UN Reds Fail To Budge On Prisoner Trade Plan
In Panmunjom talks the UN and Reds failed to agree on a prisoner exchange. Read Adm. Libby reported the Reds rejected revised UN terms while subcommittees debated if air fields may be rebuilt during an armistice. New sessions set for Wednesday morning.
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Munsan
Korea
Adm
R. E. Libby
Panmunjom
C. Turner Jay
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Jay
UN Command
Congress Opens With Arms Budget Top On Agenda
The 82nd Congress returns to work as defense spending universal military training and foreign aid loom large. Key issues include UMT economic controls and billions in new appropriations ahead of November elections. President Truman’s state of the union and budget messages set the plot as Republicans seek leaders and Democrats gauge potential re election strategy.
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82Nd Congress
Jeet Phenom
House
Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
Fred A. Seaton
R-Neb
Kenneth Wherry
Senate
Senate Republicans
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
UN Troops Battle for Hills West of Korangpo
UN infantrymen won and lost ground in the Lasi Bulge as they failed to recapture two small hills west of Korangpo after brutal clashes. One objective fell to a UN advance after a 15 minute fight. the other after a 10 minute engagement. Communist units with tanks retook both positions in longer combats, with heavy artillery and air activity noted.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Lasi Bulge
Eighth Army
Korangpo
Bridges Elected GOP Floor Chief
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire won a 26 to 15 vote to become the Republican floor leader, succeeding the late Senator Wherry. He plans to serve one year and could again chair the appropriations committee if Republicans win a Senate majority.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Dwight Eisenhower
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Bricker
Ohio
Taft
Israel Riots Erupt Over Direct Negotiations with Germany
In Jerusalem nearly 400 people are reported injured during anti-government riots sparked by a proposal for Israel to negotiate directly with Germany. Police say about 400 rioters were arrested as 2000 youths clashed with forces near the Knesset during a two hour confrontation.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Germany
Knesset
Traffic Expert Clarence Coopersmith Dies at 59
Clarence W. Coopersmith, 59, longtime traffic expert and former traffic commissioner, died Monday. He conceived the school safety patrol plan now adopted in many regions.
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Youngstown
Clarence W. Coopersmith
Resort Blaze Ravages Atlantic City Boardwalk
Fire officials estimate damage might reach four million dollars after a four hour blaze in Atlantic City. The fire destroyed hotels and rooming houses near the boardwalk, gutted a theater and the St Charles Hotel, with eighteen injuries among firefighters police and bystanders. Cause is undetermined as winds reached 40 miles per hour.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Seashore
St. Charles
Five Day Forecast for Ohio and Indiana Rain Expected
Extended forecast calls for rain tonight and in the eastern portion on Wednesday with more rain likely Friday. Total rainfall expected from half to one inch. Temperatures will run three to seven degrees above normal with normal highs 36 to 41 and lows 21 to 24. Cooler Wednesday night and Thursday, warmer Friday, then cooler again over the weekend.
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Ohio
Indiana
High Tribunal Gets Parking Meter Appeal
Kenton grocer James H. Dyer appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court from a conviction for violating Columbus parking meter ordinance passed in 1945. He claimed officials encouraged disregard of tickets and said he was fined $5 and costs after a July 20, 1950 arrest despite the mayor fining him $49. Lower courts upheld the conviction.
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Columbus
James H. Dyer
Kenton
Ohio Supreme Court Today
Dyer
Supreme Court
Two Juveniles Held in Theft at Coolville Garage
Two juveniles ages 15 and 16 were taken into custody Monday on a breaking and entering charge in Coolville. Deputy Joyce said they admitted entering Kincade's Service Station Sunday night with $30 reported missing by the owners, though the youths claimed only $12 was taken. Both youths are held in the county jail awaiting Juvenile Court disposition. One lives in Coolville and the other on Coolville Route 3.
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Coolville
Frank Joyce
Richard Henderson
Kincade
Joyce
Erratic Course Slows Flying Enterprise Tow
The Flying Enterprise towed by the Turmoil zigzags as calmer seas slow their 750 yard tow toward Fal muth. Captain Kurt Carlsen remains aboard the damaged ship after a week adrift following a severe Atlantic storm. The convoy now includes four ships.
