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V' 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I it' 4 4 1 luwlfiE THE DETROIT FREE PRESS SECTION SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1954 (TV Prevue Follows Page 4) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i 1 II I I it UULLrU III inn mi .,...1 i tl. MllMlllllB-- Headlines' of McCarthy and Dienbienphu, Nudist Camps and Hurricanes, Too fV JANUARY Marilyn, Joe And Godfrey centennials Discount battle flares Heat wave causes severe water shortage Henry Ford sells America abroad More oil at Northville $4,000,000 gas refund ordered. Year's Top Stories These were the major news stories, in the world and 'in Michigan, as selected by Free Press editors: AUGUST Dionne Quint Diet of Stroke MIMMA, FRANK AND JOHN KUHFAL Santa finally came calling A REAL CHRISTMAS Frank Finds Santa IS In America IN THE WORLD Turncoats mar Korean PW homecoming Avalanches kill 198 in Europe Okay security pact with Korea British jet liners grounded after crashes Monroe marries DiMaggio (see October) Ernest Hemingway survives two plane crashes I James Roosevelt accused of misconduct First atomic sub launched Godfrey's wings clipped. IN MICHIGAN Reuther shooting expose proves $5,000 hoax Athlete stabbed, night prep games banned Nash, Hudson merge GM to spend billion for expansion Milkman slays steel executive as love rival Drunken cops stage ax raids Sandusky ex-school head jailed as enrollment padder YpsilalUi newspaper plant burns Gus Dorais dies Guided missile bases ring Detroit. IN THE WORLD Dionne quint dies of stroke Iran opens oil to West Red intelligence head comes West Workers vote for pay cut to save Studebaker, which merges with Packard Italy's De Gasperi dies, Brazil's Vargas eommits suicide Hurricane Carol hits East Plane rises 90,000 feet Youths kill for thrills in New York Hilton buys Statler chain, Florida tycoon aims at Montgomery Ward World Church parley held Author of "10 Seconds to Live" killed in car crash.

IN MICHIGAN Leonard nominated Free Press reveals secrets of nudist camp Jury finds six innocent In juke box racket Reveal plans for first turnpike, more expressways Jefferson buses spell doom of streetcar Rep. Paul Shafer dies Chrysler takes UAW into its confidence Cancer specialist drowns Elsie bank held up Start drive to save Loop Bonanza Bill attracts 100,000 a week Unions raise $250,000 election fund. FEBRUARY Woman's Home Yields $500,000 IN MICHIGAN 1 Gov. Williams leads Democratic Party sweep in state elections. 2 Dr.

Kenneth Small acquitted in slaying of wife's boy friend. 3 Automobile industry 'mergers, Nash and Hudson, Packard and Studebaker. 4 Auto production race, highlighted by Chrysler's "face-lifting." 5 Death of former Senator Blair Moody on eve of primary. 6 Donald Ritchie's fake confession of Walter Reuther shooting. 7 Judge John P.

O'Hara's grand jury investigation of 8 Furor over Secretary Charles Wilson's "bird-dog" remark. 9 Slaying of 4-year-old girl by Terrance DeMoss, 15. 10 Start of construction of Mackinac THE WORLD 1 Hearings on Army-Senator McCarthy controversy and censure of the Senator. 2 Shooting of five congressmen, including Rep. Bentley of Michigan, in House of Representatives.

3 Series of destructive hurricanes along East Coast. 4 Democrats win control of Congress. 5 Approval of the St. Lawrence Seaway. 6 Conviction of Dr.

Samuel Sheppard in murder of his wife. 7 Segregation in nation's schools outlawed by Supreme Court. 8 Fall of Dienbienphu and peace in Indo-China. 9 Sovereignty and permission a granted West Germany. 10 Marriage and divorce of Marilyn Monroe and'joe Di- Riots Blaze At Square SEPTEMBER 1 ZL IN THE WORLD McCarthy-Army feud goes on TV Russia and West agree to seek peace in Indo-China U.

