Two American Brothers Seek Asylum in East Berlin
Henry and James Starr of Westville New Jersey said at a press conference in East Berlin that they entered the Soviet zone voluntarily to seek political asylum. They claimed to oppose U.S. war policy and criticized American democracy while denying kidnapping, citing their desire to expose what they call fascist trends at home.
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Berlin
West Germany-Berlin
East Berlin
Soviet Zone
Henry
James Starr
Westville
N.J
German Democratic Republic
U.S
America
Oakland teacher kills family then dies in self destruction
Olive Lesser 52 fatally wounded her two sons Donald 19 and Richard 17 then shot husband Milan 52 upon his return. She later killed herself after writing notes claiming she could not teach and feared losing her mind while detailing where to find the bodies.
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Oakland
Calif
Olive Lesser
Donald
Richard
Milan
Pace
Losser
Mother of vanished brothers reacts to Iron Curtain discovery
Grace Starr in Westville New Jersey says she is stunned by news that her two sons, Americans who disappeared from West Berlin last month, surfaced on the Communist side. She notes she last heard from them almost two years ago and questions their allegiance to the United States.
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Starr Brothers
West Germany
West Berlin
Westville, N. J
Grace Starr
Nehru Hints Possible Quit as India Premier
Nehru 65 says fatigue may force him to resign as premier while continuing as Congress president. He did not clarify his other roles as defense and foreign minister and Planning Commission head. Observers consider his remark at a press conference and caucus as signaling resignation from the prime post.
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Ernakulam
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Government Planning Commission
Nehru
Fall heat wave yields to cooling front across Midwest
A Monday cold front follows a record fall heat wave and storms. Wisconsin Illinois Indiana saw record highs and heavy rain while Iowa endured 60 mph winds and floods. Green Bay and Cedar Rapids reported substantial rainfall amid severe weather, with two Wisconsin deaths linked to the storm.
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Midwest
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Green Bay
Ottumwa
Lamoni
Beachfront Balinese Room Fire Ruins Galveston Club
A blaze heavily damaged the Balinese Room, a plush beachfront club in Galveston, early Sunday. Fire Marshal J C Kelso estimated damages between 150000 and 200000 dollars.
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Galveston
Texas
J. C. Kelso
Dulles Calls London Parley on West Germany Solid
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the London conference on German sovereignty produced solid results for the Atlantic community. He praised European haste after France’s EDC kill, noted a system replacing the EDC, and said the U.S. and eight allies signed a protocol for West German sovereignty and NATO/Brussels Pact integration. Beginning Monday, the U.S., Britain and French high commissioners in Germany will forego most occupation rights.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
France
United States
U. S
Britain
Germany
Wilson
Eisenhower
Eisenhowr
West Germany
European Defense Alliance
Two Die in Detroit Edgewater Park Ballroom Fire
DETROIT AP Two persons were killed as a wind driven rainstorm swept through the Edgewater Park ballroom during a charity dance. About 700 attendees fled the burning building in panic free of injury. A roof section collapsed trapping the two victims. manager James Mangan pegged damage at 250000 dollars. The blaze likely started in an air conditioning vent.
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Detroit
Edgewater Park
James Mangan
Two U S Soldiers Tell of Captivity by Reds in Germany
Capt Richard H. Dries of New York and Pfc George M. Pisk of Texas spoke at a press conference after release in Waidhaus. They described being seized near Neu-Islam on Sept 17 by Czech border guards, blindfolded, handcuffed, and interrogated day and night for over two weeks about atomic weapons.
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Mernberg
Germany
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Richard H. Dries
St. Albans
Queens
N. Y
George M. Pisk
Austin
Texas
Dries
Pisk
Neu-Islam
U.S. Seventh Army
Times Announced For Meeting on Community Chest
Cedar Rapids announces four kickoff meetings for the Community Chest drive to set next week’s solicitation in stores offices and factories. General Chairman John Tuthill asks all workers to attend the sessions at the Chamber of Commerce building second floor with division chairs named.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids-Marion Community Chest
John Tuthill
Red Feather
Tuthill
Community Chest Office
Chamber of Commerce
Frank C. Waples
Nate Cohn
Larry Vavra
A. W. Allen
Italians to Sign Trieste Compromise Tuesday
Rome reports Italy will sign a compromise with Yugoslavia Tuesday to resolve the Trieste dispute. The agreement ends prolonged tension and defines postwar borders and sovereignty terms between the two nations.
