Knowland Vows Tough Line Against Reds as 1956 Bid Looms
Senator Knowland outlines a hard line toward the Soviet Union in a potential 1956 Republican bid. He says he will back Eisenhower if he runs, but warns a campaign on peace at any price risks world communization. He criticizes Geneva hopes and calls for a stronger U.S. stance.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Russia
Senate
New York
Son-In-Law Guilty Of Bomb Death
Harry Washburn was convicted of murdering his former mother-in-law Mrs Helen Harris Weaver with a dynamite car bomb on Jan 19 near San Angelo Texas. He received a life sentence and plans to appeal. Weaver’s husband Harry E Weaver expressed relief that justice prevailed. The trial marked the nation’s first live TV murder coverage by KWTX-TV in Waco.
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Waco
Texa
Harry L. Washburn
West Texas
Helen Harris Weaver
San Angelo
Washburn
Weaver
Kwtx-Tv
D. M. Bartlett
Foreign Aid Cut Shown In New Figures
Washington AP The Eisenhower administration proposes 2.67 billion dollars in new foreign aid for next year a reduced program reflecting a bare bones approach. The Budget Bureau approved the figure after talks with agencies and a possible White House briefing next Tuesday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Budget Bureau
Middle East
Russia
Kapitol Hill
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
One Way Ride Provided For Zealous Frat Man
University of Kentucky student Roger Ladenburger, a Kappa Sigma member, was sent on a one way trip to Miami to meet a national fraternity officer. Pledges allegedly bought the ticket and promised expenses and return transport, leaving Ladenburger with only two dollars after boarding in Cincinnati.
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Lexington
University of Kentucky
Roger Ladenburger
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Miami
Fla
Ladenburger
Cincinnati
Legislation May Follow GM Inquiry
Senate inquiry into General Motors raises prospects for federal law changes. GM officials defend size and dismemberment questions, noting benefits of centralized engineering and styling. Dealers seek relief as hearings end with pending subpoenas over heater accessory disputes and FTC orders referenced.
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Washington
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Congress
General Motors
Senate
James Burns
Burns
Harlow H. Curtice
Chevrolet
Curtice
Frederick J. Beil
National Automobile Dealers Assn
Bell
O'Mahoney
William J. Marshall
EL. Schofield, Inc
Rockville
Schofield
Shorace
M. Hogan
Federal Trade Commission
Czechs Lead Bloc Economic Drive to Penetrate Global Markets
Western diplomats see Czechoslovakia spearheading the Soviet bloc’s new economic warfare by expanding exports to the Far and Near East and neutral regions. Prague’s arms deal with Egypt signals broader moves with engineers designers and decorators given a green light to meet Western tastes, including low cut evening gowns.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Near East
Prague
Egypt
Labor Leaders Clash Over Peace and Labor Tactics
New York two top business and labor figures, Charles R. Sligh Jr. and George Meany, spar over politics and union tactics after a luncheon. Sligh warns AFL-CIO could become a labor monopoly and urges a possible Labor party while criticizing closed shop rules. Meany counters about worker livelihoods and the need to avoid nonunion labor. Both seek better mutual understanding.
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New York
Charles R. Sligh Jr
National Assn. of Manufacturers
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Sligh
Meany
Montreal Riots Erupt Over Bus Fare Increase
Montreal students led a march on City Hall to protest fare hikes from 10 cents to 12 1/2 cents. Violence followed as hoodlums looted and damaged more than 100 buses and streetcars, injuring 40 and prompting 70 arrests. Mayor Drapeau banned demonstrations and the MTC halted service after 10 p.m. Propaganda and arrests cited.
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Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Montreal Transportation Commission
MTC
Drapeau
Hair Strand Testimony Faces Defense Challenge
In Oakland California Burton Abbott’s lawyers plan to challenge Dr. Paul Kirk’s hair strand testimony linking strands found in Abbott’s car to Stephanie Bryan a 14 year old Berkeley girl believed kidnapped and murdered. The trial’s fifth week closed with defense witnesses including Lowell Bradford a Santa Clara criminologist who studied under Kirk.
