No Indication Of Verdict In Sheppard Trial
Cleveland jurors in the eight day Sheppard murder trial ended the morning session after 27 hours of deliberation and 74 hours sequestered with no sign of agreement. Judge Blythin warned jurors not to discuss the case outside court and may discharge them if no progress is made, potentially prompting a retrial in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sheppard
Edward Blythin
Thomas Parrino
Criminal Court
Parrino
Blythin
Marilyn Sheppard
Ohio
Stephen
Richard
Eisenhower to Fly to Augusta for Christmas Holidays
President Eisenhower will travel to Augusta Georgia with Mrs Eisenhower for a holiday stay at Mamies Cabin near the Augusta National Golf Club. He plans three messages for Congress including the State of the Union on January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
White House
John S. Doud
Denver
Colo
Augusta National Club
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Barbara
Mamie
Hagerty
City Schools Set to Close Tuesday for Holidays
Snyder's schools will close after a full day of classes tomorrow for Christmas and New Year holidays. Superintendent Dr. Cecil Yarbrough said classes resume on Jan. 3.
Snyder Youth Killed in Wreck Near Snyder
Vernon Maurice Ashley a 14 year old Snyder high school freshman was killed when the 1953 Chevrolet he drove overturned four times on a rough county road four and a half miles south of Snyder. Two passengers Leroy Selman 15 and Philip Ballard 12 were hospitalized in serious condition with multiple injuries. Ballard suffered a compound thigh fracture and head injuries while Selman had a pelvis fracture and severe head and facial contusions. The crash marked the 12th traffic fatality in Scurry County in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Maurice Ashley
Snyder
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Leroy Selman
Philip Ballard
Ashley
Reed Ashley
Avenue F
Horatio
Ark
Calvary Baptist Church
T. Gerald Cates
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bolger Funeral Home
Wayne Clements
Reeda Lynn Ashley
Brenda Ashley
Kenneth Ashley
Korea
Tommy Ashley
Charles Ashley
B. F. Irwin
Homer Whisnand
Bill Zimmerman
E. W. Green
Hilton Horton
Annie Brush
Horton
Miss Brush
Clarence Brush
Ballard
Selman
W. W. Selman
Monahans
Carl Ballard
Scurry County
Barge Burns After Crash Near Seabrook
A German cargo vessel SS Adolph Vinnen collided with a barge in the Houston ship channel near Seabrook. No injuries reported. One barge carrying one million gallons of high octane gasoline burned for about six hours. the barge was cut free from two others hauled by the Roughneck tugboat bound for Humble refinery Baytown. Weather was clear and calm. Coast Guard blocked the channel while firefighters fought the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston Ship
Seabrook
Coast Guard
Adolph Vinnen
Roughneck
Anderson Petroleum and Transport Co
Humble
Baytown
Anderson
Foundations Hit Back At Congressional Panel Report
Foundations spokesmen called the House committee report biased and flimsy declaring it overstated influence and a socialism bias. Democratic dissent labeled the findings a crusade by a staff driven committee and warned hearings should be held to present the foundations side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
Lewis Gulick
Washington
House
Rep
Reece
R-Tenn
Goodwin
Massachusetts
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Prost
Idaho
Congress
Foundations
Hays
GOP
Institute of Relations
China
Korea
Ford Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Carnegie Troupe
Big Three
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Carnegie Corp. of New York
New York Times
The
New York Herald Tribune
Washington Post
Times Herald
Newis
Pers
One Killed Two Hurt In Gas Tank Explosion
A 3,000 gallon liquified gas storage tank exploded near Hitchland on the Oklahoma border killing Sheldon Wilson of Perryton and injuring Edwin Baker and Bill Ward. Jack Doyle of Apache reported the blast occurred around 6 a.m. The cause was unknown, but a shed motor spark was a possible trigger.
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Borger
Sheldon Wilson
Perryton
Hitchland
Oklahoma
Edwin Baker
Bill Ward
Jack Doyle
Apache
Okla
Doyle
Britain Faces Soviet Threat Over Mutual Assistance Treaty
Moscow warned it may scrap the British Soviet Mutual Assistance Treaty if Paris rearmament plans for West Germany are ratified. Andrei Gromyko delivered the note to Sir William Hayter at the Soviet Foreign Ministry, with a public text expected later.
