Costly Cold War Budget Raised by Economic Group
The Committee for Economic Development estimated national security will cost at least 20 billion dollars annually for years to come. It urged civilian supremacy, stronger long range security, and protection of individual freedom, warning that an overgrown security state could erode libertie. The report calls for civilian leadership, balanced planning, and vigilance against loyalty investigations becoming witch hunts.
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Ashington
Committee For Economic Development
Republic
U. S
Mport
Inruiries
Securiy Ounay
Secur
Apity Neon
700 Hunting Girl Lost in Forest in Washington
Ruth Aberle, 16, disappeared while with her brother and two teens to cut a Christmas tree in Ostrander Canyon Washington. Rescue parties mobilized 700 woodsmen, townspeople and volunteers as trackers followed a crepe-soled boot trail through mud and snow amid beaver dams and vine maple hoping to locate the missing Girl Scout before death in the wilderness.
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Ostrander Junction
Ostrander Canyon
Cascade Mountains
Here
Salvation Arms
Ruth
Girl Scout Woodcraft
Bill
Car Wash Scarce Artesian Well Owner Chases Dirt
A large sign stands outside a garage in the distressed community of Little Ferry New Jersey. It proclaims Cars washed Artesian well as locals cope with a shortage and a dirt suppression effort led by the owner of a nearby property.
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Artesian
Little Ferry
N. J. der
Vpi
Breathstricken
Intensified Cold War Looms as Purge Sparks Patriot Response
A compact city notice notes heavy Cold War atmosphere with reports of purge activity and rising patriot sentiment, alongside Israel defying U N over Jerusalem. Other sections list pages for various features such as sports, comics, and theater.
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Israel
U. N
Jerusalem
Ammonia Gas Forcing Evacuations In Oakland
In Oakland strong ammonia fumes from a burst pipe at a fertilizer plant injured several and forced nearly 1090 residents to flee. Firefighters and police aided evacuations as plant workers fled and a supervisor shut off the valve to stop the leak.
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Gakland
Accid
Oakland
Farm Service Co
James Whitt
Whitty
Providence Hospital
Frank Golubin
Golubin
Merritt Hospital
Friends
Pilot Cracks Plane Up to Save Children in Park
San Marino reports pilot Harold Carden of El Monte deliberately steered his craft to crash in a park to avoid harming children. The plane struck a tree during an emergency landing at Lacey Park in San Marino’s upscale district. Carden escaped injury, saying he chose the park’s west end to keep children safe.
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SAN Marine
Harold Carden
el Monte
Carden
Lacey Park
San Marino
Survivors rescued from burning Dutch motorship Corps
Eight survivors were brought ashore by a Coast Guard rescue plane after the Dutch motorship Corps burned at sea 300 miles east of UI wa m. The Sparrow Point, a Richfield tanker from Long Beach, picked them up and sent them to air-sea rescue HQ in Miami. Skipper Capt. Nilsen radioed the account. the Sparrow Point proceeds to New York. One man burned severely. the others were hospitalized.
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Tams
Fla
Dutch Motorship Corps
Coast Guard
PBM
Martin Mariner
Miami
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Svend Nilsen
San Pedro
New York
Panama Canal
Nilsen
Richfield
Los Angeles
Sparrow Point
Helmus
Edward Amrand
Acr
U.S. Resuming Panama Ties After Acheson Statement
Secretary of State Acheson announced the United States is renewing diplomatic relations with Panama. He cited assurances from Arnulfo Krst a government change last month and stressed no foreign intervention. The Panama Canal remains a strategic factor in U.S. policy toward Latin America and China.
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Shington
United States
Panama
Wittheidsinen Arnulfo Kras Taok
Sate Accheson
Anas
Panama Canal
Acheson
China
Russia
Senator Gillette cites coffee market manipulation
In Washington on December 14, VP Sen. Gillette D Jonas charged that manipulation of the coffee market cost American consumers about 650 million dollars in October and November.
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Sen
Gillette
Washington
Explosion Wrecks Swift & Co Office in Sioux City
An explosion ripped through the Swift & Co packing plant main office in Sioux City Iowa today demolishing the south side of the five story building. Early estimates put the death toll at 30 to 35 with as many as 200 injured. Officials cited a possible gas leak and described a disaster possibly the worst in Sioux City history as rescue teams labor under debris with gas masks and emergency crews converging from city state and naval reserve units.
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Joux City
Iowa
Swift & Co
Charles Grahl
Iowa National Guard
Des Moines
Walter W. Lindgren
Wahler Krehs
Krehs
Naval Reserve
Greene
Serarant Howard Jensen
Sintx
Council
Nalinha
Department
Naval Reserve and National Guard
Kostov to Hang Five Others Get Life Sentences
In Sofia Bulgaria on December 14 Kostov the former communist vice premier was condemned to death for treason. Nine co defendants were also sentenced with Ivan Stefanov the ex finance minister to life imprisonment and others to long terms in prison. The trial connected to a plot with Americans Britons and Yugoslavs to create a puppet Bulgaria under Tito regime.
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Kostov
Sofia
Bulgaria
Trakho
Ivan Stefanoy
Marenal Tito
Yugoslavia
Ola Pavlov
Bulgarian Comunist Politburo
Forscer Vier
Nikola Nachev
State Committee For Economic Affairs
Tvan Gevrinay
Bulgarian National Bank
Mibder Industries
Ivan Tutey
Board of Foreign Trade
Blagoj Hadjipanzey
Emr JA
Boris A. Mkristev
Bulgarian Trade Sion
Moseq
Tsonye Tsonchey
National Bank
Vasil Ivenovski
Bulgarian Communist Party
Diya Ba Saliev
Minizeg Enterprises
Move Along Death Ends Man's Refusal to Obey
Sacramento dispatch reports Patrolman P J Mooney ordered a man on crutches to move along at a doorway. The man, 61 year old James Eli Burrs, did not respond and later died at a nearby emergency hospital after being stopped by the patrol wagon.
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Sacramento
Der
P. J. Mooney
Mooney
James Eli Burrs
Rita Hayworth’s Baby Not Due Before January
The Aga Khan said Rita Hayworth’s baby would not be born before January. He and Begum left for Rome in a Swiss airliner after speaking to an Associated Press correspondent at the air field.
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Nice
France
Aga Khan
Rita Hayworth
Begum
Rome
Associated Press
Air Field
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