Navy diver Joe Tallarico freed after 9 hours in Patuxent depths
Solomon s Maryland December report tells how 35 year old Navy diver Tallarico was trapped about 170 feet down when his lines fouled on an anchor attached to a test mine. He spent four hours decompression and was lifted to safety by a relay of 15 divers. He described the cold as the toughest part and said he is ready to dive again.
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Solomons, Md
Joe Tallarico
Patuxent River
Tallarico
Navy
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Washington
William G. Fisher
Williamsport
Faure dissolves French National Assembly in surprise move
Premier Edgar Faure disbanded the National Assembly, triggering an elections plan for New Year’s Day. The decree, labeled a coup by opponents, ends a tense Parliament crisis as France braces forvote and dissolution fallout.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
French National Assembly
E.S.T
Officiel
France
Faure
Council of State
Supreme Constitutional Court
Marcelle Joubert
Henri Terrine
Socialist Party
Rene Coty
Drive For U. S. School Aid Gathers Momentum
Washington reports a White House endorsed push for broader federal school construction aid. Secretary Folsom told 1,800 delegates Eisenhower will ask Congress for an expanded program. The NEA praised the plan and a stepped-up aid package, calling the conference one of the greatest ever held.
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Washington
White House
Folsom
Eisenhower
Congress
National Education Assn
John Buford
Mount Vernon
Til
NEA
Revenue Service Won’t Complete Tax Returns This Season
The US Internal Revenue Service announced it will not fill out returns for taxpayers during the filing period from January 1 to April 16. It will assist in filing only and apply three exceptions for illiterate, incapacitated, or non English readers.
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Washington
The
Revenue Service
Picket Lines At Terre Haute Brewery Plant
Picket lines formed at the Terre Haute Brewing Co by Brewery Workers Local 85 as a contract with the union was terminated at 12:01 a m on December 1. About 250 of 300 employees did not report for work, the plant was closed, and roughly 50 engineers electricians and maintenance workers remained on duty. Workers including machinists painters carpenters and welders, all AFL members, were laid off.
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Terre Haute Brewing Co
Brewery Workers Local 85
C.so
A.F.L
Brewery Workers
Another Greenlease ransom bill recovered in Chicago
FBI special agent in charge J Earl Milnes announced a missing $20 Greenlease ransom bill was found at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. The recovery brings the total to 83 of the $20 notes, part of $303,720 missing after the 1953 Bobby Greenlease kidnapping.
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ST. Louis
J. Earl Milnes
F.B.I
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Indiana Snow and Ice Weather Tragedies Reported
Snow, rain, and sleet hit most of Indiana with three to four inches in the center and two in the north. A three truck pileup on U.S. 30 near New Haven killed Thomas L. Hartley of Wellston Ohio. Rita Lewis of Indianapolis died from injuries after slipping on a snow covered sidewalk. Weather warnings urged caution amid slippery roads.
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Indiana
Thomas L. Hartley
Wellston
Ohio
U.S. 30
New Haven
Rita Lewis
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
State Highway Department
17 Year Old Astoria Girl Dies From Burns
Charlotte Taylor 17 of Astoria Illinois died from burn injuries suffered while attempting to rekindle a stove fire at her family farm home. Her clothes ignited last winter leaving her with extensive burns. She was one of Astoria Community High School’s most admired students and hoped to return from Chicago for her siblings after their mother’s death in childbirth.
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Chicago
Charlotte Taylor
Astoria
Charlotte
Astoria Community High School
S-D Day Toll Tops Last Year Despite Efforts
An Associated Press survey shows at least 65 traffic deaths on Safe Driving Day, higher than last year's 51, with major cities like Philadelphia Los Angeles Minneapolis reporting fatalities while New York Chicago Detroit had none. Ohio and California led states. rain and snow worsened travel.
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Associated Press
A.P
Navy
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New England
Ohio
California
Adm
H. D. Miller
President’s Committee For Traffic Safety
Miller
Fruehauf to Open Terre Haute Trailer Service Center
Fruehauf Trailer Co of Detroit will lease 16 000 square feet in the Terre Haute Community Corporation building at 3032 Wabash Avenue for a sales and service center. The agreement takes effect January 15 with operations slated by March 1 after remodeling. About 50 employees are expected. current tenants will move to the adjacent space. Negotiations were led by J B Pfister Co and Terre Haute Chamber industrial committee.
