Poetic Wastrel Indicted for Slaying Parents
A Bronx grand jury indicted Harlow Fraden and Dennis Wepman for first degree murder in the August deaths of Fraden's parents. Prosecutors say they spiked champagne with cyanide to toast Fraden, who allegedly forced poison down their throats as they died. Motive cited as inheritance, estimated around $96,000. Both youths deny homosexuality and await mental examinations at Bellevue Hospital.
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Harlow Fraden
Dennis Wepman
New York City
Fraden
William Fraden
Wepman
Nathan Krieger
Fra
New York
Bronx
Bronx Dist
George B. de Luca
Bronx County
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Young Wepman
Herman Wepman
Miami
Fla
Miami High School
Post Office Windows Open Until Five Today
Postmaster Joseph E. Parker announced that parcel post, package and stamp windows in the main post office and two sub stations will operate Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Money order windows will close at noon as usual.
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Joseph E. Parker
Toronto man charged over high alcohol cough syrup sales
Peter Luscoe of Toronto built a strong cough syrup business in northern Ontario until police investigations found some product assayed at 50 percent alcohol. He was charged Friday with selling liquor without permission based on police reports.
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Toronto
Peter Luscoe
Ontario
Soviets Rally for Death Penalty for Beria Plotters
Izvestia reported mass meetings across the Soviet Union calling for the death penalty for Lavrenty Beria and six accomplices charged with high treason terrorism and other crimes. They face trial under a law allowing firing squad death on conviction with no trial date announced.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Lavrenty P Beria
Senate Inquiry Could Change New Mexico Election Result
A Senate Elections Subcommittee urged throwing out about 30000 votes for lack of secrecy, a move that could flip New Mexico’s 1954 senate race. If adopted, Chavez would lose a 5000 vote margin to Hurley, potentially giving Republicans control. The proposal remains nonbinding and faces approval hurdles in the Rules Committee.
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Washington
Senate Elections
New Mexico
Senate
Dennis Chavez
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Chavez
Sen
Barrett
R-Wye
Elections Subcommittee
U N Appeals to Yank POWs by Letter in Korea
The U N Command urged 22 American prisoners held in neutral zone custody to make a truly free informed choice about returning home. The appeal urged delivery via Indian Command and emphasized seven guidance points including freedom from coercion, balanced information, family considerations, and evaluating service motives.
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Panmunjom
U.N. Command
K. S. Thimayya
India
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
U. N. Command
Educa
Santa brings gifts to leukemia boy but cannot cure
Seven year old Danny Hensley, gravely ill with leukemia, celebrated an early Christmas at Lake City Hospital in Coeur d Alene Idaho. Santa delivered dozens of gifts including a large panda bear while Danny, his family, the mayor and friends shared cookies and ice cream. A 3 year old patient nearby also received presents. Danny, in blue striped pajamas, laughed and thanked Santa, hoping to get well enough to carry in the kindling again.
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Coeur D’alene
Idaho
U.P
Danny Hensley
Santa Claus
Lake City Hospital
Danny
Santa
Howard Hensley
Joy
Gift Spotter Ad Promises Easy Christmas Shopping
Shoppers are urged to use the Gift Spotter in the Want Ad Section for smart gift ideas and crisis-free holiday buying. Tom Kirby Appliance is featured as one of Santa’s favorite stores advertising in this year’s Gift Spotter.
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Tom Kirby
Indicted cop in Greenlease ransom probe
A federal grand jury in Kansas City indicted suspended St. Louis police officer Elmer Dolan for perjury connected to the missing Greenlease ransom money. Dolan, 25, was arraigned after his arrest for allegedly lying about handling two ransom suitcases brought to the Newstead station during the Carl Austin Hall booking. The panel said his testimony claiming the suitcases entered the station was untrue. The grand jury recessed to December 29 to resume the inquiry.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Elmer Dolan
Dolan
Hall
Shoulders
Newstead
Grand
Pair Dies Silent on Ransom Money
The Greenlease kidnap killers Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Heady died in Missouri’s gas chamber after calmly facing execution at 12:02 a.m. Officials had hoped Hall would reveal the missing half of the $600,000 ransom, but both subjects offered no last words and died within minutes.
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Jefferson City
Greenlease
Missouri
Carl Austin Hall
Wastrel
Bobby Greenlease
Hall
Bonnie Heady
U. S
William B. Tatman
Ralph N. Eidson
Carl
Bonnie
G. Donald Shull
Heady
Little Bobby
Kansas City
French Parliament deadlocks on fourth ballot for president
In Versailles the four top candidates struggled as Laniel led the vote while Naegelen trailed. Bidault and Delbos withdrew, and deputies shifted votes to non candidates to block a Laniel or Naegelen victory. The fifth ballot was postponed to 2 p.m. local time amid ongoing deadlock and U.S. policy debates on the European army.
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Versailles
France
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Laniel
Marcel-Edmond Naegelan
EDC
Old Versailles Palace
Naegelen
Laniel
Yvon Delbos
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Delbos
Maurice Schumann
Jacques Duclos
Communist Party
Dulles
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Paris
United States
Europe
Wreckage Seen of Navy Plane on Iceland Glacier
A U S Navy Neptune wreckage was sighted on Myrdalsjokull Glacier near Reykjavik Iceland with at least three of nine crew reported alive Rescue teams including Icelandic skiers were rushed to the site as weather improved and survival gear was dropped A U S air rescue squadron and ground party prepared for a long trek to reach the wreckage after the patrol flight from Keflavik disappeared Thursday on a routine mission.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Myrdalsjokull Glacier
U. S
U. S. Navy
London
Keflavik
U.S
Myrdalsjo
Air Force
Dean Will Report to Nation Monday
Washington State Department announces Special Ambassador Arthur Dean will broadcast a 15 minute report on his Korean negotiations Monday night. He returned from Panmunjom Thursday and will speak on the Dumont Television Network at 7 p.m. MST, with radio broadcasts on ABC at 9 15 p.m. and CBS Radio at 9 30 p.m.