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Kurt Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
Falmouth
Enterprise
Dan Parker
Carlsen
Midwest Weather Perseveres Through Snow and Sleet
A broad storm system brings rain sleet and snow across the nation with 3 to 6 inches of snow forecast in parts of the Midwest. Cold conditions persist in the northeast while the Colorado mountains report 14 inches of snow. Strong southerly winds push warmer air toward the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
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Midwest
Illinois
Ohio Valley
New England
Montpelier
Colorado
Texas
Plains
Ohio
Mississippi
Missing Boy Found Shackled to Bed in Salt Lake City
A teenage boy missing since October was found today chained to a bed in a filthy Salt Lake City home. A man held on a bank robbery charge admitted kidnapping the youth. The boy had bruises but was in fair physical condition. authorities will investigate possible sexual mistreatment.
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Salt Lake City
T. A. Callicott
Mystery Monster Wild Dog Tracked Near Newbury In Ohio
Pathologists at Cleveland City Hospital will identify a strange wild dog described as 90 percent chow dog with a mane like a hyena. The 40 pound female, 42 inches long, was shot by Fred Neubauer who cooperated with experts to determine if a new wild dog type remains. Locals call them The Monsters as tracks and sightings around Newbury and Lake Kelso area continue to puzzle observers and game officials.
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Cleveland City Hospital
Fred Neubauer
Lake Kelso
Geauga County
Newbury
R. K. Kula
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Forrest Tuttle
Chardon
Kula
Otto Stetina
Florence Keller
Pleven Cabinet Collapses After Socialist Walkout
Paris Premier Rene Pleven’s five month old government falls when the National Assembly ousts the coalition after rejecting Pleven’s request for broader powers to cut the 140 billion franc deficit of the nationalized railway system. Socialists split from the cabinet fearing mass layoffs on the roads. No immediate plans for a new regime were reported.
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Paris
Rene Pleven
French National Assembly
Pleven
Radio and TV To Air Truman State of the Union
President Truman will deliver his annual state of the union in person to a joint session of Congress. The address will be broadcast coast to coast on all networks starting 12:30 p.m. for radio about 45 minutes, with television coverage beginning at 12:15 p.m. to show pre proceedings.
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New York
Truman
Congress
Area Men Returning From Pacific Theater
Three area men are scheduled to arrive here from the Far East within the next few days. Corporal James C. Cunningham Chauncey Pfe Jenkins Cheshire and Corporal Paul E. Nichols 229 Water Street Jackson are the listed servicemen. Arrival times have not been announced by Army officials.
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Seattle
Far East
James C. Cunningham
Chauncey
Pfe
Joe Jenkins
Cheshire
Paul E. Nichols
Water St
Jackson
Army
Assaulters Sentenced in Youngstown Case
Judge Harold B. Doyle sentenced four Youngstown men to three to 20 years after they pleaded guilty to criminally attacking a 20 year old Struthers girl last August.
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Youngstown
Harold B. Doyle
Struthers
Westinghouse Gives Wage Increases Across Board
The Westinghouse Electric Corp raises pay by five to eight and a half cents per hour, announced by the United Electrical Workers.
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Westinghouse
New York
Westinghouse Electric Corp
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers
Taft Claims Pledges Give Him GOP Nomination Edge
Senator Taft asserts that if pledges convert to voting strength he will win the Republican presidential nomination. He argues Eisenhower would be drafted if needed, while noting delegates from New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Kansas could bolster his convention tally.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Chicago
North Atelantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Paris
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Kansas
Senator Schoeppel
Harry Darby
Schoeppel
Wint Smith
R-Kan
Douglas MacArthur
Duff
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman Churchill To Air Chinese Red Recognition
Washington reports that President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill plan to discuss recognizing Communist China during their talks. They are firm on nonrecognition due to Red intervention in Korea, with potential changes if London revokes Peiping recognition. Other topics include Iranian oil Egyptian troop withdrawal from Suez and Southeast Asia security.
