Local youths in custody in auto theft ring
Seven youths aged 14 to 20 confessed to stealing more than sixteen cars in recent weeks and staging races. Randall L. Van Meter, 20, was arraigned on a vagrancy charge and held on $2,000 bond. six others to be turned over to probation. Detectives said the group traced and joyrided in the cars and sometimes staged races.
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Randall L. van Meter
Harding Avenue
Vigo County Probation Department
Neal
Cox resigns over miners wage boost in wartime
Archibald Cox resigns as Wage Stabilization Board chair after President Truman approved a $1.90 daily wage increase for coal miners despite top defense officials opposing it. Cox cites protest and says the White House may comment. industry members threaten a boycott as the plan stirs inflation fears and potential price effects. The move ends Cox's four months on the board and follows a similar steel case history that spurred a congressional powers limit.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Defense Agency
Archibald Cox
White House
John L. Lewis
Eisenhower
WSB
Cox
Harvard
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Congress
Herbert Kelley
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Kelley
U.N. Employees Told to Talk or Be Fired over Communist Questions
Secretary General Trygve Lie warned a group of U.N. staffers in New York they must decide today whether to answer Sen McCarran committee questions on Communism or lose their jobs. The move follows firings and suspensions of witnesses at the U.N. and IMF, tied to alleged disloyal activities.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.P
Trygve Lie
Senate Committee
Lie
McCarran Internal Security
McCarran
U. S
Communist Party
International Monetary Fund
U.N
Washington
Frank Coe
Senate
New York
Justice Department
Frank L. Chelf
D.-Ky
House
Grand Jury
Coe
Internal Security
Monetary Fund
Bretton Woods
N. H
Donnelly Resigns as U S High Commissioner to Germany
Walter J. Donnelly a career diplomat of 30 years has resigned as U S high commissioner to Germany to enter private business. He informed President Truman and the administration accepted the resignation delaying public announcement for diplomatic reasons.
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Washington
Walter J. Donnelly
U.S
Germany
Donnelly
Truman
West Germany
John J. McCloy
Bus crash victim reported improved in Paris
Mrs Earl Winans of Brocton Edgar county a Home Bureau member and one of 34 Edgar county women aboard the Southern Limited bus when it overturned near Putnamville Indiana is listed in Paris Hospital as improving with two fractured ribs and a satisfactory condition. The other four injured passengers have minor injuries.
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Paris, Ill
Earl Winans
Brocton
Edgar County
Home Bureau
Southern Limited
Putnamville
Ind
Paris Hospital
Britain cuts arms program limits 1953 defense output
Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced in the House of Commons that Britain will reduce defense production for 1953, cancel or cut back military contracts, and curb aircraft output while shifting to newer warplanes amid ongoing economic difficulties and North Atlantic Treaty commitments.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Hasue of Commons
Ohio Family Dies in Blaze in Liberty Township
A family of seven perished when a one story frame house burned in Liberty Township near Youngstown. Henry Todman 34 Catherine Todman 32 and their five children May Grace 14 Henry Jr 13 Patricia 10 Carol 8 Jo Ann 2 died in the blaze. Relatives say a muffled explosion preceded the fire and kerosene stove may have caused it. Five fire companies fought the flames but could not save the victims.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Liberty Township
Henry Todman
Catherine
May Grace
Henry Jr
Patricia
Carol
Jo Ann
Andrew Smith
No Change Planned in Korea Policy Before Ike Inauguration
The Truman administration plans no new policy moves on Korea before Eisenhower takes office. Officials say any major action would await the incoming regime and U N allied cooperation. Dulles and Acheson discussed transition while Lovett met with other officials as talks on possible moves center on one or both military or political steps.
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John H. Hightower
Washington
Dec
Truman
China
Eisenhower
United Nations
Korea
U.N
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
State Acheson
John Allison
David Bruce
Defense Lovett
Far East
Los Angeles Man Arrested in Bank Robbery Case
A 60 year old man is questioned as a possible disguise for the famed bank robber known as Grandma. Police found a woman's wardrobe in his hotel room after his arrest for attempted robbery at an airlines office. The suspect has a long police record and reportedly claimed he wanted the money from the clerk.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Alfred N. Hughes
Harry Didion
Hughes
Airlines
Orla Wang
Miss Wang
ROKs Repel Three Red Attempts On Pinpoint Hill
South Korean infantry on Pinpoint Hill repelled three Chinese assaults amid grenades and charges. It marked the eighteenth recapture since Oct 14 as UN airstrikes hit Red supply areas north of Kumhwa and Chorwon.
