Babies From Bats Provokes Warning
The AAAS meeting reports two rabies cases linked to bats with the cave bat identified as the potential source. Officials say North US wintering colonies reduce risk, while migratory southern bats may raise exposure. Researchers note bat radar-like echolocation helps study behavior, and cave surveys will capture aggressive bats for testing. Radio astronomy advances promise navigation aids and possible missile guidance using celestial radio sources.
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Oan E. Mote
Greenwich
Conn
Scien- Sprirolo
U.S
Pennsylvania
Mohr
American Association For the Advancement of Science
AAAS
United States
Frec
B. Y. Mills
Sydney
Australia
Peter M. Millman
Ottawa
Seek Grassroots Opinion On U.N. Charter Changes
Senator Holland plans hearings across the United States to gather broad public input on proposed United Nations charter revisions. He notes letters from citizens urging stronger U.N. powers while affirming national sovereignty. Secretary Dulles urged inclusive consideration and input from nonmember states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Wilbur Tennings
Washington
Holland
D-Fla
Senate
Tes
Tober
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relation Committee
Ioe
Eonot
Land
Coomnes
Akron
Ohio
Dulles
U.N. General Assembly
Senate Committee
Amercan Avenue
U N
County Judge voids rural juke box hours in South Carolina
Richland County Judge Legare Bates rules a county law restricting Sunday juke box hours unconstitutional. He notes state anti nuisance measures apply generally and that patchwork legislation causes friction across districts from Clarendon to Greenville. The ruling centers on rural Richland County where a juke box at a backwoods store could play Silent Night only if not heard near a church.
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Columbia
Legare Bates
Bates
South Carolina
Richland
Georgetown
Darlington
Clarendon
Kershaw
Lee Counties
Nickelodeon
Clarendon County
Caesar's Head
Greenville County
Jupiter
Little Jackson Creek
Yugoslavia and Bulgaria sign border railway pact
Belgrade radio announced a new agreement regulating frontier railway traffic between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The pact, signed at Nis, marks a step toward thawing postwar relations and could aid Bulgarian trade with Austria Germany and Western nations while enabling transit toward Turkey. Albania relations were also restored recently.
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London
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Niska Banja
Austria
Germany
Turkey
Albania
Soviet Mongolia trade pact pledges mutual farm and industrial goods
Moscow reports a new trade agreement with the Mongolian People Republic. Mongolia will ship cattle wool butter raw hides and other farm products to the Soviet Union. Russia will supply fabrics oil products and industrial equipment to Mongolia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Mongolia
Soviet Union
Russia
Troy Fire Kills Two Five Persons Burned
A early morning blaze in a two story frame boarding house in Troy North Carolina killed two residents, C. Marvin Kaney bank cashier and Mrs J A Allen, and burned five others. Rescue workers guided boarders from upstairs rooms using ladders as flames raced through the building about 1 30 am. Fire officials blamed the rear kitchen area with quick spread up the stairwell. no fire escapes were present and the building sat near a second floor window. Injuries included burns to Kelly Carbone and family members including Marilyn Rose, Pam and Mrs Carbone. the hospital procedure involved treating burns and a broken vertebrae for the girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. C
C. Marvin Kaney
Agoo
Banksey
J. A.allen
Allen
Clovis Im
H. Rr. Holt
Holt
Kelly Carbone
Blake
Marilyn Rose
Pam
Carbone
Montgomery County Hospital
Yugoslavia Denies Tito Return to Cominform
Belgrade reports quote Koca Popovic denying plans for Tito to rejoin the Cominform. He says Yugoslavia can cooperate with the West on an equal basis despite policy differences and notes progress since breaking with the Soviet bloc.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Koca Popovic
Tito
Popovic
Communist Party
Cominform
Free
Trieste
Dead Sergeant Golombek's Slaying Probed by New York Detectives
Suffolk County officers joined Portsmouth police in investigating the death of 31 year old Air Force sergeant Joseph Golombek, a former Elon College football star born in Copenhagen. They questioned relatives and friends as they traced his brush grave discovery near Great South Bay and noted his prior Westover Air Force Base assignment.
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Portsmouth
Suffolk County
N. Y
Joseph Golombek
Elon
Golombek
Air Force
Great South Bay
Island
N.Y
New York
Copenhagen
Denmark
Philadelphia
Three Georgian Deputy Ministers Fired in Government Shuffle
In Moscow on Sunday December 27 three deputy ministers in the Soviet republic of Georgia were relieved of their posts in a government reshuffle. They were reported to be assigned to new jobs while the aftermath of Stalin and Beria’s era loomed in the home state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Republic of
Georgia
Stalin
Interior Department
Lavrenty P. Beria
Weather Note: Temperatures and Sunrise Sunset Times
The report records a high of 34 and a low of 2 for a day. It notes sunset at 5 18 pm and sunrise at 7 29 am the next day.