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Rome
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Carr to Join East Coast Trucking Firm After Resignation
Washington AP Francisco P. Carr resigns as staff director of the Senate investigations subcommittee led by Senator McCarthy. He will join an East Coast trucking company headquartered in New York City. Carr had been executive director since 1953 at 11000 dollars a year after 11 years with the FBI. He was named a principal in the army hearings alongside McCarthy and Roy Cohn. The subcommittee later dismissed him as a principal by unanimous vote.
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Washington
Frankis P. Carr
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Carr
New York City
Subcommittee
FBI
Army
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
G. David Schine
Tokyo Area Quake Jolts Downtown Tokyo Area
An earthquake rated at two on the seven point scale shook the downtown Tokyo area Monday. The tremor centered about 100 miles southeast of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean. No damage was reported.
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Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Hoover Sworn In as Nation's No. 2 Diplomat
Herbert Hoover Jr was sworn in as undersecretary of state and the nation s No 2 diplomat in Washington. A longtime Republican and engineer by training he moves from a small office to a fifth floor suite near Secretary Dulles with a White House line at arm s reach. He previously worked on Iran Britain oil talks and governed a rising public profile through careful nonpartisan foreign policy aims.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Hoover
White House
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Iran
Britain
Eisenhower
Pasadena
Calif
Bandit Takes Transit Office Money Sack in Tyler
A pistol waving bandit entered the Tyler Transit Company office Sunday night and forced Night Watchman A. R. Phillips into a closet. He seized a bulging sack from the safe, fleeing with what was believed to be the day’s receipts, containing 2,100 bus tokens, according to owner B. C. Curry.
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Tyler, Texas
Tyler Transit Company
A. R. Phillips
B. C. Curry
Meddlesome Peer Teased By Wise Young Mother
A bus ride sparks a sharp social clash as a meddlesome woman mocks a young mother for holding her fretful baby. The mother replies with poised retort that a tongue is not needed to judge, delivering a quiet moral about motherhood.
Separation of Joe Marilyn Is Revealed
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe and baseball star Joe DiMaggio have separated. Monroe said she will file for divorce in California and will not report to the film Seven Year Itch. DiMaggio was away covering the World Series and has his own TV program.
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Joe
Marilyn
Hollywood
INS
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
Jerry Giesler
California
DiMaggio
New York Yankee
San Francisco City Hall
Twentieth Century-Fox
New York
Defense Secretary Sees Still Hundreds of Security Risks
Charles E. Wilson said in Denver that despite progress, there may be hundreds of security risks in the defense department and armed services. He noted the number is small percentage-wise but far from eliminated, and discussed reforms and the London accord amid questions from Senator Jackson.
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Denver
INS
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Wilson
White House
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Jackson
General Motors
United States
Couple Slain Near Church in Palmerton
A state alert was issued for Daniel Falcone after Mathew Daneker and his wife Mildred were shot outside the Evangelical and Reformed church as their 16 year old son watched. Falcone, 45, a casual acquaintance and former Palmerton shirt factory worker, fled on foot after firing three shots. Police offered no motive.
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Palmerton
Mathew Daneker
Mildred
Evangelical and Reformed
Robert
Daneker
Daniel Falcone
Bangor
Falcone
Milton E. Detterline
Supreme Court Opens 1954 55 Term Under Racial Segregation Questions
Washington AP describes the Supreme Court's Monday kickoff to its 1954 55 term led by Chief Justice Warren. The nine justices began at noon with about 100 attorneys admitted to practice, and for the first time a Negro page boy, 14 year old Charles Vernon Bush, served behind the bench alongside white pages.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
Charles Vernon Bush
Howard University
Manchester Property Owners Appeal Damages Ruling
Sixteen Manchester property owners appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court after a district judge ruled the Iowa Electric Company’s dam a lawful structure and not liable for damages from the 1947 flood, seeking 83 758. ee dollars in compensation.
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Des Moines
Manchester
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Electric Compa
Maquoketa River
Paul L. Kildee
Waterloo
Electric Company
Arrests Rise in East Berlin Roundup of Agents
Berlin AP reports East German authorities say 547 people were arrested in August as part of a mass roundup of suspected American underground agents in the Soviet zone, up from an earlier figure of 400. State Secretary Albert Norden notes 27 arrestees possessed radios of American manufacture.
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Berlin
Germany
Albert Norden
Holdup Staged Near Treasury in Washington
A youthful gunman staged a $1,000 holdup Monday at Riggs Bank across from the U.S. Treasury and near the White House, Washington. The incident occurred in a high security area close to national landmarks. No further details were provided about suspects or investigative steps.
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Washington
INS
Riggs Bank
Pennsylvania Avenue
U.S. Treasury
White House
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