Republicans eye White House focus as Kefauver rivals stir
GOP leaders watch President Eisenhower's State of the Union preview and health questions while Kefauver probes California primary moves. Oregon supporters back Stevenson with petitions in play. Montana and Utah alignments noted. Southern doubts linger on Stevenson momentum as doctors deem the president recovering but urged pace.
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Associated Press
West Coast
White House
Eisenhower
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Los Angeles
California
Democratic Party
Adlai E
Oregon
Stevenson
Reed College
Maurine Neuberger
U. S
Richard L. Neuberger
Dixie
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
South
Howard M. Snyder
Hornbeck Put to Death In Florida
RAIFORD Fla Florida executed 36 year old uel Hornbeck for the 1953 slaying of Jacksonville officer Thomas A Robinson during a tavern robbery. The death by electric chair occurred at 8 35 am after a 20 year seven state crime career spanning multiple states.
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Raiford
Fla
Florida
Uel Hornbeck
Jacksonville
Mark Adams
Paveieme
Hornbeck
Thomas A. Robinson
Duval County
Monez
Myron Goldman
Goldman
Gan
Soviet Leader Attacks U.S. Aid While Touring Indian Village
Khrushchev told Indian peasants at Sonepat that they suffer from exploitation and discrimination as he praised collectivization and urged rapid farming changes. Crowd numbers topped 100000 as Bulganin and Khrushchev toured the Kashmiri issue and pressed India’s claims, prompting concern among Indian leaders about tensions with Pakistan. The visit concluded with a news conference planned for tomorrow.
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New Dehli
India
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Sonepat
New Delhi
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Russia
Red Party
Kashmir
Himalayan
Nehru
Afghanistan
Monroney Promises CAA Probe and Admin Change
Sen Charles Monroney accuses Weeks of seeking czar like powers over civil aviation and warns of Senate probe into CAA as Charles J Lowen Jr replaces Frederick H Lee as administrator amid a disputed resignation.
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Monroney
D-Okla
Secretary of Commerce
Senate Commerce Committee
Frederick 1
Lee Waacme
Commerce Department
Vag Cork Ae Pra
Ay. Sw
Charles J. Lowen Jr
CAA
Aviation Iiles
Eeks
Lewis S. Rothschild
Weeks
Rothschild
Civi Aviation
Sfonroney
Lee
Josh Lee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ross Rizley
Commerce Committee
Oklahoman
Lowen
Senate
Frederick H. Lee
Civil Aeronautics
Eisenhower
Elies
N Aviation
Civil Aeronautics Ieee
Commerce
Commerce Reeeenees m Deus
With Civil Aviation Ao
Charles Parker
National
Avi
Eisenhower Meets GOP Leaders On State of Union Blueprint
President Eisenhower held talks with Republican congressional leaders to discuss a State of the Union outline likely to shape the 1956 GOP campaign. Doctors demand a strict rest schedule after a heart attack with a 24 hour midday break observed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Navt
Chos E
Knowland
California
Genard M.der
Gettysburg
Snyder
Reds May Gain Seats In France
In a split within the 1951 anti Communist alliance, middle of the road parties expect Reds to gain seats as districts may distribute seats proportionally if no clear majority emerges. Voter registration closed with an estimated 30 million eligible. four main groupings contest the January 2 vote amid bloc maneuvering and past gains by the Communists.
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Paris
National Assembly
Radical Socialist Party
Pierre Mendes-France
Edgar Faure
Inertia Charged In Handling AEC Data
AEC data handling and classification inertia is criticized by Prof. Raymond Murray. He says many declassified documents remain buried and released material confuses researchers by overstating lesser works. He cites postwar paper practices and bibliographic listings as inflating the perceived value of early talks on atomic energy.
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Cleveland
Commission
AEC
Raymond L. Murray
North Carolina State College
Amelia Engineering and Scientific Societies
Murray
Atomic Energy
Wake Forest Faculty Meeting Multiplies Campus Controversy
Wake Forest NC faculty gathering held amid a growing dispute over college administration. Alumni in Goldsboro urged trustees to dismiss President Tribble. committee names released. strife tied to resignations by athletic director Pat Preston and coach Tom Riley. Tribble promises full cooperation as a trustees committee investigates.
