Motive Sought In Death Of Remington At Lewisburg
FBI and federal penitentiary authorities investigate Remington death at Lewisburg hospital after a skull fracture. Two other convicts George McCoy and Robert Parker face first degree murder charges for alleged assault. Remington had been convicted of perjury over government secrets to the Communists.
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FBI
William Remington
Remington
Lewisburg Penitentiary Hospital
George Junior McCoy
Grundy
Robert Carl Parker
Washington
New York Post
Four Santa Claus Parties Open Cedar Rapids Yuletide Season
Cedar Rapids kicks off Christmas season with four Santa Claus parties at Memorial Coliseum. Capacity 3,000 per showing, 9:45 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 3:30 p.m. Admission free. Hosts are Junior Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants bureau. Santa arrives after entertainment by Ruth and Eddie Jester Hazel Louise and Her Pets Toby the Clown and Bill Miller Orchestra.
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Cedar Rapids
Santa
Memorial Coliseum
Jack Ware
KCRG
Dean Landsear
WMT
James M. Webb
Keith Taber
Richard W. Engstrom
J. Richard Wagner
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Eddie Jester
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Bill Miller
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American Federation of Musicians
Music Performance Trust Fund
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Woman Perishes As House Fire Saves Two Children
Patricia McWayne, 34, died in a Pasadena house fire that gutted the living room and roof. A passerby, Stanley E. Osborn, 19, rescued Wendy 12 and Patricia 8 from a rear bedroom after breaking a window, likely saving their lives.
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Jails Man Sends His Wife Turkey on Thanksgiving
Newark magistrate Anthony Giuliano jailed Bernard Arnold for creating a disturbance and then provided his wife and two children with a Thanksgiving turkey and fixings after learning they were financially struggling.
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Newark
INS
Anthony Giuliano
Bernard Arnold
Arnold
Bernard, Jr
Jackie Felts Flees Tonsillectomy in Snowy Escape
In Galax Virginia ten year old Jackie Felts escaped a scheduled tonsillectomy by jumping from the operating table and fleeing barefoot through a snowstorm to his home. Hospital staff and police gave chase but he remained at large until the procedure was halted and reopened later.
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Galax
Jackie Felts
Jackie
Vapuie
Italian Says He Saw U S Major In Siberian Pen
Lt. Enzio Boletti, an Italian army officer released from a Russian camp, claimed he met a tall American air force major in a Siberian prison last year. The American, Hungarian by birth with U S relatives, recounted a wartime path through fighter units and the Nuremberg trial before capture and three years in a Baden near Vienna camp. He reportedly endured severe interrogation and tuberculosis, with only one lung remaining.
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Siberian
Enzio Boletti
Hungary
U. S
Nuernberg
Budapest
Baden
Boletti
Traveler Not as Sick as All That
Doctors prepared for emergency surgery as an ambulance and security patrols rushed to Carswell Air Force Base to meet a civilian plane feared to carry a man in danger. Airman Weston E. Nellins was found acutely airsick and unconscious, treated with pills, then flown home to Woodlyn, Pennsylvania, for Thanksgiving with his family.
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Carswell Air Force Base
Weston E. Nellins
Woodlyn
Mellins
Homeifolks
Eureka Earthquake Felt Across Northwest California
A 3 18 a m quake was reported in Eureka and surrounding areas with no damage reported by sheriff officers.
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Eureka
Calif
California
Cedar Rapids Gazette Offers Wide Gift Selections for Holiday Shopping
Make up your Christmas list from Cedar Rapids merchants as the latest Gazette highlights hundreds of gift ideas across all sections. Retail stores stay open until 9 PM Friday November 26, inviting shoppers to browse early season specials and seasonal displays.
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Cedar Rapids
Big Cedar Rapids
Nation Observes Thanksgiving Across United States
Americans pause from worries about Russia taxes and cost of living to give thanks for blessings. President Eisenhower proclaims gratitude for freedom and worship. Weather forecasts mixed with snow and rain, while turkey prices ease. Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower dine in Augusta GA with guest Field Marshal Montgomery. Army provides dinners for troops abroad. Football and television games draw crowds nationwide after feasts.
