French Election Still Deadlocked
Paris reports the ninth ballot failed to elect a president as Premier Joseph Laniel led with 439 votes and faced a 445 vote needed majority. Montel entered as an arbiter of party strife, causing Laniel to fall short by 42 votes amid fatigue in Versailles joint sessions.
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Versailles
France
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Laniel
Moyerment
National Assembly
Senate
Versailles Palace
Laniel
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen
Pierre Montel
Montel
Auriol
Edouard Herriot
Rene Mayer
Plevin
Social and Democratic Resistance
Rene Pleven
Naegelen
Jean Medecin
Nice
Nae
Par
Continue Ban On Free Gifts By Merchants
Wisconsin merchants must not offer free gifts with purchases under the 1947 Unfair Sales Act. Anthony Madler, counsel for the State Department of Agriculture, says FTC policy reversal does not change the state law. The department cites the 1947 statute to keep free gift inducements prohibited despite the FTC ruling.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Anthony Madler
State Department of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Madler
C. L. Jackson
Department
Division of Economic Practices
FTC
Bulgarians Form New Communist Parliament
Istanbul dispatch reports Bulgaria elected a new Communist Parliament with only scattered results and a single slate of candidates aligned with the Red regime. Authorities in Sofia confirmed a Soviet dominated electoral process and an absence of opposition.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bulgaria
Winter Snow and Cold Move Into Wisconsin
Old man winter brings colder weather and snow to Wisconsin. The forecast calls for a 9:32 p.m. winter start with lighter precipitation totals statewide and slippery roads reported north of Marshfield Antigo Wausaukee and Winona Minn. Some areas saw up to 20 inches of snow in Lone Rock while rain changed to snow in the northwest and southeast regions with fog and low visibility.
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Winter
Wiscon
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Lone Rock
State Highway Department
Madison
Marshfield
Antigo
Wausaukee
Winona
Minn
Noted Scientist Dr Millikan Dies in Pasadena
Dr. Robert Millikan world renowned scientist and dean of American physicists has died at 85 in Pasadena California. He was bedridden with age infirmities for months and will lie in state at Forest Lawn Glendale with private services planned. Millikan won the 1923 Nobel Prize in physics and held 25 honorary degrees and published 18 books and many papers.
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Pasadena
Calif
Robert Millikan
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
U S Air Chief Sees Air Superiority Over Reds
General Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff, says the United States holds air superiority and could strike first in war. He notes Soviet lack of wartime long‑range air experience and predicts atomic bombs would boost strategic bombing effectiveness. He stresses destroying Russian aircraft and war‑goods factories to halt invasion.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
America
Twining
Monroe
Wis
Japan
Europe
Rescuers Climb Iceland Glacier To Reach Crashed U S Navy Plane
Ground teams push up a glacier toward the Neptune crash site in Iceland as blizzards hamper progress. Nine aboard include Robert Whale of Waupakaca Wisconsin. Rescue crews drop gear and plan aerial equipment drops despite zero visibility and worsening weather.
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London
Iceland
Robert Whale
Waupaca
Wis
Air Force Headquarters
53Rd Air Rescue
Neptune
Keflavik
Reykjavik
U. S. Air Force
Russ Offers to Negotiate On Ike Atom Pool Plan
The White House said Soviet Russia agreed to join secret negotiations on President Eisenhower's international atomic pool proposal. Murray Snyder noted Moscow asked for more information on the Dec 3 plan and that the note was handed to Ambassador Bohlen in Moscow.
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Washington
iHouse
Russia
United States
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
Newsymen
U. S
Snyder
Moscow Radio
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Moscow
United Nations General Assembly
International Atomic Energy Agency
Renly
White House
Soviet Union
Dulles
French and Vietnamese Rout Viet Minh Ambush in Red River Delta
A French army spokesman said French and Vietnamese forces repelled a Viet Minh ambush in the Red River Delta. Eleven rebels were killed and 49 captured. The engagement underscores ongoing clashes in Indochina as authorities push to quell Communist resistance.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Outlook and Observations
The forecast calls for cloudy windy and colder conditions in Wisconsin with snow flurries northwest and east. Minnesota faces a cold wave with near zero readings in the south and 8 to 12 below north, with partly cloudy windy skies and snow flurries tonight. Observations from Buckstaff and Randall gauge report temperatures in the mid 30s, no precipitation today, and December totals show excess and yearly deficiency.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
Five Convicts Still Free From Jackson Prison Break
Detroit police guarded five remaining fugitives from the Jackson Prison mass breakout. Three escapees were captured on Detroit’s west side, leaving five suspects hidden in the city as a statewide manhunt pressed with 400 officers. The 13 inmates escaped Saturday night using a blow torch. eight were recaptured.
