Father Of Two Burned To Death In Pilot Section
A 32 year old man Benford Brown Curry father of two children died in a house fire near Pilot Community. His home on Lake Road was gutted and the blaze destroyed the structure and belongings within minutes after firefighters arrived. His uncle Leo Lohr and Hazel Sizemore tried to reach him but were driven back by flames.
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Thomasville
Pilot
Benford Brown Curry
Lake Road
Elmer Sizemore
Curry
Leo Lohr
Hazel Sizemore
Lohr
City Memorial Hospital
Deadly Gas Turns Pipeline Into A Tunnel Of Horror
In Long Beach California deadly methane gas filled an underground waterline two miles of construction turned deadly. Two workers died from fumes and three others suffered fatal asphyxiation with explosions sending 15 foot fire columns from open manholes. Nacco Construction Corp. employed the men.
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Long Beach
Calif
Joe E. Snow
Allen R. Holmes
Holmes
Snow
Nacco Construction Corp
Eisenhower Reviews 6th Fleet Aboard Des Moines
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, aboard the Des Moines off Toulon, reviewed about a dozen 6th Fleet ships including the Boston, Essex and Saratoga as jet aircraft roared overhead. He said he felt fine and sent Christmas greetings to crew members during a 22,000 mile goodwill tour.
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Eisenhower
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Saratoga
Des Moines
Essex
Boston
6Th Fleet
Slaying of Roger Touhy Darkens Chicago with Dead Ends
Police chase fragmented clues in the shooting of 61 year old ex convict Roger Touhy on his West Side steps. A retired policeman wounded by two gunmen using shotguns, motives varying from Capone era vengeance to Mafia silence, remain unclear as investigators weigh gangland patterns.
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Chicago
Roger Touby
Touhy
Stateville
Walter Miller
al Capone
Capone
Virgil Peterson
FBI
Chicago Crime Commission
Robert Tieken
U.S
Mafia
Tieken
Michigan Legislature OKs Revenue Plan to Refill Treasury
The Michigan Senate approved an 87 million dollar revenue package to liquidate the veterans trust fund and raise funds from liquor taxes as well as telecom bills and a one mill boost to the corporate franchise tax. Governor Williams signaled reluctant support as House debate loomed.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
State
Senate
House
G. Mennen Williams
Veterans Trust Fund
Michigan Supreme Court
Williams
Rookie State Patrolman Killed In Hit and Run
A rookie state highway patrolman, Harry T. Long, 22, died from injuries after a hit-and-run crash on U S 301 near Dunn. Three white men, including Frank Washington Thornton Jr., 23, of Benson, were arrested and boxed for manslaughter and hit-and-run charges. two other occupants face potential charges. The incident occurred as Long checked a car containing three girls. he suffered a fractured skull and two broken legs and died hours later in Rex Hospital Raleigh.
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Dist
Archie Taylor
Oliver Creech
Benson
Lee Junior Dunn
Rt. 3
C.R. Williams
Creech
Long
Thornton
Rex Hospital
Raleigh
Williams
U. S. 301
Dunn
Chou Proposes Dec 26 Talks With Nehru on Border
Peiping radio aired Chou En-lai’s letter proposing talks with Indian Prime Minister Nehru to resolve the Himalayan border dispute. Chou suggested meeting any place in China or Rangoon and offered to adjust date, calling for both sides to withdraw armed forces within 20 kilometers of the entire border.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
China
Nehru
India
Chou
Rangoon
Burma
Peiping Radio
21 Gun Salute as Eisenhower Lands in Toulon France
President Eisenhower arrives in Toulon aboard the Des Moines after a Mediterranean cruise for a Western summit aimed at peace. Louis Jacquinot welcomes him as French sailors line the rails and a 21 gun salute rings the harbor.
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Eisenhower
France
U. S
Des Moines
Toulon
Mediterranean
Louis Jacquinot
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
United States
Jacquinot
Czech Gets Blame In Poison Plot
The U S Army charged that Jaroslav Nemec, Czech vice consul in Salzburg, supplied a Communist agent with salt shakers containing atropine for the Radio Free Europe Munich cafe. The agent was told the shakers held a mild laxative, but clinical analysis showed at rope in quantities to cause illness. Erik Hazelhoff disclosed the plot and said he alerted U S and West German authorities after the tainted salt was found November 21. The Army and West German officials had previously denied knowledge of the plot. the statement notes the discovery came during normal counterintelligence work.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Salzburg
Austria
Radio Free Europe
Munich
Jaroslav Nemec
RFE
Erik Hazelhoff
Mount Kisco
N.Y
U. S. Army
Rockefeller pushes faster desegregation pace in Texas tour
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller urged quicker school desegregation while advocating patience and dialogue during a Texas swing. He defined the goal as ultimate equality for all and said progress depends on common understanding and informal negotiations among interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Texas
South
Rockefeller
Supreme Court
Eisenhower family greeting naval chief in formal reception
The passage notes Maj John Eisenhower and Mrs Barbara Eisenhower with their son in law and daughter in law present while Adm Henri Sony, the naval chief of staff, greets attendees.
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Maj
John
Barbara Eisenhower
Nhe Naval Chief of Staff
Adm
Henri Sony
Airplane Vanishes Over Ocean Near Annette Island
A P6 amphibian bound for San Francisco with six aboard disappeared Thursday night after signaling engine trouble between Juneau and Annette Island. Crew included Philip Gray pilot, Carl Scott copilot, Burras Smith engineer, Bob Meath bush pilot, and a man and woman identified only vaguely. Stanford Research Institute operated the craft carrying electronic equipment. Coast Guard dispatched cutters from Ketchikan and a search plane near Gravina Island, but weather halted efforts with no trace found.
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Juneau
Alaska
San Francisco
Calif
Philip Gray
San Lorenzo
Here
Annette Island
Coast Guard
Carl Scott
Burras Smith
Corte Madera
Bob Meath
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