Weather hamstrings Hunt for missing C-46 plane over Pittsburgh
Murky weather slowed a wide search for a missing Continental Charters C-46 transport with 40 on board. The craft vanished Saturday night en route from Pittsburgh to Buffalo. A large multi-agency air and ground search mobilized across 100 miles of the Allegheny region with 180 aircraft and 300 personnel aiding police and foresters.
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Pittsburgh
Continental Charters, Inc
Miami
Buffalo
Continental
John A. Belding
Alexander Wozniak
U.S. Air Force
Wozniak
Royal Canadian Air Force
U.S
Coast Guard
Salem
Mass
Lake Erie
Air Force
Allegheny National Forest
Brookville
Silver Bridge Toll Ends as Traffic Opens Free
Dr. Charles Holzer Sr led ceremonies marking the opening of the Point Pleasant Gallipolis Silver Bridge toll free. The $1,200,000 Ohio River span, connecting Route 35 between Kanauga and Point Pleasant, opened to all traffic at noon after toll collection ceased. The event honors promoters Holzer and Windsor and historic dedication figures.
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Gallipolis
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Charles Fry
Stanley B. Huntington
Fry
Huntington
West Virginia
Kanauga
Charles E. Holzer
Walter A. Windsor
West Virginia-Ohio River Bridge Co
Holzer
Windsor
J. E. Greiner Co
Baltimore
General Contracting Co
Pittsburgh
Clyde T. Morris
College of Engineersing
Ohio State University
McLaughlin, McAfee and Co
Mackubin
Goodrich Co
South
Mason County
Ann Windsor Peek
E. Bartow Jones
Senator Jones
Klan Denies Involvement in Florida Bombings
At a Saturday meeting in Miami the Ku Klux Klan denied knowledge of recent Florida bombings. Gov. Fuller Warren condemned Walter White of the NAACP as a "hired Harlem hate-monger" after White accused the state of unrest. The Klansmen burned a 15 foot cross and criticized blame placed on them for the outbreak.
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Miami
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Florida
Fuller Warren
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Warren
British Begin Loan Pay-Off
The United States receives the first installment on the 1946 British loan of 3 billion dollars. The payment totals nearly 139 million dollars and marks the first of 50 annual payments. Britain also owes about 603 million dollars for World War II aid, added to the loan at 2 percent interest. Britain chose not to waive the 87 million dollars interest segment.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Britain
Messenger Wants Buy and Sell Ads Range
Mrs. Frame of The Plains notes an insertion for Messenger Wants to buy and sell childrens toys household goods farm equipment and real estate through the Messenger. The brief notice promotes a classified-like service within the newspaper page.
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Frame
Childrens
Messenger
Fifty Planes Join Search for Transport
A dawn air search across central and southern Arizona mobilizes about 50 Civil Air Patrol planes plus units from Williams and Luke air bases to locate a missing F-51 Mustang and a C-47 with 27 aboard. The C-47 was en route from Hamilton AFB to Goodfellow AFB with 23 military passengers and four crew. Names not disclosed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Civil Air Patrol
Williams Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base
Bill Lewis
Central
No Late Hours For Ohio Bars
Ohio bars must close by 2 30 a m on New Year s Eve with 88 state agents on duty to enforce. Night clubs and late closing taverns may not sell or serve liquor after 2 30 a m and cannot resume until 5 30 a m. Other bars close by 1 a m.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Rutkowski
Acheson flags grim prospects in new year outlook
Secretary of State Acheson warned of potential communist threats in Korea Indo China Burma Egypt and Iran as possible triggers for crises in the new year. He said peace in Korea could be followed by treachery or aggression while praising progress in unifying free nations, especially in the North Atlantic area.
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New York
Korea
Acheson
Southeast Asia
Republic of Korea
Indo-China
Burma
United States
Egypt
Kremlin
North Atlantic
30 Families Flee Chagrin River Flood
The Chagrin River broke its banks near Eastlake with about 30 families displaced and four believed marooned. Army engineers dynamited ice in a bid to create an outlet to Lake Erie, but the river rose again. Forecaster Milton W. Davis warned temperatures would stay above freezing, ensuring more snowmelt and higher water levels.
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Cleveland
Chagrin River
Eastlake
Army
Lake Erie
Milton W. Davis
Weather Bureau
Fire Damages St. John's Evangelical Parsonage and School
A Sunday night blaze caused 25000 dollars in interior damage to the St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church parsonage and Sunday school rooms. Firefighters kept flames from the church auditorium but smoke damage occurred.
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Tiffin
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Allies Charge Reds Plan War Amidst Truce Talks
In final Korean truce talks of 1951 the United Nations accused the Reds of planning war while negotiating a ceasefire and of hiding details on more than 50,000 unaccounted for prisoners. Subcommittees remained deadlocked over armistice policing and prisoner exchanges as Panmunjom meetings were set for Tuesday.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Today
Pan
Howard M. Turner
R. E. Libby
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Snow Storm Hampers UN Hill Assault Near Panmunjom
Communist troops held a dug-in hill near Korangpo as UN forces struggle to retake it in a fourth day of battle. Temperatures plummeted to 20 degrees below zero as clashes continued 30 miles north of Seoul, with Chinese units and 10 tanks involved in the counterattack.
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Seoul
Korea
Korangpo
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
UN Serves Talking Role Says Vorys
Columbus Representative John M. Vorys said the United Nations serves by keeping nations talking not fighting. He returned from the UN General Assembly in Paris where he acted as a US delegate.
