Severe Freeze Forecast Cuts Across Central Texas
A hard freeze is forecast for Central Texas as a norther brings bone chilling cold from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley. Temperatures may dip to 19 degrees with a 36 degree high on Wednesday and more freezing weather for the next two days.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Central
Austin
The
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Winter Garden
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Dallas
Electra
Galveston
West Texas
South Texas
Alice
Brownsville
Amarillo
Tyler
East Texas
Bryan
Reporter Talks On Telephone With Wife of Syngman Rhee
A reporter recounts dialing Seoul and finally speaking with Mrs. Rhee as foreign lines caromed through Austin and Oakland. The piece captures the frustrations and hum of a late night cross ocean call amid windy conditions and crowded party lines.
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Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Korea
Austin
Oakland
Calif
Pacific
Rhee
South Korea
Lockhart
Anderson Yellowjackets Named District 5 Champions
The Anderson football team earned the District 5 title by elimination and will face Yates High School in Houston Thursday after a two weeks layoff from practice. The note appears in the editorial page with AS YOU LIKE IT by John Wheeler replacing Billy Rose's column due to health.
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Billy Rose
Rose
Anderson
Yellowjackets
Yates High School
Houston
Navy Frigates Return to Combat With South Korea
The Navy announced two lend leased US frigates, the Rockford and the Muskogee, have joined South Korea's naval forces after being turned over at Pusan on November 5. They previously served with the US Navy in World War II before transfer.
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INS
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Russia
Rockford
Muskogee
Pusan
Army Sets Up New Defenses in Korea stalemate
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee discussed steps for Korea under any outcome including a possible Dunkirk type evacuation. They warned no decision made yet as UN forces regroup and Bradley signaled evacuation plans only for extreme northeast positions if defense lines fail.
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Truman
Attlee
Korea
MacArthur
Omar N. Bradley
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Bradley
Charles G Ross
London
United Nations
Ross
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Britain
United States
White House
Williamsburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles G. Ross Dies Aide to President Truman
Charles G. Ross 65 longtime White House press secretary and friend to President Truman collapsed and died at his desk shortly after briefing nearly 50 reporters on Truman Attlee talks. Brigadier General Wallace H. Graham said death was due to a coronary occlusion. Ross had a history of minor attacks in recent years.
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Charles G. Ross
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White House
Clement Attlee
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Wallace H. Graham
Nations urge China and Korea to halt 38th Parallel crisis
Thirteen UN member states including India Afghanistan Burma Egypt Indonesia Iran Iraq Lebanon Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Syria and Yemen urge Communist China and North Korea to refrain from crossing the 38th parallel in Korea. They request time for crisis resolution and send the appeal to Wu Hsiu-Chuan for transmission to Peiping. The UN called an emergency assembly as Trygve Lie pressed for cease fire and negotiations.
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Lester B. Pearson
Trygve Lie
Benegal N. Rau
India
Carlos P. Romulo
Zafrullah Khan
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
China
Lie
Marines Fight Freeze and Forked Road Out of Koto
In Koto Korea on December 5 Marines and soldiers endure bitter cold and heavy enemy fire. Surrounded by advancing forces they face crippled tanks and blocked routes as they seek a perilous breakout. Colonel Lewis Puller leads the First Marine Regiment amid the Chosin Reservoir area.
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Korea
Little
Lewis Puller
First Marine Regiment
Hagaru
Great
Chosin
Changjin
Secret Eighth Army Lines Guarded as China Prepares
Tokyo reports the US Eighth Army guarding a new defensive line in northwest Korea while 30,000 troops remain trapped in Northeast Korea. General Collins says the army can handle itself and notes atomic bombs hold little tactical value. Chinese forces advance toward the Hungnam Wonsan axis as air strikes hit a long convoy near Changjin Reservoir. 100,000 Chinese Reds are now in the northeast.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Ryongyang
38Th Parallel
J. Lawton Collins
Seoul
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Hungnam
Wonsan
Tenth Corps
Hamhung
US First Marine Division
MacArthur
Changjin Reservoir
Retreat Irony as Army Pulls South From Pyongyang
A reporter describes riding 165 miles through a snow dust storm with a large American army retreating from Pyongyang toward Seoul. The journey, marked by poor brakes and blinding dust, is portrayed as the greatest retreat in modern U.S. history with moments of danger and exhaustion.
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Pyongyang
Seoul
South Korea
38Th Parallel
Red Korea
A Via
Associated Press
Bill Waugh
Waugh
Competent Collins Declares Eighth Army In Korea
General J. Lawton Collins said after talks with Allied commanders that the American Eighth Army is quite competent to take care of itself. He praised its retreat under advancing Chinese forces and the orderly movements observed. He also stated he cannot see a role for the atom bomb in Korean operations.
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Seoul
Korea
J. Lawton Colling
Eighth Army
Collins
Pyongyang
Sino Red Move in Force Shock to Brass
Tokyo dispatch reports a surprise Chinese Communist attack in Korea shocked top US commanders more than the June invasion. Intelligence later questioned why signs were missed, with estimates of 90,000 to 88,000 troops crossing from Manchuria and a large force now in Korea.
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Korea
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Orient
Charles Willoughby
MacArthur
Yalu River
Red v. Lin Piao
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Manchuria
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