Dulles Urges Western Alliance to Back Massive Retaliation
Secretary of State Dulles in Chicago argues Western nations must bolster alliances and sustain a massive retaliation posture to deter Soviet aggression. He says a flexible, locally tailored approach will be used, with collective security backed by an arsenal of retaliation and continued foreign aid.
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Chicago
Russia
Tate Dull
Dulles
Illinois Manufacturers Assn
Soviet Union
Truman
United States
Newsmen
Congress
AFL-CIO Plans Giant Organizing Drive Worldwide
At the AFL-CIO founding convention in New York George Meany announced an aggressive two year push to enroll millions of new members. The drive targets chemical, textile and paper industries and office workers while former CIO unions pledged four million dollars for organizing. Meany and Reuther urged unity and practical action to raise living standards through higher wages and broader union reach.
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New York
Afl-Cio
George Meany
AFL
CIO
Reuther
Meany
Charles R. Sligh Jr
NAM
Sligh
Aflcio
America
Paratyphoid Hits 27 More Persons
Lancaster health officials announced 27 new paratyphoid cases raising total to 81 in the county yesterday. Most victims were children as doctors continued mass inoculations and antibiotic treatment under state aid. Paratyphoid is a bacterial disease with typhoid like symptoms.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Rub-Out In Chicago Claims One-Time Capone Adviser
A 64 year old brewer and former mob financial adviser, Alex Louis Greenberg, was shot to death on a South Side street as he and his wife left a restaurant. Police say the slaying was likely not by professionals and point to possible debt collection. Greenberg had ties to the Capone era syndicate and had testified in related trials and congressional hearings.
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Chicago
Old Capone
Alex Louis Greenberg
Mont
Greenberg
McLaughlin
New York City
Capone
Charles
Cherry Nose
Gioe
Frank Maritote
Frank Diamant
Campagna
Florida
D’andreas Auersles
California
Honor Student Flunks Course In Burglary
A man claiming Phi Beta Kappa honors and a criminology background was jailed in Los Angeles on burglary suspicion. Joel Noah White, 27, allegedly stole 91 dollars from an acquaintance, with further charges of three other burglaries involving watches and recordings. White said he graduated from New York City College in 1949 and earned a master’s at Ohio State University in 1952, and formerly worked as a New York County probation officer.
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Los Angeles
New York County
Joel Noah White
Johanna Laus
White
New York City College
Ohio State University
Los Angeles County
Jaunting Reds Visit Kashmir
Khrushchev and Bulganin arrive in Srinagar for a 48 hour visit adding to tensions in Kashmir. The two Soviet leaders travel from Jaipur amid crowds and respond to cheers with calls of Indians and Russians are brothers.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Bulganin
Kremlin
Jaipur
India
Maharajah Bulganin
Pakistan
Indian Subcontinent
Santa Claus Visits Warren County Home This Sunday
The 40 and 8 Volture help bring Santa to the Warren County Children's Home in Lebanon on Sunday, December 18 as part of the annual project to brighten the children's lives. The Miami Valley section previews the Charity Ball two weeks away, noting its role in supporting Middletown Hospital and naming committee chairs and the ball theme. A Neighborly Act spotlights a Christmas wish fulfilled for Mrs. R. Price on Stanley Street by friends and family.
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Santa Claus
Warren County
Lebanon
Miami Valley
Middletown Federation of Women’s Clubs
Middletown Hospital
R. Price
Stanley Street
Double Truck Car Crash Fatal Near Lancaster
Two trucks and a car collided on U.S 22 three miles west of Lancaster killing driver Harry H. Crider 42 of Lancaster, brother of Fairfield County sheriff.
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Lancaster
Ohio
U.S 22
Harry H. Crider
Fairfield County
Here
U N Presses Vote On Four Power Open Sky Plan At Meeting
The United States France Canada and Britain push for a vote on a four power disarmament plan prioritizing Eisenhower's open sky proposal. The plan would start new talks focusing on ground inspection and overall Soviet disarmament aims, with Soviet amendments challenging priority to the broader plan.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Eisenhower
United States
France
Canada
Britain
Bulganin
Geneva
V. V. Kuznetsov
Hearing Set For Chessman On New Plea
Cary Chessman the rapist kidnapper and author of Cell 2455 Death Row will face a January 9 hearing on a new plea to escape the gas chamber The hearing was set by U S Judge Louis Goodman after the Supreme Court ordered a new trial citing faults in the trial transcript Chessman was convicted in Los Angeles June 25 1948 on 17 counts including kidnapping rape and robbery and was on parole from an 11 year to life robbery term.
