New Hearings on Communism in Press Predicted
Senator Eastland said new hearings on Communist infiltration of the press radio and television are being prepared by the Senate Internal Security subcommittee after three days of hearings with 18 witnesses. Most questioned were current or former New York Times employees. Editorials from the Times defended its stance on desegregation, while Eastland denied targeting the paper. The final witness, Dr Benjamin Fine, testified he joined the Communist party for about a year in 1935 while a Columbia graduate student.
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
New York Times
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the Times
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Yeelerdey
Benjismin Fine
Second Christmas for Thousands
In Buenos Aires and across Latin America Dia de los Reyes Magos marks a second Christmas. Tiny shoes stuffed with gifts signal gifts for millions of children while families celebrate with summer festive displays and Kings Day customs.
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Jovett
Jesus Christ
Hay
Reyes
Novelist dies at 58 in Rhode Island hospital
Providence dispatch reports novelist Christopher La Farge, 58, architect, painter, and poet, died after a cerebral hemorrhage at Jane Brown Hospital. A native of New York, he left architecture for writing in 1932 and published best sellers including The Sudden Guest and East by Southwest.
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Chistopher la Farge
Jane Brown Hospital
Mesa Verde
Rhode Island South County
New York
la Farge
Missouri Farmers Hauling Water in Drought
In Cape Girardeau County Missouri farmers face a severe mid winter drought with cisterns drying up. Only 0 37 inch of rain fell in December and the first week of January brought no precipitation. Water haulers moved about 200 900 gallons from the water plant last month as thirsting farms rely on bulk supply priced at 60 cents per thousand gallons.
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Cape Girardeau
Appleton
Rayburn Celebrates His 74th Birthday in Capitol
Washington reports Speaker Sam Rayburn aged 74 today, noted for youthful appearance and long service. Congratulatory messages arrived by wire and telephone at his capitol office as he remains the longest serving Speaker in history since March 4, 1933.
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Sam Rayburn
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Muth
Capitol
House
Rayburn
Mental Case Returned to the Chinese
After six years in a Missouri mental hospital Liu Yung-ming a 36 year old Chinese student is being returned to Red China. Immigration officials said hospital authorities and British officials in Hong Kong approved deportation which had been pending since 1951 because he no longer studied at the University of Missouri. He will travel from Farmington Missouri to San Francisco and sail to China on January 22 the service said. The case raised charges by China that he was held as a hostage and sparked views that Red China is countering world opinion over detained Americans.
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Missouri
Liu Yung-ming
Red China
Immigration Service
Hong Kong
Liu
Uie University of Missouri
Hosepital
Farmington
San Francisco
Sail Jan
Mmo
Dee. 13
Bowl Travelers Are Stranded After Orange Bowl
Thousands of fans stranded in Miami after the Orange Bowl as travel networks grapple with holiday backlog. Airlines report a hectic few days but easing, with standbys finally clearing. bus lines and railroads also promise normal service soon. Oklahoma defeated Maryland 20 to 6 before a crowd of 76,565.
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Oklahoma
Maryland
Westinghouse Rejects Mediator Plan in Nationwide Strike
Westinghouse Electric Corp rejected a federal mediator's plan to end the nationwide strike. The IUE favored a secret ballot by 44,000 members in 30 plants if choosing between the company offer and union demands. A three-man fact finding board was proposed, but Westinghouse insisted on its own approach. Police monitored clashes as pickets and workers remained firm.
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Westinghouse iElectric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Washington
TUA
Joseph F. Finnegan
Westinghouse
IUE
Finnegan
Robert D. Blasier
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James B. Carey
Calumbus
Chin
Paul
Colynbus
Humerols
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joveTe Ralph
Pope Pius XII blesses pilgrims from Vatican window
Pius XII appeared at his Vatican apartment window and waved a blessing to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square below. The historic gesture drew crowds as the pontiff offered a pastoral moment from his residence.
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Pope Pius XII
Pig roams Minerva High School cafeteria in puzzling incident
A 100 pound pig trotted through a Minerva High School cafeteria after entering via an opened window. Investigators traced the animal to an owner who hopes to recover it. no injuries reported.
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Minerva High School
Dt Sdate
Heredity blamed for rising heart deaths by expert
Los Angeles specialist Dr. Irvine Page of the American Heart Association says heredity drives higher heart disease death rates more than living under pressure. He notes about 200000 dying now with 1.2 million projected by 1960, advocates fat reduction and more education, and cites race as a factor while stressing data over symptoms.
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Los Angeles
Irvine Page
Cleveland
Ohio
Americana Heart Assa
Egypt
Page
Los Angeles County Medical Assn
Eisenhower
America Keeps Hoisting Living Standards
New York reporting notes prosperity raises living standards with gadgets and better goods, yet brings new problems. Faster jet planes, metalworking advances, windshields and wipers adapt to rain, and furniture trends push convertible beds. Office techniques, pensions, unions, and taxes drive demand for automatic, complex gadgets to manage rising output.
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New York
America
Ben So- Han
German leader plans invitation to Nehru visit
Bonn reports Vice Chancellor Franz Blaucher plans to invite Indian Prime Minister Nehru to visit Wes Gere nanny during Blaucher’s forthcoming trip to India. Blaucher travels with a high level delegation to study India’s industrial growth and economic conditions.
