U.N. Moves Fast on Jailed American Airmen
Western diplomats expect the U.N. General Assembly to back a resolution by 16 Korean allies demanding release of 11 American airmen held in Red China on spy charges. The Steering Committee approved debate, calling on Dag Hammarskjold to use unremitting efforts to secure their release by year end.
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U.N. Assembly
Red China
Dag Hammarskjold
Burma
Syria
Korean Armistice Commission
India
Peiping
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Korea
McCarthy Attacks Eisenhower Over Red Issue Criticism
Senator McCarthy accuses President Eisenhower of praising senators who block exposing Communists and tolerating Chinese Communists who torture U.S. soldiers. He calls his own speech a temporary swansong as he steps down from the Investigations subcommittee chair. He notes Eisenhower praised Senators Watkins and Flanders, both linked to actions critical of McCarthy.
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Eisenhower
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Sens
Watkins
Utah
Flanders
Limited Parking Proves Satisfactory on Market Street
The city tests one side parking on Market Street from Daniel to Bow for two weeks. City Manager Robert C. Violette and City Marshal Martin C. Betz report it satisfactory. Enforcement hinges on emergency powers, with several violations observed. Wider roadway aids snow removal, aiding operations downtown.
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Market Street
Robert C. Violette
Martin C. Betz
Daniel
Bow Streets
Nat S. Stevens
Stevens
Navy Workload Status Clarified For Portsmouth Yard
U S Senator Payne says Navy Department will issue a statement on Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workload soon Following protests by Metal Trades Council president Thomas E Sheehan the Navy reviews the work picture and promises a formal update Representative Merrow also pursues direct contact with the Navy Secretary to secure employment stability No official word reached the shipyard by noon as delivery delays from Congress adjournment are noted
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Maine
Thomas E. Sheehan
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Sheehan
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Chester E. Merrow
Navy
Thomas
Congress
Investigators Find Irregularities in GI Insurance Sales
In Heidelberg, Rep. William E. Hess reports findings from a two day congressional hearing on irregularities in U S Army rules for selling Vite life insurance to U S troops in Europe. Hess calls for regulatory changes while Maj Gen A S Newman defends compliance with Army rules.
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Germany
William E. Hess
Ohio
U.S. Army
Europe
House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Defense Activities
Hess
Ogunquit pastor hosts casual Come As You Are service
The Ogunquit Baptist Church invites a large attendance for Sunday with no dress code. Rev. Edward G. Ward leads a Come As You Are service built on the Bible theme that God looks on the heart, not outward appearance, with a sermon titled The Inner Man.
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Ogunquit
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Edward G. Ward
Hampton May Lose School in Legal Row
Hampton faces a potential delay or halt to a $220000 campus-style elementary school as opponents via attorney Stanley M. Burns threaten to contest last month’s two vote margin approval. The school board, with attorney John Perkins, reviews legality while planning December 15 meetings with architects and the building committee.
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Legal Row
Stanley M. Burns
William W. Treat
John Perkins
Burns
Treat
Perkins
Building Group Plans to Inspect Schools in N.Y.
The Syracuse area joint building committee will form subcommittees for the new high school project including a finance group with City Councilman John J. Whaley and Paul V. Brown. The panel plans a three-site inspection trip in January to North Syracuse Baldwinsville and Camil lus with architect John Brownrigg.