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Terre Haute Community Corporation
Wabash Avenue
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Detroit
Mich
J. B. Pfister Co
Chamber of Commerce
Fruehaus
Terre Haute
Terre Haute Glass Co
Newlin-Johnson Development Co
Chandler Sales
Chandler
David M. Hinks
Fruehauf
Spain and Austria Resume Diplomatic Relations
Vienna says Austria and Spain agreed to resume diplomatic relations after a Thursday night government announcement.
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Spain
Austria
Vienna
AFL and CIO Complete Their Merger Today
New York Dec 2 The AFL and CIO merged into a single federation with 16 million members in a historic move. The CIO endorsed the merger amid objections from Transport Workers Union head Michael J. Quill. Quill and two others opposed the plan citing fears of AFL dominance and weak safeguards against discrimination and racketeering.
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New York
AFL
CLO
Free World
C.I.0
New Yorker
A.F.L
Hotel Statler
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
71St Regiment
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
New York City
Subway
Quill
Dominic Merella
Wilkes-Barre
Industrial Council
United Steelworkers
Frank England
Springfield
Steelworkers
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers
Gustav Faber
T.W.U
C.1
A.F.L. Only. C.I.0
Walter Reuther
Two Furniture Stores Sign Contracts With Teamsters
The Teamsters Union Local 144 reached agreements with Pearson General Furniture Co. and Court House Furniture Co. reducing the work week to five days and 40 hours while raising take home pay from 65.74 to 68.30 weekly. The contracts add a three week paid vacation after 12 years and weekly welfare benefits of 25 cents, with negotiations continuing with other stores.
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Teamsters Union
William Coakley
Pearson General Furniture Co
Court House Furniture Co
Teamsters
U S Will Stay In Berlin Despite East German Defiance
U S Ambassador James B. Conant said the United States will remain in Berlin and hold the Soviet sector responsible for treatment of U S nationals. He traveled from Bonn to show continued American interest and reaffirmed four power control after presenting a stiff note to the Soviet envoy.
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Berlin
U.P
U. S
James B. Conant
United States
Conant
Bonn
G. M. Pushkin
Britain
France
Russia
German Democratic Republic
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Red
East Germany
Charles L. Dasher, Jr
Last of Nelson quadruplets dies in Georgia
Alma Georgia dies after birth in Alma Georgia hospital. The other quads, two unnamed, died earlier. burial planned in nearby Broxton. Mrs E E Nelson, 33, and husband, a Coffee county farmer and sawmiller, had six other children.
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Alma
Georgia
Nelson
Broxton
E. E. Nelson
Coffee County
Bacon County
Nelsons
Khrushchev Attacks West During Burma Temple Visit
In Rangoon Khrushchev denounced Western nations as stupid and accused the United States and France of attempting to kidnap a Russian. He directed sharp words at Britain while touring Buddhist shrines with Bulganin during a Burma visit.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
United States
France
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Rangoon
Burma
Adenauer Reasserts Anti Communist Views in Parliament
Bonn December 2 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer declared Soviet leaders believe the USSR will one day rule the world. He told the foreign affairs debate that the West must show freedom is stronger than slavery. The 79 year old leader spoke after illness, drawing cheers from deputies.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Weather map note and river stage update
Occasional rain described with an 8 Weather Buress map on page 20. Forecast times list temperatures from 38 at 9 am to 40 at 2 pm. River stage remains steady at 3.8 feet with sunrise at 6 52 and sunset at 4 27.
Terre Haute Weather Update With Rain and Warmer Weekend
Local conditions show yesterday's high 35 and low 21 with 0.47 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for occasional rain in Terre Haute and vicinity with warmer tonight, Saturday showers, then cloudy and colder Sunday with light snow flurries. Indiana areas expect increasing temperatures tonight, then showers Saturday, turning colder in the west.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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Audrey Moses
Donna Moses
Frank Moses
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