Truman to Outline Broad Social Security Plan at Opening
President Truman travels to Capitol Hill to unveil a wide expansion of Social Security as the core of his Fair Deal. Congress may shelve major items like compulsory health insurance and Civil rights while moving ahead on a House approved bill to add 11 million to Social Security and boost pension and death benefits. Senate moves and Democratic leaders push for quick passage.
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Truman
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Martin
George
Democratic Policy Committee
Truman Opposes Using U S Troops to Hold Formosa
President Truman reportedly remains against deploying American troops to block communist advances on Formosa. He chaired a National Security Council meeting at the White House which affirmed no change in U S policy, while continuing economic and political support for Chiang Kai Shek against possible communist takeover.
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Truman
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Island
Installation Planned At Western Reserve
Western Reserve University will install Dr. John S. Millis as its ninth president Saturday afternoon. A former president of the University of Vermont, he will succeed Dr. Winfred G. Leutner, who has resigned.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
John S. Millis
University of Vermont
Winferd G. Leutner
Telegraf Reports Reds Rebuked by Moscow over East Germany
Western socialist circles claimed Moscow chastised East Germany for falsified two year production results and poor quality deliveries to Soviet and East German trade. The Telegraf said Andrei Vishinsky went to Berlin to pressure the regime and Walter Ulbricht was summoned to Moscow for instructions under Stalin’s birthday pretense.
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Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Marshal Stalin
Air Crash Kills Two at Lubbock Airport
A light plane crashed at 5 20 a m at Lubbock Municipal Airport burning cotton bales. Pilot James E Paul of Shawnee Oklahoma died. a passenger was not identified. Destination listed as Oklahoma City. The Ercoupe crashed after taking off and circling the field twice.
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Tex
Civil Aeronautics Administration
James E. Paul
Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma City
Egypt Holds First General Election in Five Years
About five million Egyptians are set to vote Tuesday in Cairo for the Nile kingdom's first general election in five years.
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Cairo
Nile Kingdom
GOP Plans Principles Statement Urged by Morse
Senator Morse urges Republicans to return to the 1948 platform as a basis for a new party principles statement. GOP leaders weigh drafting a campaign statement while debating how to address foreign policy and Taft era proposals amid a looming Senate caucus.
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R-Ore
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Millikin
Colorado
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New York
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Jenner
Rind
Malone
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Watkins
Utah
Son Held In Shooting in Dayton
Dayton police hold 24 year old Andrew Allen Fields on an open charge after he says he shot his father Andrew Fields Sr in self defense following a New Year’s Day argument. Fields admitted hearing his mother’s scream and using a .22 caliber rifle to fire at his father in the chest. The elder Fields died at St Elizabeth’s Hospital.
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Andrew Allen Fields
Andrew
Earl Frederick
Fields
Frederick
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Fair Managers Group to Convene with Ag Board in Columbus
The Ohio Fair Managers Assn and State Board of Agriculture will meet in Columbus January 11 and 12. D. Robert Jones will unveil plans for the 1950 Ohio State Fair while John F. Cunningham discusses why a new state fairgrounds site may be needed.
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Ohio Fair Managers Assn
State Board of Agriculture
D. Robert Jones
John F. Cunningham
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Polio Authority Dr John A Toomey Dies at 60
Dr. John A Toomey, age 60, a noted polio treatment authority, died Sunday in Cleveland. He gained national recognition for pioneering a method of rapid recovery for polio victims through physical rehabilitation.
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Cleveland
John A Toomey
Thieves Steal whiskey cash and cigarets near Pomeroy
Thieves took 210 dollars 50 bottles of whiskey 15 cartons of cigarets from a roadhouse near Langs Route 7 two miles east of Pomeroy. They forced a back door and damaged fixtures while searching for Saturday receipts. Diamonds worth thousands were left untouched. The owners H M Brown and wife Mrs Brown report to the sheriff.
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Here
H. M. Brown
Shenang Springs
Mrs. Brown
Langs
Route 7
Army Cuts Manpower To Reach 630000 Strength
The Army announced January enlistments will be limited to soldiers whose current duty ends soon or expired within 90 days. No new enlistments from non prior service or war veterans. Aimed at trimming strength to 630000 by February 1, removing about 26000 from the current level.
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Washington
Army
Bargaining Election Slated at Circleville
The National Labor Relations Board orders a collective bargaining election for production and maintenance workers at Container Corporation of America in Circleville Ohio to decide representation by the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers AFL or no union. District 50 United Mine Workers will not appear on the ballot due to noncompliance with filing rules.
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National Labor Relations Board
Container Corporation of America
Circleville
Ohio
International Brotherhood of Paper Makers
AFL
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
NLRB
Bidault Seeks Three More Confidence Votes
Premier Georges Bidault faces three additional confidence votes in Parliament over the 1950 budget tax increase. He seeks the final 25 billion francs required to balance a budget that envisions 2 257 billion francs in expenditures.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
France
Bidault
Missing Girl Anna De Vault Found Safe in Huntington
Anna De Vault 16, once believed missing, telephoned her mother from Gallipolis to report she was employed in Huntington and safe. The two state search sparked concern after reports of her absence circulated on radio and in Huntington newspapers.
