Magsaysay swears in Vowing honest regime and anti red stand
Manila reports the 46 year old Magsaysay sworn in as the third President promising an honest efficient government. He outlines a seven point program to raise living standards fight Huk rebels and strengthen ties with the United States and Asian nations. He pledges no compromise with disloyalty and urges rebels to surrender while stressing internal security and mutual defense obligations.
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Manila
Peppy Ramo- Magsaysay
Magsaysay
Huk
Kremlin
Elpidio Quirino
Nacionalista Party
Quirino
EO Oe
Luneta Square
Manila Bay
United States
United Nations
City Council to Approve Reynolds Architects Contract
City Council scheduled a noon meeting to authorize Mayor Theodore R. Butler to sign with Kenneth G Reynolds Associates of Albany for preliminary plans of a new high school. The firm would be paid up to 19000 for early studies, with a 5 percent final fee if plans are accepted and used.
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Theodore R. Butler
Kenneth G. Reynolds
Reynolds
Board of Education
Robert C. Violette
Sherman P. Newlin
Harry Winebbaum
New Hampshire
T Acres
Council Inquiry Probes Bids on Highway Salt Chemical
Governor Gregg and the Executive Council will question three firms after each submitted a 23 000 surety for 840 tons of calcium chloride to treat highways for ice removal. Spokesmen from the firms were asked to appear and explain identical bids before the council.
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Concord
Gregg
Prde
California Forest Fires Threaten Mt Wilson Observatory
Los Angeles crews battle two out of control fires in the San Gabriel Mountains. Mt Wilson Observatory faces risk as winds shift while 12 000 acres burn in the Mt Wilson Monrovia Peak fire and 1 000 more acres ignite near Mt Baldy. 800 firefighters, 13 bulldozers, 54 pumpers and one helicopter tackle the 14 mile front. 1 500 evacuated. cause pegged to a careless smoker.
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California
Monrovia
Los Angeles
Calif
Sierra Madre
San Gabriel Mountains
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Mt. Baldy
US Forest Service
Mt. Wilson-Monrovia Peak
Forest Service
Indicted police officer Shoulders on ransom perjury charge
Federal grand jury indicts Louis Shoulders the veteran detective who helped nab the Greenlease kidnappers on perjury in his testimony about the $300000 ransom money recovered at arrest. Police say the suitcases with ransom money were not taken to the station as claimed.
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Kansas City
Louis Shoulders
Greenlease
Robert C. Greenlease
Bobby
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Missouri State
Gas Chamber
Henry G Morris
St. Louis
St Louis
Morris
Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
Hall
Drunken prank radio call disrupts Milwaukee police
Last night Milwaukee police heard a mysterious voice over the city radio: altitude reports and air force style chatter. The prank caller then warned of a drunk in an unlocked squad car as dispatchers searched for the source.
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Milwaukee
Air Force
Christmas Eve Driving Spree Lands Man in Court
James M. Putnam, 21, unemployed bellhop, faced a downtown wild drive before Pa trolmen Coleman and Miles. They pursued after midnight as he ignored a red light, sped through Congress Vaughan and Hanover streets, and nearly entering Fleet Street, before officers stopped the car.
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James M. Putnam
Putnam
John E. Coleman
Emerson C. Miles
Vaughan
Congress Streets
Congress Street
Vaughan Street
Hanover Street
Fleet Street
Police Dragging Pond for Body in Possible Drowning Case
A pond search by Cheshire County authorities for a possible drowning continued with a hat and glove found on the ice and a plaid hunting coat nearby. Two people with flashlights were seen. under water lights were used but no body was confirmed. Led by Sheriff Frank W. Walker, the operation extended into late night.
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Cheshire
Frank W. Walker
New Jersey Solon Fights Big Social Security Hike
Rep. Kean opposes Rep. Curtis universal pension plan for all retirees over 65 and rising minimum benefits. Curtis would tax workers under 65, levy 2 percent income tax, and abolish federal OASI welfare, expanding rolls by millions and costing over 25 billion. Kean calls it dishonest and doomed in Congress.