S. citizen Hvasta flees Czech prison Frenchmen dive 13,000 feet under sea Dust storms blot Southwest GOP fights over naming lWarren to Supreme Court Inventor of FM radio dies Poet Maxwell Bodenheim slain. IN MICHIGAN Six top Reds sentenced to prison Land deal scandal Highway Department Free Press reporter spurs legislation to aid dope addicts Detroit called labor disaster area'. Murray Van Wagoner resigns from bridge group under fire Heat wave melts State $500,000 found In home of woman recluse Councilman John Kronk died Fires rage in Royal Oak, Muskegon, Lansing. IN THE WORLD Social Security extended Dewey quits politics Hurricane Edna rips New England Peiping releases U.

S. newsmen Democrat governor named in Maine Jap typhoon kills 1,218 Senators Maybank and McCarran die Girl, 18, swims Lake Ontario Chaplains leap from plane Duchess of Kent in Windsor Man soars tied to 70 balloons. IN MICHIGAN Square riots blaze ML Pleasant couple swamped with nickels Civilian defense HQ moves to Battle Creek Teamster heads admit soliciting bribes B-36 flies low, scares metropolis Governor clears Mayor Hubbard Judge Vincent Brennan drinks again, vows to quit job Work starts on 8 Mile overpass Chrysler gets big tank-missile contract Michigan man killed as Reds shell Quemoy. BY NORMAN KENTON Frn Trru 8wf( Writer TEN-YEAR-OLD Frank Pizzo is positive now there is a Santa Claus but only in America. For Santa came to Frank'8 house this year on the boy'g first Christmas in the United States.

It wasn't so much the train and gun from Santa that made to sinp and joks and dance-Frank's chest feel like burst- JU8t the GIs used to do on furlough. Folks started calling tag. They were very nice. hjm American THIS CHRISTMAS Frank had something extra special ONE DAY Tank sailor, mtw o(V, John Kuhfal, from Detroit, in hit mother and father to hug Americai cam, t0 and kiss. And even a baby house.

brother- The sailor told Minima how, And a refrigerator. And cow- while on leave In Detroit, he boys on television. And lots had met her aunt who sug- to eat. So different than In Rested that he "look up Mlmma Italy! If he ever got to Palermo." To Frank's way or thinking, --ror SUir "day and Santa Claus and the Govern- Mimma showed the sailor ment mean about the same, around. They laughed and had They brought what he always a wonderful time, has wanted most love and a feeling that he "belongs." SOME TIME later came a letter from America: "Will you RANK 1SEER felt that marry me?" It was months way in Sicily, espec.ally last before John could earn enough Christmas when he cried so.

a CVilian to pay his way That day he wondered to Sicily for the marriage: whether the Government really Thpn one day Mlmma and had forgotten about him. (he went to thc Amercan Frank doesn't realize It, but Government's office In Palermo he was a tiny piece of drift- to get a visa. Frank underwood in the sea of war. stood all too well what the His father was a World War consul said, GI met his mother in You to Palermo, then moved on into mamma he etold her later Germany, never to return. to gU her Killed in a motor accident.

won't cry FRANK'S mother. Mimma, "8 e'e" 1 tried to raise him to be a good ,1 reH A Italian. But somehow, Frank pm.m'Pat,0n' laWS' Upe t0 was different. riann. He grew up loving America AT THE BOAt Frank kept even If he couldn't speak a his wordi He didn't cry.

After word of American. mamma had sailed, he turned In school, at play, he tried to his grandmother and said: desperately to be best. He liked "The Government will send for me soon." MARCH House Shot Up By Assassins Maggio. Straits bridge. (For picture'high lights of 1954, see Roto Magazine.) OCTOBER Hurricane Hazel Hits the Coast Milers Crack 4-Minute Mark IN THE WORLD Assassins shoot up House, hit Congressmen Bentley and others Taxes cut H-bomb wipes out island East Germany becomes separate state U.

