World in Jet Age Looks Back On 50 Years of Flight
Donald A. Quarles marks fifty years since powered flight born at Kitty Hawk. He says aviation transformed military geography and reshaped global relations, second only to gunpowder in impact. A large air show honors the Wright brothers with over 200 aircraft across southern and eastern bases.
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Dean Optimistic on Korean Peace Conference Progress
U S envoy Arthur Dean and aide Kayneth Young head to Washington after seven weeks with no progress on preliminary talks. Dean says a peace conference is distinctly possible if talks resume, amid Communist accusations and Rhee setting an 80 day limit for progress in Seoul.
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Greenlease Killers Read Wild West Stories Before Execution
Jefferson City Mo W The Greenlease kidnappers Hall and Heady faced execution with outward calm reading stories and solving puzzles as their gas chamber death approached. They killed 6 year old Bobby Greenlease on Sept 28 in Kansas City after kidnapping him Sept 28. The missing $600,000 ransom allegedly linked to the case is under federal grand jury inquiry in Kansas City, with involvement by the FBI and St Louis Police Board.
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Allied Campaign to Woo Prisoners Appears Doomed
The Panmunjom talks show the Allied effort to win back prisoners faltering as an Indian spokesman says 22 Americans and 7 others who chose communism know time is nearly up. Two POW leaders met with Lt Gen. Thimayya and said the 60 day interview window remains short. A repatriated South Korean says some of the 22 Americans wish to return home and many of the 77 South Koreans still to be interviewed also want to go home. The Communists are accused of stalling further interviews to limit options.
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Court Rules The President Has Power to Fire Federal Workers
Washington District Judge Richmond Reech ruled the President can remove federal employees from civil service protection and fire them summarily. The decision targeted Leo A. Roth a Justice Department attorney earning 10800 dollars annually who lost his job last July after being moved from civil service to Schedule A. The ruling states the statutory safeguard from summary removal does not exist for such exempt employees.
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Justice Department
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New Hampshire Chief's European Guard Trip Cost
Hanover police Chief Andrew J. Ferguson traveled to Europe last fall to guard State Department supersecret documents. The department paid Ferguson 1065.66 for official expenses while a Marine guard handled the European leg. Ferguson funded the return trip at his own expense.
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NATO Eyes U S Atomic Aid For Europe In 1954 Plans
The North Atlantic Council closes its 12th meeting cheered by Eisenhower pledges to share pertinent atomic tactics with NATO allies and push for 1954 defense boosts. Wilson signals possible access to U S atomic information while delaying weapon sharing, as Dulles cautions on European army timing. NATO aims raise airpower by 25 percent, expand land forces by 5 percent, and boost naval craft by 45 percent, scooping up modern weapons and munitions to fortify Western defense.
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Bell X-2 speeds past sound barrier in test flight
The Bell X-2 rocket plane reportedly set an unofficial speed record of 214 times the speed of sound in a test at Edwards Air Force Base California. The slender winged craft, successor to the X-1, reached the milestone at very high altitude with an implied speed near 1650 miles per hour.
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Eisenhower vows to press atomic controls despite Soviet reply
President Eisenhower said he will keep urging international control of atomic energy even if the Soviet Union rejects his share the atom proposal. He noted no changes to the Atomic Energy Act that would permit sharing scientific processes or weapons development. He also addressed NATO information sharing, potential weapon sharing with allies, and the need for military circumstances to guide any transfer of atomic arms. He praised Vice President Nixon’s world tour and echoed Dulles on urged ratification of the European Defense Community.
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Senatorial Spy Hunters Drop Gouzenko Talk Temporarily
Senate internal security panel resumes hearings after announcing a temporary halt on interviewing Igor Gouzenko the former Soviet clerk who warned of a spy ring in Canada and the United States. The panel also reviews Justice Department briefings on FBI reports about former federal employees and a probe into Harry Dexter White and alleged Communist influence in the Treasury and IMF appointments.
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Battle of the Battle: Massachusetts eyes border liquor trade
Massachusetts Bay State Tax Commissioner William A. Schan orders 32 border communities to help curb December liquor purchases as locals buy cheaper liquor in New Hampshire. He warns drivers with out-of-state bottles could face charges and considers using radio cars to monitor New Hampshire stores and flash registration numbers to authorities south of the border.
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Hospital CD needs listed by Dr Plumer
Dr Herbert E Plumer told 25 local doctors dentists and nurses that Portsmouth Hospital lacks emergency lighting and a modern heating plant needed to serve as Rockingham County's casualty hospital. He warned the current System is barely adequate and would be overwhelmed, potentially handling up to 400 wounded in an attack. Col William H Lee outlined hospital emergency procedures.
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Prison Parolee Admits Strangling 11 Year Old Girl
Hartford police report that Robert Nelson Malm, a 30 year old parolee with prior attacks on young girls, confessed to strangling an 11 year old girl a week earlier. He signed a statement and reenacted the crime in Hartford. Malm is held without bail as the case moves to the Superior Court and potential grand jury indictment.
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PSC Hearings Resume on Proposed Rate Increase
CONCORD Arguments on Public Service Companys request for a 1 060 000 annual rate increase will reopen before the state Public Utilities Commission tomorrow. The utility contends it needs a six per cent hike to reach the 5.65 per cent PSC authorization. A state consultant said before hearings began Dec 3 the company needs 799 200 to net 5.65. Of this, PSC would net 375 016 according to the witness.
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