State Airport Work Advised in Illinois Investment Plan
Louis E. Leverone urged at least 100 million dollars over 10 years for Illinois airport improvements. The Chicago leader, former National Aeronautics Assn. president, said jet transport growth requires longer runways and warned of a nationwide facilities shortage. He praised Gov. Stratton's toll road effort and urged similar public leadership for aviation.
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Decatur
Illinois
Louis E. Leverone
Chicago
National Aeronautics Assn
Leverone
Nationwide Food Service, Inc
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Calls to Santa Claus Freezes Ann Arbor Phone System
In Ann Arbor Michigan Bell installed three lines for a Santa call number after merchants promoted it. The surge froze about 1 000 of the town's 13 000 phones for incoming or outgoing calls, leading to four more lines being added and a public appeal for patience and moderation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Santa Claus
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Santa
Woman killed by own car in Van Nuys crash
In Van Nuys California Mrs Phyllis A Loughlin was killed when her auto collided with another car and ran over her after being thrown to the street. Police said she was killed by her own car.
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van Nuys
Calif
Phyllis A. Loughlin
Weather Summary for Southern Illinois
Cloudy and cold conditions prevail in Southern Illinois with partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday. Overnight lows 18 to 22, Friday highs in the 30s, and Friday night lows 15 to 20. Temperature readings include yesterday 31 at 7 am and 24 at 6 pm, with noon 55. Crab Orchard Lake 25 inches below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 101 inches below spillway today.
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Illinois
Toni
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Two U S Soldiers Arrested in East Berlin Transferred to Soviets
Reports from East Berlin say two American soldiers arrested after a street fight were handed to Soviet military authorities. U S Army officials noted no record of AWOL men and expressed surprise at the transfer amid East German claims of sovereignty and a potential test case. The Neues Deutschland cited in–country agreements for the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Germany
Reds
East Berlin
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Soviet Union
Checker Playing Dog Found Using Loaded Checkers
Manitowoc Wisconsin December 8 AP trainer Kurt Mueller boasted a dog could play checkers using its nose. A feature writer exposed the trick as the dog moved sausage slices placed by scent and eaten once the door hid the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Kurt Mueller
Mueller
Bank Robbery Clues Lifted in Wisconsin Case
Lake Geneva Wisconsin December 8 AP local police and the FBI sifted through clues and tips seeking the note writer who held up the First National Bank on Wednesday escaping with 74293 in loot packed in a cardboard box. The gunman masked with a Halloween face covered by a scarf imprisoned eight employees in a vault and tied another to a basement post before fleeing in a worker’s car.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
FBI
First National Bank
Ed Keller
Walworth County
Champaign Man Quizzed On Bank Robbery
Police questioned Donald Kramer 32 and his wife Pat 28 after arresting him with a pistol and offering a officer 1000 dollars to overlook a traffic violation. Kramer, an ex convict with eight years in Stateville for robbery, is held without charge amid inquiries into Chicago area robberies and an associated Geneva Illinois car theft.
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Chicago
Donald Kramer
Stateville
Pat
Kramer
Geneva
Three Polio Shots Advised
Washington reports a special advisory group recommends continuing the three dose Salk polio vaccine schedule for youngsters. The plan spaces shots over about eight months, with one shot producing 75 to 80 percent protection and full protection requiring all three doses.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Medical and Health Professions
National Foundation For
Jonas E. Salk
No Celebration Tokyo Pearl Harbor Day Quiet Amid Hostilities
A shortened AP dispatch notes that Pearl Harbor Day December 7 1941 was marked subtly in Japan with little official celebration while the attack anniversary stands as a historic milestone on the opposite side of the International Date Line.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Chiang Urged Not To Veto Mongolia Bid
Delegates pressed Nationalist China to refrain from vetoing the Outer Mongolia bid as 18 applicants move toward United Nations admission. The General Assembly is ready to ratify the committee’s 28 nation plan while the Security Council faces a potential Soviet veto on Communist applicants.
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Security Council
China
General Assembly
Special Political Committee
Assembly
Outer Mongolia
Cuba
United States
Anl
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Britain
Russia
Peru
Brazil
Iran
Turkey
New Zealand
Belgium
France
Formosa
U.N
Red China
Nature Girl Witness Testifies in Bomb Death Trial
Adella Heininger a 24 year old former wrestler nicknamed Nature Girl testified in the Harry Washburn murder case. She said Washburn offered $10 000 to kill his former father in law and planned an accidental shooting at the Weaver ranch near San Angelo. The trial aired live on KWTX TV in Waco Texas.
