Airfield dispute halts Korean truce talks at Panmunjom
Allied negotiators pressed the communists over an alleged contradiction in airfield policy during a military armistice. Maj. Gen. Turner demanded a clear communists explanation after reports they would build and repair airfields while denying it.
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Munsan
Korea
Reds
Howard M. Turner
Turner
Hsieh Fang
Panmunjom
R. E. Libby
Nam III
Joy
Jets Down Four Red Planes Near Panmunjom Front
American F-86 Sabres shot down four Red jets in air battles within 39 miles of Panmunjom. A Mig-15 fell at Sariwon 150 miles south of the Yalu as Migs clashed with F-84s 30 miles north of Panmunjom. Navy gun actions near Kosong and Wonsan involved Rochester Collett De Haven Gregory MacKenzie ships with no injuries.
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Seoul
Korea
Panmunjom
Sariwon
Yalu River
Manchuria
Rochester
Collett
de Haven
Kosong
U.S
Gregory
MacKenzie
Besieged Wonsan
UN Approves Arms Study Commission
The United Nations General Assembly voted 42 to 5 to establish a 12 nation disarmament commission to study step by step reductions in arms and armed forces with a goal of prohibiting atomic weapons. The measure was led by the Western Big Three powers the United States Britain and France after weeks of debate and private talks with Russia and Assembly President Luis Padilla Nervo. Russia withdrew earlier amendments aimed at immediate prohibition of atomic weapons.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Britain
France
UN Assembly
Assembly
Russia
Luis Padilla Nervo
Traffic Violator Hawkins Given Heavy Penalties
Cincinnati judge labels Isaac Hawkins a menace with no regard for law and imposes the heaviest penalties in the traffic court history. Hawkins, 41, convicted of two drunken driving charges and one driving under suspension, receives one year in the workhouse and fines totaling 1212 dollars plus automatic revocation of driving rights by the state motor vehicles bureau.
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Cincinnati
Frank J. Gusweiler
Isaac Hawkins
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Hawkins
Welcome to The Messenger by Your Friendly Newspaperboy
The notice greets subscribers with a warm welcome to the carrier who delivers The Messenger daily. It emphasizes home delivery, prompt payment, and the carrier’s independence so he can stay reliable and earn his profit.
Clean-Up Job Appointment Draws Fire
President Truman assigns Attorney General McGrath to lead a government cleanup drawing protests from Senate and House Republicans and silence from Democrats. House tax scandal probes point to high officials in McGrath's Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Bureau. Senator Capehart calls the move a sign there will be no cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
McGrath
Senate
House
White House
Rep
King
D-Calif
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Nixon
R-Calif
Rep. Bakewell
R-Mo
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Cold Flurry Subsides Amid Varied U S Weather
The Associated Press reports mostly fair and dry conditions countrywide with lingering cold in the northeast and along the Atlantic coast to the Gulf. Sub freezing temperatures appear in southern areas while central regions see some warming before a new cold air mass moves into Montana from the Canadian border.
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Atlantic
Gulf
Canadian
Montana
Pt. Pleasant Man Dies at Huntington
Delbert Lawhorn died about 3 a m today at Veterans Hospital in Huntington where he had been taken several days ago. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Point Pleasant
Delbert Lawhorn
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Pennsylvanian freighter Pennsylvanian missing crew found none
Searchers for the abandoned freighter Pennsylvania and 45 crewmen failed to locate any trace 465 miles northwest of Vancouver Island. Canadian and U S ships and seven planes scoured the windy sea as night fell with stormy weather and low visibility. Coast Guard pilots reported no sightings and hoped to widen the search before darkness.
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Seattle
Pennsylvania
North Pacific
U. S
Vancouver Island
Cmdr
R. M. Dudley
Coast Guard
Simy
Jever
Richest Ohio gas strike reported at Marietta
A spokesman for B. H. Putnam Oil Producers said three wildcat wells came in. Two wells are in Belpre Township Washington County and one in Troy Township Athens County all at 4300 feet. Three more test holes are being drilled with production figures to be released. gas will not enter pipelines for months.
