Stevenson Gets Big Ovation At Union Parley
Adlai Stevenson attacked what he called ugly politics of group conflict at the AFL CIO convention in New York. He cited cabinet members and GOP figures while urging moderation and warning that divisive rhetoric risks democracy. Mrs Roosevelt and Gov Harriman drew cheers as delegates approved resolutions and moved toward adjournment. He did not name the Republicans directly, but reporters noted the cited figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Douglas McKay
Afl-Cio
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal
AFL
CIO
J. Addington Wagner
American Legion
Geneva
Republican Senatorial Committee
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Frederick Crawford
Cleveland
America
Germany
McKay
Philip Kuehn
Wisconsin
Roger Tubby
Parole Candidate Says He Didn't Kill In Arkansas
A 61yearold Black convict paroled after 20 years for a 1918 murder. Gov Faubus cut the life term to 60 years to aid parole. Weaver Baulknight, arrested in California in 1935 and relocated to Arkansas, faced the death sentence but parole rests on affidavits from 10 friends claiming he was in Atlanta in 1918 and not in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orvan Faubus
Weaver Baulknight
Baulknight
California
Arkansas
Sank Wosden
Atlanta
Eisenhower Named Franklin Award Recipient at Printing Week Dinner
President Eisenhower has been chosen to receive the Franklin Award for distinguished service at the Printing Week dinner on January 16 in New York. The event commemorates Benjamin Franklin's 250th birth anniversary, highlighting his role as a pioneering printer.
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New York
Eisenhower
Benjamin Franklin
Unemployed Man Freed As Reporter Pays Bill
Keene New Hampshire December report details Robert A. St John a 33 year old unemployed machinist jailed for $32 in back taxes freed by Jack Teehan a reporter from the Keene Evening Sentinel who paid the tax bill and $7 in commitment costs Teehan said he promised to get St John out before sundown and criticized the medieval nature of the law noting the man’s illness and lack of steady work.
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Keene, N.H
Keene
Robert A. St. John
Cheshire County House of Correction
Westmoreland
Jack Teehan
Keene Evening Sentinel
St. John's
St. John
Peehan
Capone Gang Associate Dies in Gangland Style
CHICAGO December 8 Capone era figure Alex Louis Greenberg reputed financial brain for the Capone syndicate was shot to death on the South Side. At a restaurant exit his wife Pearl said two men fired then fled on foot. Greenberg 64, president of Canadian Ace Brewing Co. Chicago, was among three Capone era figures slain in 18 months. He admitted ties to the old gang and testified in 1948 knowing Capone mob members.
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Chicago
Alex Louis Greenberg
Old Capone Syndicate
South Side
Pearl
Greenberg
Ace Brewing Co
al Capone
Charles
Cherry Nose) Gice
Frank Maritote
Frank Diamond
New York
New York Liquor Authority
Capone
Congressional
Rescue 3 Survivors of Crash in Pacific
A two engine Navy patrol bomber crashed at sea 26 miles east of Kauai during maneuvers. Three of the 10 aboard were rescued by a submarine Bashaw with seven missing airmen still sought by seven submarines and four planes. Survivors identified include Lt. K. C. Guedel pilot Lt. G. J. E. O Malley co pilot and Lt. (j.g.) Robert S. Smith navigator.
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Honolulu
Navy
Kauai
Oahu
Bashaw
K. c. Guedel
J.g
Robert S. Smith
Colorado Official Paul Williams Dies in Colorado Springs
LA JUNTA Colorado State Rep Paul H Williams a former Crowley County treasurer and Ordway mayor aged 58 died at Mennonite Hospital after a month of heart illness He was a native of Martinsburg Missouri in his second term in the Colorado Legislature He leaves a widow and two children Funeral services will be held Saturday in Ordway.
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LA Junta
Colo
Paul H. Williams
Ordway
Crowley County
Mennonite Hospital
Arkansas Valley
Williams
Colorado
Martinsburg
Two Negro Homes Hit by Shotgun Attacks in Montgomery
Two Negro homes were struck by shotgun blasts in Montgomery Alabama last night. Police Chief G J Ruppenthal reported no injuries and found no link to the ongoing Negro boycott of Montgomery buses. Four buses have been fired on.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. J. Ruppenthal
Jewelry Stolen From Oppenheimer Family Home
Police disclosed jewelry valued at 213,069 pounds were stolen from Mrs. Harry Oppenheimer in Johannesburg. The heist occurred Monday night from a safe in her home, with the sum converted to about 596,593 dollars. The jewelry belonged to the daughter-in-law of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Harry Oppenheimer
Ernest Oppenheimer
Presidents Who Died in Office From Early America
The note lists seven U.S. presidents who died while in office: William Henry Harrison John Taylor Abraham Lincoln James Abram Garfield William McKinley Warren G Harding and Franklin D Roosevelt.
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U.S
W. H. Harrison
Taylor
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Harding
F. D.roosevelt
Ex-Con Arrested On Count Involving Missing Checks
James P. Taylor an ex convict was seized in Joplin Mo on a federal charge involving travelers checks missing after the kidnapping and slaying of Thief River Falls Minn bank cashier Kenneth J Lindbergh. He waived removal and remained jailed on a 10000 dollar bond as investigators pursue interstate transport of more than 5000 dollars in stolen checks.
