Reds Propose Limited Troop Rotation in Korean Truce Talks
In Munsan Korea the Reds reject lifting secrecy on prison camps but offer to rotate 5000 troops monthly if Allies accept other communist terms for enforcing a truce. UN calls proposal a slight departure from December plan and negotiators remain far apart on armistice enforcement. The U S consults Sweden on neutral inspectors while Reds refuse to allow ICRC oversight or prisoner lists without a general exchange deal.
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Munsan
Korea
Stockholm
U.S
Sweden
Red
Red Cross
Adm
R. E. Libby
Tokyo
Enemy Air War Rises as US Sabres Triumph Over KoreA
In Korea, Red anti aircraft guns downed three Al Nied planes while US Sabre jets destroyed one communist jet and damaged three. Fifth Air Force reports all Sabres returned safely from two jet fights over northwest Korea. two F-80 Shooting Stars evaded six MiG-15s near Pyongyang. Red flak claimed a Shooting Star an F-84 and an F-51 in communist territory. Fifth Air Force logged 663 sorties by 6 p.m. as American Sabre pilots achieved a major jet victory earlier Friday.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Third Franklin Jail Escapee Captured in Chillicothe
Emmitt Whitstone, 34, the third of five Franklin County jail escapees, was captured in Chillicothe after his car collided with two other vehicles at a bridge on state route 23. State Highway Patrol described Whitstone's erratic driving from Circleville before the crash and plunge.
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Chillicothe
Emmitt Whitstone
Franklin County
State Highway Patrol
Whitstone
Circleville
Snow Closes Roads in Southeastern Ohio Posts Hazardous Drive
Snowstorm snarls traffic across Athens and surrounding areas as 6 to 8 inches predicted for northern Ohio and 2 to 4 inches in the south. State crews battle hills on E State and Union streets while OU students worry about holiday travel. no major accidents reported.
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Ohio
Athens
E. State
Lash St
Carpenter and
Union St
Ohio University
State Highway Patrol
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Marion
Lima
E. State St
W. Union
Lash
Court St
State Highway
Waverly Trial Witness Held for Possible Perjury
A defense witness in a three state dog theft ring case faced perjury accusations as Judge Earl D. Parker urged Prosecutor Wray Bevens to file charges. The witness, Pearlie Sansom of Wayne County West Virginia, testified in brother Andrew’s Huntington West Virginia case over a stolen hunting dog allegedly linked to a ring operating in Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky. Sansom claimed he and Andrew did not know the dog found at Andrew’s Waverly home belonged to Dvie Mills of Huntington.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pearlie Sansom
Andrew
Dvvie Mills
Huntington
Waverly
Three Area Servicemen Back From Far East
Three Southeast Ohioans are among 2000 soldiers who returned to the United States Wednesday on a troop carrier. About half were arriving directly from Korean service. The local men are Cpl. Richard M. Bane of Gallipolis Cpl. Paul L. Kierns of Chesterhill Route 2 and Sgt. George B. Staats of Long Bottom Route 1.
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San Francisco
Extended forecast lowers temperatures across region
The outlook shows temperatures 8 to 10 degrees below normal with normal highs 36 in the north and 42 in the south and lows of 22 north and 26 south. Colder Saturday and through Wednesday with the coldest days on Tuesday and Wednesday. Snow and rain to snow flurries tonight and Saturday with additional snow Sunday.
Mystery Man Access to Tax Files Stuns Capitol Hearings
Washington lawmakers reopen probes into former IRS chief counsel Charles Oliphant and his admitted friend Henry Gruenwald known as The Dutchman. Gruenwald, key witness and ally, remains hospitalized as Oliphant reports on his tenure and the Teitelbaum case that spurred sudden resignation amid alleged pressure and vilification.
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Washington
House
Charles Oliphant
Internal Revenue Bureau
Oliphant
Henry
the Dutchman
Ways and Means
Gruenwald
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Miami
Teitelbaum
Farm Bureau Keeps Price Props Stand
The American Farm Bureau Federation reaffirmed support for existing federal price support laws at its 33rd annual convention in Chicago. Delegates representing about 1.5 million farm families across 46 states and Puerto Rico emphasized maintaining the 1949 act’s price support features to guard against sharp declines without full government price fixing.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
The
Puerto Rico
Saw Victim Dies in Power Saw Accident
Santa Rosa California carpenter David Haun died Thursday from injuries after being nearly cut in half by a power saw on November 29. Doctors had been optimistic after a six hour operation, but he did not survive.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
David Haun
Haun
End to Coal Rifts Urged
Harry M. Moses of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association urged operators and union leaders to abandon pyrotechnical displays and convulsions and run the industry in a businesslike way. Speaking at the Coal Mining Institute of America's 65th annual meeting, he urged settling labor disputes on principles beyond trickery and power.
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Pittsburgh
Harry M. Moses
Hero Dies Bravely to Save Two in Cave-In
George M. Awen, 58, sacrificed himself to save Rudy and Minor George during an 111 foot ditch collapse on Forestdale Avenue in Rocky River. Rudy escaped unharmed while Minor suffered back injuries and was hospitalized. Awen’s body was recovered about an hour later with help from a construction crew, police and firemen.
