Turncoat Tenneson Arrives In Hong Kong
Richard Roger Tenneson a 22 year old former prisoner and turncoat GI arrived in Hong Kong from Red China. He said he holds no strong stance on communism but accepts the Chinese charge that the United States used germ warfare in Korea. He stated he expects hostility at home for his views.
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Red China
Richard Roger Tenneson
Alden
Minn
China
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Hong Kong Island
Red Cross
Tenneson
United States
Korea
Chi
Fear of Veto Delays UN Admission Rollout
In New York the Security Council faced a tangle as Communist and Western fears of a veto blocked 18 applicant nations from admission. The bloc includes 13 free nations and five Soviet satellites, with China pledging to veto Outer Mongolia.
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United Nations
N. Y
Security Council
Council
U.N
China
Russia
Outer Mongolia
Honduran UN Delegate Romeo Aguero Found Dead
Dr. Romeo Aguero, Honduras delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, was found dead in Tegucigalpa with a bullet to the heart. Authorities call it an apparent death by his own action after returning from New York on leave.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Romeo Aguero
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Aguero
Eudes Russian Guards Returns To West Germany
Dr Otto John the former German security chief who defected to East Germany 16 months ago has surrendered to West German police. He crossed into West Berlin Monday and was flown to West Germany for questioning by the Supreme Court prosecutor. Details on his location and escape remain undisclosed.
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BOM
Germany
Otto John
West
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Supreme Court
Hitler
John
Russia
East Berlin
Washington
Allen Dulles
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Secret Service
Foreign Policy Leaders Meet With President
President Eisenhower urged Democratic congressional leaders to back a national security program with an expanded 35.2 billion dollar military budget and 2.67 billion dollars for foreign aid. He sought bipartisan support for the administration’s foreign policy plan amid a 2 hour 40 minute White House meeting with leaders from both parties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Ford Funds Benefit Five Terre Haute Institutions
Administrators and board directors of five Terre Haute institutions met Tuesday to review expenditures after a surprise 445000 gift from the Ford Foundation. Rose Polytechnic Institute received 155600, St Mary of the Woods College 71000, Union Hospital 112300, St Anthony Hospital 106100, and Sloss Hospital 10000. Leonard Marshall of Union Hospital announced Tuesday morning that a continued note appeared on page 9 column 5.
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Terre Haute
Ford Foundation
Rose Polytechnic Institute
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Union Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
Sloss Hospital
Herman I
Leonard Marshall
Ford's Golden Horde Breaks Every Record
The Ford Foundation plans a record 500 million dollar distribution to 4 157 colleges and hospitals, hailed as a major contribution to medicine and education. Marion Folsom and Leonard Scheele praised the impact on medical care and national well being.
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New York
Ford Foundation
Marion B. Folsom
Leonard A. Scheele
Robber Caught Beating Grocer in Evansville
Police arrested Allen Larkin after an anonymous tip led officers to a downtown Evansville grocery store where he was assaulting Lloyd Fisher. Fisher, 53, suffered severe head wounds and remained hospitalized in serious condition, unable to speak to investigators. Officers Barron and Gash found Fisher on the store floor with Larkin above him.
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Evansville
Ind
Allen Larkin
Lloyd Fisher
Larkin
Fisher
Thomas Barron
Charles Gash
Weather map notes from UO and Weather Suresa
Cloudy and warmer forecast with temperatures from 23 at 4 a m to 33 at noon and 26 at 9 am. Sunrise is at 7 01 and sunset is 4 27. River stage stands at 2.7 feet and falling.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday's high reached 35 degrees and the low dropped to 16 with no precipitation.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Cloudy and warmer tonight with light rain. Wednesday cloudy and colder with rain turning to snow flurries. Low around 32. North and west areas may see snow flurries. Highs 34 to 44, warmer in the south. Temperature readings noted at 74 this morning and 38 by afternoon.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Police Capture Killer of Wife and Three Children
In Dallas Buford Calhoun, 32, killed his wife and three children by throat-slitting and shooting. He wounded her son-in-law before police sergeant George Johns fatally confronted him in a drug store booth, firing after Calhoun fired through the glass. The victims include 3 month old twin girls and a 19 month old boy. an elder daughter survived.
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Dallas
Tex
George Johns
Buford Calhoun
Johns
Calhoun
D. A. Lee
Soldier Builds Home For 30 Korean Orphans
Pfc. Fritz Moller of South Bend Indiana built an orphanage for 30 Korean children on land he bought in an off limits village. He used an Army jeep without permission and funded the project with about $500 of his own money. After three months of inquiry the Army relented saying the orphanage is no longer off limits.
