Senators Hope U N Efforts Will Free 11 Americans
U S senators express hope Dag Hammarskjold mission to Red China may eventually free 11 airmen held as spies. Most disagree with Senator Knowland that the mission is a failure and urge patience and full U N support while evaluating progress.
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U.N
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dag Hammarskjold
Red
China
U. S
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
Humphrey
D-Minn
Secretary of State
Foreign Relations Committee
Morse
Ind-ore
Eisenhower
Hammarskjold
Bill Knowland
United Nations
Sen. George
D-Ga
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Far East
Dulles
Smith
U. N
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Capehart
R-Ind
Aiken
RVI
Green
D-Ri
Deaths blamed on weather in Western Europe and British Isles
Powerful blizzards floods and hurricane winds left 17 dead across Western Europe and the British Isles. Rivers rose in Germany as floodwaters threatened Bonn and Cologne while 70 000 Highlanders in Scotland faced isolation amid 20 foot drifts.
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Europe
British Isles
London
Germany
Rhine
Mose
Bonn
Cologne
Bavaria
North Sea
Scotland
Royal Navy
Caithness
Sutherland
J. W. Georgeson
England
Denmark
Ligurian Sea
Gulf of Genoa
Italian Alps
France
Seine River
Rhone
Peterson Makes Surprise Guilty Plea in Slaying
Dallas 26 year old Keith Peterson, son of a utility executive, pleads guilty to the 1949 murder of Carolyn Schofield after a deal with prosecutors. He receives life imprisonment with parole possible in seven or eight years, with five years of hospital confinement counted toward the sentence.
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Dallas
Keith Peterson
Peterson
Carolyn Schofield
Henry King
Texas
Petersen
Dist. Atty
Henry Wade
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Costa Rica War Quieted by U S Plane Arrival
Costa Rica reports calm after four U S Army planes arrive to bolster President Jose Figueres forces. Rebel units retreat toward Nicaragua as government plans a push in Santa Rosa area while an OAS inquiry probes Nicaraguan involvement.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U. S
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Santa Rosa
Figueres
el Coco
Organization of American States
OAS
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
ATG
Rivas
Fuller Services For John Clark Fuller Held Tomorrow
Funeral service for John Clark Fuller who died yesterday morning at his home on Sulpher Spring Road Frederick County will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Robert A Whit ten of the Congregational Christian Church officiating. Pallbearers are Mervie J Purtlebaugh W Holmes Carper Earl W Carper William Carpen ter Calvin Armel and Charles Shafer. Interment follows at Macacl dnia Cemetery Frederick County. He was born June 14 1898 in Armel to the late Alice and Susianna Petrie Fuller Mills. Survivors include two aunts Mrs Julia Fuller and Mrs Clark Maxwell. The remains will rest at Jones Funeral Home prior to the service.
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John Clark Fuller
Sulpher Spring Road
Frederick County
Jones Funeral Home
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Mervie J. Purtlebaugh
W. Holmes Carper
Earl W. Carper
William Carpenter
Calvin Armel
Charles Shafer
Macadonia
California First White Cane Law Paves Path for 34 States
The first White Cane Law was passed in California in 1935 after Los Angeles enacted an ordinance two years earlier restricting cane use to the blind or partially sighted. Since then at least 34 states adopted similar laws. White canes were introduced to the blind in October 1931 by the Braille Institute of America.
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California
Los Angeles
Braille Institute of America, Inc
Pennsylvania's First Democratic Governor Faces Financial Crisis
George M. Leader, 37, inaugurated as Pennsylvania governor the state's first Democrat in 16 years. He warned of a fiscal crisis and a deficit of 86 million dollars inherited from Republican Fin e administration while pledging bipartisan action. Leader leads a split legislature with Republicans controlling the Senate and Democrats the House.
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Harrisburg
George M
Pennsylvania
Keystone
York County
Leader
Commonwealth
John
Senate
House
Lloyd Wood
Court Martial Finds Six Army Privates Guilty
FT BRAGG NC Six Army privates were sentenced to seven years hard labor for mutiny and refusal to obey orders at Ft Bragg stockade on December 29. They were aged 18 to 21 and ordered to forfeit all pay and allowances and dishonorably discharged. the trial lasted about one hour and the sentence awaits higher authority review. Names include Henry J Murphy Jr Philadelphia Michael De Angelo Hoboken Richard J Tkach Wellington William C Lapata Jr Upper Darby Norman J Morrison Philadelphia and Richard Cummings East Hampton.
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FT. Bragg
NM. C
Ft. Bragg Stockade
Henry J. Murphy, Jr
Philadelphia
Michael de Angelo
Hoboken
N. J
Richard J. Tkach
Wallington
William C. Lapata, Jr
Upper Darby
Norman J. Morrison
Richard Cummings
East Hampton
Conn
Winchester adopts ordinance on reimbursing industrial water sewer mains
The Common Council of Winchester Virginia approves an ordinance to reimburse builders who extend water or sewer mains to serve industrial properties. Reimbursement equals ten times the five year revenue, funded from the six year budget after construction. Effective immediately after passage on January 11, 1955.
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Winchester
Virginia
Common Council
George C Peacemaker Dies At 85 In Martinsburg
George C Peacemaker 85 of Whitacre died this morning at 10 30 in City Hospital Martinsburg He was born January 27 1869 to William and Betty Peacemaker of Frederick County His wife Hat tie Larger preceded him in death five years ago He is survived by daughter Mrs Lloyd Braithwaite Martinsburg and seven grandchildren The body rests at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg with funeral arrangements pending.
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George C. Peacemaker
Whitacre
City Hospital
Martinsburg
William
Betty Peacemaker
Frederick County
Hattie Larger
Mr. Peacemaker
Lloyd Braithwaite
Brown Funeral Home
W. King St
Funeral Services For J.R. Levi In Berryville
Funeral services for J Raymond Levi 51 of Berryville were held at Berryville Baptist Church at 2 30 pm with Rev Arthur Brown officiating. Burial followed in Green Hill Cemetery with pallbearers Holmes Carlisle Mr Calfani Chick Galloway Charlie Galloway Joe Settle and Andy LaVelle.
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J. Raymond Levi
Berryville
Berryville Baptist Church
Arthur Brown
Green Hill Cemetery
Holmes Carlisle
Mr. Calfani
Chick Galloway
Charlie Galloway
Joe Settle
Andy LaVelle
Services Tomorrow For Carol Ann Huff
Funeral services for Carol Ann Huff, 5, killed Sunday night in an automobile accident, will be held tomorrow at 11 AM from John H. Enders Funeral Home in Berryville. The Rev. A R Mays of Berryville Methodist Church will conduct. interment is in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Carol Ann Huff
John H. Enders
Berryville
A. R. Mays
Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar Across Nations
The Gregorian calendar was adopted at different times by nations. Rome and Catholic states moved in 1582, Britain and colonies in 1752, Sweden in 1753, Japan in 1873, China in 1912, USSR in 1918, Romania and Greece in 1922, and Turkey in 1927.
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Gregory XIII
Great Britain
Sweden
Japan
China
Ussr
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Explosion Heard Across Three Counties
Farmville mayor says residents in Prince Edward Cumberland and Buckingham counties reported a large blast around 7 30 am Monday followed by ground shake. Some speculated a jet aircraft breaking the sound barrier caused the explosion heard in the three counties.
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Farmville
Prince Edward
Cumberland
Buckingham
W. C. Fitzpatrick
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