Ike And Aides Launch Talks Aboard Cruiser
President-elect Dwight Eisenhower began formal talks with advisers aboard the heavy cruiser USS Helena after helicopter transfers from Wake Island. The meeting, expected to last to Pearl Harbor, involves future White House aides and defense, state, treasury, and interior officials as they discuss Korea and early administration plans.
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Helena
Hawaii
Dwight Eisenhower
Wake Island
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Hagerty
John Foster Dulles
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Treasury
Lucius Clay
Hisenhower
Joseph M.dodge
Detroit
C. D. Jackson
Emmet Hughes
White House
Charles E. Wilson
Adm
Arthur
Radford
Pacific
Wake
Dulles
Humphrey
Bill Dakan
Ft. Worth, Tex
Three Die In Fort Worth Hotel Fire
A three alarm blaze gutted a small three story hotel in Fort Worth injuring and killing residents. Victims identified include Mrs Hattie Mc Croskey 83 and James Burton Shearer Jr 36 both from Texas. Another unidentified man died. Fire began about 1 18 a m and the building was evacuated with off duty firefighters assisting.
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Fort Worth
Hattie McCroskey
James Burton Shearer Jr
Pantex
Harold Barker
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Leonard Garn
Dallas
Wiliam E. Airsworth
Barracks Blaze Kills Five Air Force Officers
Five Air Force officers were killed in a fire that swept through a two story barracks at Rapid City Air Force Base. Six others were burned and 2nd Lt. John Rycroft of Yonkers New York broke an ankle jumping from a second story window. He and 2nd Lt. Paul Rous of Lockbourne Air Force Base Ohio were flown to Denver.
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Rapid City
S. D
Air Force
Rapid City Air Force Base
John Rycroft
Yonkers
N. Y
Paul Rous
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Ohio
Denver
Five officers die in Rapid City barracks blaze
Capt. T. E. Robertson husband of an Odessa woman was among five officers killed in the Rapid City South Carolina Air Force Base fire. Robertson and Ima Jean Henning were married about seven years ago. Mrs. Robertson's mother is Velma Henning formerly of 1110 N. Tom Green. The body is expected to be brought back for services.
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T. E. Robertson
Odessa
Rapid City
S. C
Air Force Base
Robertson
Ima Jean Henning
Four Officers Die in Rapid City Airbase Incident
An incident at Fitzsimmons military hospital involves four fatalities among officers on temporary duty with the 72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. Rapid City serves as a base for B36 bombers. Identified victims include 1st Lt. Jerome A. Weinshank and 2nd Lt. Robert W. Wooten Jr., both connected to Kansas City and March Field respectively, plus Army Chief Warrant Officer Paul W. Beers of Benicia California. Details on the remaining two victims are being withheld pending next of kin notifications.
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Fitzsimmons Military Hospital
72Nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Rapid City
Jerome A. Weinshank
Kansas City
Robert W. Wooten Jr
March Field
Calif
Army
Paul W. Beers
Benicia
Arsenal
Three Texas GIs Down MIGs in Korean Air Battles
In northwest Korea, three Texans scored in aerial duels. Lt John Ludwing of Bryan earned a half kill, Lt Cecil Foster of San Antonio claimed his sixth MIG, and Col Royal Baker of McKinney was credited with his 14th and 615th destroyed. Baker and Ludwing flew in the same formation. Ludwing reported Baker guided him as his plane burned after a series of hits.
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Seoul
Korea
John Ludwing
East 21St St
Bryan
Cecil D. Foster
San Antonio
Royal Baker
McKinney
Col Baker
Ludwing
Baker
Col. Baker
New Purge Of Red Leaders Underway
Belgrade reports a major purge of Czechoslovak Communist leaders with arrests of prominent figures including Antonin Gregor former minister of foreign trade and Zdenek Fierlinger deputy premier among others. The Yugoslav News Agency Tanjug provided the list.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Belgrade Radio Today
Cechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Gregor
Ludwig Svoboda
Vladimir Kopshiva
Eugene Erban
Augustin Kliment
Zdenek Fierlinger
Night Club Owner Kidnapped and Robbed in Cross-Border Heist
Joe Thompson operator of Carlsbad New Mexico Silver Spur Club was kidnapped and robbed of about 16000 dollars after being forced into a car in Odessa Texas. FBI agents and Carlsbad deputies traced footprints and followed the car to Loving and Malanga New Mexico as the search continued.
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Joe Thompson
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Thompson
Big Spring
Odessa
Chevrolet
Malanga
N. M
Loving
FBI
Carlsbbad
Texas
Crawford
Sunday Drunks Create Unusual Police Troubles in Dallas
Dallas police recorded a busy Sunday as drunks filled the county jail and drama unfolded. Among incidents a man drove a car onto a streetcar trestle 60 feet high, a college girl wrecked her boyfriend’s car off a 60 foot embankment, and a 44 year old woman ranted after years of arrests. About 31 people were jailed for drunkenness or drunk driving. One driver mis navigated toward a Trinity River viaduct, stall over Industrial Boulevard. The car failed after tires blew, oil pan detached, engine seized, and the driver slept.
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Dallas
Trinity River
Industrial Boulevard
State Hospital Officials Resign Over Administrative Policies
In Austin on December 8, Dr. H. H. Donahue resigned as assistant medical director of Texas state hospitals, earning $10 000 annually, in protest of policies. Board members deferred action on Donahue's boss Dr. George W. Jackson, who announced plans to quit his $15 000-a-year post by January 15, while a public hearing on conflicts was postponed with no date set.
