Broadcast Confessions Of Americans Held in China
Peiping Radio aired alleged confessions of 13 American airmen jailed on spy charges after the U S protest to Red China went unanswered. The first confession claimed by John Downey described training others for espionage while Downey and others were aboard a Civil Air Transport flight that disappeared years ago. Downey said he trained the others and identified an agent to retrieve in Japan.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
United States
Red
China
Red Court
Peiping
John Downey
Downey
Central Intelligence Agency
Civil Air Transport Airlines
Japan
Pu Ching Wu
Mrs Mary Livezey of Wellman Dies Today
Wellman's oldest resident Mrs Mary Ellis Livezey 93 died at 4 am in the Brown nursing home Wellman She was born Mary Beeney March 29 1861 later married Walter H Livezey She was a Royal Neighbors of America member and Christian church survivor list includes two sons Edward F Jr and Charles M two grandchildren three great grandchildren and one sister Homer Steimmel Funeral arrangements at Powell funeral home pending
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Wellman
Mary Ellis Levezey
Brown
Powell Funeral Home
Livezey
Mary Ellis Beeney
Meeker
Ellis Fry Beeney
Walter H. Livezey
Royal Neighbors of America
The
Christian Church
Edward F
Oxford
Santa Claus Makes First Washington Visit This Morning
Santa Claus arrived in Washington this morning at 10 o clock for his first holiday season visit. He was met by a large crowd of eager youngsters at the band stand in Central Park. He is expected to return several times before Christmas to greet more children.
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Santa Claus
Washington
Central Park
Santa
Iowa Development Commission seeks 55 percent budget increase
Des Moines reports the Iowa Development Commission will ask the 1955 Legislature for 125,971 dollars annually for two years, up from 80,000. Director T E Davidson says higher staff pay will reduce turnover and two more staff are needed to handle growing work, including travel, printing, mail campaigns, surveys, and a directory of Iowa manufacturers.
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Des Moines
Iowa Development Commission
T.E. Davidson Hl
Commission
Davidson
Iowa
Trial of Dr Sheppard Sees Trail of Blood Photographs
The Sheppard murder trial jury viewed 16 lab photos showing a trail of blood through the home. Expert Henry E Dombrowski testified benzidrine tests could indicate blood. Defense sought a mistrial citing newspaper coverage as court room excitement.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Henry E. Dombrowski
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Susan Hayes
William J. Corrigan
Ex-Sergeant Denies Treason Charge in Maryland
John Davis Provoo 37 a former Army sergeant and World War II prisoner in Japan pleaded innocent to seven counts of treason. Arraigned before Federal Judge Rosel Tomson, he asked to drop counsel and trial was set for March 14. Provoo previously faced trial in New York, where a life sentence was overturned on appeal.
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Baltimore
John Davis Provoo
Rosel Tomson
Provoo
Tomson
James L. Laughlin
Washington
Joseph Rosenthal
Hilary Gann
Reuben Oppenheimer
San Francisco
New York City
Federal Court of Appeals
Maryland
Crowd Backs Peron In Church Dispute
About 60 000 Argentines cheered President Peron in Buenos Aires backing his stance against church leaders. Tens of thousands gathered at Luna Park with police at churches as Peron urged calm after a speech attacking priests. Government actions included taking over Cordoba courts and universities and multiple priest arrests.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Luna Park
Peron
Alberto Tessaire
Argentina
Cordoba
Light Snow Flurries In Northwest Iowa
Light snow fell in northwest Iowa with no accumulation expected to affect driving. Algona reported noon snowfall with temps in the 30s. Rain may follow. highs near 40 to 45 by Saturday and a slight chance of snow showers Sunday. The five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures and light precipitation. State lows reached 20 at Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Elthon Meets With Department Heads in Beardsley Transition
Des Moines Iowa UP Governor Leo Elthon met with state department heads to wrap up Beardsley administration after the governor was killed in a weekend traffic accident. Elthon, elevated from lieutenant governor, will serve until January 13 when Leo Hoegh is inaugurated. He plans budget hearings next week with Hoegh present. Elthon will move to the governor’s office and the Beardsley family will remove the late governor’s personal effects.
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Des Moines
Leo Elthon
William G. Beardsley
Beardsley
Here
Elthon
Leo A. Hoegh
Elthan
Hoegh
Senate Chamber
Statehouse
Robbery Motive Given in Remington Killing at Prison
Three fellow convicts including a 17 year old admitted planning to rob and beat to death William Walter Remington a 37 year old former government economist. FBI complaints name Lewis Cagle Jr George McCoy and Robert Parker as suspects in the dormitory slaying at the Northeastern Federal Penitentiary. Remingtons funeral is planned for Saturday in Midland Park New Jersey.
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Lewisburg
William Walter Remington
FBI
Lewis Cagle Jr
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Junior McCoy
Grundy
Robert Carl Parker
Washington, D.C
Remington
Federal Prison
Cagle
McCoy
Parker
U.S
Andrew A. Leiser Jr
U.S. Atty
J. Julius Levy
Norman H. McCabe
Philadelphia
Northeastern
Federal Penitentiary
McCabe
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Midland Park
N.J
Soviet Mourners Attend Vishinsky Funeral in Red Square
Ten thousand mourners filled Red Square as Molotov praised Andrei Vishinsky as a defender of peace. Premier Malenkov Khrushchev and the Soviet ruling party carried Vishinsky’s ashes to the Kremlin wall amid salvos and the Kremlin clock striking 3 30. United States diplomat Walter Walmsley Jr. joined Moscow officials at the funeral.
