New Year Opens With Red Allied Parley Stalled
MUNSAN Korea AP reports the New Year begins with truce talks at a dead stalemate over supervising the armistice. Communists agree to provide more data on 50,000 missing Allies and in principle on civilian repatriation, raising potential disputes. Vice Adm Turner Joy says progress will require time while South Korea’s Rhee warns against hasty deals before unification.
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Munsan
Korea
Turner Joy
Joy
U. S
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Reds Bomb Two Airfields Near Seoul in New Year Skirmish
In a 30 minute dog fight over northwest Korea American Sabre jets damaged two Red MiG-15s while 31 U S planes engaged 60 communist jets with no Sabre casualties. Two U S planes were shot down by anti aircraft fire behind enemy lines. The U N artillery barrage and raids opened New Year along the 145 mile front with limited ground action near Yonchon. Communist losses were tallied at 3866 over the past week including 2305 killed.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Eighth Army
Nation Lists 292 Deaths 23 in Ohio During New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports 441 weekend deaths so far with 292 on highways and streets, 43 in fires, and 106 in other accidents. Ohio accounts for 23 fatalities, 17 from traffic and six from miscellaneous causes, with Louis Rusterholz of Zanesville among those killed by gas leakage Monday.
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National Safety Council
Upper New York State
Ohio
Associated Press
Louis Rusterholz
Zanesville
Soviet View of Peace Prospects for 1951
Pravda asserts better peace prospects for the new year and predicts no world war in the coming months. The paper says Americans are moving away from those preparing for war and notes 1951 has been ungratifying for Americans, with a call for peace amidst wrath against imperialist warmongers.
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Moscow
Pravda
Russian Communist Party
New York
United States
Hungary closes Hungary consulates after airman fines
New York and Cleveland Hungarian consulates complied with a State Department order to close. An attache said staff at the New York office would complete moving before the midnight deadline as Hungary had held four American airmen and the United States paid 120000 dollars in fines.
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New York
Cleveland
State Department
Hungary
United States
Stalin Expresses Sympathy With Japan In New Year Note
Russian Premier Stalin breaks tradition to reply to Kyodo in Tokyo thanking Japan and saying the Soviet people sympathize with the Japanese under foreign occupation. He states there is no custom for a foreign premier to send greetings but cites shared hardship and believes Japan will regain independence.
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Stalin
Kyodo
Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
Notorious Killers Seized After 36 Hour Hunt
AMIENS France two condemned murderers Leon Meurant Belgian and Michel Courtin Frenchman captured on a farm near Amien s after a tip. Meurant fired six shots in the air before surrendering with Courtin ending a 36hour manhunt. Meurant had been convicted last year of murdering the French Countess Sauty de Chalon in 1945.
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France
Leon Meurant
Michel Courtin
Here
Meurant
Courtin
Europe
Sauty de Chalon
Zanesville Burglar Nabbed on Rooftop
A suspected burglar was captured on a roof in Zanesville after being surprised by the Emrod family. Identified as Jack Lee Topple, 30, of Massillon, he was captured by Patrolman Floyd Lemmon on a second floor roof after fleeing the home of Herb Emrod. He faces questioning on burglaries in Massillon and Newcomerstown.
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Zanesville
Massillon
Newcomerstown
Jack Lee Topple
Floyd Lemmon
Herb Emrod
Emrod
Bridge freeing erases barrier to tri county progress
Gallipolis notes the West Virginia Road Commission freed the Silver Bridge six years early. Senator E Bartow Jones led ceremonies calling the act a milestone for Mason Meigs and Gallia counties. Tributes were paid to bridge founders Holzer Windsor and local officials and business leaders welcomed visitors from Point Pleasant.
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West Virginia Road Commission
W. T. Brice
Brice
West Virginia
E. Bartow Jones
Walter A. Windsor
Richard Peek
Senator Jones
George O. Harper
Wayne Foster
Holzer Hospital
Holzer
H. W. Walters
Paul Jarvis
John Mills
Clyde T. Mitchell
Elmer E. Caldwell
Gilbert Bush, Jr
T. A. Thomas
Elmer Davis
Carl Nibert
Frank Danner, Jr
Carl French
Dean Davis
Retail Merchants Committee
I. Richards
Gilbert Beard
Chester Leaper
Casby Meadows
Silver Span Pioneers Scored Many Firsts
In Gallipolis the Silver Bridge and its designers Dr. Charles E. Holzer and Walter A. Windsor achieved numerous firsts. It featured a unique suspension using heat treated eye-bar chains and was the first in America of this design. The bridge, at 2235 feet total length, employed aluminum paint and boasted high tensile strength.
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Jon
Gallipolis
Walter A. Windsor
Roy W. Eschenaur
Dent
Point Pleasant
Holzer
Wayne Foster
Stanley B. Hunting
Paul Jarvis
America
Girls Slain After Party in Royal Oak Snowbank
Two Pontiac high school girls were found dead in a Royal Oak snowbank early today after leaving a New Year’s Eve party. Physicians said both appear to have been strangled. Autopsies ordered. preliminary police reports place the party in Ferndale with departure about 11 p.m.
