Reds Turn Down Final Offer in Scornful Tirade
Panmunjom reports say Allied final peace conference terms were rejected in a scornful 16 page statement by Communists. Dean called it garbage while noting a time limit and readiness to stay, as South Korea refused to attend and prisoners of war interviews continued. Warsaw and neutrals debate loomed with India flagged as pro-Communist by Seoul.
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Switzerland
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Poland
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Geneva
High Court Asked To Set Aside Ruling On Town Meeting
The Newington land condemnation dispute over the Portsmouth Air Base prompts a request to the State Supreme Court to reverse Superior Court rulings. Attorney Stanley M. Burns files the appeal seeking to set aside the January 14 town meeting order, amid challenges to the Sept 3 town meeting procedures and related U. S. District Court actions. Judge Leahy previously denied Burns a stay on the meeting order.
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Portsmouth
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William H. Beals
John E. Holden
Superior Court
John H. Leahy
Charles F. Hartnett
Dover
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New Sailfish submarine keel laid at Portsmouth Shipyard
Keel laying ceremonies for the radar picket submarine USS Sailfish SSR 572 were held at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard this morning. It is the second vessel to bear the Sailfish name, following the ill fated Squalus. The second submarine to be built at the yard will be named Salmon.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Tornado Death Toll 31 in Vicksburg City
Vicksburg Mississippi and surrounding areas continue search and relief efforts after a tornado killed at least 31 people. Rescue crews probe wreckage near the National Military Park as federal aid and SBA loans authorize disaster relief for Vicksburg and 15 nearby counties. Three days of rescues, burials, and night searches with 3,000 volunteers and soldiers mark the emergency response.
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Eisenhower
Vicksburg, Miss
National Military Park
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The
Small Business Administration
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Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
SBA
Kay Warren
Mississippi River
P. G. Hester
Police Still Hunt Accident Victim Exeter
Exeter police continue search for James G. Kay 41 of North Attleboro Massachusetts who vanished after his car struck a bridge abutment on Route 111. Police say he appeared all right at the scene and left on foot, with a boating party planned to search the Exeter River. Kay is 5 feet 5 inches, blue eyes, light brown crew haircut, wearing a red hunting jacket with black and red plaid pants and light brown rubber-soled boots. He has prior travel in the area for fur buying trips.
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Benton J. Soitt
James G. Kay
North Attleboro
Mass
Kay
Wilson shifts stand on air force size sparks debate
In Washington Senator Kilgore labels a Defense request for funds to build toward a 127 wing Air Force by mid 1956 a change in front. Senator Potter and Welker hail the plan as answering critics of cuts. Wilson seeks 115 wings by June 30 and an interim goal of 120 wings sooner. Kilgore warns of pilot shortages. Talbott says the U S will aid Japan’s air power in rebuilding its defenses.
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United States
Japan
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Eisenhower Expected to Deliver Sensation at U N Address
U N delegates from East and West await President Eisenhower as he prepares a dramatic appeal for peace amid atomic tensions. The speech, aimed at breaking the East West deadlock on atomic energy control, is seen as paving the way for high level talks.
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Boatmen to Meet Tonight Over Storm Warning Service
Portsmouth area boat owners groups plan meetings tonight to discuss possible discontinuance of the U S Commerce storm warning service at Fort Constitution New Castle. The Portsmouth Yacht Club has already opposed the move while others weigh in with concerns about harbor users from Dover Newington Eliot Kittery Kittery Point Rye and Portsmouth being affected.
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Fort Constitution
New Castle
Portsmouth
Robert C. Violette
Charles Emery
Yacht Club
Portsmouth Power Boat Squadron
Seacoast Boat Owners’ Association
Violette
Gerald B. Woods
SLC Suspends Ladd's License Over Beer Sales
Ladd's on Sagamore Avenue, listed as owned by Mrs Harriet G Scammon, faces a temporary beer sales suspension by the State Liquor Commission after a Municipal Court ruling found a bartender guilty of selling beer to a 19 year old on Saturday.
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Sagamore Avenue
Harriet G. Scammon
State Liquor Commission
Spy Sentenced in MERNBERG Germany Case
A young German mother on trial for espionage was sentenced to four years after changing her plea to guilty. She admitted spying for Communist Czechoslovakia saying the Czechs threatened to take her baby away.
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Germany
Czechoslovakia
Nelson Jailed For Silence In Subversive Probe
Mrs. Nelson, wife of former gubernatorial candidate Elba Chase Nelson, was jailed in Manchester for contempt after refusing to answer questions in a statewide subversive activities probe led by Attorney General Louis C. Wyman. A public hearing was set for Dec. 28, and her counsel sought a stay, which was denied. Nelson previously admitted being secretary of the Communist Party in New Hampshire and plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment at the later session, while two 1951 and 1953 laws under scrutiny define subversive activity and authorize the probe.
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Charles I. Nelson
Elba Chase Nelson
Communist Party
Nelson
Louis C. Wyman
Superior Court
Wyman
Homer B. Chase
Hillsborough
Windsor
Stephen M. Wheeler
Toeo
Neilson
New Hampshire
McLane
Ally. Gen
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Atty
Gordon M. Tiffany
Maryland
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Lewis Wyman
John R. McLane
Big Three Meet Soviet in Berlin Seek Peace Talks
The United States, Britain and France issued a Bermuda communique urging early Big Four foreign ministers talks in Berlin to advance a unified Germany, Austria independence, and broader East Asian settlement efforts. They signaled continued pursuit of Korean talks and peace in Indochina, while supporting a peaceful path for Eastern Europe. The note to Russia proposing Berlin ministerial talks on Jan 4 was one concrete result, with more possible achievements to be disclosed.
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Settlement Near In Newspaper Strike In New York
Federal mediators announced a proposed settlement to end a strike by AFL photo engravers against six New York newspapers after 11 days of walkout. A fact finding board reportedly underpins the plan, with leaders Burke and Mapel weighing union acceptance and the potential to call off pickets within hours if ratified.
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AFL
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Burke
Teen-Agers Crash Into Train Four Die at Grade Crossing
Four high school youths died when their car struck a Vermont Central express at a grade crossing in North Williston. Victims were Matthew P. Bellew 20 his brother George 17 Paul Preston 17 and David Wheeler 17. George Bellew survived the crash briefly but died at a hospital.
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Vermont Central Railroad
Montreal
Washington, D.C
James Mulcahy
Essex Junction
Matthew P. Bellew
Essex Junction High School
Korea
George
Paul Preston
David Wheeler
George Bellew
Fanny Aulen
Winooski
Western Big Three Deliver Notes on Four-Foreign Ministers Plan
The Western Big Three submitted their latest notes on a proposed four-foreign ministers conference to the Soviet foreign ministry at noon today. The move signals continued diplomacy as nations seek to align positions on the international forum and potential talks.
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