Allies demand Red account for 1000 missing soldiers
In Panmunjom the Allies pressed the Reds to explain wide discrepancies in prisoner counts and to disclose the fate of more than 1000 missing UN personnel and unlisted South Korean prisoners. The move followed Gen Ridgway’s plea for access to camps and coincided with talks on armistice terms. The UN offered to withdraw coastal islands as a gesture toward compromise.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Matthew B. Ridgway
International Red Cross
Red China
Peiping
Red
Truce
William P. Nuckols
Ohio Faces New Cold Wave Hits Ice Covered Highways
Ohio faces a fresh cold wave with ice on roads and snow flurries forecast. The Weather Bureau warned of cloudy windy conditions turning colder with rain to snow, zero to five below in the west and five to ten above in the east.
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Ohio
Columbus
Indiana
Harrisburg
Former State Dept Official Appeals Loyalty Ruling
Former State Department official John Service appealed to the loyalty review board seeking full reconsideration and arguing the board lacked authority. He filed the appeal after board chairman Hiram Bingham protested the department’s release of the report that led to his firing, saying it violated Truman era secrecy orders.
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Washington
Johns&. Service
State Department
Loyalty Review Board
Service
Loyalty Board
Hiram Bingham
Bingham
Secretary of State
Acheson
Truman
Ship Fire Feared Fatal to Eleven
Eleven crew and passengers are missing after a fire swept the Danish vessel Erica at the mouth of the Columbia River. One hundred three others, including 23 passengers and 80 crew, were rescued by the Coast Guard as flames raced through the mid section. Fire reportedly started from a shorted electric cable.
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Astoria
Ore
Columbia River
Coast Guard
Erica
Steel Talks Stall as OPS Holds Key to Mediation
Washington AP: Government price officials seem key to avoiding a steel strike as CIO workers face a January 1 deadline. Cyrus Ching reports deadlock after talks collapse and President Truman may be asked to step in. Murray seeks 18-cent hourly rise plus 15 percent general hike, while steel firms demand price relief. DiSalle discusses Capehart provisions and cost considerations through July.
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Washington
Ching
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Lit
Michael V. DiSalle
Capehart
DiSalle
Senator Capehart
Indiana
Auditor Ferguson Seeks Re Election
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced he will seek a fifth four year term. A Democrat, Ferguson has served as auditor since 1937 and began state service in 1914 as payroll auditor for the industrial commission. He was born May 12, 1892 in Shawnee Perry County. He previously ran for U S senator but lost to Robert A Taft.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
The
Industrial Commission
Shawnee
Perry County
U.S
Robert A. Taft
ONeill Files For Reelection To Ohio Attorney General
Columbus attorney general C William ONeill announces 1952 re election bid on a record of six Ohio House terms. The Marietta native is 35 and a Republican.
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Columbus
C. William O’neill
O'Neill
Maritta
Ohio
House of Representatives
Wrapped Up in Gifts Baby Helps Wrap Christmas Presents
A Messenger photo sequence shows eight month old Martha Rose Harrison assisting her mother Mrs Ralph Harrison with Christmas wrapping. The Harrisons live at 7 South Congress Street in Athens.
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Messenger
Don Moore
Martha Rose Harrison
Ralph Harrison
Harrison
Martha Rose
S. Congress St
Athens
PUC Modifies Anti-Gambling Edict in Ohio Race Bookies Blow
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission narrowed its anti gambling order to save telephones clerical work while keeping a four point measure aimed at curbing betting via telephones and wires. The rules require no service to gambling suspects, investigations on reasonable cause, disclosure of private leased wire contracts, and removal of facilities on request by law enforcement. The commission did not adopt a proposed requirement for written applications.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio
Telephone and
Telegraph and
Commission
Telephone
Judge Rules Ohio Charity Bingo Illegal Under Lottery Ban
Columbus Common Pleas Judge Cecil J. Randall ruled that Ohio's constitutional lottery ban applies to charity bingo, reversing a May ruling by Judge Dana F. Reynolds that charity bingo was legal due to lack of a penalty law. Randall stated the legislature can impose penalties through other code sections or municipal ordinances even without a specific penalty.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Cecil J. Randall
Ohio
Franklin County
Dana F. Reynolds
Randall
Ohio Fuel Gas Co Gets Approval for New Supply
The Federal Power Commission authorized daily delivery of about 9 million extra cubic feet of natural gas to Ohio Fuel Gas Co of Columbus. Texas Gas Transmission Corp gained temporary authority to boost compression by 12 240 horsepower at an estimated cost of 2 992 760 dollars to deliver the gas to Ohio Fuel Gas and to Louisville Gas and Electric Co. The action affects Texas Gas overall plan to raise deliveries to Ohio Kentucky Indiana Illinois Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi. no hearing date set.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas
Ohio
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Owensboro
Texas Gas
Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
British Kill Two Egyptians Near Suez Filtration Plant
Near the Suez filtration plant five Egyptians were killed and three captured after they were seen digging up an old pipeline about 150 yards from the plant. Royal engineers surrounded the group as they fled into the sweet water canal and were fired upon when they did not stop.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Suez
Newspaperman Stanley Billow in Newark Suffered Heart Attack
Buckeye Lake resident and circulation manager Stanley Billow, 52, of the Newark Advocate, was reported in critical condition at Newark City Hospital yesterday after a heart attack.