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Joplin
James P.taylor
Thief River Falls
Minn
Detroit
Mich
FBI
Kansas City
Kenneth J. Lindbergh
Clear Lake
Taylor
Terre Haute
Ind
Charlies D. Kennell
U. S
Eugene R. Crocker
Jlaken
Newton County
Neosho
Paylor
San Francisco
Bank of America
Crocker
Max Patten
Connor Hotel
Kenneth McKinney
Elizabeth Richards
Railway Brotherhood Official Dies in New York
Charles W. Burchfield 56, assistant general president of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, died last night in New York while attending merger sessions of the AFL and CIO as a Car Men's union delegate. He had been general vice president since 1941 and was elected assistant general president last September.
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Kansas City
Charles W. Burchfield
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Carmen of America
New York
Burchfield
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Carmen
U.N. General Assembly Approves 18 New Members
The General Assembly voted 52-2 to admit 18 new states with China and Cuba voting no. The package hinges on Security Council approval where a single veto from any permanent member blocks all five Communist applicants, including Outer Mongolia. Canada’s Paul Martin praised the abstention as paving the way for broader global participation in the UN.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
Jose Maza
Chile
China
Cuba
United States
Belgium
France
Greece
Israel
U.N
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
T. F. Tsiang
Britain
Canada
Paul Martin
Martin
Man
Tribute to Sibelius on 90th Birthday in Finland
In Helsinki Jean Sibelius marked his 90th birthday with a national broadcast by President Juho Paasikivi age 85. The composer spent the day quietly at his country home 40 miles away with his wife five married daughters and grandchildren, declining photographs and a flood of congratulations.
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Helsinky
Finland
Jean Sibelius
Juho Paasikivi
Lutkewitte Released From Hospital At Home
Lawrence Lutkewitte of 1310 Bald Hill Rd was released from Charles E. Still Hospital after doctors decided surgery was unnecessary at this time. He rested at home Wednesday and said he felt good.
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Lutkewitte
Lawrence Lutkewitte
Bald Hill Rd
Charles E. Still Hospital
Four Soldiers Die In Abilene Road Crash
Four soldiers from the 39th Engineers Construction Battalion at Fort Riley were killed in a head on collision 12 miles east of Abilene Kansas. Two of the men were unidentified and listed as missing pending investigation. The truck driver John Rice 38 of Kansas City Kansas escaped with minor injuries. The crash followed a car leaving Abilene shortly before the collision and the fiery wreck.
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Abilene
Kan
Riley
Here
Billy G. Wells
Thelma McKain
Gladewater
Tex
Melvin D. Green
Forest Green
Powersville
Jackie J. Smith
Jasper M. Smith
Independence
Wallace F. Marcum
Edna Mae Marcum
Freeport
39Th Engineers Construction Battalion
Ft. Riley
John Rice
Kansas City
Army
Baptists Name Two Additions to Staff
A Missouri Baptist General Association session announced two staffing moves. Rev. Lloyd W. Collins of Kansas City Kansas will become director of promotion and public relations, and Rev. Marshall Boroughs of Springfield will serve as secretary of evangelism. Both relocate from current pastor roles to join the association in February. Committees were named to survey Missouri Baptist institutions for long range needs, with Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith of Kirksville as chairman. Officials at the meeting included Moderator Rev. D. F. Risk and Assistant Rev. C. B. Pillow, with Merle Barndy as secretary.
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Missouri Baptist General Association
Lloyd W. Collins
Kansas City
Kan
Marshall Boroughs
Springfield
Collins
Central Baptist Seminary
Grand Avenue Baptist Church
Boroughs
College Street Baptist Church
Eual Lawson
Southern Baptist Convention
Dallas
Tex
Steele, Mo
C. B. Pillow
Poplar Bluff
Merle Barndy
Neosho
Free Nodaway Official Harold Wilson to be released
Harold L. Wilson, 40, former Nodaway County treasurer, will leave Missouri Penitentiary Saturday after a three year sentence for embezzling county funds. Good behavior and four blood donations earned 142 days off. Under Missouri law a convict serves nine months of each year. Wilson began his sentence February 1, 1954.
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Harold £. Wilson
Nodaway
Missouri
Wilson
Tokyo marks Pearl Harbor day amid quiet remembrance
Tokyo observes December 7 1941 attack anniversary on December 8 across this side of the International Date Line with subdued ceremonies and limited public notice. The recollection comes 14 years after the surprise strike that shaped wartime history.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sent Negro Son Out of Arkansas in Emmett Till Context
An elderly African American man, Clarence Braxton, 73, testified he sent his teen son out of Arkansas to avoid harm after the Till slaying in Mississippi. He referenced a mailed clipping with threats as he spoke at a federal hearing on a permanent injunction to protect racially integrated schools in Hoxie. The court must decide whether to extend the preliminary injunction against pro segregation groups White America, Inc., White Citizens Councils of Arkansas, and the Hoxie Committee for Segregation.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Arkansas
Clarence Braxton
Emmett Till
Mississippi
Hoxie
Braxton
Death of Macon Tax Collector at Post Office
William Oscar Neel a 74 year old state sales tax collector for Linn Macon and Shelby counties died of a heart attack tonight at the Macon post office where he went to pickup mail. He formerly worked as a barber and insurance man and is survived by his wife and four sons.
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Macon
William Oscar Neel
Neel
Linn
Shelby
Egypt Eyes World Bank Aid for Nile Dam Project
Egypt expects Western loans within a week to back the Upper Nile dam project valued at about 1.3 billion dollars. Finance Minister Abdul Kaisouni has pressured World Bank talks for three weeks to secure a loan portion, while remaining funds from grants or other sources are still undecided.
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Washington
Egypt
Nile
Abdul Kaisouni
World Bank
World Bank Capital
United States
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