B-29 Crashes Into Housing Area Killing and Injuring Dozens
A homeward bound B-29 Superfortress crashed into a military housing area near Anderson Air Force Base Guam during engine trouble. Seven dead included three crewmen five military passengers and six children plus two women and an Air Force officer. Fourteen injured, two in critical condition, were treated as responders pulled five crewmen and three passengers from the wreckage. The plane had departed Guam en route to the United States, radioed engine trouble, attempted to land twice, and struck the Quonset homes in a storm. The crash halted searches for a missing Navy weather plane nearby.
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Guam
Air Force
Tive
Superfort
Anderson Air Force Base
United States
Navy
Yesterlay
New Directive Bans Post Liquor Sales
Washington reports the Defense Department reversed course and banned liquor by the bottle at military posts. Commissioned and non commissioned officer messes may not sell bottles, while sales by the drink remain permitted. Acting Defense Secretary Roger M. Kyes signed the directive after congressional inquiries.
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Washington
LLP
Defense Department
Defense
Roger M. Kyes
United States
Congress
Nation Honors iPower Aviation At Kitty Hawk
Nation honors its air supremacy with a grand air show at Kitty Hawk. Thousands gather on windy sands to view modern fighter jets alongside a 1912 Curtiss pusher reconditioned to reenact the Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk fifty years earlier. The display contrasts early aviation with today’s military planes in a ceremony at the Wright Memorial.
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Nation
iPower Aviation
Kitty Hawk
WN. Co
Wright Memorig
Killy Devil Hill
America
Wilbur
Orville Wright Tron
Locay
Bitter Tennessee Freeze Grips Region As Subzero Cold Spreads
Temperatures across Tennessee plunged to single digits and below zero in places as a frigid Arctic air mass swept from the Rockies to the Gulf. City readings included 12 in Kingsport, 14 in Nashville and Smithville, 18 in Bristol, 19 in Chattanooga, with forecasts as low as 6 to 10 in portions of Middle Tennessee and 8 to 12 in the Tri-City area. Subzero readings extended into the upper Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley with 21 below in Minnesota towns and 19 below in Wisconsin locales. Winter winds added to the chill as Florida reports a frosty 44 in Miami and farmers in the Vegetable-growing region cope with frost damage.
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Kingsport
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
2Tra
Mb. le~ Conte
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Neshville
Smithville
Bristol
Chattanooga
Tri-City
Crossville
la Follette
East Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
International Falls
Minn
Atlanta
Ohio Valley
St. Cloud
Grantsburg
Wis
Minneapolis
Rockford
Great Lakes
Texas
Florida
Miami
Hall’s Final Day Full Of Regret For Soured Plot
In Jefferson City Missouri Gari Austin Nfall on death row faces the gas chamber after a spree tied to the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping and murder. Bonnie Heady is with him as they reflect on crimes, seeking forgiveness, while investigators probe the missing half of a $600000 ransom and the arrest process.
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Jefferson City
Gari Austin Nfall
Bobby Greenlease
Bonnie
Brown
Carl
Bobby Atew
Greenlease
Kansas City
Hall
Doar
St. Louis
Mrs. Heady
Bobby
Beria Confession Leads to Treason Trial for Beria and 6 Aides
Moscow disclosed that Lavrenty Beria confessed to plotting against the state and will be tried with six top police figures he ran. The seven, including Beria’s deputies, face high treason, anti-Soviet activity, and plotting to restore capitalism. The verdict and trial date were not announced.
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Richard Kasischke
Moscow
Lavrenty P. Beria
Izvestla
Beria
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow Radio
Supreme Court
Gans
Ministry of Internals
U.S.S.R
Tast
Ion
Ewing Bank Loot Hits About Sixteen Thousand Dollars
Three state police and local authorities tightened the dragnet around Middlesboro area after a daylight holdup at the People's Bank of Ewing. Two men fled in a green 1950s Oldsmobile, possibly Kentucky tagged, with about $16,000. Cashier I. T. Ritchie, assistant Jesse Wan, and employee Bertha Jean Harris were forced into the vault. the door locked but the robbers escaped as the vault door failed to lock. One bandit was described as 20s, slight, with a heavy build, about 5-8 to 5-10, weighing around 174 to 180 pounds. the other remained unidentified. Authorities from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, plus Lee County sheriff and other agencies, pursued leads as the investigation continued.
