Hammarskjold Heads Back From Mission To Free U S Airmen
U N Secretary Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Reno after his mission to free 11 American airmen jailed as spies. He rested in bed during a refueling stop and declined comment on talks with Chou En Lai as he heads to New York to report to the General Assembly.
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U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Hammarskjold
Chou En-lai
U.N
Randalo
Stead Air Force Base
New York
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Honolulu
U.N. General Assembly
U. S
Peiping
Chou
Washington
State Department
Senate Gop
Knowland
Mendes-France Heads to Germany for WEU Arms Plan Talks
French Premier Pierre Mendes-France travels to West Germany for talks with Chancellor Adenauer, aiming to create a Western European arms pool within the WEU. He wins tentative Italian backing and signs economic accords with Italy though reports say he is disappointed by the reception of the plan. The WEU meeting in Paris next week will decide on the proposal.
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Rome
Pierre Mendes-France
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Mario Scelba
Mendes - France
WEU
Paris
France
Italy
Wes
Germany
Netherlands
Britain
Belgium
Luxembourg
Jury Nears Completion in Trago Trial for Moral Charges
Jackson County Sheriff David L. Trago faces 17 indictments. Pickaway County Common Pleas Judge William D. Radcliff sat by assignment to complete the jury amid the switch from Judge James E. Kinnison. A juror altern ate will be chosen to finalize the panel of seven men and five women.
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Jackson
Jackson County
David L. Trago
Pickaway County Common Pleas
William D. Radcliff
Circleville
Judge Radcliff
Common Pleas
James E. Kinnison
Trago
No Guarantee Seen Chiang Won’t Involve U S In War
Sen Sparkman says there is no 100 percent insurance that Chiang Kai-shek will not draw the United States into war by provoking a Communist attack. He cites a December note signed by Dulles and Yeh as the best possible guaranty, linked to the U S Formosa Mutual Defense Treaty, acknowledging joint action only in self defense.
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U. S
Washington
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
State Dulles
George K. C. Yeh
United States
Formosa
U.S
Pescadores Islands
Dulles and Yeh
Senate
Field Says They Prefer Life Of Reds
Noel Field and his wife Herta choose to stay in Communist Hungary where they were imprisoned five years. The decision was made in a handwritten letter in Budapest two days earlier and disclosed by State Department officials. Noel is a controversial figure linked to both sides of the Iron Curtain.
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Washington
Noel Field
State Department
United States
Hungary
Field
Budapest
U. S
Christian M. Ravndal
Department
Henry Suydam
Noel
Hermann
Poland
Switzerland
Cleveland
Warsaw
Europe
Herta
Toledoan 18 Sentenced To Die For Rape Slayings
Eighteen-year-old Bernard Schreiber was found guilty of first degree murder in the August woodland slaying of 17 year old Mary Jolene Friess. A three-judge panel deliberated one hour and sentenced him to die in Ohio's electric chair. He testified he raped Friess after a 12 year old boy companion knocked her unconscious with a club and that he stabbed her when she woke.
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Toledo
Bernard Schreiber
Mary Jolene Friess
Ohio
Here
Air Crash Probed After Cincinnati Area Collision
A TWA jet from Cincinnati to Dayton and Cleveland collided with a privately owned DC3 near Burlington Kentucky killing 15 aboard the liner and two others on the DC3. The wreckage lay on snow covered hills along the Ohio River as investigators consider instrument flight in overcast conditions. Pilots named include J W Quinn and Robert K Childress on the TWA flight with Arthur Werkhaven and Edward Agner aboard the DC3 from Battle Creek to Fort Lauderdale.
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Burlington
Cincinnati
TWA
Dayton
Cleveland
Ohio River
Lewis Reinbold
Pittsburgh Aviation Safety
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Reinbold
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Battle Creek
Mich
Arthur Werkhaven
Sturgis
Edward Agner
J. W. Quinn
Belleville
Robert K. Childress
Ann Arbor
Leisure Time Club To Honor 4 Men
In Chicago the Leisure Time Club will honor its four oldest members at a meet today. The quartet has a combined age of 376 and includesGeorge Randall 95 John C Clark 94 William G Clark 94 and Sidney C Savage 93. The club, founded in 1944, counts 75 members all retired from business or employment and embraces the motto Doing nothing well.
