Set Church Fires 17 Year-Old Soldier Claims
A 17 year-old soldier from Santa Monica, recently released from Fort MacArthur Army Hospital after pneumonia treatment, admits setting fires at Trinity Church in Long Beach after hitchhiking from home. He says he targeted the church after an attempted burglary at a school and that authorities believed arson was unlikely. He joined the 1st Infantry, Heavy Mortar Co. and had planned to report to Fort Ord.
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Irvine
McCarthy
Fort MacArthur
Army Hospital
San Pedro
Fort Ord
Santa Moztica
Long Beach
Trinity Church
1St Infantry
Truck Rams Train Killing Mother and Three Tots
GRAPELAND Texas. A mother Mrs Forrest Walling 40 Grapeland and three children Virginia Walling 17 Pamela and Paula 3 were killed when their small truck collided with the Texas Eagle at a crossing. One adopted child Nancy Franklin 9 was critically injured. The husband was not located three hours after the crash which occurred at 8 20 am.
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Grapeland
Tex
Texas Eagle
Missouri Patifee
J. S&s. Turner
Crockett
Forrest Walling
Virginia Walling
Fivin
Pamela
Paula
Nancy Franklin
Houston
Turner
Chinese Reds Stage Heavy Tachens Raid
Formosa defense ministry said about 100 Chinese Red planes in seven waves carried the heaviest air attack of the civil war on the Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa. Civilian casualties were described as considerable. up to 20,000 troops and guerrillas were entrenched on the islands. The raid, involving LAN bombers and MIG escorts, lasted from dawn to late afternoon, with 300 bombs reported though many fell into the sea.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Defense Ministry
Red China
United States
7Th Fleet Guards
Min
Mechanic's trunk rattle tale prompts Kidnap alarm
In Philadelphia, a mechanic used his car to locate a rattling sound by placing his son Mike in the trunk. A woman reported a man shoving a boy into a car trunk and driving off. Police traced the license to Benedict Szot, who explained the boy was inside the trunk to find the rattle. Mike found it.
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Philadelphia
Benedict Szot
Mike
Talks End Fliers Fate Undisclosed
News from Peiping and New York details the end of talks with Hammarskjold and unclear fliers fate. Chou Enlai hosted a farewell dinner as Hammarskjold planned a multi city journey through Canton Hong Kong Tokyo Honolulu and San Francisco. U N diplomats weighed the communique while Peiping Radio attacked U S policy amid war fears and India urged a quick airman release.
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Lind
Peiping
United States
U. N
Elief
Chou
Hemmarskjold
Chon
Hatomarskiold
Areasiping
U. S
Europe
Far East
Japan
Hammarskjald
New York Times
New Delhi
India
Dispatch
Times
A. MM. Rosenthal
China
Nehru
Canton
Hong Kong
Hammarskjold
William Stevenson
Toronto Star
Stewardess Heroine of Airliner Crash in Florida
Stewardess Sarah Reeves of Dania Florida praised as heroine after guiding 20 passengers to safety from a Lockheed Lodestar at Pinellas International Airport. The plane to Sarasota Fort Myers and West Palm Beach crashed on takeoff as gear failed and engine caught fire. all aboard unharmed. Captain Marshal Hope and co pilot George Graham based in Miami were commended for rapid evacuation.
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St, Petersburg
Flo. WI
National Air Lines
Miami
Sarah Reeves Aff
Dania
Fla
Kathy
Pinellas International
Sarasota
Fort Myers
West Palm Beach
Jacksonville
Cant
Marshal Hope
Capriot
George Graham
Hastings-on-Hudson
WAL
Eisenhower Pushes Trade Reform and Tariff Cuts
President Eisenhower urged Congress to grant authority to negotiate tariff reductions up to 50 percent for three years and to cut rates to 30 percent, while expanding technical aid, promoting travel, and backing a $100 million World Bank finance corp. He linked farm prosperity to abroad markets and emphasized gradual, mutual tariff changes to strengthen national security and growth.
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Eisenhower
Ito
Congress
Unil
United States
Free World
U. S
International Finance Corp
World Bank
America
Presidential Commission On Foreign Economic Policy
Clarence B. Randall
Chicago Steel
Democratic National Committee
House
Ways ‘and Means Committee
Rep. Cooper
Tennessee
Rayburn
Hearing Aid Ad by Beltone President John L Burton
A Beltone hearing aid advertisement by John L Burton promotes Beltone triple transistor devices. The piece recounts a boy once thought dull who, with hearing aid support, gained confidence and later a university scholarship. It invites readers to demo free analyses and arrange appointments with liberal terms.
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Beltone
Ace
John L. Barton
Beltone Hearing Aids
Kress
Double Slaying Laid to Nevadan in Japan
A 26 year old American civilian in Yokohama admitted killing two Japanese women, including his wife, and gravely wounding himself. The Army identified the suspect as Gerald BR. Hammer of Sparks Nevada, an employee at the nearby Funechinobe engineer supply control office, now in serious but hopeful condition.
Dancer Dies After Long Illness in London
Annette Mills, famed for introducing the Charleston to Europe in 1923, died today after a long illness. Reports describe Red China trips and tensions in Canton with troops and patrols, amid inquiries about U.S. airmen and fuller information from Peiping.
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London
Annette Mills
Europe
Red China
Canton
Stevenson
Red
Hammarskjald
Peiping
U.S
Speed Reading Series Starts Jan 17 in P T
The Press Telegram reports a City College pace reading course taught by Mrs Purdy aiming to increase reading speed for a diverse group from housewives to professors. It cites averages from 200 wpm to 400 plus wpm with improved comprehension, noting outcomes at Long Beach State and New York programs. Watch for How to Read Faster next Monday Jan 17.
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Furdy
Chicago
Foundation For Better Reading
Reading Laboratory of
New York
New York School
Kenneth Baldridge
James I. Brown
L Wasd Youry
Long Beach State
Powder
Atlantic Ave
Yaury
Art
State College
Youry
Snowden Ave
Press-Telegram
High Court Denies Reds Case Review
Thirteen second-string Communist leaders were denied a Supreme Court review of their New York subversive conspiracy convictions. They were convicted January 21, 1953, after an eight month trial and received sentences from one year and a $2,000 fine to three years and a $6,000 fine. Justice Black favored granting a review while counsel listed nine questions, including trial impartiality amid pre trial opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Black
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