End of Occupation German Army Price
Adenauer meets Allied High Commission seeking a security treaty to end occupation controls in exchange for West German troops joining Western Europe's defense force. The Big Three assess terms as Germany seeks equal status and independence before joining the international army plan to grow to one million.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Allied High Commission
Western Europe
West German
John J. McCloy
United States
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Britain
Andre Francois-Poncet
France
Adenauer
Dwight Eisenhower
West Germany
Brussels
Bonn
Ing Up
Charred C-54 Crash Wreckage Found in Luzon Mountains
A U S C-54 transport with 37 aboard wrecked on a rugged 9324 foot Luzon peak. Leach pilots report no sign of life. Among those aboard were Clark Air Base personnel and a civilian U S Government employee. Far East Air Forces in Tokyo has notified relatives.
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Baguio
Philippines
Luzon
U.S. Clark Air Base
U. S
Far East Air Forces Headquarters
Tokyo
Anumher
Clark Air Base
Leonard Totora
Totora
Huntington
N. Y
Train Gift Helps Boy After Fire Claims Family
Eleven year old Tommy Ebbert, the sole survivor with his father after a Duncanville fire killed his mother, grandmother, brother, and three sisters, has received an outpouring of Christmas support. The Altoona boy’s request for a train sparked nationwide gifts including an electric model and jet track, about 500 dollars in cash, and a trust bank account. His father plans to reveal the others’ deaths after Christmas as Tommy recovers in Mercy Hospital, while the family hopes Santa visits this year.
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Ltoona
Tec
Tommy Ebbert
Mercy Hospital
Tommy
Mis Isouri
Minnesota
Florida
United States
Altoona
William
Duncanville
Santa Claus
Ebbert
Margaret Truman
Isounds Comical Owner Loses Home In Mishap Fire
Mitchell Indiana report details a house fire that unfolded as a farce. A neighbor alerted police rather than firefighters, a stalled car blocked access, a broken fire plug valve and blown packing delayed response, and two drivers were arrested for interfering with firemen. The house and Christmas presents were destroyed, with the Tanksleys losing only their clothes.
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Mitchell
Ind
Leon Tanksley
Auto Ami
Mrs. Tanksley
Frank H. Ayres Dies Pioneer of Southern California Real Estate
Frank H. Ayres, a real estate developer in Southern California for nearly 50 years, died yesterday in Los Angeles. He helped create more than 30 subdivisions in Pico, Westchester, West Hollywood, West Los Angeles, and Santa Monica areas. He came to the area in 1905. He is survived by his widow Daisy and a son Donald B. Ayres. Funeral will be tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Frank H. Ayres
California
Ayres
Pico, Westchester
West Hollywood
West Los Angeles
Santsienive
Daisy
Donald B. Ayres
South Koreans Halt Mass Executions amid UN pressure
UN officials said Korea promised to end mass executions and switch to individual sentences for the most heinous crimes. British Brigadier Tom Brodie halted several executions, after intervening against civilian killings on Execution Hill. Kim Joong Yur cited 39 executions on Dec 15, noting 242 of 391 death sentences under the emergency decree have been carried out through December 15.
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Seoul
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Tom Brodie
Brodie
Northumberland Fusiliers
U. N. Commission For the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
Uncurk
U. N
Kim Joong Yur
Kim
Taejona
National Assembly
Policeman Declines Kiss After Accident Inquiry
In Cambridge Massachusetts on December 21 Patrolman Joseph Gould testified he refused a divorcee’s request for a kiss after an automobile crash. She admitted drunken driving and was fined 35 dollars.
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Cambridge
Mass
Joseph Gould
Gould
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