Military manpower overhaul trims services to 2.815 million
Washington reports the defense plan cuts 403000 from total strength to reach about 2.815 million, with the Air Force exempt from cuts and the Army Navy and Marines reduced. The move includes early homeward pull of the 1st Marine Division from Korea and reallocation of troops in Japan, aiming to maintain about six divisions in Europe and force reductions in naval ships and staffing.
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Washington
Defense
Charles Wilson
Far East
Eisenhower
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Korea
1St Marine Divison
3Nd Marine Division
Japan
Europe
Wilson
Probe Death Of Omaha Woman
Fire and police officials probed the death of Mrs. Marjorie King of Omaha. Found in a shed on the Nuzum property at 2720 Fight Ave after a blaze, authorities could offer no clear explanation for her presence. Officials believe death was due to natural causes. the fire's cause remains undetermined. The body was removed after the shed burned, revealing burns on her hands and legs. Autopsy results were inconclusive regarding asphyxia.
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Marjorie King
Omaha
Ify
Richard L. Nuzum
Fight Ave
Waklo Merrill
Merrill
Earl Miller
James Burke
Leon Normon
William Swassing
Nuvum
Katherine
Ray Runnels
Dallas
Tex
Bertha Bruneton
Rome
Runnels
Nuzum
Othrs
Mrs. King
Watter
Louie Nuzum
Love Nuzum
Nuzumh
Louie
Sidney Cohen
McAuliffe To Head Forces In Europe
Lt Gen Anthony McAuliffe, famed for the German surrender demand during the Battle of the Bulge, will become commander of U S Army forces in Europe. He will succeed Gen William M Hoge who retires next month. McAuliffe, 56, led the 101st Airborne in late 1944 and currently heads the Seventh Army. His replacement as commander of the Seventh Army will be Lt Gen Henry Toda, currently leading the 7th Corps.
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Wastiington
Anthony Co MrAndike
U S. Army
Europe
Mcauliffe
William M. Hoge
McMuliffe
Wist
Henry
Todos
7Th Corps
Gardiner Finds C B Really Changing In Gardiner
Kennard Gardiner former city clerk and acting city manager arrives in Marinette Wisconsin to assess changes in Council Bluffs after Christmas visit. Gardiner notes no remarkable changes and says his hometown remains familiar while expressing no major complaints. He left Council Bluffs about two years ago.
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Kennard Gardiner
Marinette
Wis
Gardiner
Council Bluffs
Pennies From Heaven Campaign in Wahpeton Church
In Wahpeton North Dakota the Hyangelical United Brethren Church displays 800 old pennies in the base front as part of the Pennies From Heaven effort. The Youth Fellowship launched the campaign to collect pennies to reduce the church mortgage.
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Wahpeton
Hyangelical United Hrethren Chiurch
Teaver
Iowa Highway Commission Offered Private Funds to Pave Toll Bridge Link
Shields and Co of New York offered $200000 in private funds to gravel a five mile road linking Bellevue Nebraska toll bridge to Iowa 370. Bridge traffic averages about 100 cars daily at 50 cents each. backers claim traffic could rise to 350 with paving. Total project cost 223000 with 23000 state share. commission to decide December 28 in Ames.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Bellevue
Neb
Missouri River
Iowa
Commission
Ames
Shields and Co
New York
Omaha
Cornel Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Violent Quake Hits Eureka California and Oregon
A major earthquake struck at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday, hitting Eureka and nearby areas hardest while shaking scenes as far as San Francisco. Chimneys toppled, windows smashed, and streets scattered with bricks as crews reported no fatalities but widespread property damage. The tremor also disrupted a newspaper plant with molten lead spills and damaged interiors.
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Eureka
Calif
California
Oregon
San Francisco
Butldings
Klamath Falls
Ore
Tumbaldt Standard and
Mumbaldt Times
Hureka Anost
Manning Gas System Vote Passes In Municipal Election
About 700 Manning residents cast ballots in a special election on Monday to decide the municipal gas distribution project. Voters approved issuing 250000 in revenue bonds to fund the system, with 668 voting in favor and 22 against. Officials called the turnout "good" for a special election. total eligible voters are around 1100.
Kennedy Flies To Florida To Recuperate From Operation
New York reports Senator John F Kennedy, recently operated on for a spinal issue, discharged from a hospital and heading by ambulance to LaGuardia for a flight to Palm Beach Florida to rest for several months before returning to Washington.
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Sen. Kennedy
Florida
New York
John F., Kennedy
Western powers reject Soviet charge on Austrian troops in zone
In Vienna on Tuesday the three Western Powers rejected Soviet charges that the United States violated power agreements by keeping troops in Austria’s French occupation zone. Russia had demanded their withdrawal.
