Charge Filed Against John
KARLSRUHE Germany Dec 22 2 The South German radio reported that West Germany's former security chief Dr Otto Jehn has been charged with suspected treason. He returned Dev 12 after 16 months in Communist East Germany. A warrant was served as danger he might fire or cover up activities. No official confirmation. Dr Carl Weichmann chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court did not comment but scheduled a news conference tomorrow on the John case. Karlsruhe hosts the court. John was questioned by an examining Supreme Court judge upon return to see grounds for treason suspicions. John spent two million dollars a year on counter intelligence for Bonn before turning up in the Communist zone July 20 1954. His arrival sparked Bonn's postwar scandal. There were charges he used his post as head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution for a Communist spy renter. West Germany branded him a traitor in absentia. Interior Minister Gerhard Schroeder said he did not believe treachery was intended. John escaped East Berlin Dec 12 with Danish newsman Hendrik Bonde-Hendriksen who said he picked John up in East zone and drove through Communist checkposts into Western Berlin. John hinted he had been drugged and taken to East Berlin, not willingly as West believed.
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Germany
West Germany
Otto Jehn
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East Germany
John
Carl Weichmann
Supreme Court
John Fast
Federal Criminal Police B
Wiesbaden
Bonn
Office For the Protection of the
Trailor
Gerhard Schroeder
East Berlin
Hendrik Bonde- Hendriksen
Bonde-Hendriksen
Minister Is Speaker At Civitan Meeting
Rev. Ralph E. White Civitan Club chaplain spoke to the Frederick club urging emphasis on Christmas as a religious holiday. He cited Cecil B. De Mille’s life change from Bible readings by his father. Club voted to again staff street booths for the March of Dimes on January 13 and 14, with Elwood T. Whitmore’s public affairs committee in charge.
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Ralph E. White
Civitan Club of
Frederick
Mr. White
Cecil B. de Mille
Alton J. Lipps
Elwood T. Whitmore
Committee On Public Affairs
Richard W. Keefer
LeRoy Blumenauer
LeRoy Jr
David D. Oland
Wayne
Boom To Make Lane A Favorite Son
Maryland Democrats discuss a favorite son bid for former Governor William Preston Lane Jr. The Baltimore Evening Sun reports Lane offered only conditional interest to help the party. Some see a Lane candidacy as freeing Maryland delegates. others view it as honoring him. Also noted: Egypt approves relief aid for Lebanon flood victims.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Democratic Party
William Preston Lane Jr
Baltimore Evening Sun
Lane
Evening Sun
France weighs 60,000 more troops for Algeria crisis
Paris reports Premier Edgar Faure and aides discussing a request to deploy 60,000 additional troops to stabilize North Africa amid rising nationalist violence in Algeria. Resident General Soustelle pushed the plan. Duhamel to inspect on the ground as Jan 2 elections near. Rebels reported in eastern Algeria near Constantine and Tunisian frontier with several attacks and dozens of deaths in recent days.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Algeria
France
Jacques SousteWe
Faure
Jacques Duhamel
Duhamel
Sonstelle
North Africa
Hebel
Soustelle
Constantine
Tunisian
Command Crisis Is Well In Hand
Paraguay president Stroessner announced a command crisis in a cavalry division but claimed the situation was under control. Other sources described an unsuccessful revolt involving cavalry and the Asuncion police, with Campo Grande siege noted but no details released.
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Asunacion
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Stroessner
Asuncion
Countery
Campo Grande
Army plans drastic increase in European atomic weapons
Washington reported a major buildup of U S atomic arms in Europe with six Corporal guided missile units to join the existing force. The six new battalions will add about 70 launchers and roughly 1 230 troops per battalion, stationed at Fort Bliss Texas prior to deployment.
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Europe
Additiot J
Ohne
Honest John
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Army
109 year old Ennis man seeks blinking Christmas lights
In Ennis Texas 109 year old Frank Fowler, who says he was born in 1846, plans to have Christmas lights blink in his front room as he faces his final days. He recalls Civil War memories, cherokee ancestry, and a simple life with wife Ollie while they plan a quiet Yule at home.
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Frank Fowler
Fowler
Dallas
Ollie
Abraham Lincoln
Jesse James
Indian Territory
Georgia
Foster
Maryland cities win power to set tax and debt limits
An Annapolis circuit judge ruled that municipalities may set their own debt and tax ceilings under home rule. The decision supports Annapolis in issuing a 200000 bond for parking costs, to be repaid by taxes if receipts fail. George B. Woelfel represented the city. the case tests legislative limits on local fiscal powers.
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Annapolis
p—Anne
Arundel County
Benjamin Michaelson
Maryland
General Assembly
Michaelson
George B. Woelfel
Thomas J. Curley
Woelfel
No Change In Wash County Tax Rate
Washington County officials kept the 1956 tax rate at 1.75 per 100 and planned no change in the county budget, while projecting a 7.453 million current budget and a 853 thousand supplemental for 1956. Bonds are eyed to fund a 42 million school construction program, with election and referendum considerations noted.
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Chester A. Delphey
Wew
Washington County
Wash
City Tree Erected and Trimmed Amid Fire Repairs
Fragmentary report notes repairs to a burning wire and a tree erected and trimmed by the city. The tree stood last night as usual, marking routine municipal maintenance amid hazards.
Bob Zuppke Recovers Amid Messages From Former Players
Former players including novelist Ernest Hemingway sent telegrams of support as Bob Zuppke continued to recover from a near fatal stroke last weekend. The Champaign Hi item notes well wishing and ongoing care.
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Bob Zuppke
Champaign
Ernest Hemingway
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