Tornado Toll In Vicksburg Stands At 30
A deadly Saturday twister in Vicksburg Mississippi left at least 30 dead and injured many more. Rescue teams combed debris strewn streets as hundreds faced cold, without power and heat. Authorities estimated damage at 23 million dollars with 275 homes and 29 apartment buildings destroyed.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Vickshures
Eisenhower
Old City
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Saenger Theater
Happyland Nursery
Opinion Difference Still Simmering on Iowa Commission
Disputes within the Iowa Commerce Commission flare as new member John M. Ropes complains about the secretary George McCaughan and the hiring authority. Chair David B. Long and Commissioner Carl W. Reed seek to straighten the situation amid ongoing friction among senior colleagues.
Autos Collide At Highway Junction
An automobile registered to Virgil A. Grean of Omaha rammed the rear of Jerome Clary's car, 39, Manawa, at the junction of Highways 275 and 192 Saturday night. Clary said he stopped for a turn signal when the crash occurred. Deputies Ed Christensen and George Lind reported the Omaha driver and another occupant left before arrival. Both cars were damaged and the Green car was held pending ownership claim.
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Virgil A. Grean
Omaha
Jerome Clary
Manawa
Clary
Afse
Ed Christensen
George Lindsay
Passengers Survive Engine Explosion Aboard Pan American Flight
Forty two passengers and crew on a four engine Stratoliner endured a 350 mile tense flight to Johnston Island after an engine exploded crippling the airliner. They donned life jackets and sat calm for three hours as the Pan American plane limped to safety at Johnston Island, 700 miles southwest of Honolulu. The Queen of the Pacific was at ten thousand feet when the blast shattered one propeller and ripped through its engine.
Three Omahans Injured In Crash
Three Omaha residents were injured in a Sunday night collision on South Omaha Bridge Road when a stock truck and two other vehicles collided near Indian Creek bridge. The Baucom family in one car endured serious injuries including a fractured pelvis and head and chest injuries. the husband recovered from minor wounds. Dale Owen Gregory, the stock truck driver, escaped injury. Hospitalized Monday were Mrs. Philip Baucom, 21, Omata. Philip Baucom Jr., 4 months. and the husband with lacerations. The crash halted traffic for about an hour.
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South Omaha Bridge
Mercy Hospital
Philip Baucam
Omata
Hergon
Philip Jr
Dale Owen Gregory
Audubon
Indian Creek Bridge
Gregory
Gay Stuetke
Wayne Moser
Ed Christensen
Finance Minister Quits Swiss Post
Bern Switzerland. Swiss finance minister Dr Max Weber resigns in protest after voters reject a constitutional amendment to extend the federal income tax beyond 1954. The plan would have continued emergency tax measures raising about 230 million francs annually for defense, with customs duties and sales taxes making up the rest.
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Bern
Switzerland
Switserland
Max Weber
Weber
Two County Break-ins Probed by Deputy Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff Bob Clark investigated two East Pollawattamie County break-ins reported morning in Avoca and Carson. Entry in Oakland case gained by window break. rifles and cash missing. Carson entry involved removing a knob from a west window. safe not opened. hardware store ransacks second in a week.
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Carson
Bob Clark
Avoca
Pollawattamie County
Home Oil Company
Oaklahd
Clark
Putnam Hardware Jbce
Oakland
Andy Densen
Loia Smith
Putnam's
Martin
Lausche Seeks Fifth Term as Ohio Governor
Ohio Democrat Frank J. Lausche announced his candidacy for a fifth two year term, saying he will run in the May primary. He hinted at possible options including serving the rest of the Taft term or retiring to law practice. The report mixes in other unrelated items about Taft and railroad finances from the same era.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
DT Wvill
Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Herald Tribune
Cleveland
Hollywood
Fla
Thomas A. Burke
Democrat
Taft
Wilton
Aliam White
York Central System
Investment Banking Assn. of America
White
Changes on Broadway detour to protect pedestrians
Police Chief Earl Miller announced changes to the Broadway Viaduct detour after a study. He called for removing right turn on red signals at Eighth Street and Avenue B and pushing for a temporary traffic signal at Sixteenth Street and Avenue B to aid schoolchildren crossing.
