Convicts Seized In Indiana Hotel Escape Endgame
In Richmond Indiana police seized two members of the Jackson Michigan prison escape gang after spotting a car with two half loaves of bread and other scraps. Robert Dowling 33 and Roman Dek 37 admitted their identities and signed extradition waivers. The group had fled a Jackson prison after breaking bars with an acetylene torch, abducting two women and driving to Detroit before seven others were captured.
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Richmond
India
Michigan
John Rizio
Robert Dowling
Jackson
Robert Matheny
Lawrence Harris
Wayne County
Rizio
U. S. 40
Dowling
John O'Connor
Joe Beck
Troy
Ohio
Lucas Roche
Detroit
Napoleon, Mich
State
Gus Harrison
Commission
Seek Cause Of Hotel Fire At Marshfield
Fire crews plan to probe the ice covered ruins of Hotel Blodgett in Marshfield to determine the cause of Tuesday morning’s blaze. Chief Merlyn Zieghan says the fire began in the boiler room and damaged the hotel lobby shop and a cafe. Contingents from Stratford Spencer and Roddis Plywood helped fight the three hour blaze, sending eighteen people to safety in nine degree weather. The annex was spared and no residents were forced to flee. The fire marked the city’s most dramatic blaze since 1936.
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Marshfield UW
Blodgett
Merlyn Zieghan
Stratford, Spencer
Roddis Plywood Corp
Henry Roan
McKinley High School
Weather summary for Wisconsin and Minnesota
Wisconsin mostly fair and not very cold with a warm-up expected Thursday. Minnesota partly cloudy with a warming trend. low around five to fifteen above and high near 30 to 35. Randall gauge shows Fox River near Menasha dam four inches below crest. Buckstaff Observatory notes temperatures from Monday to Tuesday with no precipitation in sight.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwestern
Living cost declines in November report pace shift
Washington reports November living costs fell three tenths of one percent to 115 percent of the 1947-49 average, led by a 14 percent drop in food prices. Indications point to potential December price rises, especially pork, with housing medical care and recreation items rising slightly.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Eisenhower
Labor Statistics
Ewlan Clague
Clague
French Soldiers Aid Mail Traffic Amid Sorter Strike
Paris faced a Christmas mail rush as French soldiers moved into post offices and rail stations to handle overflowing cards and packages while mail sorters continued their strike for a higher bonus. An airport stoppage further disrupted traffic in and out of the city.
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Paris
Coty Advances On 12th Ballot In French Presidential Race
In Versailles Louis Jacquinot withdrew as a candidate and Rene Coty, a Le Havre lawyer and former reconstruction minister, took his place on the 12th ballot as France's parliament continued attempts to elect a successor to Vincent Auriol amid deep party splits and weatherbound sessions.
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Versailles
France
Louis Jacquinot
Rene Coty
Jacquinot
Laniel
Vincent
Auriol
Marcel-Edmond Ngegelen
Naegelen
Coty
le Havre
Robert Schuman
Palace of Versailles
West Germany
Lanier
Vincent Auriol
CST
Independent
Gen
Charles de Gaulle
Cardinal Spellman Visits Army Hospitals Near Seoul
Cardinal Francis Spellman visited two Army hospitals near Seoul during his third Christmas tour of Korea, meeting staff and patients as part of the wartime relief outreach. The visit highlighted ongoing support for U.S. troops and medical facilities in the region.
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Seoul
Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman
I Korea
No Provision for Beer Sales In Early Hours on New Year's
Wisconsin officials clarify New Year hour rules for alcohol sales. The 1953 law amended tavern sale times to 3 a.m. for wine and beer, but beer- only rules remained at 1 a.m. unless local ordinances extend closing. Milwaukee County remains exempt from the new hour.
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Madison
Wiston
Milwaukee County
Attorney General’s
Thomas McLean
Nekoosa
Wisconsin
William E. Platt
McLean
Grink
Cold Wave Brings Snow and Chilly Readings Across Regions
A cold wave with snow squalls and rain spreads from the Dakotas to the Appalachians with a good chance of a white Christmas. Temperatures fall across the Midwest and East while Miami enjoys 73 degrees and Los Angeles records 72. Weather forecasters warn of easing conditions as the front advances.
