Dulles Seeks Global Ring to Counter Soviet Threat
John Foster Dulles urged a worldwide economic political and military ring around the Soviet world rather than isolated defense. He warned against crawling behind a Gibraltar like shield and urged united action to deter aggression with capacity to counter attack.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
America
Dulless'ee
Russia
Dulles
American Association For the United Nations
Mutual
State Department
Truman
United States
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Asia
Hoover
American Association of the United Nations
GOP
Guy Gabrielson
Free World
Soviet
State's Holiday Toll Rises to 119 in Texas
The Texas DPS reports eight more deaths over 24 hours ending 4 p.m. Friday, bringing the holiday toll to 119 since Dec. 23. Sixty-two are traffic fatalities including Frank Delarosa, Floyd Mitchell, Mary Nell Buckley, and Eddie Hedgeoth. Other deaths include Hugh Lloyd Peet Jr., Zack Hinckley Dibrell, Joe W. Coffee, and Margaret Olenburger. The tally projects 211 deaths before Jan. 1 with 105 traffic fatalities.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Frank Delarosa
Victoria
Arcola
Floyd Mitchell
Nome
Mary Nell Buckley
Weatherford
Fort Worth
Eddie Hedgeoth
Brownfield
DPS
Hugh Lloyd Peet, Jr
Echo
Zack Hinckley Dibrell
Coleman
Food dealers urged to hold prices nationwide
Government calls on food processors and distributors to maintain current prices under fair price standards. Price Stabilizer DiSalle says increases may be allowed only for actual costs, not market or replacement costs, as voluntary stabilization efforts continue amid shortages and a rising price trend since Korea War began. Also notes farm prices have risen about 15.6 percent since last June, with several commodities at or above ceiling levels. GM plants join auto shutdowns due to material shortages, idling an estimated 16 workers.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Disalle
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
iSalle
Agriculture Department
General Motors
Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac
Wilmington
Del
Framingham
Atlanta
Youth Rescued Alive From Higgen Bottom Cavern
17 year old Don Ball, Nashville high school football star, was pulled from Higgen bottom Cavern after a 17 hour exposure. Guardsmen on hands and knees carried him on a stretcher to a cave exit, where a 125 pound rescue volunteer tied a rope for hauling. Ball remains unconscious in hospital with head and leg injuries and possible pneumonia, but doctors call his condition favorable after the ordeal.
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Mecminnville
Tenn
National Guardsmen
Don Ball
Floyd Collins
Nashville
Ball
Higgenbottom Cavern
William Greer
Paul Goodman
Mac- Minnville
Ed Ball
Tennessee
Associated Press
Vanderbilt Hospital
Thomas H. Shriver
Thomas A. Shriver
Vernon Sharp III
Vanderbilt
David Rollins
Higgenbottom Cave
Cumberland
Kentucky
Victory gardens may return in county farming
County Agent Elmo Cook predicts pint sized truck farms will sprout like early spring lettuce. The note hints at recurring interest in home and school gardens as a local trend.
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Victory Gardens
Elmo Cook
Rail unions push for more favorable terms in three year peace pact
Cleveland December 29. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers orders its officers to return to Washington seeking better terms in a three year settlement proposed for four unions including trainmen firemen and conductors. About 300000 workers would gain minimum wage boosts and cost of living adjustments under the White House drafted plan.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Washington
John R. Steelman
White House
BLE
Army
James P. Shields
Couple Held in Baby Kidnapping in Odessa
Odessa reports the FBI and Louisiana officials captured May and Robert Stanley aliases Robert and Betty Starr late Friday in Crowley. The two month old Eleser Yvers daughter of Mrs Beatrice Yvers remains in Acadia Hospital Crowley. The baby was unharmed after the Odessa kidnapping on December 22 and the couple face federal kidnapping charges.
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Odessa
FBI
el Paso
Crowley
D. K. Brown
May
Robert Stanley
Louisiana
Robert
Betty Starr
Eleser Yvers
Beatrice Yvers
Acadia
Truman Signs Anti-Monopoly Bill Into Law
President Truman signed an amendment to the 1914 Clayton Act banning asset purchases to defeat competition. The measure closes a long-standing gap and targets mergers that reduce market rivalry, with FTC enforcement pledged. Senator O Mahoney cited a halted abrasives merger between Carborundum and Minnesota Mining as a result.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Trade Commission
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Carborundum Company
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
St. Paul
Minn
Wyoming
GeneralGrath
James M. Mead
App
Iniet
Boston
Taft Questions Military Guidance and U. S. Policies
Senator Robert A. Taft accused top military leaders of admitting a historic setback in Korea and questioned their judgment. He urged focus on land army size for defense, with sea and air power as bases, criticizing Truman for late GOP consultation and linking policy to Europe strategy.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Japan
Philippines
Senate
Republican
Korea
Taft
Truman
Russia
Europe
Texas Group 7 500 Medics Will Register For Service
An estimated 7 500 doctors dentists and veterinarians in Texas must register January 15 under the medical draft law per state selective service headquarters Brigadier General Paul L Wakefield announced Friday Those under 50 who have not joined regular or reserve military service must register The January move brings records for about 8 250 of roughly 10 000 Texas physicians dentists and veterinarians.
