Fog and storms grip broad U S across regions
Associated Press reports widespread fog rain and snow across the nation. The precipitation belt extends 200 to 300 miles from eastern Kansas northeastward to the Great Lakes and northern Appalachians. Air travel slowed with Midway suspending arrivals. Temperatures range from subfreezing in the north to mild in the south with 60s in the southern plains.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Ward
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Plains
Chicago
Midway Airport
Detroit
Milwaukee
South Bend
Ind
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
New England
Rockies
Pacific Coast
California
Mississippi Valley
Peiping Paper switches to horizontal Chinese type
Kwongming Daily News in Peiping adopts a horizontal right to left typesetting method for Chinese characters. In its first issue under the new look editors publish a letter arguing writing horizontally suits Chinese living habits. The piece recalls historical shifts from vertical writing tied to ancient practices.
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Kwongming Daily News
Peiping
New China News Agency
New Look
Rayburn Named Speaker by Democrats for 84th Congress
Sam Rayburn of Texas was unanimously chosen by Democrats to be speaker of the House in the 84th Congress convening at noon Wednesday. His selection guarantees his election as Democrats take control of Congress. Rayburn, who turns 73 Thursday, has served as speaker longer than any prior holder, first elected in September 1940 and keeping the post except during Republican-controlled 80th and 83rd Congresses.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Rayburn
Tan
White House Moves In on Ladejinsky's Ouster
Washington reports the White House is engaging in the Ladejinsky dismissal dispute with Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson and Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams. The case has sparked Democratic probes and Jewish group protests over alleged anti semitism in the ouster. Benson denies responsibility for a controversial letter. Barr notes his plans in Germany and congressional programs, with no White House comment.
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Washington
White House
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Sherman
Adams
Agriculture Department
Tokyo
Wolf Ladejinsky
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Ladejinsky
State Department
Democrats
Henry Edward Schultz
B'nai Brith Antidefamation League
Benson
Milan Smith
George N. Vitt
New York
Department
Schultz
Joseph M. Barr
Jewish War Veterans
Irving M. Engel
American Jewish Committee
Smith
Barr
Hagerty
Germany
Congress
Arrests of Wetbacks Drops in U S Reports
A government report notes a sharp drop in arrests of wetbacks in the last half of 1954, countering claims that a Vitt letter reflected the attitude of right-thinking Americans. Officials warn both left and right factions could fuel subversive actions and stress border patrols faced monitoring and public scrutiny.
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Ment
Benson
Vitt
EL Centro Uri
Barr
Border Patrol
Ladejinsky
Paign
el Centro
Scientists Warn H War Could Doom Mankind Within 1 000 Years
Two University of Illinois scientists Dr. Eugene Rabinowitch and Dr. Henry Quastler warned that a small hydrogen bomb war could spell mankind’s doom within a thousand years. They warned radioactivity could affect heredity, increasing with each blast, contaminating land, air, and ocean, and eventually sealing humanity’s fate.
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Champaign
Ill
Eugene Rabinowitch
Henry Quastler
University of Illinois
Quastler
Six Bay Teachers Test Ban by Endorsing Local Candidates
Six San Francisco public school teachers and officers of the Classroom Teachers Assn endorsed three local candidates for office in a move described as a test of a city Board of Education ban on campaigning. The letters urged Mayor Robison to reappoint school board president Charles Foehn and supported William Murphy for director of the retirement system and Ethel Davis for the Health Service Board, with plans to present copies to the school board.
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San Francisco
Robinson
Charles Foehn
Joseph Aliote
Teachers Assn
Alioto
Youth Admits Strangling of Sister in Ohio
Frederick Spears, 17, confessed to strangling his sister Patricia, 15, whose nude body was found in a thicket near Galion, two and a half miles from her home. He said the act followed a pillow fight at about 9:30 am Friday. no motive was given. Parents were at work at the time.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Elwood F. Jacobs
Frederick Spears
iPatricia
Galion
Jacobs
Frederick
Flying Bixbys Survivor Flies Wife's Body Home
The body of Mrs. Bixby, found in the cockpit of her plane after a missing check point in rain and mist, was flown home by the Bixby cargo service with Navy support. James Watkins, a Navy diver, retrieved the body and an aircrew transported it to Loreto then Santa Paula. Bixby, distraught, declined comment as family members gathered at Norwalk home.
