Congressman Hosmer Praises Atomic Sub Nautilus Training
Rep. Hosmer reports two weeks of Naval reserve duty and evaluates the atomic powered Nautilus. He notes the crew’s selection for duty, underwater propulsion without oxygen, and interior studies to improve habitability aboard the world’s first atomic sub. He cites Operation Hideout as yielding valuable data for future sea trials.
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Washington
Rep
Hosmer
R-Calif
Naval
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas Gas Pipeline Tax Pushed to Supreme Court
Atty Ben Shepperd asked the U S Supreme Court to uphold Texas gas pipeline taxes as nondiscriminatory taxes on local activity within interstate business. The state contends interstate commerce can be taxed if benefits are received, with about one million dollars monthly paid under protest and awaiting redress if struck down. The 3rd Court of Civil Appeals previously upheld the tax and the Texas Supreme Court had refused further appeal.
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Austin
Atty. Om
Ben Shepperd
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
3Rd Court of Civil Appeals
State Supreme Court
Traffic Death Toll Nears Christmas Holiday Record
The Associated Press reports 319 traffic deaths by Saturday afternoon during the Christmas period, plus 36 fires and 39 other accidents. Total accidents deaths reach 414 as experts warn the final hours may push the toll above the predicted 510.
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Dearborn
Associated Press
Person To Person Telephone Rates Up In Texas
Dallas December 26 Walter Prehn Texas general manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co said person to person tolls have risen by about 60 percent with station to station charges up about 50 percent marking a significant rate change across the state.
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Dallas
Texas
Walter Prehn
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Girl Freed With Prison Breaker Dies in Arms of Crosswhite
A woman who fled with fugitive Norman Davenport and her two children died shortly after, as Davenport remains at large. The family left Clovis New Mexico, seeking safety from the escaped inmate who had promised not to be captured. FBI charged the woman with harboring a fugitive and released her on recognizance.
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Crosswhites
Clovis
N.M
Norman Davenport
Davenport
Oklahoma
Granite
Crosswhite
FBI
Wichita Falls
Coun
Spain Faces Higher 1954 Tax Burden After Civil War
The Cortes approves a 1 335 000 000 peseta budget with defense costs under 30 percent, a drop from this year. The United States will provide 1 41 0 million dollars under a bases agreement signed September 26, to fund military equipment and defense. Military expenses top the budget with the army receiving 4 183 000 000 pesetas, air force and navy portions, interior ministry 3 367 000 000 pesetas, while indirect taxes on lotteries, matches, cigarettes, gasoline, wines and liquors fund much of government revenue totaling about 14 119 968 000 pesetas.
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Cortes
Parliament
Mnani
United States
Spain
Interior Ministry
Reds Press for Restart of Prisoner Explanations
In Panmunjom a North Korean editorial notes the Reds want renewed talks on prisoner explanations. They demand a new 90 day period with full interviews, arguing the official 10 day run fell short, and accuse the U N Command of blocking broader interviews.
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Panmunjom
Red China
T Peiping
People’s
T Cial
U.N
Airlines Near New Record For Safety
In a year end summary Civil Aeronautics Administration reports 88 passenger fatalities in 11 months ending Dec 15 across 18,912,000,000 passenger miles. Fatality rate 0.5 per 100 million passenger miles, a new low. Full year 1952 totals show 140 deaths and 16,177,297,000 miles. Domestic international revenue passengers rise to about 31,961,000, up from 1951 levels.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
F. B. Lee
Lee
Tito Denial Of Slav Reentry Into Cominform Stated
Belgrade Yugoslavia December report says spokesman denies Tito plans to pull Slav states back into Cominform, amid Cold War tensions. No further specifics provided.
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Tito
Slav
Cominform
Young Airman Jimmie Early Dies in Car Gas Fatality
Jimmie Jean Early, 20, a US Air Force veteran from Korea, died of accidental asphyxiation from carbon gas in a car at Early Conoco Service Station on Twenty fifth Street. His older brother found him yesterday morning around 6:45 as he prepared to leave for Camp Moody. Justice C. Davidson ruled the death accidental awaiting autopsy results.
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Jimmie Jean Early
Air Force
Korea
Roe Mig Barty Jr
Jimmie
Conoco
Twenty-fifth Street
Early
Snyder Cory
Camp Moody
Brother
C. Davidson
Justice
Wilton N. Jones
Battenfield
Te- Pecote
Russians Postpone Big Four Ministers Meeting Three Weeks
Washington Dec 28 Soviet Union moved to delay the planned Big Four ministers conference with the United States Britain and France by at least three weeks from January 4 to January 25 or a later date. The request was noted by Western officials as part of a continuing series of postponements.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Britain
Pecmusheeny
West
Kefauver Urges Liberal Course for Democrats in 1954
Senator Kefauver asks Democrats to pursue a liberal program domestically to reverse monopoly power and promote bipartisanship in foreign policy. He criticizes Eisenhower for meeting only Republican leaders and urges unity in Congress and public power resource safeguards.
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Kefauver
Demos
Washington
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Rene
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Democrats
Adlai Stevenson
Telephone Company Again Seeks Rate Hike in Abilene District
Southwestern Bell plans another attempt to raise rates in six district cities including Snyder Anson Hamlin Roby Rotan and Stamford arguing higher wages equipment costs and taxes require bigger investments. City councils earlier rejected a proposed schedule while Abilene Sweetwater and Colorado City already granted or planned dial system related increases.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Abilene
W. L. Blakney
The
Telephone Company
Snyder
Anson
Hamlin
Roby
Rotan
Stamford
Ang
Dayéer
Oby
Rota
Colorado City
Sweetwater
Lack
Black
Jenner Says About 25 Soviet Spy Rings Active
Senator Jenner states there probably are 25 Soviet spy rings operating in the United States in a prepared statement tied to public hearings. The figure echoes testimony by Ismael Ege, a former Soviet army intelligence officer who testified in New York on October 28 about espionage networks working through trusted couriers.
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Washington
Sen. Jenner
R-Ind
Senate Internal Security
United States
Jenner
Ismael Ege
Red Army
New York
Turkey President Bayar to Visit United States in February
President Celal Bayar and Mrs Bayar will tour the United States during February with arrival in Washington planned for Wednesday and a Dallas visit in the schedule. The State Department confirmed arrangements for the high level visit to the United States next month.
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Washington
United States
Celal Bayar
Holland Seeks UN Charter Reform Input
Senator Holland said he would be named to urge changes in the United Nations charter and to seek opinions from Americans on a committee appointed in October to study proposed revisions. He argued the UN should be strengthened and that world security should not be controlled by any single national government.
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Washington
Sen. Holland
D-Fia
United Nations
Revi
French Give Up Strategic Army Garrison
The Vietminh completed a bold drive to split Indochina. Rebel forces moved from the Annam coast into Thakhek on the Mekong border, provoking French orders to evacuate the town to free troops for Laos defense. The seizure grants a base on the Thailand frontier with possible moves toward Vientiane.
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Saigon
Indochina
Annam
Vie Nam
Thakhek
Mekong
Thailand
Laos
Thailland
Vientiane
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