Police Capture Two Men In Robbery Attempt Here
Police nabbed two men in a safe robbery attempt at Mills Motor Co. on Wednesday night. A third fled after breaking the front door glass as officers surrounded the building. One captured man, 27, Bob Harkelroad of Kingsport, is an ex convict on parole. a 16 year old juvenile from near Kingsport had no prior record besides truancy. The safe held less than $1,000 cash. The third suspect was still at large when found.
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Phree Kingsport
Lso
Mills Motor Co
Bob Harkelroad
Kingsport
Pennsylvania
W. J. Tomkies
Motor Company
The
Craft Motor Co
Rains Precede Colder Weather Heads South and East
Weather conditions intensify across the region as a northern cold front moves in. Eight to twelve inches of snow are forecast from central Virginia to southern New Jersey, with sleet and freezing rain affecting Tennessee and surrounding states.
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Washington
INS
V. S. Weather Bureau
Virginia
New Jersey
Mercury
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Kingsport
Knoxville
Nashville
Wytheville
Weather Bureau
New York State
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee
Taft Jr. Announces Candidacy for State Rep Seat
Robert A. Taft Jr., 35, son of the late Ohio senator, declares his bid for the GOP nomination for state representative from Hamilton County Cincinnati. Backers expect approval by the County Republican Committee as leaders urged his run for years.
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Cincinnations
Robert A. Taft Jr
Taft
GOP
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Republican Committee
Cooper Freed Hunts For Killer After Acquittal
James L. Cooper, acquitted by a New Orleans jury of the strangulation murder of Amele Diddle Woolfolk Cooper, vows to continue the search for the killer. He hires private detectives and says the law should persist, amid a sensational 10 day trial in the Garden District on Nov 30, 1952.
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New Orleans
INS
James L. Cooper
Strangulas
French Quarter
Cooper
New York Journal-American
Jimmy
Amele *Diddle* Woolfolk Coaiper
Budget Mixed Reception Detected In Early Reactions
Washington reports show mixed bipartisan reaction to President Eisenhower's 65 percent billion dollar budget for the coming year. House and Senate members balk at deficits while praising air power and weapons emphasis, with tax cuts and foreign aid sparking debate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
House
Raypurn
Texas
Rayburn
Congress
Taher
Sen
Douglas
D-Ii
Treasury Department
Atom hospital contract signed for Knoxville project
A six million dollar contract was signed in Nashville for a 494 bed atomic research center and hospital at Knoxville. The University of Tennessee site will be built by Johnson and Willard Construction Co and take about two years. Half cost funded by the state with Knoxville providing two million and Knox County one million. The project honors World War II veterans.
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Nashville
Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Johnson and Willard Construction Co
Knox County
Tennessee
Errersgtthy
TVA budget meets fierce opposition over 1955 plan
TVA board chairman Gordon R. Clapp warns of a tight power situation by 1957 if funds for new generating units are not provided in President Eisenhower s 1955 budget. He notes reliance on AEC to cover 600 000 kilowatts from non TVA sources and questions defense load projections. Senator Albert Gore cites potential shortages as debate continues.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Gordon R. Clapp
Clapp
Fulton, Tenn
Mississippi River
Atomic Energy Commission
Paducah
AEC
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Former TEC Man Killed In Wreck
A former Kingsport resident and Tennessee Eastman Co. employee Norton R. Baldwin aged 32 and his wife and two children were killed in a two car collision 46 miles east of Indio California. Their four month old baby girl Mary Allen Baldwin suffered critical internal injuries. Clarence William Stockman 46 of Merced California was the other fatality. The crash occurred near an elevated bridge over a dry wash as traffic approached merely. Baldwin's family was en route from Texas to California seeking a home. Survivors include his mother Mrs Nanny Baldwin Gate City Virginia and a brother Morris Baldwin 1516 Pineola Ave.
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Kingsport
Tennessee Eastman Co
Norton R. Baldwin
Indio
Calif
Mary Allen Baldwin
Clarence William Stockman
Merced
Highway Patrol
Baldwin
Texas
California
Nildred Gray Morrell Baldwin
Norman Randolph Morrell
Alonzo P. Morrell
Abilene
Nanny Baldwin
Gate City
Morris Baldwin
Pineola Ave
Prospective Girl Pages Stir House Reaction in Congress
Washington reports mixed views as Margaret Alden a 16 year old Rochester High School sophomore seeks a page job. Representatives Keating Allen and St George weigh feasibility schooling and gender balance with support for a first girl page but concern over the adjustment to a male dominated House environment.
