Russia replies to West on wide talks for peace
London says Moscow has answered the western powers counter proposal for peace talks covering troubled areas beyond Germany. The Russian reply, identical to notes from the United States and France, was handed to the British embassy in Moscow with no immediate word on replies to Washington or Paris. A preliminary translation was sent to the British foreign office, now under consideration.
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Dean Acheson
United States
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Robert Schuman
France
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Moscow
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U S
One UN Division Routed during Korean Front Offensive
In a major tide turning push, about 200000 Chinese and Korean Reds struck across a 150 mile front north and northeast of Seoul. UN forces performed limited withdrawals as heavy fighting surged near Yonchon and Kaesong.
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United Nations
USS
Eighth Army
Yonchon
Kaesong
A.P
Jack Macbeth
Imjin River
Seoul
Macbeth
MacArthur
John Randolph
North Korea
Randolph
Choksong
Fifth Air Force
Ed Johnson
William J. Waugh
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Matthew B. Ridgeway
U. S.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Wherry Douglas Clash Over Sicmiasaiaile Program
Washington reports a Wherry assertion that the administration arms program would wreck the economy clashes with Douglas bid for a 6,000,000-man fighting force. Douglas warns of Soviet attack within months and urges mobilization to 6 million by Nov 1. Wherry estimates military spending at 75 to 100 billion annually and accuses Acheson of overstepping authority.
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Douglas
D-Ill
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Truman
Pentagon
Acheson
Ohio Solons Meet Today To Organize
Ohio's 99th General Assembly met to organize for a session facing financial problems. Gov Lausche announced state agencies seek about 115.9 million dollars more than expected revenues for the next two years. Senate and House organize with officers elected. Lt. Gov Nye to call Senate to order at 1 30 pm. Retiring Speaker Cantwell presides in the House until Gordon Renner is elected and takes oath.
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Ohio
99Th General Assembly
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Senate
House
George D. Nye
John F. Cantwell
Mahoning County
Gordon Renner
R Hamilton
Renner
Five Die In Fire At West Virginia Family Home
In Gary West Virginia a family across three generations perished when a fire destroyed their home in a bed room blaze. Victims included Mildred Bratton 32 grandmother Mattie Cox 87 and children Louise 11 Juanita 9 and Lilly 8. Fire investigators blamed a gasoline spill near a coal stove for the disaster.
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Gary
W. Va
West Virginia
Mildred Bratton
Mattie Cox
Coalwood
Bratton
Louise
Juanita
Lilly
Death Toll In Ohio 17 During New Year Holiday
Columbus report shows 17 violent deaths in Ohio during the New Year holiday period. Eleven deaths followed traffic accidents on state highways while six resulted from miscellaneous mishaps. The tally runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, and marks one fewer death than the Christmas weekend.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Pleven Urges French Rally Behind National Defense
Paris reports Premier Rene Pleven on New Year’s Day radio appeals to all Frenchmen to support defenses with patriotism discipline work and calmness. He says 1951 must give national defense a new impulse and reinforce the army in the interests of peace.
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Rene Pleven
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Quevedo Elected Head of Security Council
LAKE SUCCESS The United Nations Security Council named Antonio Quevedo of Ecuador as president succeeding Dr T F Tsiang of National China. Brazil took Cuba's seat, the Netherlands Norway, and Turkey the former Egypt seat amid changes in the council.
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Brown's Aide Named Columbus Office Helper
Glenn Sparks of Columbus, a former Mount Vernon news reporter and Knox County clerk of courts, is appointed assistant to Ted W. Preven, who becomes secretary of state. The move cements Sparks in a key state administration role amid ongoing governance changes.
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F. Glenn Sparks
Mount Vernon News
Knox County Clerk of Courts
Ted W. Preven
Styte Jap
New Year Reflections on War and Peace in 1951
Americans greet 1951 amid war fears and peace prayers with somber mood. In New York Times Square crowds, church services and Day of Prayer mark the transition as many pray for loved ones in Korea and seek courage for the year ahead. Several cities show contrasts between revelry and restraint.
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New York
Yesteryear
Civil Defense Bill Blocked By Formality
Washington report says a parliamentary formality delays House action on a civil defense bill. The compromise measure creates an independent Civil Defense Administration with wide powers during or in anticipation of attack and designates Millard Caldwell Jr as administrator pending Senate confirmation. President Truman hopes for swift action and ten day signing window.
