American Lt. Sincere Freed by Soviets in Berlin War Games
Lt. Horace J. Sincore of Homestead Florida, held 32 days after wandering into East Germany in war game maneuvers, was released by Soviet authorities who said he was treated well. Meanwhile, three Russians fatally shot a German policeman in Berlin’s French sector near Frohnau as they reportedly attempted to kidnap Germans.
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Berlin
U.P
Horace J. Sincere
Homestead
Fla
East Germany
Sincore
West Berlin
Herbert Bauer
Frohnau
Reds Hit U.N. Positions on Korean Front Before Christmas
U.N. forces repelled multiple Red patrols along the 155 mile front from Kumhwa to Seoul. A savage 40 minute hand to hand clash occurred in the Central Front. Patton tanks knocked out several armored carriers and MiG-15 jets raid Seoul area.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
U.N
Triangle Hill
Kumhwa
West Central
Gi’s
Chorwon
Dulles Urges Stalin Concrete Peace Proposals to Hasten Talks
Secretary designate Dulles said after a talk with Eisenhower that if Premier Stalin offers concrete peace proposals they will be seriously and sympathetically received. He noted diplomatic channels remain available for exchanges to promote peace. Eisenhower planned a quiet weekend at Morningside Heights with family and grandkids, attending services at St Pauls chapel.
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Washington
U.P
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Josef Stalin
Dulles
Stalin
New York
United Nations
New York Times
James Reston
Morningside Heights
Dwight David II
Eisenhowers
John Eisenhower
Korea
Elivera Doud
Denver
St. Paul's Chapel
Columbia University
John N. Krumm
Foreign Circles Await Eisenhower Response on Talks with Stalin
Moscow observers say Eisenhower must signal willingness for a top level meeting with Stalin to ease global tensions. Stalin told the New York Times he favors negotiating a possible direct U S Soviet summit, a move met with cautious skepticism in Washington London Paris and elsewhere.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Josef Stalin
Stalin
New York Times
Truman
U.S
Russia
James Reston
Washington
Spencer Man Suspected In Uncle's Slaying
A 26 year old Spencer man, Martin Bland, is held without charge in the shotgun killing of his uncle Norman Bland near Solsberry. The body was found Christmas morning after a quarrel at a nearby filling station. Bland lived with his parents near Solsberry. both men worked in Indianapolis.
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Spencer
Ind
Norman Bland
Solsberry
Carl Christy
Martin Bland
Bland
Chester McGuire
McGuire
Aland
Orville Uland
Uland
Indianapolis
Hoosier Killed in Carolina Air Crash
Byron L. Tormohlen of Portland Indiana died Thursday night when a private plane crashed in heavy fog near Chadbourne North Carolina. Plane owner Allen M. Jones of Alexandria Virginia also died. Both were killed instantly and bodies sent to Fair Bluff funeral home awaiting relatives.
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Chadbourne
N. C
Byron L. Tormohlen
Portland
Ind
Allen M. Jones
Alexandria
Tormohlen
Washington, D. C
Fair Bluff
Weather summary for Terre Haute and region
Partly cloudy conditions with cold temperatures. In Terre Haute area low tonight around 22 degrees and high Saturday near 33. Indiana mostly cloudy with light snow flurries in far north, Illinois follows similar pattern with north snow flurries and south partly cloudy. Street thermometer readings show 3 pm at 36.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Adenauer Seeks Strong Man for U S High Commissioner Post
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urgently asked President-elect Eisenhower to appoint a strong, forceful U S high commissioner to Germany to accelerate arming and unification plans. He aims to ratify allied treaties and prompt Western partners to act, signaling a distress call amid transition.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
U.S
Adenauer
West Germany
France
European Army Project
United States
U. S
John J. McCloy
Walter L. Donnelly
Donnelly
William H. Draper Jr
Truman
Europe
Mutual Security Agency
Continent
Robert D. Murphy
Japan
George F. Kennan
Russia
Draper
Murphy
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Dallas Drive-In Premieres Unseen Motion Pictures
In Dallas, a local drive-in theater gains fame by offering films not shown elsewhere. The marquee lists titles such as Bandlands of Dakota Africa Treasure Knock and Allaganine Uprising with stars including Jhon Hall Cory Grant Jeef Chandler and Gary Copper.
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Dallas
Tex
Missing Mother of Four Found in Valparaiso Restaurant
Gloria June Brewer of South Bend, aged 27, reappeared in a Valparaiso cafe after vanishing two days before Christmas from Ardmore, South Bend. A doctor cited temporary memory vagueness, not amnesia, as she failed to recognize her husband or father-in-law. police noted she could not give a coherent account of her whereabouts. Brewer had alerted police after she vanished, and she had deposited $600 of his filling station receipts in a River Park bank before leaving. four sons and Christmas preparations were involved.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Gloria June Brewer
South Bend
Porter Memorial Hospital
Kenneth V. Brewer
Brewer
Ardmore
Thieves Steal Santa Gifts From Elbert Nickles Family
State police deputy sheriffs and neighbors search for a Christmas Eve burglar who stole all the gifts under the Nickles family's tree at Stop 14 road. Tire tracks and a back door open point to a car involvement. neighbors supplied toys for Karen Kay Kathy Louise and Adene Sue while the parents visit Mrs Nickles' mother. Continued on page 18 column 5.
