Korea Revisited War Today Is Little Like That of ’50
In a reflective piece Don Whitehead recalls his 1950 Korea coverage for The Associated Press. He now travels with President-elect Eisenhower on a renewed tour, noting stark contrasts between past battles and present conditions, including the retreat to Pusan and later Inchon events versus current developments.
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Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Korea
Pusan
Inchon
North Korea
China
Whitehead
Eisenhower
Uss
Helena
Hawaii
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Eight Army
Seoul
Who's Paying for Ike's Korean Trip
Washington and New York officials spar over who funds President elect Eisenhowers journey to Korea and the costs involved. The Air Force lists 500 an hour for Constellation flights two used on the trip. The cruiser Helena costs aside from food and crewmembers. News correspondents travel with the party and may be billed for living expenses.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Korea
New York
Pentagon
Republican National Committee
Republican Committee
Air Force
Helena
Guam
Hawaii
Navy
Micro-Wave Relay Goes Into Service Between Kansas City and Dallas
A new micro-wave relay route between Kansas City and Dallas goes into service, carrying television programs and hundreds of telephone circuits. The 556-mile system includes 18 antenna towers, 62 to 312 feet high, with signals beamed via Wichita and Oklahoma City. Southwestern Bell expects 300 long-distance circuits in service by next month, using six channels with two for phones and two for television southbound. Built by Southwestern Bell and AT&T.
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Kansas City
Dallas
Tex
Wichita
Kas
Oklahoma City
J. R. Peterson
St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Southwestern Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Benson Says Farmers Should Stand On Their Own
Ezra Taft Benson of Salt Lake City named Secretary of Agriculture told a press conference in Portland that farmers do not want to become wards of the government. He referred to the subsidy program and urged farmers to stand on their own feet.
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Portland
Ore
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Eisenhower
Early use of paper spreads beyond China in 8th century
The text notes paper originated in China and became available to the rest of the world by the middle of the 8th century, marking a pivotal spread of the material globally. The detail highlights the historical timeline of papermaking diffusion across regions.
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China
Billfold Floats Away In Ocean Family Stranded
Virginia trucker from Roanoke drops a billfold containing 1508 dollars into the Atlantic near St. Simons Island. He and his wife and 10 year old son spend the night on the beach hoping for a recovery as Coast Guard and lifeguard efforts fail to locate the billfold. The finder was told to take any reward.
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ST. Simons Island
Virginia
W. E. Conner
Roanoke
Conner
Coast Guard
Rt. 2
Box 326-B
Turpin graduates named sole defendants in $278000 crash suit
Eight Turpin Oklahoma high school graduates from the 1949 class remain as defendants in a $278000 damages suit over a May 20 1949 bus collision near Kingman Kansas. Plaintiffs from the Radford Thurman family of Tucson accuse the Turpin school bus driver of passing a barrier negligently during a senior class tour. Defendants now include nine former class members. Layle Nolder was dismissed as he serves in the Navy.
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Wichita
Kas
Turpin, Okla
U. S
Delmas C. Hill
Turnin School Board
Kingman
Radford Thurman
Tucson
Ariz
Thief Convinces Her Bank Safest Place for $23,000
Milwaukee police kept watch as 85 year old widow Mrs. Isabella A Nickels moved $23,000 in cash from her North Side home to a bank after a Friday night burglary. She had stored the money in various bills in an envelope and said she preferred not to earn interest from a bank.
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Milwaukee
Isabella A Nickels
Widower Cites Children’s Objection in Wedding Fallout
DETROIT 84 year old Benjamin Krause faced disappointment as Esth er Gant 67 canceled plans to marry at the last moment because her children objected. Krause a retired butcher with seven sons and three daughters and many descendants held a marriage license. he would seek another partner if declined.
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Detroit
Benjamin Krause
Esther Gant
Fause
U S Victory in UN Plan Debate Shapes Korea Peace Effort
United States gains a propaganda win as the UN General Assembly endorses the Panmunjom stance against forcible repatriation of prisoners. The Indian backed measure, led by V K Krishna Menon, shores up non Communist support but strains India Russia relations and China's role in future policy.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Panmunjom
U. N
United States
India
S V. K. Krishna
Menon
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Nehru
Kremlin
Korea
Peiping
Moscow
Revenue Bureau Releases Streamlined Income Tax Booklet
Washington December 82 most income taxpayers receive a new streamlined booklet to file 1952 federal returns. The booklet combines instructions tax schedules and forms previously mailed separately. It eliminates envelopes reduces mailing labor by 50 percent and saves about 351000. Booklets go to 42 million taxpayers with extra forms for farmers and self employed persons.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Director of Internal Revenue
Menon Blames U N Air Raids for Wartime Strife
Indian delegate Ishna Menon told a radio audience that U N airmen bombed power plants along the Yalu River last summer during a critical moment of negotiations. He said the raids extended the war and threatened Manchuria, and he remained open to negotiating with anyone, including the Communists.