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Seoul
Korea
Indiana
Fritz Moller
South Bend
Ind
Moller
21St Infantry Regiment
Paitson Death Held Accidental
Vigo County Coroner D M Ferguson ruled the death of 31 year old William Frank Paitson accidental from injuries suffered Friday in a highway crash near the Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct on U S 40. Paitson of Brazil fell about 30 feet after his car struck the railing then bounced and slid over the railing as a passerby, who helped him from the car, also fell.
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Vigo County
D. M. Ferguson
William Frank Paitson
R. R
Brazil
U. S. Highway 40
Paitson
Paitson Roofing and Siding Company
North Twelfth Street
Home for Christmas as 702 German POWs Return to West Germany
Camp Friedland Germany reports 702 German prisoners arriving from Russia on December 13 the first repatriation batch since Moscow ended a two month freeze.
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Friedland
Germany
Russia
West Germany
Spectacular Wabash Avenue Blaze Damages Four Buildings
A two alarm fire in freezing temperatures damaged four buildings on Wabash Avenue, starting in the Downtowner Restaurant at 420 Wabash and spreading to Superior Loan Co. and Harrys Variety Store. Fire officials estimated $100,000 in damage, with the origin undetermined and flames collapsing several floors. Traffic was diverted as police secured the scene and firefighters continued dampening embers into Tuesday morning.
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Wabash Avenue
Charles
Zenis Nicosen
Nicosen
Superior Loan Co
Harry’s
Company 9
Companies 2
Charles Fox 88 dies in Terre Haute residence
Charles Fox 88 a longtime Terre Haute resident and owner of Charles Fox & Son Insurance Co died at his home 525 South Center Street after a period of illness. He was active in Knights of Columbus Terre Haute Lodge 541 and the Fourth Degree and formerly part owner of the Terre Haute Baseball Club. He also ran Orpheum and American Theaters with his son Maurice Fox and was a lifelong parishioner at St Benedicts Church. Survived by several relatives.
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Charles Fox
South Center Street
Terre Haute
Charles Fox & Son Insurance Company
Fox
Knights of Columbus
Old
Terre Haute Baseball Club
Orpheum
American Theaters
Maurice Fox
Brewery Talks Resumed After Stoppage In Terre Haute
William Pestoff of Brewery Workers Local 85 announced a bargaining meeting with Terre Haute Brewing Co. for Thursday at 11 am. Federal conciliator Ralph Harper arranged the session after a work stoppage began December 1 when the company did not renew the union contract.
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William Pestoff
Brewery Workers Local No. 85
Terre Haute Brewing Co
Pestoff
Ralph Harper
Teachers to vote on Social Security integration
Indiana's 32 000 school teachers will vote Friday on whether to integrate federal social security into their state retirement program. State officials will tabulate the ballots Monday and announce the result midweek.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Widow testifies in murder trial over fatal shooting
Evelyn Mae Fuller 31 testifies in her first degree murder trial claiming accidental discharge of a .38 revolver during a scuffle with husband Wallace Fuller. She describes years of alleged abuse from the blind attorney, taken as defense evidence on day seven of the trial.
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Evelyn Mae Fuller
Wallace Fuller
Fuller
N. George Nasser
Edward L. Hamilton
Greene County Judge Chosen to Hear Annexation Case
Greene County Judge Edwin B. Long was picked to hear a remonstrance action against annexation of all Harrison township. He was selected after M Walter Bell struck Sullivan County Judge Joe W Loudermilk from the candidate list. No start date set.
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Greene County
Edwin B. Long
Harrison Township
Long
M. Walter Bell
Indianapolis
Sullivan County
Joe W. Loudermilk
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Ernest J. Zwerner
Hugh H. Banta
Parke County
Phi Beta Psi Donates to Tribune Star Basket Fund
Donations to the Tribune Star Basket Fund received a boost with Phi Beta Psi Sorority adding 125 bringing the total to 214. Other contributors included Ola Graper and a Friend. Applications for baskets must be made to the Family Service Association by December 29.
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Tribune-Star Basket Fund
Terre Haute
Phi Beta Psi Sorority
The
Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Family Service Association
Chestnut Street
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Ike
South Sixth Street
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UO & Weather Suresa
Mary Calhoun
A. P. Wirephoto
Soldier
Basket
Ola Graper
Lucille Brinorec
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