Beria Confession Report Sparks Soviet Trial Hopes
Soviet newspapers announce confessions by Lavrenty Beria and six associates with V. N. Merkulov named co defendant. The government says a Supreme Court session will handle the case and accuses them of plans to use internal affairs organs to restore capitalism with foreign capital help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Expolice
Lavrenty P. Beria
Supreme Court
V. N. Merkulov
State Control
Beria
Merkulov
Soviet Union
Georgi Malenkov
U.S.S.R
Stalin
Malenkov
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Communist Party
Internal Affairs Post
Jt DO. Ee Tree
Soyt
Paster
Segal Urges Salary Increase for Congress and Judges
Federal pay panel chair Bernard G. Segal said in Washington that congressmen and U S judges need higher salaries. He declined to fix an amount while the 18 member panel finishes hearings and weighs witnesses, including Arthur Lee. Loyd Wright added current pay hampers recruiting top judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bernard G. Segal
U. S
Segal
Arthur Lee
House
Philadelphia
Bar Association
Congress
Federal
United States
Loyd Wright
Los Angeles
Commission
B29 Crashes in Guam Housing Area Killing Seventeen
A B29 Superfortress returning to the United States with a crew of ten and six passengers crashed into a military housing area near Anderson Air Force Base Guam after engine trouble. Seventeen were killed and fourteen injured, including a woman, with two in critical condition. Seven crewmen and one passenger were rescued from the blaze. The crash destroyed a fiery path through Quonset homes. No names were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Superfort
Anderson Air Force Base
United States
Young Chemist Accused Of Murdering Parents
Harlow Fraden, 23, and friend Dennis Wepman, 20, were arrested in a murder-for-money plot after香兄 the champagne cyanide claims. Prosecutors cite suspected inheritance motive and recent luxurious living from parents deaths and an aunt and uncle asphyxiation. The case, linked to potential double death, follows months of detective questioning and local hotel detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow Fraden
Bronx
George B. de Luca
Dennis Wepman
Fraden
de Luca
William Fraden
Shirley
St Moritz
Golden Year Of Aviation Is Observed
Kitty Hawk observes a global aviation golden anniversary with tributes to Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright brothers from Dayton Ohio. The Air Force announces the X1A rocket plane flew 24 times the speed of sound, over 1,600 mph, last Saturday.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
P—Aviation
Wright Brothers
Carolina
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Ayton
Ohio
Air Force
Open Doors To Imports Is Proposal For Farm Aid Shift
A resolutions committee urged the American Farm Bureau Federation to back a federal farm aid plan that reduces reliance on price supports, aims to restore foreign markets, and promotes openings for increased imports to expand U S farm product sales. The panel favors limited price supports and production controls, expects expiration of wartime price floors in 1954, and notes current major crop supports at 90 percent parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kremlin
Beria
Russia
Alies
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Yankees Stadium Sale Announced to Johnson Associates
New York owners Dan R. Topping and Del Webb announce the sale of Yankee Stadium in New York and Blues Stadium in Kansas City to Arnold Johnson of Chicago and associates for 6 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dan R. Topping
del Webb
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Blues Stadium
Kansas City
Arnold Johnson
Chicago and Associates
Eisenhower outlines 1954 agenda to GOP leaders
President Eisenhower meets with GOP congressional leaders to discuss his 1954 legislative program and the upcoming State of the Union. He plans a nationwide radio television address January 4 and will deliver the State of the Union January 7. He urged the party to advance a forward looking welfare of 160 million people. In Panmunjom reports a South Korean guard says Red leaders guard Americans and South Korean POWs who want to go home amid stalled repatriation talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican Party
Congress
White House
William A. Cowart
Monticello
Ark
United States
U. N
Pfc
Kim Men du
Reds
Korea
Cers
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
India
Indian Command
North
Kim
U. S
Richard G. Corden
East Providence
R. L
Andrew Condron
Kaesong
Bender Plans Senate Run After Meeting With GOP Leaders
Akron Ohio Congressman George H Bender told reporter he would announce his U S Senate candidacy in days if he wins the Republican nomination. He discussed with state GOP Chairman Ray C Bliss who is recovering from illness.