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Philadelphia
Yalu
U. N
Ishna Menon
Menon
ABC
Manchuria
Ex-GI Billy Morrow Jackson Opens First One-Man Art Show
The 23-year-old St. Louis native Billy Morrow Jackson, who lost use of his hands on Okinawa in World War II, opened his first solo art exhibition after turning to art during rehabilitation. He later became an art assistant at the University of Illinois while pursuing a master's degree.
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ST. Louis
Okinawa
Billy Morrow Jackson
Pacific
Jackson
University of Illinois
Flash Fire Kills Four In Tulsa Home
A rapid blaze on a Tulsa two story dwelling's back porch claimed the lives of four children ages 2 to 5. Their mother Billie Haynie returned from a store run to find flames. the cause remains unknown. The porch suffered the total destruction, while other residents escaped unharmed. Victims were Mary Etta and Terry age 3, Roger Lee age 2, and Michael age 5.
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Tulsa
Okla
Billie Haynie
C. F E. Conger
Mary Etta
Terry
Roger Lee
Michael
Marriage Longevity Odds Favor Wife In Same-Age Couple
In couples of identical ages, the probability that the wife outlives her husband stands at three in five. The statistic highlights gender longevity trends within equal-age unions.
Sound Slows in Cold Air Versus Warm Air
The pace of sound changes with air temperature with slower travel in colder air and faster travel in warmer air. This effect occurs because warmer air increases molecular activity, allowing sound waves to transmit more quickly.
Special Columbus Day Parade for Skippy Ro mano in East Boston
East Boston staged a second Columbus Day parade for 9 year old Skippy Romano who has muscular dystrophy. About 1000 marchers six bands and National Guard units joined the event to cheer Skippy who was ill at the original parade. The district raised gifts including boxing gloves baseballs autographed by notable players and a football jacket and helmet.
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Boston
Skippy Romano
National Guard
Vincent Romano
Skippy
Lou Gehrig
Laura Salas
Joey Cain
New England
Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
East Centralise Wins State Post
A State Intercollegiate Student Senate session in Enid approved a resolution urging legislators to review the status of Negroes attending Oklahoma colleges and universities. Fifty-five delegates from 16 institutions elected Don Tubb president and James Hill vice president, Hill becoming the first Negro officer.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
State Intercollegiate
Don Tubb
Oklahoma A. & M
James Hill
Langston University
Hill
Langston
Margaret Copeland
Pat Sitz
Central State
Jim Sturdevant
East Central
Central State College
Edmond
Oil Activity Near Byng Stays Busy
Oil activity in and near the Byng school area remains brisk with several wells at various depths. Senora and Kingery No 2 Morgan Bolan reports below 800 feet near productive zones, Norris Fleet and Boswell No Gregg Heirs below 1 600 feet, Cromwell tests near Byng, and Shaw Billingsley and Pine drilling in sections 28 and 29-56 two miles northwest of the area.
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Byng School
Senora & Kingery No
Morgan Bolan
Norris, Fleet and Boswell No. Gregg Heirs
Cromwell
Byng
Fleet
Patterson
Viola
Shaw, Billingsley and
Pine
Fund allocates most of appropriation to medical education
The Common wealth Fund reports about two million dollars of its $2,719,737 past fiscal year appropriation funded medical education experimental health services and medical research. The fund operates as a private philanthropic organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commonwealth Fund
Air Force Reserve Officers of Area to Meet Thursday
Air Force Reserve officers in the area will gather at 7 30 p m Thursday December 11 in the district courtroom of the county courthouse Captain W B Howell announced Major Ross E Harlan of Oklahoma City will explain the new permanent commission under the Air Force Act of 1952 The change aims to reduce administrative workload and cut costs while not affecting current reserve status Lt Colonel Lee R Young says all officers are urged to attend regardless of unit membership.
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Air Force Reserve
W. B. Howell
9175Th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Group
Ross E. Harlan
Oklahoma City
Air Force Reserve Permanent Commission
Air Force Act
Howell
United States Air Force
Air Force
Fourteenth Air Force
Robins Air Force Se
Georgia
Lee R. Young
Pre-Screening of Legislation Outlined in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City report details the Legislative Council’s 18 month study of 17 committees. Most measures are changes to existing law, with a notable push to allow rural telephone cooperatives under a new framework. The school code remains largely unchanged while recommending a $2,400 base salary and $100 increments for experience.
