U S Planes Down Four Mig-15s In Major Air Battle
American Thunderjets claim four Soviet Mig-15s shot down over northwest Korea while all U S planes return safely. Wonju recaptured and in U N control, tanks bolstered advance with heavy fighting near Yongwol and Tanyang as Red forces retreat west of Wonju.
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Northwest
Korea
John Randolph
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Wonju
United Nations
Yongwol
Tanyang
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Antung
Budget Called an Invitation to Disaster by Senator Bridges
Senator Bridges voiced strong opposition to President Truman's proposed 71.5 billion budget, calling it an invitation to disaster and accusing the White House of deceit over non defense funding. He warned the plan could bankrupt the government and cited projected deficits and unpaid bills.
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Washington
Bridges
Truman
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Stalin
America
Congress
House Group Has Hearing On Draft Age
The House Armed Services Committee opens hearings on a bill to require 18 year olds to serve and to create a universal military service and training program. Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall is a leading witness as debate focuses on lowering the draft age and extending service. The panel seeks tougher laws to meet manpower needs while ensuring proper training before combat. The current draft law expires June 9 with 3,500,000 in uniform expected.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall
Senate Armed Services
House Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Newsmen
British papers report plutonium manufacture
London morning papers claim Britain is producing plutonium on a large scale for its atomic program. The Ministry of Supply offered no comment, with a spokesman stating no remarks could be made.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Supply
Fingerprintable artificial hands tied to FBI records
In Los Angeles researchers showcase new artificial hands so life like their fingerprints are on file with the FBI, highlighting advances in prosthetics and biometric matching.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Auto Improper Home Divorce Ruling in Cleveland
Judge Julius M. Kovachy held that keeping only an automobile as a home constitutes gross neglect of duty. He granted a divorce sought by ibhie Lee Robinson, 16. Robinson claimed she lived in her husband’s automobile from last May to September before returning to her mother's home.
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Cleveland
Julius M. Kovachy
Ibhie Lee Robinson
Avalanche Death Toll In Alps Rises Across Many Nations
In Austria avalanches increase death toll to 234 as towns are isolated and farms and lodges destroyed. Switzerland reports reduced danger but still many burials. Italy, France, and other regions tally dead and missing while Innsbruck is cut off and water supplies are endangered.
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Austria
Europe
Switzerland
Austrian Alps
Afria
Italy
Livigno
France
Innsbruck
Tyrol
Volcanic Disaster in New Guinea Hits 4000 Toll
Sydney reports that Mt Lamington eruption in New Guinea may be the century’s worst disaster in the region. Officials estimate 4000 dead or injured with many more missing as flights scattered people into jungle. One European killed and 34 others missing among traders missionaries and officials.
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Australia
New Guinea
Mt. Lamington
New
Port Moresby
West Virginia woman survives boulder crash hits home
Huntington West Virginia Miss Bess Christy a 66 year old woman was found pinned under a five ton boulder that smashed into her wooden frame house at Lesage near Huntington Sunday night She is hospitalized with a broken pelvis a broken wrist and shock and exposure after the incident discovered by a railroad section foreman yesterday morning
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W. VA
West Virginia
Bess Christy
Lesage
Here
Reorganized Lustron Not Eligible for Aid
Raymond M. Foley told the House Banking Committee that if the Lustron Prefab Housing Corp of Columbus were reorganized it likely would not qualify for aid under the administration defense housing bill. He testified as President Truman sought a 3 billion dollar housing measure.
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Lustron Prefab Housing Corp
Columbus
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance
House Banking Committee
Truman
Two More Crewmen Of Tug Discovered
Recovery of two more bodies leaves eight still missing from the ill fated tug Sachem. Bodies identified as La Verne Graf 51 Tonawanda the Sachem s second captain and Francis Dugan about 55 Detroit deck hand were found on the Lake Erie shore near Angola yesterday.
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N.Y
Sachem
la Verne Graf
Tonawanda
Francis Dugan
Detroit
Lake Erie
Angola
Nerve Gas Injectors Made By Cleveland Firm
Strong Cob & Co Inc, a Cleveland chemists firm, announces it has been manufacturing thousands of nerve gas injectors containing atropine. Injectors are being distributed to civil defense units and are designed to inoculate those exposed. The vice president notes a center attack mortality of 100 percent without treatment versus a 70 percent survival with the amp in injector.
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Cleveland
United States
Strong Cob & Co., Inc
Herbert A. Strate
Sapirie Named Manager of Oak Ridge Plant
S. R. Sapirie, deputy manager, was named manager of the Oak Ridge atomic energy plant. The 42 year old engineer’s promotion, effective February 1, was announced by M. W. Boyer, AEC general manager, as part of production command shifts after Carleton Shugg’s resignation.
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Washington
Oak Ridge
Zanesville Plans Costly Sewage Disposal Plant
Mayor William Watson announced a $3 000 000 project to build a sewage disposal plant in Zanesville to treat wastes polluting the Muskingum River. He met with five councilmen and four city officials to discuss legislation and hire an engineer for a preliminary survey next Monday.
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Zanesville
Muskingum River
William Watson
Stockyard Worker Killed by Mad Bull
A maddened 1900 pound bull killed Fred Ellerman, 73, an elderly stockyards worker of 36 years at Cincinnati Union Stockyards. The incident occurred yesterday, authorities reported no further details.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Union
Fred Ellerman
British Losses in Korea Pass 120 Soldiers
London report states that up to January 20, 120 British officers and men have been killed in the Korean War. Minister of War John Strachey told the House of Commons that 366 were wounded and 3 are missing.