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Cleveland
George M. Awen
Rudy George
Minor
Awen
Forestdale Ave
Nue
Rocky River
George Brothers
Bay View Hospital
State Dept Fires Asia Policy Head John Stewart Service
John Stewart Service, longtime Asia policy figure, is fired by the State Department after a loyalty review board questions his loyalty. The Amerasia case of 1945 involved secret documents found at Amerasia. the board reversed a prior loyalty ruling, prompting his dismissal effective at closing business today. Service calls the action a shock and injustice and may seek court review with attorney Charles E. Rhetts.
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Washington
John Stewart
State Department
Department
Amerasia
Review Board
Service
Charles E. Rhetts
Philip ©. Jaffe
New York
China
State and
Navy Department
Ameragia
Jaffe
Cairo Press Sees Egypt Recall of Ambassador from Britain
Cairo papers react to Egypt recalling its ambassador to Britain with mixed views. D E gypte urges continued Anglo Egyptian dialogue while Akher Lahza mocks the ruling party and British decline. Embassies would be led by charges d affaires in the interim.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
D’egypte
Ralph Stevenson
London
Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha
Akher Lahza
Waf
Alan Churchill
Nab Fugitive Near Marietta
Washington County Sheriff Dean Ellis reports the capture of escaped West Virginia convict Carl Allen Leasure a 32 year old former Parkersburg resident serving a life term as a habitual criminal He escaped June 2 from the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville and was nabbed six miles southwest of Marietta on a Warren township country road He said he had been in Missouri and was heading toward Parkersburg with a 32 caliber revolver.
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Marietta
Washington County
Dean Ellis
West Virginia
Ellis
Carl Allen Leasure
Parkersburg
W. Va
Moundsville
Leasure
Warren Township
Missouri
Seeing-Eye Dog Mat Retires After Long Service
In Montclair New Jersey Harold Trowbridge a blind news store proprietor retired his 13 year old German shepherd Seeing-Eye dog Mat after 12 years of guiding him. Mat is going blind and will spend his days relaxing as Trowbridge plans to use cabs or human guides for travel.
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Montclair
N. J
Mat
Harold Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Walter Wanger shoots agent in Beverly Hills parking lot
In Beverly Hills Walter Wanger shot agent Jennings Lang in a parking lot while his wife actress Joan Bennett watched. Lang was seriously wounded and underwent surgery. Wanger was jailed awaiting arraignment on assault with intent to murder.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
Miss Bennett
Lang
Wanger
Chief Anderson
Miss
Sid Holtzman
Wilshire Boulevard
U S Steel Parley Gains Federal Mediation Help
Pittsburgh reports federal mediation service directed by Cyrus Ching sent two mediators to Pittsburgh to join CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel at sensitive wage talks. Clyde Mills and Walter Maggiolo arrived too late for yesterday’s session. Mills said government involvement came without a specific prompt and was not a last minute move.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Mills
Fog grips London as airports close and transport stalls
Britons woke to the worst fog since 1948 with London airports closed trains delayed and roads snarled. Transit chaos disrupted daily life as authorities urged caution and commuters sought alternative routes.
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London
Local Control Over General Relief Urged
State Welfare Director John H. Lamneck urged returning full control of general relief to counties at the county commissioners’ association meeting in Columbus. He argued state subsidies copy functions that local units should handle and warned that continued subsidies weaken local self government.
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Columbus
John H. Lamneck
County Commissioners’ Association
Lameck
Herbert to Seek GOP Gubernatorial Bid
Former Governor Thomas J. Herbert may announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination. The Ohio State Journal citing a high authority reported an imminent bid decision, while Herbert in Cleveland said he had not yet decided but was considering the race and would announce when he does.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio State Journal
Howard Thompson
Herbert
Cleveland
Dry Goods Retailers Seek Price Relief From DiSalle
Washington retailers urge relief as NRDGA reports department and specialty store profits fell sharply in 1951. DiSalle notes OSI studying price regulation and hints at possible hardship provision to adjust margins amid rising costs and lower revenues.
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Washington
National Retail Dry Goods Association
NRDGA
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
Copes
Doubtful Democrats Can Uproot Government Corruption
Republicans pressed President Truman for cabinet dismissals and a new congressional inquiry while taft and other figures questioned the administration’s ability to reform. Nixon urged firings of Vaughan McGrath Snyder. Wiley and Ives called for investigations. Gross proposed a Korean veterans staffed department to cleanse the Justice Department.
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Washington
Trueman
Nixon
Calif
Mr. Truman
Harry Vaughan
Donald Dawson
Auorency
McGrath
Vaughan
RFC
Snyder
Wiley
R-Wis
Office of
Ives
R-Ny
Truman
Rep
Gross
Iowa
Justice Department
Solons Close Defense Study
A Detroit subcommittee wraps week long hearings on defense procurement urging continuation of the current system. Big and small businesses warn radical changes could disrupt 50 year old auto industry practices and hurt defense production. Rep Porter Hardy questions the middle man role and cites General Motors among witnesses.
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Detroit
Porter Hardy
D-Va
America
General Motors
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Ross
Maj
George A. Davis, Jr
Lubbock
Tex
North Korea
Davis
Franklin
Far East
Farm Bureau
State Dept. Fires Asia Policy
Nab
Bennett
Wang
Taft
President Truman
Frank McKinney
Smathers
D-Fla
Solons
Hardy
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