NATO approves bigger warplanes and troops for 1954
NATO nations boost air power by more than 1300 planes to 5700 total and raise ground forces by eight percent to 107 divisions by year end. The move follows Dulles warned reappraisal of European policies and potential U.S. troop shifts if European ratification lags.
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Eisenhower to Visit Georgia for Christmas Holiday
President Eisenhower will travel to Augusta Georgia on Christmas or the day after to work on messages to Congress and attend the Christmas tree lighting. He will join his son John S Eisenhower and family at Augusta National Golf Club for a holiday gathering, with Mrs Eisenhower recovering from a cold.
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White House
Eisenhower
Augusta
Congress
Manson
May
John S. Eisenhower
John
Barbara
Augusta National Golf Club
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Twenty two unrepatriated Americans press for home interviews
At Panmunjom the unrepatriated Americans refused to attend talks delayed by two and a half months. Lt Gen Thimayya urged them to meet interviewers and explained rules allowing interviewers to limit time. Spokesmen for the prisoners included Sfc Richard G. Corden and Briton Andrew Condron.
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Richard G. Corden
Providence
Andrew M. Condron
Thimasoa
Corden
Condron
Araprspa Rata OG Erat
Nixon Seeks Clearer U S Policies After Far East Trip
Vice President Richard M. Nixon returns from a 70 day tour of 19 countries with ideas to sharpen and explain U S policies to win support for free Asia in the fight against Communism. He weighs a firmer stance toward neutral nations like Burma and India as he briefs Eisenhower, the State Department, and NSC.
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Richard M. Nixon
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India
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State Department
National Security Council
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Bermuda
White House
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Julie
Dean Heads Home From Korea Confident Peace Talks Will Resume
Attorney Arthur H. Dean left Panmunjom for Washington after seven weeks of talks with the Communist negotiators. He expressed confidence the Communists want a Korean peace conference and said a resumption would occur only after an apology to the United States. Dean noted Kenneth Young would handle messages in Munsan when needed.
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Huang Han
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United Nations Command
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Syngman Rhee
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Ko Sok Bok
Kenneth Young
State Department
Munson
Ten Wisconsinites aboard limping Stavangerfjord bound for Oslo
Ten Wisconsinites travel on the Norwegian American liner Stavangerfjord returning to Oslo after its mid Atlantic rudder loss. Passengers include Karl Beridixen and Per Naess of Madison, Thor W. Gotrick, Oscar Berge, Wendhe Brossing, Birger Froland, Anna Herland, Anna Dahl, and Mrs. Anna Dahl, plus Minnesota travelers Axel Anderson of Winona and Fritjof Karlsen of Duluth.
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Norway
Wisconsin
Stavangerfjord
Atlantic
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Per Naess
Thor W. Gotrik
Madison
Oscar T. Berge
Belleville
Wendhe Brossing
Racine
Birger Froland
Sturgeon Bay
Anna Herland
Boulder Junction
Anna Dahl
Stoughton
Minnesota
Clude Axel Anderson
Winona
Fritjof Karlsen
Duluth
Manin Prisoner Freed After Nearly Twenty Years for $10 Burglary
Elvis T. Watson, jailed for a 1933 $10 burglary in New Athens, released by Circuit Judge Edward F. Barnes after a habeas corpus hearing. Watson wept as guards from Menard State Prison departed. he vows to be a good citizen as he leaves for Mount Vernon to join his wife.
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Elvis T. Watson
Edward F. Barnes
Athens
P. C. Orwell
Watson
Menard
Chester
Barnes
Mt. Vernon
Famed Writer Miss Rawlings Dies at 57
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Yearling, died at age 57 in St Augustine Florida after a brief illness. Her personal physician Dr H F Norris said she was not sick long, dying Monday night after hospital admission Friday.
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Pulsiver Prize
O. Henry Memoria
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Charles Rinnings
Louisville Courer-Journal
Baskin
Russians Reported to Run 360 Aircraft Factories
London based Jane's All the World's Aircraft cites a Russian network of about 360 factories producing partisan and combat aircraft for defense against high altitude raids and a long range bomber capable of carrying atomic weapons.
