Bomber Crash Kills 17 at Guam Officers Housing Project
A crippled B28 bomber crashed into an Air Force officers housing complex in Agana Guam killing 17 people including six children two women and one officer. Eight aboard survived two in critical condition and eight others were saved from the wreckage as flames swept through multiple houses.
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Agana
Guam
U.P
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
United States
Andersen Field
Clyde W. Owen
Salina
Kan
Grady Stewart
Olivedale
Mediation Board Urges Clerks to Halt Rail Strike
The National Mediation Board asked the AFL Railway Clerks union to call off a three city strike at Detroit Pittsburgh and Milwaukee over wage demands. The move follows Eisenhower ordered emergency board setup to study terms and preserve the status quo for 60 days. George Harrison said he would decide after clarifying company attitude and questions.
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Chicago
AFL
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Washington U
National Mediation Board
Railway Clerks Union
Railway Express Agency
Eisenhower
Mediation Board
George Harrison
Harrison
Sub-Zero Cold Grips Wisconsin as Warmth Slowly Returns
The mercury dipped below zero across Wisconsin with Grantsburg at minus 20 the lowest reading since last February. Lows ranged from minus 13 in Eau Claire to zero at Kenosha as a warming trend was forecast and a broad cold snap affected much of the eastern U.S. through today.
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United Press
Mercury
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Grantsburg
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Superior
Park Falls
Lone Rock
Beloit
Madison
Gulf States
Upper
Midwest
Bemidji
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Southland
Georgia
Fire Sweeps Hillsboro Canning Plant Wing Destroyed
Hillsboro Enterprises suffered a heavy fire loss when one northwest wing of its canning plant was gutted. Estimates range 75 000 to 100 000 dollars with 40 000 dollars of equipment burned and 20 000 cases of corn damaged. Firemen from Hillsboro Wonewee and Elroy saved a newer section valued at 500 000 dollars. The cause was undetermined and an offseason section had been sealed. Owner Willis Hofmeister gave the loss estimate. About 150 people are employed at the plant during the seasonal run. TOKYO Asahi reports Japan negotiating withdrawal of U N forces from Japan within 90 days after Korea ceasefire.
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Hillsboro
Hillsboro Enterprises, Inc
Wonewee
Elroy
Willis Hofmeister
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary for Friday
Fair and continued cold in Wisconsin with rising temperatures overnight. Friday brings fair skies, lighter winds, and highs around 20 to 30 degrees, while Minnesota remains mostly fair with gradually warming temperatures and highs near 20 to 32.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwestern
Fair Randall
Fox River
Menasha
Buckstaff Observatory
Churchill urges West security guarantees for Soviet safety
In a Commons speech Churchill pressed for Western security guarantees to the Soviet Union and said he sold the idea to Eisenhower and France at Bermuda. He backed a Big Four ministers conference in Berlin and warned France of risks of delaying the European Army plan. He praised Eisenhower's UN atomic pool speech as pivotal.
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Churchill
Russia
House of Commons
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Berlin
Hase
Soviet Union
Hitler
U.N
House
U. S
State Dulles
Churchlin
France
Europe
United States
Eisenhower Opens 1954 Talks With GOP Leaders
President Eisenhower begins a three day series of legislative conferences with Republican leaders in Washington urging a forward looking progressive program for 1954. He plans radio and TV addresses before and after Congress opens and a State of the Union message on Jan. 7.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
GOP
House
Republican Party
U S Fighter Bombers In Korea Run Realistic Practice
Tokyo dispatch says American fighter bombers based in Korea are bombing and strafing Korean hills in realistic practice missions to stay ready in case war flares again, the Sth Air Force reported.
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Tokyo
Korea
Sth Air Force
President Leads U S In Tribute to Wrights
President Eisenhower led nationwide anniversary tributes to the Wright brothers marking 50 years since the first powered flight. Highlights included a DC7 speed record, Yeager’s X1 speed, and a Washington Aero Club dinner where Eisenhower, Doolittle, and Godfrey paid homage to Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wright Brothers
Kill Devil Hills
North Carolina
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
National Airlines
Los Angeles
Air Force
Charles E. Yeager
Aero Club of Washington
Wright, Collier and Brewer
Supreme Court
Congress
Bandits Get $12,000 From Bank in Virginia
Two armed men robbed the Peoples Bank of Ewing in Virginia, taking about $12,000 after forcing cashier H. T. Ritchie and two employees, Mrs. Jessie Dean and Miss Gene Harris, to the floor at gunpoint as the bank opened.
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Bandits
Bank
Virginia
Ewing
Peoples Bank
H. T. Ritchie
Ritchie
Jessie Dean
Gene Harris
Yankees Stadium and Blues Stadium Sold to Arnold Johnson
New York Yankees owners Dan R. Topping and Del Webb announce the sale of Yankee Stadium in New York and Blues Stadium in Kansas City to Arnold Johnson of Chicago and Associates for 6.5 million dollars. Both stadiums will be leased back to Topping and Webb with no change in operation. The sale news follows a Hartford report that Yankee Stadium might sell to the Knights of Columbus under similar terms.
