Allies Push Delayed Big Four Talks Amid Soviet Step Back
The United States Britain and France weigh Moscow’s delay proposal for a Big Four foreign ministers conference while pressing for a Berlin meeting. Bonn forecast supports acceptance as Soviet propaganda criticizes free elections. France struggles with EDC ratification and post January government setup.
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France
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Germany
French Blast Rebel Troops In Indochina
French fighters and bombers attacked Vietminh led forces across Laos near Thakhek and along the Thailand border. Saigon reports Vietminh regulars, with possible Laotian support, cut Laos in two and disrupted the Mekong supply line, forcing air supply to Vien Taine as French ground defenses bolster key bases.
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Indochina
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Thakhek
Thailand
Seno
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Red
North Annam
Mekong River
Vientaine
Christmas weekend violent death toll reaches 678
The 78 hour Christmas period from Thursday evening to Sunday ended with 678 deaths across the United States. Traffic crashes caused 493 fatalities, fires 177, and other accidents 108, far from the 1950 and 1952 records but near the 1953 safety estimates. State tallies include Alabama 14 3 8, California 41 4 13, New York 34 2 5, Texas 21 87 100, Wisconsin 12 11, District of Columbia 0 10.
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Five Die as Car Plunges From Cherry Street Bridge
A speeding car from Toledo plunged 41 feet into the Maumee River after crossing a guardrail on the Cherry Street bridge. Five people from Toledo died including Mrs Sue Laudick and Pvt Richard L Sczepanski. The tragedy occurred during a birthday celebration and furlough party.
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Ohio
Cherry Street
Maumee
Ohio State Safety Council
Sue Laudick
Richard L. Sczepanski
Fort Bragg
N. C
Laydick
Boettcher
Eisenhower Names Aides For Year End Address
President Eisenhower selected two speech writing aides to draft a nationwide TV radio report on the administration first year in office. Kevin McCann on leave from Defiance College and Charles Moore will assist as the White House plans a Jan 4 address and the Jan 7 State of the Union message.
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Eisenhower
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White House
Kevin McCann
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Ohio) College
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Executive Dies Aboard Ship Near Curacao
Richard Stanton Wolfe Columbus bank newspaper and radio executive died yesterday at age 46 aboard the S. S. Coronia near the Dutch island of Curacao off the coast of South America.
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Ohio
Richard Stanton Wolfe
Columbus Bank
S. S. Coronia
Curacao
South America
May Mean New Cancer Test Could Aid Diagnosis
American Association for the Advancement of Science reports two University of Texas biochemists, William Shive and Edwin M. Lansford Jr., found a biochemical distinction between tumor and normal tissue in mice. They note thymidine distribution differs, suggesting potential diagnostic applications and deeper cancer insight, enabled by antimetabolites that limit cellular changes.
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Associated Press
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
University of Texas
William Shive
Edwin M. Lansford Jr
Mountainous Seas ends with 43 saved after freighter splits
In the North Atlantic storm, 43 survivors including one stewardess were rescued from open lifeboats after the Swedish freighter Oklahoma split in two. The Bluejacket evacuated 36 survivors and the Orion carried seven. all are believed European. The Oklahoma, bound from Sweden to Baltimore, likely sunk about 400 miles off Newfoundland.
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Bluejacket
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Robert Kutschbach
Aesman
Furness-Withy
Hip Co Ltd
Goteborg
Senate Party Chiefs Meet For Parleys
Washington leaders of the Senate Republican and Democratic parties begin talks ahead of the January 6 congressional session. Senate Majority Leader Knowland and Democratic leader Johnson plan premeeting discussions as voters decide control in the 1954 elections. Senator Kefauver urged Democrats to push a program countering monopoly and wealth influence.
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Knowland
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Congress
Knowland and Johnson
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Ohio to Get 12 Million for Highways in Forest Areas
Washington announced Ohio will receive 12.13 million dollars from a 224 million pool for highway improvements in national forests. Alaska and Puerto Rico are also named in the distribution.
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Ohio
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Commerce
Burns Fatal in Cincinnati Rooming House Fire
Elmer Doyle, 36, died yesterday from burns received in a rooming house fire in Cincinnati that occurred on December 20.
