Western Allies seek German troop roles in new defense plan
Bonn discussions with US Britain and France aim to win West Germany a place in the European Army while demanding equal status and independence. The three high commissioners will report back after negotiating German participation and occupation terms. Chilean censors tighten controls on gangster and crime films.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Dwight Eisenhower
Brussels
John J. McCloy
United States
Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick
Britain
Andre Francois-Poncet
France
Soviet Union
Skiatron pay TV shown with coded image card
New York reports a Skiatron subscriber vision demo where scrambled pictures clear only with a coded card in a TV attached machine. FCC rules restrict pay services on broadcast channels and the experiment streamed Fordham vs Seton Hall to WOR in North Bergen via closed circuit, not over air.
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New York
Skiatron
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Skiatron Electronics and Television Corporation of New York
Fordham University
Seton Hall College
South Orange
N. J
WOR. TV
North Bergen
Phonevision
Zenith Radio Corp
Midnight Mass Plans in Tucson Churches
Christmas eve and Christmas day masses scheduled across Tucson Catholic parishes. Bishop Gercke will celebrate midnight mass at San Agustin cathedral, with multiple gobbles of 7:30 9 and 11 am services. St Ambrose and other parishes list varied schedules including carols before midnight rites. Confessions available Saturday afternoon and evening.
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Tucson
Niel J. Gercke
Diocese of
San Agustin Cathedral
Don H. Hughes
St. Ambrose Church
St. Ambrose
Emmett T. McNulty
St. Cyril Church
Nae
Francis X. Donnellan
SS Peter & Paul
Francis J. Green
All Saints Church
A. E. Gramer
San Xavier Mission
Bridge Lists Victim This Time
The Golden Gate bridge reported its 138th self inflicted death as a woman named Effie Mae Witt leaped to her death yesterday. The coast guard recovered her body hours later. Another incident saw Esther M. Griffin, 42, of Los Altos, Calif., jump from the bridge Tuesday, landing on a steel girder ten feet below. passersby pulled her to safety and she survived.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Effie Mae Witt
Coast Guard
Esther M. Griffin
Los Altos
Calif
Train Kills Mother and 4 of Her 5 Children
A Grandville Michigan mother Mrs. B. B. Smith and four of her children were killed when their car was struck by a Chesapeake & Ohio freight train at a downtown grade crossing after a Christmas shopping trip. Nine-year-old Leroy Smith survived with critical injuries and told hospital staff they were returning to Jenison Michigan.
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Grandville
Midh
B. B. Smith
Leroy Smith
Leroy
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jenison
Chesapeake &Ohio
Air Force Identifies Hunter-Discovered Balloon Parts
Dayton report says objects found by deer hunters in New Mexico mountains are parts of a high altitude research balloon released from Holloman AFB. The cylinder is a protective cover for a glass air sampler, a flower-pot shaped part stabilizes descent, a timing clock controls the system, and film records upper air radiation effects.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
New Mexico
Electronics Division
Air Material Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
N. Mex
Air Materiel Command
AMC
Parachute Release From Air Force Experiment Not Recovered
A Tucson Daily Citizen report notes a parachute released with experimental instruments for a U S Air Force test on December 21, 1950. The parachute and notice, asking finders to return the items, were not recovered.
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Air Force
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