Eisenhower Aims to Pool Atomic Energy for Peace
President Eisenhower proposed an international plan to pool fissionable materials for peaceful uses. Ambassador Bohlen met Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow to press the proposal, with no official Soviet response disclosed. The State Department indicated continued active consideration and possible private talks among atomic powers, depending on Moscow’s reaction.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Molotov
Moscow
State Department
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
United Nations Assembly
New York
United States
Russia
U. N
Bohlen
Henry Suydam
Department
Suydan
Insurance Firm Banned in State
Montana’s insurance commissioner banned Saskatchewan Guarantee and Fidelity Co. from operating in the state until a hearing on its license objections. The firm, Regina, was licensed Nov. 14 to sell fire insurance but had not begun activities when the freeze was issued. The case involves concerns about provincial government ownership and potential cut rate competition. The hearing in Helena will include insurance agents, legislators, and other interested parties, with notices published in multiple papers.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
John J. Holmes
Saskatchewan Guarantee and Fidelity Co., Ltd
Regina
Holmes
Saskatchewan
Missoula
Butte
Bozeman
Billings
Great Falls
Death Will Take Holiday for These Stray Dogs
Ontario California pounds will waive fees through January 1 as Thomas F. Kennon guarantees odd stray dogs’ pound fees. Kennon, operator of a weather surviving service, said the move frees him to enjoy Christmas knowing no dogs will be killed.
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Ontario
Calif
Thomas F. Kennon
Kennon
Marshall Sees Armed Strength Key to Meet Present Danger
Nobel laureate Gen. George C. Marshall told Oslo University listeners that military strength is vital in the current dangerous era yet keeping large armies forever is not a path to lasting peace. He urged democratic leadership to curb intolerance and warned against insecurity that fuels war while reflecting on his role in financing Europe’s recovery.
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Marshall
Oslo
Norway
George C. Marshall
Oslo University Festival Hall
United States
Europe
Marshall Thursday
Alfred Nobel
Oslo University
Soviet Union
Communism
Tam
Friheten
February Draft Call Drops to 18 000 Figure
Washington Secretary of Defense Wilson announced the February draft call will drop to 18 000, the lowest since June 1952, with monthly calls previously at about 23 000 since July. He spoke at an airport news conference before departing for Paris for a NATO meeting, noting a plan for a new 60 000 ton aircraft carrier and predicting no further draft reductions while the international situation persists.
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Washington
Wilson
Selective Service
Paris
U. S
Stevenson Lists Election Issues
Adlai Stevenson arrived in Philadelphia for a multi state Democratic rally focusing on pocketbook problems and predicting a fair and warmer 1954. He outlined key issues for the election including foreign trade foreign policy taxation and farm policy. Democratic officials said the emphasis will be on high living costs. He avoided direct comment on McCarthyism and possible attacks on the Eisenhower administration.
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Philadelphia
Adlai E. Stevenson
Town
Stephen A. Mitchell
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Illinois
Gift-Spotter Ad Urges Quiet, Comfortable Gift Shopping
A Want Ads Gift-Spotter promotes avoiding crowds by selecting gifts from home. The ad highlights feet-on-footstool shopping with a ready list and mentions Firestone Stores as a Santa favorite advertiser in today’s Want Ad section.
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Firestone
Four Die, One Missing After Tug Sinks in Vancouver Passage
In a fierce storm the 75 foot tug C P Yorke towing a barge ran aground on a reef in Welcome Passage 50 miles northwest of Vancouver. Captain Roy Johnson 41 and four crewmen from Vancouver perished while another was listed missing and two survived. Rescue boats converged as a lifeboat drifted to Nelson Island with survivor testimony from Chief Engineer Bill MacDonald.
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Vancouver
B. C
Roy Johnson
Bill MacDonald
Nelson Island
Gulf of Georgia
Menzies Bay
Vancouver Island
Butte Stores Extend Hours for Night Shopping
Mining City stores will stay open until 9 p m Saturday as the first of four night shopping dates. Stores open at 9 a m as usual with the same schedule on Dec 19 21 and 22. Late hours aim to handle an expected holiday rush as merchandise remains plentiful.
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Mining City
Butte
French Yield Lai Chau Without Fight
French forces evacuated Lai Chau without a shot fired leaving Thai tribal capital to fall to Vietminh. Only a few pro French Thai partisans remained as the last Union garrison pulled out Tuesday. The withdrawal follows a French strategy centered on Dien Bien Phu as a key defense against the Vietminh.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Lai Chau
French Union
Dien Bien Phu
Deo van Long
Vietminh Division No. 316
Black River
Red China
Rene Cogny
Cogny
No Santa at St Alphonsus Christmas Party in Baltimore
In Baltimore at St. Alphonsus Parochial School the Christmas party will omit Santa Claus and Jingle Bells. Monsignor Louis Mendelis plans to expose Santa as a fraud, arguing commercialism harms the holiday. A Nativity exhibit will replace the traditional visit, followed by a Bible reading to explain Christ’s birth. The Dec 22 event aims to keep focus on the Nativity amid criticism.
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Baltimore
St. Alphonsus
Louis J. Mendelis
Santa Claus
Christ
Msgr Mendelis
Santa
Msgr. Mendelis
Rancher Killed by Carbon Monoxide Accident Near Malta
A 32 year old rancher Richard Thompson was found dead Friday morning in a closed garage work area near Malta, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning after his car ran out of gas and battery died. Coroner Wilford Bell ruled accidental. Thompson’s survivors include his father R A Thompson, a son, a brother and two sisters. Funeral services are pending.