S. and Japan sign arms pact Yank planes attacked in Europe Billy Graham draws throngs in Britain Frank Sinatra gets Dick Haymes gets the bopt Roger Kyes and Joseph Dodge leave Ike. IN MICHIGAN Grand jury probes police-numbers racket tieup, results in wholesale charges Don Leonard enters politics, replaced as police head by Edward Piggins Report blasts Wayne County General Hospital policies Northland and Eastgate open Detroit builds cave for defense headquarters -State fires one in timber probe Chrysler builds gas turbine engine. APRIL Edwards Joins Circuit Bench IN THE WORLD West Germany becomes equal nation Trieste dispute ends Hurricane Hazel worst of all Egypt regains Suez Justice Jackson, Boss Crump die Monroe divorces DiMaggio Hemingway wins Nobel Prize Man ends journey on raft Congressman admits he is fake hero Chicago flooded, Haiti town buried, Los Angeles smogged Wilbur Shaw killed. IN MICHIGAN Ike comes calling Secretary Wilson raises cain with "dogs" remark Floods rake State American Motors' Mason dies, replaced by George Romney Ballroom and pleasure ship burn First Negro named to Circuit bench Chrysler spends 250 millions on new models, GM earnings soar Eight die in gas-filled home Wins $140,000 in horse race Morrison Wade goes to prison, briefly Army clears Arsenal but fires him.

Reveal plans for atomic energy electric plant Financier Eugene Lewis dies. IN THE WORLD Dienbienphu falls, heroic nurse freed Segregation banned in schools Carrier explosion kills 99 First turncoat sentenced Seaway bill passes Briton cracks 4-minute mile, Aussie soon does better Frank Costello jailed as tax cheat Tin heiress dies after tragic romance with Briton Gar Wood rescued as "safe" boat' sinks Uncover ship built in 2900 B.C. Jet flies 1,500 m.p.h. IN MICHIGAN Communist quiz brings ouster of profs, workers from factory Insane boy murders girl, 4 Hudson assembly lines leave Detroit Two families wiped out in Lake St Clair Track blaze kills 42 horses Child smothers in accordion box Carpenters strike Marian rites draw 100,000 Work starts on Straits bridge UAW takes over "unwise" Flint local Critic Len Shaw dies Dodge heiress sues "conservative" estate. But six months dragged by and no word came.

Mimma wrote Frank nearly every day after she had written letters to the Immigration Depart- ment, to Congress, even to the President. Didn't the Government want him? That's what his playmates kept saying. 'Thoughts On Christmas' Incurable optimists would do well to look carefully behind the "glittering facade" of American prosperity. And we Bhould pause, too, to give thought "to those sons of ours who have given their lives that we may be safe So says John Knight as he writes his "ihoughts on Christmas" in the Editor's Notebook on Page 4. Williams Leads NOVEMBER JUNE Mendes-Franc Leads French Party to Victory IN THE WORLD FHA windfall profits exposed I AEC suspends Dr.

Oppenheimer Films depict atomic war horror Australia rescues "kidnapped" woman from Reds Earthquake rocks Greece Canadian AF plane rams airliner Hawaii and Alaska lose statehood bid Romania releases two boys held as hostages Red China warns U. S. to stay away. IN MICHIGAN Polio vaccine tests start despite opposition Fort Ziegenhardt falls at Lapeer State hikes jobless pay Hancock banker accused of $400,000 shortage Capture Dearborn bank robbers George Edwards named to circuit bench Reveal how Detroit GI was executed as coward Reo Motors sold Mother with "upset stomach" bears baby Guests draw lots for dead bachelor's estate at party. FINALLY, after almost two years in Detroit, Mimma and John began to get action through the Catholic Family Center, a Torch Fund agency.