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Marietta
Ohio
B. H. Putnam Oil
Belpre Township
Washington County
Troy Township
Athens County
Air Force to Double Size of Lockbourne Base
The Air Force announced a 17 million dollar program to expand Lockbourne Air Force Base near Columbus by early next summer. The plan adds about 4000 airmen and increases planes and personnel at the base.
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Air Force
Lockbourne
Columbus
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Episcopal Bishop Beverly D. Tucker to retire in February
The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio reports Bishop Beverly D. Tucker will retire on February 4, marking her 70th birthday. Tucker has served on the Western Reserve University Board of Trustees.
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Cleveland
Beverly D. Tucker
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Western Reserve University Board of Trustees
Unknown Soldier list grows as 1800 U S troops remain unidentified
In Korea the number of unidentified American dead rises to about 1800 now housed in Kyushu Japan at Camp Kokura. Identification continues through fingerprints dental records and other methods with daily chances of linking remains to names. The Defense Department cites 11000 missing in Korea and says the unknowns are traced only when verification is solid.
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Tokyo
Kyushu
Defense Department
Robert J. Beauchamp
Far East
Camp Kokura
Korea
United States
Kokura
Gunwoman Steals Baby Sparks Massive Minnesota Manhunt
A blond gunwoman abducted a two week old baby in Mankato Minnesota after posing as a pregnant woman seeking childbirth advice. Police urged state and federal help as a 10 hour search followed the door raid and shooting in the Callahan home.
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Mankato
Minn
Midwest
Stanley W. Christ
Minnesota
Callahan
Polio Fight Splits Akron Groups Over Drive
In Akron the former head of Summit County NFIP faces a clash over a polio drive with Fred Danner forming a separate foundation. Danner backs a combined drive with the United Foundation, while Basil OConnor’s National Polio Foundation rejects an offered $78,000. An independent drive for OConor is planned for Jan 31.
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Akron
Summit County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
United Foundation
Fred Danner
Basil O'Connor
National Polio Foundation
Danner
O’connor
Funeral Home and Church Picketed During Rites
The Billow Funeral Chapel and Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church were picketed during a funeral in Akron. Secretary Richard Ault said the 77 year old firm would continue services but give up its invalid car and ambulance service. It is believed to be the first strike against an Ohio funeral home.
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Akron
Billow Funeral
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Richard Ault
Ohio
Bataan Hero Rejects Eisenhower Endorsement
General Jonathan M. Wainwright visits Cleveland for a dedication of an organized reserve corps center and says Dwight D. Eisenhower cannot win the Republican nomination without campaigning. He praises Douglas MacArthur as America's greatest soldier and questions presidential ability of past military leaders Zachary Taylor and Ulysses S. Grant. He also notes that letting MacArthur handle Korea might have ended the war sooner.
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Cleveland
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
America
Bataan
Eisenhower
Wainwright
White House
Zachary Taylor
Ulysses S. Gran
MacArthur
Meigs County Resident Dies at 87 at Home
Josephheous Pickens, 87, of Apple Grove died this morning at his home. Funeral services are planned Sunday at 2 p.m. at Letart Falls Methodist Church, with burial in Letart Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home in Pomeroy.
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Apple Grove
Josepheus Pickens
Letart Falls Methodist Church
Letart Cemetery
Ewing Funeral Home
Pomeroy
Stay Put Skipper Recounts Fight With Atlantic
Falmouth England AP Capt Kurt Carlsen told a crowd of thousands about his two week battle against wind and waves to survive after the Flying Enterprise sank seventy one hundred ton ship. He spoke of sleeping on a tilted deck and living on pound cake and water before rescue by Turmoil. Carlsen plans to return to sea possibly on another Flying Enterprise.