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Cincinnati
Elmer Doyle
Aid To Chiang Will Continue
Adm. Arthur Radford, chairman of the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured Nationalist China that American aid will be continued as presently planned. He and Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson spoke with top Nationalist leaders and then left for Manila for the inauguration of President-elect Ramon Magsaysay. Government sources said the statements tended to allay fears of drastic aid cuts.
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Arthur Radford
U S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Radford
U. S
Walter Robertson
Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Robertson
UN Reds To Decide PWs Fate In Prisoner Dispute
A three member majority of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission sent the prisoner question back to the U N and Communist commands as unresolved. They maintained unrepatriated prisoners must be freed by Jan 22 under armistice terms, while the Reds demand 90 days of explanations ending Dec 23. The report faulted South Korean influence and coercive methods in South camp compounds and noted lack of evidence of similar pressure in the North. Footnote from Czech and Polish delegates argued for 90 days of explanations.
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Burke Starts Trip Series Through Ohio
Thomas A. Burke the new Ohio senator begins a state tour to meet constituents and political colleagues. He plans lunch with Massillon leaders in Cleveland and appearances at the Conference of Christians and Jews, with Toledo and Canton stops and a possible discussion with Michael V. DiSalle. He says a big campaign is not planned.
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Thomas A. Burke
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Massillon
Conference of Christians and
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John Kelley
Lucas County
Toledo
Fires force evacuations across 400 homes in Los Angeles area
Two San Gabriel Mountain wildfires driven by desert winds forced evacuations of at least 400 residences across six communities from San Bernardino to the San Fernando Valley. Firefighters reported cabins likely destroyed in Chantry Flats and nearby canyons while residents fled Monrovia Arcadia Sierra Madre and Paloma areas. No fatalities reported as winds eased around 3 AM PST.
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Indian Reds Shift Toward Peaceful Political Tactics
India's Communist high command told the first party congress in five years to pursue power through elections rather than terrorism. Ajay K. Ghosh, Moscow-backed policy director, led the steering committee in Bombay after a Soviet visit for medical treatment. The October 1951 peaceful action program remains in effect as the party argues for a broad united front to win a democratic government.
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India
Communist High Command
Ajay K. Ghosh
Ghosh
Bombay
B. T. Ranadive
United Front
Mob Shouts Nehru Down at Sikh Shrine Rally
Security police hurried Prime Minister Nehru away from a rally at Guru Fatehgarh Singh Sahib near Patiala after demonstrators shouted Nehru go back. The Akali party led the protest demanding a separate Panjabi speaking state within India.
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India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Guru Fatehgarh Singh Sahib
Patiala
Akali Party
Indian Union
Korea Leaders Discuss U S Pullout of Divisions
Seoul reports the president and foreign minister conferred privately about Washington's plan to withdraw two divisions from Korea. An authoritative source said the talks focused on security implications and regional stability.
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South Korea
U .S
Korea
Gouzenko Warns of Hundreds of Red Agents in U S
Igor Gouzenko says hundreds of Soviet spies may be operating in the United States and urges a five point program to encourage defections. He notes agents work in rings with embassy links and cites millions spent on telegrams. He advocates citizenship, protection, security, job help, and official acknowledgment.
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U.S
Washington
Igor Gouzenko
Canada
United States
U. S. News and World Report
Moscow
Red
Ottawa
Ecus
Army Sets Out To Cut Its Forces In Korea
The United States moves to reduce Army strength under Eisenhower’s new look policy. Two of six Korea based divisions may be drawn down initially. definitive timing awaits Far East Command. Goal is to trim total Army to about 1 165 000 by July 1955 by cutting support troops without harming combat efficiency.
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Eisenhower
Korea
Far East
Europe
Augusta
Defense Department
Wilson
U. S
United States
Snow Flurries Expected In Miami Valley Tonight
A cloudy, colder trend is forecast for the Miami Valley with rain turning to snow this evening. Lows around 28 degrees tonight and a high near 35 degrees tomorrow. Snow flurries also possible in eastern Kentucky and surrounding regions as weather systems spread across the area.
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