Legless Vet Faces Accusers in VA Hearing Request
Attorneys for James Kutcher a Newark WWII veteran with no legs urged that he be confronted by accusers at a VA hearing set for Friday and that press access be allowed. They said the VA lacks authority to charge treason and demanded an open hearing.
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Washington
James Kutcher
Harvey V. Higley
Veterans Administration
Kutcher
Central Committee
Newark
N. J
Socialist Workers Party
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
John Silard
Higley
United States
Star Chamber
Twelve Fishermen Survive after 10 Days at Sea
A crippled Korean fishing boat carrying 12 exhausted men drifted ashore at Kasumi Japan. The captain and one crew member died from starvation during a 10 day ordeal. Survivors were hospitalized, Kyodo News Service reported.
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Kasumi
Japan
Kyodo News Service
Sea of Japan
Census official predicts US population over 200 million in 20 years
A Census Bureau official estimates that the United States population will surpass 200 million within two decades. The projection highlights ongoing demographic growth and potential implications for resources and policy planning.
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New York
Census Bureau
United States
Eisenhower Arrives in Key West for Rest Visit
President Eisenhower lands at Boca Chica Naval Air Station for a two week southern rest. Doctors prescribe sun and warmth and aides hope the trip aids his condition and may influence a possible second term. Mrs Eisenhower remains in Washington as family welcomes a new granddaughter at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Whetther
Naval Base
Truman
Columbia University
Florida
Bishop of Shanghai Faces Trial and Death Sentence Claim
Hong Kong sources say Msgr. Kung Pin-mei, bishop of Shanghai, will be tried on counter revolutionary charges. Reports allege Communist authorities will seek the death penalty for the bishop and about 500 priests and laymen arrested with him last September.
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Hong Kong
Kung Pin-mei
Shanghai
Joe Palooka Creator Ham Fisher Dies by Suicide
Ham Fisher 54, creator of Joe Palooka, was found dead in Moe Leff's New York studio with two notes citing self-inflicted death. He cited failing eyesight and diabetes and said he had swallowed pills. Fisher's work syndicated in 800 newspapers. Other artists Moe Leff and Phil Boyle are expected to continue the strip.
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New York
Ham Fisher
Joe Palooka
Fisher
Hammond Edward Fisher
Moe Leff
Morris Weiss
Englewood
N. J
Marilyn
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Record
Joe
Charles McAdam, Jr
McNaught Syndicate
Phil Boyle
Culbertson Dies Noted Bridge Expert at 64
Brattleboro Vermont reports that Ely Culbertson, famed bridge authority and promoter of a world federation peace plan, died in his sleep from heart failure after a period of breathing trouble. He founded Culbertsons Inc. and World Federation Inc. and was born in Romania to a Pennsylvanian father and a mother from a Cossack line. He married twice, with two sons from the first marriage and a son from the second.
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Brattleboro
Ely Culbertson
Bridge Authority
World Federation
Culbertson
Josephine Murphy Dillon
Loyce Nadya
Bruce Ely
Reno
Culbertsons, Inc
Dorothy Renata Baehne
New York
Vermont
Peter
Alexander
The
World Federation, Inc
Romania
Arctic Freedom Flight Brings Russian Soldier to Norway
A young Russian soldier fled through sub zero cold to reach Norway's Kirkenes, with police concealing name and rank. Sources say he wore civilian clothes, spent two nights in minus twenty two degree temperatures, and officials believe he is an officer or noncommissioned officer.
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Oslo
Norway
Freedom
Kirkenes
Soviet admits foreign criticism on housing and planning
Moscow acknowledged foreign criticism of bad housing, poor town planning, and wasted manpower in the Soviet Union and said it would take note. Bonn announced the United States will back a large training program for West Germany's new army.
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Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Bonn
Germany
United States
Judge orders end to segregation in St. Louis public housing
U S District Judge George H Moore orders an end to segregation in low rent public housing projects in St Louis. The ruling targets access to housing programs and sets requirements for desegregation compliant housing policy in the area.
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St. Louis
U. S
George H. Moore
Pope Pius XII Offer As Moral Mediator On Atomic War
Vatican sources say the Pope is willing to help bridge East West differences on atomic control. He would not make a formal offer but stands ready to assist if asked by Western and Communist leaders.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Collins Cave Declared Largest In World
Floyd Collins Crystal Cave in Kentucky is now recognized as the largest known cave. G Nichols of Cumberland Maryland told a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that a National Speleological Society study over two years supports Crystal Cave as the nucleus of a world record cave system.
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Atlanta
Floyd Collins
Brother G. Nichols
Cumberland
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Kentucky
Nichols
Crystal Cave
Tax Bureau Relents Shows Help to Taxpayers
Washington reports Internal Revenue Service reverses an earlier cut in taxpayer assistance. Former commissioner Coleman Andrews had limited agent help to illiterate or disabled taxpayers, but Russell Harrington ordered broader support and designated special assistance days while still promoting self help methods.