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Dianna
E. E. Converse
Dianna Bixby
Long Beach
Gulf of California
James Watkins
Navy
San Diego
Coast Guard
Loreto
Bixby
DCS
Municipal
Caroline E. Bixby
S. Leibacher St
Norwalk
Burtis Bixby
Eagle Rock
Held 3 Weeks Boy 7 Gets Closed Hearing in Sex Case
A 7 year old boy from a rural mining district faced a closed juvenile court hearing on alleged sex offenses. Judge Morton denied a request for an open hearing and a private session was held at Juvenile Hall. The case involved alleged acts against a female slightly under five and involved confinement in a juvenile facility. The court noted the matter is not a criminal case and the boy is not charged with a malicious crime.
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Enity
O. K. Mornteday
Ton
Russell Waite
Henry Ray
Court of Appeals
Gev
Waite
Hall
Morton
Matthews
Riverside UF
Driver Unhurt In 100 Foot Embankment Crash
Henry C. Padilla 19 of Howard escaped uninjured after his car stalled on a hill crest near Howard Colorado and sped over a 100foot embankment rolling five and a half times. Patrolman Lloyd Goldsmith said the vehicle gained speed on a curve, went over the bank, struck trees, and stopped 100 feet down on another road.
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Canon City
Colol i
Henry C. Padilla
Howard
Lloyd Goldsmith
Padilla
Fress Telegram Puptisned Daily At Long Beach
Muddled OCR text states a Long Beach California newspaper with daily publication except Sunday. Mentions street addresses Pine Avenue and confusion over circulation, delivery charges, and wartime postal markings. The fragment notes a 1858 class matter and 1879 act, but specifics are unclear.
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Bisin
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
California
Breau
Tarrier Delvery
Mad
Gauterne
Recruiting Rush After Jan 31 Benefit Cut
Recruiting offices nationwide report a surge of volunteers to beat the January 31 deadline affecting veterans benefits. Boston officials note the boom is the strongest since World War II with 63 enlistments, far above the normal day average, driven by the loss of education training loan guarantees and unemployment pay for those entering service after January 31.
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Associated Press
Boston
Anly Army
Uppen
Dulles Reshapes State Duties in Second Authority Cut
United States Secretary of State Allen Dulles reduces the State Department’s control by shifting inspection powers over housing and maintenance to Loy W. Henderson. McLeod’s authority in security and consular work is also reduced as Salzman’s post ends by law. The Winston committee’s reforms, including personnel and passport visa oversight, are part of the changes.
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State Department
Dulles
Scott McLeod
Lu. S
McLeod
Be Ziso
Opera Public Committee
Henry M
Winston
Brown University
Winston ‘Committee
Fri Cgay
Loy W. Henderson
Henderson
Iran
Charles E. Salzman
Salzman
Washington
Foreign Service
State Department Home Service
Merced Special Prosecutor Asked in Lottery Case
Former District Attorney Don Mayes urged California Attorney General Edmund Brown to appoint a special prosecutor for the Sister Mary Peter lottery case. Mayes, whose term ended, notes it is controversial and would be unfair to a new DA to handle it early. He may serve as prosecutor but declines to urge himself.
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Merced
Atty
Mayes
Edmund Brown
Mary Peter
Stephen P. Galvin
Flossie Lobo
Trio Testifies Lost Ship Not Seaworthy
In New Orleans investigators heard three former crewmen say the ship Southern districts was a bucket of rust before she vanished on North Atlantic waters. The Coast Guard board is examining patchwork repairs and faulty gear on the converted World War II LST that left Fort Sulphur Louisiana December 2 with 23 aboard bound for Bucksport Maine. No contact has been made with the vessel since, and only a lone life ring was found off Florida.
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New Orleans
Southern Districts
North Atlantic
Coast Guard Board
Fort Sulphur
Dee
Bucksport
Florida
French Italian Talks to Discuss Economic Alliance
Rome expects an official three day visit by French Premier Mendes France and Mrs Mendes France to discuss a closer Franco Italian economic alliance. Premier Scelba will host talks likely covering rearmament plans for East Germany and other technical aspects during the visit starting Tuesday morning.
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Rome
Pia
France
Italy
Mario Scelba
Mendes-France
East Geremany
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