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Washington
Congress
Weill
Margaret
Alden
Sophomoore
Rochester
Senata
Bartle Williams
Buffalo
Page School
Lené
Leo Allen
Ilinois
House
Allen
Katharine St. George
Survivors Not Found At Plane Wreckage
Rescue teams reached the Neptune bomber crash site north of Honolulu after it exploded in flames while returning from Japan with eight aboard. No signs of survivors were found, and an accompanying helicopter also crashed during the night while diverting toward the wreckage.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
Honolulu
Japan
Neptune
Barber’s Point Naval Air Station
Airways Tower
Waianae
Schofield Barracks
Helcopters
Cary
60 Die As Pakistan Mail Express Crashes Near Karachi
Rail authorities report 60 fatalities and 50 injuries after yesterday's express train collided with a tank car train 75 miles north of Karachi. Funeral prayers were held at the disaster site in the Sind Desert with railway officials and relatives attending. The blaze started by the collision was controlled at midnight.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Pakistan Mail
Sind
Marines Lose 29 in Inchon Harbor Collision
Inchon harbor disaster raises Marine toll to 29 with 23 missing and presumed drowned. Six bodies recovered, 22 survivors rescued from icy waters as Col William Palmer notes 51 aboard the landing craft after it was rammed by a larger transport carrying Chinese POWs.
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Inchon
INS
Ineson Harbor
Inchon Port
William Palmer
Long Beach
Calif
LST
Pormoas
Meggett Luncheon Fails To Serve Potatoes
Embarrassed St Paul Episcopal Church gathering in Meggett served a lavish luncheon for 168 attendees from the state Irish potato industry but forgot to include potatoes. The mishap left red faced church women and amused guests.
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Meggett
S. C
INS
St Paul Episcopal
Fewer Dollars and More Purchases Seen for 1954
UT economist Dean Frank B Ward told the Knox County Council of Community Clubs that 1954 should see fewer dollars spent but more goods bought. He cited four factors: no federal or state spending ramp ups, strong auto and construction output, rising inventories, and vigilant government and Federal Reserve oversight. He projected a possible slight rise in purchasing power of about one percent.
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Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Frank B. Ward
UT College of Business Administration
Knox County Council of Community Clubs
Federal Reserve System
Dulles Calls For German Unity At Berlin Conference
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrives in Berlin for the Big Four foreign ministers meeting and urges Soviet acceptance of a unified Germany. He links Berlin's division to Germany's fate and emphasizes the issue as a main topic, with a ceremonial arrival and heavy security.
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Berlin
INS
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Germany
Gree
Dulles
Ceeds
Europe
Ernst Reuter
Walter) Schreiber
Tempelhof
Flying Finns Arrest Lawyer and Land in Jail
The Irish twins George and Charles Finn known as the Flying Finns are jailed after an incident at the Biltmore Hotel. They handcuffed U S Attorney Laughlin B. Waters and accused him of conspiracy and rights violations in connection with the government seizure of their $70,000 war plane and a related Bakersfield school district purchase. The事件 unfolds amid a comic opera tone as Waters reports the double arrest.
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Los Angeles
George
Charles Finn
United States
Air Force
A. S. Atty. Laughlin BE. Waters
Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles Bar Association
Bakersfield
Calif
Ters
George Finn
Big Dipper
Sint Pileve
Indians Leave Balky Prisoners In Truce Camp
In PANMUNJOM Indian guards opened the gates of the neutral zone camp housing 347 unrepatriated prisoners including 21 Americans at midnight Friday but none came out. They planned a sitdown strike after Indian withdrawal and warned reps by the Red high command to stay. Gen Hull proclaimed 21 809 anti Communist Chinese and North Korean prisoners became free men at 12 01 am. The UN command says those former prisoners now have civilian status.
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Panmunjom
K. &. Thimayya
Red High Connancd
John E. Hull
Seoul
Hull
United Nations Command
Thimayya
Pws
McCarthy urges ultimatum over captured American airmen
In Chicago General Joseph R. McCarthy calls for China to release 30 American flyers or face punishment for every Red murderer. He demands Red China account for all U S servicemen believed held and warns against further drafts if demands are ignored.
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Chicago
INS
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
McCarthy
Cicero Manufacturers Association
Reds
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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