50th Aviation Anniversary Celebrated at Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk hosts a global aviation anniversary with tributes to Orville and Wilbur Wright. Highlights include Maj. Chuck Yeager piloting a rocket plane prototype near Muroc and the Navy launching the R3Y seaplane in San Diego. In Washington, Glenn L. Martin delivers the Wright Lecture as Eisenhower unveils a commemorative banquet for 1,200 attendees.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wright Brothers
Carolina
Orville
Wilbur Right
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Charles “Chuck” Yeager
Muroc
Calif
Sec
Navy
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
San Diego
Glenn L. Martin
Wright
Washington
Eisenhower
National Committee For
Named In Four Presentments Littlejohn Faces Jury Accusations
Charlotte Police Chief Frank N. Littlejohn was named in four presentments by a Mecklenburg grand jury amid allegations of police corruption. The charges include allowing gambling to flourish, accepting a $2,000 gift from a cafe owner, and harboring Allan Kantor, a fugitive, with witnesses confirming the presentments. Littlejohn denies the claims and awaits court action. the solicitor said no arrest or trial will occur before the next January term.
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Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Mecklenburg
Littlejohn
Allan Kantor
Washington, D.C
Basil Whitener
Whitener
Drew Pearson
Washington
Chartie
T. Lamar Caudle
U.S
Rlotte
Uniquc
Charlotte Moose Lodge
Kantor
Caudle
Ntor
Moose Club
Harris
Oman
Jacksonville
Fla
Hornbeck
T. A. Robinson
Churchill Urges Security Guarantees at Big Four Talks
London Prime Minister Churchill urged Western security assurances for the Soviet Union at the forthcoming Big Four foreign ministers conference in Berlin. He said he warned the French at Bermuda of the gravity if the European army plan is not ratified and supported US policy to place safeguards before France.
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London
Churchill
United States
EDC
European Defense Community
Bermuda
Soviet Union
Hitler
Rmada
V. N. Merkulov
Beria
Georgi Malenkov
U.S.S.R
Stalin
Malenkov
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Daana
Internal Affairs
Yule Fund Nears 2500 as High Point Citizens Donate
High Point residents continue Christmas Cheer Fund growth amid cold weather. Total contributions reach 2,491.91 dollars with 300 added today and donations urged by Sunday to finalize Christmas Day plans.
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High Point
W. Green St
Patsy
Tommy Hogg
H. D. Hawthorne
A. W. Klemme
H. P
A J. W. Ivey
F Wood
J. Bean
A. A. Ie
C. R. Barrier
Ss. Beaver
Ss. Beaver Eee Ere Er. 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Burton
Pilot Club of
Anon
Hee
Ae Maxine Sloan
Little Chuck Ivey
Poisoned Champagne Case Sways From Family to Murder Plot
New York chemist Harlow Fraden, 23, is accused with friend Dennis Wepman, 20, of murdering his parents and an aunt and uncle for inheritance. The case emerged after a brunette girlfriend alerted authorities, revealing the plot that began after Fraden’s graduation and altered his lavish lifestyle.
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New York
Oong
Harlow Fraden
Bronx
George B. Dea
Dennis Wep
Fraden
de Luca
Wiliams Fraden
Shirley
Table St. Moritz
England
Yepman
Wepman
S. Fraden
New York University
Beria Trial Date Debated In Soviet News
Soviet announcements cite confessions from Lavrenty Beria and six associates and say a special Supreme Court session will handle the case. V N Merkulov is named as a co defendant. charges include high treason anti Soviet plots and counter revolution.
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Moscow
Soviet Sport
Lavrenty P. Beria
Supreme Court
Beria
V. N. Merkulov
Long Beria
V. G. Dekanozov
S. A. Gogladze
Repatriation Hope Dims in Korea Prison Talks
South Koreans in the neutral zone push for repatriation as six days remain until the December 24 deadline. U N Command reports limited progress with interviews of self refusing prisoners. four Americans named as potential returnees were withheld to avoid reprisals. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, chaired by India, plans to meet Friday to resume talks.
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Far East Command
William A. Cowart
Mantiicelo
Ark
United States
U. N
Pfc
Kim ‘Mun du
Reds
Korea
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
India
North
GM Resumes Hydra-Matic Production After Detroit Fire
GM rapidly rebuilt Hydra-Matic transmissions after the Livonia fire. By Oct 18 output begun at the old plant, by Nov 4 Willow Run copied Livonia, and by four months four days after the blaze the plant will match 4000 units daily at Willow Run. The recovery plan was set by Sherwood E. Skinner who led GM’s coordination from the air.
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Detroit
Livonia
General Motors
Desh
Willow Run
Sherwood E. Skinner
Skinner
New York
France Begins Long Ballot for President in Versailles
In Versailles France senators and deputies opened a drawn out process to elect a new president to succeed Vincent Auriol. With 946 lawmakers present they will vote across several rounds aiming for a majority while eight candidates including Joseph Laniel Georges Bidault Marcel Nau len Jacques Fourcade Yvon Delbos Marcel Cachin and Jean Kalb stand for the seven year term.
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Versailles
France
Versailles Palace
Nce
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Laniel
Georges Bidault
Ca c
Popular Republican Movement
Marcel Naelen
Algeria
Jacques Fourcade
Assembly of the French Union
Yvon Delbos
Radical Socialist
Marcel Cachin
National Assembly
Jean Kalb
Gaullist Union For Republican Social Action
URAS
Eisenhower Meets Republican Leaders Over 1954 Agenda
President Eisenhower opens three days of talks with congressional party leaders on his 1954 legislative program. He plans a nationwide address January 4 and will deliver the State of the Union January 7. The session stressed advancing welfare and highlighted a big spending and policy agenda, with White House aides present.
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Eisenhower
White House
State Department
Washington
Republican Party
Ook
Congress
GOP
Hall and Heady Face Execution in Gas Chamber Tonight
From Jefferson City Missouri Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady await execution for the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease. As death nears they reflect on the crime and their illicit affair while investigators probe the missing $600000 ransom. The pair will wear prison garb, share a final brief chat, and face the lethal gas chamber under tight guard.
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Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Bonnie Brown
Carl
Bobby
Greenlease
Kansas City
Hall
Heady
Mrs. Heady
St. Louis
Death Row
Prisons Plan Approved and Road Projects Accepted
North Carolina officials approved a prison classification plan and loosened shackling rules for higher risk prisoners. The plan, a first step in a state guidebook, pairs with 20 road and bridge bids totaling 4.44 million dollars, minus one Lumberton bypass study.
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State Highway Commission
William F. Bailey
Bailey
Prisons Advisory Council
Robeson County
Lumberton
W. H. Rogers Jr
Highway Commissioners
North Carolina
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Chatham County
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Patsy Ruth Hornbeck
Norma Jean Goldman
Myron Goldman
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