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House
U.S
Senate
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
United States
Millard F. Caldwell, Jr
Florida
Boy Hit by Car in Point Pleasant Injures Skids
Eight year old Robert Rayburn son of Lonnie and Mrs. Rayburn was injured Sunday afternoon when he ran into a car driven by Leona Jones on Route 35 near the Y. He was taken to Holzer Hospital for cuts and bruises.
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Lonnie Rayburn
Leona Jones
Jones
Holzer Hospital
102 Year-Old Angel Mrs Lynch Dies in Wheeling
Annie Carmelite Lynch age 102 of Wheeling died yesterday in hospital. Known as an angel to wounded soldiers of the Civil War she opened her home to the injured and cared for many. Born December 18 1848 she devoted her life to nursing soldiers and helping others.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Annie Carmelite Lynch
Truman condolence message to Austrian leaders
President Truman sent condolences to the Austrian people on the death of President Karl Renner. He called Renner one of Europe's outstanding elder statesmen and praised his leadership during critical postwar years.
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Truman
Karl Renner
Austria
Renner
Europe
Robbers Loot Liquor Store In Elyria
Detectives issued a state alert for safecrackers who robbed a state liquor store, stealing about $11,600 in cash and an unknown number of whiskey bottles after breaking through a rear brick wall and drilling the safe. Store manager Hayden Evans found the break late yesterday as the robbers fled, leaving their tools in the furnace to burn off wooden handles.
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Elyria
Hayden Evans
Convicted Man Renews Fight Against Chair
A Carroll County man Ernest Bennett Deem seeks to avoid the electric chair with three pending appeals including an Ohio Supreme Court stay of his Jan 10 execution date for the 1949 first degree murder of his cousin Virginia George. His attorney Emile Reiss asks Gov Lausche to commute the sentence and transfer him to Lima hospital while appealing. Reiss also asked the American Legion to aid a veteran’s chance to survive.
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Ernest Bennett Deem
Carroll County
Ohio Supreme Court
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Frank J. Lausche
Lima
Reiss
U.S. Jets Strike Red Forces Across Korean Front
Allied warplanes pounded advancing Chinese and North Korean troops on multiple sectors from Yonchon to Chorwon and Kaesong. Fighters claimed hundreds killed or wounded as napalm and rockets blasted troop concentrations, tanks, buildings, and supply points.
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Detroit
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Treeder
Byers
Dewey Urges Allied World For Atomic Shield Survival
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in his third term inaugural warned America must build strong allies and invulnerable bases worldwide to send the atomic bomb, opposing Herbert Hoover’s call to withdraw from Europe and Asia. He argued the free world possesses vast resources and urged steady toil and sacrifice, saying action is still possible though time is late.
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N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
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Truman Gets New Tax Bill
Washington expects a $3.3 billion excess profits tax to reach President Truman by nightfall, with final action set for an unprecedented New Year’s Day session. The levy would push annual tax revenue above $45 billion to fund defense, curb profiteering, and control inflation, expiring July 1, 1953 unless renewed. It follows a September increase, bringing total wartime tax hikes to about $8 billion annually.
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Truman
Congress
Facilities To Grow At Weather Bureau In Columbus
The U S Weather Bureau in Washington plans to expand Columbus facilities to offer specialized services for farmers industry and commerce. Ted Pierce head of the Columbus bureau said Washington favors long range plans to turn the local bureau into a forecasting consulting center for Ohio.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Columbus Weather Bureau
Ted Pierce
Ohio
Senator Vandenberg Unable To Take Seat
GRAND RAPIDS Michigan Senator Vandenberg ail ing Republican foreign affairs leader will be absent when the 82nd Congress convenes at noon Wednesday. The absence follows days of uncertainty after his personal physician announced the condition.
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Mich
Vandenberg
R-Mich
82Nd Congress
West Virginia youth dies in Route 7 crash
Robert Gray, 20, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was killed early today when the automobile he was riding in left Route 7 and overturned eight miles southwest of Marifua.
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Robert Gray
Parkersburg
W. Va
Route 7
Here
Jap War Leader Dies in Tokyo at 76
Morimara, a World War II figure once cited as a wartime leader, has died in Tokyo at age 76. The obituary notes his service and lingering postwar role in Japan's military history.
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Morimara
Body of Gen Walker Arrives for Burial
The body of Lt Gen Walton H. Walker arrives in Washington for burial Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery. He was Eighth Army commander killed in a jeep crash in Korea. Flown from Tokyo via Anchorage Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, he is accompanied by his widow, his son Capt Sam Simms Walker, and Sgt Walter Reynolds, his aide.
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