Eisenhower to work on State of the Union in Augusta
President Eisenhower will fly to Augusta Georgia on Christmas Day or the day after to draft the State of the Union and begin budget work. He and Mrs Eisenhower will stay at the Augusta National Golf Club with their son Maj John Eisenhower and grandchildren. The stay could extend through New Year’s Day and the White House tree lighting will be broadcast at 4 30 p m eastern from the executive mansion.
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Eisenhower
Augusta
Congress
M's. Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Maj
John Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
White House
Council OKs Gas Pacts Negotiation
The City Council authorized City Manager Samuel E. Vickers to negotiate two two year gas contracts. Lomita Signal Wilmington Associates will sell excess harbor royalty dry gas to Long Beach Edison for 75 percent of the sale price. Wilmington Gasoline Co. will supply stand by gas. Long Beach purchased 126 million cu ft in winter months and at least that much may be needed in 1954 55. Rates on both sale and purchase vary from 18 to 25 cents per 1000 cu ft.
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Samuel E. Vickers
Lomita-Signal-Wilmington Associates
Long Beach Edison
Wilmington Gasoline Co
Long Beach
J. R. McHenry
McHenry
Council approves cabin bids for Mt Wilson camp project
City Manager Sam F. Vickers authorized to seek bids for four cabins at Camp Hi Hill on Mt Wilson. Estimated cost 40000 dollars. Three cabins of 800 square feet will house 27 children, and one 880 square foot cabin will provide quarters for the camp rector.
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Sam EF. Vickers
Camp Hi- Hill
Mt. Wilson
Camp Ab
Soviet A Bomber Can Hit Most of America
London reports a semiofficial catalog says Russia has long range bombers able to carry atomic bombs to most U S cities and rocket driven fighters to counterattack. Jane's All the World's Aircraft notes a faster MiG-15 night fighter and jet bombers tied to Red Korea era claims. No performance data is available.
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London
Russia
U.S
Jane’s
Noted U S Writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Dies
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 57, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Yearling, died in a Augustine hospital after indigestion. A Washington D C native and University of Wisconsin graduate, she authored South Noon Under and Cross Creek and received the O Henry Memorial Short Story Award in 1933. Survived by second husband Norton Baskin, operator of a Marine Land restaurant.
L A Teacher Loyalty Probe Protested by Demonstration
In Los Angeles a crowd demonstrated against a state loyalty probe targeting school employees for alleged Communist ties. Speakers claimed the hearing infringed on civil liberties and named groups such as the Los Angeles Federation of Teachers and Citizens Committee for Freedom in Education as organizers. Police patrolled the building as demonstrators urged postponement pending constitutionality review.
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Robert Sellman
PTA
Los Angeles Board of Education
Virginia Wilson
Rg H
Los Angeles
Dem
Ers
Los Ans
Geles Federation of Teachers
Board
Citizens Committee For Freedom
Democratic Central
Women
Legislar
Building Union
Southland Jewish
Parents For Bet
Boys Held Hostages by Drink-Crazed Dad
In Columbus Ohio deputies used tear gas and machine gun fire to end a 16 hour siege by Charles Eldon McLaughlin 28 father of three who had locked his sons in a trailer and threatened to kill them. One son Charles Ivan 8 remained hostage while Ronald Lee 6 and another child were later released. McLaughlin was captured and jailed as deputies prepared attempted manslaughter charges.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Eldon McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Charles Ivan
Ronald Lee
Here
Helen
Thomas E. McLaughlin
Robert Leon
Kidnap Cash Inquiry to Hear Four Cops
In Kansas City a federal inquiry into the Bobby Greenlease kidnap case resumes with testimony expected from four St. Louis police officers on duty the night Carl Austin Hall was arrested. Miss Barbara Cupp 17 is alleged to have committed perjury in a prior probe as the grand jury convenes.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Hall
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Barbara Cupp
Kid Mexicos Seek West Covina Community Center
Edna A Faulkner wife of Kid Mexico petitioned West Covina City Council to open a community center offering Lite-O-Line and other games. The proposal cites recreation needs in a growing city. Faulkner known for Signal Hill bingo actions faces past fines and federal tax issues.
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Kid Mexicos
Signal Hit
West Covina
Edna A. Faulkner
Ted Faulkner
Kid Mexico
Faulkner
Signal Hill
Oil City
South Laguna
23Rd St
Orange Ave
el Monte
Pomona
Garvey Bly
Arguments Open in Spreckels Trial
In Santa Ana, arguments opened in the Adolph Spreckels felony assault trial as Judge Robert Gardner denied a defense plea for a directed verdict of acquittal. The case centers on the alleged mauling of the heir to the Sugar fortune at the Spreckels home on August 20.
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Santa Ana
Adolph ‘Spreckels
Robert Gardner
Congress Pay Raise Studied
Washington reports a federal commission study on salaries is expected to back a $10 000 a year raise for Senators Representatives and federal judges McCarran a adviser to the commission said hearings will boost his bill approved by the Senate judiciary committee but not acted on in Congress the plan would lift pay from 15000 to 25000 for lawmakers and increase judges pay to 40000 for chief justice and 310 000 for other judges with a January 15 report deadline and a 60 day congressional action window
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McCarran
D.-Nev
Federal Commission
Commission On Judicial and
Congressional
Congress
Harlier
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Bernard G. Segal
Philadelphia Bar Assa
Morris Mitchell
Minneapolis
Mina
American Bar Association
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Arthur Goldberg
CIO
Atty
Gen. Brownell
New York
Pennsylvania
Nixon Reports to Security Council on Far East Tour
Vice President Nixon briefed the National Security Council on a phase of his world tour after detailing Far East conditions to U S mayors. He plans a fuller report next week, with regions covering Australia New Zealand Japan Southeast Asia and South Asia including Nehru’s stance on neutrality.
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Security Council
Washington
National Security Council
U.S
State Department S
Middle
Far East
Council
Hisens
Howev
Potes
Asia
Middle East
Pacific
U. S
Indochina
State Department
Fisemower
South Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Southeast Asia
Korea
South Asia
United States
India
Nehru
Vacuum Firm Pleads Guilty to TV Pitch
A Los Angeles attorney for Thrifty Vacuum Cleaner Stores Inc pleaded guilty to false advertising on television. Individual officers were dismissed. sentence set for January 5. The company offered free gifts with a vacuum rental but demanded upfront payments and a 10 percent gift value, according to detectives.
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Los Angeles
Vacuum Cleaner Company
Gerald Kepple
Milton L. Lyle
Robert Cravat
Eugene Vickry
William Griffiths
Thrifty Vacuuum Cleaner Stores, Inc
Jimmy Gleason
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