Long Island Toll 77 Dead 332 Hurt
Thanksgiving Eve crash on the Long Island Railroad killed 77 and injured 332 as two outbound trains collided in Queens. Public outcry spurred investigations by the district attorney, the Public Service Commission, the railroad, and Gov. Dewey. Acting Mayor Sharkey ordered speed limits and safety scrutiny.
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Queens County
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Public Service Commission
Thomas E. Dewey
Miami Beach
Fla
Dewey
PSC
PSC Injiry
Rockville Centre
Sullivan
William Murphy
Kew Gardens
Queens
Sharkey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Impellitieri
Manhattan
UN Shelves Chinese Charge as Soviet-Launched Civil War
UN political committee votes 35 to 17 with seven abstentions to send the Nationalist Chinese complaint on civil war to the small assembly for another year of study. The move keeps the case alive, with American and Middle Eastern backing, as a nine member Chinese Communist delegation arrives in New York.
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Lake Success
UN Political Committee
China
Soviet Union
Little Assembly
General Assembly
Peiping
Trygve Lie
Jehan de Neue
Idhewild
Jacob A. Malik
Tragedy as Two Long Island Trains Collide
Rescue workers labor at the wreck where 77 people died and 332 were injured in a Long Island commuter train collision. A foreman uses a hydraulic jack to free a trapped passenger amid the chaotic scene.
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Long Island
Acme
Thanksgiving holiday crash sets new record toll
Associated Press reports a holiday death surge with 158 total fatalities from 6 pm Wednesday to late Thursday. The Long Island Railroad wreck near New York City caused 76 deaths, contributing to high totals across highways and miscellaneous incidents. State tallies list Alabama to Wisconsin with numerous fatal events, while 273 days into 1950 saw 24 580 traffic deaths nationwide.
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Virginia
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Wisconsin
Two-Year-Old Sprouts Flower Seed in Lung
Patricia Frede rake grew a sunflower seed in her right lung, with several sprouts. Surgeons removed the hour long operation using needle like forceps through a bronchial tube. The seed caused recurring pneumonia symptoms since August 25 when she breathed it in while eating salted seeds.
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Kansas City
Kan
Patricia Frederake
Kansas
Patricia
Joe Fredelake
Offerle
First Auto Death Recorded In 1907 Says Researchers
A historical note from Winchester Indiana recalls the nation's first automobile death in 1907 as researchers describe early road risks. The article also mentions changes in Central Texas soil conservation boards from recent elections and a Bartlett farmer achieving notable gains in cattle upgrading.
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Winchester
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Central Texas
25 Degree Low Expected Tonight
A strong norther and 40 mile per hour winds chilled Texas on Thanksgiving Day. The Weather Bureau warned the cold would reach deep south Texas Friday and forecast lows near 18 to 25 across Panhandle and Plains. Friday’s cold and the all night freeze threaten vegetation and water pipes. highs may only reach the 47 degree mark.
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Weather Bureau
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Austin Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
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Snes
Victoria
Cotulla
Mineral Wells
Big Spring
San Angelo
Panhandle
South Plains
The
Plains Country
West Texas
East
South Texas
Upper
Brownsville
Lake Charles
Thanksgiving amid war gloom across the nation
Amid mid century celebrations, the nation marks Thanksgiving with family feasts and church services shadowed by Korea war concerns. President Truman rests at Blair House while Vice President Barkley seeks a hospital for a routine check. Marines in Korea share turkey with hungry local children as American GIs host meals for orphans in Frankfurt and other cities.
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Barkley
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Changjin
North Korea
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Bonn
London
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Brussels
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Moscow
Prague
Europe’s Council Amends Charter in Strasbourg
The European Consultative Assembly voted 73 to 7 with 16 abstentions to amend the Council of Europe statute, proposing supranational authorities in political economic and military domains. German Socialists abstained on defense jurisdiction, British Labor opposed or abstained on several amendments, and a seven member committee was created to study Ronald MacKay’s European government idea. The assembly rejected a move for joint defense and foreign policy authorities and urged regional combining bodies for economic and industrial matters. It also considered defense within possible accords and urged rapid high level talks on coal and steel integration under the Schuman plan.
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France
European Consultative Assembly
Assembly
Council of Europe
Ronald MacKay
Britain
Schuman
General Affairs Committee
Aeraeae
Soviet Replies to Jap Peace Plan Reported
Radio Moscow announced that the Soviet Union has answered the American memorandum on a peace treaty with Japan. The Tass dispatch said Jacob Malik delivered the reply to John Foster Dulles, acting on Soviet government instructions, after Dulles submitted the U S suggestions on Oct 26.
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London
Radio Moscow
Russia
Japan
Tass
Jacob Malik
UN Security Council
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
US State Department
Malik J
MacArthur Directing Drive Of More Than Eight Divisions
In Tokyo on Friday a 100000 man United Nations force under General MacArthur launched a major winter offensive in northwest Korea. American British Turkish and South Korean units number about eight divisions with Red forces reported in retreat as UN forces push toward the Manchurian border near the Yalu River. A MacArthur communique says the operation aims to end the war and restore peace while signaling a decisive UN effort and possible negotiated settlement.
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United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
Manchuria
Yalu
Eighth Army
ROK
Leif Erickson
North Korea
Wreckage Spotted Of Plane Crash On Mount Moran
Air searchers near Moran Wyoming sighted wreckage of a chartered airliner that crashed on Mount Moran after disappearing Tuesday night over the Teton range. The party reported a melted snow area near 1100 feet below the peak with the tail section visible and a brown rudder with yellow stripes.
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New Tribes Mission
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Jackson Lake
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Etersen
B. H. Simpson
Ona Leavitt
Afton
Rex Nield
Post Register
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Grand Teton National Park
Paul Petzolt
Riverton
Wyo
Air Force
McChord Field
Wash
Petrolt
Eliot Davis
Skillet Glacier
Britain Opens Direct Talks With China Over Korea Crisis
London confirms direct negotiations with the Chinese Communist government in Peking aimed at preventing a broader clash with UN forces led by General MacArthur. The move follows consultation with the United States, Canada, and France and precedes meetings in New York where a Chinese Communist delegation discusses Formosa and US aggression.
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Lake Success
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Tito vows war against aggressor
Belgrade November 23 Premier Marshal Josip Broz Tito warned Yugoslavia would not be conquered except over its dead. He said if independence is threatened by Cominform and Soviet pressure, Yugoslavia may buy arms from the West and sought urgent Western aid to ease hunger amid severe economic strain.
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Russia
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Belgrade
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