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Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Russell C. Harrington
Andrews
Harrington
Internal Revenue
Racine County Man Killed at Crossing
Donald Holtermann, 38, of Racine, died Tuesday when a Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train struck his car at the Four Mile Road crossing northwest of Racine.
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Racine County
Racine
Donald Holterman
Chicago
North Shore
Milwaukee
Four Mile Road Crossing
Here
Flood Areas Readied for Cleanup After Worst Northern California Floods
Northern California faced a Herculean cleanup after historic floods as weather improved and danger receded. Deaths reached 34 with 19 to 35 or more missing. losses estimated up to 150 million dollars as more than a million acres flooded. Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard teams evacuated residents and aided rescue missions across to the San Joaquin Sacramento delta regions.
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San Francisco
California
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Oregon Line
Visalia
San Joaquin
Sacramento Delta
Delta
Empire Tract
Quimby Island
Eureka
Val Peterson
U. S. Civil Defense
Goodwin Knight
Yuba City
Marysville
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sierra
Portland
Valleys
Wisconsin Sees Appalling 1955 Traffic Toll Surpass 900
Wisconsin’s December road deaths reach 85 this year with a total 908 for 1955, Gov. Kohler comparing yearly toll to an appalling single day. The 1952 record of 895 has been surpassed as New Year’s Eve approaches, with 22 deaths over Christmas and a near 24 in the 1953 holiday tally.
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Wisconsin
Walter Kohler
Fresh Air Won’t Quickly Sobers Drunk On New Year’s Eve
Dr. Theodore Koppanyi of Georgetown University Medical School says breathing more oxygen does not hasten sobriety or safety after heavy drinking. He notes five to six hours to burn four ounces of whisky and warns of a small safety margin between intoxicating and fatal alcohol levels. He mentions insulin or glucose speedups are unproven, fructose shows promise, honey may help, and careful nursing is essential in alcohol coma cases.
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Atlanta
Theodore Koppanyi
Georgetown University Medical School
Washington, D.C
Koppanyi
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Weather Update for Kenosha and State
Warm air from southerly winds kept temperatures above normal across Kenosha and the state. Noon readings reached 34 to 35 degrees, with yesterday’s high 33 and a low of 28. Tonight and Thursday look cloudy with lows in the mid 30s. Sunrise was 7:17 a.m. and sunset 4:28 p.m.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Nehru Notes Soviet Leaders' India Visit Sparks Embarrassment
New Delhi sources say Prime Minister Nehru wrote to his cabinet describing Soviet Premier Bulganin and Communist Party chief Khrushchev speeches in India as embarrassing to the government. The memo notes the two used Indian platforms to attack Western colonialism while India maintains neutrality in the Cold War.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Bulgaria
Khrushchev
SEATO
Baghdad
Kashmir
Goa
Soviet Union
Here
Boy Loses His Race for Life on Trestle Tragedy
A 14 year old Glendale youth, Louis Bronk, was killed on a Milwaukee Road trestle while fleeing a Chicago and North Western passenger train. The incident occurred Tuesday as the train neared the river. the boy fell about a few feet from safety and died en route to a hospital. Engineer Conrad Carnot reported the train was 40 mph and braked to about 15 mph when the collision occurred.
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Milwaukee
Glendale
Louis Bronk
Milwaukee River
Chicago and North Western
Conrad A. Carnot
Manitowec
Oscar Tietz
Carnot
Pianist Gieseking Aims U S Tour After Bus Accident
Walter Gieseking, the renowned pianist injured in a December bus crash, stated he hopes to undertake an American concert tour early in 1956. He plans to visit Stuttgart and other U S venues for performances despite the injuries.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Walter Gieseking
Governor mobilizes police for Wisconsin New Year traffic
Governor Kohler directed the Wisconsin State Patrol to staff the New Year weekend with all available officers. The plan draws volunteers from the 70 patrol members, the 42 graduating class, and the 32nd National Guard Division MP units to maximize patrol cars on highways. Officials note two officers per car on weekends to handle violators, though exact car counts remain unknown.
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Madison
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
Melvin Larson
Lawrence Beier
Ralph Olson
Kohler
32Nd
National Guard Division
National Guard Ips
Another High Toll Feared For New Year Holidays
The National Safety Council projects 420 road deaths over the three day New Year weekend and 560 motor fatalities for Christmas. The group notes 609 total deaths in the latest tally, with a 30,980 motor toll through October and a yearly projection near 38,000. The record New Year holiday deaths stand at 407 from 1952 to 1953.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned. H. Dearborn
Jordan situation back to normal says foreign minister
Amman Jordan foreign minister Samir Rifai told reporters today the situation is back to normal and we mean to keep it that way The caretaker government’s main function is to run general elections and ensure public security after disorders linked to opposition to Jordan joining the Baghdad Pact Western alliance aims.
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Amman
Jordan
Samir Rifai
Air France Orders Ten Boeing 707 Jets
Algiers report: Air France announces a direct order for ten four-jet Boeing 707 airliners from the United States. The move signals expansion of France's national carrier's long distance fleet.
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Algiers
Algeria
Air France
Boeing
United States
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RUSS
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