Top-level talks continue aboard USS Helena to Hawaii
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and advisers crossed the International Date Line aboard the USS Helena en route to Pearl Harbor for further talks on Far East issues. A skeet shoot capped a day of discussions with Clay and Humphrey sharing top honors. The ship covers 3,300 miles from Guam and may host three more days of meetings before the general heads to New York City.
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Helena
Hawaii
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Far East
Eisenhower
Pearl Harbor
Lucius Clay
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Guam
New York City
One for the Road Free Coffee Idea Proposed
Washington and Maryland traffic leaders and liquor industry members urged tavern owners to offer free coffee to holiday drinkers and ensure a safe ride home after office Christmas parties. About 10,000 letters will be sent to employers as part of the campaign to reduce Christmas traffic deaths.
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Washington
Maryland
Jensen Denies Interior Job Rumor
Rep. Ben Jensen of Extra denies persistent talk he may take an Interior Department under secretary post. He says the job was not offered and he would not accept it if offered. He will chair the appropriations subcommittee overseeing Interior spending and notes purse control shapes policy. He weighs senatorial plans for 1954 amid party considerations. Burglar Alarm Stolen INDIANAPOLIS—Police report a burglary at Phil Greenberger’s furniture store Monday night with several hundred dollars of merchandise and the burglar alarm stolen.
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Ben F. Jensen
Extra
Interior
Washington, D. C
Jensen
Appropriations
Interior Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Guy M. Chllett
Indianapolis
Phil Greenberger
Des Moines Budget Board seeks 50 percent funding boost
The Town Board of Control urged a 50 percent plus annual increase in operating funds for the next two-year period starting July 1, plus 315 287 000 for building improvements. Total requested funds equal 328 091 368 per year, with operating funds of 15 447 868 annually for 14 institutions. The requests will be reviewed by Gov Beardley and Comptroller Sarsfield before legislature decisions in 1953.
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Des Moines
Town Board of Control
William S. Beardsley
Glenn D. Sarsfield
Clarinda State Mental Health Institute
Clarinda
Glenwood State School
Reinforcements Flown Into Casablanca Amid Riots
P Troop reinforcements were flown Tuesday into Casablanca as Moroccan rioters sharpened knives and menaced White residents. Police began large scale evacuation of French and other Europeans from native areas after Nationalist rioting, which began Sunday, reached nearly revolutionary proportions Monday. An uneasy calm followed as evacuees were moved to safer quarters in the North African city.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Iowa Traffic Deaths Report Declines in Early Year
The Associated Press summarizes Iowa traffic fatalities for December 9, 1952 and notes figures for December 9, 1951. The brief item highlights year to year changes in road deaths and reflects mid-century traffic safety trends and statistical reporting.
Lock-picker Birt Opens 2 Jail Doors
Dallas Birt, 30, faced a habitual criminal charge after he pried through three locks and opened two bullpen gates in the county jail Monday night before deputies discovered him. A third steel shielded door blocked any escape. Bond set at $10,000. co-defendant Lawrence Richards, 20, held on breaking and entering with $2,000 bond. Birt previously escaped twice from jail and claimed to have learned the trade at Ft. Madison.
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Dallas Birt
Avenue F
George Lindsay
William Swassing
Lindsey
Birt
Swassing
Lawrence Richards
Richards
Counse
Matt Walsh
Lindsay
Otto Gudath
WSB
John L. Lewis
Birt Adlers
Truman
Tru- Birt
Ess
Iowa State Penitentiary
Ft. Madison
Eldora Boys Reformatory
Pump Life Into WSB Faces Coal Pay Fight
Washington officials sought to revive the Wage Stabilization Board pledging wage curbs would exist with or without a board. Mobilization Director Henry Fowler and Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam urged new industry appointees after industry members quit in protest over President Truman’s coal miners pay raise reversal.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Henry Fowler
Roger &. Putnam
Truman
Fowler and Putnam Push Industry to Aid Crippled WSE
In a joint statement Fowler and Putnam said they are pressing industry to assign new members to the crippled WSE. They reported prospects look favorable while noting wage controls will not be abandoned regardless of actions.
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Fowler
Putnam
WSE
Draft Board Announces Call for 10 Inductees
Pottawattamie County Draft Board announced Monday night receipt of a January induction call for 10 men to leave here Jan. 14. The call will be completed from potential draftees who have reached at least their 20th birthday by induction date. formal notices will be mailed within a few days.
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Pottawattamie County
Beardsley to Name Iowa Doctor Guest at WMA Conference
Gov William Beardsley announced on Tuesday he will appoint a year old Iowa doctor to attend the first Western Hemisphere conference of the World Medical Association as a guest of honor. The meeting is scheduled for April 23 to 25 in Richmond Virginia.
