Europe Weathered Winter Gales End With 74 Dead
Europe faced a three day gale crisis with at least 74 deaths and heavy damage. Seawalls held along Holland Belgium and the English coast while rescue crews guarded low lying areas. Britain recalled Christmas leave for servicemen as storms eased and Zermatt Swiss avalanches isolated the resort.
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London
Europe
Holland
Belgium
English
Denmark
Germany
War Office
Swiverland
Zermatt
Pope's Christmas Broadcast From Bed Throbs with Hope
The Pope's 600 word Christmas message broadcast in 23 languages from Vatican Radio touches on suffering loneliness illness and prayer for imprisoned faithful. He vows to publish a traditional Christmas message later and looks toward a public appearance in St. Peter's Square tomorrow. Virgil Attebery in Los Angeles reflects on Christmas peace as a two motorcycle officers note a driverless car.
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Vatican Radio
Christ
St. Peter’s Square
PGPE
Msgr
Angelo D'Enacqua
Vatican
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Antonio Stefanizzi
Jesus
Los Angeles
Virgil
Attebery
Ouj
Tax Time Nears as IRS Plans 63 Million Remit Notices
The Internal Revenue Service will mail about 63 million remit notices between Christmas and New Year. Form 1040 and 1010 A returns are delayed by tax law changes in 1954. The April 15 deadline applies to final returns and to first quarterly estimates for higher incomes.
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Internal Revenue Service
62 000 Inheritance Brings Trouble To Ohio Widow
Mrs. Lucille Adams Walker of MARTIN'S FERRY Ohio says the 62 000 she inherited from Isabella J Adams is more trouble than it is worth The money comes from a nurse cousin no one suspected had such a fortune The Joel Walker family was thriving without it but salesmen and charity solicitations have swarmed their home and the couple fears more requests will arrive before the funds are theirs
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Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Lucille Adams Walker
Mrs. Walker
Joel Walker
Dren
Ecuador President Survives Brief Army Revolt
President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra appeared to ride out a short military revolt in Quito. Seven top military leaders were arrested and two cabinet ministers removed as both sides agreed to a truce. The economy minister resigned after being blamed for insulting the forces.
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Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Guayaquil
Navy
Air Force
Jaime Nebot Velasco
Buenos Aires
Velasco Ibarra
Reinaldo Verea Donosa
Army
Nebot
New York Central Reports November Net Income Gain
The New York Central Railroad announced November net income of 5,592,303 on operating revenues of 61,277,466. For the first 11 months of 1954 the company shows a total net income of 2,927,668 on revenues of 646,176,910, with gains offsetting earlier deficits after new management took control in June.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Attebery Arrested After Car Collision With Officer Rapier
Attebery was booked on suspicion of drunk driving after his car locked bumpers with Officer Ray S. Rapier who owned the other vehicle. The incident involved a police officer and a suspected DUI case.
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Attebery
Ray S. Rapier
Canton firm reports bounced check for machine sale
The Stebbins Business Machine Company of Canton says a customer who bought a check printing machine 20 days ago paid with a check that was returned with the note No such bank. The incident raises questions about the transaction and the seller seeks resolution.
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Canton
Ohio
Stebbins Business Machine Company
Voters Approve Dallas Auditorium Bond for 1927 Issue
In Dallas Texas voters approved a bond issue for a city auditorium on December 14. City officials say construction will begin next month with completion aimed for 1956, though delays extended the schedule beyond the expected 17 days.
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Dallas, Tex
Plattsburg Rushes Tree for President’s Party
A 15 foot balsam tree was cut near the Canadian border and rushed to Plattsburg for President Eisenhower’s Christmas party. Clyde Lewis arranged shipment after James Hagerty called from Augusta and a crew cut and prepared the tree for air delivery via Eastern Airlines, rail free.
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Platisburg
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Augusta
Clyde Lewis
Plattsburg
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hagerty
Charles E. Forgette
Christopher Booth
Rouses Point
New York City
Eastern Airlines
Spellman Holds Mass for Troops
Francis Cardinal Spellman held midnight Mass on a parade ground near the truce line for thousands of American soldiers. The ceremony occurred on the anniversary of the Prince of Peace as a cold wind swept the ground where U S Seventh Division troops knelt in prayer. This marked the second Christmas with guns quiet on both sides of the truce line.
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Seoul
Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Prince of Peace
U. S. Seventh Division
United Nations
West German pact votes hinge on confidence in assembly
In a tense all night session the assembly backed sovereignty restoration and a Saar accord while deferring a fourth pact on NATO entry as a confidence issue. Premier Mendes France seeks unity votes on four accords with amended motions delaying ratification and delaying any return of the WEU pact.
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Saar
Mendes-France
West Germany
Assembly
Fossil Lotus Leaf Donated to Fukui Museum in Japan
A lotus leaf fossil believed to be a pest in eastern Asia was donated to the Fukui Museum. Discovered by Assistant Professor Hikokuni of Kanazawa University during geological lab work, the specimen is estimated to be 70 million years old.
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Tokyo
Asia
Fukui Museum
Hikokuni
Kanazawa University
Geological Laboratory
Two Senators See G O P Backing Ike
Washington reports that two Republican senators predict their colleagues will back President Eisenhower and his program despite a split over McCarthy. Senator Wiley endorses a second term for Ike and calls for harmony among Wisconsin Republicans while Senator Hickenlooper expects Senate Republicans to unite in support with possible isolated votes in the future.
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Washington
Eisenhower
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wiley
Hickenlooper
Browa
Senate
Morse
Wisconsin
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Noel Field and Family Vanish Amid Cold War Spy Claims
Fields from Page One Glaser Wallach disappeared in Berlin in August 1950 while seeking information on Noel and his wife. No substantiated charges followed, but Noel Field was branded a spy by both sides. Western allies and Communist blocs accused him as a Western agent.
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Glaser Wallach
Berlin
Noel
Fields
Mrs. Wallach
Noel Field
United States
Whittaker
Stern U. S
Poland
Hungary
Switzerland
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Severe After Shocks Hit Eureka After 2 Million Quake
A strong after-jolt struck Eureka at 1 15 A.M. today following Tuesday's 2 million earthquake. Buildings trembled but no new damage was reported. Humboldt County courthouse and City Hall remain decommissioned as unsafe and closed after earlier quake damage.
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Eureka
Calif
Humboldt County
New Link To Thruway Interchange Planned Southwest Of Rochester
Albany remarks by Thruway Authority chair Bertram D. Tallamy outline a new interchange southwest of Rochester to align with a southwestern connection. Tallamy, soon to be replaced as public works chief by John W. Johnson, will remain Thruway chairman as the Department plans for 1955 include the highway project and Route 15 resurfacing and widening.
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Albany Ana
State Thruway Authority
Rochester
Bertram D. Tallamy
Public Works
Tallamy
Department of Public Works
John W. Johnson
Buffalo
Erect Averell Harriman
Hearing Set For Dr. Sam Sheppard New Trial Motion
Judge Ed ward Bluthin will hold a hearing next Thursday on a motion for a new trial filed by Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard's defense. The osteopath was convicted Tuesday of second degree murder in the July 5 bludgeoning of his pregnant wife Marilyn. The motion argues trial errors and denounces the grand jury and media coverage as influencing the verdict, seeking to vacate the verdict.
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Cleveland
Edward Bluthin
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Fred W. Garmone
Arthur E. Petersilge
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