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Bonn
Frozen Bodies of Family Found Near Lake Samna Alaska
In Alaska near Lake Samna 250 miles southwest of Anchorage the Trizen Wassela family were found frozen. Only two of nine sled dogs survived. The 40 year old father 35 year old mother and three children aged under one to 14 perished likely from exposure. Civil Air Patrol plane located the group during a weather overland trip from Newhalen to Iguigig starting December 27.
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Alaska
Simeon Wassela
Lake Samna
Civil Air Patrol
Wasseles
Newhalen Dee
Iguigig
Southerners See President Running Again
In Washington Democrats read the State of the Union as signaling President Eisenhower may seek a second term. Senators and representatives from both parties debated the message, with some calling it obviously political and others doubtfully hinting at a campaign plan.
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Eisenhower
Lyndod B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
George D-Gay
Harry Truman
Ploot
D-Pa
Ohn Bell Williams
D-Mi
Knowland
California
Sen. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
GOP
Francis Case
Arkansas Democrats Debating Eisenhower Address
Washington report notes Arkansas Democratic lawmakers label President Eisenhower's State of the Union as political but vague on specifics. Sen. Fulbright and Reps. Harris and Norrell decline comment while others criticize motives and the likelihood of re election. In Seattle Noah Noahs Ark joke boat built in front yard amid heavy rain.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Arkansas
Sen. McCleshin
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Gathings
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jim Trimble
Hays
Noah
Seattle
Charles F. Noah
Lake Washington
Natprady
Shakespeare Authorship Debate Spreads To Tomb Claim
Shakespearian expert Dr Frank C Baxter says reopening the 500 year old tomb of Thomas Walsingham will reveal bones and dust only, not manuscripts linking Christopher Marlowe to Shakespeare. Baxter debated Marlowe-Shakespeare authorship as England permissions allow the tomb opening near Chislehurst.
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Thomas Walsingham
Frank C. Baxter
Christopher Malone
Baxter
University of Southern California
Marlowe
CBS
Dr. Pausius
King Lear
Shakspeare
England
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Scadbury
St. Nicholas Church
Chislehurst
London
John Marsham - Townsend
Shakespeare
Mahowe
William Shakespeare
Walsingham
Cambridge University
Fog Seizes Southern England for Third Day
A 30 000 square mile fog grips southern England with dank smog, grounding planes, delaying trains by up to two hours, and forcing pedestrians into streets as road traffic becomes the worst in memory. Authorities note air pollution from coal fires grows daily while the killer December 1932 smog remains a frightening benchmark.
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London
England
British Automobile Association
Tondon
Chatane
Leigester
Oldest Salvation Army Officer Turns 90 in London
Brigadier Hannah Lord, the Salvation Army's oldest officer, marks her 90th birthday in London. Her son Corns and daughter Herbert Loyd direct Salvation Army affairs in Africa.
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Salvation Army
Hannah Lord
Corns
Jlower Herbert Loyd
OS iAfrica
Firemen Fight While Truck Is Stolen
Boston firefighters battled a night club blaze in the theatrical district early today. A thief stole a large fire truck and abandoned it after crashing into a fence at the Boston Common. The Stage Bar damage was estimated at $40,000, with fire chief John Planagan attributing the blaze to a carelessly discarded cigarette.
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Polio Victim Edward Walsh Lingers In Grave Illness
CHICAGO The 15 year old polio victim Edward Walsh remains unconscious at the Research and Educational Hospital University of Illinois with a greenish skin tone doctors report. His family of 18 in Durand have suffered multiple polio cases including his 17 year old brother David who has been at University Medical Center since last October. The Walsh brood saw polio strike numerous relatives after a summer outbreak. Edward was hospitalized December 28 after his condition worsened in Rockford.
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Edward Walsh
Research and Educational Hospital
University of Illinois
Karen Walsh
Durand
Illinois
Edward
David
University Medical Center
Rockford
Retail Sales in Arkansas Surge to New Peak in 1954
The Bureau of Census reports Arkansas retail sales rose from 1,082,057,090 in 1948 to 1,333,032,000 in 1954, a 23 percent gain vs a 31 percent national rise. Food stores led with 209,093,000, automotive 200,847,000, and general merchandise 148,954,000, while Pulsaki County topped county sales at 225,068,000 in 1954.
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Bureau of Census
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Pulaski County
Flexible approach urged in changing Cold War policy
A Daily Check of remarks questions flexibility in US foreign policy toward the Soviet Union and countering protracted Cold War pressures. Mansfield criticizes rigidity and calls for adapting to evolving situations, suggesting revised containment concepts and openness to new strategies amid Soviet actions.
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Setfield
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Mansfield
Ley
Montana
Ous Democratic
Soviet Union
East
South Asia
Dulles Committee
Faure coalition plan blocks in fractured French Assembly
Fragmentary report outlines Mende and Mollet discussing Faure's bid for a coalition government. Republicans seek about 180 seats in the 580 seat Assembly, while Mollet argues center parties cannot unite due to internal rifts and divergent socialist views.
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Mende
Rcialists
Mollet
Ie Moliet
Faure
Atte
Republi
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The
Pierre’ Polladether
Electrocuted Boy Dies Second Time
A fragmented Denver report recounts a boy who died after an apparent electrocution incident. Wires and tracks near urban areas are referenced with unclear names and dates. The text hints at rescuers, a priest, and a tentative second death conclusion but details remain unreadable.
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Colorado
Ram
Robert
Neal
Razor
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