Nazi Panzer Chief Peiper Freed From Landsberg Prison
Col. Joachim Peiper once sentenced to die for the Malmedy Massacre was released today from Landsberg Prison by a U S Army Europe order. Peiper led the 6th SS Panzer Division and was linked to the Christmas 1944 Battle of the Bulge killings of 142 American soldiers. The release followed a unanimous clemency board recommendation amid protests by U S veterans and Sen Estes Kefauver.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Joachim’ Peiper
Malmedy
Landsberg
U. S. Army
Peiper
6Th. SS Panzer Division
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Senate
U.S. Army
Europe
Eggland
France
United States
West Germany
Fth
SS Panzer
Sepp Dietrich
U. S
Maj. Balke
Dietrich
Obscene disguise robber robs store in PAINESVILLE
In PAINESVILLE Ohio a wacky robber wearing a yellow sweater with a bra and skirt, face painted with makeup and lipstick, stole 289 from a cash register. He threatened owner Vincent Panzarella 57 his son Joseph 29 and a customer, then fled in an unmarked pickup truck leaving a hair net and shattered pickle jars.
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Painesville
Ohio
Vincent Panzarella
Prospect Beverage
Panzarella
Joseph
Charity Newsies Sell Papers Boost Contributions in Zanesville
Nearly 50 business leaders joined as Charity Newsies, selling 2000 copies of the Times Recorder in Zanesville with goals set at 2500 copies. Proceeds aid local philanthropic projects. Cal King reported a $35 contribution at Fourth and Main near the Court House as William Greiner led efforts at North Fourth Street. Ray Arter presides, with Ross Johnston as sale chairman.
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Zanesville
Times Recorder
Country Fair
Frazersburg Road
Newsies
Cal King
Fourth
Main
Court House
William Greiner
County Fair Board
North Fourth Street
Times- Recorder
Ray Arter
Ross Johnston
Plane lands safely after foam runway scare at Charlotte
A four engined Viscount carrying 44 holiday passengers circled in darkness for over two hours near Charlotte as pilot Capt H A Corcoran of Alexandria VA battled faulty instruments. He landed with one wheel on a foamed portion of the runway, brakes uncertain, after runway foam diverted all flights. Six children aboard were among calm, cooperative passengers as crash trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Charlotte
Airlines
H. A. Corcoran
Alexandria Va
Corcora
Corcoran
New York City
Mohite Ala
Eve Madsen
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Newark High Coach Among Bus Crash Victims Near Beverly
A Newark High School basketball crew returning from Marietta was in a bus collision near Beverly on Route 77 at 10:20 PM. Coach Douglas, 26, and Earl Huston, 36, were among the injured. Toknave Mac Raburn, 36, of near Lowell, died. 20 people in the party, including players and managers, were aboard. several sustained injuries ranging from lacerations to fractured ribs. The bus driver and others were treated at Beverly doctors and City Hospital in Newark.
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Max ‘Douglas
Newark High
Associated Press
Earl Huston
Newark
Beverlyury
Toknave Mac Raburn
Lowell
Douglas
Frazersburg
City
Huston
Beverly
State Highway Patrol
Marietta
ExSpy Chief Sentenced to Prison Amid Cold War Echoes
Safety experts warned of a record traffic toll over the long holiday weekend as fog and winter conditions raised crash risks. The National Safety Council projected 660 traffic deaths, with 45 million cars on extended holiday roads. mixed weather across states contributed to delays and auto travel shifts. Otto John, former West German intelligence chief, received four years for treasonable relations with the Communists after a 17 month stay behind the Iron Curtain. Authorities noted his claim of drugging and border crossing into East Berlin in 1954. Trial costs totaling about 10,000 dollars were assigned to John.
