Mayor Cries in Rackets Probe They’ve Got Me
New York report on Jersey City Mayor John V. Kenny as ex-driver Albert Jordan testifies before the New York Crime Commission. Kenny allegedly cried he was "dead to rights" after meeting waterfront figure Anthony Strollo in a New Jersey dock corruption probe context. Regan hosted the midnight meeting with Kenny and Strollo discussed peace on the New Jersey waterfront. Jordan and Strollo describe Kenny’s reaction and Kenny’s denied concessions. Subsequent testimony mentions earnings and roles of dockside workers connected to the case.
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New York
Jersey City
John V. Kenny
Kenny
Police Department
Albert D. Jordan
New York State Crime Commission
New York-New Jersey
Jordan
Anthony
Tony Bender) Strollo
Mathatian
Phil Regan
Strodo
Cnommission
New Jersey Law Enforcement Council
New York Crime Commission
Strobe
New Jersey
Strallo
James H. Sissel
Strollo
Dominick
Dirksen: Taft Eager to Land Senate Leadership Post
Senator Dirksen says he is certain Senator Taft would like to be the majority leader, with Taft confirming readiness for the floor leadership. Ronald Carlson and Eisenhower aides indicate support for Taft, while Bridges hints at staying as floor leader if needed to prevent a fight. Taft hopes the leadership decision will be settled quickly and amicably in a smooth GOP process.
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Taft
Washington
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Dirksen
Senate
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R-yan
Eisenhower
Sen. Bridges
NID
Cincinnati
Ace Downs 9th Mig In Toughest Dogfight
Lt. James F. Low of Sausalito California shot down his ninth Mig in Korea’s fiercest dogfight, while Maj. Richard L. Ayersman earned credit for another damaged adversary as ground action faded near the Pyongyang line. Far East Air Forces reported heavy bombing of a large Communist troop area below Pyongyang and mounting Allied chatter of Christmas threats from Chinese forces near Seoul.
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America
North Korea
U.S. Fifth Air Force
James F. Low
Sausalito
Galif
Korea
Pyongyang
Pay Tribute Dinner Honors Gov Adams At Manchester
Two thousand New Hampshire citizens packed the State Armory as President elect Eisenhower joined locals to honor Gov Sherman Adams two term leader who rose to national prominence. Four former NH governors attended as a telegram from Eisenhower praised Adams for campaign leadership and wisdom. Brown Company chief Laurence Whittemore toasted the tribute as NHs most impressive.
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Manchester
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Sherman Adams
State Armory
Granite State
Laurence F Whittemore
The
Brown Company
Berlin
Whittemore Strue
Munz Quits As Head Of Local CD Unit
Fort Portsmouth Civil Defense chief Theodore F. Munz submitted his resignation to Mayor Theodore R. Butler. He cited city apathy hindering the program since its origin and said he is finished though he still has faith in Civil Defense.
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Munz
Fortsmouth
Theodore F. Munz
Theodore R. Butler
Robert C. Vinc Jete
Blaze Damages Navy Barracks at Portsmouth Naval Base
Flames rose 30 feet as a fire at a Re training Command shed near the Portsmouth Naval Base damaged a wooden barracks building. A barrel of Christmas wrappings stored there caused the blaze. officials called the damage slight and said replacement would occur eventually.
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Kittery Point
Portsmouth Naval Base
Naval
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Four More Held in Contempt in Brink's Probe
Boston witnesses in the Brink’s cash robbery case were cited for contempt bringing the total to nine. John W Daly Joseph Banfield Adolph Maffie Edward Bennett held on bonds. Daly, Maffie and Bennett posted bail while Banfield did not. The contempt concerns refusals to cooperate with the grand jury investigating the January 17 1950 Brink’s robbery.
