Ike in Bermuda For Big 3 Meet
President Eisenhower joined Winston Churchill and Joseph Laniel in Bermuda for a four day Big Three conference to discuss world tensions and a possible four power Berlin foreign ministers meeting. Eisenhower arrived on Columbine with Dulles and Strauss to a large welcoming crowd at Kindley Field then moved to the Mid Ocean Club for the talks.
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Tucker
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Joseph Laniel
Berlin
Columbine
United States Air Force
Kindley Field Base
Washington
Dulles
Straits
John Foster Dulles
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Aids
Churchill
Lanic
Mid-Ocean Club
Queen Elizabeth TI
U.N. Moves Forward To Adjournment
The United Nations General Assembly neared adjournment as its Political Committee debated evacuation of Chinese Nationalist troops from Burma. Nixon stressed U.S. steps to remove Nationalist remnants, while India pushed an adjournment resolution on unrepatriated Korean War prisoners. Western powers aimed to adjourn next week pending a Pakistan poll by President Pandit.
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United Nations
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
Burma
Richard M. Nixon
Rangoon
United States
Chiang Wai-Shek
Formosa
Nixon
General Assembly
China-Burma
Korea
India
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Assembly
Channel 6 Assigned to Whitefish Bay Wisconsin
The Communications Commission assigned television channel 6 to Whitefish Bay a Milwaukee suburb, creating the area’s third commercial VHF channel. Hearst Corp backed by the Milwaukee Common Council urged the allocation and may apply for the station. Marquette gets channel 17 and Green Bay keeps channel 2. Milwaukee also gains non commercial channel 10.
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Washington
The
Communications Commission
Whitefish Bay
Wis
Milwaukee
Hearst Corp
Milwaukee Common Council
Hearst
WISN
Milwaukee Sentinel
Commission
Marquette
Mich
Green Bay
WIMJ
POWs Refuse New Testaments Seek North Korean News
PANMUNJOM Korea UP twenty two American prisoners of war who refused repatriation rejected New Testaments and asked for Communist news papers instead Indian spokesman said the prisoners also requested North Korean papers and books rather than the Bible The Indians noted the prisoners may be guided by a small number of confirmed Communists American officers believe leaders may influence the group Reliable sources say English language Chinese and North Korean papers are smuggled to the camp while the men possess a history of the Communist Party in their huts
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Panmunjom
Korea
United States
North Korea
Maa
Communist Party
ROK
Midwest Snowstorm and Southern Tornado Toll
The heaviest snow of the year paralyzed the Midwest with up to a foot of snow, closing roads and cutting lines across Dakotas to Wisconsin. A late autumn tornado killed nine in Louisiana, mainly Leander, with ten homes damaged beyond repair. towns Lecamp Kingsville Hineston Dry Prong and Paradise also hit.
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Midwest
Louisiana
Leander
Tulles
Lecamp
Kingsville
Hineston
Dry Prong
Paradise
South Dakota
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Norton
Kan
Superior
Wis
Reds Concede on Neutrals at Korean Peace Talks
In Panmunjom the Communists eased the neutral nations issue at the 33rd session but restated demands for indefinite confinement of anti Red prisoners. U S envoy Arthur H Dean warned Russia’s seat remains the central issue. Reds limited filibuster power to nations on either side, signaling possible acceptance of UN Russia participation as an ally, while demanding prisoners who refuse repatriation be held until the conference decides their fate.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Russia
Dean
United Nations
Oil Fever Hits Australia After Gulf Discovery
Sydney reports an oil fever as word spread that oil was found on the Exmouth Gulf along the West Australian coast, sparking market excitement and regional interest. The announcement prompted rapid headlines and speculative talk about potential economic impact and exploration efforts.
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Sydney
Australia
Australa
Exmouth I Gulf
West Australian
Would Like To Call Vishinsky Liar
A former GI, Frederick C. Herrman of Evansville Indiana, told Senate investigators he would like to call Soviet diplomat Andrei Vishinsky a liar to his face. He recounted being shot at by North Korean forces, playing dead after seven U.S. prisoners were killed, and showing a bloodstained propaganda poster. Herrman identified the poster, seized from the room where Communists opened fire on American prisoners, as investigators logged the evidence.
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Washington
Senate
Andrei Vishinsky
Frederick C. Herrman
Evansville
Ind
Vishinsky
U.S
Korea
Herrman
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Four Flyers Killed In Stratojet Crash Near Tucson
Four airmen died when a stratojet burst into flames and crashed in the Santa Catalina Mountains about 25 miles east of Tucson Arizona. The jet was based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The wreckage was spread over a ten mile area.
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Tucson. Ariz
Santa Catalina Mountains
Here
Hague
Netherlands
Corover
Inelis
Egyptian Battery Fires on U S Ship Near Aqaba Gulf
The American freighter Albion S 7 255 ton reported Egyptian shore batteries fired on her as she tried to deliver 9 600 tons of wheat to Jordan for Palestinian refugees. The ship sought Aqaba at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and no casualties were reported. The embassy said urgent representations were made to Egypt and President Naguib's regime promised action to facilitate passage and investigate.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jordan
Pal‘estine
Gulf of Aqaba
Sinai Peninsula
Aqaba
Gulf
Elath
Suez Canal
Albion
Mohammed Naguib
Police Guard Dock Following Labor Riot
San Francisco police kept watch as rival unions clashed at the Aleutian dock. Nine injured, five arrested after two flareups between AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific and NUMCS led to riot control with riot guns and tear gas. Court injunction limited pickets at Pier 39 ahead of Saturday voyage to Hawaii.
