Christmas Eve Tragedy: 10 Die In DC-3 Crash Into Monongahela River
Ten victims including 33 soldiers perished when a chartered DC3 ran out of gas two minutes before landing near Allegheny County Airport. The bodies of all victims were recovered the next day. Nine soldiers plus the pilot died, with 12 survivors treated for shock and exposed. CAA opened an investigation into the fuel loss.
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Monongahela River
Allegheny County
Harold, Poe
Seattle
Wask
Far-West
Army
Pittsburgh
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mendes-France Faces Sternest Test
The French Assembly defeated a plan to rear m West Germany amid Western Allied debate. Secretary Dulles warns the vote reveals France’s ability to govern, while Eisenhower and officials weigh how to proceed with German rearmament under tight control. The Monday ballot on Mendes France’s government will shape U S policy and alliance cohesion.
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West Germany
Dulles
France
French Assembly
European Union
Eisenhower
Aes
Mendes
Mendes-France
U. S
United States
Granite City Nursing School to Close Next September
GRANITE CITY Illinois Dr West Elizabeth Hospital announces the nursing school will close next September after 33 years of operation. Principal reasons include lack of funds inadequate quarters for student nurses and too few students. The hospital is run by Sisters of Divine Providence. Sister Mary William administrator cites financial strain and space limits as key factors.
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Granite City
Wwest
Elizabeth Hospital
Sisters of Divine Providence
Mary William
Earthquake Aftershock Rattles Eureka Calf City
Earthquake aftermath reported in Eureka California as the most severe aftershock since the two million dollar quake last Tuesday. The tremor was felt at 1 35 a m today with buildings shaking but no new damage reported.
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Eureka
Calif
Benson Under Fire Offers Ladejinsky Job Chance
The article reports Ladejinsky facing redeployment in the Department of Agriculture after termination in State. It notes a required security review under executive order 10450, with a fair hearing and representation, and states Eisenhower’s White House stance is disputed while Des Moines Register claims the President supported Benson’s move.
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Benson
Ladejinsky
Department of Agriculture
Department of State
Department
Ladejinksy
Ladesinsky
Ike
Agriculture Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Register
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Augusta
Hagerty
Des Moines Register
Washington
Clark Moltenhoff
Four Held in Alleged Assassination Plot
Hackensack New Jersey four men detained over an alleged bid to murder AFL Seafarers Union official Hall. Investigators say a hired gunman, paid $15,000, may have been killed. Arrests spread across New Jersey New York and Florida linking Cobb Green White Taffie Priore and others in a conspiracy case.
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Hackensack
N. J
AFL
Paul Hat
Hall
New Jersey
New York
Florida
James E. Cobb
Frank Green
Tampa
Fla
Seafarers' Union Hall
Hay White
AFL Central Trades and Labor Assembly
AFL Seaffarers’ International Union of North America
White
Cobb
Edward Taffie
West Milford
Ergen County
Guy W. Calissi
Carmen Priore
Hargrave
New York City
Calissi
Priore
Cobbito Taffe
Treasury Receives 100 Million From RFC Liquidation
Washington reports the Treasury collected 100 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corp liquidation. Secretary Humphrey and Aest Secretary Laurence Robbins witnessed the receipt, with 2506 million in REC assets still to liquidate. Des Moines notes widespread tooth decay, Dr. Leslie FitzGerald says.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Humphrey
Aest
Laurence B. Robbins
REC
Robbins
Des Moines
Leslie M. FitzGereld
Dubuque, Towa
American Dental Assn
United States
Electronic Ghost Spooks Grand Rapids Apartment Scene
Neighbors in Grand Rapids heard music and strange voices from a vacant apartment as a clock radio left by departing tenants began operating on its own. In Chicago, safe crackers stole over $3,000 collected by Our Lady of Sorrows pupils from Christmas cards.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Chicago
Our Lady of Sorrows
No White Christmas In Most of Nation
The Weather Bureau reports most areas will not have a white Christmas with snow confined to northern New England, upstate New York, sections of the Great Lakes, and western mountains. Light flurries or showers occur in the Great Lakes to New England, mostly fair elsewhere. Temperatures rise east of the Rockies, with West Yellowstone among the cold spots at 2 below zero while Brownsville, Texas reaches 64. New York records 44 and clear skies.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
New England
New York State
Great Lakes
Santa Claus
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Yellowstone
Mont
Brownsville
Tex
New York
AID INJURED WORKER AT A. O. SMITH PLANT
At A. O. Smith Corp plant in Granite City workers raised 1600 for Henry LeGonta who lost both hands in a mishap three weeks ago while stamping automobile frames. The 40 year old father of six returned home from St. Elizabeth's Hospital after the fund drive by about 1700 workers.