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Malta
Wilford Bell
Richard Thompson
Thompson
Here
Bell
R A. Thompson
Giant B-36 bomber crashes on Franklin Mountain near El Paso
A 10 engine B 36 bomber faltered in heavy snow near Biggs Air Force Base and crashed on Franklin Mountain killing nine crew members. Rescue teams battled deep snow to reach the scene as authorities withheld names until next of kin are notified. The crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. and involved radioed landing instructions from Biggs.
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Biggs Air Force Base
Franklin Mountain
Sim Myers
el Paso Times
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Biggs
Air Force
Woman Refuses to Testify in Spy Hearing
Washington a slender brunette divorcee refused to name the whereabouts of her former husband described by Sen McCarthy as a Rosenberg spy ring member and as a fugitive from the FBI The witness Mrs Louise Sarant identified as the daughter of an Ithaca N Y lawyer McCarthy said her ex husband Al Sarant is believed to have left the country The committee adjourned until Monday in New York after hearing one other witness Joseph H Percoff who refused to say if he passed secret documents to spies Both witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Rosenberg
FBI
McCarthy
Louise Sarant
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Army Signal Corps Laboratories
Sarant
Ithaca
N.Y
al Sarant
New York
Joseph H. Percoff
Mrs. Sarant
Percoff
Montana Weather Summary for Weekend Snow Icing
West of Divide Mostly cloudy with occasional snow and little temperature change through Saturday. East of Divide Saturday cloudy with snow north and partly cloudy south, windy, then Sunday mostly cloudy and windy with more scattered snow in mountains. Maximums 30 to 42, minimums 3 to 18, ending 5:30 p.m. Friday.
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Montana
Divide
Greying Mother May Give Up to Save Soldier Son from Reds
In Tokyo Portia Howe, a 43 year old mother, said she may abandon efforts to save her soldier son from choosing communism in the Korean neutral zone. She warned she may fly home to Alden Minnesota within days if Washington fails to act. She cited lack of funds to remain in Tokyo and pressed for favorable action.
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Tokyo
Portia Howe
Washington
Alden
Minn
Pfc
Richard F. Tenneson
United States
China
North Korea
Defense Department
Korea
Howe
U. S
Far East Command
Nations Back Aid to Pakistan Amid Protests
Red China and the Soviet Union protested Pakistan's reported plan to take arms aid from the United States as Vice President Nixon toured Asia. Nehru warned India would face contingencies if such an arms deal occurred, while Pakistan vowed to answer Moscow and Peiping notes similarly once Foreign Minister Zafrullah Khan returns to Karachi. The article also notes tensions over Kashmir and regional alignments between Pakistan, India, and China.
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Karachi
Pakistan
China
Soviet Union
United States
India
Nehru
Richard Nixon
Tehran
Iran
Eisenhower
Asia
Dera Dun
New Delhi
Peiping
Moscow
U. S
Washington
Russia
Mohammed Zafrullah Khan
London
Central Asia
Subcontinent
Kashmir
Warmer Weather Ahead This Weekend Then Cold Spell Monday
Helena reports a warming trend with scattered precipitation and winds to 30 mph on western slopes. A cold air mass moving in Monday could drop temperatures by up to 20 degrees. A Friday storm near the northwest state brought near blizzard conditions. Roads like U.S. 89 from Babb to Browning, and U.S. 2 near Kalispell, were snow packed. Chains are required on U.S. 10 at Lookout Pass and U.S. 93 at Lost Trail Pass.
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Helena
Continental Divide
Treasure State
Weather Bureau
U.S. Highway 89
Babb
Browning
U.S. 2
Kalispell
Montana Highway Department
U.S. 10
Lookout Pass
U.S. 93
Lost Trail Pass
Indian Airlines crash near Nagpur kills thirteen
Thirteen people including an American and Harihar Nath Shastri, leading Indian anti Communist labor figure, die in a New Delhi to Madras night flight crash two miles from Nagpur Airport. A French national also among the victims. identities not yet confirmed.
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New Delhi
India
Nagpur
Harihar Nath Shastri
International Confederation of Trade Unions
Indian Airlines
Madras
RAF investigates overdue Shackleton flight over North Atlantic
Bally Kelly reports Royal Air Force officials say a four engine Shackleton with nine men aboard is overdue on a weather survey mission over the North Atlantic. Earlier an unidentified aircraft was said to have crashed into the Sound of Mull in West Scotland with a blinding flash. Rescue patrols by RAF planes and boats are active in the Mull area.
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Bally Kelly
Northern Ireland
Royal Air Force
North Atlantic
Mull
Scotland
Hall planned to kill partner in Bobby Greenlease case
ST LOUIS Carl Austin Hall the kidnap slayer of 6 year old Bobby Greenlease allegedly told fellow prisoner James Shoulders he planned to murder his partner Mrs Bonnie Brown Heady to whom he was to be executed with in the gas chamber at the Missouri Penitentiary on December 18 The plan was said to target the 41 year old divorcee identified as having a part in the kidnapping and the two were to die together in the gas chamber early in December
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ST. Louis
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Bonnie Brown Heady
Shoulders
Ted Schafers
Globe- Democrat
Hall
Heady
Missouri Penitentiary
Kansas City
Bobby
Police Department
Elmer Dolan
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