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Vienna
Austria
United States
Russia
Fourth Annual Nativity Scene Lighting at Lincoln Park
The Cornell Bluffs Nativity scene near the fog cabin below the Lincoln Memorial will be lit at 7 p m Tuesday. Mrs W J Brandt leads the arrangements and will switch on the lights.
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Cornell Bluffs
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Memorial
W. J. Brandt
Oakland Dr
Council Bluffs
Brandt
Last Steam Engine To Puff Out Of KC
Kansas City will retire its last steam engines on the Union Pacific Kansas City Division by New Year’s Day if diesel equipment arrives on time. The changeover will be made no later than January 9, per W. O. Horne, superintendent of the division.
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Kansas City
W. O Horne
Union Pacific
Council Bumps Into New Issue Over Zoning Change
City Council votes four to one at a special meeting to allow a zoning change on three lots at the end of North Thirty Fourth Street from residential to multiple dwelling to permit a retirement home. Councilman Carleton Woodward Jr. condemns it as spot zoning while Mayor William M. Keenan cautions on using zoning to segment blocks.
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Thirty Fourth St
Elmer Jackson
34Th St
Carleton Woodward Jr
Woodward
William M. Keenan
Goodfellows Christmas Basket Drive Urges Help
A Council Bluffs Nonpareil appeal urges Christmas donations to Goodfellows for needy families. It notes baskets aid old folks, families with crippling illness, and the unemployed, with gift certificates for toys and clothing. Contributions should be sent in care of The Nonpareil.
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Council Bluffs
Interim Committee Calls For Analysis Of Tax Structure
Iowa lawmakers urge thorough study of tax structure and possible special session by late 1955 or early 1956. Report to 1956 session proposes a tax analysis panel, exemption reforms for veterans, and revenue options while noting current appropriations and reserve balances.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Britain rejects Soviet warning on 1942 treaty
Britain dismissed Moscow's threat to denounce the 1942 Anglo Soviet alliance if Paris accords are ratified. Foreign Office noted they regret the manner and context of the warning and would not accept the Soviet argument. Parliament has approved the Paris agreements but ratification awaits Queen Elizabeth II signatures and formal instruments to 14 governments.
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Foreign Office
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
William Hayter
London
Britain
Kremlin
Soviet Russia
Paris
Germany
Beautiful Spy Sentenced Five Years in Berlin Case
BERLIN A beautiful German brunette was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to transmitting Allied defense details to Russia for money. Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt, once an East Zone student and mistress to an Air Force colonel, sobbed as Judge Ambrose Fuller handed down the term. She admitted feeding Russians order of battle data and tried to recruit more informants while denying a third, later dropped, charge about the full network of U.S. agents in West Berlin.
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Berlin
U. S
Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt
Air Force
U. S. High Commission
Ambrose Fuller
West Berlin
Sheppard Found Guilty Of Murder
In Cleveland Dr. Sammuel Sheppard was convicted of second degree murder in the July 4 slaying of his pregnant wife Marilyn age 31. The jury deliberated 102 hours and the judge announced the verdict after reviewing ballots. The sentence is life with parole eligibility after 10 years.
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Cleveland
Sammuel Sheppard
Marilyn
James C. Bird
Edward Blythin
Bird
Jefferson Major Air Crash Victim
RAPID CITY S D Major Herbert Trost of Jefferson Iowa was named among three airmen killed when a B25 bomber crashed while approaching Ellsworth Air Force Base for an emergency landing late Monday The bomber burned after the crash and no pilot or cause had been announced Major Trost son of Rev Adolph Trost a retired pastor The Trosts previously lived in Farnhamville Iowa
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Rapid City
Herbert Trost
Jefferson
Iowa
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Air Force
Trost
Adolph Trost
Trosts
Farnhamville
Des Moines Rep Vern Lisle Proposes Chair Assignments
Des Moines Republican Rep. Vern Lisle candidate for speaker proposed a plan to appoint House chairmen. He suggests the speaker appoints the chairmen of the Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees and that they, with the speaker pro tem and majority leader, handle other assignments. Lisle says the plan requires no rule changes and would balance committee thinking and curb payback appointments. He was elected to a fourth term and is among eight candidates. caucus on Jan 3 will decide the speaker.
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Des Moines
Vern Lisle
Clarinda
Lisle
Draen
Tidal Waves Disaster Tuesday Fallout
A doomsday predictor Mrs Dorothy Martin claimed disaster was stayed after a midnight prophecy. She and 13 followers gathered in Oak Park suburb to hear the message while Dr Charles Laughead, a Michigan State College health official, joined them through the night.
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Chicago
Dorothy Martin
Gulf of Mexico
Charles 4. Laughead
Michigan State College
A Memo To Santa From A Moneyed Dad’s Son
Frankfurt radio Santa receives a child’s letter requesting a train jeep and a talking dog. The boy adds a cheeky PS asking Santa to take money from his dad’s pocket, noting his father is a captain and loaded.
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Santa
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