Ex-convict nabbed in failed kidnap plot for 16 year old
Anthony Staikos, 31, of Matawan New Jersey, confessed to kidnapping Joel Katz son of a realtor after the boy escaped. Staikos registered in Toms River under alias Anthony Roberts and faced charges with $50 000 bail sought. He also faces warrants in Miami and Yonkers for jewelry theft and non support, with prior auto theft arrests.
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Freehold
N. J
U.P
Anthony Staikos
Matawan
Joel Katz
Staikos
Toms River
Anthony Roberts
FBI
J. Victor Carton
Miami
Fla
Yonkers
N. Y
Carton
South America
Joel
Lackawaxen
March of Dimes Seeks Volunteers in Vigo County Drive
Vigo County citizens back the Polio March of Dimes campaign opening Monday January 3 1955. The 17 year effort aims to prevent polio and provide patient care with a hopeful spring vaccine report for first and second graders nationwide.
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Vigo County
National Foundation For
United States
Chinese Stage Their Heaviest Aerial Attack
Red China mounted the heaviest air assault in five years on the Tachen Islands near Formosa. About 300 bombs from 100 planes were dropped in four raids, with reports of civilian casualties and fires but no disclosed military losses. The attack lasted over seven hours, targeting ships and coastal defenses as Taipei feared possible isolation of the garrison.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.P
Red China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tachen Islands
Ministry of Defense
United Nations
Tachen
Quemoy
Tachen Harbor
Hammarskjold Ends Talks With Chou Without Prisoner Update
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met Chinese Premier Chou En Lai in Peiping for the final time with no word on the fate of 11 imprisoned American fliers. Hammarskjold planned to fly home Tuesday, leaving Peiping early Monday local time.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.P
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Chou En-Lai
Hammarskjold
Chou
Peiping
U.N. General Assembly
AEC Advances Private Nuclear Power Push
The Atomic Energy Commission announced two historic steps under the 1954 act to speed private industry’s role in peacetime nuclear power. It set a schedule of charges for fuels and materials it may lease or sell to private firms and established the fair prices it will pay for such materials.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Snow forecast grips Indiana with up to six inches
United Press reports a southern storm moving east may bring three to six inches of snow downstate Indiana and a lighter coating in the north. Temperatures expected in the low 30s statewide tonight and tomorrow, with Evansville at 29 and Indianapolis at 41 as no precipitation was recorded in the last 24 hours.
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Indiana
Virginia
Evansville
Indianapolis
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Yugoslavia and China Establish Full Diplomatic Ties
Belgrade Yugoslavia January 10 Communist Yugoslavia and Communist China have established full diplomatic relations and agreed to exchange ambassadors the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry announced today.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
China
Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
National Airlines Plane Crashes At St Petersburg Airport
A National Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crashed and burned on takeoff at Pinellas County International Airport in St. Petersburg Florida. Ten passengers escaped before flames engulfed the aircraft and no injuries required hospitalization, according to a spokesman. The crash occurred at the end of the runway as the plane was about to lift off.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
National Airlines
Pinellas County
Eisenhower seeks tariff cutting powers extension
President Eisenhower urged Congress to extend tariff cutting authority for three years with a 15 percent reduction cap on selected goods, plus tax concessions to spur investment in underdeveloped countries and other trade reforms. He proposes World Bank related finance, streamlined customs, higher duty free tourist allowances, and continued Point Four aid. Continued on page 2 column 4.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
84Th Congress
U. S
United States
International Finance Corporation
World Bank
Doctor Samuel H Sheppard Attends Mother Funeral in Cuffs
Dr Samuel H Sheppard, convicted wife slayer, leaves Cuyahoga county jail in handcuffs for his mother's funeral at Saxton Funeral Home Lakewood followed by burial at Sunset Memorial Park. He returns to a special observation cell after the service, where he was placed Friday. His 7 year old son Chip will not attend.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cuyahoga County
Michael A. Uccello
David Yettra
Saxton
Lakewood
Sheppard
Sunset Memorial Park
Ethel Niles Sheppard
Chip
Four Afternoon Sessions Planned For Tribune-Star Cooking School
Doors open at 1 pm as four 2 pm sessions begin for the Tribune-Star Cooking School with the theme Merry Meals. Mrs. Herbert N. Mace introduces visiting lecturers Ruth Hogan and Florence Gattshall from the National Livestock and Meat Board, while Meis Bros. Inc. sponsors a fashion show. Gamma Gamma Chapter Tri Kappa serves as ushers and pages, and Terre Haute firms donate equipment and services for Miss Hogan and Miss Gattshall's demonstrations.