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Moscow
Red Square
V.M. Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Georgi Malenkov
Kremlin
Spassky
Malinkov
Nikita Khrushchev
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Vishinsky
United States
Walter N. Walmsley Jr
Soviet Union
United Nations
Molotov
Josef Stalin
Expect Longshoremen To Sign New Contract
New York with ship owners and longshoremen on the Atlantic Seaboard expected to accept a contract between the New York Shipping Assn and the International Longshoremen's Assn. Reached after a 142 hour bargaining session the pact provides a 17 cent wage package rise and sweeping changes including a union shop and end of the shape up hiring system. Federal mediator Commissioner John Andrew Burke said the agreement would set the pattern from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia and would run two years without reopeners and includes a no strike pledge.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
New York Shipping Assn
International Longshoremen’s Assn
John Andrew Burke
Federal Mediation Service
Portland
Maine
Hampton Roads
Farm Bureau Women to Hold County Workshop in Washington
Washington county Farm Bureau women plan a Monday November 29 meeting at the Farm Bureau office. Township chairmen meet at 10 a.m. and township vice chairs, publicity chairs and area reps at 11 a.m. A film on soil conservation follows with a potluck at noon. Afternoon talks cover state and national legislation and officer duties.
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Farm Bureau
Washington County Farm Bureau
Washington
Oscar S. Martin Dies Resident of Wayland
Oscar S. Martin, a lifelong farmer who retired to Wayland, died Thursday at Memorial hospital Mt. Pleasant after a 10 day illness. Born January 31 1873 in Henry county he is survived by two sons Alten of Littleton Colorado Esther Meredith Vera Marshall and 21 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday November 28 at 2 pm in Finley chapel with burial in Finley cemetery.
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Oscar S. Martin
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Martin
Henry County
Charles Spenser
Finley Chapel
J. J. Pritchard
Paul Textor
Leander Fast
Zehr
John
Alten
Littleton
Colo
Esther Meredith
Norway
Iowa
Vera Marshall
Medipaolis
McCarthy to Leave Hospital on Sunday
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy will depart Bethesda Naval Medical Center Sunday night and attend Monday's Senate session on the censure debate. His attorney Edward Bennett Williams noted McCarthy's elbow still ailing but in good shape and possibly wearing a cast during the reconvened session after a 10 day recess.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
McCarthy
Edward Bennett Williams
Wisconsin Republican
Williams
Deficit record likely continues through Eisenhower term
President Eisenhower faces another deficit for the 1955 fiscal year ending June 30, continuing a 23 year pattern since 1932. The outlook for fiscal 1956 remains uncertain as the Treasury shows about seven billion dollars in the red for the current year.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
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Eisenhower
Constitution
FDA
Truman
Treasury
White House
Herbert Hoover
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Senate
Congress
New Democratic Congress
Hoover cites reduced war danger but warns on communism
Former President Herbert Hoover, 80, says dangers of war have decreased yet communism seeks to destroy civilization. Speaking at West Berlin City Hall, he urges moral resistance and says Berlin is on the Cold War front. He warns the West must await more proof before trusting Soviet assurances.
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Berlin
Herbert Hoover
West Berlin
West Germany
Hoover
Moscow
United States Army
Soviet Zone
Fortnightly Members Collect Coffee Strips For Christmas Club
Washington's Fortnightly club joins the annual drive to provide Christmas gifts for homeless children through the Butternut Christmas club. Members redeem coffee key strips and jar labels to fund toys candy and nuts for designated orphanages. Donations are accepted at Washington Skelgas store until December 15.
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Washington
W. L. Gates
Washington Skelgas
Inquiry Ordered Into Death of Guardsman
Iowa Adj Gen Fred Tandy ordered an inquiry into the death of James Harger a 20 year old Cedar Rapids National Guardsman. Harger died at University Hospitals Iowa City from injuries after falling 25 feet into an open elevator shaft during a practice exercise while stringing wires.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Adj
Fred Tandy
James Harger
Nationalists Beat Back Red Invaders On Wuchiu Island
In a four hour hand to hand battle on Wuchiu Island 150 miles west of Formosa Nationalist forces repelled a Red Chinese assault. Chiang Kai-shek's spokesman said Nationalists inflicted heavy casualties captured many Reds and that air force sank eight motorized junks. Red gunboats supported the attack.
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Taipei
Formosa
Wuchiu Island
Chiang Kai-Shek
Thanksgiving Day Traffic Toll Tops 139 Deaths
A United Press tally shows 139 people died in traffic from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Thursday, with 171 total fatalities including 28 other accidents and 4 fires. Illinois had 17 deaths, Michigan 11, Texas 9, Idaho and Kentucky 8. The worst crash in Burley Idaho killed six in a dust storm, two families among the dead, seven injured.
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United Press
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Michigan
Texas
Idaho
Kentucky
Burley
National Safety Council
Eisenhower
Mendota
Ill
Monmouth
IL Greencastle
Ind
Ontario
Ore
Winona
Minn
Keith Fix
Midwest
Los Angeles
Calif
Freedom
Romania
Turkey
Europe
North Africa
Iowa Woman Injured in Hit and Run Near Omaha
Anita Iowa resident Mrs. Fannie Scott, 66, remained in serious condition after a 1940 model car struck her as she left a hospital where her husband is being treated. Witnesses described a hit and run driver who knocked off her shoes hat glasses and earring, then fled after veering toward parked cars.
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Omaha
Anita
Iowa
Fannie Scott
Scott
Iowa five day weather outlook mild with mixed precip可能
Cloudy and warmer tonight with rain or snow mix in the north and mostly rain in the south. Saturday mainly cloudy with highs around 40 to 45 and lows in the 30s. Increasing clouds Saturday night through Sunday with a chance of snow showers late Sunday. Temperatures near normal through Sunday then gradual cooling. Snow flurries Saturday with rain or snow late Sunday or Monday, totals near tenth to quarter inch.
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United Press
Iowa
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