Arkansas Boy Found Slain After Missing From Home
Four days after leaving his trailer home to attend a movie 14 year old Joe King was found murdered near Jacksonville Arkansas. Sheriff Gulley suggested sexual crime as a possibility though autopsy found strangulation and a minor head injury with death likely Friday. Coroner Dishough planned a continuation of the investigation and questioning of the stepfather Sgt James R King at the nearby air base.
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Charges Dismissed Against Kansas City Friedleys
Burglary and grand larceny charges against William Loren Friedley and Fredrick Paul Friedley were dismissed in County Court. Charges remain against brothers Robert and Walter Mathis, named on the original warrant. The May 5 break in at Beedles Motor Co. saw about 1180 dollars taken from a safe. The Mathis brothers are free on bond from charges in Maysville, Missouri.
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West Germany names Haas as ambassador to Moscow
Bonn reports Wilhelm Haas, ambassador to Turkey, chosen as West Germany's first envoy to Moscow. Official confirmation awaits Kremlin approval. German papers foresee Russian acceptance and a late January to early February arrival.
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Most GOP Leaders See Ike Likely to Run Again
A GOP majority of 134 governors, party officials, and national committeemen say Eisenhower will run again. The poll shows many back his candidacy, with few naming alternates. Nixon is cited by a minority if Ike does not run. Some leaders warn it is too early for firm bets.
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K U Radio and TV Group Plans 1956 Program
The Kansas University radio and television committee opens its 1956 program with a January 6 7 clinic at the Memorial Union. Speakers include Jim McGaffin WOW Omaha Jack Shelley WHO Des Moines Rev Mullen KMEC Kansas City panel of sports broadcasters and weather expert Richard Garrett Topeka Weather Bureau. KIUL’s Bob Wells is toastmaster and attendeesmay attend the Kansas Oklahoma basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse.
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Guard May Help on Roads in Illinois Holiday Patrol
CHICAGO 7 Aroused by heavy traffic death toll in Hainois during Christmas weekend 440 Gov. William G Stratton says he may use National Guard troops to help patrol highways over the New Year holiday weekend. Mayor Richard Daley said he was studying plans for setting up road blocks throughout Chicago to allow police to make spot checks for drunk drivers.
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Japan traffic deaths rise in police survey record
A police board survey shows Japan averaging 252 vehicle accidents daily with 17 deaths and 207 injuries. The report ranks Japan third globally in fatalities per number of vehicles, behind Egypt and Colombia.
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Palooka Creator Hammond Fisher Dies By His Own Hand
New York obituary reports Joe Palooka creator Ham Fisher, 44, found dead in Moe Leff's studio. Police say notes indicate suicide due to failing eyesight and diabetes, stating he swallowed pills. Fisher's body located about 9 p.m. by Morris Weiss. wife Marilyn notified. mother told. Fisher's strip ran in about 800 papers.
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Navy tech Ray Hellstrom retires from Far East run
Electronic technician third class Ray Hellstrom, stationed aboard the USS Frontier, called home from Long Beach California on Christmas Day after a Far East voyage visiting Hong Kong Formosa Yokohama and Pearl Harbor where he met cousins Mr and Mrs Joe Moses He has served in the Navy since December 1953 and this was his second voyage Wakefield trims in Ft Riley review honors Maj Gen Meloy Jr Wakefield is a clerk typist in the division's headquarters detachment and son of Mr and Mrs William E Wakefield of Elm Street
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California flood swallows a million acres Navy engineers say
Army engineers estimate that about one million acres in northern California were submerged during last week’s flood. Of this total 600000 acres were along the coast and 400000 in valleys. The figures indicate widespread inundation across coastal and valley regions.
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Jail for vagrants opens with two 30 day sentences
Two men received 30 day jail terms in police court on vagrancy charges. The defendants were Hubert D. Pains of Madison West Virginia and Carl Co. Mayhew of Warfield Kentucky.
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U S Airman Returned From Berlin After Auto Wreck
A U S Air Force sergeant from Brooklyn was held overnight by Soviet authorities after a car crash in East Berlin. Officials said the wreck was caused by poor visibility and slick roads, and the sergeant was turned over to American officials at Karlshorst in West Berlin. The soldier was identified as Mike Kliman, 46, stationed at Orly Airfield in Paris.
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