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London
Jane's
McCarthy Says Probers Seek Leads Not Proof
Senator Joseph McCarthy stated that Senate investigators should develop leads on espionage and leave proof to security officers. The permanent subcommittee opened another day of hearings into possible communism and espionage at Fort Monmouth and government electro nics contractors. Ernest Pataki testified he was not connected to McCarthy.
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Joseph McCarthy
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Senate Permanent Investigation
Subcommittee
Army Signal Corps Laboratory
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Ernest Pataki
M’carthy
Eisenhower Prepares 1954 Legislative Program Cabinet Sessions
President Eisenhower convened a White House meeting with his cabinet to finalize the administration's 1954 legislative program ahead of Republican congressional leaders. Vice President Nixon attended, with series of White House conferences planned to gather top GOP input and committee chairmen. Democrats will not attend these sessions, though bi partisan talks with Democratic leaders on foreign policy are planned later.
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Eisenhower
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Senate Gop
William F. Knowland
Calif
Knowland
Wisconsin Weather Summary and Conditions
Mostly cloudy with south and southeast winds this afternoon. colder north and west. Tonight the low near 4 to 12 above, Wednesday highs 2 to 18 above, northwest to southeast, with brisk winds. Randall gauge shows 2 inches above crest at Menasha dam, 1/2 inch since Monday. Temperature data from Buckstaff Observatory notes a low around 17, high 31 a year ago. December excess 0.5 inches, year deficit 3.24 inches.
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New Civil Defense Head Named in Oshkosh
E. J. Ledvina was named acting vice chairman of the Oshkosh civil defense council, replacing W. Mead Stillman. Mayor John C. Voss urged immediate reactivation of the program and urged rebuilding from disaster needs. Public apathy and ignorance were cited as barriers to defense readiness.
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E. J. Ledvina
Oshkosh
Wisconsin Telephone Company
W. Mead Stillman
Common Council
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Civil Defense
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Community Chest
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Boy Scouts
Probers to Tell Of Delinquency In America's Capital
Senate investigators prepared to report how liquor sales to minors affect juvenile delinquency in Washington. Three staffers who observed late night teen life will testify to a Judiciary Subcommittee led by Sen. Hendrickson as hearings focus on the District of Columbia issue this week. Other members wrapped a Denver delinquency hearing.
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Senate
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Robert C. Hendrickson
District of Columbia
William Langer
R-Nd
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Denver
Colo
Soviet Bombers Seen Capable of Attacking U S
A semi official catalog says Russia has developed long range bombers that could carry atomic bombs to most American cities and rocket fighters to counter US interceptors. Jane's All the World's Aircraft notes a fast MIG 15 night fighter variant and light jet bombers recently reported in Korea with uncertain combat performance.
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London
Russia
U.S
Jane's
Red Korea
Washington
Thiy
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Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Arctic
Greenland
Eisenhower Plan Ends Restricted seal on security data
President Eisenhower's order to remove the lowest restricted tag from many documents takes effect. The change aims to limit secrecy while preserving national security, leaving only confidential secret and top secret grades, with access possible to nonsecurity files by officials.
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Washington
Fiesenhower
Trumar
Brownell
Italian Workers Start Day's Strike
Rome reports a 24 hour general strike by over six million Italian workers to press for higher wages and better conditions. Unions across the spectrum participated, halting industry and curbing traffic nationwide with near total effectiveness in many areas.
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Malan
ATCAS
Peninsula
Proposal Is Consigned To Iwweapawgan Deep Freezer
Washington leaders shelved a proposed universal military training plan linking it to the draft. Officials expect Eisenhower to be urged to send the study to Congress, though most key lawmakers doubt UMT will pass. Adler-led commission presented the plan. opinions split on its fate.
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Eisenhower
White House
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Senate
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Julius Ochs Adler
The
New York Times
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Dewey Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
W. Sterling Cole
Armed Services Group
Public Hearings On Pay of Solons Open
Congress probes pay raises as an 18 member commission holds first public hearings with witnesses from farming labor and the bar. The panel will report by January and set a new pay scale not lower than the current $15 000 yearly for members and $30 000 for the vice president and speaker. Federal judges earn 15000 to 17500 yearly with standard daily expenses.
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