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Detroit
Southern
Michigan
Jackson
Mich
Daniel Bousha
Virgil Lane
Edward Emerick
Robert Dow Jing
Roman Usiondck
Motor City
Roman Asion
Mary Lou Watts
Helen Gilbert
Watts
International Soundphoto
Rescue fails to locate 19 missing in Guam air search
Twelve rescue planes return to Guam after a fruitless all day hunt for 19 sailors missing from two Navy aircraft. The P4Y weather plane with nine aboard and a C-47 with ten are feared down north of Saipan. Debris spotted but ruled flotsam. Search to resume Tuesday as pre Christmas losses rise to 38 dead or missing.
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Guam
U.P
Saipan
U.N. seeks last minute plea to POWs at Panmunjom
The United Nations plans a last moment appeal to 22 American prisoners of war who refuse repatriation. Officials consider a 2200 word homeward letter or an emotional taped message to be broadcast near their barbed wire camp if the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission approves.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Neutral Nations
Five-Nation Commission
U.S
British to Reopen Tehran Embassy
Five British diplomats arrived in Tehran to reopen the British Embassy, closed by former Premier Mohammed Mossadegh during the oil dispute.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Hoax Warning Over Christmas Note Attached to Tree
Philadelphia couple faced a fraud warning after a note attached to their Christmas tree pleaded for a red angora hat for a Canadian orphan. The Better Business Bureau warned similar pleas are often hoaxes predatory in nature, with many letters failing to prove legitimate.
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Philadelphia
Canada
John D. Westhoff
Westbrook Park
Santa
Eva Hughes
Springfield, Kings Co
N. B
Westhoffs
Bureau
Westhoff
GI Sentenced For Desertion Into Soviet Zone
Pvt. Robert D. Bievens of Omaha Nebraska was sentenced to 18 years after deserting into the Soviet Zone and plotting to lure other GIs with the help of Ingrid Jonek a 21 year old East German contact. He acted as his own defense with Maj Sumner A Brown later sharing, while Jonek received six months for smuggling a sow into the U S Army stockade.
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Berlin
Robert D. Bievens
Omaha
Neb
Blevens
Maj
Sumner A. Brown
Hyde Park
Mass
Ingrid Jonek
Ingrid
Red
Miss Jonek
Benin
US High Commission
Sioux City
Iowa
French Airport Strike Halts U.S. Military Flights
A French airport strike halted all U S military transport flights in and out of Paris and disrupted Christmas plans for American soldiers in Europe. The stoppage involved about 2 000 control tower radio and radar operators demanding higher pay, affecting other French airports as well.
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Paris Uf
U. S
Paris
Europe
Soviet accept talks on Eisenhower atomic plan voiced
Moscow says it will join U S negotiations for peaceful global development of atomic energy. Soviet statement lauds Eisenhower as a top war leader while urging an unconditional pledge to ban weapons of mass destruction and maintain international control. Bohlen Molotov exchanges and broadcast noted.
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Moscow
United States
Eisenhower
Russsid
Foreign Office
Fyodor Muichev
Two Planes Escorted To Safe Landings
A Pan American spokesman said two disabled planes were guided to safe landings near Wake Island in a double rescue. The DC4 flying under military charter from Honolulu to Wake suffered a propeller failure 700 miles east of Wake, while a Navy PBM amphibian search plane had oil loss en route. The Pan American Clipper Nightingale diverted from refueling to assist, guiding the PEM and then the DC4 to Wake base.
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Honolulu
Pan American
Wake Island
Ian Overseas National Airways
Wake
Pacific
Parole Spurned By Trotsky's Assassin
Jacques Mernard, the man who killed Leon Trotsky, rejected parole and remains in prison in Mexico City. He will likely serve out his 191 year sentence after two thirds were completed, citing fear of being killed if released and claiming the murder was for moral reasons.
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Mexico City
Jacques Mernard
Leon Trotsky
Mernard
Cavin
Trotsky
Eli
Mornard
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