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Cordie Bass
Times
Ewing
Spl
Middlesboro
People's Bank of
Armes
Jean Harris
Bunpaint
Sunmge
Ritchie
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Frank Williainson
Isinesport Division
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Lee County Sheriff's Office
Eisenhower tightens foreign policy with blunt reminders
President Eisenhower directs a tougher approach stressing U S patience in foreign policy and Congress. Secretary Dulles warned France that ratification of the European Defense Community must come soon or U S aid funds will be reconsidered. The stance was echoed at the Bermuda conference and NATO meetings as Washington presses allies for united action.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Hisenhower
United States
Congress
John Foster Dulles
France
Dulles
Paris
NATO
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Winston Churchill
United Nations
Youth Accused Of Poisoning Own Parents
NEW YORK four months after two deaths were ruled potential self harm the Bronx district attorney announced 20 year old Howard Fraden would be charged with homicide in the deaths of his parents Dr William Fraden and Shirley Fraden. A friend Dennis Weapman 23 faces a homicide charge and has confessed while Fraden remains uncooperative as investigators say they planned the murders to gain access to a £100000 estate by spiking champagne.
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New York
Bronx
Shirley
de Luca
Fraden
Dennis Weapman
Frader
Wepman
UN To Broadcast Appeals To PWs
Allied sources report the United Nations will broadcast come home appeals by sound track next Tuesday and Wednesday to 22 unrepatriated American prisoners of war. The plan aims to prompt repatriation with Indian guards patrolling the compound if interviews are not held beforehand. A South Korean escapee identified three unwilling stay-backs and named two more who were doubtful.
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United Nations
President Calls For Progressive Programen'54
President Eisenhower opens a three day conference with Republican leaders urging enactment of a forward looking progressive program for 1954. He plans a radio TV report January 4 on accomplishments and aims, and will deliver the State of the Union in person January 7 as Congress convenes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Cabinet
Senate
House
Jeaders
Congress
Two Die In Skid Row Hotel Fire
Firemen battled early morning flames at a three story Skid Row hotel in Chicago. One fireman and one resident were killed while nine other firemen were rescued from the rubble as a wall collapsed and a roof gave way. Four more residents were feared buried as arson investigators treated a noted note found on the dead man.
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Chicago
Aye
John Tybor
Madison Street
Rejected Mom Plans Long Trip Over Son in Korea
Portia Enne of Alden Minnesota said she would leave Tokyo on December 23 to try to bring home her 20 year old son Richard Tene meson, one of 22 unrepatriated American soldiers who sided with the Reds. She aims to return by December 24 to spend Christmas with her husband and three children, citing Communist propaganda as a threat to American homes.
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Tokyo
Portia Enne
Alden
Minn
Korea
Richard Tenemeson
France Chooses President Today in Parliament Battles
Paris reports a special session of Versailles Parliament to select a new president for France as the Fourth Republic faces a deep crisis. Seven candidates compete for the $128,000 a year post with possible entrants after the Bret ballot. The president will appoint a premier to push for a European Army decision amid internal strife and external pressure from the United States and allies. Outgoing President Vincent Auriol plans retirement, opening the field to seasoned political figures.
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Paris
Versailles
France
United States
Vincent Auriol
Armed bandits rob Jasper motel keeper in Marion County
Police said three armed white men kidnapped and robbed Jasper motel operator, Buckshot Walker, of 850 dollars then released him by Highway 41. Walker described the attackers as rough, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol had no descriptions due to darkness.
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Tasper
Jasper
Marion
County
A. R
Buckshot
Walker
Highway 41
Here
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Chattanooga
Four Children Die In Pittsburgh Fire Rankin Home Tragedy
In Rankin near Pittsburgh a two story frame house fire killed four children aged 17 months to six years. The victims were Raymond Allen 17 months Dennis 3 Barbera 6 and Carroll 4. Their mother Pauline Allen was severely injured after tripping on stairs while attempting to reach the children. Neighbors arrived as the home was engulfed.
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Pittsburgh
Jehildren
Rankin
Raymond Allen
Dennis
Barbera
Carroll
Pauline Allen
Fead
Solunar Tables by John Alden Knight
Fragmented weather and sky guidance page listing solunar data for Hulunws, with stray text about hunting, fishing, dates, and stars. Mentions Moonset times, prominent stars, and locations, though many words are garbled. Includes references to Orion and Wisconsin areas and a schedule for weekend planning.
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Bernard Kanago
Webster, N. C
Helen Hayes
Linkletter
Het
Waldorf-Astoria
Kanago
Pillsbury Mills
Fe Ra
Chicago Union
Aman
Jasper Wilson
Springfield
Daring
Lee Co. Bank
Russia
V. G. Dekanozov
5. A. Goglodze
Georgia
Joseph Stalin
P. ¥. Meshik
Ukraine
L. B. Vjodzhainsky
B. Kobulov
Jin
Cumberland Gap
Ike
U.S
Pws
Bae
ST. Nick
Barbara
David
Busan
Santa Claus
Ft. Benning
Maj
John Eisenhower
Santa
Eft
Susan
Ihe
Skid Row
Parliament
Jasper Motel
John Alden Knight
Alden Kniyn
Sitadt Sob
Omalbaul
Birive
Brive Ie
Orion
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