Democrats Jolt New Jersey and NYC Virginia Races
Off year elections produced a New Jersey gubernatorial win for Democrat Meyner and a Democratic Sixth District victory by Harrison Williams Jr. NYC elected Democrat Robert Wagner as mayor, while Virginia chose Democrat Stanley as governor amid a GOP drift. In Washington, GOP setbacks sparked a warning from party leaders and a Democratic north-south west-wide rallying cry.
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N.Y.C
Virginia
New Jersey
Associated Prete
New York City
Congress
Robert F. Weener Jr
Harold Riegelman
Marty F. Byrd
Thomas B. Stanley
Teg Dalton
Robert M. Meyner
Paul BR. Troast
Harrison Aa. Williams Jr
House
California
Williams
George F. Hetfield
Wagner
Riegelman
Rudolph Halley
Liberal Party
Clifford T. McAvoy
American Labor Party
Senhower
Dalton
Rani
Stanley
Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Stephen A. Mitchell
White House
Paul L. Troast
Rain Drenches Texas From Gulf to Panhandle
Drizzling rain soaked Texas from the Gulf Coast to Lubbock and moved toward the Panhandle. It revived winter grains and pastures, with light runoff and slow, steady rain. The U S Department of Agriculture issued an optimistic Texas crop report based on last week’s rains, noting wet soil halted field work across much of the state. Fog shrouded many areas as rain continued midmorning in Lufkin Waco Childress Wichita Falls Lubbock Fort Worth Dallas and Mineral Wells.
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Dallas
Texas
Gulf Coast
Lubbock
Drouth
Texas Panhandle
Austin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Lufkin
Waco
Childress
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Pug Instigates Street Fight Injuring Milwaukee Officers
In Milwaukee former sparring partner “Long John” Hubbard sparked a street brawl that left three police injured. Six officers subdued Hubbard after he resisted, with two billy clubs used and one officer paralyzed an arm. Hubbard, 29, faces resisting an officer and assault charges with bond set at $1000, case continued to November 12. Hubbard says he trained with Joe Louis and was let go in 1948.
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Long John’ Hubbard
Hubbard
Louis
Long John
Pro-Italians Clash With Trieste Cops
Pro Italian demonstrators clashed with police in Trieste on the anniversary of Italy's entry into the city after World War I. About 1000 protesters, mostly students, marched from Redipuglia shrine shouting Viva Trieste and Viva Italia. Police used clubs, injuries occurred, several detained as stones were thrown at military trucks.
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Trieste
Italy
Piazza Unita
Trieste Free Territory
Redipuglia
Giuseppe Pella
United States
Czechs and Poles Escape through West Germany
Three Czech youths and three young Poles fled across the Czech German border after gun battles with Communist police. Two Czechs and two Poles were wounded or killed. the survivors reached Passau while three policemen were reported killed by the escapees. The group claimed 35,000 Polish partisans fight the Soviet led forces as they sought asylum in West Germany.
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Berlin
West Germany
Passau
Germany
West Berlin
U. S
Upper Silesian
Bef Meneath
Czecho-oslovakia
Czechoslovakia
The
West
Clizard Masin
Josef
Milan Paumer
Masin
Believe 4 Dead in Vermont Fire at Waterbury Inn
Fire swept the Waterbury Inn early today after a lightning strike, destroying a 69 year old wooden four story 70 room building and barns. Four people were killed, with three missing including the manager Robert Molony 28 and handyman Richard Brown 55. Fire Chief Neil Fisher requested state fire marshal investigation. total loss estimated at 1125,000.
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Waterbury
Robert Molony
Richard Brown
Neil Fisher
Chief Fisher
Weather Outlook: Increasing Clouds Then Light Showers
The forecast shows growing cloud cover through the evening with light drizzle or scattered showers possible overnight. Temperatures remain mild and winds stay gentle as the system moves through.
Red Coax Methods Protested By John Randolph
U N and neutral observers protested as Communist persuaders harangued Chinese prisoners for up to four hours. Of 403 scheduled, 205 were interviewed. three of the interviewees chose to return to communism, with one declared mentally incompetent and sent to a hospital by the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission. Swiss observers walked out briefly as Indian chairmen overruled protests, while Red persuaders dragged out interviews, wheedling and threatening prisoners. Continued on Page A-5.
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John Randolph Panmunjom
U.N
Neutral Nations
Red
Repatriation Commission
Prns
Mounted Police to Head Rose Parade in Pasadena
The Mounted Police unit with 36 palomino horses and riders in wedge formation will lead the Rose Parade on January 1 in Pasadena. Each rider will carry an American flag, as announced by the Tournament of Roses Association to Pasadena City Manager Sam E. Vickers' office.
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Long Beach Wountea
Pasadena
Tournament of Roses Association
Sam E. Vickers
Notice fragment lists sections and pages of the newspaper
A garbled catalog of sections and page references including Beach Combing, Billy Rosa, Bogie, Brudge, Classifieds, Comics, Crossword, Editorial, Financial, Obituaries, Radio and We, Shipping Table, and page ranges, with several typographical errors and misalignments.
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Billy Rosa
Radio and We Dage
Zsa Zsa Gabor Visits Los Angeles Amid Divorce Drama
Zsa Zsa Gabor, tearful in Los Angeles, accuses husband George Sanders of being dictated by his analyst as he files for divorce. She denies plans to wed Porfirio Rubirosa, reiterates Francesca as her only love, and confirms their finances are in her name. The actress, accompanied by sister Magda, leaves photographers with a somber note on the case.
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Los Angeles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
New York
George Sanders
Sanders
Zsa Zsa
George
Porfirio Rubirosa
Doris Duke
Paris
Francesca
Gabor
Magda
Zsa-Zsa
Believe Tibet Hit by Bad Earthquake
A strong earthquake likely centered in the Tibet mountains was detected by multiple observatories. Fordham University Observatory noted two shocks at 11:09 and 11:18 p.m. their times. Observatories in Italy and Cleveland reported distant readings, but Father Lynch concluded Tibet is the most probable epicenter.
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New York
Tibet
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University Observatory
Long Beach
Bendandi
Feenza
Italy
Vessels Collide Off Spanish Coast In Heavy Fog
The 6543 ton Swedish ship Tonghai and the 10648 ton Esso Cardiff collided today in heavy fog about 50 miles northwest of Cape Ortegal Spain. No injuries reported and both vessels remained afloat amid rescue efforts by nearby ships.
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Bordeaux
France
Tonghai
Esso
Cardiff
Cape Ortegal
Spain
Woman Electrocuted During Vacuum Use
Mrs Hugh A Tate Jr 31 was found clutching a vacuum cleaner handle after a metallic bottom touched by her leg caused an electric shock while she prepared for her son's seventh birthday party in Clemens Michigan. Coroner Dr Raymond G Markle noted burns on her hand and leg indicating a continuous current.
Statue model dies of cancer in Denver
Walter P. Steele, 56, known for modeling the "Typical American Soldier" statue for the John Philip Sousa Memorial Auditorium, died Tuesday at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital Denver. A Paducah Kentucky native, he served in Europe with the First Division in both World Wars and retired in 1945 as a sergeant.
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Denver
Walter P. Steele
John Philip Sousa
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Pug
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Donnybrook
W. G. Dinsmore
Roswell
Hazel Martin
C. G. Webb
Dinsmore
Prague
Vermont
Quint
Marie Dionne
Dionne
Mounted Police
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