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Oakland
Calif
Burton Abbott
Paul Kirk
Abbott
Kirk
University of California
Stephanie Bryan
Berkeley
Stephanie
Alameda
San Francisco Bay Area
Lowell Bradford
Santa Clara County
Omaha Coed Is Murdered
The body of University of Omaha coed Carolyn Marie Nevins, 20, was found in the driveway to the campus. Police say she was shot four times and likely died after leaving the school alone. a post mortem will determine if a sex attack occurred.
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Omaha
University of Omaha
Woman Dies In Crash Near Batavia Ohio
Virginia Powell, 37, of Batavia, was killed when the car she rode in left Ohio 125 about 10 miles south of Batavia. Her husband Robert L. Powell, 38, was injured but not seriously, state highway patrol reported.
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Batavia
Ohio
Virginia Powell
Here
Robert L. Powell
State Highway Patrol
Pedestrian killed on U S 22 near Amanda Ohio
A pedestrian, P. E. Roberts, 63, of Amanda, was struck and killed on U S Route 22 just outside Amanda, about 10 miles southwest of Lancaster. State highway patrol identified the victim.
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Lancaster
Ohio
U.S. 22
Amanda
Here
State Highway Patrol
P. E. Roberts
Nationalist China May Block Voting On 18 Nations
In the UN Security Council a clash over the admission of 18 nations risks delaying their voting as Nationalist China seeks to move first on 13 non Communist states. The council weighs veto threats from the Big Four and China while Formosa substitutes Korea and Viet Nam for five Soviet backed entries.
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WY Eisenhower
Knowland
National Assn
New York
United States
U.N. Assembly
China
U.N. Security Council
Outer Mongolia
Eisenhower
Lake Geneva
State Dulles
Geneva
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Republican Party
California
Rep. W. Martin
Sanaa
Bradenton
Fia
Baltimore
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Chicago
United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
U.N
General Assembly
Formosa
Finland
Nepal
Red China
Korea
Viet Nam
Red
Cambodia
Laos
Portugal
Ceylon
Jordan
Albania
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Eisenhower Heads For New Medical Checkup At Walter Reed
President Eisenhower returns to Washington for a complete medical review after his Gettysburg visit. He will undergo X rays and tests to assess recovery from a September heart attack. He plans conferences with Congress leaders and party officials in the coming week as he weighs a possible 1952 candidacy.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Howard M. Snyder
Thomas W. Mattingly
Walter Reed
Leonard Heaton
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
White House
Agriculture Benson
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Benson
Weather Report: Slippery Roads East of Key Line in Ohio
The state highway department reports highways slippery in spots east of a line marked by Cincinnati Circleville Mount Gilead and Fremont, with the rest normal. Cloudy with a light snow in areas bounded by Elyria Weaver and Lisbon. Temperatures from 6 to 28 degrees.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Cincinnati
Circleville
Mount Gilead
Fremont
Elyria
Weaver
Lisbon
Husband Questioned In Murders In Florida
Melbourne police questioned Philip Van Eeghen, 30, a laundry operator, about the beating deaths of his wife Patricia, 29, and daughter Phyllis, 7. No charges filed. The bodies were found in her car near a funeral home after he reported them missing.
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Melbourne
Fla
Philip van Eegehen
van Eeghen
Patricia
Phyllis
John Thomas
Jimmy Dunn
Thomas
Woman Kills Herself in Louisville Train Depot
In Louisville a 45 year old woman shot herself in a depot restroom after telling a pawn shop clerk she planned to buy the pistol as a Christmas present for her brother. Police found the pistol gift box and wrappings near her body. family cited illness and despondency as factors.
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Ashland
Charles Howard
J. P. Crider
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