France May Call On Two Old Men For President
In Versailles the divided French Parliament delayed electing a new president as Edouard Herriot and Vincent Auriol lead a field of compromise candidates. After six days with no majority, conferences failed to break the deadlock and the next ballot was postponed to 4 am tomorrow.
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NLRB Reverses on Union Solicitation at Work Premises
The National Labor Relations Board 3 to 1 ruling ends require employers to grant unions equal time to solicit members during working hours on company premises. The board also bars both sides from addressing workers on premises within 24 hours of an NLRB elections vote, seeking to limit campaign activity.
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Abe Murdock
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Truman Says Liberties May Be Threatened Not In Danger
Former President Truman tells Clete Roberts in Street Corner U S A that personal liberties may be challenged but are not in danger. He cites historical episodes from the 1790s to the 1920s and warns the main threat is outside the Iron Curtain.
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Television News Today
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U.S.A
Diplomats Urge Cautious U S Tone On Atom Talks
Washington officials urged a careful U S approach to Russia's readiness to discuss Eisenhower's peaceful uses of atomic energy plan. Dulles signaled possible secret explanations while Moscow criticized aspects of Eisenhower's proposal. Some diplomats tempered optimism, noting Russia pressed for pledges banning atomic and hydrogen weapons.
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Nervous Detroiters Await Capture of Prison Break Fugitives
Detroit police slowed by cautious effort as they pursue two remaining fugitives from a 13 man prison breakout. Roman Usiondek, a convicted murderer, and Robert Dowling, a burglar, are still at large. A December tip led nowhere while earlier information helped arrest three escapees at a southwest Detroit frame house.
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Edward J. Emrick
Virgil Lane
Japanese War Strategist Urges U S Troop Pullout
Masanobu Tsuji, wartime strategist and later national figure, demands U S forces leave Japan at once. He warns of rising anti American sentiment, criticizes occupation policies, and says continued foreign troops impede defense rebuilding. He also questions U S aims and calls for policy revisions.
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Masanobu Tsuji
Japan
United States
Richard Nixon
Mutual Security Administration
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America
Dockworkers Vote in New York Union Ballot Clash
Thousands of longshoremen in Manhattan and New Jersey voted in a federally supervised election to choose between the old International Longshoremen's Association and the AFL ILA. By morning 2 500 had cast ballots, with 350 challenged on cross state voting rules. results expected Thursday as the AFL predicts a 2 1 victory.
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Last-Minute Plea Fails For 22 POWs Amid Broadcasts
In Panmunjom the Allies set last minute home broadcasts for 22 American POWs who refused repatriation. The men faced AWOL and later desertion status, while a U N command planned three loudspeaker broadcasts for prisoners including Americans, a Briton, and 77 Koreans.
Mossadegh Appeals 3 Year Sentence on Treason Charges
TEMRAN Iran Mossadegh appealed the military tribunal verdict on treason charges and a three year sentence in solitary confinement. The five member panel found him guilty on 13 counts for defying the Shah and dissolving parliament. Brig Paghi Riad received two years and dismissal from the army.
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Paghi Riad
Lausier Wins Big in Biddeford Mayor Race
Louis B. Lausier, 74, re elected mayor of Biddeford by a margin better than 32 to 1. He carried all seven wards with 5 747 votes to Edward L. Caron 11 597. Democrats swept the other contests and GOP control of council shifts.
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Eight Feared Dead In Barge Explosion
Reports from Pleasants County indicate eight men may have died in a gasoline barge explosion at the Ohio River dock of the Marietta Manufacturing Co. Initial radio messages cited six to eight bodies recovered with one burned victim taken to a funeral home. later updates noted two barges involved and ongoing recovery efforts by troopers between Huntington and Parkersburg.
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Portsmouth Schools Close for Christmas Vacation
Portsmouth schools will close tomorrow at 1 p.m. for the Christmas vacation, announced by Supt. Raymond L Beal. They will reopen on January 4.
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Raymond L Beal
City to Discuss Water Situation With Engineers
Portsmouth faces two urgent issues as the City Council plans action on a water system agreement with Army Engineers and the Wentworth Acres police protection reassessment. Councilman Whaley pushes for copies of the proposed contract before approval and urges federal help to press the Acres dispute with Sen Styles Bridges and Rep Chester Merrow. The Engineers seek to sign the operating pact next Monday to prevent delays before bidding on a two million dollar pipeline project.
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Wentworth Acres
John J. Whaley
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Acres
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Styles Bridges
Chester E. Merrow
Robert C. Violette
Violette
Thomas E. Flynn
Whaley
Flynn
Portsmouth council defers water agreement review and orders meetings
City leaders press for more study time on water rights and engineers agreement. Mayor Butler supports meetings with Col. A C Stewart and Public Utilities Commission as council weighs protections for Wentworth Acres and Acres tax assessments amid federal payment disputes.
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Durham GI Dies of Crash Injuries on Turnpike
An 18 year old Durham soldier Donald LeBlanc died from injuries after a New Jersey Turnpike crash that also killed Brooklyn airman Robert Cohen. A third airman Arthur Coulombe was injured. Cohen drove from Cape Charles AFB Virginia with LeBlanc as a hitchhiker home for Christmas. LeBlanc, born February 3 1935 in Saint Johnsbury Vermont, was in critical condition at West Hudson Hospital after a brain concussion skull fracture and multiple bones broken. He enlisted April 2 in Portsmouth and is survived by his parents a brother and a sister.
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Patience as foil against Red Star Dean tells nation
Washington dispatch reports Arthur H. Dean urging the nation to meet Communist stalling with patience and hope. He says Chinese Communists aim to keep North Korea integrated with their economy and warns there is no easy solution to the Panmunjom talks after walking out 11 days earlier.
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