Two Facing Death Penalty In Hired Murder Plot
Denver district case centers on Leroy Leick and Gene Dukes accused of arranging a kill for hire murder to collect $6,000 to $7,000 in life insurance for Evalyn Leick. Both men face first degree murder charges with potential death sentences as investigators detail the plan and payouts.
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Denver
Colo
Leroy Leick
Gene Dukes
Evalyn Leick
Penver
Bert Heating
Leick
Dukes
Jessop
Vera Monroe
Mexico City
Lucius R. Messervy
Tole
Strange Malady May Have Killed Daredevil Diver
Miami reporters and goggles quoted that a fatal intoxication dubbed the rapture of the deep may have felled diver Hope Root after a record plunge of at least 400 feet into the Gulf Stream. Coast Guard called the body search unsuccessful as Root’s mother insisted he only sought to go deeper.
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Miami
Maurice Fargues
Fargues
Root
Umdersea
Diver
Tornado Death Toll Devastates Seven Louisiana Towns
In Louisiana seven towns faced wreck after a twin gust tornado killed nine people and injured 50. Leander suffered seven dead and 10 hurt, with most homes ruined. Tullos reported two fatalities, both infants, and 15 injuries. The path struck Leander hardest, destroying most homes and two stores.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
le Camp
Kingsville
Hineston
Dry Prong
Tullos
Paradise
Leander
Dempsey Maddox
Engine Trouble Dashes GI Stowaway Plans in Ireland
In Shannon Ireland a 20 year old U S Air Force recruit Donald Karr from Decatur Illinois stowed away on a Pan American Stratocruiser from London to New York. An engine failure forced a return to Shannon where authorities detained him pending Air Force word. He likely will be sent home to West Drayton England.
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Shannon
Ireland
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Donald Karr
Decatur
Pan American Airways
London
New York
Here
Gander
Karl
Air Force
U. S
West Drayton
England
Dean Declares Korea Prisoner Release Date Stand
U S envoy Arthur Dean told Communist diplomats that unrepatriated Korean and Chinese prisoners will be freed January 22. He said no pressure or debate will change the date as peace talks proceed. Meanwhile 30 South Korean prisoners rejected pleas to return home and interviews with others continued as Allied powers pressed for clarity on repatriation.
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Panmunijom
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Hie
ROK
U. N
Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. N. Command
Korea
Reds challenged to punish Korea war criminals
Washington wartime hearings feature Sen. Potter urging the Communist bloc to punish its own war criminals. Witnesses recount atrocity details in Korea, including a Chicago man describing North Koreans shooting Americans after tying hands. Potter proposes an impartial UN commission. Shinsky denials cited.
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Washington
Charles E. Potter
Senate
Michigan
Republican
U. S
United Nations
Potter
Col
James M. Hanley
Korea
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Roy P. Manning Jr
Chicago
Manring
Manning
Dead Tennessean Living In Texas Reappears In Texas
In Wichita Falls Texas Mrs Dale Carson claims to be Lytle Maynard, a Tennessee woman missing since 1943. Maynard says Nashville Tennessean tipped authorities. The paper had also reported on Thomas C Buntin and Betty McCuddy, once declared dead, later found alive.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Tennessee
Dale” Carson
Maynard
Lytle
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Tennessean
MSL Baseball To Be Class C Next Year
Atlanta report states the Mountain States League will move from Class D to Class C after approval by the executive council. Virgil Wacks, president, pushed for the upgrade. The league includes Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia towns and Wacks will be replaced as Class D representative on the study committee.
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MSL
Atlanta
George Trautman
Virgil Wacks
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Wacks
UN Passes Toward Adjournment on Burma Chinese Evacuation
United Nations General Assembly mooded toward adjournment as the Political Committee handled the Burma dispute over Chinese Nationalist troops. Nixon assured Burma every effort would evacuate the Chinese remnants, while Korea debate was delayed. Western powers planned an adjournment resolution with postponed Korea discussions.
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United Nations General Assembly
Burma
Richard
Nixon
Rangoon
United States
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
General Assembly
China- Burma
Korea
India
McCarthy Backing Sought for Red Trade Stand
Senator Joseph McCarthy urged supporters to flood the White House with letters and telegrams over trade with Red China. He said he does not challenge Eisenhower's leadership but views differences as healthy and aimed to press U S policy, planning a possible meeting with the president after the Ber muda talks.