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Columbus
John M. Vorys
Ohio
United Nations
Vorys
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
United States
End of Penny Post Card Marks New Rates
The penny post card rises to two cents at 12:01 a.m. on January 1 as part of postal rate hikes aimed at boosting the Post Office Department budget by about 120 million dollars yearly. Postcards mailed before midnight on New Year’s Eve pass free. those sent after may be delivered due or returned. Other changes include parcel post weight limits, higher fees for special delivery and insured mail, and a 19 percent rise for second class mail effective April 1952 with further increases planned for 1953 and 1954.
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Washington
Church Slaying Attracts Tragic Shootout In Indiana
In Bourbon Indiana a 24 year old soldier on leave opened fire during a church service killing 16 year old Ruth Golden and wounding 13 year old Judy Faulkner before shooting himself. Police said the suspect Omer Shoemaker from Akron shot Ruth in the neck and spine after she refused a date and then fired five shots total in the church before dying.
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Bourbon
Ind
Mentone
Apostolic Church
Omer Shoemaker
Akron
Ruth Golden
Shoemaker
Judy Faulkner
Faulkner
Slots Bill Author Seeks House Seat in Senate Run
WAVERLY Ohio state Rep. Charlies Noel of Pike announces his candidacy for the seventh eighth district state senate seat. Noel, serving his first House term, is the first Republican elected in Democratic Pike County in nearly a century. The seventh eighth district has a traditional Republican leaning.
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Waverly
Charlies Noel
Pike
Ohio
Noel
House of Presentatives
Pike County
Span-Builders Win Ohio River Bridge Franchise
Dr. Charles E. Holzer and Walter A. Windsor push through Congress to obtain a franchise to span the Ohio River from Gallipolis to Kentucky. They relocate plants and endure opposition from Pomeroy promoters as Baltimore and Pittsburgh financiers back a $1.2 million deal with bonds at 5 percent, preferred stock at 7 percent, and 24,000 common shares. The duo embody rugged individualism in their free enterprise effort.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer
Walter A. Windsor
Congress
Ohio River
Kentucky
Holzer
Point Pleasant
Windsor
Marietta
Pomeroy Bridge
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Holzer-Windsor Combine
Rio Grande College
Dr. Holzer
Walter Windsor
Closing of Hungarian consulates sparks U S action
The Hungarian consulates in New York and Cleveland faced a midnight shutdown after the State Department deadline. Reports say New York staff indicated closure was effective Friday night, while Cleveland received a prompt inquiry about moving equipment. The action follows Hungary’s detention of four American fliers and the United States payment of 120000 in fines.
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New York
Cleveland
State Department
Washington
Anl
Hungary
U. S
Former Mayor Dies in Toledo
William H. Black, Sr., 85, a retired attorney and former mayor of Wooster, Ohio, died Sunday at his home in Toledo. A Chicago native, he belonged to the Illinois and Ohio bars, served as master in chancery in Decatur, Illinois for 12 years, and was Wooster mayor from 1923 to 1927 before retirement.
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Toledo
William H. Black
Wooster, O
Chicago
State Counts Sixteen Dead in New Year Holiday Weekend
Ohio reports 16 deaths from accidents with at least 12 traffic fatalities since Friday 6 p.m. and three other deaths from miscellaneous causes. Victims include John W. Yuhas Jr. 20 of Youngstown, Wayne Spriggs 21 of Mount Vernon, Thomas Mesaros 25 of Akron, and Enkell Carroll 36 with wife Tressie 34 of Mansfield, plus a Mansfield couple in a separate collision.
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Ohio
Associated Press
John W. Yuhas, Jr
U. S. Steel Co
Youngstown
Wayne Spriggs
Mount Vernon
Thomas Mesaros
Akron
Cleveland
Broadview
Enkell Carroll
Tressie
Mansfield
Columbus
Holiday Toll Reaches 228
An Associated Press count at 6 p.m. Friday tallies 228 deaths from accidents over the New Year weekend. The total breaks down to 154 highway fatalities, 45 from fires, and 29 other accidents, with snow and ice blamed for reduced traffic.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Moundsville Crash Kills Four Teens Near Town
Four teenagers were killed in a crash near Moundsville when their car collided with a tractor trailer. Victims were Richard Moore 18 Mattie Doss 15 Nancy Simsa 15 all of Moundsville and Ralph Neehouse 18 of Limestone, statewide police reported.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Richard Moore
Mattie Doss
Nancy Simsa
Ralph Neehouse
Limestone
World Welcomes 1952 Amid Hopes for Peace and Elections
A global wish for a peaceful year as 1952 begins with New Year rites from Times Square to Piccadilly and Paris revels. Anxious observers note the US presidential election and Korea truce talks shaping celebrations amid war.
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United States
Times Square
British Chief's Visit Delayed Aboard Queen Mary
The Queen Mary carrying Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden set sail from Southampton three days late due to Atlantic storms and a heavy anchor. The 81,000 ton liner left with 1104 passengers and a 35 member party, including Churchill, for talks with President Truman. Churchill dined with Earl Katten, who will command the Mediterranean fleet from May.
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Southampton
Eng
Winston Eneral
America
Truman
Churchill
Eden
Earl Katten
Rescue Four in Navy Courier Plane Crash in Hong Kong
A Navy courier plane crashed in Hong Kong Harbor this afternoon. Four of eight aboard are missing and presumed dead. four were rescued, one in critical condition. Names were withheld.
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Hong Kong
Va, & Navy
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