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San Francisco
Harry Lundeberg
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
National
AFL
Aleutian
Hawaii
Pier 39
Embarcadero
Lundeberg
AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
NUMCS
Bridges’ International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Hugh Bryson
Marine Cooks and Stewards
Solon Invited To Explain Being At Commie Meet
SAN FRANCISCO UP The House committee invited California congressman Robert L. Condon to explain his alleged presence at a Communist Party meeting in Oakland in 1948. Witness Charles D. Blodgett testified Condon attended a close party meeting while running for the California Assembly, a claim Condon denied as smear and said he may not testify.
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San Francisco
California
Charles D. Blodgett
Chicago
Robert L. Condon
Donald Jackson
R-Calif
Condon
New Orleans
House Inter-Governmental Relations Committee
Velde
Harold H. Velde
R-I
Blodgett
Communist Daily People’s World
Alameda County
Communist Party
California Assembly
Contra Costa County
Congress
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Nationalist official jailed for graft in Taiwan
Kuo Tien-yi, a member of Nationalist China's Parliament, was sentenced to three years in prison for graft. He was convicted of selling a government owned house and pocketing the proceeds.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Kuo Tien-yi
Spy suspect refuses to answer on espionage talk
William Ludwig Ullman, accused in 1945 of membership in a Soviet spy ring, leaves a Washington hearing after refusing to answer about engaging in espionage. He dodged about 500 questions and would not confirm or deny that Harry Dexter White passed government secrets through him to a Soviet ring.
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William Ludwig Ullman
Senate Internal Security Committee
Washington
U.S
Harry Dexter White
International
Wisconsin Chief Justice Fritz Resigns. Steinle Chosen
Gov. Kohler accepts Chief Justice Oscar Fritz resignation after 42 years on state and Milwaukee courts. Circuit Judge Roland Steinle of Milwaukee named to succeed Fritz as chief justice. Edward Fairchild to become chief on new court term. Fritz born 1878. trained at Wisconsin. Fritz cites retirement.
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Madison
Walter Kohler
Oscar Fritz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Roland Steinle
Milwaukee
Fritz
Edward Fairchild
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Fairchild
Wisconsin State Senate
High Court
Kohler
Fritzs
Universiy of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Board of Circuit Judges
Wisconsin Board of Circuit Judges
Doerfler
Christian Doerfler
Edward Rosenberry
Stweinle
Milwaukee County
Marquette Law School
Elmer W. Boller
Steinle
Second Judicial Circuit
John E. Reilly, Jr
Robert C. Cannon
John H. Wessel
Leo B. Hanley
All Pre Communist Literature Destroyed By Reds
A Bulgarian newspaper reports that Bulgaria’s Red rulers have raided private shelves and public libraries for waste paper and destroyed all pre Communist literature. The action wipes out many valuable old books once the pride of Bulgarian libraries.
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Bulgaria
Vienna
Mara
Former State Department Official Indicted for Lying About Communist Ties
Val R. Lorwin, former chief of the European section in the State Department, was indicted on charges of lying about Communist party membership and activities during a December 1950 loyalty hearing. The indictment alleges three false statements under oath and carries a 3000 fine or five years in prison. Lorwin, a New York City native, has a long government service history dating to 1935, including roles with the National Recovery Administration, War Production Board, and Office of Strategic Services.
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Washington
Val R. Lorwin
State Department
Communist Party
Lorwin
Europe
New York City
Justice Department
Cornell University
Ohio State University
Brooklyn College
Old National Recovery Administration
NRS
War Production Board
Office of Strategic Services
Woman Seeks Global Airliner Travel Record
Pam Martin, a 23 year old artist and copywriter from Chicago, launched a round the world attempt using scheduled airlines. She aims for a sub 91 hour 25 minute world flight, beating the 99 hour 16 minute record, and hopes to return by Tuesday morning after starting from Midway at 12 01 p m. Her employer Horace Whitlock attended the departure noting she is the first woman attempting such a trip since Nellie Bly.
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Chicago
Pam Marti
Miss Martin
Midway Airport
New York
la Guardia Field
Horace Whitlock
Nellie Bly
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary Patchy Snow and Cold
Snow flurries and colder tonight in Wisconsin with Saturday partly cloudy and colder. Snow possible Saturday night, low temperatures ranging from 17 to 24 west and 24 to 30 east. Saturday highs 25 to 38 northwest and 20 to 35 southeast. Minnesota partly cloudy with snow flurries in the northwest half tonight, colder Saturday with mostly cloudy skies and snow. Lows 8 to 16 west and 14 to 20 east. Saturday highs 20 to 26 north and 25 to 32 south. Observations note rainfall at Menasha dam and temperatures 46 max 35 min. December precipitation above average.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Norzin
Fox River
Menasha Dam
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