Kidnap Spree Brings Term Of Six Years
Virgil LeMay aged 15 of Nashville was sentenced to six years and a day in a juvenile institution after a federal jury found him guilty of kidnap charges in a three state spree led by James Francis Hill. Hopkins of Jacksonville had previously pleaded guilty and received 17 years.
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Virgil LeMay
James Francis
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Nashville
Yaries Hopkins
Jacksonville
Fla
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Georgia
Tennessee
Rooney elopes to wed Elaine Mahnken in Las Vegas
Mickey Rooney married 22 year old Elaine Mahnken in Las Vegas in a whirlwind ceremony at the Wee Kirk of the Heather. The actor announced the marriage as a lasting union after a rapid courtship begun two months earlier during an East tour. Rooney has prior marriages to Ava Gardner Betty Jane Rose and Martha Vickers, all ending in divorce.
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Elaine Mahnken
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Greenland Bases Expanded Amid Defense Plan
Copenhagen reports confirm expansion of Western defense facilities in Greenland with a Danish American contract. Officials cited a 1.2 million dollar project at one U S base underway, with expected completion next spring and plans for additional bases under an unnamed agreement between Denmark and the United States.
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Denmark
Greenland
U. S
North Pole
Russia
U.S. State Department
Ole Bjorn Kraft
Finn Nielsen
Greenland Department
Anish Be Ag
Danish Arctic Contractor
Transistors Used to Run TV Set Demonstration
Princeton New Jersey transistors replacing vacuum tubes were shown to run a portable television set at RCA research center. The 37 transistors powered a battery operated receiver. only the picture tube used a conventional tube. Dr E W Engstrom said future TV sets could cost about half today’s price as production scales up.
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Texas Man Recovers From Rare Abdominal Operation
John James Smith a 62 year old Houston painter is recovering after an abdominal aorta graft using a five inch segment from a young crash victim. Doctors avoided telling him the rarity and danger of the procedure while noting it could have been fatal if the graft failed. The operation, performed at George Washington University Hospital, is described as dangerous and spectacular with only a few similar cases reported in Detroit and by a French surgeon.
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John James’ Smith
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Detroit
Williams says GOP split risks Eisenhower campaign promises
Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams told an audience in Miami Beach that Republicans are so divided even in victory that Gen. Eisenhower cannot satisfy his campaign promises. He forecast Republicans losing Congress in 1954 and a stronger Democratic comeback in 1956. Williams spoke at the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association convention.
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G. Mennen Williams
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Eisenhower
Congress
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National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Eisenhower Resigns Columbia University Presidency
Dwight D. Eisenhower submitted his resignation as president of Columbia University stating his election to the U.S. presidency prevents further service. He suggests the resignation take effect January 19, with residence on campus allowed until he moves to Washington.
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Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
Columbia
Washington
Dunn Officers Stand Trial For Assault On Prisoner
Dunn police officer J Francis Hall and fellow officer Garland L Stone faced trial on charges of assault and inflicting bodily injury on prisoner W R Turk Lewis in Lillington. The case centered on an incident during the arrest.
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Dunn
J. Francis Hall
Garland L. Stone
W. R. Turk Lewis
Mamie Eisenhower Visits Truman Amid Private Plans
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower stays at the White House with Mrs. Truman as her husband meets President-elect Truman. The reason for Mamie’s visit remains secret while observers note possible motives including time with sister Mrs. Moore, greeting Elvira Doud, or stepping aside for public focus on her husband.
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Mamie Eisenhower
Mrs. Truman
White House
Truman
Professor Shively Teaches Coeds to Handle Snakes
Lincoln Nebraska A biology professor Dr S B Shively at Nebraska Wesleyan University says anyone can learn to handle a harmless snake. He notes breaking childhood fears enables women to handle snakes with little emotion and describes a snake as dry skinned soft and velvety to touch.
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Neb
S. B. Shively
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Shively
Naguib Demands Cooperation as Govt Faces Rumors
In Cairo Premier Gen Mohammed Naguib declared he is tired and ready to quit the government unless the Egyptian press halts false rumors and citizens cooperate with his regime. He spoke during the dedication of a new broadcasting building and urged that those who refuse must go. Also noted is a fossil horse, eohippus, about fox size.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Soviet Sports Attacks on American Futbol Critiques Youth
Moscow based Soviet Sports denounces American futbol as brutal and corrupting. It argues sport in U S colleges trains militaristic youth, citing rough games and new university sports viewed as degenerative, while labeling belzbol a distortive American export.
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United States
Smena
Lapta
New York Bandits Loot Bakery Safe for $2300
Two bandits followed Meyer Goldberg into his bakery on Monday and forced him to open the safe with lighted matches. They removed $2,000 from the safe and $300 from a cash register.
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New York
Meyer Goldberg
Curfew Imposed on Gabes After Bus Ambush
Tunisian authorities ordered a dusk to dawn curfew in Gabes after a terrorist ambush on two buses carrying French soldiers Sunday night. Four soldiers were killed and seven wounded. The curfew aims to prevent further violence in the port city 140 miles south of Tunis.
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