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Tribune-Star Cooking School
Wabash Theater
Eighth
Ohio Streets
Wabash Valley
Herbert N. Mace
Woman’s Department Club
Ruth Hogan
Florence Gattshall
National Livestock and Meat Board of Chicago
Meis Bros., Inc
Gamma Gamma
Tri Kappa Sorority
Terre Haute
Merry Meals
Appeal of Reds Denied by Court
Thirteen second string Communist leaders were denied Supreme Court review of their New York subversive conspiracy conviction. They were convicted Jan 21 1953 after an eight month trial and received sentences from one year and $2000 fines to three years and $6000 fines. Justice Black favored granting a review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Black
U S Ready to Use Atomic Weapons in Pacific Defense
Tokyo report says the United States is prepared to employ atomic weapons to defend Japan Formosa the Philippines and the Republic of Korea against Communist aggression. Adm Radford has already stated Korea would be defended with atomic arms if needed.
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Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Japan
Formosa
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Asia
Woman and Two Men Die After Highway Crash Near Brazil
Mrs. Clara O. Evinger 22 injured when a crash on U.S. 40 five miles east of Brazil kills Sam E Holden 35 of Indianapolis and Harold J. Mize 26. Evinger’s husband uninjured. Coroner calls it accidental deaths. Holden crushed skull, Mize punctured lung.
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Clara O. Evinger
South Seventh Street
Brazil
Evinger
Sam Elmore Holden
Indianapolis
Holden
Harold Junior Mize
R.R.J. Boswell
Mize
Clay County
St. Anthony Hospital
Dean Evinger
Fred Rentschler
Mike
Diafana Sinks After Lake Maracaibo Fire
Diafana, a small passenger freighter, burned and sank on Lake Maracaibo during the weekend. It likely killed 35 of 57 aboard. nine survivors were seriously injured.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo
Nehru Sheds Defense Minister Post in India
New Delhi January 10 Prime Minister Nehru turned over his post as defense minister to Kailas Nath Katju in a government reshuffle. The change marks another step in his long leadership during a period of regional tension and modernization.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
Kailas Nath Katju
Five Women Die as Rail Crossing Crash Kills Family
A Missouri Pacific passenger train struck a truck carrying six women and girls in Grapeland Texas. Five victims were identified: Mrs Forrest Walling 35, her sister Mrs W A Curry 33, and three of Walling’s daughters. Virginia 16 and 3-year-old twins Pamela and Paula perished. Nancy 9 received emergency brain surgery.
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Grapeland
Tex
Missouri-Pacific
Forrest Walling
W. A. Curry
Elkhart
Pamela
Paula
Nancy
Crockett
Houston
Services for Abraham Knepp in Washington
Abraham Knepp aged 85 died Friday night leaving 292 direct descendants. He is survived by nine children 96 grandchildren and 187 great grandsons and granddaughters. Services were held Sunday in Washington Indiana.
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Washington
Ind
Abraham Knepp
Knepp
Bitter tirade against U S on radio from Peiping
Peiping radio assailed the United States as pursuing war aims and stepping up rearmament in Europe and the Far East. It warned of increasing danger of war and accused U S policy of abandoning peaceful solutions. Dag Hammarskjold’s visit drew only brief mention.
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United Nations
N. Y
Peiping
United States
Europe
Far East
Japan
Asia
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
America
Peking
New York Times
New Delhi
India
Times
A. M. Rosenthal
Canton
China
U. S
Hammarskjold
Chou
Costa Rica appeals to OAS over Nicaragua threat
Costa Rica asked the Organization of American States for immediate action to halt what it called a threat to its territory from Nicaragua Ambassador Antonio Facio told the OAS council the danger is immediate and only collective action can stop an armed invasion. Nicaragua denied plans to invade and called Costa Rica’s charges unfounded.
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Washington
Costa Rica
Organization of American States
Nicaragua
Antonio Facio
OAS Council
Nicarauga
Facio
America
Oh That Goofy Song Sweeps Japan Rich From Random Hit
Critics balk yet the tune Oh My Otomi San has sold 441000 copies in four months, setting a Japanese record. Imitations flood the market as the song blasts from juke boxes and stages. Otomi San, the Kabuki heroine, appears without the singer, composer, or author having seen the play. crooner Hachiro Kasuga, 30, introduced it.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Mairly Coats
Otomi-San
Hachiro Kasuga
Famous Sculptor Joins Notre Dame Faculty
World famed sculptor Prof. Ivan Mestrovic, age 71, will join the Notre Dame faculty. He came to the United States from Yugoslavia in 1947 and has been teaching at Syracuse University since his arrival.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Ivan Mestrovic
Notre Dame
Mestrovic
United States
Yugoslavia
Syracuse University
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Indiana
Snow expected tonight across Terre Haute area with mostly cloudy skies and little temperature change. Three to six inches of snowfall forecast for southern portions with highs around 32 and lows near 30 to 32. Cloudy in Indiana with a wintry mix possible and temperatures holding steady into Tuesday. River stage steady at 114 feet. Sunrise 7:10, sunset 4:46.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
South Portion
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Julia Zerweck
Lola Booth
Molly Butler
Sarah Smith
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Alice Burford
U.S
Hugo Wistrand
United Nations General Assembly
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