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Granite City
A. O. Smith Corp
Henry LeGonta
DeGonta
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Sanitation referee weighs separated wife suit in Mineola
Francis G. Hooley took under advisement a separation case where a wife charges in twelve years of marriage the husband never bathed. The husband is employed by the Department of Sanitation.
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Mineola
N.Y
Francis G. Hooley
Department of Sanitation
Laborites Seek Deportation Delay of U S Resident
British Labour MPs urge Home Secretary to postpone the deportation order against American Mrs. Jean Butler, a Missouri alumna, so she can spend the holidays with her London fiance. Butler, a curator at the Horniman Museum, faces leaving by December 28. The case involves her potential marriage and possible British citizenship, with mixed explanations from officials and no U S government involvement.
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London
Home Secretary
Britain
Jean Butler
University of Missouri
Home Office
United Kingdom
Butler
Ian Mikardo
Tom Driberg
Aneurin Bevan
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Clive Jenkins
America
Nursing Homes Fail County Building Standards
St Louis area public works director Frank C. Roe said 90 percent of nursing homes in unincorporated St Louis County do not meet county building code requirements. The homes operate under grandfather clauses for facilities opened before January 1952, as Roe reviews a survey by county inspectors and prepares a report for County Supervisor Luman F. Matthews.
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ST. Louis
President Eisenhower Family Christmas Eve in Augusta
President Eisenhower will join his family around a Christmas tree at the little White House in Augusta tonight for an exchange of gifts. Mrs Eisenhower and her mother Mrs John Doud of Denver will attend. Later the president will dine with golfing friends at the Augusta National Golf Club. He is staying in the white brick house near the 10th tee.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
White House
John Doud
Denver
Augusta Neations Golf Club
Millionaire Harold A. Clark Sr. Found Dead in Florida Pool
Harold A. Clark Sr., a Miami area real estate developer and former racing figure, was found dead in his Marathon pool. His wife Charlotte discovered the body. Justice Russell Zetterower said manner of death not yet determined. An autopsy will be held in Key West.
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Marathon
Fla
Harold A. Clark Sr
Milllionaire
Charlotte
Russell Zetterower
Key West
Grave Permit Required for Cemetery Shrub Removal
A Norfolk ordinance requires a permit to remove shrubs from cemetery lots to curb vandalism. The owner must obtain the permit at the cemetery gate and surrender it upon departure.
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Norfolk
Jane
Fined by Magistrate for Obscured View Violation
Patrick N. Shirley of Eugene, 22, paid a $5 fine plus costs in Magistrate Court after pleading guilty to passing on a hill with an obscured view. The offense occurred on December 13 on Highway 84, halted by the State Highway Patrol.
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Patrick N. Shirley
Eugene
State Highway Patrol
Deaths Mrs Kallenbach Of Tuscumbia Dies
Mrs William Kallenbach a lifelong Central Missouri resident aged 78 died Thursday night at Audrain County Hospital Mexico She was born in Spring Garden daughter of Reverend and Mrs Greenlee Thompson and married William Kallenbach in 1892 The couple lived on a Saline Valley farm near Tuscumbia survivors include 11 children and grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at the Tuscumbia Christian Church
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Central
Missouri
William Kalenbach
Tuscumbia
Audrain County
Mexico
Kallenbach
Spring Garden
Greenlee ‘Thompson
Wiliam Kallenbach
Saline Valley
Services Set Tuesday For Father Jaworski
Funeral services will be held for the Rev. Joseph Jaworski age 42 of Our Lady of LaSalette Seminary at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Hartford Connecticut. He died suddenly at 6:35 p.m. Thursday at the seminary from a heart attack after celebrating Mass earlier that morning.