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Texas
State
Selective Service
Paul L. Wakefield
Armed Services
Livestock Group Seeks Drouth County Listings
SAN ANTONIO December 29 An effort to list all South Texas counties as drought counties is planned by a livestock marketing official. The Texas Railroad Commission could designate them to cut feed freight rates. Walter G. Ray of the Texas Livestock Marketing Association said an amended petition will replace an earlier list of 37 counties.
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San Antonio
South Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Walter G. Ray
Texas Livestock Marketing Association
Vietminh Move Reaches Ten Miles From Hanoi
Vietminh battalions push along a 25 mile front north of Hanoi reaching within 10 miles of the provincial capital before yielding gains under a French counterattack. French communique reports heavy Vietminh casualties and says several posts along the Duy and Songeau rivers were overrun.
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Saigon
Indochina
Hanoi
Duy
Songeau
Enemy Buildup Threatens Major New Year Offensive
Five thousand Communist troops pushed UN forces back three to eight miles on the eastern Korea front. The buildup extends toward Seoul as Chinese and Korean Reds concentrate near the Imjin River, while Allied air power inflicts heavy casualties and braces for an anticipated mass assault between January 1 and 10.
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United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
South Korea
North Korea
Seoul
Imjin
Far East Air Force
MacArthur
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
North
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Boyle
Chunchon
38Th Parallel
William C. Barnard
Hungnam
Pupyong
Jof
Suspensions Ordered At Wichita Falls State Hospital
State Hospital Board Executive Director Larry O. Cox announced that a high official and two employees at Wichita Falls State Hospital were suspended and told to leave the grounds pending a misconduct investigation. Cox would not reveal the charges or names, saying the matter is grave and will be examined by Dr. Dean Huff and Ballard Clark who return to lead the hospital in the interim. The action followed a call from Wichita Falls District Attorney A. B. Haley and was taken with the governor’s knowledge, aiming to avoid harm if the charges prove unfounded.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls State Hospital
State Hospital Board
Larry O. Cox
Cox
Wichita Falls
Board For
State Hospitals and Special Schools
Dean Huff
Ballard Clark
Allan Shivers
A. B. Haley
Haley
Canadian River Bill Signed but No Fund
President Truman signed the 86.656 million Canadian River project bill authorizing water delivery to a dozen Texas Panhandle and high plains cities. Funding must come via separate legislation, unlikely amid the world crisis, with a 27 million dam near Sanford and a 54 million aqueduct to Amarillo Pampa Borger Lubbock Brownfield Littlefield Levelland Dimmit Tahoka O'Donnell Lamesa and Plainview. Repayment is about 95 percent over 50 years.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Panhandle
High Plains
Texas
Sanford
Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
Lubbock
Brownfield
Littlefield
Levelland
Dimmit
Tahoka
O'Donnell
Lamesa
Plainview
Freezes Ended and Sky Remains Dry Across Central Texas
The Weather Bureau reports the freeze is over for Austin and Central Texas with no rain expected as clouds form. Saturday brings warmer temps in Centex while other state regions stay similarly cold. Farther east and south remains wintry with ice and snow disruptions and several traffic fatalities reported from slick roads.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Centex
Panhandle
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South
South Carolina
Florida
Far West
East Georgia
New England
Matick
Mass
Alabama
Louisiana
Rusk County Judge ex Legislator Dies
Henderson, Dec 29. R M Leath 60 former legislator and Rusk County judge died Friday. He served 1934 to 1938 in the legislature and was county judge since 1943, with re election in fall balloting. Also six years as county commissioner. Funeral services set for Saturday. Survivors include his widow a daughter Mrs Guy L Massey of Kyler and two sisters.
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Henderson
R. M. Leath
Rusk County
Leath
Guy L. Massey
Kyler
Paris model sends Christmas greeting spanning oceans and years
A Wenatchee reader describes a Parisian model who sent a Christmas note to a former 9th Air Force fighter pilot in Wenatchee. The letter recounts hunger in war years, a chance ride in a horse drawn taxi, and a later reunion with no memory of his name, plane, or unit.
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Wash
Air Force
Bellingham
Daily World Office
Robert Rowan
Paris
9Th Air Force
Wenatchee Area
Rowan
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