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New, Jersey
New England
Minnesota
Pacific
Mississippi
Ohio
Augusta
Britain
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Cornell
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Colgate
Brown
Utah
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Virginia Tech
Virginia Military Institute
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Passenger boards premier flight by mistake
Richard Grandison of Jersey City rode Air France Flight carrying French Premier Mendes France from New York Idlewild to Paris, after ticket mismatch. The crew discovered the extra passenger aloft and consulted the premier. no action was taken and the plane continued. Grandison is on a two week vacation.
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U. S
Mendes- France
Richard Grandison
Jersey City
Air France
New York
Idlewild
Grandison
Minister Dies After Thanksgiving Sermon in Michigan
The Rev. Amos Kahgee 66 a visiting Methodist minister died of a heart attack Wednesday night after delivering a Thanksgiving sermon at a joint Protestant service in Northport Michigan He was introduced as a descendant of Indians who met the Pilgrims and his last words urged love for all.
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Mich
Amos Kahgee
Michigan
TV control of rail gates described by Russ Wiley
Rock Island railroad officials said they are ready to spend about 125 000 to 150 000 dollars to install a TV controlled train and auto traffic system along Fourth Street. Demonstrations showed two cameras at each crossing feeding a control tower to time trains with lightest traffic and to lower gates blocking autos.
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Fourth Street
Gifford-Brown Company
Rock Island Freight
William Gavin
Rock Island
Gifford-Brown
Fifth Street SE
Eighth Avenue SE
John Havercamp
Havercamp
Britain accuses China of jailing 13 American airmen
London officials charge the Peiping regime violated the Geneva convention by imprisoning 13 U S airmen for espionage for more than a year. The foreign office denounced China’s treatment as illegal quibbling and called for wartime prisoners to be returned under Operation Big Switch.
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China
Foreign Office
Peiping
Red China
U.S
Mao Tze-tung
Humphrey Trevelyan
U. S
Britain
Nutting
New York
U.N
Overseas Press Club of America
Telegraph
Churchill
National Salvation Army Week Proclaimed by Eisenhower
Washington announce that National Salvation Army Week will be observed next week by request of Congress and proclamation by President Eisenhower.
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INS
National Salvation Army
Congress
Eisenhower
Liberace and Miss Rio end romance over kissing articles
Hollywood AP reports Liberace and Joanne Rio split after Rio published articles describing their kisses in the dark. Rio, 23, accused the pianist and manager of approving the pieces. Liberace denied foreknowledge while claiming no further comment.
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Liberace
Joanne Rio
Miss Rio
Be Race
Attorney General Convention Moves Again
The National Association of Attorneys General relocates its annual convention for a second time due to a discrimination dispute. Originally Biloxi, Miss., then Phoenix, the dates stay December 10, now set for White Sulphur Springs. Arizona official Jack McGowan said the executive board approved the switch in a telephone meeting. The dispute centers on Camelback Inn policy admitting only a limited number of Jewish guests.
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National Association of Attorneys General
Biloxi
Miss
White Sulphur Springs
Jack McGowan
Arizona
Camelback Inn
Coffee scam shocks Manila police
In the Philippines a man named Gregorio Munro was stopped by a policeman while trying to sell a coffee can. The can proved to be filled with sawdust and not real coffee, highlighting rising coffee prices.
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Manila
Philippines
Gregorio Munro
U.S. Eyes Appeal to Russia Over 13 Americans Held by China
Washington weighs asking Moscow to help win release of 13 Americans imprisoned by Red China on spy charges. State department studies UN referral after Chinese refusal to meet consul general Gowen in Geneva. Civilians Downey and Fecteau, missing since a 1954 plane loss, are among the detainees.
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U. S
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U.N
State Department
Franklin D. Gowen
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Gowen
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