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Joseph Jaworski
Our Lady of LaSalette Seminary
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Hartford
Conn
Father Jaworski
Wooldridge Blacksmith C O Scheibner Dies
Wooldridge special: C O Scheibner a 78 year old blacksmith died at his home Friday. Born in Germany October 1 1876 he was the son of Moritz and Laura Scheibner. Survived by two daughters Miss Marguerite Scheibner and Mrs Ewing Hoffman plus two grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday at Boonville funeral home with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery Boonville.
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Wooldridge
C. O. Scheibner
Scheibner
Germany
Moritz
Laura Scheibner
Marguerite Scheibner
Ewing Hoffman
Woolfridge
Boonville
Buria
Walnut Grove
Moral Rearmament Assembly Soon in Washington
Moral Rearmament, an international movement aiming to raise moral standards worldwide, will open a 10 day assembly in Washington next Tuesday.
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Washington
100 Year Old Woman Reluctant To Enter Hospital
Mrs. Mary Wild, who recently turned 100, suffered a hip fracture in a fall last night. Reluctant to enter a hospital, she finally consented after her daughter Mrs. Minnie Clifford promised a full scale Christmas dinner in the hospital. It won’t seem like Christmas, but it will be bays to do this year.
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Sedalia
Den
Mary Wild
Minnie Clifford
Five Are Injured In Area Accident Near Boonville
Five persons were injured in a one car crash near Boonville reported by the State Highway Patrol. Rex Lee Harris, 21, Independence, drove off Highway 46 on a curve, struck a tree after 350 feet of shoulder travel. Harris and Mary Ellen Parker, 18, Independence, sustained minor injuries while Mary Ann Bunten, 18, and Robert Lee Douglas, 21, Independence, had major injuries. They were hospitalized at St Joseph Hospital in Boonville. Harris was arrested for careless and reckless driving. An additional report notes a separate collision on Callaway County Route 1 west of Highway 54 at 11:30 am involving pickup driver Lester C. Clifton, 51, New Bloomfield, and John Lammers, 48, Fulton, with $200 damage.
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Boonville
State Highway Patrol
Rex Lee Harris
Independence
Highway 46
Mary Ann Bunten
Robert Lee Douglas
Harris
Herman Michael Avile
Courtney
Mary Ellen Parker
St. Joseph Hospital
Callaway County
Lester C. Clifton
New Bloomfield
John Lammers
Fulton
Girl Is Strangled in Rhode Island
NORTH PROVIDENCE Rhode Island Robert Stevens aged 21 was held to day for strangling his young sweetheart Miss Carol Dupont 17 during a struggle in his parked car then driving her body 12 miles to his sister in law’s home He admitted strangling her after she resisted his advances The body was found on a couch at Mrs Henry Stevens home State Police Lt Austin L Duffy said Stevens propped the body in the front seat and told police I think I’ve killed her Frantic efforts to revive her failed The incident follows another teenage girl’s strangling in Rhode Island within a week
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Providence
R.I
Robert Stevens
Stevens
Carol Dupont
Rhode Island
Austin L. Duffy
Miss DurPont
Labor Racketeering Trial Set for Jan 25 in Danville
Federal judge Casper Platt will hear Orell Soucte Henry Highfill and Orville Rhodes in Danville on January 25 in a labor racketeering case linked to the AFL Operating Engineers. The defendants faced charges of attempting to extort money from highway contractors. In a prior related trial, Evan Date and James Bateman were convicted and sentenced for extorting $1,030,000 from builders of an atomic energy project.
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ST. Louis
Davville
U.S
Clifford M. Raemer
Casper Platt
Orell B. Soucte
Henry H. Highfill
Terre Haute
Ind
Orville Rhodes
Danville
AFL Operating Engineers Union
Evan R. Date
AFL Laborers Union
Southern
Ulaois
James R. Bateman
AFL Pipefitters Union
Murphysboro
Dale
Bateman
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Sheppard
Svaarid Ogteopeth
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Pierre Mendes-France
Peace
Baphinese
Barbara Jo Walker
Tennessee
M. . Walker
Walker
Memphis
RFC
Soffer
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Minn
Millionaire
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Score Air Force
Arthur W. Ellis
W. Donklin
Dia
of Sports Presents
Kwos Radio
Rod
Otevy
Kodak
Wofe High St
Mariwood College OF Beauty Culture
E. McCarty
Tolson Drug CO
Harold WW. Shinn
F.A.C.A
Code of Ethics of Pharmacy
Darson Wk
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Prescription Pharmacy
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