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Greater
John W. “Dee” Daly
Roxbury
State Department of Public Works
Joseph Banfield
Charlestown
Adolph “Jazz
Maffie
Quincy
Robert Holmes
Back Bay
Edward A
Whimpy" Bennett
Daly
Bennett
Banfield
U.S
Mary Hooley
Donald O'Keefe
City of Boston
John H. Carlson
Yugoslav Minister Says Italy Used Vatican Against Yugoslavia
Belgrade Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj denounced Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac as a sinister figure and accused Italy of using the Vatican to partisan Yugoslavia. He spoke during a special Parliament session after Yugoslavia broke off diplomatic ties with the Vatican over Stepinac being named a cardinal. Stepinac, released last December after 16 years for collaboration with Germans, now serves as a parish priest in Krasic.
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Yugoslavia
Edvard Kardelj
Alojzije Stephinae
Kardelj
Italy
Vatican
Stepinac
Stephinac
Krasic
Alojzio Stepinac
Pius
Tito
Newington votes to change zoning for cable plant
Newington residents at a town meeting approved rezoning the Louis de Rochmont land on Route 16 from residential to industrial, enabling Simplex Wire and Cable Co. of Cambridge to build a 100 acre plant to manufacture a new trans oceanic cable for telephone and telegraph use. Company president Everett Morass said up to 200 workers may be hired, about 180 from the local area, with most executives traveling from Cambridge.
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Louis de Rochemont
Route 16
Simplex Wire and Cable Company
Cambridge
Mass
Gosling Road
de Rochemont
Everett Moras
Morss
New England
Piscataqua
Mores
de- Rochemont
Eisenhower Meets MacArthur in Korea Peace Talks Outlook
President-elect Eisenhower conferred with General MacArthur at Dulles home to discuss Korea peace and world stability. Aides said no formal public accord was reached and future meetings with GOP leaders are planned to map a domestic and foreign policy agenda. MacArthur called the reunion a restoration of 35 years of friendship and camaraderie.
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Eisenhower
Ike
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
New York City
MacArthur
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Manhattan
Korea
Pacific
Sea Air Search On For York Fisherman
A sea and air search off Boon Island targets John Bowden of York who fell overboard early today. Bowden, in his late thirties, was a passenger on the 83 foot Dracula, a fish carrier tied at Prescott Park during the herring run. Fellow crews doubt the recovery odds as the boat was to move to Portland with Bowden’s home and work history noted.
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Boon Island
John Bowden
Bowden
Prescott Park
Portland
Tee
Engineers Seek Bids for Runways at Portsmouth Base
Army Engineers invite bids for construction of a runway taxiways aprons and an aircraft fueling system at Portsmouth Air Force Base. Specifications are available at the Chamber of Commerce on Daniel Street and bids must be delivered to the New England Division Corps of Engineers by January 23 at 2 pm.
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Army Engineers
Portsmouth Air Force Base
Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Street
New England
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army
Clarostat Refuses To Sign Closed Shop Contract
Dover reports Clarostat Manufacturing head Victor Macher rejects any contract containing a union shop clause. Negotiations in Boston worsened after the union demanded a 15 cent rise for 1000 workers while the firm offered four cents. About a dozen Local 242 CIO pickets patrolled the plant area as strike talks continued with union leaders sharing treasury aid for needy workers.
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Local 242
Ivecio
Macher
Mary Allen
Tito Break With Vatican Worries U.S. Policy Links
The break between Tito's Yugoslavia and the Vatican alarms Washington over anti-Soviet aims in Europe. U S policy seeks broader Western unity to counter Moscow, with concerns about Trieste and possible Congress skepticism. Yugoslavia had received substantial Allied aid in past years and remains a key anti Soviet asset. Archbishop Stepinac figures as a central player amid the diplomatic rupture.
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Marshal Tito
Vatican
Europe
Yugoslavia
Italy
Tito
Trieste
Hazel Bishop lipstick and toys on sale at front page
Front page ad style lists jeweled Hazel Bishop lipstick at 100 dollars and trio lipsticks at 2 for 1.25, plus assorted items including flashlights, bears, fandas, mens sets, compacts, ash trays, barking dogs, roulette wheels, slot machines, field glasses, jewel hoxes, Christmas cards, boxed chocolates and Whitman’s candies.
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