Four Men Arrested In Theft Of Oil Maps Worth Millions
FBI arrested four men in New York over the theft of top secret oil exploration maps valued at millions. The raid on the U S Tackless Corp. recovered Gulf Oil maps. arrests include Odie Richard Seagraves and Emanuel Lester with links to Serge Rubinstein.
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Edward Lieberman
U.S. Tackless Corp
Bronx
N.Y
Richard Seagraves
Houston
Texas
New York
John Marvin Leivin
Orange
U.S. Commissioner’s Office
Gulf Oil Company
Pittsburgh
Emmanuel Lester
FBI
Serge Rubinstein
Io Gulf Oil Co
U. S. Tackless Corp
Odie Richard Seagraves
Seagraves
Emanuel Lester
Rubinstein
John Marvin Lemvia
Tex
Jackless
Lester
Archie D. Gray
Gulf
Southwest
Canada
Near East
Gray
U. S
Malcolm Anderson
Budapest Christmas shoppers face high prices and long lines
In Budapest shoppers rush for Christmas trees and gifts amid high prices and shoddy goods. Curfew for midnight church services looms as Hungarians press on with tradition, while food remains plentiful but queues for meat and butter run long. Public transport is crowded, with buses and streetcars packed as people trudge home with purchases. Official tree price is 16 forints per member as scrubby saplings dominate the stalls.
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Budapest
Rakoczi Street
Nehru Seeks Friendly Move Toward China via Eisenhower
Indian Prime Minister Nehru said he conveyed Chou En lai’s thinking to President Eisenhower urging a friendly US approach to Communist China. He noted US policy may be less rigid than expected and argued for confidence building in US-Soviet disarmament talks. He mentioned a planned Dec 30 meeting with Chou En Lai in New Delhi.
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Washington
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Eisenhower
United States
China
Red China
Thou En-lai
India
New Delhi
Asia
Flanders Proposes Invite to Nasser for Middle East Talks
Senator Flanders urged President Eisenhower to invite Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser to a Washington conference to push a Middle East settlement. He suggested also inviting Yugoslav leader Tito while noting Allies should be consulted and the aim is peace. Dulles indicated Tito’s potential usefulness and Eisenhower may pursue the idea.
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Nehru
Tito
Nasser
Gettysburg
Flanders
Eisenhower
Middle East
Suez Canal
U. S
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Washington
Sen
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Dulles
U.S
India
Thinking It Over by R L Dieffenbacher
A reflection on Christmas Day fraternizing between enemy soldiers and the need for individual faith in Christ to foster peace. The piece argues love cannot be legislated or mass produced and that widespread worship of a common God could render hatred unpopular.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Swiss Spies Over Three Years Before Breakup
Swiss intelligence officials disclosed the breakup of a spy ring led by Mate Vegh, a former Hungarian legation official, after three years of observation. The operation targeted military sites in Italy and Switzerland and was ended when Vegh left the country in September. Vegh’s mistress faces trial in Switzerland next month for murder and neutrality law violations related to spying against Italy.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rene Dubois
Legation
Mate Vegh
Italy
Vegh
Pravda Attacks U S Middle East Ambitions
Pravda accuses the United States of aiming to seize Britain's and France's economic and political roles in the Middle East. It claims Washington seeks to replace Britain in the Baghdad Pact and labels the U S as the imperialist threat to Arab nations, while the State Department reiterates support for Iraq Iran Pakistan Britain and Turkey independence.
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London
Pravda
United States
Middle East
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Britain
Soviet Union
Baghdad
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
State Department
Has Been Pretty Awful Christmas Business Picking Up
A Associated Press survey of 25 major cities finds a late surge in Christmas shopping optimism after a slow December. Executives from Pittsburgh to New York report improved sales and forecast a strong finish, with some predicting gains over last year and potential record totals despite weather and labor strike effects.
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New York
Washington
Associated Press
Execu
Pittsburgh
W. G. Austin
Kansas City
Pacific Northwest
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Gimbels
Macy's
Howeassie
Nixon Lands in Vienna to Meet Hungarian Refugees
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in Vienna for a three day study of the refugee crisis from Hungary. He was greeted by Austrian officials and the U.S. ambassador as 72 Hungarian refugees awaited transport to Camp Kilmer New Jersey. Austrian officials seek U S aid and possible resettlement for more refugees among the 150 000 who fled across the border.
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Vienna
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
Austria
Schwechat
Leopold Figl
Adolf Schaerf
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Camp Kilmer
Stars and Stripes
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
United States
Hungary
Parents Hope For Word On Daughter Taken From Home
In Naly City California Mr and Mrs John M Mowatt await news about their 17 year old daughter Cla Ann Mowatt Wiegner who was abducted at gunpoint by her 16 year old husband Mike and another escapee Jesse Eastman 35 of Oakland A statewide search failed to find them Police say the duo bound the parents and took the girl after warning not to contact authorities They were charged with kidnapping armed robbery assault with a deadly weapon burglary and theft of Mowatt's car The suspects escaped from Napa State Hospital Monday and had eloped in November and married in Superior Montana.
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Naly City
Calif
John M. Mowatt
Cla Ann Mowatt Wiegner
Mike
Jesse Eastman
Oakland
Wiegner
Eastman
Mowatt
Mowatts
Napa State Hospital
Anthony Lovey
Wiegners
Superior
Mont
New Traffic Death Mark Is Expected
Chicago report notes motorists must drive better during the Christmas period or more traffic deaths will occur. National Safety Council forecasts 660 Americans may be killed on streets and roads during the holiday weekend from Friday to Tuesday. This exceeds last year’s 609 toll for the three day period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
UN May Attempt Salvage Amid Suez Canal Standoff
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold plans to use the neutral salvage fleet he organized to clear sunken ships and debris in the Suez Canal, avoiding British and French crews despite Egypt’s refusal. About 20 ships and 600 personnel from Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium are readied with more on the way, potentially costing up to 60 million dollars.
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Are Nations
N.Y
Tag’ Hammarskjold
Egypt
Suez Canal
Hammarskjold
U. N
Britain
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Canal
Adm
L. F. Durnford Slater
Port Said
Aes
E. L. M. Burns
U.N
Raymond A. Wheeler
Collision injures none as two freighters collide near New York harbor
In the Hudson River channel between Governors Island and the Statue of Liberty two American freighters, the African Star and the Pilgrim, collided. Seventy-nine crewmen were uninjured as the Star took water through a 20 foot hole and beached on a mudflat 950 feet from Liberty. Both ships were inbound to Hudson piers. Pilgrim sustained minor bow damage while Star was beached after the crash about 600 yards east of Pilgrim. Cause was not known and visibility was reported excellent. Captain Kenneth Borden of the Pilgrim said he stopped his ship and signaled the Star as the collision approached.
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New York Harbor
New York
Governors Island
Hudson River
Farrell Lines, Inc
Alcoa Steamship Co
Pier 11
West New York
N. J. Po
Lice
Weather Bureau
Kenneth Borden
The
Pilgrim
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Fransmits
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Russia
National Press Club
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Josef Stalin
Mary
Ae Pe
Nala
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Liberty Island
Alcoa Pilgrim
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