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Atlantic
Chicago
Michigain
Ohio
New York
National Safety Council
Bedi
Karlsruhe
Germany
Otto John
Federal Supreme Court
West Germany
John’ Clair
East Berlin
John
Supreme Court
East Germany
Ohio Airman Killed by Auto Near Andrews AFB
A 22-year-old Ohio airman from Huron was struck and killed by a car early today near Morningside Md. Airman 1st Class Allan B. Hardy, son of Loretta M. Hardy of Huron, was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base when the accident occurred.
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Washington
Huron
Ohio
Morningside Md
Allan B. Hardy
Loretta M. Hardy
Andrews Air Force Base
Hardy
Peacemaker Fatally Stabbed in Cleveland Incident
Edward Wilson 33 was stabbed to death Friday night outside his apartment as he tried to intervene in a noisy argument between a married couple. Police said a man stabbed Wilson in the abdomen and the couple fled. Charles Band 79, Biltmore Hotel manager director, died of a stroke in Los Angeles while traveling with the McKinley campaign after a career as an Associated Press telegrapher.
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Cleveland
Wilson
Los’ Angeles
Charles
Biltmore
Ohio
Associated Press
McKinley
Canton
Barnet
Holiday publication notice for Christmas week
The Signal will not be published on Christmas Day Tuesday December 25 to allow employees to spend the holiday with their families. Publication resumes Wednesday with a double set of features and comics to preserve continuity for readers.
Feuding Soprano and Baritone Board Same Plane to Europe
In New York Soprano Maria Callas and baritone Enzo Sordello, longtime rivals since Sordello was fired by the Metropolitan Opera, shared a plane to Europe. They spoke briefly at Idlewild Airport before departure. Callas offered to shake hands if Sordello apologized for remarks about her. Sordello insisted he apologized, Callas refused. Met General Manager Rudolf Bing cited Sordello’s refusal to cooperate with the conductor as the firing cause.
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New York
Mar {Callas
Enzo Sordello
Sordello
Metropolitan Opera
Europe
Idlewild
Miss Callas
Lucia di
Army Clique Seizes Power in Sumatra After Cincinnati Shooting
A gunman in Cincinnati claimed a third victim before dying. in Sumatra, an army faction seized central Sumatra, proclaiming civilian and military authority, with Col Simbotun denying a new state and promising to restore power after addressing economic needs. The central government planned a delegation to Sumatra. The coup halted cross‑island communications and drew a tense, quiet response from Jakarta. The incident followed a fatal shooting linked to a teen girlfriend and her father in Cincinnati.
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Army Clique
Cincinnati
Sumatra
Gordon Pape
Sue
Susan Sue
Didi
Aue
Lester Aue
Eponion 54
Jakarta
Indonesia
Pope
Peste
The
Dixie Outdoor
Miss Rue
Sradio
Col
Simbotun
Java
Army
Bus Crash injures twelve travelers in Mansfield Ohio
A Greyhound bus carrying Christmas travelers hit a traffic stanchion at U S 42 and Ohio 13 in Mansfield. Twelve passengers were hurt, eight from Cleveland, with two hospitalized. Names include Mary Alice Henderson and Rogie M Reeves of Cleveland with injuries, and driver Edward L Tompkins from Cleveland.
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Mansfield
Ohio
U.S. 42
Ohio 13
Cleveland
Mansfield General Hospital
Mary Alice Henderson
Byron Ave
Rogie M. Reeves
59Th St
Edward L Tompkins
E. 23Rd St
Nixon Outlines Refugee Report
In Salzburg Austria Vice President Nixon, finishing a field survey on the Hungarian refugee problem, pledged American aid to refugees who fled Eastern Europe before the revolt. He visited Glasenbach camp south of Salzburg and planned further camps in West Germany, noting Austria shelters about 30,000 more. Nixon would report to Eisenhower and return to Washington by Monday.
