Fred B. Snite Jr. dies in iron lung at 44
Fred B. Snite Jr. died in an iron lung in Miami Beach after 18 years of confinement. The 44 year old, known as the Boller Kid, had traveled with his family from Chicago and remained a bridge enthusiast despite his crippling infantile paralysis. He had been on a world cruise when stricken and survived by his wife Teresa and three children, Teressa, Catherine, and Mary. Funeral arrangements were to be held in Chicago.
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Fred B. Snite Jr
Boller Kid
Chicago
West Palm Beach
Shite
Indian Creek
Snite
Fred Jr
Fred
Notre Dame
Peipings
China
Teresa Larkin
Dayton
Ohio
Winter Haven Daily News Chief Plant Destroyed by Fire
A fire in Winter Haven Florida damaged the Winter Haven Daily News Chief plant with about 200000 dollars in losses. The Lakeland Ledger and the Herald offered facilities to the News Chief publisher W E Rynerson to continue publishing. The blaze threatened the city block but was confined to the News Chief building with smoke and water damage to a neighboring children's wear shop.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Winter Haven Daily News-Chief
Lakeland Ledger
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Herald
George Burr
W. E. Rynerson
News- Chief
Korea Frees Boats MOU Seizures Off Cheju Island
Korea releases two Japanese fishing boats seized near Cheju Island on November 2 in a MOU mediated move. The crews included 2 and 21 men. A wireless message stated the boats were freed and returned.
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Japan
VPI
South Korea
Cheju Island
Reed
War Scene Revisited at Hotel du Portugal Spa Belgium
Memories of wartime life return at Spa Belgium recalling Hotel du Portugal as a press center for American first Army correspondents. Mrs Maria Thonart recalls warmth and normal life returning while Chambre Six housed generals celebrities and Red Cross workers. Robert Thonart notes wartime duty and one man leaving without paying his bill.
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Incheon
Hotel du Portugalhee
Hatel Britannique
Hotel du Portugal
Gay
Red Cross
Adel Eitler
Yale Debaters Back Dior Look In Morality Debate
Yale University debaters argued that Dior's new look in bosoms restores harmony amid overindulgence, defeating three Princeton sophomores who warned the style is artificial. Judges were alumni of Yale, Princeton and Michigan, and the decision was unanimous.
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Conn
Yale University
Dior
Princeton
Strathcona Hall
Yale
Christian Dior
Deid Siavitt
Joel Daly
John Farrell
Daly
al Ross
Robert Rehder
Aven
Venus of Milo
Washington Monument
Thomas Farer
America
Michigan
Philly Waterfront Tie-up Ends in Pact
A two week old waterfront tie up in Philadelphia ended Friday night as the International Longshoremen's Union and the Philadelphia Marine Trade Association ratified a new pact. A mass union meeting and a PMTA Conference adopted the agreement after a four hour session. Local 1291 said dockworkers would return to work today. The dispute centered on the union banning a foreman.
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International Longshoremen's Union
Ind
Philadelphia Marine Trade Assn
PMTA
Painter Receives Mock Check for 150000 Dollars
Memphis news item reports E Wells, a house painter, was given a loan by William Roberts to cover a $150 payment for a job. Roberts endorsed the check to Fields who attempted cashing it after a clerk flagged the large amount. The painter, astonished, claimed he never saw such money before and alerted the bank.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. Wells
William Roberts
Roberts
Fields
U S Opposes Russias Quiet Atom Pool Demands
United States rejects Soviet changes to Eisenhower peaceful atom pool. USSR delegate Vishinsky argues for agency independence from Security Council with veto power. Lodge counters, seeking a veto-free UN affiliated body. eight powers back agency, including Australia Canada France South Africa and Britain.
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United States
Eisenhower
U.N
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Vishinsky
Moscow
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
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Kremlin
Lodge
Atomic Agency
Security Council
U. N
Disarmament Commission
Weat
Atomic Energy Agency
Australia
Belgium
Canada
France
South Africa
Portugal
Britain
Ex Rep Williams of Missouri Dies at 81
Ex Congress member Wil liams of Missouri dies at Deacones Hospital aged 81 from a brain hemorrhage. A Democrat from Hillsboro, he served in the House from 1928 to 1942, on the Banking and Currency Committee and helped author the Federal Reserve Act. his political career included multiple elections and a long Jefferson County residency.
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ST. Louis
Tigue Williams
Hillsboro
Missouri
Deacones Hospital
Williams
Jefferson County
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Compromise Monday Sought on McCarthy
Washington reports GOP leaders target Monday to push a compromise on the McCarthy censure. Some senators say a trimmed resolution might condemn acts by McCarthy without censuring him personally if enough support holds. McCarthy rejects apology or waning support, insisting on a quick vote and defending his conduct amid Democratic and Taft wing opposition.
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Senate
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Creel
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Alan R-Vtsridge
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Tors
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Jone
Aiken
Joe
Watkins Committee
Milwaukee
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Little Old Lady Tows Big Tip For Bellhop
A Philadelphia bellhop Mike McDonnell receives four one dollar bills from a female traveler who then returns them and hands him a hundred dollars while departing in a taxi after unloading her luggage. The exchange shows the teen bellhop’s polite reluctance and the traveler’s generosity.
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Philadelperia
Mike McDonnell
Matic
Pen
Mike
Tre Laly
Korea Veteran Held for Scalding Son
A 26 year old Korean War veteran, William G Bell, is jailed on assault with intent to kill charges after police say he scalded his 3 year old son Robert Bell as punishment. The boy is hospitalized in fair condition. The father allegedly scalded the child while another child died from rat poison. Mrs Bell was detained and later released. the case awaits grand jury action. The family includes three other children being treated for malnutrition and care for a sixth child at a welfare home.
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Ebensburg
Robert Bell
William G. Bell
Ruth Ann Bell
Falice
Bell
Beth
Matthew O'Brien
Tle
Bri
Billy
Welfcare
Tijuana Police Chief Suspended in Jewel Robbery Bust
A batch of 27 Tijuana police detectives were arrested in a jewel and money shakedown tied to a larger crime ring. Police Chief Ramon Zamora Manjarrez and other officials were suspended amid accusations of taking jewelry and money from suspects. editor Jose Bustamante reported threats against him after exposing the case. Ellis Island closes after 162 years as immigrant processing shifts. the last detainees are moved to the mainland and the gateway reduces operations under new policy.
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Thuana
Mexico
Mexican Army
Aeese
Oden M. Bobo
Los Angeles
Ramon Zamora Manjarrez
Hermosilla
Evangelino J Luvana
Las Notelas
New York
Ellis Island
America
New York Harbor
Edward Oh Shauphanessy
Ellis
New York City
Sonte Fer
Five Facing Murder Charge in Baby Death
LEPANTO Ark deputy prosecuting attorney I 2a Methvin said he charged five Lepanto residents with murder in the death of a newborn girl whose skeleton was found in an attic last Sunday. The defendants are Laverne Fike 24 described as mother of the child her father Charles Fike 62 her brother Marcus Eugene Fike 18 her half sister Mrs Kathleen Carson 30 and Mrs Carson's husband Carlos 49. A coroner s jury ruled the child died by strangulation and Miss Fike said she gave birth to the child last January while she, her father and her brother lived in the house they moved in February.
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One Way Figueroa and Flower Streets Adopted
Los Angeles announces that Uti Figueroa and Flower Streets between 22nd and 38th will become one way starting Monday at 10 am. Traffic will flow south on Figueroa and north on Flower Street due to a new freeway section opening at noon.
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Uti
Figueroa and
Flower Sts
38Th
Sis
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