Attlee Resigns As British Labor Party Chief
London AP reports Clement Attlee resigns as Labor Party leader after 20 years at the helm. The three way contest for successor features Herbert Morrison Hugh Gaitskell and Aneurin Bevan with Morrison and Gaitskell seen as moderates. Attlee’s retirement follows age and ill health.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Morrison
Gaitskell
Attlee
Labor
Coleagues
House of Commons
Ovs
House of Lords
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Empire
Five children die in two Hamilton Ohio fires
In Hamilton two sisters aged 8 and 6 and brother 2 suffocated in a blaze at 502 S Monument Ave. Lenita 9 and James 7 escaped. mother was away. Castine saw two sisters Wanda Sue Hofacker 2 and Schery 9 months die in a flash fire. Fire officials cited grease ignition and possible kerosene spill as causes.
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Hamilton
Marva Simmons
Lucille
John
Castine
Wanda Sue Hofacker
Schery
Lenita Simmons
Raf Ralph Lenean
Lenita
James Jr
James Simmons
Cincinnati
Middletown
Auretha Jordan
James
Mercy Hospital
S. Monument Ave
Garret J. Boone
Lindenwald
Starney Hofacker
Hook Named Man Of Year In Industry
Charles R. Hook chairman of Armco Steel was named NAM Man of the Year 1955 by the Old Timers Council at NAM Congress. He rose from rolling mill employee in 1902 to head of Armco, now employing 30 000, and has served on the Hoover Commission and eight other federal bodies. He holds honorary degrees from 10 universities.
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New York
Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Corp
NAM
Old Timers Council
Congress of American Industry
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Hook
William H. Ruffin
Erwin Mills
Durham
N. C
Waldorf- Astoria
Armco
Hoover Commission
New Finding Puts Cancer Cure Closer
New York based Sloan-Kettering Institute reports fundamental evidence on cancer cell formation. The study claims a rational approach to cancer control may be possible, noting each cell type requires specific nucleic acid buildup. Laboratory work shows some animal cancer cells can be killed without harming nearby normal cells.
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New York
Sloane-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Man
Farmers Roamed by Wild Beast Belt of Lisbon Area
In Lisbon and West Point Ohio residents report a roaming wild beast killing livestock. On the Raymond Dille farm a day-old calf disappeared and Wilbert Adams says the animal killed 13 piglets and several chickens. Tracks show large paws suggesting a lynx or wildcat.
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Lisbon
Ohio
West Point
Raymond Dille
Wilbert Adams
Cleveland Boy Claims Hoax in Fire Torch Attack
A 17 year old boy told police three youths chained him to a tree and set him ablaze in a sequence that may be a hoax. DetECTIVE Kerr noted many inconsistencies suggesting the youths may not exist or the tale was exaggerated. The boy suffered burns over about 85 percent of his body and was hospitalized naked with a branch chained to his waist.
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Cleveland
David E. Kerr
Kerr
Earl R. Fryman
Fairview Hospital
Rocky River
Metropolitan Park
Capt. Kerr
St. Ignatius
Khrushchev and Bulganin Tour India Rally in Burma
Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin return from Burma to India on a South Asian tour. They join a joint Burmese Indian demand to turn Formosa over to Red China and ban nuclear weapons. They outline aims on Indochina elections, disarmament, Korea unification, and ending power blocs amid sharp West criticism.
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Rangoon
Burma
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
India
Bulgania
U Nu
Formosa
Red China
Indochina
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South Korea
North Korea
Khrushchev
West
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Vance
Aidan
Miene
Europe
Pesky Gopher Wins 1st Round
Farmer Paul Thomas faced a gopher that bumped a mortar into a mint hole causing a bomb to ignite a hay pile. Firemen saved the house and barn but 12 tons of hay burned. Thomas says the gopher still peers from the hole.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Paul Thomas
Thomas
Big Aid Program Readied For Schools
New York reports Marion B. Folsom says the Eisenhower administration will present to Congress a broadened program to help build thousands of schools. He notes federal support can aid construction without eroding local control while urging continued state and local efforts and cautioning against tax increases.