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Akron
Ohio
George H. Bender
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
U.S. Senate
Bender
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Washington
Bliss
City
Cieftain
Mr. Bliss
Ray Bliss
Firemen Trapped In Hotel Ruins In Chicago
A fire at the three story Reliance Hotel on 1702 W Madison St left at least two dead including a fire fighter, and five more firemen injured. Sixty minus injured people were attended with over 40 patrons escaping. Dozens of firefighters were trapped when the front wall collapsed and most were rescued within hours. An investigation into possible arson was begun after a note on a resident’s body prompted a probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Side
Reliance
W. Maddson St
Earl Downes
Fire Department
Downes
John Tybor
Hays Warns of Rapid US Recession Amid White House Talks
Representative Hays of Ohio urged the Eisenhower administration to act as he warned the United States was sliding into a recession. He cited 300000 job losses and criticized officials for calling a ten percent drop in production an orderly readjustment, insisting millions are already hurt. The remarks came during White House congressional meetings on the 1954 legislative program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hays
Ohio
Eisenhower
White House
Six Candidates Vie To Succeed Auriol In France
In Versailles the first round of parliamentary ballots failed to elect a president of the fourth republic. Six announced candidates include Laniel Bidault Naelegen Fourcade Delbos and Communist Marcel. Deadlock risk looms with no clear majority. The new president will take office Jan 17 and must accept Laniel's resignation before selecting a new cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Auriol
France
National Assembly
Council of the Republic
Senate
Paris
Joseph Laniel
Right of Center
Georges Bidault
Catholic
Popular Republican Movement
Marcel Naegelen
Algeria
Jacques Fourcade
Assembly of the French Union
Yvon Delbos
Twreat
Marcel
Henry Queuille
Gastor Monnerville
Auriol
Laniel
Elysee Palace
Eisenhower makes full news conference recording public
The White House released the Army Signal Corps recording of President Eisenhower’s 33 minute news conference. For the first time newspapers may quote a president directly without limitation and future conferences may be released in whole or part to networks and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Ray Scherer
National Broadcasting Co
Scherer
Farm Surplus Problem Serious Says Benson
MEMPHIS Secretary of Agriculture Benson warned the nation faces serious farm surplus problems due to overproduction. He urged cutbacks in cotton and wheat and shifts in production at the Plant to Prosper Farm Forum read by J Earl Coke. Benson stayed in Washington for White House talks on 1954 policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Benson
Eisenhower
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Washington
White House
J. Earl Coke
Bensor
Hall and Heady Die Tonight in Gas Chamber
Jefferson City reports the Greenlease kidnapers Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady are to die tonight in the gas chamber after a drunken spree and failed plan for quick riches. Officials say Hall’s remorse centers on money and not the child’s murder, while the couple seek forgiveness from the Greenlease family as federal and police investigations into the ransom continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Bonie Brown
Carl
Bobby
Greenlease
Kansas City
Ana
Hall
Mrs
Heady
Mrs. Heady
St. Louis
Death Row
Ers
Shary Drops TN Temperature And Cold Spell Spreads
Sub zero mid winter weather blankets the Upper Mississippi Valley and extends south to the Gulf states. Early values range from 2 degrees below at International Falls Minnesota to 24 above in Atlanta Georgia as the cold air moves through the Ohio Valley. Fair cold weather expected tonight and tomorrow in the Miami Valley per Vandalia station.
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Vandalia Weather Station
Miami Valley
Rockies
Aantic
Mississippi Valley
Gulf States
International Falls
Minn
Atlanta Ga
Ohio Valley
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L. P. Beria
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Bep
Aeeter M4 Society
Seeeses
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Union
Palace of Versailles
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