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London
John Strachey
House of Commons
Senate Vote On Europe In First Troops to Europe Move
Washington AP report says administration leaders expect a favorable Senate vote on the first round of troops to Europe. Senator Wherry seeks to instruct foreign relations and armed services panels to report by Feb 2 on barring Truman from deploying troops without Congress approval. Connally doubts the measure, but may strip time limits. Eisenhower testimony is planned.
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Europe
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
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D-Tex
Foreign Relations
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Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Truman
North Atlantic Defense Force
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GOP
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Closer Bases Seen as U S Aim Against Russia
The United States shifts its war strategy to establish closer overseas bases to strike Russia. The B 36 bomber completed a non stop flight to Texas after visiting Great Britain. The British Air Ministry said a sixth UK base will open in March. General Omar Bradley told a Senate committee that nearer bases enable easier and cheaper sustained retaliation air attacks.
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America
Russia
U.S
Air Force
Texas
Great Britain
British Air Ministry
U.S. Air Force
United Kingdom
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Legislature Considers Redistricting Changes in Ohio
Rep. John J. Lynch proposes 23 congressional districts replacing at large seat. Plan follows 1950 census, splitting Cuyahoga into four and Franklin into two districts while Columbus grows, with 338 597 people in the Tenth District. Ohio House action and statewide ballot timing await.
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Ohio
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Mahoning County
Ohio House of Representatives
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Cuyahoga County
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Newsday lands A-Bomb on Long Island stunt headline
Newsday reports three staffers floated to Manhattan from Amagansett in a rubber raft carrying a small trunk that could have held an atom bomb, then hid it in a Times Square locker. The stunt echoed the 1942 Amagansett Nazi saboteurs and highlighted gaps in Coast Guard and police response.
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N. Y
Newsday
Reds
Long Island
Amagansett
Manhattan
Times Square
Times
Coast Guard
Bob Pfeifle
Mecox Coast Guard
Hoover Co. Wins $4 5 Million Fuse Contract for Canton Plant
The Cleveland Ord nance District announced Hoover Company of Canton received a four and a half million dollar fuse contract. The award covers a substantial weapons component production for the Canton facility.
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Cleveland Ordnance District
Hoover Co
Canton
Police Grab Dope Peddlers
New York police and prosecutors announced the arrest of a dozen men described as major drug distributors in deals running into millions of dollars. Manhattan District Attorney Frank S Hogan called two top level distributors and the rest upper bracket dealers after ten months of joint investigations with the FBI and NYPD, involving forty agents and sixteen undercover officers.
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New York
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Defendant Angry At Bombing Trial
The bombing trial of Rocco Russo resumes with Russo protesting the seating arrangement. He is in handcuffs after his outburst. Jean Ferrar testified she saw him attach dynamite to two sticks and leave the trailer with the explosive wrapped in a bag.
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Sandusky
Rocco Russo
Russo
Jean Ferrar
Infants Evacuated From Notre Dame Hospital Fire
Seven newborns were among 24 patients moved from Notre Dame Hospital in CENTRAL FALLS R I during a fire. The group was taken in 16 degree cold to a nearby nurses home for later transfer to Memorial Hospital while 17 adults were also evacuated safely.
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Central Falls, R.L
Notre Dame Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Beltline Plan Advances in Ohio Legislature
Sponsors of a Lake Erie to Ohio River beltline said identical bills to authorize its construction would be introduced in the Ohio Senate and House today.
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House of Representatives
House
Senate
Columbus
Ohio Senate
UN considers China reply on Korean ceasefire timing
The United Nations sidetracked U S charges of Communist Chinese aggression to study Peiping's statement that a Korean cease-fire could be arranged at the first meeting of a seven nation conference. Rau said China seeks limited ceasefire and withdrawal of foreign troops while ensuring its UN status. Austin denounced the move as delaying tactics amid tense votes.
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India
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Warren R. Austin
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Gladwyn Jebb
Jebb
Austin
Carrier Independence Sunk by Navy After WWII Service
SAN FRANCISCO The atom bombed carrier Independence will be blasted. The Navy says the 10,000 ton light carrier, once a WWII hero with planes that destroyed over 100 Japanese aircraft and at least one cruiser Oyodo, is no longer of value even as an experimental laboratory for radiologists.
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Independence
Davy Jones
Navy
Oyodo
Solon Senator Proposes a Sex Offender Study Commission
Columbus Senator Ralph Winter introduces a bill in the Ohio Senate to create a commission to study the need for special facilities to care for and treat sex offenders. The measure targets addressing a major societal problem.
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Columbus
Ralph Winter
Medina
Ohio
State Senate
Ike Returns to United States After European Tour
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Paris from Germany, completing rapid stops in ten European nations as he plans to mobilize the Atlantic Pact army to defend Western Europe against Soviet Communism. Fog delayed his Orly Field landing, with a possible diversion to another airport or Frankfurt before final landing. He will depart Thursday for Iceland, Canada, the remaining Atlantic Pact signers, then Washington.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Europe
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Canada
Washington
Sitter seeks 100000 for injuries after fall in home
Cleveland report says Theresa Weingartner, 63, sues Hazel McMonagle and daughter Sally 10 over a February 15 fall in their home after a light was turned off. Weingartner claims a broken hip and says she cannot work as a babysitter.
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Cleveland
Theresa Weingartner
Hazel M. McMonagle
Sally
McMonagle
Anti-Inflation Setup Nears Price and Wage Freeze
The government program to curb inflation advances toward a price and wage freeze as key technical obstacles are removed. President Truman seeks to shield defense needs from material shortages to protect economic growth.
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Washington
Truman
Bethlehem Steel Announces $300 Million New York Expansion
Bethlehem Steel Corp announced a $300 million expansion program in New York last night. The plan aims to enlarge production capacity and modernize facilities, signaling a major growth push for the steel company.
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Steel Company
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
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