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Gallipolis
Anna DeVault
Huntington
Miss DeVault
Dewey To Hit Health Plan
Governor Dewey will attack socialized medicine and a federal push for national health care in his annual message. He argues New York's enterprise system provides high health and welfare standards without government interference and opposes compulsory health insurance backed by Oscar Ewing.
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N. Y
Truman
Dewey
Britain
New York State
New York
Oscar Ewing
Unidentified Planes Fly Over Ryukyus Reported Daily
Ferdinand Micklautz of the American Red Cross says unidentified reconnaissance planes believed to be Russian fly over the Ryukyu Islands almost daily and disappear before American interceptors can react. He notes the planes operate with little interference over Okinawa and recently returned to Tokyo after seven weeks on the base island.
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Ryukyu Islands
Red Cross
Ferdinand Micklautz
Okinawa
Golden Duck Yields Hidden Gold Nuggets in Idaho Tale
American Falls Idaho report says a duck shot by Reuben Butler allegedly contained gold in its gizzard. The bird passed through Bob Lee to Mr. and Mrs. C V Sweet where five raw gold pieces spilled out. The largest nugget measured about a quarter inch long. Mrs Sweet’s 87 year old husband quipped about finally finding gold and puzzled by the duck’s origin.
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Idaho
Reuben Butler
Butler
Bob Lee
Lee
C. V. Sweet
Holiday Toll Far Below Estimates
Ohio end of New Year weekend records seven violent deaths by early today with five traffic fatalities and a fire related death plus a crane accident. Twenty eight traffic deaths and five other accident fatalities were recorded during the Christmas holiday period nationwide.
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FOAB Takes Deeper Bite
Washington report notes Social Security old age and survivors insurance tax rising from 1 percent to 1 percent on the first 3000 of earnings, with employer matching. About 39 million workers affected, $15 yearly per person plus employer. A House bill may raise the maximum taxable income to 3600, expanding coverage and benefits. Further payroll tax increases are anticipated in coming years.
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Senate
Ex-Produce Dealer Robbed of $10,000 in Atlanta
Clarence J. Knittle, a retired Berlin Heights Ohio produce dealer, told police he was robbed of 100 $100 bills totaling $10,000 while walking on a street. He said a man and woman stopped him, forced the cash from his pockets, and escaped.
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Berlin Heights
Ohio
Clarence J. Knittle
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Rail Coach Hits Wall Injuring Thirteen Near Stamford Mills
A rail passenger coach, shunted onto an unlocked switch, plowed through a bumper block and a concrete wall into the Stamford Rolling Mills plant. Nineteen feet into the plant, eleven of the thirty passengers and two of three crew members were injured, none seriously.
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Stamford
Conn
Stamford Rolling Mills
Mercy Killing Doctor Holds Town Support
In Candia New Hampshire a country doctor charged with murder for mercy killing a terminal patient won broad town support. Dr Sander 40 received a confidence vote from 605 of 650 registered voters while awaiting Hillsboro County Grand Jury deliberations. The New Hampshire Academy of General Practice also voiced support.
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Grand Jury
Sander
New Hampshire Academy of General Practice
Academy
George Brown
Concord
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Four Shot To Death In Grand Island Home
Four people were found shot to death in a Grand Island basement. County Attorney Donald Weaver said it appeared to be a triple slaying with one suicide. Victims were D. H. Johnson his wife Lucille their son Mercer and Lucille's father C W Mercer. The bodies were located by John Johnson's son in law and daughter Jack and Mrs Morris who had just returned from Lincoln. Neighbors called the family steady and hard working.
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Neb
Donald Weaver
D. H. Johnson
Lucille
Mercer
New York Water Levels Rise Slightly From Rain
New York water supply remains far below normal though up from recent rains to about 91 billion gallons, near December levels. Officials say a month of water saving and a drought break stabilized the supply but caution that reserves are still well under normal.
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Burglar Binds and Robs Baby Sitter in Cleveland Incident
A burglar bound and gagged a 14 year old girl babysitter at the Germane home in Cleveland early Sunday. He fled with a camera a pair of binoculars and seven dollars in quarters. Germane, 30, is vice president of Impression Tool and Mold Co.
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Norman Germane
Germane
Impression Tool & Mold Co
Finland Faces Soviet War Criminal Charges In Helsinki
Finland confronted Soviet claims that over 300 Russian war criminals were harbored on its soil and provided with false documents. The government opened a study of the Soviet note, with a government reply expected soon as Finland seeks friendly ties with its eastern neighbor.
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Finland
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Moscow
Grigory Savonenkov
Juho Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Andrei Gromyko
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Soviet Union
Bartender Wounded in Martins Ferry Shooting
Milburn Cowser 45 of near Ragland is jailed on an open charge after allegedly shooting Smithfield bartender Otto Scaggs 47 in front of Otto's Place Martins Ferry. Sheriff Clarence Eberts said the argument led to the shooting. Scaggs was hospitalized in critical condition.
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GMC Funds For Dayton Hospital Expansion
General Motors Corp allocates 1,215,000 dollars to hospital expansion campaigns in Dayton. GM employs over 33,000 people in the area and VP E. R. Godfrey cites a pressing need for additional facilities in Dayton hospitals.
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General Motors Corp
General Motors
E. R. Godfrey
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