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Falmouth
Eng
Kurt Carlsen
Ope Serres
Carlsen
Atlantic
Isbandtsen Line
U. S
Willard Keith
Kenneth Dancy
Carlson
Ashor
Flying Enterprise
Dancy
OSU Trustee Emeritus Dies in Columbus
Herbert S. Hub Atkinson trustee emeritus of Ohio State University and Fremont native died of a heart attack at his Coral Gables Florida winter home. He served as secretary of the State Highway Department, three terms in the Ohio House, practiced law in Columbus and later built a large Ohio insurance firm. An Ohio State graduate of 1913 he returned as a trustee in 1925 retiring in 1948. funeral services set for 10:30 a m Monday at Schoedinger Funeral Home in Columbus.
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Columbus
Herbert S
Hub
Atkinson
Ohio State University
Fremont
Schoedinger
Coral Gables
Fla
State Highway Department
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
Ohio State
Wilmington Education Board Grants Minimum 100 Dollar Pay Hike
The Wilmington board of education voted for at least a $100 annual salary increase for all teachers. Scales were not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Board of Education
Big Three Chart Moves To Save Southeast Asia
Military chiefs of Britain France and the United States convene a top secret conference with observers from Canada Australia and New Zealand to consider a unified Southeast Asia command and stronger security measures amid fears of Red China intervention in Indo China.
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Southeast Asia
Washington
Pacific
South-East Asia
Indo-China
Red China
London
Britain
France
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Korea
Salave
Maret
Europe
State Issues New Wildcat Trucking Edict
The state utilities commission announced six rules to curb overloading and wildcat trucking. Rules ban charging by tonnage or revenue percentage, require continuous liability insurance, mandate written lease contracts kept two years and filed with the commission, give carriers control over drivers, prohibit sub leasing to non carriers, and require safety equipment inspections.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Moulton
The
Utilities Commission
Body of Manchester Deckhand Recovered
The body of Maurice Cox a 37 year old Manchester Ohio river boat deckhand was recovered near Raikes Landing about 100 feet from the barge he fell from on Wednesday. Cox worked aboard the Kenna on the Kanawha River at the time of the accident and was found by Scott McDermott and Richard Wamsley around 11 45 a m after a day long search by police fire and coast guardsmen.
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Point Pleasant
Maurice Cox
Manchester
Ohio
Raike
Cox
Kenna
Kanawha
Coast
Scott McDermott
Richard Wamsley
Ohio shale and coal may fuel future oil supply
Geologists led by John H. Melvin of Ohio state say oil bearing shales and low grade coal in about a quarter of Ohio could, with better extraction, become a domestic oil source by 2000. The shale belt runs from Ross to Lake Erie, near eastern coal fields, with water supply a key factor.
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Columbus
Texas
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Ohio
John H. Melvin
Geological Survey Division
State Department of Natural Resources
Ross County
Franklin County
Lake Erie
Geological Division
Ohio State University
Melvin
Colorado
Department’s
Division of Water
Blaze Kills Four in Cleveland Home Fire Tragedy
Fire officials say a gas stove sparked curtains in a baby's room, igniting a blaze that consumed three adjacent houses where about 48 people lived. Wind and cold hampered crews for over an hour. Four bodies were found, two unidentified, including Chevy Neal's newborn daughter and Walter Omylski.
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Cleveland
Chevy! Neal
Denver
Essie Neal
Walter Omylski
Earl
Ohio Five Day Forecast Snow to Rain Turn
Snow turns to rain Saturday or Saturday night with accumulations of one quarter to three quarters inch. Snow and rain likely late Monday or Tuesday. Temperatures run two to four degrees above normal with highs from 35 to 42 and lows 20 to 24. Warmer Saturday, colder Sunday, rising again Monday and Tuesday then colder Wednesday.
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Norma
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Nelsonville Sene
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Ike
Meigs County
England
OSU
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