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Des Moines
Gov. William
J. Beardsley
Iowa
World Medical Association
Richmond
Allan Kline Attacks Insidious Fallacy in Farm Bureau Talk
Seattle The American Farm Bureau Federation president Allan B Kline denounced a get it from the government for nothing philosophy as an insidious fallacy saying it fuels inflation. He warned against price fixing and regimentation sold to farmers as an advantage and called inflation a dangerous path as 5000 delegates from 47 states and Puerto Rico gathered for the convention.
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Seattle
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan B. Kline
Big Farm Organization
Puerto Rico
Federal Employees Get Four Days Off At Christmas
President Truman announced an executive order granting federal workers four days off at Christmas. The order excuses staff from Friday, December 26, extending a vacation from Thursday Christmas Day through Sunday.
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Washington
President Truman
Froebel High Boys Admit Burglaries Crime Wave Hits City
Seven Froebel High School youths confess to more than 90 burglaries including 22 auto thefts and 21 purse snatchings. A ruptured 24 inch water main on Broadway caused a 20 block traffic jam, flooding streets and cutting water service to many homes and businesses. Police say loot came from schools, homes, taverns, shops, and small industries as crews repaired the break.
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Gary
Ing
Froebel High School
Jon West
Broadway
Rooseveltj
Water Service High School
West Side
Council Bluffs
Twenty-eighth
Twenty-ninth
Avenue A
Eldon Winger
Slater
Independence
Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Eighth St
Don Bragg
Water Works
Franklin B. Kensen
Bragg
Work of U.N. as Peace Instrument Not Satisfactory
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky left New York saying the United Nations General Assembly has not fulfilled its duty for peace. He cited India’s resolution on ending the Korean War as evidence that the Assembly’s work as a peace instrument is unsatisfactory.
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New York
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations
General Assembly
Assembly
U.N
Legislators Opposed to Toll Roads
DES MOINES AP report notes scant support among lawmakers elected for 1953 Iowa Legislature against toll roads. The piece highlights broad opposition within the chamber to toll proposals and hints at potential legislative obstacles.
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DES Moines
Iowa
New York Waterfront Crime Probe Highlights Toll Road Debate
Ex convict Anthony Tischon told state Crime Commission docks along the harbor suffer from rackets tied to waterfront crime. Shipping officials urged more city and state protection. The AP survey shows legislators oppose self financing toll roads by wide margins in both houses, while a minority seeks an east west toll road with new study powers. Majors and minorities clash over next steps and funding for further toll road feasibility. Major Olmsted to return to private life after year end.
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Jonas A] Ulis ShaLe
Associated Press
Senate
New York
Sing Sing
New
York
Anthony
Tony) Tischon
State Crime Commission
Tischon
New Jersey
Tischen
Ossining
John E. Slater
American Export Lines
Commission
Beardsley
Uwest
Both
Marty
Iowa
Harry E. Watson
Sanborn
Carroll L. Brown
Oskaloosa
Francis Kerr
Manilla
Louis J. Kehoe
Washington
Karl E. Madden
Davenport
Iowa Development Commission
Harry Wilford
Cedar Rapids
Forest Parrott
Siont City
Madden
State Highway ‘Commission
East Germany Purge Report Comes With Economic Woes
East Germany led by Otto Grotewohl sacks a top cabinet member amid talks of a broad party purge. Rumors say Hermann Matern is jailed while others face a crackdown as Berlin notes shortages of butter margarine and consumer goods before Christmas.
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Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
East
Germany
Grotewohl
East Germany
Karl Hamann
East Zone
Hermann Matern
Soviet Zone
Goodfellows Christmas Drive Aids 250 Unlucky Families
In Council Bluffs a community charity seeks $1,750 to provide Christmas meals for 250 local families facing hard times. The effort notes ongoing cold weather and rising bills, with nearly $1,000 still to raise. Donations can be mailed to The Goodfellows in care of The Nonpareil or left at the newspaper office.
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Council Bluffs
Goodfellows
Bluffs
Associated Press
the Goodfellows
Spareil
North Korea
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Patty
Butchy Craig
Jolly Dozen
Macedonia
Red Korea
Caroline T. R Theinhardt
Takchon
Yongyoncham
Labor Management Set Talks on Water System Contract
Labor and management of the city water system will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday to negotiate a new working agreement. The AFL union requested the session and the Water Works Board of Trustees will host it on Dec 16. The current contract expires Jan 1 and a wage increase for first class operators is anticipated. Separately the board began proceedings to issue 98000 in revenue bonds for warrants tied to the North Twenty fifth Street and River Boulevard purification plant. a hearing is scheduled for Dec 23 at 9 30 a m.
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Municipal Employes Union
AFL
Water Works Board of Trustees
North Twenty-fifth St
River Boulevard
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Nevada
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Fairfield
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C. Coykendall
Goad Roads Association
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Imsted
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