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Oklahoma City
State Legislative Council
Council
Johnston Murray
Corporation Commission
Missouri Faces Financial Toll From School Segregation
Educator Stuart A. Queen warned the Missouri Council on Children and Youth that segregation in public schools creates a financial squeeze. The study covered Poplar Bluff, Hannibal, Columbia, Boone County, and St. Louis, estimating millions needed to equalize facilities and annual costs, with outstate Missouri needing substantial new buildings. About 60 attendees heard the findings.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Stuart A. Queen
Missouri Association For Social Welfare
Sociology and Anthropology
Washington University
St. Louis
Missouri Council On Children and Youth
Poplar Bluff
Hannibal
Columbia
Boone County
Queen
Kansas City
Jackson County
Truman to Miss Missouri for Wallace Funeral
President Truman Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret travel by special train to Independence Missouri for the funeral of Mrs David W Wallace mother of Mrs Truman. Mrs Wallace died at the White House of cerebral thrombosis at age 90 with services to be held Monday and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Truman
Missouri
Wallace
Washington
Margaret
Independence
David W. Wallace
White House
Woodlawn Cemetery
What Country Needs Is Spelling Reform
A letter from Talala Oklahoma proposes spelling reform to simplify English and reduce parental embarrassment. The writer jokes about reforming words like pup, cow, cat, and girl, notes irregular plurals, and critiques changing rules below the ankles.
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Kitten
Cat
General Features Corp
Two Southern States Preparing For School Segregation Ruling
Atlanta dispatch reports Georgia ready to abolish public schools rather than integrate if the Supreme Court orders desegregation. South Carolina plans to let the legislature decide continuation of schools after any ruling. Governors Byrnes and Talmadge push hardline stand, while many Southern officials doubt private school schemes can endure court scrutiny.
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Atlanta
South
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Delaware
Kansas
Virginia
District of Columbia
Congress
Maryland
West Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Herman Talmadge
General Assembly
Assembly
Gov
Byrnes
High Court
Fuller Warren
Idea Court
Sam Englehardt
Tuskegee Institute For
Seniors Cleared of Blame in Turpin High School Bus Wreck
A Federal District Court jury ruled in favor of eight Turpin Oklahoma 1949 graduates, their principal and wife, clearing them, the Turpin school board and an insurer of liability in a collision with Radford Thurman and family near Kingman Kansas on May 20, 1949. The judge held the bus was borrowed and the insurer’s contract was with the district, not the individuals.
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Turpin
Okla
Radford Thurman
Tucson
Ariz
Urpin
Kingman
Kas
Delmas C. Hill
Warning on Turkeys at John Hibbert Farm
Kenilworth residents warned to avoid Maj. John Hibbert's farm where hundreds of fattened turkeys roam. Access blocked by a seven foot electric fence and guards with shotguns, plus four 1,000 pound pedigree bulls. A fox reportedly died attempting to approach the property.
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Kenilworth
England
Maj
John Hibbert
Reynard
Early Campaign Silence Leaves Politics To Spokesmen
Before 1836 U.S. presidential candidates rarely appeared publicly on controversial issues, delegating the task to political spokesmen and allied journals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Court of Honor For Scouts Held in Tishomingo
The Johnston District of the Scouts of America held a Court of Honor at Tishomingo High School on Thursday evening December 4. Troops from Bromide Milburn Wapanucka Mill Creek Filmore and Tishomingo participated with demonstrations and awards. Over 60 certificates were presented and 225 people attended.
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Tishomingo
Johnston
Scouts of America
Johnston County
Tishomingo High School
Charles Murray
Advancements
Roger Bill Rush
Joel Po. Johnson
Dale Stone
Charles Bynum
Tishomingo Troop
Mill Creek
Earl Brown
Wapanucka
Rev. Kaufman
Milburn
Jo Walker
Filmore
Julius Greenwood
Troop
E. C. Arnold
Allen Lowe
Claud Lawley
Mederith Bynum
Atoka
Romide
Waanucka
Tisomingo
Fillmore
Oard
Dr. Jonerd
Murray Corbin
Ray Tony
Dolph Trease
Paul Thurman
McCreary
Dick Winn
Albert Bailey
Leon Thurman
Leon
Bromide
Senators Agree It Is Time to Cut U S Staff Abroad
Senate Foreign Relations leaders Sen. Connally and Sen. Wiley urged reductions in American diplomatic and Mutual Security staff overseas. A House committee report counted 184,222 U S civilians abroad, down 9,186 from four years earlier, with 63,459 Civilian and 120,763 military staff overseas. Connally's Europe trip report previewed a hopeful view of European progress and U S programs.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Wiley
R-Wis
United Nations General Assembly
Senate
Senate House Committee
Joint Committee On
Byrd
D-Va
Europe
Engineer Finds locomotive Hit Daughter's Car
EAST ST. LOUIS IL December 6 engineer Samuel Gaines stopped his locomotive after striking and dragging a car 30 feet. He ran to the wreckage and found his daughter Mrs Paul Baggett unharmed while her husband and two children Jane 12 and 16 month old Samuel were injured. A nearby passenger Walter Wright also suffered injuries. Sea water in the tropics is less salt than in cold regions.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Samuel Gaines
Paul Baggett
Jane
Samuel
Walter Wright
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