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United Press
Rockies
Appalachians
New York State
Mercury
Midwest
Dakotas
Kansas
Chicago
Texas
Presidio
Tex
Weather Bureau
Pecos Valley
Dallas
Plains
Atlantic Coast States
Seaboard
New York City
Great Lakes
New England
Detroit
Mich
Cincinnati
Ohio
Miami
Fla
Los Angeles
Calif
Minneapolis
Minn
Duuth
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
New York
Denver
Colo
Reno
Nev
San Francisco
Wisconsin
Million-Dollar Fire Destroys Tampa Warehouse and Plants
A large fire in Tampa destroyed the American Can Co. warehouse used for citrus loans and two nearby plants Chem-Ice Co. and Marine Supply and Oil Co. The Hillsborough County Port Authority owned the properties. Mayor Hixon ordered an arson-focused investigation as picketing by United Steel Workers CIO impacted operations.
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Tampa
Fla
American Can Co
United Steel Workers Cio
Curtis Hixon
Chem-Ice Co
Marine Supply and Oil Co
Hillsborough County Port Authority
Five Children Die In Marinette House Fire In Cold Weather
A fire on Van Cleve avenue in Marinette claimed the lives of five DeGayner children aged two to six. Father Robert DeGayner 30 and his wife Rose 27 were hospitalized with burns. The blaze began about 6 am as neighbors and firemen fought frozen conditions and muffled explosions. The cause remains undetermined.
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Marinette
Robert DeGayner
Robert
Michael
Patricia
Gary
Daniel
Steve
Rose
Repatriation efforts end for pro Red Camp prisoners
At Panmunjom the 90 day explanation period for 22 American prisoners and other captives expired with no request for repatriation. Protestors chanted and linked arms as midnight passed. The UN Command had earlier said broadcasts to woo home the detainees ended. The Neutral Nations Commission rejected further explanations and allowed a meeting request with Allied and Red officials.
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Panmunjom
U. N
South
Eisenhowers to open gifts Christmas Eve by tree
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will exchange gifts in the White House sitting room on Christmas Eve then sing carols including Silent Night. On Christmas Day they travel to Augusta, Georgia to join their son Maj. John Eisenhower and family. Mrs. Eisenhower has nearly recovered from bronchial ailment and wrapped a present herself. The tree lighting will feature a world peace plea broadcast 4 to 4 30 p.m. CST on NBC CBS and ABC.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
White House
Augusta
Maj
John Eisenhower
Mary Jane MecCaffree
James C. Hagerty
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
Senator Douglas Seeks Excise Tax Cuts Now
Sen. Paul H. Douglas proposes immediate excise tax reductions to offset a potential economic downturn. He urges speeding up planned April 1 cuts to boost demand, citing hits to farm equipment and auto industries and suggesting higher income tax exemptions to support growth.
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
University of Chicago
Senate
Aastache
Tqeat
Spatial Guuds
U S Expected To Send Soviet New Note Soon
Washington officials expect the United States to dispatch a new note to the Soviet Union offering agreement to atomic talks and outlining steps to begin. Decision makers debate channels, with diplomatic exchanges via ambassadors or top leaders possible before UN Disarmament Commission talks in late January.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United Nations Disarmament Commission
Dulles
Molotov
Berlin
Bearded Gunman Steals 39000 at Fort Meade Army Post
FBI agents seek a heavily bearded gunman who posed as a customer at Fort Meade and herded three women tellers into a vault taking over 39000. He dressed in Army clothes and vanished after the daylight holdup on Tuesday amid quick alerts by state and military police. A similar February incident targeted the same bank staff with a jar of sulfuric acid.
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Fort Meade
FBI
Rescue bids pour in to save puppy in dry well
In Carlsbad New Mexico a two month old puppy is trapped at the bottom of a dry well. Readers propose ideas from lowering a basket with milk to placing a corks-filled sack and guiding the pup to climb up as rescuers work to keep the animal alive.
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Carlsbad
N. M
New Mexico
Ira Stockwell Jotlas
Dan Hardin
Joe Hardin
Newspapers Rally Against Beria After Stalin’s Death
Moscow reports say Trud and Izvestia joined the attack on Lavrenti Beria as Western observers foresee a treason trial soon. Edits claim traitors will not escape retribution and workers express boundless wrath while Prauda had previously carried anti Beria remarks. Beria faces charges of misusing the secret police to aid foreign imperialists and attempting to seize power after Stalin’s death.
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Moscow
Lavrenti P. Beria
Trud
Izvestia
No. 2
Beria
Prada
Communist Party
Tzvestia
Levesnia
Josef Stalin
New Wave Of Jewish Persecutions Reported
Western diplomats in Vienna reported a new wave of Jewish persecutions sweeping the Soviet Union and its European satellites as opposition to Communism is crushed.
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Vienna
Austria
Soviet Union
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Mamie ToOpen
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