Eisenhower security purge climbs to eight thousand firings
The Civil Service Commission reports 8,008 federal employees were dropped or resigned as security risks from May 28 1953 to Sept 30 1954. Of the total 3,002 were fired outright and 5,006 resigned under investigation. The updated tallies exclude CIA data and are to be scrutinized by a new Congress amid claims of a hoax and calls for a full inquiry.
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Washington
Congress
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Senate Post Office
Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Mmission
White House
Truman
Civil Service Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Full Dixon-Yates inquiry promised by Kerr and lawmakers
Sen. Kerr says the new Congress will probe the Dixon-Yates power contract fully, while the National Association of Electric Companies defends the deal as government and industry cooperation. The arrangement would have Mississippi Valley Generating Co. build a plant feeding TVA lines to power AEC facilities in Tennessee and Kentucky, with critics warning of potential losses and monopoly concerns.
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Washington
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Congress
Dixon-Yates
National Assn. of Electric Companies
Tennessee Alley Authority
TVA
CBS
Eisenhower
Memphis
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Tennessee
Kentucky
Association of Electric Firms
P. L. Smith
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
Solons Head For Capital for the 83rd Congress
Senators and representatives head to Washington for the opening of Congress with Democrats set to take control in both chambers. Speaker designate Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson prepare for top roles as the new session begins amid a push for Eisenhower’s broad program. Democrats hold 231-203 House seats and 48-4 Senate seats with one House vacancy and one independent Senate seat.
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Congress
Sasdince
Washington
Augusta
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
White House
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Kanger
Lyndon B. Johnson
William Knowland Ornia
Martin
Knowland
Rayburn
Johnson
Slim clue on disappearance of merchant ship
Coast Guard found a life ring marked Southern Districts near Sand Key Florida as clues fade for the missing vessel carrying 24 men from Port Sulphur Louisiana to Bucksport Maine. A plane searched the chain of islands but no wreckage was seen and decision on a renewed search was postponed. The ship left December 2 and was last heard December 4 with missing status believed December 11.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Louisiana
Maine
Tullahoma
Sand Key
Florida
Chain of Islands
Port Sulphur
Bucksport
Furniture Buyers Preview at Chicago Market
Buyers from across the United States attend the International Home Furnishings Market in Chicago as it opens for retailers at the Merchandise Mart and American Furniture Mart. The show runs through Jan 14 with spring summer goods, flexible designs for smaller rooms, and a shift toward decorator kitchens and softer modern traditional fusion. Industry leaders forecast a 5 to 15 percent sales upswing in 1955 aided by promotion and advertising.
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Chicago
United States
Merchandise Mart
American Furniture Mart
Lawrence J. Whiting
Whiting
Roscoe R. Rau
Ture Assn
Rau
Boy Held In Passing Of Sister In Bucyrus Case
In Crawford County Ohio a 11 year old boy Frederick Spears of Galion is held in the county jail for questioning after his sister Patricia 16 was found strangled in a thicket north of Galion. Dr B P Mansfield says autopsy shows the girl was strangled, no sexual assault. The boy last saw her Friday morning before he went to a sewing machine agency job. he claimed to go to Bucyrus for car equipment. The parents Mr and Mrs John Spears offered no explanation.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Galion
Crawford County
John D. Sears Jr
Frederick Spears
Patricia
B. P. Mansfield
Sears
Frederick
John Spears
Nehru Refuses UN Suggestion Amid Peiping Trip
Indian Prime Minister Nehru rejects a U N Secretary General Hammarskjold proposal that a senior Indian diplomat join the Peiping mission. India abstained in the General Assembly vote, Nehru argues, keeping distance from the UN mission while Hammarskjold seeks the release of 11 American airmen and other personnel.
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New Delhi
Nehru
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
India
General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Reds
London
V. K. Krishna Menon
U.N. Assembly
N. R. Pillai
Indian Foreign Ministry
Krishna Menon
Canton
Calcutta
Hammore
National Disaster Toll Hits 290 In New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least 290 people were killed in traffic over the New Year weekend, with total fatalities reaching 353 from all accidents and 27 from fires. Ned H. Dearborn of the National Safety Council calls the toll a national disaster. Driving conditions were worse for Canada than the United States. The council notes prior estimates were off for holiday periods.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
United States
Ccada
U.S
Canada
The
Safety Council
Pope Pius XII criticizes treaties on European unification
In a delayed Christmas message Pope Pius XII denounces recent Paris and Moscow accords as undermining a broader European union. He urges East and West to pursue peaceful coexistence and warns against a return to nationalist states and centralizing powers. The pope’s long appeal was released by the Vatican Press Office and L Osservatore Romano.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Paris
Moscow
East
Est
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
NATO
Government Job For Duke Advocated
The People urges granting a British government post to the exiled Duke of Windsor. The weekly paper argues constitutional limits aside, many parts of the empire would welcome his service, despite his abdication and marriage to Wallis Simpson. The Duke, in wintering New York, could not comment.