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Washington
Joseph BR. McCarthy
McCarthy
Eisenhower
U. S
China
White House
Bermuda
Red
McCarthy Poses With Red Northern Spies Apples
Washington based reports show Sen Joseph R McCarthy posing for photographs with apples described as Red Northern Spies. A note accompanying the images claimed the woods were full of them and was shown to newsmen, as reported by the Toronto Globe and Mail News Staff.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Toronto Globe and Mail
Sullivan County okays sale of 1.7 million in school bonds
Sullivan County magistrates approve a 1,741,000 bond issue to fund improvements at about 25 elementary schools. The bonds will be sold in two blocks, 1,041,000 on January 12 and 700,000 on April 13, with interest up to 4 percent. County debt rises to 9.79 million.
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Neal O’steen
Blountville
Sullivan County
Squires
George McIntyre
Howard J. Poston
Board of Education
Poston
Schvan
Davidson Jand Company, Inc
Knoxville
Sullivan County Sinking Fund Commission
B. Brockman
Kingsport
L. R. Driver
Bristol
Charlie Massengi
County Board of Education
War Vet Quits U.S. In Fight With Relatives
World War II veteran Lewis Rowe declares citizenship resignation over a house dispute in Orlando Florida. He mailed his resignation to Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. amid alleged civil rights denial. His mother says he would leave the country if needed. The man had designed a Winter Park house, secured a 15250 loan, faced mortgage issues, and claims relatives kept him from the property.
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Orlando
Fla
Lewis &. Rowe
Herbert Brownell Jr
Rowe
Delphin
Winter Park
Indicted ex State Dept official Lorwin faces royalty denial claim
Late bulletins report Val R. Lorwin, former State Department official, indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly denying Communist Party membership during a December 1950 royalty hearing. Also from Moscow Pravda accuses Eisenhower of contradicting Big Three notes on inviting Russia to a four power conference. In Bermuda, Eisenhower arrives with a bandaged left hand from cocking a pistol in the White House suite. aides say injury is not serious.
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Washington
Val R. Lorwin
State Department
Communist Party
Tee
Iw Oe
Moscow
Pravda
Eisenhower
Russia
D. Kraminov
Kraminov
United States
Tucker's Town
Bermuda
White House
Pipeline To Kingsport Two-Thirds Complete
East Tennessee Natural Gas says the 90 mile Knoxville to Kingsport line is two thirds done. The line has reached Morristown and should reach Kingsport by December 2026. Morristown gas delivery expected next week. Laterals from Greeneville and Linesport finished. Bristol and Johnson City laterals ready when main line arrives.
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Knoxville
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Kingsport
Gus T. Henry
Henry
Iite
Morristown
Greeneville
Linesport
Bris
Johnson City
Western Chiefs Start Four Day Peace Talks
TUCKER'S TOWN Bermuda UP President Eisenhower joined Winston Churchill and Joseph Laniel for a four day Big Three conference to renew world peace efforts. They planned a first 430 pm EST session and considered a Soviet four power foreign ministers meeting in Berlin later January. The leaders weighed German unity European defense NATO aims and the Indochina war. Eden and Bidault agreed to push for Berlin talks with limits on Maoist China, planning a January end date.
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Tucker
Bermuda
Wisenhower
Winston Churchill
Joseph Laniel
Berlin
Columbine
Kindrey Field
Washington
Eisenhower
Jolyn Foster Dulles
4Siomle Energy Conntasion
Lewis L. Stauss
Churchill
Laniel
European Defense Community
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Indochina
Strauss
Stader
Lord Cherwell
Partle
Trieste
United States
Britain
Klaus Puchs
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
U. S
Dulles
P. i
Est
Eden
Bidault
West
Kremlin
Molotov
China
Solunar Tables by John Alden Knight
Solunar tables printed from John Alden Knight guide for hunting and fishing, showing dates, day names, and expected hunting odds. The page includes columns for sunrise, moon phases, tides, and weather cues, with specific heights and times noted for several locations and dates, plus an image and short notes about daily skies.
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John Alden Knight
Suiuob
John Alden Kiki
Mapir Mint
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Louisiana Towns Survey
Darlene Math Wes Smiles
Cleveland
Ohio
Donna Mariellen
Texas
Ike
Joe McCarthy
Northern
U.S
Lewis
Ihe
Taupe Lake
Jevel Rigay
Holston
Bunn
Tsee Cis A.m
Veous
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