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New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Marion B. Folsom
Health, Education and Welfare
Afl-Cio
Folsom
Guest Not Welcome Divorce Suit Filed in Eureka
Eureka California. A man filed for divorce from Nora his wife citing extreme cruelty. The suit was filed yesterday in Superior Court and seeks a dissolution of the marriage.
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Eureka
Calif
Welco
Areka
Nora
Ship Attack Report Denied by Hong Kong Authorities
Hong Kong officials said the claim that the British freighter Hydralock was attacked by Chinese Nationalist planes off Paichuan Island was absolutely untrue. The denial clarified no evidence supported the report and no attack occurred as described.
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Hong Kong
Paichuan Island
Reds arrest two GIs in East Berlin
East Berlin authorities announced that two American soldiers were arrested after allegedly beating a cabaret performer. The East Berlin radio and ADN cited the incident and said police handed the men to Soviet military authorities, with no identities disclosed.
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Reds
East Berlin
ADN
Weather outlook shows light snow and rising temps
Drizzly period through Thursday with increasing clouds. Light snow today may mix with rain tonight. Thursday expected to be mostly cloudy and warmer with occasional light rain. Yesterday's unofficial high reached 38 with a low around 22 this morning.
Dawn Blast Buries 32 In Germany
A pre dawn explosion wrecked a midtown Frankfurt apartment block killing many and trapping 32 people. Six hours after the blast rescue workers faced collapse while seven were rescued and one later died. The owner architect died with several tenants among the dead.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Police hunt for minister’s daughter in Pueblo disappearance
Donna May Upton, 19, a hospital laboratory technician and daughter of Rev Gabriel S. Upton, vanished from the family home in Pueblo after leaving for the post office. A scarf and a broken wrist watch found near the home sparked the abduction search. The car’s keys were left in a restaurant door, and neighbors heard no disturbance. The missing woman is described as 5 feet 4, 120 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
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Gabriel S. Upton Jr
Donna May
Cable Hits Car as Tow Cable Snaps Across Road
An 18 year old Baldwin Wallace College sophomore drove into a tow cable stretched across Sprague Road Cleveland. He ducked to avoid decapitation as the cable sheared the car top above the hood. The truck operator William Donner of Strongsville was in surgery at Crile VA Hospital for facial injuries.
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Cleveland
Baldwin - Wallace College
Sprague Road
William Donner
Strongsville
Crile Veterans Administration Hospital
Lone Gunman Robs Bank In $100000 Vault Heist
A gunman abducted nine First National Bank workers at Lake Geneva Wisconsin, locked them in a vault one by one, and fled with a packing box of currency estimated at more than $100,000.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
First National Bank
White House Yuletide Tree Being Reached
A 65 foot Black Hills spruce from South Dakota arrives at President's Park for decoration. A 70 foot scaffolding will support eight thousand lights and ornaments as six workers take three days to finish. President Eisenhower will light it at 5 p.m. on December 18 at Gettysburg.
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Washington
White House
Black Hills
President's Park
South Dakota
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
U. S
Army Oe
Union Rejects Eisenhower Labor Policies At AFL CIO Meet
In New York the merged AFL CIO delegates unanimously condemned the Eisenhower administration for anti labor policies and NLRB actions. They criticized monetary policy and urged expansion of housing and social programs amid a stable wage economy. Meany moves to quell intra union feuding as Teamsters adjust IUD membership.
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New York
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Mitchell
Eisenhower
NLRB
George Meany
AFL and
CIO
New
Industrial Union Department
IUD
Meany
Teamsters Union
IUC
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Beck
Skeleton found in Wyoming home ends vanished wife mystery
In Casper Wyoming a woman's skeleton was found in a basement tomb of a home owned by James Alexander and his wife Rose. Rose admitted burying Barbara Alexander after an accidental death caused by falling bricks. No charges filed as detectives investigate the case and whereabouts of the couple's five children.
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Wyoming
Casper, Wyo
Barbara Alexander
Natrona County
Ray Whittaker
Rose Alexander
James
Whittaker
Alexander
Alexanders
Barbara
Hardin, Mont
C. J. Carter
Rose
Carter
Casper High School
Worland
Wyo
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