Indonesia Premier Threatens Action Over Seizure Of Dutch Firms
Premier Djuanda warned the government will act against workers occupying Dutch firms without approval as Communist led unions seize a third Dutch company. The Sobsi Federation took control of Jacobson Van Den Berg Trading Co and raised red flags, while offices of two Dutch shipping lines were seized.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Djuanda
Dutch West New Guinea
Sobi
Jacobson van den Berg Trading Co
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Tonight and Thursday
Fair tonight and partly warmer Thursday in Southern Illinois. Tonight low around 30. Thursday high in the 50s with a low near 30 at night. Yesterday high 49 and low 31. Precipitation 0.04 inches in the past 24 hours. Sunrise 7 07, sunset 4 33.
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Southern
Illinois
Thursda
Delays Brew Over Electrical Glitches in Vanguard Test
Cape Canaveral expects a possible sundown launch as a 11 hour countdown nears completion for Vanguard the Navy project to loft small experimental satellites. Frayed wires and other electrical faults caused repeated holds while engineers verify 23 page checklists and monitor stages one and two of the three stage rocket.
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Space
C. H. Schooley
Defense Department
Project Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Navy
Vanguard
Martin Co
Baltimore
Martin
Fla
Light Snow Ends as Sun Returns to Cairo Area
A small snowfall left the ground white but melted with morning sun. The Cairo weather station forecasts a high near 50 with a low around 26, and Thursday may reach about 56 as meteorologists warn the pattern hints at more winter weather ahead.
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Illinois
U. S
Cairo
Reed Rejects Rights Post Halts Civil Rights Commission
Washington reports the new Civil Rights Commission suspended start work after chairman Vera F. Reed resigns. Reed cited incompatibility with Supreme Court duties and obligations. President Eisenhower accepted the resignation and paused the six member bipartisan panel created to investigate federal voting rights and equal protection issues.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Vera F. Reed
Su- Court
Lee
Reed
Eisenhower
Executive Department
Supreme Court
Congress
Eisenhower Names Walsh Deputy Attorney General
Washington dispatch reports President Eisenhower announces that Federal District Judge Frence E. Walsh of New York will be appointed as deputy attorney general. The move adds a prominent judge to the Justice Department leadership.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Frence E. Walsh
New York
Building trades urge AFL-CIO to rescind Teamsters expulsion threat
Atlantic City delegates to the building and construction trades department urge the AFL-CIO to overturn the suspension and halt expulsion plans for the corruption-tainted Teamsters Union. The Hoffman Beck ties at Senate hearings color the debate as expulsion looms without a cleanup move.
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Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
Building and Construction Trades Department
Teamsers
He Hr
Teamsters
Senate
Dave Beck
Building Trades
Building Trades Union
ACIO
Tradk
Hoffa
Beck
Building Trades Group
Tide Swamping Oklahoma Dry Law Forces
Oklahoma City reports Prohibition forces backing county option to sell 3.2 beer faced a heavy defeat with about 61 000 votes against the plan. Oklahoma and Tulsa counties contributed most to the statewide margin opposing the dry county proposal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Adlai Stevenson declines NATO Paris meeting role
Adlai E. Stevenson said he would be without authority if he attended the December 16 Atlantic Pact NATO talks in Paris. He supported many Eisenhower proposals but noted differences and feared guiding or misleading friends at home and abroad.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
Stevenson
Carbondale Firemen Collect $207 for Muscular Dystrophy Drive
Carbondale firemen report $207 collected for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation in canister drives placed in Carbondale businesses during November. They distributed and collected 120 canisters used in the drive. The foundation supports research and services for muscular dystrophy victims.
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Carbondale
Drag Race Fines Hit Actor Michael O'Shea in Van Nuys
Actor Michael O'Shea aged 51 was fined 53 dollars after drag racing in Van Nuys California. The youth driver in the opposing car received a citation to appear in Juvenile Court.
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van Nuys
Calif
Michael O'Shea
Eisenhower Eyes No Net Rise in Next Year Budget
President Eisenhower told Republican congressional leaders at a White House briefing that overall spending should remain near this year's level despite a planned defense boost. He indicated a roughly two billion dollar defense increase while seeking to hold the total budget around seventy-one point eight billion for the coming year.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Dirksen
R-Iii
Sens. Bridges
R-Nh
Salmstall
R-Mass
Bridges
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Outer Space
Vances
White House
Postmaster Urges Early Mail For Christmas Cards
Pittsburgh December 4 AP Postmaster James Smith says he has mailed his Christmas cards and urges others to mail early as a civic example to speed holiday delivery.
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Pittsburgh
James Smith
Girl Abduction Search Underway in Sycamore Ill
Seven year old Maria Ridolph disappeared after being offered a ride by a man Tuesday night. Police and volunteers scoured vacant lots, corn fields, freight cars and buildings while the Civil Air Patrol prepared to fly search planes to aid the hunt near De Kalb County. The girl, youngest of four, was last seen at about seven p.m. playing with Cathie Sigman in the west side of town.
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Maria Ridolph
Civil Air Patrol
William Hindenburg
DeKalb County
Chicago
Kishwaukee
Hindenburg
Ridolph
Michael Ridolph
Cathie Sigman
Sigman
Assailants Escape After Robbery At Cairo Justice Of Peace Home
Two men in hunt clothes forced entry to the Cairo home of Justice of the Peace Max Bevill and his wife. They bound the couple, beat Bevill and opened a basement safe taking about 2500 dollars cash, war bonds, diamonds, and papers. Bevill and his wife were injured lightly and police pursued suspects.
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Cairo
Alexander County
Bevill
Mrs. Ill
Bevills
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