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Moscow
Russia
Paris
West Germany
William Hayter
Andrei Gromyko
Foreign Ministry
France
Hayter
London
Kremlin
Britain
House of Commons
Pierre Mendes-France
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Europe
CIO Talks Peace Sought in Port Arthur Strike
CIO officials said they would meet at Beaumont Hotel at 1 p.m. to pursue a peace conference in the 13 month Port Arthur retail strike. National VP John Riffe and Riffe's aide were to attend with plans to ask employers to join, while a panel from the American Arbitration Association could settle if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
CIO
Port Arthur
Austin
Sherman A. Miles
Corsicana
State Council
Ed Stone
Riffe
Robert Starnes
Dallas
Texas
American Arbitration Association
Azale Hart
Greenville
J. B. Mitchell
Waco
Cool Weather Grips Texas Ahead of Christmas Week
The Associated Press reports a fair, brisk start to the week in Texas with below freezing readings across West Texas and the Panhandle. Lows included Salt Flat 21 and Lubbock 27, while many other cities ranged from the high 20s to mid 40s. Forecasts call for more cool weather and warmer afternoon temperatures in the 50s and 60s, with no rain expected. Across the eastern U.S. bitter cold lingered, snow fell in parts of the Midwest, and Michigan's Pellston marked 15 degrees below zero as South Bend logged 16 inches of snow.
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Texas
Panhandle
Salt Flat
Lubbock
Amarillo
Midland
Wichita Falls
Waco
Houston
San Antonio
Lufkin
Dallas
Fort Worth
el Paso
San Angelo
Beaumont
del Rio
Galveston
United States
Central
Gulf States
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Pellston
Mich
South Bend
Ind
Lake Michigan
Dulles Pleased With NATO Paris Meeting
Secretary of State Dulles returned to Washington from the Paris NATO council where he said decisions were unanimous and spirit is good. He traveled with Humphrey and Stassen aboard a MATS Constellation and planned a detailed briefing at a news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Paris
Military Air Transport Service
Constellation
Anthony Eden
Mendes-France
NATO
Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover Jr
Roger Makin
Alberto Tatchiani
Gontran de Juniac
Vote backs French chief in Indochina policy debate
The French National Assembly approved Premier Pierre Mendès-France's Indochina policy with a 310 to 172 confidence vote. The result narrows his support from earlier tallies, as he prepares for a four day debate on German policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hudson
Paris
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
Mendes-France
Two Sailors Held On Murder Counts
Middletown Rhode Island two sailors are charged with murder in the rape strangulation of 16 year old Margaret Blanchette after a pre Christmas dance near Newport. Frederick Zimmer 25 Rochester New York metalsmith J C admits striking and strangling the girl and Clyde Branfield 18 Rochester New York is charged as accessory before the fact. Police chased the car to Newport where the girl was pronounced dead at a naval hospital. Autopsy cited rape and throttling with torn clothing and struggle. Miss Blanchette taught Sunday school and catechism and was one of 12 children in Fall River Mass vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
R.I
Margaret Louise Blanchette
Frederick B. Zimmer
Rochester
N.Y
J.C
Clyde D. Branfield
Andrew Casey
Zimmer
Portsmouth, R.I
Casey
Naval Base
Newport
Margaret
Brunfield
Mount
Vierra
Naval Hospital
Perry
Navy
Fleet Landing
John A. Picozzi
Blanchette
Alfred Blanchette
Fall River
Mass
St.Anthony’s Catholic Church
Freezing Mark Reached in Snyder Overnight
Temperature fell to the fi mark in Snyder then rose to 33 by 7 30 this morning. Sunday's high reached 67 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Suday
Rescue crews lift wrecked Rome New York airliner from Jamaica Bay
Salvage workers using a 35 ton crane hauled the forward end of the Italian airliner from Jamaica Bay. Nine bodies recovered, six survivors among 32 aboard, including a 12 year old victim Rosalia d Ugo. Fuselage believed to trap more victims. CAB prepares preliminary hearings near Idlewild Airport.
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New York
Jamaica Bay
Idlewild Airport
Idlewild
Civil Aeronautics Board
Navy
Rosalia d’Ugo
Natali d’Ugo
Chicago
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Samuel Sheppard
University of Athens
Greece
U.S
U.N
Cyprus
Ike
Charles E. Wilson
Jeff
Carter L. Burgess
Associated Press
Rosalia
Frank Messina
Mount Vernon
Altaville
Jomes Messina
St. Joseph's Hospital
Far Rockaway
Queens
Italy
Algarotti, Se
Gugies
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