Democrats To Weigh Ike's Plans
Democratic senators say President Eisenhower must persuade Congress of his sound progressive program. They fault GOP invitation secrecy and predict intra party divisions on foreign policy and domestic issues. An administration plan to cut defense while boosting social security and balancing the budget is debated amid calls for greater Democratic input. Eisenhower reportedly approved military budget revisions to reduce the Army to about 1.165 million by July 1, 1955.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Sen
Humphrey
D. Minn
Brownell
Harry Dexter White
Truman
White
FBI
Gore
D-Tenn
America
Monroney
United Nations General Assembly
Russia
United States
International Atomic Energy Agency
Ninth French Ballot Fails to Name President in Versailles
In Versailles the French National Assembly failed for the ninth time to elect a president. Premier Joseph Laniel led with 413 votes, while Marcel-Edmond Naegelen drew 365 and last minute entrant Pierre Montel won 103. A tenth ballot was set for 8:30 p.m. as division between conservatives and leftists persisted.
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Versailles
France
Joseph Laniel
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen
Pierre Montel
Montel
Laniel
Lyon
Peoples’ Assembly
National Assembly
Shah Intervenes as Mossadegh Trial Sparks Tehran Protests
Demonstrations in Tehran surge as a military court weighs Mossadegh treason charges. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi grants clemency in a letter, sparking rallies where students chant Death to the British. British embassy staff arrive amid renewed Iran Britain diplomatic ties. Six arrests reported.
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Tehran
Iran
U.P
Mohammed Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mossadegh
Shah
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
West Bend Man Dies After Highway Crash
Michael Krell, 70, of West Bend Wis was killed when he was thrown from his car in a crash on Hy 33 a mile east of here He died later at St Josephs hospital.
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West Bend
Wis
U.P
Michael Krell
Here
St. Joseph's Hospital
Calendars With Coeds Go Like Hot Cakes at UNM
Three University of New Mexico juniors announce a calendar featuring coeds in minimal attire. Wally Deckert Larry Ross and Frank Edwards financed by ads say sales started strong but faced university parental and censorship board scrutiny. They plan a 1955 national push after copyrighting the calendar.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Wally Deckert
Springfield
S. D
Larry Ross
Frank Edwards
Chapel Hill
N. C
Deckert
Ing
Censorship Board
Ross
Hank
Larry
Two Planes Evade Alarm Over North Korea Border
Two unidentified planes crossed the neutral zone from North Korea into South Korea Sunday night. Air raid sirens sounded in Seoul, marking the citys first alert since the armistice. The air force said the planes turned back north within minutes after crossing the former battle line.
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Seoul
North Korea
Air Force
Jordan opposes talks with Israel on armistice terms
Premier Fawzi El Malki stated that Jordan’s government is categorically opposed to any talks with Israel that would modify or suspend the current armistice agreement between the two nations.
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Amman
Jordan
Fawzi el Malki
Israel
UN Broadcast Sought as 22 POWs Face Deadline
The UN Command prepared a last minute broadcast to 22 American POWs held by the Communists as a Wednesday deadline looms for prisoner explanations. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission approved Allied contact and a letter, while hopes for face to face talks faded.
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Panmunjom
Far East
Neutral Nations
Red
Military Armistice Commission
John Hull
U. S. Far East
Seoul
MRC
Pws
K. S. Thimayya
Detroit Nabs 3 Fugitives and Split Police Action
Detroit police captured three fugitives from the Southern Michigan Prison breakout Edward J. Emrick Virgil Lane and Daniel B. Bousha in Detroit leaving two inmates at large Rob Wade Dowling and Roman Usiondek remained sought after the gang terrorized a path through a sewer tunnel and held two hostages before fleeing in a car.
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Detroit
Southern Michigan
Edward J. Emrick
Virgil Lane
Daniel B. Bousha
Jackson
Here
Roman Usiondek
Three-Year-Old Dies After Drinking Oil
Diana Jean Sheppard, aged three, died at St. Luke's hospital after swallowing part of a bottle of oil of wintergreen. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Sheppard of Racine.
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Racine
Diana Jean Sheppard
St. Luke's Hospital
Jack J. Sheppard
Wisconsin Weather: Snow and Cold Return After Warm Weekend
Winter makes its first official appearance in Wisconsin with a 9 26 pm start bringing colder air and light snow. Temperatures drop to 10 to 20 degrees after a warm weekend with Sunday’s 46 degree high at the sew age treatment plant. Through today noon readings ranged 42 to 44 degrees while drizzle fog and poor visibility persist. A light rain began Sunday night and light snow is forecast for tonight with Tuesday highs 18 to 25 degrees.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Wreckage sighted of Navy Neptune with no survivors
Reykjavik reports rescue teams located the crash site on a blizzard swept glacier. The United States Navy Neptune bomber carried a nine man crew. No survivors found to date.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
U.P
Convict Soldier Of Aiding Reds In Berlin
U S Army Private Robert Blevens of Omaha Nebraska was convicted at a seven member general court martial of conspiring to lure American soldiers behind the Iron Curtain and consorting with Red secret police. He received a 13 year prison sentence for deserting twice to the Russian zone and breaking out of a U S military stockade in West Berlin. The verdicts and punishment are subject to review in Berlin Command and in Washington.
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U. S. Army
Robert Blevens
Red
Omaha
Neb
U. S
West Berlin
U. S. Army European
Heidelberg
Washington
Yugoslav Border Is Calm Again After Pullback
The Yugoslav Italian border quieted as troops withdrawn by both sides met the deadline. The final Italian movement involved military police as units that faced off during the priest crisis pulled back from the frontier shortly before midnight.
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Gorizia
Italy
U.P
Army to Crack Down on Soldiers Claiming False Dependents
Washington reports a nationwide army action next month targeting so called Class Q dependents after a house committee chief Dewey Short urged probes. An army survey found about 32 percent of allotments for dependents inside the United States were illegal with roughly 24 percent from deliberate fraud. The air force navy and marine corps plan similar preliminary reviews to root out potential abuses.
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Washington
WUP
Dewey Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Short
Army
United States
Judge 84 Plans Large Birthday Celebration
Milwaukee judge Michael S. Sheridan, 84, marks his birthday by inviting all 4,000 to 5,000 adoptions he has supervised in 44 years on the bench. A reception is planned December 28 in his courtroom and nearby corridors to accommodate guests.
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Bradley
New York
AFL
ILA
Baltimore
Lewis
Milwaukee
Michael S. Sheridan
Racine Woman and Harrisburg Man Die in Head-On Crash
A Racine woman, Miss Anna D Lyons 54, and a Harrisburg man, James Peak 33, were killed in a head on collision Sunday about four miles east of here on State Highway 13.
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Harrisburg, Ill
Anna D. Lyons
Racine, Wis
James Peak
Here
Rodney Dee Brodie Home for Christmas
Rodney Dee Brodie, once joined at the head with his twin, spent Christmas home in Ferris after radical separation surgery at Illinois Research and Educational Hospital. Brother Roger Lee died 34 days after surgery. Rodney remains with an incomplete skull and will return to Chicago for ongoing care.
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U.P
Rodney Dee Brodie
Illinois Research and Educational Hospital
Rodney Dee
Roger Lee
Royt Brodie
Chicago Hospital
Chicago
Brodie
Rodney
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