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London .P
Duke of Windsor
Labor Party
People
Britain
Wallis Simpson
Windsor
New York
Formosa Faces Big Decision
In Taipei predictions say 1955 will test Nationalist resolve as Communists may launch amphibious attacks on Quemoy and Tachens. Chiang Kai-shek warns of possible full-scale war while observers note US intervention questions and the offshore islands' ability to withstand all-out assaults. Maj. Gen. Chase calls 1955 an interesting year. Senior American visitors and officers assess the looming crisis.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Red China
Taipei
Quemoy
Tachens
Moha Strait
William C. Chase
Mill Assistance Advisory Group
November Dept Store Sales Rise in Fifth District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports a 7 percent rise in November department store sales across the Fifth District from 1955. Maryland up 10 percent, North Carolina up 9, Virginia up 6, South Carolina up 9, West Virginia down 1. District 1 percent lower for 11 months, with Washington, D C up 9 percent year over year.
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Richmond
A. V
Federal Reserve Bank of
West Virginia
Maryland
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Washington, D. C
Early Arrivals Stream In For Legislative Session
Raleigh briefing describes General Assembly preparations with key figures set for leadership roles. Moore of Wilson likely to be House speaker. Earnhardt unopposed for Senate president. Jones named president pro tem. Byerly to be Senate chief clerk. Scott eyed as Senate sergeant at arms. in the House Cooper expected as chief clerk. Spruill to be House sergeant at arms. Session opens with oaths and officer elections amid talks on finances and school segregation.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
House
Assembly
Larry I. Moore
Wilson
Moore
Luther Earnhardt
Cabarrus
Paul E
Windsor
Carl Goerch
Raleigh Magazine
Thad Eure
Luther Hodges
William B. Umstead
President Remon Assassinated in Panama Capital
After a rapid raid netting over 20 suspects, former President Anulfo Arias was arrested in Boquette linked to the slaying of President Jose Antonio Remon at Juan Franco race track. Foreign Minister Jose Ramon Guizado sworn in as president as the nation reels from the assassination and a cabinet pledge of order.
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Panama
Anulfo Arias
Jose Antonio Remon
Remon
Juan Franco
Arias
Boquette
National Assembly
Jose Ramon Guizado
Guizado
Ramon
United States
Dulles
New York
Santo Tomas Hospital
Jose Peralta
Jose Raemon Guizado
Cecelia Pinel de Ramon
Col
Jose Antonio Ramon
Miami
Ricardo Arias
Teens captured after 40 mile chase through Kansas
Seven teenage fugitives, aged 14 to 17, were captured after a chase from Meade to Bloom Kansas. Sheriff Arlie Johnson reported the group, fleeing a Texas detention home, had three pistols six cartridges six paring knives and a steel file. They threatened the wife of an Amarillo official and stole a car before surrendering.
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Meade
Kan
Texas
Kansas
Arlie Johnson
Bloom
Johnson
Canada
Amarillo
Tex
Girl Admits Killing Father in Kansas Home
Linda Lee Lantis 13 admits to police that she shot her father Lawrence R. Lantis 46 in the back of the head with a .22 rifle after an argument over a boyfriend. A murder charge will be filed in Juvenile Court, officials said.
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Topeka
Kan
Linda Lee Lantis
Linda
Lawrence R. Lantis
Asst
Myron Lindstrom
Congressmen to get private prayer room in Capitol
Capitol officials renovate a small chamber off the rotunda to serve as a meditation room for senators and House members. The 17 foot square space will feature a blue stained glass window, an oak altar, and reading materials with input from Catholic, Jewish, Protestant and other faith leaders.
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Washington
House
Capitol
George Stewart
Congress
Capitol Rotunda
Senate
California
21St Congressional District
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Sen
Onroney
D-Okla
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