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Wake Forest
N.C
Wake Forest College
North Carolina
Goldsboro
Harold Tribble
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Greensboro
J. Hutchins Hejoes
Dr. Tribble
Balans
Pat Preston
Tom R
Tribble
Winstonm
Hutchins
J. Melville Broughton
Raleigh
O. O. Alisbrook
Wilmington
J. B. Willis
Hamlet
Donald G. Myers
Reidsville
Blizzards and Avalanches Hit Europe Striking Norway and Britain
Severe winter blasts spread across northern Europe with heavy snow in Scandinavia and subzero temperatures in northern Norway. An avalanche buried a home on Flaketad Island killing a father and his five year old daughter while seven others escaped. In England nine glider pilots were trapped on Long Mynd while a small club hut residents survived on canned food and improvised fuel with a village telephone line available. A Norwegian steamer and two other vessels faced damage or aid offshore near Ireland and Gibraltar.
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London
Europe
Norway
Shropshire
England
Atlantic
Ireland
Spanin Gibraltar Straits
Scandinavia
Flaketad Island
Long Mynd
Church Stretton
United Nations debate on arms talks stalls over disarmament plan
U N delegates at New York work to reach agreement on a proposed British Canadian resolution for aerial inspections and blueprints exchange to avert attacks while the Soviet union demands prohibiting atomic weapons and specific cuts. Sir Leslie Munro postpones council debate on admitting 18 new members amid procedural struggles and veto threats.
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United Nations
Sia
United State
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Security Council
Council
Russia
General Merrill Dies Famed Jungle Fighter
Maj. Gen. Frank D. Merrill 53 longtime New Hampshire public works official and WWII jungle fighter died of a heart attack in Fernandina Beach Florida. He led Merrill's Marauders against Japan and had served as highway commissioner under Gov. Sherman. He leaves widow Lucy and two sons, Frank D. Merrill II and Thomas.
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Concord
N.H
Frank D. Merrill
Lee Hampshire
Fernandne Beach
Fla
Lane Dwinel
Merrill
Florida
Jacksonville
Richard Burnell
New Hampshire
American Assn
Henniker, N.H
Thomas
Israel and Syria clash along Sea of Galilee front
Israeli forces attacked four Syrian outposts on the northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee. Officials report 29 Syrians captured and 12 Israelis wounded. The fight, on an eight mile front, aimed to silence batteries and protect Israeli civilians. U N observers rushed to the area as both sides claimed success.
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Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
Wuay
Israel
Kursi Naquart
Beth Habeq
Jordan
Dead Sea
Jordan River
U.N
Foreign Ministry
Sea of A
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Israel Foreign Ministry
Galilee
The
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Collapse Of Bridge To Be Probed
Burlington officials announce a full technical inquiry into the Haw River Bridge collapse near Burlington. Five people were injured, two seriously, as northern span failed Saturday and three cars plunged into the Rocky River bed. A 39-year-old Burlington man James Moore is in critical condition at Chapel Hill hospital. other injured are identified as Mary Moore and several Burlington residents.
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Burlington
N.C
State Highway Department
Haw River
Here
Rocky River
L. H. Hunter
Highway Department
Hunter
L. B. Smith Jr
Weekend Toll: At Least 21 Die Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports a devastating weekend with at least 21 fatalities across North Carolina. Victims include drivers in highway crashes, pedestrians struck on rural roads, a flash home fire in Yancey County that claimed four Keener children and three others, and numerous other fatal incidents along highways near Maxton Fayetteville Hartsville and Bethel.
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Associated Press
Caseee
North Carolina
Yancey County
Margers
Virginia Keener
Harold Keener
J. D. Keener
D. W. Keener
la Keener
W. L. Henry
H. Purdue
Hartsville
S.C
Charlotte
Seakaee
Faison
Jim Smith
Raeford
Maxton
Jason Lite
Route 1
China
Shennan
N.C
Lawrence F. Tunton
Morehead City
Albert J. Bulla
Rt. 5
Fayetteville
Tra L. Porter
Chocowinity
Washington
Lala Jones
U.S
Mt. Olive
Duplin County
Hig
Haze Watson
North Wilkesboro
U.S. 421
James W. Wills
Christmas Mass Broadcast Worldwide From Vatican
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XI will deliver a Christmas midnight Mass in a private chapel and have the service heard by radio around the world. The 79 year old pontiff is preparing his world Christmas address for broadcast on December 24.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
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