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Harry Washburn
Adella Heininger
Washburn
Weaver Ranch
San Angelo
Tex
Houston
Helen Harris Weaver
Harry
Waco
Kwtx-Tv
Soldiers still housed in tents on Korean front despite winter
U S Army Secretary Wilber M Brucker said it is deplorable that American troops guarding the Korean front are still living in tents amid freezing weather. He noted funds were appropriated for semipermanent housing but progress is slow with about 35,000 troops in the field.
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Western Front
Korea
U. S. Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Korean Armistice Zone
Brucker
24Th Infantry
I. D. White
8Th Army
S. B. Mason
Ford Faults Fund for the Republic in Letter
Detroit December 8AP Henry Ford I president of Ford Motor Co and Ford Foundation trustee criticized the Fund for the Republic in a public letter to Syracuse Legionnaire John K Dungey. Ford said as a private citizen he questions how the fund pursues its constitutional rights goals and calls some actions dubious.
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Detroit
Fund For the Republic
Henry Ford I
Ford Motor Co
Ford Foundation
Syracuse
N.Y
American
Ford
U.S
Dungey
The
Foundation
Fund For the Repub
Eisenhower Confers On Budget At Camp David
President Eisenhower meets with top advisers at Camp David to shape next year’s defense program while aiming to balance the budget and pursue a possible tax cut. Treasury Secretary Humphrey says budget balance takes precedence over military spending signals. He notes hopes to balance the 1955-56 year and the 1956-57 plan, with a tax cut discussed for the State of the Union.
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Turmont
Eisenhower
Camp David
Treasury Humphrey
Humphrey
Mountaintop
Treasury
Rowland Hughes
Turnabout definition shocks audience at Providence speech
Dr. Melvyn Johnson, VA Providence mental hygiene clinic chief and psychiatrist, defined five arctrats as a man who goes to a burlesque show and watches the audience, in a Wednesday speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.J
Melvyn Johnson
The
Veterans Administration
Cantor Undergoes Kidney Surgery In Hollywood
Eddie Cantor, 63, is recuperating after an operation to remove kidney stones performed Wednesday at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood. His wife Ida said he tolerated the procedure well and was singing and acting gay by late in the day.
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Cantor
Hollywood
Eddie Cantor
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Ida
Prudential Building Opens in Chicago Skyline
The 41 story Prudential Building in Chicago debuts as the tallest in the central business district at 925 feet with a 601 foot tower and TV mast. Gov. Stratton and Mayor Daley attend a dedication. a time capsule sealed to be opened in 2006, containing newspapers, radio and TV materials.
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Chicago
Prudential
Central Business District
Randolph Street
Michigan Avenue
Board of Trade
LaSalle Street Financial District
LaSalle Street
Loop
Prudential Building
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Carrol M. Shanks
Prudential’s
Indiana
Mid-America
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Giant Navy Jet Seaplane Explodes Over Bay Crash Sinks
The Navy SeaMaster, a 600 mph jet seaplane built by Glenn L. Martin Co., exploded two hours after takeoff near Baltimore. Four aboard including three Martin employees and one Navy officer were on board. one body recovered. Recovery teams search the Chesapeake Bay area for wreckage and causes remain under study.
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Washington
le Bay
Navy
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Martin
Maurice Bernhard
Towson
Herbert Scudeer
Chase
James Hentschel
Victor Atgoff
Piney Point
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Earl Mountbatten
Soviet Jet Bombers Reach Formidable Force Says Jane's
A world aviation expert cited Jane's All the World's Aircraft noting Soviet progress in jet bombers. It reports 360 factories from Poland to the Far East producing Type 37 four jet heavies and Type 39 medium twins, with production below full capacity and contrasting U.S. peacetime peak output.
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Russia
Far East
Jane
All the World
Moscow
Jane’s
America
Stevenson Denounces Hate Mongering in Politics at AFL-CIO
Adlai Stevenson label s Republican officials as practicing hate mongering a dangerous brand of politics. He cites accusations against labor leaders and links to Nazi era rhetoric while urging restraint to protect democracy. Four named figures include Barry Goldwater Frederick Crawford Douglas McKay and Philip Kuehn.
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New York
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Afl-Cio
Secretary of Agriculture
Eisenhower
America
Germany
Tubby
Roger Tubby
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Frederick C. Crawford
Cleveland
Douglas McKay
Interior
Philip Kuehn
Wisconsin
Godfrey Dives Into Pool To Plug TV Set
Arthur Godfrey jumped into a hotel pool during a CBS program to demonstrate a sponsor's TV set. He remained in a bathing suit and delivered a straight faced live commercial about the set's quality whether wet or dry.
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Godfrey
Miami Beach
Fla
Dec
Arthur Godfrey
CBS
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Richmond
Robert Ammann
Dallas
Adlai
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