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Elbert Nickles
R. R
Karen Kay
Kathy Louise
Adene Sue
Quaker Maid Company
Wilma
De Gaulle Aims to Form Coalition Cabinet in France
Paris Dec 26 Gen Charles de Gaulle's right wing People s Rally party moves to form a coalition cabinet and end the political crisis. Jacques Soustelle. parliamentary leader. seeks talks with other party leaders and a formal mandate from President Vincent Auriol. Soustelle may join a future government under conditions including constitutional reforms and national unity. The era sees gold prices rising to 525 000 francs per kilogram amid fallout from Pinay s fall.
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Paris
U.P
Charles de Gaulle
French People’s Rally Party
France
Jacques Soustelle
de Gaullist
Soustelle
Vincent Auriol
Antoine Pinay
France” Party
de Gaulle
Germany
Iran Plane Crash Kills 23 at Tehran Airport
Tehran Iran Dec 26 Twenty three persons including four American passengers were killed when an Iranian Airways plane crashed at Tehran Airport in thick fog during an approach from Abadan. Only two of 25 aboard survived a child and an adult. US Embassy identified Americans as Mr and Mrs James Elliot Blackmore of Great Neck NY Sgt Thomas Rispoli of Georgia and Miss Cecille Anne de Moisy of Utah.
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Tehran
Iran
Iranian Airways
Abadan
Sail Center
United States
James Elliot Blackmore
Great Neck
N. Y
Thomas Rispoli
Georgia
Cecille Anne de Moisy
Utah
Boy's custody fight ends in slaying in Rock Island
A Christmas custody dispute over 11 year old Ronald Eugene Boyd led to the death of William Schumacher 28 of Rock Island. Schumacher was shot twice as he and Vivian Schumacher 29 left with Ronald. Ralph Boyd 32 East Moline and Delores 29 Boyd faced a murder charge after the confrontation.
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Rock Island
Iil
William Schumacher
Vivian
Ronald Eugene Boyd
Ronald
Ralph Boyd
East Moline
Schumachers
Boyd
Delores
River search for man who jumped off Wabash Ave bridge
The body of Walter C. Higginson, 64, of 50342 Wabash Ave, reportedly jumped from the Wabash Avenue bridge. Sheriff deputies dragged the river Christmas Day and into Friday but the Missing man has not been found. identification papers in his overcoat aided efforts to confirm his identity.
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Walter C. Higginson
Wabash Avenue
Wabash River
John Trierweiler
James Church
R.R
Terre Haute
Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 300 with Widespread Deaths
The National Safety Council warned a record 590 traffic deaths may occur during the four day holiday. By noon 269 have died since Christmas Eve with 321 total from traffic, plane crashes, fires and other accidents. Ohio led states with 26 fatalities as back to work travel increased.
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United Press
Ohio
National Safety Council
America
Korea
Chicago
New England
West Virginia
USO
Chadbourne
N. C
Allen M. Jones
Alexandria
Lee Tormohlen
Portland
Colorado
Baby Strangles in Gary Crib Accident
Dale F. Sands, 11 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Losan F Sands in Gary Indiana, fell from his crib on Christmas morning and suffocated when his neck became caught between the crib and a stove in the bedroom.
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Gary
Ind
Dale F. Sands
Losan F. Sands
Burglars Steal $2100 From U S Rubber Co Restaurant
Burglars broke into the U S Rubber Co restaurant east of Fort Wayne and took $2100 in cash and some checks from a safe. They left one dime behind.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
U.S. Rubber Co
O Keeffe Offered 70000 Bribe to Free Him in Brink s Case
Boston December 26 authorities report a Brink s robbery suspect Joseph Specs O Keefe and Stanley Gusciora offered a 70000 bribe to Pennsylvania police and federal agents via an attorney to win release. FBI affidavits name O Keefe as a definite Brink s suspect and note a lawyer may testify as treasurer for the gang. The money allegedly fueled safe deposit box losses in 34 states plus DC.
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Boston
Pennsylvania
Joseph
O’keefe
Stanley Gusciora
Stoughton
Mass
Brink
FBI
District of Columbia
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Eisenhower Plan Aims to Pressure China Over Korea
Washington reports that the Eisenhower transition plans to pressure Red China include a United Nations economic blockade and faster training of South Korean forces for frontline duty. Stalin signals interest in ending the war, offering to cooperate on a possible truce in a Times reply.
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Red China
Korea
mid-Pacific
Gen. MacArthur
New York
New York Times
Stalin
The
Times
Russia
Britain and France Demand Voice in Peace Talks With US and USSR
In a Paris briefing a French official said peace requires broad international cooperation, while a British source urged Prime Minister Churchill to sit in on top level discussions, as a California mother awaits a life risking Caesarean to save her baby amid tension over Korea and Berlin.
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Britain
France
Eisenhower
Josef Stalin
Paris
Los Angeles
Calif
United States
Jean Garrett
Winston Photic
Hodgkins
Churchill
de Mon
Russia
Berlin
Korea
China
Balkan
Europe
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Carolina
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Wilda Craig
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Lke
John M. Hightower
Thomas
Thomas Jr
Robert
Raleigh
Garrett
Angelus Hospital
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