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Ana
David Bradley Tri-Trac A New Part Time Tractor
Sears introduces the David Bradley Tri Trac a revolutionary three wheel riding tractor designed for part time farmers Demonstrated at the Plano experimental farm it will appear in the 1954 spring catalog and January stores Twelve implements suit plowing planting cultivating lawn mowing and snow removal Aimed at small acreages in suburban and exurban areas with over two million potential sun down families likely to use it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plano
Searsck and Co
David Bradley
Sears
Marble man hangs self in jail cell
Murphy North Carolina December 26 Jack Almond 39 of Marble hanged himself in his cell about 4 30 a m The Cherokee County coroner Harry Ler reported he was found hanging from the wear of a cell by his own leather Almond had been jailed after arrest at 1 a m at his Marble home Sheriff M G Crawford said there was a disturbance at the Almond home and he was charged with drunkenness
Republican Urges Changes In Social Security Setup
Rep Curtis of Nebraska calls for a unified federal old age and survivors program claiming current benefits are uneven and 106 distinct programs rely on federal funds. He warns a nearly two billion dollar shortfall in the OASI fund exists but future tax revenues are expected to cover deficits for years.
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Washington
Curtis
R-Neb
Cecal
House
Ways and Means
Reed
R-Ny
Full Ways and Means Committee
Amittee
Congress
Atom Plan Urges Western Labs and Brussels Site
The proposal calls for action on an atomic plan with ready resources in the Western world. It envisions scientists and engineers, a lab site near Brussels for a power plant, and Geneva as a base for international research. A UN agency to collect materials and coordinate work is seen as a major hurdle.
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Brussels
Belgium
Geneva
U.N
U S Diplomat Davis Dies in Tel Aviv
U S career diplomat and ambassador to Israel since 1951, Hi Mennett B. Davis, 60, died of a heart attack at his home in Ramat Gan. Born in Greencastle Indiana on August 13 1893 he entered the foreign service after studying at the University of Colorado. His death followed a period of illness with wife and son Thomas at his bedside. The secretary of state paid tribute calling Davis a faithful public servant and a great loss to the United States.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Hi Mennett B. Davis
U.S
Ramat Gan
Davis
United States
Thomas Davis
Greencastle
Ind
University of Colorado
Foreign Service
Washington
Dukies
Planes Collide In Massachusetts Injuring Three
In Bedford near the airport three people were hurt when two civilian planes collided in the air. Injured were Jose Yamron a 25 year old Boston resident and a MIT laboratory worker, Ambrose Peterson from Lexington, and Miss Garfinkle a holiday guest. Officials said a civil aviation inquiry will follow.
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Lincoln
Mass
Pthree
Saf
Bedford
Jose Yamron
Massachusetts
Tate
Teahnola Labora
M.I.T
Pere
Ambrose Aeterson
Lexington
Yamron
Boston
Ventnor
N. J
Peterson
Miss Garfinkle
Janet
Civil Aeronautic
Wilber the raccoon found after newspaper ad
Newport residents recall a notice offering a reward to return Wilber the pet raccoon missing two weeks. A man walking his dog in North Troy found a raccoon near a river, triggering a quick call that led to the reunion. Dudley Leavitt’s father Verne sponsored the ad after Associated Press coverage and letters from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Wilber
Newport Daily Express
Dudley
Associated Press
Daily Express
Michigan
Florida
Verne Leavitt
North
Troy
Disease Resistant Tobacco Varieties Announced
The Agriculture Department announced two new Burley tobacco varieties Burley IT A and Burley IT B resistant to black shank and root rot. Developed with Tennessee and Virginia cooperation, they showed yield and quality on par with susceptible types and are advised for rotation on infested lands with seed aimed for 1954 plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Culture Department
Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Fox hunt rider disrupts pub on Boxing Day in Ross on Rye
An excited fox hunt member rode to the King's Head Pub and showered the barman with coins for drinks before riding off uninjured. The incident occurred on Boxing Day, the first weekday after Christmas, a national holiday tied to gift boxes for postmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross ON Rye
England
Fox Hunt
King's Head
Wilber Returns Home After Christmas Visit
Wilber makes a half mile return to the Leavitt home concluding a joyful Christmas season. Dudley calls it his best Christmas while Wilber is glad to be home having lost 10 pounds.
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Wilber
Leavitt
Dudley
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