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Washington
State Department
Arthur Dean
Dean
Panmunjom
Dumont Television Network
ABC Radio
Cbs-Radio
Trotsky's Killer Fears Freedom
Jacques Mornard the man who killed Leon Trotsky in 1940 at his villa near Mexico City is due for parole Sunday after two thirds of a 20 year sentence. Authorities say he fears leaving prison sanctuary and his true identity remains undisclosed.
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Mexico City
U.P
Jacques Mornard
Leon Trotsky
Mornard
Josef Stalin
Trotsky
Here
Shelly to Leave WAF Post About Jan 15
Col. Mary Jo Shelly will exit her role as director of the Women in the Air Force around January 15, the Air Force announced on Friday.
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Washington
Mary Jo Shelly
The
Women In the Air Force
WAF
Air Force
One Dead in B29 Crash at Ogden Airport
A B29 radar calibration plane crashed on landing at Ogden Municipal Airport, killing co pilot Capt. B. D. Wilson, 31, of Hill AFB. Seven others survived, pulled from wreckage by passersby as the plane skidded across Highway 91 and through an orchard before bursting into flames. The craft, from the 7th Radar Calibration Squadron, had been returning from Olathe Kansas after a conference with the Central Air Defense Command.
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Ogden
Utah
Ogden Municipal
B. D. Wilson
Hill
Utah) Air Force Base
Chester
Benjamin F. Wilson
Telham
Tenn
Hill Air Force Base
7Th
Sioux City
Iowa
Hill Field
Olathe
Kan
Central Air Defense Command
Citizens Group to Support Ike in 1954 elections
Washington reports the National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee plans backing pro Ike candidates in about eighty to ninety marginal districts in the 1954 Congress. William R. Haley announced after a Hoffman luncheon, noting independent and Democratic support. James Murphy leads the new group, with Mrs. J Ramsay Harris and S W Harris in key roles.
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Washington
National
William R. Haley
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corp
Eisenhower
Hoffman
Rich Ford Foundation
Haley
Citizens Committee
National Citizens Committee
DuPont Circle
James Murphy
San Francisco
Northern California
Eisenhower-Nixon Committee
Girl Born Without Them Fitted With New Type Arms and Hands
Cheryl Maloney aged six from Honesdale Pennsylvania was fitted with arms and hands designed for full outward motion at Hasbrouck Heights Hospital. The lightweight arms weigh a pound and a half each and require only chest muscle movement to operate. The Wayne Society for Crippled Children started a fund for Cheryl and public groups aided the hospital trip and training. She will return home to a fuller life.
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Hasbrouck Heights
N. J.P
Cheryl Maloney
Honesdale
Cheryl
Hasbrouck Heights Hospital
Harris K. Cohan
Wayne Society For Crippled
Friend of U S Presidents Dies in Arizona
Isabella Greenway King. 67, longtime Arizona political figure and friend of presidents, died Friday at her Tucson home. She served six years as Arizona national committeewoman and two terms in the U S House after 1934. She helped shape Arizona support for Roosevelt and introduced Lewis W. Douglas to FDR. Born Isabella Selmes, she once visited Theodore Roosevelt at the White House in 1901 with her mother and a nurse Julia Loving, believed to be the first Black guest in the White House.
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Tucson
Ariz
Isabella Greenway King
Congress
Arizona
House of Representatives
Lewis W. Douglas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Douglas
FDR
Isabella Selmes
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Julia Loving
Withdrawal of Troops North of Trieste Reported
Reports from Italian military headquarters in Udine say Yugoslavia and Italy will have all troops pulled back from the border north of Trieste by Sunday. The announcement follows weekend consultations and aims to ease tensions along the frontier.
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Venice
Italy
Udine
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Butte Area Weather Forecast Weekend Outlook
Mostly cloudy conditions with little temperature change expected Saturday and Sunday. West of Divide shows considerable cloudiness with highs 30 to 40 and cooler in the west Saturday, while East of Divide remains partly cloudy with highs 35 to 50. Friday period records show a maximum of 44 and a minimum of 13 ending at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
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Divide
Montana Max. Min
Pep Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Tr Cut Bank
Dillon Ee
Evening Shopping Extends Hours in Butte Stores
Christmas shoppers have extra time to prepare with extended hours tonight Monday and Tuesday in Butte. Stores stay open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on those days, shift to 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, and Christmas Eve opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m.
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Butte
Eisenhower Conveys Tax Reductions Set For Jan 1
President Eisenhower said tax reductions will take effect January 1 with no new legislation needed. Personal income taxes drop about 10 percent and the excess profits tax on corporations is abolished. Republicans credit economies for the moves while Democrats point to earlier Democratic Congress actions. The three day GOP conference also touched on the St Lawrence Seaway Hawaiian statehood farm policy and public works with Benson outlining farm program proposals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
St. Lawrence Seaway
Benson
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Reds Claim Yank Asked Asylum
The East German ADN news agency reported that American soldier Clifford Murphy entered the Soviet Zone and sought asylum in the German Democratic Republic. ADN cited a letter dated December 9 in which Murphy said he rejected U S military service and accused the United States of planning a third world war. American authorities said they would review missing men records.
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Berlin
ADN
Soviet Zone
Clifford Murphy
Murphy
East German
America
Russia
German Democratic Republic
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