Stevenson Son’s Surgery Follows Stevenson Crash
Adlai E. Stevenson and his youngest son were en route to a Chicago hospital after a head on crash near Goshen that killed two college companions. An Elkhart grand jury indicted truck driver Fred Gill of Detroit for involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide.
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Goshen
Ind
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago
John Fell
Elkhart Superior Court
Fred Gill
Detroit
Indiana
Holy Land Sees Uneasy Calm Ahead of Pilgrim Season
In Jordan, after six days of rioting over the Baghdad Pact issue, Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashim pledges no binding treaties while King Hussein sets four month parliamentary elections as a plebiscite. Curfews ease, troops withdraw, and commerce resumes in Amman Bethlehem and other cities.
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Ammon
Jordan
Holy Land
Christendom
Baghdad
Ibrahim Hashim
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Britain
Hashim
Hussein
Bethlehem
Amman
Fire Destroys Toys Aboard Car at Railway Express
A railroad car at the Railway Express Agency receiving station in Chicago burned Wednesday destroying a Christmas toy shipment bound for Milwaukee. The fire left many toys ruined and disrupted holiday deliveries for several customers.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Railway Expres Agency
Fires kill thirteen and destroy Wayside Inn landmark
A rash of fires across multiple cities claimed 13 lives including 10 children in Sudbury Massachusetts and Nashville Tennessee. The Wayside Inn in Sudbury, a 269 year old historic landmark, burned as freezing temperatures and poor water supply hampered efforts to save it.
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Sudbury
Mass
Herrin
Ill
Illinois
New York
Eileen Best
Ruth Ann
Joyce
Margaret Murphy
Warren
Rechter Brothers
Yuill Music
Harvey Yuill
Wayside Inn
Trevor Man Killed in Auto Crash
Trevor Moran 62 died nine hours after a traffic crash. He owned the Fairway Grill on Highway 83 near the state line in Waukegan Indiana. Edward Campbell 21 of Chicago drove the other car. Moran’s brother William 69 suffered rib injuries and head cuts. An inquest jury was sworn in by Lake County Coroner Robert Babcox with no date set.
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Richard D. Moran
Victory Memorial Hospital
Waukegan
Fairway Grill
Lake County
Robert Babcox
Moran
Edward J. Campbell
Chicago
Campbell
William
Victory Hospital
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Ringling Will Filed for Probate in Baraboo Estate valued at 560000
In Baraboo Wisconsin the will of the late Henry E Ringling was filed for probate showing an estate valued at five hundred sixty thousand dollars. The deceased former Wisconsin Republican national committeeman left a sizable fortune to be administered.
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Baraboo
Wis
Henry E. Ringling
Wisconsin
Republican National
Waupaca Couple Burned When Heater Explodes
Mr and Mrs Earl Rice of Waupaca were seriously burned Wednesday when a defective oil heater in their trailer exploded. Ed Johanknecht who rented space nearby saw flames at the door and heard Rice call to his wife. Johanknecht pulled her free and extinguished burning clothing with snow.
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Waupaca
Earl Rice
Ed Johanknecht
Johanknecht
Missionary Describes Five Year Captivity by Chinese Reds
American missionary Dr. Homer V. Bradshaw and his wife, deported from Hong Kong after five years in Chinese prisons, described torture and confinement at the hands of the Red authorities. Bradshaw, 54, spoke from a wheelchair about handcuffing, forced exercise, and a five year counter revolutionist sentence. The couple, once with U S Air Force ties, said their ordeal began March 2 1951 and included multiple transfers and periods of questioning. they expect to remain at Clark Air Base hospital in the Philippines for two weeks before returning home.
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Clark Air Force Base
P. I
Homer V. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Pittsburgh
Hong Kong
U.S. Air Force
Linshen
Kwangtung Province
Manila
Tokyo
United States
Kukong
Canton Prison No. 1
Reds
U. S. 14Th Air Force
China
Claire Chennault
Flood Threat Mounts In Northern California Evacuate Ten Communities
A Pacific storm lashed northern California forcing mass evacuations in ten communities led by Klamath at the river mouth. Humboldt and Del Norte counties declared emergencies as highways flooded and ground travel ceased.
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California
San Francisco
Vermont
Klamath
Klamath River
Orick
Orleans
Meyers Flat
Klamath Glen
Hydesville
Weatt
Fernbridge
Pepperwood
Carlotta
Civil Defense
Allen Ham
Humboldt
del Norte
Herman Runkel
Ukiah
Mendocino County
Russian River
Smith
Mendocino
Arcata
Eureka
Redding
Oregon
del Norte County
Crescent City
Eel River
Garberville
Bull Creek
Dunsmuir
Castella
Mattole River
Yreka
Guerrillas Hit Algeria Amid Christmas Terror Campaign
Algeria faces a spike in violence as nationalist guerrillas escalate assaults during the Christmas period. Reports say at least 89 people killed since Tuesday, with French forces waging a major sweep from the Nemencha Range near Constantine.