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New York
Dan R. Topping
del Webb
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Blues Stadium
Kansas City
Arnold Johnson
Chicago and Associates
Topping
Hartford
the Order
New York Stadium
Mulligan
Kansas City Stadium
Topping and Webb
Arnold Johnson Corp
Hall Says Whisky Foiled Escape In Greenlease Case
Jefferson City Missouri. Carl Austin Hall on death row claimed alcohol doomed his chances, saying police would not have caught him alive if whisky had not fouled him up. He admitted lacking concern for the victim’s family and noted the $600,000 ransom money. He said the gun was out of reach when officers entered his St Louis hotel room, and revealed plans about Mrs Heady who lived with him.
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Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Hall
Bobby Greenlease
St. Louis
Heady
Fire roars through skid row hotel killing one and injuring twenty
Predawn blaze at the Reliance hotel on 1704 West Madison in Chicago collapsed walls as firefighters searched for trapped residents. One hotel resident John Tybor and at least one firefighter died, with about twenty injured and eleven rescued from the ruins. An arson probe and a chilling suicide note on Tybor's body prompted police scrutiny.
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Chicago
John Measner
Measner
John Tybor
Manteno State Hospital
Ray Nowicki
West Madison
Earl Downes
Tybor
State Heads Must Wait For Any Pay Boost
The Wisconsin state emergency board deferred action on salary increase requests until Jan. 8 despite urging from Gov. Kohler. The delay affects seven department heads including health officer Dr. Carl Neupert and welfare director John Tramburg, as the board conducts further study on recommendations.
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Madison
State Emergency Board
Kohler
Carl N. Neupert
John W. Tramburg
C. L. Greiber
Walter Wispiewski
Water Pollution Committee
Ernest Swift
Conservation Department
Donald McDowell
Agriculture Department
Volmer Sorensen
Bureau of Personnel
Russig Minister Blamed for Lagging Red Food Production
A Pravda article blames Agriculture Minister Ivan Benediktov for lagging Soviet food production and denounces him as an executive who has lost his sense of responsibility. The report appears from Moscow with a distressed tone about state performance.
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Russig
Munist
Pravda
Ivan A. Benediktov
Soviet Union
Moscow
Santa Visits Eisenhower Kids for Pre Christmas Requests
At Fort Benning Santa surprised Dwight Eisenhower's grandchildren, who asked for a builder set, dolls, a doll high chair and icebox. Barbara Anne, 4, asked for boots and toys while Susan, nearly 2, shyly showed her blue dress. The scene ended with Santa joking about fitting down the chimney.
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Columbus
Dwight Eisenhower
Santa Claus
Ft. Benning
John Eisenhower
Air Force
Santa
Eisenhower
Saint Nick
St. Nick
Eisenhower Quarters
Barbara Anne
Susan
Dwight David
Barbara
David
Ila
May
Van Tam Resigns As Premier Of Viet Nam
Saigon reports Nguyen Van Tam resigns as premier of Viet Nam. Prince Bau Loc, high commissioner in France, is asked to form a new government. Van Tam claims his cabinet fell apart as Viet Nam’s chief would not accept bringing in nationalists hostile to the former monarch due to his pro French stance.
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Saigon
Indochina
Nguyen van Tam
Viet Nam
Prince Bau Loc
France
van Tam
Bao Dai
Mey
Beria to face trial on treason charges in Soviet court
Moscow reports former secret police chief Lavrenti Beria confessed to crimes dating to 1919 and will stand trial for high treason related to plots against the Soviet state. Six co defendants, including Merkulov, will share the dock as the case moves forward.
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Moscow
Lavrenti P. Beria
Russia
Beria
Revolutionary Workers’ Movement
Berial
L V. Merkulov
Secret Police
Merine Jov
Eres
V. G. Dekanozov
Lone
Georgia
Stalin
B. Z. Kobulov
Ussr
S. A. Goglidze
Ukraine
L. E. Vlodzimirsky
CIO AFL Sign No Raid Pact As Step Toward Merger
Washington AP The CIO and AFL signed a two year no raid agreement effective January 1 194X as first concrete move toward a full merger Leaders Walter Reuther and George Meany said the pact will bind parent bodies though member unions must endorse it Meany and Reuther expect rapid union adoptions and plan early meetings to finalize merger approaches and procedures
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Washington
CIO
AFL
Walter P Reuther
George Meany
Meany
Reuther
Newly Remodeled Farm Home Gutted by Flames
Arcadia area Trempealeau County farm home owned by Mr and Mrs Erwin Wiffler was gutted by fire Wednesday five miles east of town. The loss was estimated at seven thousand dollars with furniture and personal effects destroyed.
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Arcadia
Trempealeau County
Erwin Wiffler
Here
Wifflers
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