East Berlin arrests two American soldiers amid sovereignty claims
East Berlin officials announce the arrest of two unidentified American soldiers after an alleged assault at a cabaret. Soviet-backed authorities claim jurisdiction as East Berlin asserts independence from occupation, while ADN confirms the event and cites police transfer to Soviet authorities.
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East Berlin
U. S
Bz Am Abend
ADN
Lierck
Jap Bner
U. S. Army
U S to Hold Russia Responsible for Hill Incident
Washington reports say the United States will hold Soviet authorities responsible for the safety of two American soldiers arrested by East Berlin police. State Department officials await official word. Ambassador James B Connant informed Soviet authorities that the U S government must ensure proper treatment of all U S citizens in areas under Soviet control.
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Washington
United States
Russia
East Berlin
State Department
U. S
James B. Conant
Germany
Berlin
Keaton Critical After Abdominal Rupture in Hollywood
Comedian Buster Keaton, age 60, is in critical condition with an abdominal rupture. He was stricken Saturday night and briefly came out of a coma for several hours on Tuesday at Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital in Hollywood.
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Keaton
Hollywood
Buster Keaton
Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital
Weather Summary for Southern Knois Region
Cloudy and colder today with partly cloudy night. Thursday for Knois region fair and colder with highs in the upper 30s and lows near 20. Record shows 7 am reading 38 and yesterday 34, high yesterday 41, noon today 50. Sun rises 7 07 and sets 4 38 with lake levels cited at Crab Orchard Lake 25 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 10 inches below spillway.
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Knois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Fear 25 Dead In Frankfurt Building Blast
A massive explosion destroyed a midtown Frankfurt apartment building before dawn killing or trapping 25 residents including seven children. Rescue workers faced collapse risk while seven were rescued. one later died. The owner architect was among the dead. The new building housed 12 German families who had moved in two weeks earlier.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West
Buildng
Saps
Mier
Youth’s Statement Admitted in Illinois Slaying Trial
Judge Daniel A. Roberts admitted a 31 page confession by Clarence Baugh 18 into evidence in his trial for the murder of 8 year old Mary Manze. The statement describes luring her to a shed with candy promises then striking and mutilating her last July 4.
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Chicago
Daniel A. Roberts
Clarence Baugh
Baugh
Aoe Ialee
Harold M. Tyler
Mary Manze
Police Doubt Boz's Tale Kidnap Story From Burned Youth
A 17 year old boy claims kidnap and being set on fire by three youths near St Ignatius School. Detectives cite discrepancies in the note and question the three youths' existence. Earl Fryman survived severe burns after being chained to a tree in a river valley near Cleveland.
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Boz
Cleveland
Edn Kerr
Kerr
Homicide
Earl R. Fryman
Fairview Hospital
Rocky River
Metropolitan Park
St. Ignatius Parochial School
St. Ignatius
River Valley
Fryman
West Frankfort Druggist Fined For Drug Sale
Henry A. Buerkle operator of Buerkle Drug Co pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the federal food drug and cosmetic act. He was fined $100 on each count for selling thy roid and dexedrine tablets and placed on one year probation on a suspended sentence for selling dexedrine sulphate. Federal agents had bought tablets on Aug 2 3 and 10. Sentencing by Judge Fred L Wham. Maximum penalties include $1000 fine and up to a year in jail per count.
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West Frankfort
Henry A. Buerkle
Buerkle Drug Co
U. S
East St. Louis
Federa
Buerkle
Fred L. Wham
Tenneson Expected to Reach Hong Kong Border
American GI Richard R. Tenneson who remained in Red China after the Korean War and later decided to leave is expected to arrive at the Hong Kong border next week. Officials quoted a note from the British Embassy in Peiping confirming timing.
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Tenneson
Hong Kong
Richard R. Tenneson
Red China
Peiping
Skeleton found in Casper basement halts disappearance case
A woman's skeleton found in the basement of James Alexander's Casper home ties to the 1953 disappearance of Barbara Alexander. Rose Alexander, now James's wife, signed a statement about the murder and burial despite earlier denials. Authorities dredged the unfinished basement to locate the remains as the case deepens with family ties and shifting alibis.
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Barbara Alexander
Natrona County
Ray Whittaker
Rose Alexander
Hardin
Mont
Alexander
Casper High
Worland
Wyo
Attlee Resigns as British Labour Leader After 20 Years
London reports Clement Attlee resigns as Labour Party leader due to age and ill health after two decades at the helm. Deputies Herbert Morrison Hugh Gaitskell and Aneurin Bevan considered but Morrison and Gaitskell seen as likeliest successors. Attlee may join the House of Lords and had led Britain from 1945 to 1951.
