Middletown reports three minor accidents in Butler County
Butler County logged three minor accidents with no major injuries. Middletown and the northern area reported zero mishaps for 24 hours, while Hamilton saw two minor property damage collisions and a state patrol investigation on Route 129. Safety officials praised driver cooperation and noted a statewide trend toward fewer deaths.
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Middletown
Butler County
Hamilton
Rt. 129
Safety Council
Paul Wilson
Cpl
D. A. Girton
State Patrol
Rt. 4
Warren County
Sheriff's Department
Morman Road
Joyce Trump
Oxford
Joan Ridpath
Miss Trump
Squire Elmer Son's Court
Highland
Greene
Butler
Ike to Be On TV for Christmas Peace Message
Washington reports all major networks will air President Eisenhower's five minute Christmas speech during a half hour pageant of peace program. The broadcast is scheduled for 5 p.m. EST tomorrow.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States weighs China student exchange with jailed Americans
Lawmakers from both parties voiced support in principle for trading 35 Chinese students in the United States for 57 Americans detained in Red China, including 11 airmen. Officials said exit permits for the students remain blocked but could be reconsidered if a suitable offer is made.
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Jack Bell Washington
Red China
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Sen. Ferguson
Rmich
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
State Department
Lincoln White
United States
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Chou En-lai
U.N
Los Angeles
GOP
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Peiping
White
Prof Predicts World Endiers End at MSU Doctor Resigns
Dr. Charles A. Laughead, MSC hospital staff physician since 1948, resigned amid belief the world will end December 21. MSC President John A. Hannah said Laughead held meetings and preached with a small religious group. The college board accepted the resignation and sought explanation.
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East Lansing
Mich
Charles A. Laughead
Michigan State College Hospital
State Board of Agriculture
MSC
John A. Hannah
Laughead
Dr. Hannah
Hannah
Tom King
C. J. Menzies
College Hospital
Loughead
Venus
Mars
Benson weighs direct farm surplus sales to USSR and parity revision
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson said the administration is studying direct trade of farm surpluses with the Soviet Union or through third countries. He noted potential revising of the farm parity formula to better reflect costs, while stressing any trade would aim to keep U S interests in balance.
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New York
Ezra Taft Benson
Russia
Benson
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
U.S
Founder C E Hooper Dead After Air Boat Accident
C E Hooper founder of the Hooper ratings system died at 56 after falling into the propeller of an air boat on Great Salt Lake. He slipped while trying to free the boat from a sand bar and was rushed to a Salt Lake City hospital where he died minutes later. Frank McClatchy and another companion were aboard the duck hunting trip. Hooper led C E Hooper, Inc. in New York City, an audience measurement firm.
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Salt Lake City
C. E Hooper
Hooper
Great Salt Lake
Frank McClatchy
C. E. Hooper, Inc
New York City
Rolling Quake Shakes Nevada And California
A strong rolling earthquake jolted northern Nevada and California with minor damage reported. Felt from Elko to central California, it struck Reno at 3 07 a.m and San Francisco at 3 10 a.m with a 3 09 tremor in Reno. Fallon near the quake center reported light damage while Lovelock faced brief power outages.
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Reno
Nevada
California
Elko
Nev
Here
San Francisco
Fallon
George Wilkins
Wilkins
Lovelock
Pavifie Gas & Electric Co
Big Three Meet To Discuss Atom Control In Paris
In Paris the Big Three foreign ministers meet to decide who would unleash Western atomic arms in a Soviet attack. Dulles Mendes France and Eden discuss NATO plans and the role of military versus political leaders in triggering use of atomic weapons.