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Detroit
Pontiac
Royal Oak
I. C. Privette
Oakland County
Ferndale
Ohio Traffic Toll Tops 1951 Deaths and Injuries
An Associated Press survey reports more than 1200 traffic deaths in Ohio for 1951 with injuries near 16 000 and total accidents exceeding 113 000. Urban areas show high fatalities, rural highways also fatal, with September the peak month. The report notes incomplete data and warns totals may rise.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
Boost City Tax To Five Mills To Cover 620000 Deficit
Youngstown city council raises municipal income tax from three to five mills to cover an anticipated deficit of six hundred twenty thousand dollars. The move aims to balance the budget.
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Youngstown
Rescue Planes Join Hunt for Missing C-46 in Arizona
Sixty eight rescue planes and a ground party renewed the search in Arizona for a missing Air Force C-46 transport with 28 aboard including 19 West Point cadets. A report claimed wreckage on Iron Mountain but identification remains uncertain. The hunt spans California to the Great Lakes and Alaska as other damaged or missing planes are investigated.
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Great Lakes
Arizona
Alaska
Air Force
West Point
Iron Mountain
Phoenix
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Goodfellow A.F. Base
Texas
Transocean Airlines
Point Barrow-to- Fairbanks
Elizabeth
N.J
Washington
Civil Aeronauctics Board
Donald W. Nyrop
CAB
Nyrop
Spokane
Wash
Travis Air Base
U S Missions to Arrive in Madrid for Aid Pact Talks
U S officials said economic and military missions would reach Madrid soon to negotiate bilateral accords under the mutual security act. The package includes 100 million dollars in aid for Spain to boost mining, power, transport, and farming sectors.
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Spain
Francisco Franco
Paul Porter
Mutual Security Agency
Porter
United States
MSA
U. S
Stanton Griffis
Griffis
L. P. Mooney Dies After Car Crash in Logan
Logan Ohio state representative L P Mooney, 62, died at Hocking Valley Hospital from injuries sustained in a Route 33 automobile crash on December 23. Survived by wife Lola, two daughters, three sisters, a brother, and two grandsons. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m at a to be announced site. Heinlein Funeral Home in charge. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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J. P. Mooney
Hocking County
Ohio General Assembly
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Lola Mooney
Gail Farmer
Shirley Sherwood
Florence Corkley
Marie Barton
Nelsonville
Lauretta Brown
Columbus
L. S. Mooney
Charleston
Heinlein
Gunman Reed Butler Sought After Cab Robberies In California
Reed Butler 28 of Menlo Park died in a Bayshore highway gun battle with police after stealing two cabs and wounding Officer Daniel Harris. Reserve Officer William Gohn fatally shot Butler. Harris was treated for a hand and thigh wound. Butler previously had assault and burglary convictions.
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Calif
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Reed Butler
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Menlo
Butler
William H. Gohn
Belmont Force
Daniel D. Harris
Richard Chamberlain
Woodside
Whiskey Hill Road
Chamberlain
Taft Mulls Southwest Campaign Trip in March
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, pursuing the Republican presidential nomination, is considering a campaign swing in the southwest during March. No definite schedule has been announced.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Southwest
Taft
Cannon Hints Possible Cut in Military Spending Next Year
House Appropriations Chair Cannon said easing tensions could allow a smaller military budget for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. He declined to estimate the amount but suggested it may be less than last year’s 56.94 billion dollars while promising closer scrutiny of defense requests. He noted potential recapture of unspent funds and cited White House pressure for economies amid Truman’s objections to some Joint Chiefs figures.
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Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Russia
Avor
Armed Services
White House
Pentagon
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cold Wave Hits Ohio Valley From West to East
A broad cold air mass moved into the north and central United States after Rocky Mountain blizzards and Great Lakes fog. The Weather Bureau warned of strong winds and sharp temperature drops with little snow. Oklahoma City saw a 50 degree fall from 79 as heat lingered in the Texas to Ohio Valley belt.
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United States
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Great Lakes Midwest
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Texas
Ohio Valley
New Year Celebrations Worldwide With Fireworks And Football Bowls
The year 1952 opened with midnight toasts prayer and cannon fire as Korea endured Allied artillery on the front while New Yorks Times Square hosted a massive crowd. Washington and Boston saw nightlife and street revelry with varied intensity and the annual football bowl games dominated holiday activity abroad Moscow marked a combined New Year Christmas with Grandfather Frost gifting toys to children.
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Korea
New York City
Times Square
Washington
Boston
London
Chelsea
Ike Backers Hint Major Development in Republican Bid
Washington reports Ike backers expect a major development soon to back Eisenhower for the GOP presidential nomination. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts will hold a news conference Sunday to reveal what could be good news for those supporting Eisenhower. Senator Duff of Pennsylvania and campaign managers have pressed for his candidacy while Ike remains publicly silent on his status.
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Washington
Bicans
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Eisenhower
Senator Duff
Pennsylvania
Number of Potential Voters in Ohio Rise
The 1950 census counts 5,280,602 Ohioans 21 years or older, up from 4,583,907 in 1940. Women over 21 increased by 387,889 while the male adult population rose 298,806. Overseas armed forces are not included in these figures.
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Census Bureau
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