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San Francisco
Cary Chessman
Chessman
San Quentin
U. S
Louis Goodman
U. S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles
British Peer Proposes UN Control of Nuclear Arsenal
Lord Fraser of North Cape urged the United Nations to hold sole custody of all nuclear weapons. He proposed burying bombs halfway up Mt. Everest and limiting the stock to 300 to 500. A Security Council decision would decide when to use or remove bombs in crises.
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London
United Nations
Mt. Everest
Fraser
North Cape
House of Lords
Security Council
Delinquent Tax Total Tops $1.6 Billion Mark
The Internal Revenue Service reports about 1.7 million taxpayers owe 1.671 billion dollars in delinquent taxes of all kinds. An IRS spokesman called the amount high but not abnormal.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Attlee Keeps Title Secret As He Becomes Earl
In London Clement Attlee plans to style himself Earl Attlee of a place tied to his life. His wife Violet will be Countess Attlee. The exact territorial name remains secret not being Great Missenden.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Labor Party
Earl Attlee
Violet
Great Missenden
Attlee
Attlees
Cold weekend forecast grips Miami Valley with Arctic chill
Weather signs point to a cold week end as Arctic air moves south in wintry blasts. The Miami Valley faces a deep freeze through Sunday with cold weather today, wind by evening, and mostly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday. Snow flurries are possible and temperatures drop to a low of 16 tonight.
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Miami Valley
Man steals after no adding machine repair call
In Whittier a man spent two hours repairing an adding machine in a department store then fled with 7455 dollars in cash. He threatened cashier Lela E Thompson with a gun as he stuffed the money into a briefcase. No repair call had been placed.
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Whittier
Calif
Lela E. Thompson
U S Army Seeks Identities of Two Arrested GIs in Berlin
In Berlin, the U S Army again asked Russia to identify two American soldiers arrest ed after a fight with cabaret performer Werner Lierck. Army officials said records show no AWOL soldiers in Berlin and suspects may have been on leave from West Germany. East German police said the men were arrested Wednesday after beating Lierck unconscious.
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Berlin
U. S
East Berlin
I. A. Kotsiuba
West Germany
Werner Lierck
East German Border Police Take Over from Soviet Guards
East Germany announced that its frontier police will guard the zonal borders while four power access to West Berlin remains ensured. The move differentiates zonal frontiers from the Berlin boundary with the western sectors handled by the regular police. The Soviet Union retains traffic responsibility between Berlin and the West for now.
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Berlin
East Germany
Ilin
Communist People’s Police
Soviet Union
West
GOP hopefuls boxed out by Eisenhower delay
Republican prospects faced a squeeze if President Eisenhower delays a decision into 1956. Sen Knowland and others feared being entered as candidates without consent in Illinois and New Hampshire primaries, risking disqualification or repudiation if Ike acts late.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Saucy Wau
GOP
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
Illinois
New Hampshire
Santa Claus Overloads Ann Arbor Phone Network
Santa Claus drew heavy calls in Ann Arbor as Michigan Bell installed three special lines for the holiday stunt. Merchants promoted the number and the system froze about 1 000 of the town's 13 000 phones, prompting four more lines and a public appeal for patience and limited calls.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Santa Claus
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Pledges Better GI Housing for Soldiers in Korea
Secretary Wilbur M. Brucker, en route to Okinawa, pledged all facilities and materials to improve troop housing for U S soldiers in Korea. He noted some camps are good but many soldiers endure freezing tents and said housing must move to resolve the problem.
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Seoul
U. S. Army
Wilbur M. Brucker
Okinawa
Brucker
Korea
Ike and aides discuss farm program at Camp David
President Eisenhower and his aides began drafting a new farm program at Camp David in snowy weather. Secretary Benson led a large consulting staff with True Morse and Kevin McCann present, as the group considered expansion of exports and soil conservation, diversions of cropland, and rural development while opposing fixed high price supports.
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Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Here
Gettysburg
Benson
True D. Morse
Eisenhower
Kevin McCann
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Ocean Search Called Off
The Navy called off massive air searches for seven men missing after a P2V Neptune crash off Oahu and two Marine pilots missing from two attack bombers. A limited search planned from Barbers Point to Kauai. Marine Skyraiders to sweep 9,900 square miles south of Oahu. Three survivors had been found. others remained missing.
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Kauai
Woman Flies Solo In Civilian Cessna 172
In Tarentum PA a first time pilot, a female writer with minimal flying experience, mans the controls of a Cessna 172 with instruction from Alfred B Bennett. She taxis lifts off reaches 1000 feet at 120 mph and lands safely without aid or pedals used, under supervision.
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Gerry Smith
The
Valley Daily News
Tarentum
Tion
Pittsburgh
Alfred B. Bennett
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Otto Grotewohl
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