Crash Kills 26 Aboard Airliner in Idlewild Bay
Navy divers prepare to raise a large Italian DC-6B from Jamaica Bay after it plunged from an Idlewild approach. 26 dead, 6 survivors, 12 year old girl among bodies recovered. plane had chartered flight from Rome with stops in Milan Paris and Boston.
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Italy
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Paris
Boston
New England
Jobless Worker Admits Slaying Woman in Brinkley
Billy Ray Willingham, 19, unemployed from Florence Alabama, confessed to bludgeoning Mrs. Sue Fuller in Brinkley Arkansas on December 12. He said motive was food and sex, took $20 from the purse and two biscuits from the fridge, and fled before authorities aired the confession. Mrs Fuller was wife of Milton Fuller, auto dealer, 31, and the case drew Sheppard-like parallels before the admission.
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Sue Fuller
Billy Ray Willingham
Florence
Ala
Sheppard
Cleveland
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Fuller
Frank Henderson
Mary Helen
Forest City
Wingham
Mindszenty Freed in Vienna After Prison Term
The Catholic News Service reports Cardinal Mindszenty has been freed after nearly six years in prison, living in a western Budapest district but not allowed to resume official religious duties. The release, confirmed by eyewitnesses, may influence East West rearmament debates and NATO talks.
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Ohio State Safety Council
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Austria
Catholic News Service
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Hungary
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Democrats Press GOP To Seek Bipartisan Cooperation
Senate Democrats urged Republicans to drop reckless charges and seek cooperation in the new Congress. Smathers and Frear accuse election attacks of undermining bipartisanship, while Knowland vows to speak his mind on foreign policy and airmen’s case for free action against Red China. He says he will not resign as GOP leader despite clashes with the administration.
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Eisenhower
Frear
Knowland
Senate
Wiliam F. Knowland
U.S. News & World
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Congress
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Allen J. Frear
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U.S. News & World Report
J. Wellington Koo
George Yeh
Robert Murphy
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Peiping
Christina
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Vatican
China
Asia
Snowy Ohio roads claim numerous weekend lives
At least 13 killed on icy Ohio roads over the weekend including three on Route 62 near Canton. The weekend toll also includes Frank Charlton, 65, of Salem, and Wilmer Bogner, Canfield farmer, in crashes on Route 62. Roads 40 73 114 and 35 near Dayton and Trenton saw multiple fatal crashes. Victims include pedestrians Laura Johnson and Mike Yateham, and Columbus Construction Co. president Stuart Miller.
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Canton
Columbus
Bogner
Helen Redman
Mercy Hospital
Greater
Cleveland
Laura Johnson
Mike Yateham
Victoria Pugh
Scott
Paulding
Robert E. Alexander
Dayton
William Patrick Kelly
Mason
Warren County
Stuart N. Miller
The
Columbus Construction Co
Alton
Grace Hauck
Robert Leroy Goma
Middletown
Trenton
O. Herman
Chubby”’ Fisher
Shoppers Not Buying Mink Coated Doll in Dallas Toy Store
A Dallas toy shop offers a plastic doll with a silver blue mink coat for 10% lower price if paired with the doll, but Christmas crowds have not bought either item yet. Brazil is purchasing rain plants and guns from a German firm in Dusseldorf, amid unclear notes on other German activities.
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Dusseldorf
Man Held For Killing Wife and 3 Children In Bed
Pasadena police say Harold Bilar a 43 year old rug business partner killed his wife Grace Elizabeth Betty Oilar 43 and children Randolph 12 Janet 9 and Martha 7 in their beds with a hatchet after they sang Christmas carols. He attempted to kill himself by gas in the bathroom then lay in the General Hospital ward in Los Angeles. Detectives found rambling notes indicating financial anxiety and a motive to wipe out the family. A neighbor witness Bronwyn Ray turn 7 slept through the events as the home remained festively decorated after the killings.
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Jhimaelt
General Hospital
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Pasadena
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INS
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Betty) Oilar
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Janet
Martha
Ollars
Ollar
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Tewan
Sandy Af
Dance At Avon Canteen At Avon High School Auditorium
Teen Age Canteen held a Saturday night formal dance in the high school auditorium with many attendees. Mrs. Don Goethius and the Junior Women's Club sponsored, serving fruit punch and Christmas cookies. The committee featured C A Barbu, Gene Clevey, D Donberg, Lucie Webber, M Findora, Ben Mitchell, and Margaret Bramhall. Members include grades nine to twelve with officers John Reese president Dan Wearsch vice president Connie Zust secretary and Mary Jensen treasurer. Funds come from snack sales after athletic events and parental involvement is urged for ongoing support.
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Don Goethius
C. A. Barbu
Gene Clevey
D. Donberg
Lucie Webber
M. Findora
Ben Mitchell
Margaret Bramhall
John Reese
Dan Wearsch
Connie Zust
Mary Jensen
Wise to Appear Before Ohio Liquor Board on Charge
Kenneth L. Wise operator of Tarry Tavern Chippewa on the Lake Medina County is to appear before the Ohio Board of Liquor Control Rec. 23 for a hearing on a charge of unlawful possession of gambling devices. The hearing was continued from Sept. 29 Wise holds a D-1 license.
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Kenneth L. Wise
Tarry Tavern
Chippewa On the Lake
Medina County
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Department of Liquor Control
Wise
Knowland Warns Against Paying Blackmail Over Airmen
Senator Knowland declares the United States would invite World War III if it pays any blackmail to free 11 American airmen imprisoned by Red China. He favors stern measures including a blockade of the Chinese mainland and warns weakness would invite further demands. He notes risks of Russian actions but prioritizes keeping Allied strength to deter Communist advances.
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William F. Knowland
United States
China
Knowland
U.S
Pope Plans Christmas Message and World Peace Stance
Vatican says Pope Pius XII has recovered enough to record a Christmas Eve greeting. He will bless worshippers from St Peter's Square on Christmas Day, with the full message to be published rather than delivered in person. The pope also signals a cautious stance on war and strong defenses amid global tensions.
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Ossurvatore Romano
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Foundations Attack Untrue Charges Sparks Partisan Report
Washington Republicans issue a 416 page report labeling big tax-exempt foundations as untrue biased and arbitrary. They accuse foundations of subversion attacks on social and governmental systems and financing socialist ideas. Democrats in dissent call the majority's statements half truths and misrepresentations.
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Washington
Cleveland Firm Wins Rt. 252 Improvement Contract
The State Highway Department awarded National Engineering and Construction Co., Cleveland, a contract for improving Rt. 32 in Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties and building a bridge over Rocky River at the location. Bid was R426, 8.
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National Engineering and Construction Co
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Rocky River
Pope to deliver Christmas Eve radio address canceled by illness
On December 24 the Supreme Pontiff will not deliver his usual Christmas radio message due to ill health. The Vatican says text is being prepared and will be published later. At noon on December 25 he will bless from St. Peter's Square, Rome, with Papal physician Dr. Galeazzi-Lisi and Dr. Niehans in attendance. The Holy Father has shown slow, gradual improvement and spent a restful night with planned brief walks in the Vatican gardens.
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St. Peter's Square
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