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Seoul
Korea
Alarm clock scare at publisher’s office
New York December 4 publisher Frederick Fell received a package that contained an alarm clock and a taunting note. Police were alerted as he opened the parcel and the ticking alarm drew concern from the office. The note read Does this give you a scare you and threatened a real one from An outraged doctor.
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New York
Frederick Fell
Returns To 1 H After Survey In German Ruhr
Richard Templeton of Terre Haute returned from a two month survey of German Ruhr coal mines as part of a seven man technical assistance team. The group reported to the west German government and details will be announced later.
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Richard Templeton
Terre Haute
Ruhr
Templeton
Glendora, Linton- Summit and
Templeton Coal Companies
Federal Republic of Germany
Mutual Security Administration
United States
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Rain Lingers with No Freeze Expected This Week
Rain continues from Wednesday night into today with no freeze predicted. A light drizzle dropped about half an inch overnight while Monday's four inch snow melts quickly. Temperatures stay in the 30s through Friday per Hulman Airport.
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Weather Bureau
Hulman
Weather Summary From Local Office
Rain reported with a trace at 6a and 9a and 12 noon, with afternoon readings near 40. Sunrise at 6:54 and sunset at 4:27. River stage 2.6 feet and falling. Yesterday humidity averaged 90 percent. Highest temperature 35, lowest 33, precipitation 0.49 inches.
Weather Forecast for Terre Haute and Illinois
Cloudy with rain or drizzle tonight across Terre Haute area and Illinois. Temperatures steady tonight with lows 34 to 40 and Friday highs from 35 to 50 depending on location. Indiana sees limited change. Illinois Northeast may have light rain or drizzle.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Mother of 3 Kills Mate in Trailer Break-In
In Indianapolis a 36 year old mother of three who had separated from her husband shot and killed him after he forced entry to her Maplehurst Trailer Court home at 2 a m He allegedly beat her with a blackjack in front of their children before she fired a pistol into his side.
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Indianapol
Earl
Joe Collins
John Heckman
Russell Ervin
Maplehurst
Mildred Ervin
Four In Court On Burglary Charges In Vigo Circuit Court
Four young men Calvin Menser Kenneth Batchelor Stanley Peck and James Larsen stood before Judge Herbert Criss in Vigo Circuit Court charged with second degree burglary. They allegedly broke into the H and H Trucking Co at 1241 Hulman Street on Nov 27, drove away a truck and returned when it ran out of gas. Menser was set at 4000 bond while the others were held under 2000 bonds. The cases were continued to December 1.
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Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Calvin Ray Menser
Linden Street
Kenneth Lee Batchelor
South Tenth
Stanley Peck
Fourth Avenue
James Joseph Larsen
Sycamore Street
John Haley
H. & H.trucking Company
Hulman Street
Fox
Menser
Uncle as mother and brother creates puzzling family ties
A Fort Worth report explains an eight year old boy adopted by his grandparents ends up with his uncle as his mother's brother and his own uncle. The piece notes potential child confusion from such a family arrangement.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Grand Champion Steer Sells for 4.55 Per Pound at Exposition Auction
Ohio Leader II, 1109 pound grand champion steer of the International Livestock Exposition, sold for 4.55 a pound in Chicago. The steer was led by Herman Purdy and Richard Sour of Ohio State University and headed to a Chicago steakhouse, with bidding led by Ellard Pflaer and Col Roy Johnston.
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Chicago
Ohio
Herman Purdy
Richard Sour
Ohio State University
Sour
Ellard Pfaelzer
Col
Roy Johnston
Belton
Jess C. Andrew
Pfaelzer
Toby
Angus
U N tackles Tunisian demand as Korea talks linger
The United Nations Political Committee moves from Korea to a Tunisian independence demand and scales an Africa Asia bloc agenda. It eyes sending the Indian peace plan to Red China and North Korea, with little chance they will accept prisoners of war handling. France opposes both North Africa moves as wrangling over colonials continues.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N. Assembly
Korea
Assembly
Lester Pearson
Canada
Red China
North Korea
U.N
Panmunjom
Russia
Morocco
France
Secret grand jury probes Brink’s holdup case
Boston reports say a feared informant and a gangster’s attractive girlfriend have provided startling disclosures to the FBI as the Brink’s Inc cash heist investigation widens. The probe, now backed by 20 extra agents, faces a looming Jan 17 deadline for possible indictments.
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Boston
FBI
Brink’s, Inc
U.S
George F. Garrity
Garriety
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Arthur E. Summerfield
George M Humphrey
Treasury
Herbert Brownell
Douglas McKay Interior
Ezra Taft Benson
Union
National Tuberculosis Association
Roks
Robert Udick
Sniper
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Kumhwa
Chorwon
Tron Triangle
Kingsley G. Parton, Jr
Birmingham
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Europe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Frank Spencer
Brink
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