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Austin
H. H. Donahue
Texas State Hospitals
Donahue
State Hospitals and Special Schools
George W. Jackson
Jackson
JH. W. Morelock
Sul.Ross
State College
Alpine
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross
Anthony Hunt
Howard County Junior College
Big Spring
E. C. Dodd
Southwest Texas Junior College
Uvalde
Elmer Cox
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
H. Cook
McMurry College
E. H. Boulter
State Board of Education
Lubbock
Odessa
Ted Whitmire
Preston M. Geren
Howard Mankins
Wiggins
New England
California Storm Paralyzes Transit Killing Five People
Northern California faces deadly storm with five deaths and 1370 passengers stranded on seven trains. Snowbound tracks near Dunsmuir cleared by plows. highways reopened as showers and mountain snow persist. Two families lose members in Ukiah area. a Humboldt pedestrian dies after rain blurs a driver. Flooding and evacuations occur along Russian and Eel rivers. red flare mystery near Tahoe City remains unsolved.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific
Dunsmuir
Here
Klamath Falls
Ore
Siskiyou Mountains
Oregon-California
U. S
Ukiah
Russ Tulla
Logan Trever
Bobby
Tulla
Carl Leidner
Humboldt County
Mendocino
Woodacre
Marin County
Kay Park
Tahoe City
Rioting In New Mexico Prison Ends After Hostages Freed
Rioting prisoners released eight hostages and ended a 20 hour uprising at New Mexico State Prison in Santa Fe. Guards, state police, and county officers surrounded the facility as tensions rose and no details were released about the prisoners’ seizure of guards or weapons.
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New Mexico
Santa FE
N. M
Morris Abram
New Mexico State Prison
Fred Johnson
Johnson
Santa Fe County
Los Alamos
Joe Roach
Freddie Salazar
Edwin L. Mechem
Open House Highlights Odessa College Dedication
Over 1,000 attended the Odessa College dedication of four new buildings in a $1,000,000 expansion. Dr. D. M. Wiggins of Lubbock delivered the main address and a portrait of President Murry H. Fly was presented to the college.
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Odessa College
D. M. Wiggins
Lubbock
Texas Western
Texas Technological Colleges
Murry H. Fly
Jack Rodgers
Fly
Odessa
William B. Deaderick
College Board of Regents
Science Hall
Fry
Murry Fly
Dope Bust Records $20 000 Haul In Houston
Houston narcotics officers seized a $20 000 marijuana haul at the Greyhound bus station after smelling mothballs on two suitcases. Robbie Bryan and Esteban Benevides were arrested, with Benevides later captured in a washroom while Bryan was arrested at the scene. Federal Agent W H Crook called the marijuana high grade and noted it as the largest Houston haul in nearly a year.
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Houston
W. H. Crook
Crook
Sidney Smith
M. A. Billnitzer
Robbie C. Bryan
Esteban Benevides
Algoa
Greyhound
Laredo
Bryan
Benevides
Shark Attacks Youths in Monterey Bay fatal incident
In Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove a 15-foot shark killed 17-year-old Berry Wilson 30 feet from shore. Wilson lost a leg and bled to death while his companion Brookner W. Brady Jr., 15, fought the shark with a knife before it fled as others approached.
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Pacific Grove
Calif
Berry Wilson
Monterey Bay
Wilson
Brookner W. Brady Jr
Road bond defeat dims county postwar construction plan
A re check of the Ector County bond election shows the $250000 road bond failed to pass 492 yes 284 no, short of the two thirds needed. In contrast the $750000 park program and $750000 hospital expansion passed 527 249 and 592 179 respectively, with work to begin after the new year as plans are drawn by Hedrick and the county officials.
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Ector County
Medical Center
S. W. Jackson
Central Investment Co
San Angelo
Jackson
North Golder
South Dixie
East Kennedy Dr
Lucille Gerron
W. O. Claxton
Wyatt Hardrick
Hedrick
Phillips 66
Fourth
Washington
Ben Nedow
Shamrock
Claxton
Midland Painters Fight Sleep in Prize Wager
Two Midland painters, Robert Cook and Jess Hensley, have not slept since 7 14 a m Friday and will lose or win a thousand dollars based on who drops off first. They say the loser pays a Christmas fund while the winner earns the prize. They borrowed money to seed the pot as they toil side by side on the job.
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Midland
Robert Cook
Jess Hensley
Two Pecos Soldiers Wounded in Korea
Two Pecos servicemen Cpl Willie J Hester and Pvt George T Perryman were wounded in Korea per Defense Department casualty lists. Sgt Ted Williams from Snyder also listed as wounded. No injury details released.
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Pecos
Korea
Department of Defense
Willie J. Hester
Mary P. Hester
Plum St
George T. Perryman
Myrtle M. Strong
Foster's Cafe
Ted Williams
Jlives
Rte. 2
Snyder
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Edgar Tilly
High Point
N. C
Earl Elwood Steel
Gainsville
Fla
Steel
Ike
Aides
Pyncedoles
Pynce
Jermain
U. S. 90
Eisenhower's Press
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Tanjug
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carlsbad, N. M
State Hospital
Midland Painters
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