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Chicago
George Randall
John C. Clark
William G. Clark
Sidney C. Savage
Bandits Nabbed in Columbus Supermarket Robbery
Columbus police plan to charge two brothers William and Theodore Jackson with the robbery of a local supermarket last Sunday.
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Columbus
William
Theodore Jackson
GOP Senators See Ike Run Debate Divides Democrats
GOP senators largely expect Eisenhower to run in 1956 while some Democrats doubt his plans. Senator Monroney predicts retirement, citing Mrs. Eisenhower's apparent opposition, whereas Humphrey says it is too early to tell. Eisenhower remained noncommittal at a news conference.
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GOP
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Monroney
Truman
Mittal
Carlson
Kan
Bender
Ohio
Watkins
Utah
Allott
R-Cole
Clifford Case
Presbyterian Merger Faces Southern Opposition
In Philadelphia the merger of the three United States Presbyterian branches stalls as the South fights the plan. Thirteen southern presbyteries vote results show 12 against, threatening unanimous consent for the union of the United Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Church in the U S A, and the Southern church. Dr Walton Rankin notes 40 of 256 presbyteries in his branch supported union with no reports of rejection.
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Philadelphia
United States
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Walton Rankin
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
Bombing suspected in B and O bridge abutment blast
Residents near Fortport heard explosions that investigators say may be an attempt to dynamite a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge abutment. Detective P. P. Glench and deputies traced a hole about two and a half feet wide at the base of a Little Scioto River trestle abutment, with signs of dynamite placement.
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Portsmouth
Eifort
Lawrence-Scioto County
P. P. Glench
Glenn
Little Scioto River
Columnist's Dad Dies In Defiance
Arthur F. Wilson, 66, father of syndicated columnist Earl Wilson of the New York Post, died at River Rest Home in Defiance after a heart condition. Wilson, a former real estate agent, moved to Defiance in 1946 with his family. Survivors include his widow and two daughters Mrs. Willard Witte of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Pete Oberman of San Diego. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Arthur F. Wilson
Earl Wilson
New York Post
the River Rest Home
Wilson
Sherwood
Fort Wayne
Ind
Willard Witte
Pete Oberman
San Diego
Calif
Taxpayer Willing to Shell Out For Roads
Gov. Robert F. Kennon told a highway conference that taxpayers will pay for road construction with less grudging than other needs. Gen. Lucius D. Clay outlined a $27 billion plan to build a 40 000 mile interstate network over 10 years funded mostly by the federal government. Sen. Case argued for interhighway approvals while ensuring non interstate roads are not delayed, urging use of funds freed from interstate matching for neglected routes.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Kennon
The
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Clay
Federal Highway Corporation
Governors’ Council
Clay Committee
New Orleans
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Case
American Road Builders Assn
Florida Officials Review Ohioan Charles Pearce Case
Authorities plan a conference on actions against Charles S. Pearce for the Jan. 2 death of Robert Ray Ackerman. A coroner jury recommended manslaughter charges. Pearce and Ackerman are Mansfield, Ohio natives. Ackerman died in Kendall Hospital from heart and kidney failure due to injuries.
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Miami
Fla
Charles S. Pearce
Robert Ray Ackerman
Pearce
Eye
Mansfield
Ackerman
Kendall
Chiang's Bombers Strike Reds Again
Chiang Kai-shek's air force claimed excellent results from a three way raid yesterday against Communist held Toumen and Tienao islands. Four engine bombers returned to Formosa despite anti aircraft fire and Red fighters. It followed a Monday attack on nearby Tachiens by 100 Red planes.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Toumen
Tienao
Tachiens
Hocking County Endures Snow and Windy Freeze
A snow event ranging from light to two inches, with strong winds, hit Hocking County causing drifts in rural areas and prompting overnight highway work. City crews treated streets while power and telephone services reported minor trouble. Several accidents occurred. one on Rt 33 left a state truck damaged. Logan's noon temperature was 28, rising to 29 by 7:30 am.