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Broadway
Earl Miller
Eighth St
Avenue B
Miller
Walt
Milley
Sixteenth St. End Avenue B
First Discovery Of Oil Made In Australia
New York report states California Texas Corp announced the first discovery of oil in Australia. The site near the West Coast about 700 miles north of Perth yielded a waxy crude after a perforation test at 3,605 to 3,620 feet. Caltex holds 40 percent in West Australian Penroletum PTY. drilling resumed after completion of tests and a 23 barrel per day rate observed for 25 hours.
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S Herald
Ccroue News
Sepyiccy
New York
Australia
California
Texas Corp
Perth
West Austratian Penroletum Pty
Caltex
Renew Legal Battle Against Segregation before Supreme Court
Attorneys for Negro parents in Virginia and South Carolina renew before the Supreme Court the long legal fight to open all public schools to all children regardless of race. They seek a ruling that segregation of Negro and white pupils is unconstitutional discrimination. No decision expected for months.
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Washington
Virginia
South Carolina
Monnay
Supreme Court
Charges Expected in Fire Deaths in Chicago Suburb
In Cook County authorities plan to press for murder charges against 28 year old grocer Vincent Ciucel after a basement apartment fire left his wife Anne 38 and children Virginia 14 and Angeline 4 and Vincent Jr 4 dead. Coroner McCarron to seek coroner jury verdict on murder based on one bullet in each head. Ciucel denies knowledge of the shootings and owns a .22 rifle found in the ruins. Police say he also lived with Carol Amora 20, mother of a 4 month old, who claims Ciuciel is the father.
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Chicago
Cook County
Vincent Ciueri
Anne
Virginia
Angeline
Vincent Jr
Walter McCarron
Irwin Bloch
Ciuicel
Citicel
Truss Carol Amora
Ciucci
Miss Amora
Jowan Victim of Unusual Accident
Humboldt report states 18 year old Robert Eugene Estey, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Foley, was injured in an unusual accident at Lutheran Hospital Fort Bogge Monday. He was rubbing a Frorran shell against his trousers when it exploded, injuring his hand.
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Humboldt
Robert Eugene [Estey
Paul Foley
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Bogge
Neilsen Renamed Weed Commissioner for one year
County Board reappoints Al fred T. Neilsen to weed commissioner for a year starting March 1 1954 with a salary of 200 monthly from April 1 to Oct 31 1954. Board refunds 1951 1952 taxes to Ben Sieck for 25 acres in Lewis Township tied to Mosquito Creek Drainage District No 22. Bentley land sale OK’d: James Ballard to buy two county owned lots for 50.
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Alfred T. Neilsen
South Ave
Board of Supervisors
Neilsen
Ben Sieck
Lewis Township
Mosquito Creek
James Ballard
Bentley
Neola voters consider bond to fund two new wells
Neola residents will vote on a $12,000 bond issue to build two new wells and upgrade pumps and plumbing to solve a longtime oil tainted water problem. Mayor Charles Armstrong says 80 foot wells should fix taste, with polls open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Town Hall. Work has begun near the power house.
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Neola
Charles Armstrong
Armstrong
Oma ha Gl Faces Trial In Germany
American Pvt. Robert D Blevens of Omaha Neb faces a general court martial Wednesday on charges of desertion two counts escape from confinement conspiracy and violation of the Smith Act. The Army says he deserted to the Soviet zone for 10 weeks returned to the stockade escaped was captured at his girlfriend Ingrid Janek s home in the French sector and admitted a second visit to the Engst zone They accuse him and Janek of conspiring to lure other soldiers to East for political asylum Janek was convicted and is in a German jail serving six months.
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Lalling
U.S. Army
Pvt
Robert DB. Blevens
Omaha
Neb
Blevens
Sovie
Engst
Ingrid Janek
Nathan Perdue Sprains Leg in Bistro Incident
Nathan Perdue, 27, sat on a bar stool in a Lansing bistro when an unidentified customer fell from the next stool and toppled into his leg. Perdue sustained a sprain to his leg and received treatment on site.
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Lansing
Mien
Nathan Perdue
Perdue
Wealthy Iowan Robbed Of 106000 Bonds At Home
Osceola County Sheriff reports two masked men robbed Charles Strayer a wealthy Ocheyedan insurance man of over 106000 in government bonds and about 1300 in cash after forcing entry to his home Sunday night. Strayer and wife restrained. Strayer knocked unconscious by a gun. They later found the bonds and cash missing and the couple locked in a closet before police were alerted.
