Fourteen Nations Meet in Paris for NATO Defense Talks
Delegates from fourteen NATO nations gather in Paris under the Eiffel Tower to push a European defense plan. U S Secretary Acheson and Treasury Secretary Snyder attend as the Truman era ends. Talks focus on funding aviation and Mediterranean fleet assignments amid Ongoing East-West tension.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
NATO
U. S
Dean Acheson
Treasury
John Snyder
Fron
Truman
Acheson
Elbe River
Lisbon
NATO Council
Mediterranean
Council of Ministers
Mediterranean Comise Vemices Cope
Ou En
Gibraltar
Suez
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Naples
U. S. Adm
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Wounded Policeman To Recover
CHARLOTTE N C December 13 A city policeman was reported in good condition at Memorial Hospital after a 20 minute gun battle with F Eugene Stubbs a 45 year old machinist who barricaded himself in his home Stubbs forced his family to leave with a 12 gauge shotgun and was shot three times while attempting to flee A fellow officer accidentally wounded Patrolman C R Benfield in the neck during the exchange Police described the incident as a lethal standoff with officers surrounding the residence and Stubbs firing at them before he was struck.
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Charlotte
N. C
JPA
Memorial Hospital
C. R. Benfield
F. Eugene Stubbs
Stubbs
Ng Stubbs
Field
Frank Littlejohn
Benfield
Four Cases Right-Foot Shoe Samples Stolen
Nashville police report a teenager, James Edward Trusty, aged 18, charged with grand larceny for stealing four cases of right‑foot sample shoes valued around 500 dollars from a salesman’s car. The shoes were found in a hotel room, reportedly stored there in disgust.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Edward Trusty
J. I. Johnson
Would-Be Bank Robber Resists Grilling
In Charlotte a 27 year old man identified as George Hoskins attempted a bank robbery using handwritten notes and a fountain pen. FBI agents questioned him but learned little. he was bound over for federal trial on a robbery charge with a $5 000 bond. Police credited tellers Harris and Sullivan and a passerby for stopping the attempt.
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Charlotte
FBI
George Hoskins
Hoskins
U.S
Nat White
R. E. Harris
FE. C. Sullivan
Harris
Sullivan
Queen Elizabeth II Dances at Windsor Staff Ball
Queen Elizabeth II took a break from duties to dance with cabinetmaker Harry Crisp at Windsor Castle during the staff ball. Princess Margaret joined in a Paul Jones, while the Duke of Edinburgh attended a separate dinner in London with the British Racing Drivers Club.
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Windsor
Eng
Elizabeth
Harry Crisp
Windsor Castle
Royal
London
Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Crisp
Princess Margaret
Paul Jones
Duke of Edinburgh
British Racing Drivers’ Club
Jury clash prompts judge to excuse two jurors in St Joseph
In South Bend Elliott R. LaHommedieu drew a pair of petit juries for concurrent sessions. Circuit Judge Dan Pyle excused him to allow service in superior court, calling the coincidence unprecedented in 22 years. Names came from property tax roll boxes.
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South Bend
Ind
Elliott R. LaHommedieu
St. Joseph County
Petit Juries
Dan Pyle
Superior Court
Pyle
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Egypt
Cen
Vermont
Clyde’s
Clyde’s Food Market
N. Main ST
Borden
Church of Your Choice
City Cab Co
High Point
W. Broad ST
General Motors
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Pontiac
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High Point, N. C
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