Knowland Adds To Controversy Over Work Plan
Washington senator Knowland of California opposes the administration unemployment program and plans to back legislation to modify it. The dispute precedes Congress opening, with Eisenhower claiming agreement while Knowland maintains clear opposition. Southern Democrats denounce the policy as harming textile interests and probe politics loom over Democratic support for the president’s agenda.
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Knowland
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
California
Congress
White House
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Knowle
Vice Squads Lay Base For Raids In Tennessee
The Knox ville News-Sentinel reports undercover vice squads are quietly investigating houses of assignation and gambling joints statewide to pave the way for possible State Highway Patrol raids. Plain clothes agents from the State Safety Department gather evidence on whisky purchases and compile lists of joints for governor and Patrol Division chiefs to consider county by county. If sheriffs refuse to act, patrols will move in and conduct raids on their own.
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Knoxville
Knoxville News-Sentinel
State Safety Department
Frank Clement
TE Ds
Highway Patrol
U S orders Romania to end publications
Washington reports the United States orders Communist Romania to stop publishing the Romanian News and other pamphlets in the United States as retaliation for Bucharest banning News From America. The State Department notified the Romanian legation and delivered the orders in Washington today.
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Washington
United States
Romania
News From
America
U. S
AF Plans H-Bomb Drop From B 36 Next May
An informed source says plans are forming to drop a hydrogen bomb from a B 36 bomber next May to test crew and aircraft under thermonuclear shock. The delivery test will occur at Eniwetok Bikini in the Pacific, staged by the armed forces special weapons branch and Sandia with the AEC. The weapon is described as extremely large and will require the bomber’s bomb bays to be merged, costing 12 300 cubic feet of space. The test follows detonations of newer H bombs from a 1952 Eniwetok event.
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Washington
AFJ
U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok Bikini Proving Ground
Pacific
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Sheriff May Run For House Seat
Smyth County Sheriff Pat Jennings is seen as virtually certain to win the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 9th District congressional seat. Sources say Jennings has strong support across the district as Democrats prepare for a Jan 30 convention to choose an opponent to Republican Rep. William Wampler, who won in 1958. Jennings narrowly missed the 1952 nomination, losing by 23 votes to State Sen. M. M. Long, who later lost to Wampler.
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Bristol
Pat Jennings
Sherif
Smyth County
Congress
Virginia
Pth
Vrious
Jennings
Sam Garter
Uth
M. M. Long
Long
Wampler
Democrats
TVA Repays U S Treasury $93 Million From Power Profits
TVA in Knoxville announced a scheduled repayment from its power operations totaling $74 million, raising total returns to the Treasury to $93,600,090. The agency also sent $4,677,000 of miscellaneous receipts, mainly from its fertilizer program, as the 195% fiscal year closed with $803% millions invested in the power system.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S. ‘Treasury
Congress
Treasury
TVA
U. S. Passes Second No-Lynching Year
Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee Alabama reports no lynchings for the second straight year and abandons its 41 year old annual lynch statistics. The college, regarded as an authoritative source on lynch data, says lynchings as traditionally defined no longer gauge race relations.
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Tuskegee
Ala
UPJ
Tuskegee Institute
Famec Negro College
British Advisers Call For Trade With Red China
A British industry panel from the Federation of British Industries urges stronger nonstrategic trade with Communist China and the Soviet bloc while noting such trade cannot dominate Britain’s total commerce. The group says East West trade should be pursued without political preconceptions and favors relaxing controls if peace comes in Korea.
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London
Britain
China
Federation of British Industries
FBI
Federation
Red China
Korea
Moscow
Peiping
United Kingdom
Soviet Bloc
Rescued Seven Lost Children By California Posse
A mounted posse in SAN FERNANDO CALIF rescued seven youths aged 7 to 15 who went missing overnight in the San Fernando back country. The group, including four boys and three girls, were found on a fire trail after daybreak by a radio unit truck crew patrolling a mountain road. The children residents of San Fernando were hiking with a mother planning to pick them up after the day. Names given include Kenneth 15 Donna 13 Eugene 9 Frederick 7 Vernon 10 Patrick 8 Sharon 8 and McKallip plus a seventh Freeman whose details were unavailable.
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San Fernando
Calif
Los Angeles
Weldon Canyon
Kenneth
Donna
Eugene
Frederick
Vernon
Patrick
Sharon
McKallip
Freeman
Readjustment Seen On Eve Of New Year
Washington reports the United States faces economic readjustment or recession into 1954 after four years of growth. Economists split on timing and depth, with some saying the downturn is already past and others predicting months more before a clear recovery.