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Newark
Stanley Billow
Buckeye Lake
Newark Advocate
Newark City Hospital
World's Biggest Santa
Raymond Fry, a 47 year old Minerva Ohio furniture dealer, claims the title of the world s biggest Santa Claus weighing 465 pounds. He has played Santa for five years at children's parties despite occasional weight related mishaps and recounts getting stuck in a bathtub after over soap. He maintains a strict daily eating routine of six eggs bacon toast coffee and jelly then cereal and a large lunch and dinner with snacks before bed.
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Canton
Santa Claus
Minerva
Ohio
Santa
Raymond Fry
Fry
St. Nick
Italy's Arms Curbs Lifted
The United States waived restrictive clauses of the Italian peace treaty and told Italian Ambassador Tarchniani that important sections of the treaty no longer exist. Britain and France were pursuing similar actions as Italy remains allied with Western powers in the North Atlantic treaty.
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Washington
United States
Italy
State Department
Britain
France
Acheson
Alberto Tarchiani
Area Men Return From Far East Rotation
Two area soldiers are among 52 Ohioans arriving in Seattle on Far East rotation leave. A total of 1168 Army troops are due at the West Coast port this week. The Ohio men are Pfc Pear EF ae of Route 1 and Cpl. Bobby G. Fout of Jackson.
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Seattle
Far East
West Coast
Pfc
Pear EF Ae
Sg Route 1
Cpl
Bobby G. Fout
Jackson
Glimmer of Hope for Families of 7853 Missing GI’s
The Defense Department reported under 200 telegrams remain to be sent to families of American POWs in Korea. Pentagon listed 3006 of 3198 names sent, but 7853 families lack word. Peiping broadcasts and Malik document offer faint hope amid ongoing identity checks.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Pentagon
Peiping
Russia
United Nations
Jacob Malik
Malik
Convicted Spy Slack Appeals 15 Year Espionage Sentence
Alfred Dean Slack 46 formerly of Syracuse and now at Atlanta penitentiary appeals his 15 year sentence for espionage. He argues FBI double cross claim and contends arrest violated his constitutional rights. Slack was accused of stealing RDX and a sample while at Holston Ordnance Works and passing them to Harry Gold.
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Cincinnati
Alfred Dean Slack
Russia
Slack
Syracuse
N. Y
Atlanta
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Holston Ordnance Works
Kingsport
Tenn
Harry Gold
Snow slows sales across Federal Reserve district
The Federal Reserve Bank reported heavy snow slowed department store sales in most district cities. Week ending Dec 15 showed a 1 percent weekly gain but a 5 percent drop from the year-ago period.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank
Utility Firm Seeks Partial Rate Increase
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company applied to the State Utilities Commission for a system wide increase in electric rates for industrial and large commercial service. Residential and small commercial rates would not change. The company seeks about 1.625 million dollars in additional annual net operating income of 694 thousand dollars, citing higher costs for construction, coal, and taxes and a current shortfall in earning a fair return.
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Columbus
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
State Utilities Commission
L. F. Dave
Mine Injury Rate Drops in Ohio Coal Industry
Ohio recorded the lowest nonfatal injury rate among coal states for August 1951, with 31.8 injuries per million man hours and 27.9 per million short tons. The 1950 mine fatalities totaled 23, the smallest since 1874, credited to a strong safety program by Mines Division chief Harry J. Dust. About 502 mines produced 8,612,555 tons in July to September 1951, while 111 reported no production.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Industrial Relations
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Harry J. Dust
Division of Labor Statistics
Stalin Turns 72 Amid Sparse Ceremonies In Moscow
Soviet premier Joseph Stalin marks his 72nd birthday with little fanfare and a formal Stalin Prize announcement. Observers note his health some reports suggest heart concerns though official photos praise his vigor. He is believed to be at his desk in the Kremlin with no public holiday declared.
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Moscow
Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Red World
The
Kremlin
Russia
Allied Planes Rip Red Rails Over Korea Front
Allied fighter planes swept northwest Korea in mist and blasted rail lines near Anju and Kun yu. U S Fifth Air Force jets and Marine Corsairs fought small actions near the Punch Bowl on the eastern front, but repelled twice. Sabre units moved north toward the Yalu River.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Anju
Yalu River
M-Day Draws Near Toll Near Million Traffic Deaths
The Associated Press reports the national traffic toll stood at 999 823 by 4 am EST, with 73 deaths since Wednesday night. Snow and ice on highways prompted increased caution as the National Safety Council predicts the 1 000 000th fatality will occur around noon Saturday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
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