
Utah
Dakotan
Ralph W. Zwicker
Zwicker
Army
Stevens
Wis
Peress
Select Committee
Britain aims to push ratification of rearmament deals
Foreign Secretary Eden said Britain will press ahead with ratifying the Western Germany rearmament agreements and will not be deflected by a Russian bid for a European conference on collective security.
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London
Eden
Britain
West Germany
Driver Collides With Plane In Fog Blindness Incident
Roland Lee Rumbold contends he was right after his car struck an airplane driven by Robert L. Mason. Mason said dense fog caused him to mistake the highway for an airport landing strip.
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Los Angeles
Roland Lee Rumbold
Rumbold
Robert L. Mason
Plane opens transpolar service from L A to Copenhagen
Royal Viking, operated by Scandinavian Airlines, departed Los Angeles at 12 22 a m to inaugurate the first commercial transpolar passenger route to Copenhagen. The flight covers 5800 miles with a 22 hour eastbound time and about 25 hours westbound. The crew included Jean Hersholt Walter Pidgeon and Cyd Charisse christened the aircraft. The route, stopping only at Winnipeg and Bluie West Greenland, shortens the typical New York path by 600 miles and links Southern California with Europe.
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Los Angeles
Royal Viking
Copenhagen
Scandinavian Airlines System
Jean Hersholt
Walter Pidgeon
Cyd Charisse
SAS
Winnipeg
Bluie West
Greenland
Scandinavian Airlines
California
Europe
Arctic
New York
Jenner Sees Senate Skipping Censure Vote
Jenner, an Indiana senator, said the senate cannot vote on censure recommendations against Senator McCarthy because the special committee failed to consider all evidence. He compared the panel to a grand jury and accused it of not bringing in a true bill or evaluating crucial evidence of a conspiracy defense.
Gillette presses for clear cut censure verdict
Washington Senator Gillette of Iowa urged a straightforward up or down vote on Senator McCarthy amid calls for a censure and possible expulsion. He rejected any compromise, insisting the public demands a decisive result and a clean ruling from the Senate.
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Gillette
Moose Besieges Lighthouse On Lake Superior Coast
A reinforced team of conservation officials returned to Battle Island Ontario to capture an aggressive bull moose that has besieged a Lake Superior lighthouse. The lighthouse keeper and his helper are confined to quarters as the animal threatens to attack whenever doors are opened.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Battle Island
Lake Superior
Winchell Radio-Video Contract Not Renewed
Cincinnati report says Gruen Watch Company will not renew its broadcasting and television contract with Walter Winchell. The agreement expires December 26. The firm will shift most advertising to newspapers and magazines.
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Cincinnati
Ralph E. Barrett
Gruen Watch Company
Walter Winchell
Watkins Charged as Derelict in Peress Case Clash
McCarthy accused Senator Watkins of dereliction over the Peress matter during a heated Senate internal security subcommittee hearing. Watkins insisted inquiry should target 30 army officers named in Stevens’s list, while McCarthy warned of traitors and secret masters in the military.
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Watkins
Army
Stevens
Peress
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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