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Salzburg
Austria
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Adilus
Raaby
Nixon
United States
Iceland
Politi
U. S
Washington
Reykjavik
West Germany
Glasenbach
Six Men Escape Williamson County Jail in Georgetow n
Six men broke out of the Williamson County jail in Georgetown Texas after striking the jailer with a soap filled sock and locking him and his wife in a cell They looted the jail cashbox cut the telephone line and then invaded the home of Mrs Eugene Weiland threatening her with a gun while she fed her baby and stealing her car Jailer Clarence Wade 50 was taken to Georgetown Hospital in serious condition
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Georgetown
Tex
Williamson County
Feiler
Eugene Weiland
Clarence Wade
Georgetown Hospital
Montreal Streets Go Wild as 330 Crashes Reported
A Montreal police spokesman said the city saw 330 traffic accidents in 12 hours on Friday as drivers appeared to go “crazy.” The incidents, linked to sunken carelessness and drinking, crippled four pumping stations along a 600 mile pipeline, with losses over $35,000 and several injuries but no fatalities. The oil disruption affected Britain, France, and Western Europe, while the US sought Syria’s cooperation to repair the pipeline and secured a half billion dollar emergency line from Export-Import Bank to support oil shipments.
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jLana
Iabo
Iraq
Lam
Syria
Britain
France
Europe
United States
U. S
West Europe
US Syria clash over oil pipeline repairs in State Department row
Washington Dec 22 The dispute between Deputy Secretary Hoover and Syria's ambassador over allowing repairs to a Sabotaged oil pipeline follows a meeting in Hoover's office amid wider Middle East tensions after the Britain France and Israel attack on Egypt. Forecasters predict mild weather with rain and fog disrupting pre Christmas travel as rail and air delays escalate.
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Washington
Middle East
Europe
Hoover
State Department
Egypt
Suez
State Weather Bureau
Angels in hospital pageant shocks patient in Fairbanks
Fairbanks Alaska The annual Christmas pageant by Fairbanks High School choir at Ladd Air Force Base hospital featured girls dressed as angels. While a patient was wheeled from the operating room he cried aloud upon seeing the angels saying Good heavens, I am dead.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ladd Air Force Base Hospital
Five American airmen killed in French plane crash
A French military plane crash at Istres Airfield near Marseille killed five U.S. airmen today. The disaster occurred during routine operations, and authorities began investigations into the cause as relatives in the United States were notified.
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Marseille
France
Istres
Duck Hunter Bags A Jumping Fish
Connecticut hunter Charles A. Newton bagged a five pound toe mullet while duck hunting in Pamlico Sound near Ocracoke North Carolina. He and fellow Meriden resident Charles Parker hunted as guests of industrialist Stanley Wahab. They had five geese and five ducks before warm weather disrupted the hunt.
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Charles A. Newton
Meriden. Conn
Pamlico Sound
Newton
Charles Parker
Meriden
Stanley Wahab
Ocracoke
N. C
British and French Forces Set to Withdraw From Port Said
The article reports that British and French forces are expected to withdraw from Port Said Egypt soon, with UN involvement and Egyptian and Israeli actions surrounding the Sinai crisis. It notes casualties, prisoner exchanges under UN supervision, and ongoing disputes over collusion accusations as withdrawals proceed.
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Said
Egypt
Canal
U.N
Tin
New York
U.N. Tal
Dag
Hammar-iskjald
Israel
Sinai
Britain
el Cap
Lin
U. N
Nes
Cairo
Port Said
Airman Missing After Jet Crash Near Springfield Ohio
Air Force Captain William E Newburg likely missing after a T33 trainer crashed and exploded Friday on a farm east of North Hampton Ohio The plane was en route from Los Angeles to Dover Delaware on a routine training mission Captain William Fowke 31 of Los Angeles parachuted to safety and was uninjured. A second incident reports two climbers killed by a snow slide in the Japanese Alps.
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Springfield
Ohio
Air Force
William E. Newburger
North Hampton
William Fowke
Los Angeles
Calif
Grant Cornelius
Dover
Del
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