UN Rejects Russian Charges At UN Session In New York
A tense UN Assembly voted 45 to 5 against a Soviet resolution condemning the United States over mass prison killings on Pongam Island Korea. Debates cited alleged riots, prisoner abuse, and alleged American experiments, with U S delegates denying the claims and calling the move propaganda.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Nations Assembly
United States
Pongam Island
Korea
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Assembly
Iraq
Lebanon
Thailand
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
T ‘General Assembly
China
Gromyko
Nen
International Cross
Kose Island
U.S
Experts Probe Aviation Tragedy at Moses Lake
Military experts search for cause after 86 crewmen died in history’s worst air crash near Moses Lake Washington. Officials call for investigations and grounded flights while safety checks and dental identifications proceed. Four Air Force generals and manufacturers meet to determine the fault with a captain noting possible insufficient takeoff power.
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Moses Lake
Wash
U. S
Richard Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Pier Workers Union Leader Arrested in Waterfront Probe
New York police arrested Michael Clemente a 44 year old AFL International Longshoremen's Association official described as lord of Downtown Manhattan docks and his associate Alexander Cosmos 43 of Rutherford New Jersey in a widening Port of New York waterfront inquiry. The arrests mark a major move against organized pier power as prosecutors hint at further criminal action.
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New York
Lower
Hogan
Michael Clemente
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Manhattan
Clemente
Alexander Cosmos
Rutherford
N. J
Three Enemy Jets Downed Near Yalu River
U S Sabre jets shot down three MIG15s in air battles near the Yalu River. One MIG fell in a dogfight between two Sabres and two MIGs. Two more Reds were downed in a clash involving six Sabres and eight MIGs. Front line activity remained quiet on the Central Front with minor Chinese Red jabs. Temperatures dropped to minus five degrees.
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Seoul
U. S
Yalu River
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Singer Wins Stalin Prize Amid World Peace Winners
Paul Robeson, American Negro singer, named among seven Stalin peace prize winners. The awards honor strengthening peace between peoples and were announced on Stalin's 73rd birthday. Prize totals 100000 rubles, roughly $25 at official rate. winners come from seven nations and mainly leaders of the World Peace Partisan Movement.
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Moscow
Paul Robeson
Joseph Stalin
UN Refuses To Bar Czech Writer Over Security Claim
The United Nations says it needs facts before acting on a State Department request to strip Marcelle Hitschmanova of her UN press card. The Czech reporter for the Bakistan Times is cited as a likely security risk, but no evidence was presented. The UN legal department seeks reasons and charges before any action. The State Department will continue reviewing the matter in Washington.
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United Nations
N. Y
State Department
Marcelle Hitschmanova
Bakistan Times
International Organization
U. S
Union Leader Shifts View on TH Repeal After Election
AFL president George Meany said the November 4 results "more or less stopped" the push to repeal labor law provisions. The Union leader signaled willingness to settle for amendments rather than repeal.
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Washington
Federa of
Labor
AFL
George Meany
Legal test of Taft Hartley injunction in Dunkirk case
A U S district judge awaits ruling on whether the Taft Hartley Act injunction against the CIO United Steelworkers at the American Locomotive Dunkirk plant should become permanent. The 1500 workers recently ended a 107 day strike and returned to work under the 80 day cooling off period.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
John Knight
CIO
United Steelworkers
Dunkirk
American Locomotive Company
Rnment
A Energy Commission
Projectionist Averts Panic In Fire At Louisa Theater
Pittsburgh area projectionist John Stanton halted his machine, lit the lights, and calmly urged a safe exit as a three story Louisa Theater building burned. Fire Chief M F Schulte estimated damages over 150 000 dollars with more than 200 patrons present. One of Stanton s four children Robert was among the crowd.
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Pittsburgh
M. F. Schulte
Carnegie
Louisa
John Stanton
Schulte
Stanton
Robert
Snow and ice sweep Midwest plains in winter storm
A powerful winter storm hit the Midwest delivering four to nine inches of snow in Nebraska and Kansas with lesser amounts in Iowa Northern Missouri and the Dakotas. Winds ranged from 35 to 50 mph driving snow and creating ice hazards on roads and communications. Temperatures stayed in the 20s and 30s not reaching blizzard levels.
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Great Plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Dakotas
Gas supply line breaks shiver Missouri town
In St Joseph Missouri a natural gas line break shut off service city wide. About 14 000 of 25 000 homes and 1500 businesses lost gas as sleet and snow hindered crews. Restoring heat required manual meter shutdowns and reactivation by company plumbers. Residents improvised with oil or coal.
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ST. Joseph
Missouri
Bent
Arson Suspect Arrested After Clubhouse Fire
Pasadena police booked James Bunting, 26, on arson suspicion after a one million dollar blaze gutted the Annandale Country Club clubhouse. Club Manager Eugene J. Seeber said a man tried to set a table cloth on fire. officers later found him absent as the second floor burned. Bunting, an insurance company employee, had prior arson convictions.
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Pasadena
Calif
Annandale Country Club
Eugene J. Seeber
James Bunting
Los Angeles
Mother and four children die in Chicopee explosion
A mother and four children were killed in a fire and explosion at their home in Chicopee Massachusetts. The father survived with serious burns after leaping from a second story window and was hospitalized in a hysterical condition.
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Chicopee
Mass
Wedding Ends 19 Month Postal Romance in Adams Mills
Greg and Maegel Minel of Adams Mills Ohio wed Sunday at the local Methodist church. Their 19 month postal romance culminates in a church ceremony as family and friends celebrate the match.