The Government checked, decided that Frank wasn't a Communist. Then everything happened Turn to Page Column 1 THE TOWN CRIER IN THE WORLD Reds ousted in Guatemalan revolt Mendes-France new premier of France Ex-New Jersey governor's thefts revealed after death Robert Young wins battle for NYC Colorado Springs gets Air Academy Montgomery Ward heir death puzzles police Ex-President Truman has emergency operation Tidal wave hits Chicago. IN MICHIGAN Charity ordinance rejected Florida killer captured in movie Red Cross blasts Flint in tornado relief Chrysler opens proving grounds, Ford buys tract Haile Selassie visits Gunman slain after wounding four police Detroit tries to outsmart township for airport Milkmen strike Free Press expedition sees eclipse Atomic furnace unveiled Miss Michigan contest gets in hassle. So He Played -Note by Note IN THE WORLD Democrats win Congress China jails 13 U. S.

airmen as spies B-29 shot down over Japan Hungarians free Noel Field and wife Marshall Harlan named to Supreme Court Alger Hiss freed, Perjurist Remington killed in prison Andrei Vishinsky, Lionel Barrymore, Henri Matisse die Iowa governor killed Churchill turns 80 Father of 10 flies alone to Paris. IN MICHIGAN Williams leads party to victory Mental patient kills nurse Flint's McKeighan freed after tongue lashing Torch Drive tops 14 millions Hunt for Reds in industry giant parking program Dr. Henry named head of University ef Illinois after squabble Boys wreck 17 Fontiac homes Lscanaba youth who can't fly steals plane GM celebrates 50 millionth car Detroit in line for Olympics 46 police face Trial Board Dewey's mother dies Bingo is defeated. BY MARK BELTAIRE FUNNY HOW ADVERSITY has so many uses. Which is by way of moving back to 1952 when Organ Virtuoso Claire Coci of New York was in the midst of a program during the St.

John's Fall Music Festival. As Viola Petit relates the tale, Claire "TV was whipping through the prodigious I J. Sonata on the 94th Psalm by Reubke eTV JULY Dr. Small It Acquitted DECEMBERS gJSSf when the orEan's whole adjustable com- Af 2. 7 Beltaire bination system went haywire.

That's the mechanism whereby an organist can bring out dozens of voices simply by pushing a single button. With It cost $11,500 in 1911, has been expanded by donations from music loving graduates to a value of $350,000 and a size unequaled by any other church organ in this hemisphere. BUT DESPITE the money poured into this mammoth music-making device, the combination system of automatic helps for quick changing of the 757 stop keys is not yet hooked up. Thinking of attempting to play this organ without automatic help, Maekelberghe told himself: "It can't be done." But his memory kept reverting back to Miss Coot's remarkable achievement in an emergency. So, for many weeks, he rehearsed and played services at St.

John's without using the automatic system. Then, on Nov. 23. he played a full concert at West Point completely without the aid of any automation. Secretly, he will always treasure the comments of one critic who said in his review of the West Point appearance "Remarkable ea.v." Not rr.

any tours fore rorn? off (nywhpn? near well. IN THE WORLD Indo-China war ends Atomic energy filibuster ends, bill passes West German FBI chief heads East Yanks shoot down Chinese planes after they jump airliner Synginan Rhee visits Niagara Falls falls Italians climb record peak Roy Cohn resigns from McCarthy committee. IN MICHIGAN P.lair Moody dies So do James Vernor, Sr. and Donald MrLouth Dr. Kenneth Small acquitted of killing wife's friend Murray Corp.

shuU lines Teen gangs, paehueos, worry Detroit Charles Mahnnpy is first ro narad to I'N Korean trt Wils rnal as children waUh Committer of future coe to work GOP, Windsor and Wvandotte oWne out it, the organist must play every single note separately a mammoth task. MISS COCI never missed a note. Afterwards, August Maekelberghe, the festival's director, told the audience reverently that few other organists could have tried such a feat, let alone performed it. This past fall Maekelberghe was invited to play a concert on the fabulous West Point cadt chapel organ pictured in thf current issu of I.i IN THE WORLD McCarthy censured, splits with Ike Pope Pius stricken U. S.

to protect Formosa, Reds warned to stay out Alabama city arrests officials for murder Christen world's biggest earner Shah of Iran visits Dr. Sam Sheppard found guilty. IN MICHIGAN sajs police anil courts fv lax with gamblers MSC fires doctor who feared end ef world Air raid shelters for Detroit Plan to eliminate Chemiral iard. 1..