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London
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Gaitskell
Aneutin Bevan
Morrison
Gaitskell
Attlee
Ortie
Administration To Present School Building Plan To Congress
A Cabinet member said the Eisenhower administration will present to Congress a broad program to help build thousands of schools. Folsom stressed federal aid while preserving local control and warned against tax increases. Delegates condemned Taft Hartley and NLRA policies and criticized current economic plans.
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New York
Congress
Afl-Cio
Folsom
Eisenhower
National Labor Relations Board
Niagara firemen seek $10 bonus per rescue
Firemen in Niagara Falls Ontario ask the city council for a $10 bonus for each person rescued from the Niagara River gorge. Stanley Thompson, president of Local 528, said the plan would not threaten city finances after two rescues last summer along the 300 foot river bank.
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Ni Falls
Ont
Niagara River
Stanley Thompson
International Assn. of Firefighters
Teacher Acquitted in Fire Deaths Case at Tenement
Lawrence B. Jackson a suspended high school teacher and tenement owner where seven perished in a fire was acquitted of manslaughter on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Lawrence B. Jackson
Stratton Wins Hat After Indiana Day Fatality Gap
Final statistics show Illinois bested Indiana's Dec 1 record by one fatality to three. Gov Stratton won a hat from Gov Geor of liadions. geop Craig
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Stratton
Springfield
Mllnois
Indiana
Gov. Stratton
Gov. Geor
Liadions
Ge Craig
Prisoner Escapes Under Cover of Night
A patient at the state hospital for the criminally insane reports a planned escape tonight while guards are lax and the facility remains open. He hints at leaving unseen with a twinkling eye and slipping away when the night is right.
Marino Loses Round in Deportation Fight
Convicted murderer Tony Marino, labeled by the Supreme Court as a legal merry go round figure, loses an appeal to overturn an immigration deportation order to Sicily. Marino, 48, killed Charles Patterson, 77, during a 1925 holdup in South Beloit Illinois. Gov Stratton had earlier denied a pardon to halt deportation.
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Marino
Chicago
Tony Marino
U. S. Supreme Court
Iion
U. S. Court of Appeals
Immigration Department
Sicily
Charles Patterson
South
Beloit
Stratton
Bank buys pennies at premium to ease shortage
Killington Bank and Trust Co of Rutland offers $1.05 for each dollar in pennies rolled in wrappers. The promotion aims to ease a nationwide penny shortage reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, with the only condition that coins be rolled.
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Vermont
Rutland
Killington Bank and Trust Co
Federal
P-serve Bank of Boston
Gov Stratton names trio to Narcotics Investigation Commission
Governor Stratton appointed Danville jurist John Bookwalter Chicago judge John Lyons and Chicago representative William H. Robinson to the Narcotics Investigation Commission on Tuesday. The commission will operate under the 70th General Assembly.
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Springfield
John Bookwalter
Danville
John Lyons
Chicago
William H. Robinson
Stratton
Narcotics Investigation Commission
Police Captain Gets 180 Day Suspension
State Police Captain Henry Engstrom of Sterling is suspended 180 days after pleading guilty to conduct unbecoming an officer and disrespect. The board noted his prior record but urged against dismissal. Engstrom led Battalion 7 overseeing districts including Carroll to Rock Island.
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Springfield
Police Merit Board
Henry Engstrom
Sterling
Phil M. Brown
Engstrom
Henry A. Gardner
Chicago
Brown
Gardner
Raphael Yalden
Rockford
G. William Cullen
Hounts
Carroll
DeKalb
Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside
Winnebago
Bureau
Henry, Knox, Mercer
Rock Island
Dirksen Warns K of C on Foreign Ideology
Dover New Hampshire December 7 Sen Everett M Dirksen warned at the Knights of Columbus banquet that a creeping foreign ideology seeks to undermine the American system. He attacked those who align with foreign ideologies and urged vigilance on the nation’s security program.
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Dirksen
Dover, N. H
Everett M. Dirksen
Bill
Knights of Columbus
Former Police Officer Is Cleared in Slaying Verdict
Albert Priddy, a 63 year old former Carterville police officer, was found not guilty by a Williamson County Circuit Court jury in the Edmond Smith shotgun killing. The verdict drew cheers. Priddy showed no emotion, while Mrs. Priddy cried. Jurors cited motive and opportunity, with seven witnesses backing alibi claims.
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Albert Priddy
Edmond Smith
Williamson County
Carterville
Priddy
Clarence Wright
Fletcher Lewis
Murphysboro
Smith
Anden
Earl McGowan
Lewis
Carl Sneed
Carl Miller
Gestapo
Illinois
Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
Sam Corbett
Corbett
Gallimore
Sneed
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U.S
Niagara Rescues
William
Son County
Union
Santa
Narcotics Commission
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