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Truman
Churchill
Washington
Britain
China
Korea
London
Peiping
Suez
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Malaya
Middle East
White House
UN Delegate Blames Soviet for Slowed Armistice Talks
Paris France UN delegate Jean Chauvel accused Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky of stalling Korean armistice negotiations at Panmunjom. Chauvel criticized a Soviet draft for a high level Security Council meeting to ease talks and dissolve the regional security committee. Vishinsky urged expediting talks via a high level gathering of top officials.
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Paris
France
United Nations
Jean Chauvel
Andrei Vishinsky
Panmunjom
Chauveil
Chauvel
Security Council
Vishinsky
Hearst Assets At 16 Million In Estate Inventory
A partial inventory of William Randolph Hearst estate shows assets totaling 16 070 255 with 13 600 000 in Hearst Publishing stock, and 1 650 691 in antiques stored in five warehouses at San Simeon California. Real property in New York Texas Wales Mexico and Wyntoon California awaits appraisal. Hearst died August 14 at 88. Most of the estate is held in two trusts for Millicent Hearst widow and five sons and for charitable and educational institutions.
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Los Angeles
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst Publishing Companies
San Simeon
Calif
New York
Texas
Wales
Mexico
Wyntoon
Hearst
Millicent V. Hearst
Oestreicher Elected President of Columbus City Council
Robert T. Oestreicher, 53, auto dealer, was elected president of the Columbus city council on Monday night by his fellow council members. He succeeds Henry A. Koontz.
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Columbus
Robert T. Oestreicher
Monday Night
Columbus City
Henry A. Koontz
Republican Takes Top RFC Post
Washington reports indicate a Republican ready to lead the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under a merit based loan policy. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Maybank announced a formal inquiry into W. Stuart Symington’s resignation as RFC administrator as Truman delays McDonald’s nomination. Symington is quitting January 15 after six years as a top administration official.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harry A. McDonald
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
W. Stuart Symington
RFC
Truman
Symington
MecDonald
Securities and Exchange Commission
Truman Administration
Stu
Gun Factory Construction Set in March
Rep. M G Burnside announced plans to start construction in March of a gun barrel plant on the former West Virginia Ordnance Works site north of Point Pleasant. The Huntington District Corps of Engineers will hire a contractor. The plant will produce barrels for heavy guns and employ about 200 at start, with a goal of 1000 later.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Here
M. G. Burnside
Fourth Congressional District
Burnside
Huntington District Corps of Engineers
Probe GI's Death
An investigation began Monday into the death of Pvt. Clayton Johnston 20 found with a bullet in his head at his parents home early Sunday Coroner's investigator Earl Frederick said Johnston had told his mother he would kill himself rather than return to duty at Ft. Knox Ky
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Dayton
Pvt
Clayton Johnston
Earl Frederick
Johnston
Ft. Knox
Bulldozers Foil Huge Fire In Sept Isles Port
Three snow-piling bulldozers saved the town of Septiles Quebec from a million dollar blaze that ruined a garage city hall and a department store. With water frozen and oxygen tanks exploding later the flames shot high but the town was declared safe by 3 am. The area lies near Ungava iron ore deposits along the St Lawrence River.
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Canada
Hes
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Schultz To Lead 37th Infantry Division Advance Detail
Brig. Gen. Delbert E. Schultz of Defiance Ohio will head the first elements of the 37th Infantry Division to Camp Polk Louisiana as the Ohio National Guard unit enters federal service. Schultz has been granted federal recognition as a brigadier general. Maj. Gen. Leo M. Kreber commands the division. The initial advance detail departs Columbus with division headquarters technical services supply personnel and units from artillery infantry, engineering medical and tank battalions.
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Washington
Delbert E. Schultz
Defiance
37Th Infantry
Camp Polk
Ohio National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Schultz
Leo M. Kreber
Columbus
Monarch plans health cruise for King George VI to South Africa
Buckingham Palace announced King George VI will undertake an ocean health cruise to South Africa in March and April, accompanied by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. The voyage aboard the 42,500 ton battleship Vai aims to aid his recovery from a serious lung operation last September.
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George VI
South Africa
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Vai
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