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Fred Huisman
Charles Strayer
Osceola Domuno
Strayer
Charlie
Wiig Luton
England
Suayer
Anthony Jenkins
Rans
Hussanan
Ike and Dean Engage Rhee in Seoul Talks on Korean Peace
In Panmunjom and Seoul the U S delegate Dean met with South Korean President Syngman Rhee after a skipped negotiation session with Reds. Ambassador Bein g spoke with Rhee as Young filled in. Eisenhower prepares to address the UN with a bold disarmament plan, while Big Three talks cover Indochina, West Germany rearmament, and a potential Bern Four meeting.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Reds
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Dean
Rhee
Elis 0. Briggs
U. S
Korea
Young
John M. Hightower
Tucker's Town
Bermuda
Eisenhower
New York
Russia
Britain
Churchill
United Nations General Assembly
United States
U.N
Joseph Laniel
Far East
France
Indochina
West Germany
Lanier
London
Dulles
Iden
Biedaul
Risshi
Bern
Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Bidault
Europe
Saar
Germany
Eisenhower Iji
Tax policy dispute tempers White House Reed clash
A clash over tax policy approach strains efforts to restore harmony between the Eisenhower administration and Rep. Daniel A. Reed. Reed favors advancing a general tax revision early, while the Treasury backs a broad, technical overhaul with major rate decisions delayed. Discussions have yet to resolve how to tackle a billion dollar tax questions when Congress reconvenes next month.
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Washington .P
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
R-Ny
Reed
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
Treasury
White House
Capitol
Mall
Pleasant Weather Forecast Ahead In The Midwest
The weatherman predicts more pleasant weather with mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures. Highs near 50 today, 42 by Tuesday, with mainly dry conditions and overnight lows around 30 to start the week. Winds from the southwest will blow 25 to 35 mph, with colder air arriving Tuesday from a new frontal system.
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Nebraska
Iowa
New England
Uniform Calendar urged by British astronomer
Sir Harold Spencer Jones, director of Britain's Greenwich Observatory, urged adopting a new uniform calendar with 64 days and a world’s day at year end. He showed a panel exhibit at the Tayden Planetarium, where it will be on view indefinitely. He said India’s delegation to the United Nations will present the calendar revision proposal to the U N Economic and Security Council next year.
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New York
Harold Spencer Jones
Britain
Greenwich
Bible hymn aids lifer’s perilous cellblock perch
In Jackson Michigan inmates say a Bible verse and hymns influenced Willie Spencer a 50 year old lifer to abandon a dangerous 60 foot cellblock perch in Cellblock 7 at Southern Michigan Prison. He had clung to a girder above the floor for over an hour as fellow inmates lined up for Sunday dinner.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
Willie Spencer
Spencer
Not Mad At Anybody McKinley Emphasizes Resignation
Harald L. McKinley, resigned as chairman of the Republican National Farm Council, stating the move does not signal anger at anyone. He kept his support for Eisenhower, noting continued backing since last year’s nominating and election efforts. Resignation was presented by Howard Roach of Plainfield. McKinley had earlier submitted it last July but was asked to stay on for a few months to finish his duties.
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St. Ansgar
Harald L. McKinley
Republican National Farm Council
Eisenhower
North Town
McKinley
Farm Council
Howard Roach
Plainfield
Roach
VNA Makes 484 Calls In November
VNA Makes 484 Calls In November per monthly report from the Vistling Nurse Assn. at Hotel Chieflain. Calls covered acute communicable diseases and tuberculosis, with notes on maternity service and infant care. Federal District Court case mentioned alongside local health issues and school and pre school programs.
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Montay
Fae Brothers
Alog Eps Alam Hsenf Perry
Pottawalame County
Ben-Gurion Resigns As Israel Minister
Jerusalem report states David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister to pursue meditation in the wilderness. The 68-year-old leader leaves office after founding Israel in 1948, with Moshe Sharei named acting prime minister as retirement plans are arranged.
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Ben-Gurion
Israel
Jerusalem
David Ben - Gurion
Shal Benzoa
Fyrejen
Moshe Shure
Businessman’s perplexing note to four partners ends in hoax
A man attempts to dictate a letter to his secretary to four partners Jones Smith Brown and John SOM, but the handwritten message is garbled and unclear. The secretary struggles to interpret the line as the businessman claims all four are involved in a planned misdirection, leaving senior staff puzzled.
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Jones, Smith, Brown
John Som
Hiaonasi
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