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Paris
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Piere Mendes - France
Brittain
Anthony Eden
North Atlantic Council of Foreign, Defense and Finance
NATO
West
NATO Chiefs of Staff
Defense Attacks Motive as Sheppard Trial Near Verdict
Cleveland AP defense lawyers label motive for Marilyn Sheppard murder flimsy and say the state has offered only guesses. Prosecutor Parrino emphasizes Sheppard complex, including a Los Angeles affair, while urging jurors to conclude guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
Sam
Arthur Petersilge
Ohio
Sam Sheppard
Thomas Parrino
Susan Hayes
Miss Hayes
Los Angeles
Parrino
Heust
Ether
Petersilge
Pentagon plans further military manpower cut
The Pentagon moves to reduce overall armed forces with most cuts in the Army. Secretary Wilson said total strength would be “something less” than 3,047,000 for the next fiscal year though he offered no exact figures. Eisenhower gave a noncommittal reply to a potential 100,000 reduction. The force had stood at about 3,558,000 after the Korean war and has been shrinking since.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Ohio Racing Commission Bars Henry Green for Three Years
The Ohio Racing Commission bars Henry Green of Shaker Heights from Ohio race tracks for three years citing misconduct. The action targets Green, vice president of Ohio Sports Enterprises, Inc., and affects his participation in state racing events.
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Columbus
Ohio Racing Commission
Henry Green
Shaker Heights
Ohio Sports Enterprises, Inc
Ohio
Pirates Capture Vessel Near Manila. Captain Killed
Constabulary says a pirate ship preying on small craft between the Philippines and Borneo has been captured near Manila. The vessel was taken after a gunfight while at anchor, and the pirate captain was killed.
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Manila
Philippines
Borneo
Constabulary
Five Sleeping Children Die In NY Blaze
Five children aged 9, 5, 4, 3 and 1 perished in a Walloomsac NY fire that swept their home after an oil tank exploded. They were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Grog an. The four oldest were trapped in upstairs bedrooms while the youngest died in bed with his mother nearby.
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Hoolick Falls
N. Y
Walloomsac
Waldo Grogan
Fonja
Lois
Allen
Caro
Annamarie
Pra
Cardinal Mindszenty Freed From Hungarian Prison
The Austrian Kathpress reports Josef Mindszenty has been released from a Hungarian prison and returned to his diocese. He was sentenced to life in 1949 for treason against the Communist government and illegal dollar trading. Western leaders had condemned the sentence.
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Vienna
Austria
Kathpress
Josef Cardinal
Mindszenty
Hungary
Budapest
Red Court
Hapsburg
United States
Vatican
Truman
Catholic Press Agency
Nogradveroce
Europe
Hungarian Information Ministry
Mindszenty Woul
Hungaria Legation
Langer vows fight over Supreme Court nomination
Senator Langer of North Dakota says he will oppose President Eisenhower's nomination of John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court. He notes no justice or cabinet member has hailed from seven states he lists Florida Arizona Idaho Montana North and South Dakota and urges colleagues from those states to join in the opposition.
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Washington
Sen. Langer
Senate
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Lanager
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Harlan
New York City
North Dakota
Eisenhower
Robert H Jackson
Cabi
Langer
Arizona
Florida
Idaho
Montana
New North
South Dakota
Suprem Court
Millionaire Edwin Grove Ills Three Sons Die In Fire
A fire in Northport Maine killed three young Grove children Jeffrey 4 David 6 and Christopher 8 and injured their caregivers Harvey Bean 58 and Madeline 57 of Vienna Maine. Edwin Grove III a medicine millionaire and former Aspen resident directed Grove Laboratories in St Louis while his wife was pregnant in Boston.
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Northport
Maine
Penobscot Bay
Edwin Grove
Jeffrey
David
Christopher Grove
Harvey
Bean
Madeline
Vienna
Boston
Grove
Moscow scientist claims two headed dog born a six day life
Soviet scientist Dr. Vladimir Demikhov says he grafted a puppy head onto a mature dog last February as part of experiments in surgical techniques and organ replacement research. The two headed dog reportedly shared desires and smells but emotions varied.
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Moscow
Vladimir Petrovich Demikhov
Moscow Institute of Surgery
Demikhov
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