Sleet and Koreans fail to stop allied drive Vernon picket routed
In Vernon Texas Western Electric pickets faced a crowd that told them to leave as the nationwide telephone strike began. US forces including the 24th Division and First Cavalry pressed the front near Yongbyon and Yongson with ROK Second Corps recapturing road positions southwest of Yongbyon amid Chinese counterattacks. Six Texas cities including Vernon saw pickets, with reporter Jack Burney witnessing portions of the scene.
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Associated Press
Vernon
Texas
Western Electric
Yongsong
Pakchon
First Cavalry
Yongbyon
ROK Secorfs
Tokchon
Marfa
Granbury
McCamey
Seminole
Beeville
Jack Burney
Vernon Record
Southwestern
Opera Singer Finds A Place In The Sun
Helene Root, a New York City operatic soprano on a Panhandle tour sponsored by the American Concert Association, rested in Amarillo after lunch. She said the Texas sunshine revived her and praised the people before returning to New York. She has been staying at the Amarillo Hotel.
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Globe
Helene Root
New York
Amarillo
Fillmore Street
Billy Forbes
Globs-News
Billy
New York City
Panhandle
American Concert Association
Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Accounting Firm to Review Bell Rate Hike Request
Pierson heads a four to five man team from Arthur Andersen & Company to study the Dallas submitted rate increase by Southwestern Bell. Work will span several weeks with offices in Dallas and St Louis, including hearings as expert advisers to the city. The firm will compare the Illinois Bell inquiry and provide recommendations to the city commission.
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Pierson
City Commission
Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Gene Klein
Illinois Bell ‘Telephone Company
Arthur Anderson & Company
Mr. Pierson
Andersen
United States
Telephone Company
Attack on plane irks Reds in Berlin
Western allies reported new tanks and troops in Berlin as Soviet charges of an American jet attack on a passenger plane surfaced. The United States denied the attack while confirming radar and jet patrols tested to guard Western Europe, tracking 39 unauthorized Eastern Bloc flights over Germany.
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U.S
United States
Britain
Berlin
Russia
Europe
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
Germany
Evrone
Ilvine
Thorez
High Commission Aviation Board
Egyptians Riot Against British in Cairo and Suez Zone
Pro government riot erupts after Egypt demands British withdrawal from the Suez canal zone and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Premier Nahas Pasha reads King Farouk’s throne speech as police and students clash at Akhbar El Yom offices. injuries reported. Nahas vows to end the 1936 treaty and pursue UN-charter compliant aims, affecting long standing dual-control agreements with Britain.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Farouk
Nahas
Suez Canal
Father’s Out at The Count of Nine
Ilario Bassoni of Pozzo Magra, a 46 year old father of six daughters, learned his wife had given birth to twins of girls and, in a desperate moment, leaped from a window in his one story home. He survived and told friends this was the saddest day of his life.
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Rome
Ilario Bassoni
Pozzo Magra
Bassoni
Little Room in Seoul Top Spot For Our Homesick Fighting Men
In Seoul a crowded room in a damaged government building becomes the popular hub for GIs. Between 6 and 7 a.m. soldiers and officers fill the space while a glassed cage hosts two Korean girls who relay calls to loved ones shown by the radio telephone office, creating a brief window to home amid war.
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Seoul
David Rasco
Globe-News
Panhandle
Iowa
Korea’s Communications Link for Soldiers at Sea
The Korea ministry of communications serves as the sole voice link for thousands of soldiers, Air Force personnel, and other personnel in remote areas aboard the See RASCO.
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Rean Ministry of Communications
Air Force
RASCO
Tax Bill Heads for Trouble
Washington report notes House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. predicts passage of an excess profits tax bill in the upcoming session but doubts Senate approval. The House and Means Committee wrangle over testifying and rules as Republicans oppose the rule. Business tax group urges a broad profits tax to raise about 10 billion dollars annually to balance the next federal budget.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
Martin
House and Means
Business Committee
Blood flown to Amarillo woman for surgery
Amarillo housewife Mrs Lorene Whitwell 40 underwent surgery at a Kansas City medical center with blood flown from her hometown. Nine pints arrived last night and 40 more pints from local donors were held in Amarillo to be sent as needed. The hospital noted it was the first case of home town blood shipments from such a distance.
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Kansas City
Kan
Amarillo
Kansas Medical Center
Lorene Whitwell
Alton Whitwell
Weather forecast for Amarillo area and West Texas
Fair conditions prevail today with cooler temperatures. Tonight and Friday show a warming trend in the afternoon. Highs near 58 today and 61 tomorrow, with Lows around 28. A fragment mentions Home of Loans and Amarillo Lumber Co. 535.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Amarillo Lumber Co
War Casualties Reach 28 881 in Korean Conflict
Washington reports American casualties in Korea rise to 28 881 with 4 798 deaths and 19 740 non fatally wounded. Missing in action total 4 347, 517 returned, 4 died, 107 in enemy hands. still missing 3 719 as of Nov 10. Army leads with 24 989 casualties across services.
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Washington
Defense Department
United Nations
Army
Marines
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Wife of millionaire escort lost at sea
A fishing boat capsized off Seabrook Beach dumping four. Two survivors were rescued by a shrimp trawler. The Coast Guard recovered a cap sized boat near the Seabrook clubhouse. Albert Morris and J Rogers were saved hours after the sinking. Mrs Ecker's husband, en route from California, held slim hope for his wife. Neely Greenhill-Lowndes-Insurance.
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Seabrook Beach
Coast Guard
Elbert Green
Albert Morris
Seabrook
J. Rogers
Charleston
Morris
Rogers
Green
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ROK
Republic of Korea
Margaret
Margaret Truman
A. Marvin Braverman
Braverman
Trumans
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
E. W. Pierson
Bell
Vassiliy Chuikov
Soviet High Commission
East Germany
John J. McCloy
Seirforce
Overseas Radio Telephone
The
Korea
US Weather Bureau
Fir
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Herd
Chicago
Neely Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
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