White House push for new anti subversive laws
Ally Gen Herbert Brownell Jr urged Sen Joseph McCarthy and Rep Harold Velde to back administration anti subversive legislation at a White House conference on 1954 measures. Proposals sought to legalize wire tap evidence in national security cases and allow immunity grants to witnesses with AG approval, as Eisenhower reviews the program for January Congress.
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Pioneer flyer Tibbs Missing after 1917 flight
Chicago report on Burrel Tibbs a 57 year old Grand Prairie Texas aviator who vanished after taking off from Bloomington Municipal Airport at 12 19 p m in an open cockpit Flying Jenny headed toward Dallas His only instruments were a watch a yardstick and a Rand McNally map Weather forced postponement and no sign by 18 hours after takeoff.
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B-29 Crash Kills Two Crewmen at KOMAKS Air Base
An American B-29 Super Fort crashed and burned during landing at KOMAKS Japan base killing two crewmen, an Air Force spokesman said.
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Train Crash Kills 3 In Sydney Rush Hour Collision
A rush hour collision between two electric commuter trains in Sydney killed three people and injured 139. Three dead included two women and one man. 29 were in critical condition, while 100 others were treated and released.
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Farmers in China Offered Bonuses Due to Shortages
Hong Kong dispatch reports a growing food shortage in Communist China. Red authorities in Canton offer hefty bonuses to farmers while South China Communists allegedly use force to seize hoarded rice. Independent Chinese press notes killings by Red cadre teams.
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McCarthy Says Some Red Spies Will Go to Jail
Senator McCarthy pledged to an audience of 2,500 that some Communist spies who testify before his Senate committee will face jail for perjury or contempt, even if not every espionage charge is proven. He cited Al Capone as a parallel, noting society’s response can be decisive without a conviction count.
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Dulles Aid Radford Headed to Far East for Talks
Assistant Secretary of State Walter S Robertson and Admiral Arthur W Radford set out for the Far East to calm South Korean threats to wreck the coming truce talks. They will visit Seoul next Thursday and Friday to press for progress while President Syngman Rhee is said to pledge no hostilities until after a possible peace conference. Kenneth T Young may leave Panmunjom if the talks do not resume soon. Arthur Dean has returned to the United States after eight weeks trying to set up the conference.
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Kidnap Trial Judge Seeks Retirement After 30 Years
Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves, known for the Carl Austin Hall Bonnie Heady case and vote fraud convictions, asked President Eisenhower to accept his retirement. He requested retirement effective February 12, the 30th anniversary of his appointment.
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UN sends "come home" letters to 22 unrepatriated POWs
The United Nations dispatched repatriation appeals to 22 American prisoners of war held in Korean custody. Indian authorities will review the 12 page mimeographed letters before delivery, with a Monday delivery target. The letters urge free choice and list seven guidance points on evaluating coercion, information, and promises, while warning of Communist indoctrination methods. If cleared, loudspeaker broadcasts from relatives and civic leaders may follow at the prison edge. Unrepatriated men remain in Indian custody until January 22, after which they become civilians free to travel.
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Five Ballots But French Fail To Name President
Versailles AP report says France’s Parliament failed on the fifth ballot to elect a president. Premier Joseph Laniel and Socialist Marcel-Edmond Naegelen led but both lost strength, with Laniel at 374 and Naegelen at 312. Medecin and Bidault also listed. A sixth ballot will be held. the joint session at Versailles Palace will decide the seven year term.
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Henri Queuille
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New York Firm Overpays Taxes With $100000.74 Check
Empee, Inc. mailed a 100000.74 dollar check to Wayne County treasurer for taxes. Treasurer Harold E. Stoll said he would return the check since the company owed only 74 cents.
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Wisconsin Weather Forecast For Sunday Night
Mostly fair to night and Sunday with warmer night and milder Sunday. Low 20 to 28, high 35 to 46, winds south southwest 15 to 20 mph tonight and west-southwest 15 to 26 mph Sunday. Northwestern Observations note partly cloudy at 7:30 am 21 and fair at 10:30 am 31. Temperature extremes: max 21 min 1. precip none.
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Waupaca Man on Wrecked Bomber
REYKJAVIK Iceland 7 The wreck of a U S Navy bomber was sighted on Myradalsjokull glacier Friday and at least three of the nine man crew were reported alive Robert B Whale 22 of Waupak a Wis was radioman aboard the crashed ship American flyers and Icelandic rescue parties raced to the bleak scene on the mile high glacier 110 miles southwest of here in an effort to reach the wrecked plane Survival equipment was dropped to the crash survivors U S Air Force headquarters in London reported American rescue units on Teeland were fitting out a C437 transport plane equipped with ship and a helicopter for a possible attempt to evacuate the survivors by air Light Two Explosions A headquarters spokesman said rescue pilots dropping emergency supplies near the wrecked plane Friday might sighted two orange colored explosions believed to have been flares sent up by survivors The pilots he said radioed that the visibility was so bad they got lowly glimpses of the explosions They later told of spotting an object moving toward the place where the supplies were dropped It was impossible to determine absolutely whether the object was human
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Reds Plan Elaborate Christmas For Communism Loving Yanks
Twenty two American war prisoners who chose communism plan a Christmas celebration at Panmunjom with a truckload of athletic gear and food provided by a Red Santa. They share with one Briton and 327 South Koreans, including ice skates footballs boxing gloves and a discus. An athletic meet is planned for Christmas afternoon on a frozen rice pad inside the compound.
Plane Crash Near Ogden Leaves One Dead
Five of seven aboard an Air Force plane were rescued from the fiery wreck at Ogden Municipal Airport. Co pilot Capt. B. D. Wilson 31 of Hill AFB died. The craft attached to the 1 jth Radar Calibration Squadron crashed while landing. four others injured and two crew critically hurt. Passersby and a nurse aided victims before ambulances arrived.
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Shah dissolves Iranian parliament orders new elections
Tehran Iran AP Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi dissolved the Majlis and the Senate and ordered new elections. Abbas Farzanegan said elections would begin Sunday with a plan to secure a quorum within eight weeks. The move, amid opposition from Ayatollah Kashani, marks a bold government step. The Majlis has 136 seats and the Senate 60. The Shah appoints half the Senate seats. The government will require candidates to be natives of their constituencies.
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Dolan Bond Set in Greenlease Case Probe
Patrolman Elmer Dolan faces a $25 000 bond after grand jury charges allege he lied in the probe of the disappearance of $200 000 from the Greenlease ransom. Dolan awaits arraignment in Kansas City as prosecutors continue the inquiry into the case and related accounts.
Czechs Lift Buying Limits and Cut Food Prices
The Prague daily Rude Pravoe reported that the Czechoslovak government removed buying restrictions on textiles shoes soap matches and confectionery and ordered price cuts of about 20 percent on eggs cabbage tinned fish imported fruit and cheese, increasing consumer access.
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