Arrest Of Labor Chief Under Peron Sparked by Crackdown
Argentina reports Hector Hugo de Pietro, former CGT secretary general, jailed by the Pedro Aramburu government. Sapped by a broader purge as authorities seize CGT, dismiss its officials, and probe Peron era funds amid illegal strike fallout.
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Peron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Saporiti
Pedro Aramburu
Hector Hugo de Pietro
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
National Security Office
Peronista
Brazil Chamber Votes To Hold State Of Siege
The Chamber of Deputies approved a state of siege by 178 to 91 to back the provisional government and bar Joao Cafe Filho from returning to the presidency. Senate action was expected as protests and constitutional fights intensified over Cafe’s bid to resume power amid movement toward Juscelino Kubitscheck’s inauguration.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Joao Cafe Filho
Senate
Nereu Ramos
Cafe
Henrique Teixeira Lott
Congress
Juscelino Kubitscheck
Kubitschek
Getulio Vargas
Supreme Court
Russia Likely Hydrogen Bomb Test Stirs Nuclear Race
AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss reported a Soviet blast described as the largest yet in their tests and possibly a thermonuclear explosion. He noted the yield could reach megatons, signaling intensified Soviet effort to develop nuclear weapons after the Geneva conference.
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Washington
Russia
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S.S.R
Hiroshima
Strauss
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Ouachita Valley Boy Scout Council Elects Officers
The Ouachita Valley council of the Boy Scouts of America will elect officers and executive board members at its annual meeting at 3 p m Sunday at the Hotel Frances. Ben Parnell, council president, announces that annual reports from all districts and operating committees will be heard, with executive board members and institutional representatives urged to attend.
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Ouachita Valley Boy Scout Council
Ouachita Valley
Ben Parnell
Armed Escapee Captured After Hostage Night
David L. Coffman, 22, armed with three pistols stolen from the Ozark county sheriff, was captured at the Floyd Correll home after a farm-to-farm search by a regional posse. He surrendered without a shot fired and was taken to Howell county jail. He had escaped from Ozark county jail the day before to begin a five year term for armed robbery. Coffman had completed a similar term at the Colorado State prison.
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Mountain View
Ozark Country
David L. Coffman
Ozark County
Floyd Correll
State Highway Patrol
Coffman
Howell County
West Plains
Ozark
Jefferson City
Colorado
Rodeo Rider Convicted in Monroe Armed Robbery Case
Lannie Dortch, the second man tried for the $11,400 armed robbery of Monroe poker players last March, was found guilty by a 12 jurors after 35 minutes of deliberation. Dortch awaits sentencing in Fourth District court.
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Lannie Dortch
Monroe
Fourth District Court
Dortch
Twin Cities progress halts as community chest abandoned
The 1955 year is praised for business growth and new construction in Monroe and West Monroe, including a $95 million industrial sale and a $2 million college building program. Yet a black mark appears as the Twin City Community Chest is abandoned, not for lack of funds but waning public interest.
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Twin Cities
Northeast State College
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin City
Court battle looms as AEC denies damages in Dixon-Yates case
The Atomic Energy Commission ruled against paying damages to the Dixon-Yates group on a cancelled private power contract. The decision centers on Adolphe H. Wenzell's role as an advisor and supports Democratic opposition to any settlement. The issue carries potential multi million dollar implications and is likely to influence next year's campaigns.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Dixon- Yates Group
New York
Adolphe H. Wenzell
William Mitchell
Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates Group
Dixon-Yates
Sens. Anderson
New Mexico
Gore
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
United States
Mitchell
Police Retrace Private Life Of Murder Victim
Chicago police probe the private life of Edith Jamieson a divorced mother of six to locate the strangler. She was found murdered in a muddy South Side alley after leaving a loop bank before dawn. No rape or robbery indicated. four acquaintances questioned. seek cab driver believed to have ferried her after early morning shifts.
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Chicago
Edith Jamieson
Jamieson
S. Rockwell St
British Crooks Make False Bank Notes, Yard Reveals
Scotland Yard disclosed that criminals have found a method to produce eleven notes from ten by cutting strips from ten notes and recombining them. The resulting notes pass as genuine to merchants unaware of the extra profit. About a dozen such false notes have appeared.
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London
Scotland Yard
Americans Pause To Count Thanksgiving Blessings
The Associated Press reports Americans at home and abroad marked Thanksgiving with worship, gatherings, and meals. President Eisenhower and family joined at Gettysburg while GIs overseas prepared turkey dinners. The America Society in London hosted a banquet and ambassadors read the proclamation in Paris and Rome.
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Associated Press
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Maj
John Eisenhower
Europe
England
America Society
London
United Kingdom
U.S
C. Douglas Dillon
Paris
Clare Boothe Luce
St. Paul's Protestant Church
Rome
Airman Betts Charged in Attack on 10 Year Old Girl
Airman First Class John R. Betts of Detroit Michigan stationed at Selman Field is charged with attempted aggravated rape in a Tuesday night incident involving a Monroe area girl aged 10. He is jailed in Ouachita Parish with no bond set as district attorney presses charges after his arrest.
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John R. Betts
Detroit
Mich
Monroe
Betts
Selman Field
Air Force
Ouachita Parish
Hugh Tolbert
Life saved by penicillin less deadly than fear
In a Cincinnati hospital, a pneumonia patient credits penicillin and quick action by Dr. Dec, Lt. James Hunt, and Billy Snape for surviving a near fatal attack. Oxygen, adrenaline, and emergency care kept him alive during two hours of critical struggle.
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Doc
Hunt
Snape
Dec
Jewish Hospital
Guard Called Out For 24 Hour Duty At Perfect Circle
New Castle Indiana National Guard infantrymen were summoned from homes on Thanksgiving Eve to begin 24 hour patrols amid a foundry strike surge of violence. Gov George N Craig ordered 85 officers and men from Connersville 30 miles away after windows were smashed and shotguns fired at nonstrikers homes. Patrols had just left six days earlier after up to 1000 troops were stationed following an October five gun battle that wounded 11. Mess Sgt John Tressler arranged turkeys oysters and holiday fare for the guardsmen despite the rapid mobilization.
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New Castle
Ind
National Guard
Perfect Circle Corp
George N. Craig
Co. D
152Nd Infantry
Conersville
Indiana
CIO United Auto Workers
John Tressler
Connersville
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