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Hocking County
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Ohio Power Co
Logan
State Highway Patrol
Arlie Brimner
Joseph Phillips
E. Hunter St
Betty Jean Pickett
Lincoln Ave
Bowen
Robert Christel
Ilesboro
Division
Ohio Department of Highways
Edward M. Lehman Dies at 44 in Logan
Edward M. Lehman 44 of 289 Mound St. Logan died at 8 30 a m at Hocking Valley Hospital. He worked for Sun Glow Furniture Industries. Survived by wife Rosa, father John W Lehman and stepmother, three sisters Helen Finley Nellie Buncy Vivian Donaldson, two brothers Kenneth and John W Jr, two stepdaughters Mrs Frank Smith and Mrs Robert Edwards, four grandchildren. Roberts Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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Edward M. Lehman
Mound St
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
Lehman
Sun Glow Furniture Industries
Rosa
John W. Lehman
Columbus
Helen Finley
Nellie Buncy
Buffalo
N. Y
Vivian Donaldson
Kenneth
John W. Jr
Frank Smith
Thornville
Robert Edwards
Rockbridge Rt. 1
Roberts Funeral Home
Trade Club Elects 195 Directors at Annual Dinner
The Logan Trade Club elected eight new directors last night to appoint officers. Names include MacDonald Watson Paul Stimson Harold Sommers Dayton Schultheis Lavon Goodlive Jacob A Keller J Russell Young and Walter Saving. John Hunsaker to become chairman of the board. Reports came from Burr O Nixon secretary Jacob Keller treasurer and Lavon Goodlive on the 1954 Southeastern Ohio Christmas Pageant.
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Logan Trade Club
MacDonald Watson
Paul Stimson
Harold Sommers
Dayton Schultheis
Lavon Goodlve
Jacob A. Keller
J. Russell Young
Walter Saving
John Hunsaker
Burr O. Nixon
Jacob Keller
Lavon Good
Police respond to alarms at Senator McCarthy home twice
For the second straight day police rushed to the home of Senator McCarthy in Washington after neighbors reported alarms signaling possible danger. Officers found nothing unusual on both visits.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
Ohio Native Dies at MIT Athletics Director
Ivan J. Geiger 45 director of athletics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology collapsed and died at his Newton home after arriving from a basketball game He was a native of Bluffton Ohio.
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Newton
Mass
Ivan J. Geiger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bluffton
Ohio
Peace efforts rise as Latin nations act on Costa Rica crisis
The United States orders Pacific observation flights as the OAS sends a five nation commission to San Jose for an on the spot probe of clashes in northern Costa Rica. President Figueres blames exiles and mercenaries from Nicaragua amid Somoza denial of civil war claims and a border duel offer. Fighting flared in multiple towns with a rebel force estimated around 400. a WW II P47 was reported shot down near San Jose with no casualties.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
United States
Costa Ca
State Department
Washington
U. S
Battle
Organization of American States
OAS
Panama
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Figueres
Civil Guard
Eisenhower seeks four year draft extension and pay increases
President Eisenhower asks Congress to extend the draft law four years and grant selective pay rises to career servicemen. He proposes a strengthened reserve, with various paths to service and training, to maintain a ready fighting force in peacetime.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
National Guard
Reserve
Guard
Sidewalk Burns In California After Gas Blast
An Oakland pedestrian lighting a pipe ignited a gas leak under the sidewalk causing a brief explosion and a burn trail. Firefighters traced the fire to a leaking gas main beneath the pavement. the man fled and was not identified.
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Oakland
Calif
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
U.s.-Formosa
Pescadores
Tachens
Toledoan
Presbyterian
Florida
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Minnesota
Texas
Wisconsin
Illinois
Plains
Rockies
Trade Club
Pensas
Blanca
Puerto Soley
California
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