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Washington
Kean
Eisenhower
Congress
Repub-lcan
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
House
Ways and Means Committee
Xean
Ways and Means
Curtis
Social Security
Milllion
Townsend
Reds Close In On Dien Bien Phu Amid Laos Push
Vietminh forces pressed toward Dien Bien Phu as they cut to within four miles of the fortress in northwest Indochina. French and American-equipped troops held the surrounding area while patrols clashed north and west of the fortified plain. The move comes amid a broader winter campaign with possible aims toward Laos and a wider push into the region.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Indoechina
Kingdom of Laos
Laos
Thakhek
Thailand
Vietminh “Iron Division
Tanker Collision Kills Four as Fogbound River Crash
Two Atlantic Refining tankers, the Atlantic Dealer and Atlantic Engineer, collided in dense fog on the Delaware River near Pee Patch Island. At least four crewmen died and five were missing. nine names were later reported missing from the Dealer and crews were rescued from the Engineer. Both vessels suffered fires but were controlled and were bound for Philadelphia with crude and refined products.
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Wilmington
del. W
Delaware
Atlantic Dealer
Atlantic Engineer
Atlantic Refining Co
Philadephia
U.S. Army
Edgemoor
Den
Army
Liston
New Castle
Rolf L. Eklund
Drexel Hill
Paul Shipper
Pennsauken
N.J
Joseph F. Vogt
Philadelphia
Gordon Simpson
Frank L. Pomeroy
Fayetteville
N.C
John F. Waller
Middleboro
Mass
Loui $. Williams
Ocean
Port Arthur
Tex
Arkansas Pass
Texas
Atlantic
Pee Patch Island
U.S
Riveway
State Road Barracks
Delaware State Police
Eisenhower plan to channel defense work faces Southern opposition
The Eisenhower administration plan to direct more defense contracts to areas with high unemployment drew strong criticism from Southern lawmakers. Senators Maybank Sparkman Hill and Rep. Davis condemned the policy as unbalanced and unauthorized, while Senator Saltonstall supported parts of the approach, noting potential gains from taxWrite offs and set-aside procurement. Hagerty claimed the policy mirrored Truman era aims and clarified its initial disclosure.
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Washington
Augusta
Hagerty
Truman
Arthur Flemming
Defense Mobilization
Flemming
New England
Sen
George
D-Ga
Rep
Lanham
Congress
Executive Department
James C. Davis
Vinson
City Officials to Meet Bridges on Acres Housing Issue
Portsmouth officials meet in Concord with Senator Bridges to press re assessment of the Wentworth Acres project under local standards and Lanham Act rules. City leaders urge increased Acres valuation from $1,800,000 as the Public Housing Authority argues $540,000 for tax in lieu payments.
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Portsmouth
Concord
Sea Styles Bridges
Wentworth Acres
Cayse
Bridges
Public Housing Authority
Lucian
Geoffiion
PHA
Lanham
Geoffrion
PHS
Wilton Pair Called In N H Red Probe
Paul W. Sweezy a New York magazine editor and former Harvard economist says he has been subpoenaed as a witness in New Hampshire's probe into alleged subversive activities. He will testify January 8 before Attorney General Louis C. Wyman. his wife Nancy is to testify January 12.
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Wilton
Paul W.sweezy
New York Magazine
Harvard
New Hampshire
Sweesy
Monthly Review
Atlv
Louis C. Wyman
Nancy
Sweezy
Office of Strategic Services
Yma C. Otta
Center Sandwien
Progressive Party
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John Brownrigg
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Charles Moore
White House
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Hill
Gram
Little White House
Gop
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James C. Llagerty
Homer H. Cox
Oklahoma City
Leland H. Towers
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Cox
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Knights of Columbus
Jhomes Kane
the Portamouth Herald
Manchester
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Harry C. Jones
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