Peaceful New Year Hopes Rise Worldwide
The world gears up for 1954 with record New Year celebrations in major cities, Cocaine? No. Champagne sales surge in Moscow while New York and San Francisco theaters expect bustling crowds. Churches planned watch night services as hopes for lasting peace and prosperity grow. The National Safety Council warns of up to 380 highway fatalities during the holiday weekend. Eisenhower prepares a small Augusta celebration before State of the Union work begins. At Thule Greenland, 900 miles from the pole, Arthur Godfrey and 11 endure a holiday show for Uncle Sam’s base, joined by Gen. Lemay and spouses aboard.
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Associated Press
Moscow
New York
San Francisco
Hnapla
America
National Safety Council
Eisenhower
Augusta
Ga., National Golf Club
White House
Congress
North Pole
Thule
Greenland
Dirksen To Address Bristol Chamber Conference
Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois will be principal speaker at the 44th annual Bristol chamber conference on January 14. About 400 chamber members from Bristol Twin Cities are expected, with representatives from Johnson City and Kingsport chambers.
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Bristol
Va.Tenn
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Twin Cities
Johnson City
Kingsport
First General Tax Slice Goes Into Effect Jan. 1
Washington reports the first general tax in five years takes effect Jan 1 impacting over 50 million individuals and 50,000 corporations. Individual income tax rates drop about 10 percent for all but the highest brackets, the excess profits tax on corporations expires, and social security payroll tax rises from 1 to 2 percent. With about 80 million taxpayers set to benefit, some workers face a net loss due to higher social security taxes. The changes aim to boost consumer buying and corporate expansion while altering federal revenue streams.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Special Social Security Trust Fund
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Read
Eisenhower
Reds Hold Other Americans Identified by Freed MP
In Berlin United States MP Pvt. Homer H. Cox freed from Soviet captivity identified four Americans still held in So viet prison camps and said six others were in captivity. He named Bill Marchuk William Verdine and George Green among others, and alleged six more in a prison camp in the Ural Mountains. Cox said he was drugged beaten and sent to a Russian coal mine before a 53 year prison sentence. Towers, a merchant seaman, disclosed he was a former Com.
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Berlin
United States
Homer H. Cox
Oklahoma City
Okla
Leland Towers
San Francisco
Gox
Bill Marchuk
Brackenridge
East Berlin
Wiliam Verdine
Starks
Co|burg
Germany
George Green
Leon B. Green
Hollywood
Calif
Beverly Hills
Horalsky
Austria
Grim Ural Mountains
Cox
Washington
Strate Department
Kremlin
Towers
French And Commies In Close Infighting Near Indo China Fronts
French forces fought hand to hand with Viet Minh rebels as Giap’s Phantom Division reappeared near Savannakhet and Dien Bien Phu amid renewed Viet Minh activity in three fronts. French units clashed with infiltrating troops and guerrillas while observers warned of a possible major offensive.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Red Gen
Vo Nguyen Giap
Thakhek
Laos
Savannakhet
Red
Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Missing in Korean War 3650 Presumed Dead
Army Air Force declares 3650 men missing in Korea presumed dead raising the U S missing in action tally to about 30 5 The notices will be mailed to next of kin early next week to avoid holiday distress About 3400 from Army 250 from Air Force and 300 from Marine Corps have been officially declared dead after long searches found no evidence of survival
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Washington
Army Air Force Today
Korea
U. S
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Draftees’ Reserve Time Cut in Six States Experiment
The Army will shorten by one year the six year obligatory active reserve time for draftees in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, and Washington who have completed two years of active duty. Beginning soon through mid 1954 these draftees receive a mobilization assignment to an active Army unit, National Guard, or reserve. If another war occurs within five years they report to their assigned unit. otherwise they may opt to join a reserve or National Guard unit and train periodically. The broader aim is to study mobilization administration and spur some to maintain ongoing training.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Texas
Wisconsin
Indians Conduct Year End Census Of Prisoners
Indians conducted a year end head count of Chinese war prisoners in custody showing 135 of 4 885 asked to return to Communist China. An Indian spokesman said the tally was not a screening and did not replace interviews, which ended days earlier. Guards allowed those wishing to repatriate to seek exit. no detail on North Camp or other nationalities. The count covered 3.1 percent and aligned with explanations day counts, aiming to verify rosters, with any repatriation requests deemed incidental to the count.
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Panmunjom Iff
North
Natty Bandit Robs Bank In Houston Vault Heist
A neatly dressed bandit robbed the Moston National Bank in Houston, slipping behind teller Dormy Allen in the silver vault section and fleeing with about $30,000 in currency. Police described the suspect as 20 to 30 years old and wearing plain clothes.
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Houston
Tex
Moston National Bank
Dormy Allen
Solunar Tables by Joan Alden Knight
The Solunar Tables show a calendar of periods for fishing and hunting with daily minor and major times, dates and locations. It lists measurements and notes from Booth Holston and Henry Jows Cheros with a focus on peak activity periods and regional terms.
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Joan Alden Knight
Joh Alden
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