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N.Y
John J. Whaley
Harry Winebaum
Paul V. Brown
Board of Education
Robert C. Violette
Raymond I. Beal
Kennard E. Goldsmith
Vy Roe
Syracuse
Baldwinsville
Camillus
John Brownrigg
Coe
Haverford
Brownrigg
Grant L. Davis
Humphrey Decried Budget Plans as Political Clackety Clack
Democrats mocked Secretary Humphrey for saying a balanced budget is unlikely next year. Sparkman and Douglas criticized 1952 Republican pledges to cut spending and balance the budget while Ives promised a careful study of tax cuts. Humphrey projected a deficit under three billion dollars for the coming year and a near 4.54 billion dollar deficit for the current fiscal year. The administration signaled opposition to anticipated tax reductions, though President Eisenhower’s stance remained uncertain.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Sen. Sparkman
Ala
Sparkman
Sen. Douglas
Douglas
Winter Parking Cars Towed At Owners Expense
City officials warn motorists that overnight street parking will hinder snow removal and incur towing at the owner's expense. Marshal Martin O Betz cautions that vehicles blocking crews will be removed, a situation Public Works Supt Nat Stevens says is already causing severe disruption during the night.
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Martin O. Betz
Public Works
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Underwriters OK 10 Percent Cut in Fire Insurance Rates
Concord with state Insurance Commissioner Donald Knowlton announces a 10 percent overall reduction in fire insurance rates filed by the New Hampshire Board of Underwriters. Effective January 1 1955 the cuts cover most dwelling property including farm dwellings but exclude farm outbuildings. Contents rise only in two unprotected town classifications. No community-by-community savings scale yet available.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Donald Knowlton
New Hampshire Board of Underwriters
Old Man Winter Brings Early Four Inch Snowfall
The Portsmouth Seacoast area woke to a four inch snow blanket as winter arrived two weeks early. Snow flurries were forecast with temperatures in the mid twenties. Road crews battled slick streets, no serious injuries reported, several fender-benders noted including at Congress Street and Beach Ridge Road.
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Old Man
Portsmouth
Seacoast
Sherburne
Survivors from sunken tug picked up in Gulf search
A Coast Guard and merchant ship operation recovered three survivors from a sunken tug Bertha R off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico. A plane later reported a raft with two more survivors, being picked up near Apalachicola. The Bertha R, with 11 crew, sent distress signals after losing contact with the Coast Guard while en route from New Orleans to Tampa.
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Gulf of Mexico
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Coast Guard
Helen Sykes
Tampa
Fla
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Appalachicola
Blue Stack Towing Co
McCarthy Rally in NYC Called a Turkey
Columnist Westbrook Pegler labeled a Madison Square Garden rally backing Senator McCarthy a turkey. He spoke at Lost Battalion Hall in Queens at a memorial for Senator Pat McCarran, noting poor crowd size and urging stronger demonstrations. Police counted about 1200 attendees. McCarthy sent a telegram calling the event a cruel disappointment due to doctors’ orders.
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Madison Square Garden
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Sen. McCarran
Pegler
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McCarran
Could It Happen Again Pearl Harbor Attack 13 Years Ago Today
On the 13th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, a wreath ceremony honors 1,174 sailors lost aboard the Arizona. Officers say absolute success against a surprise assault is impossible, but a nuclear or sneak attack could succeed. Unity of command is cited as the key lesson, with gaps in Hawaii’s air defenses noted and 72 hours to deploy replacements deemed critical.
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William J. Waugh
Arizona
Tome
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Navy
Air Force
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Body of Hunter Found in Columbia
An elderly Cole Brook hunter Thomas Jackson, 77, was found dead in the Simms Stream area after six days missing since November 29. Medical Referee Bruce Kelly cited senility fatigue and exposure as contributing factors with light snow indicating death likely occurred on his first day in the woods. The search of about 100 people was led by Conservation Officers Fred Scott and Paul T. Doherty with a Camp Dodge snow weasel used to move the body.
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Colebrook
Bruce Kelly
Thomas Jackson
Simms Stream
Kelly
Jackson
Fred Scott
Paul T. Doherty
French Propose Four-Power Talks On German Problem
Paris says France has approached the Soviet Union with British and American consent about a four-power conference on the German problem next year. Under Premier Mendes France, the French Embassy in Moscow sent the Kremlin a copy of his United Nations speech and highlighted passages proposing a May meeting with the Russians after the Paris accords for West German rearmament are ratified.
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