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Greg
Adams Mills, O
Maegel Mine l
Ike and Business Leaders Discuss Trade Problems
In New York at the Commodore Hotel Eisenhower meets with George A. Sloan textile industrialist and chairman of the U S Council of the International Chamber of Commerce and Warren Lee Pierson Transworld Airlines chairman elect. Sloan says the president elect has a better grasp and broader knowledge of international trade problems. Also present are four incoming administration officials and members of The Committee on the Present Danger.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Commodore Hotel
George A. Sloan
U.S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce
Warren Lee Pierson
Transworld Airlines
Sloan
Committee On
Hydrogen Blast Kills Dozens At Japanese Fertilizer Plant
A massive hydrogen explosion at Toa Synthetic Chemical in Nagoya leveled part of the ammonium sulphate plant. At least 15 people were killed and 370 injured with five missing, while U S forces aided in rescue amid toxic fumes. Authorities probe spark in a hydrogen tank as factory closure looms.
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Nagoya
Japan
Pare
Toa Syn
Thetic Chemical Company
Ikoma J Nonaka
Train Crash Injures Five In Ohio Collision
A freight train collided with a tractor trailer at a crossing near Jeffersonville Ohio on Sunday derailing 24 coal cars from a 110 car Detroit Toledo and Ironton train. Five crew members were injured none seriously officials expected rail service to be restored by late today or tomorrow.
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Washington Court House
Ohio 76
Jeffersonville
Detroit, Toledo and
Ironton
Este Sizemore
President Truman Sends Yuletide Message to Troops
President Truman spoke to U S troops in Korea praising their role in holding back aggression and ensuring a peaceful Christmas for the nation and its allies. He also addressed overseas servicemen calling their mission the salvation of the world.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
Columbus clergyman to join Cincinnati district Feb 1
Rev. Claude Garrison of Columbus will transfer to independence of the Methodist church for the Cincinnati district effective February 1.
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Columbus, O
Claude Garrison
Columbus
The
Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Runaway Freight Car Kills Woman in Five Mile Dash
A runaway freight car fatally struck a woman and critically injured her husband during a chaotic five mile dash through residential districts in South Pasadena while freight cars were being switched in Los Angeles yards. Police said railway employees suffered non life threatening injuries from flying wreckage.
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South
Pasadena
Calif
Los Angeles
Genone
Cuban ex officers freed but under house arrest in Havana
Nine retired Cuban Navy officers accused of an armed revolt against Batista have been released from prison and placed under house arrest. They remain to be tried later by a Navy court. The group, three of whom were top commanders, faced arrest after a weapons cache was seized in New York amid rumors of a Christmas plot. The government hinted at arms purchases by “bad Cubans” but deemed the New York incident without significance and not connected to the arrests.
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Westchester
N.Y
John Hoy
Mamaroneck
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Alfred Manheim
New York
Louis Giancola
Frank Connel
Brooklyn
AFL Billposter's Union
Norton Edmiston, Jr
Frank Auletta
Westchester County
Hoy
Havana
Schleinae
Galselas
Batista
Carlos Piio Socarras
N. Y
United States
Chempollion Strands Off Beirut Amid Breakup Threat
The 12,546 ton French liner Chempollion ran aground four miles south of Beirut harbor and was slowly breaking apart in heavy seas. Eyewitnesses reported a 20 degree list, with 600 yards offshore, as rescue crews weighed options. Israeli tugs were sent from Haifa but Lebanon barred entry to its waters.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Alexandria
Egypt
Haifa
Convicted Black Woman In Slaying of Doctor Held for New Trial
Mrs. Ruby McCollum, a Black widow with three children, is back in Suwannee County Jail in Live Oak Fla awaiting a ruling on a motion for a new trial after being convicted of murdering a white doctor.
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Live Oak
Fla
Ruby McCollum
Suwannee County
Girls Rob Woman in Cleveland Heist
Two young girls Mary Dobee and Sunda ee naa yn stole a woman's purse in Cleveland containing ten dollars. Police pursue leads as the victim reports the theft and identifies the suspects.
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Cleveland
Mary Dobee
Sunda Ee Naayn
Meigs Youth Is County's Fifth Victim
Auto wrecks kill two in Southeastern Ohio Saturday night. Roy Joe Dailey, 17, of Portland, thrown from a car, run over by another vehicle, dies at Meigs General Hospital. Charles W. Fitzpatrick Jr. dies when his car leaves Route 35 near Gallipolis. Mrs. Adams, 34, of Sandusky, killed in a separate crash. Coroner says chest and skull injuries.
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Roy Joe Dailey
Portland
Pomeroy
Lower Edward Dak4
Lane Dusky
Oak
Route 35
Gallipolis
Charles W. Fitzpatrick
Jackson
Iticall Woeras Om
Adams
Sandusky
Mike Adams
Kananga
State Highway Patrol
Holzer Hospi
Davis
Remo
Oak Hill
D. R. Warehime
George Ehman
Gallia County
Sandusky County
Ralph Buntz
Enman
Gerald Bryan
Dailey
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs County
Henry Ewing
Daily
Clifford Seenhower
McKenzie
E. Main St
Doctors at Odds Over Mrs Bellamy Illness in Ironton
Ironton physicians debate whether Mrs. William Bellamy, 27, has chicken pox or smallpox. They await Columbus test results to settle the diagnosis as the old doctors struggle to recall smallpox symptoms.
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Ironton
William ‘Bellamy
Columbus
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