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Algiers
Algeria
Nemencha
Constantine
Guelina
Souk Ahras
Guentis
Wisconsin Highways In Good Condition For Winter Driving
The State Motor Vehicle Department reports Wisconsin highways generally in good shape for winter driving. Slippery spots were noted on roads in Janesville Monroe and Sheboygan areas and in the northern part of the state.
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Madison
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
Janesville
Monroe
Sheboygan
Winter Warmth Yet Low Readings Mark Wisconsin
The first day of winter was warmer than fall finale yet temperatures remained below normal across Wisconsin. City readings ranged from 28 to 30 with a morning low near 18 and Grantsburg reporting 8 above. Snow possible tonight with a low near 15 to 24, warming to mid 30s by Friday.
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Wisconsin
AMC
Grantsburg
Weather Bureau
Israeli aircraft over Gaza prompt air space charges
Egypt protested to the UN mixed armistice commission after an Israeli plane flew over Gaza City and another circled the Gaza strip. both sides traded accusations of air space violations as Egypt reported Egyptian jets over Israel and Israel claimed three planes over southern Gaza.
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Gaza
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Israel
el Auja-Nizana
Rail workers win wage boost. Kefauver meeting set in Wisconsin
Chicago reports 26,000 railroad conductors and brakemen gain a 1.15 dollar daily raise, following a 14 percent hourly increase for about 750,000 non operating railroad employees. In Milwaukee, a statewide Kefauver supporters meeting is planned for January 7 in Oshkosh.
Chilean labor center calls for general strike over copper miners
Santiago's united labor central urged a general strike in solidarity with the copper miners, whose outlawed stoppage has entered its second week involving about 14,000 workers.
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Santiago
Chile
United Labor Central
Vessel traffic on Livingstone Channel tops twenty four thousand
Windsor Ontario reports the Detroit River Livingstone Channel navigation season closed with 24 474 vessels passing through the waterway. The figure reflects a busy season for mariners and port authorities along the river frontier.
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Windsor
Ont
Detroit River
Livingstone Channel
Nehru accuses Reds of twisting history during India tour
New Delhi India prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru said Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev twisted history in anti Western speeches. He expressed embarrassment at a World War II blame on Allies but not at remarks on Kashmir and Goa. He classified Russian comments into general criticism direct attacks and comments on Goa and Kashmir.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Russia
Nehru
Congress Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Kashmir
Portuguese
Goa
Britain
Pakistan
Paraguay revolt fights disrupt Asuncion and border reports
Reports from Formosa and Buenos Aires say rebels backed by police clash with forces loyal to President Stroessner in Paraguay. Telephone lines to Asuncion are cut, but city life appears normal with stores open and security increased at key points. Unconfirmed names point to Epifanio Mendez Fleitas and Campo Grande base as revolt centers.
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Formosa
Argentina
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Asuncion
Buenos Aires
Campo Grande
Epifanio Mendez Fleitas
Marcial Sananiego
Dia
Posadas
Weather Bureau Mixes Up Start of Winter and Spring
The U S weather bureau in Chicago admitted a miscue on season dates after confusion over when winter officially begins. A forecaster checked his almanac and corrected that winter starts when the sun is farthest south of the equator, conflicting with the initial claim that it would begin at the sun crossing the equator.
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Chicago
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago Bureau
Weather Bureau
Plane Crew Found Safe After C-45 Missing Flight
Royal Canadian Air Force planes found the missing C-45 near Graham Ontario and all three American airmen aboard are safe. Capt Hal W. Burch pilot Maj Ellis Ira Veatch chaplain Capt Dorsey L. Stover operations officer, all three from Minneapolis based at Wold-Chamberlain Field. The aircraft vanished on a return flight from a U S radar station at Sioux Lookout Ontario after reporting an engine-out and losing altitude.
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Duluth
Minn
Royal Canadian Air Force
31St Air Division
Hal W. Burch
Omaha
Neb
Ellis Ira Veatch
Drake, \. D
Dorsey L. Stover
East Beckley
W. Va
U. S
Sioux Lookout
Ontario
Graham
Fort Frances
Ont
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John Fell Stevenson
Michael J. Faust
Veterans Hospital
Buffalo
N. Y
Red Cross
Frank J. Telaak
Bernice Knoll
United Press
Davenport
Iowa
Nashville
Tenn
Indianapolis
Trevor Man
Ringling
Buddy
ESTES
Kefauver
Oshkosh
Link Bank President
Minneapolis
Port Arthur
Williams
Twin Cities
Wold- Chamberlain Field
Minnesota-Canada
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