TV births live on air change medical history
Denver report describes Gordon Campbell Kerr born by Caesarean in Colorado General Hospital with mother Lillian Kerr and Army sergeant John Kerr watching on TV. The one minute delivery was broadcast nationwide sponsored by Smith Kline and French with the American Medical Association during its sixth clinical session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
Denver
Gordon Campbell Kerr
Tiny Gordon
Gordon
Lillian Kerr
John R. Kerr
Kerrs
Colorado General Hospital
University of Colorado Medical School
Smith, Kline and French
Philadelphia
American Medical Association
Denver Hospital
ROKs Retake Hill Outposts After bitter Pinpoint clash
South Korean forces regain control of Pinpoint hill on Sniper Ridge amid near zero weather as Chinese troops press on. U S Sabre jets downed two MiG 15s over the Changchon river while B26 and B29 air strikes target supply lines and airfields.
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Seoul
Changchon River
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Rocky Point
Pinpoint Hill
Okinawa
Pyongyang
Truman and Stevenson Open Talks on Democratic Future
In Washington the two leaders met in the White House to assess the party’s past 1952 defeat and chart a future role for Adlai Stevenson, Illinois governor and former nominee. Mitchell outlined a plan to position Stevenson as active titular leader while Democrats shift emphasis to Congress and state voices. Stevenson arrives from Atlantic City after memorial services for CIO President Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Harry §. Truman
White House
Dwight Eisenhower
Stevenson
Illinois
Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Philip Murray
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Dartmoor Prisons First Cat-o'-Nine-Tails Flaying in Seven Years
At Dartmoor Prison the cat o nine tails punished William Edward Mc Guire 22 for attacking a guard. He received twelve lashes, lost twelve months off possible good conduct, and was strapped to the triangle with leather pads protecting neck and kidneys while a medical officer stood by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmoor
England
William Edward McGuire
McGuire
Mystery Pair Sought After Offbeat Highway Swap
Police hunt a bleeding woman and a man with a neck wound after a highway collision on Route 66 near Wilmington. A Manhattan farmer ferried them to Chicago for 50 dollars, while a teen driver fired at the man as they fled. A marriage license for Albert G. Lawrence and Evelyn Cuneo was found, but their identities were not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Southwest Side
Manhattan
Rt. 66
Wilmington
Jerry Hecko Jr
Kankakee
Jerry
Hecko
Edward T. Gallagher
Gallagher
American National Bank of
Angola
Ind
Albert G. Lawrence
St. Paul
Evelyn Cuneo
San Jose
Calif
Lawrence
Cuneo
Hunt C-47 Among California Peaks
Air search parties resumed at dawn in San Bernardino mountains to locate a missing Air Force C-47 with 13 aboard. The twin-engine plane vanished Monday night during a storm while moving personnel from Offutt Air Force Base to March Air Force Base near here.
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San Bernardino
Calif
San Bernardino Mountains
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
March Air Force Base
Here
Taft Eisenhower Rift Signals possible Congress Clash
Senator Taft attacks Eisenhower over the Labor secretary pick Martin Durkin, warning of a potential showdown with the incoming administration. Observers tie his stance to Taft Hartley law and the broader effort to shape the Senate majority strategy and legislative aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hall
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Ohio
Martin P. Durkin
Labor Post
Taft
T-H
GOP
Durkin
Ohioan
Senate
Return of donor red cells promises more transfusions
Dr Joseph Stokes Jr of Children's Hospital explains a new technique that returns red cells to the donor after extraction using a centrifuge. The method aims to boost gamma globulin production and could allow up to fifty transfusions per donor annually, far above the current five or six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joseph Stokes Jr
Children’s Hospital
Stokes
Christmas serial for children begins in Herald back page
A Christmas tale titled Sante and the Pirates by Lucrece Mudgins Beale starts today on the Herald back page. It will appear in daily installments for the next three weeks, inviting children and many adults to follow the story and turn to Page 20.
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The
Herald
Sante and the Pirates
Lucrece Mudgins Beale
Weturn
Warn Growers of Stubborn Onion Disease Emerges in Minnesota
The Southern Minnesota Vegetable Growers Association was warned about pink root, a stubborn onion disease found in area fields. H R Larson of the University of Wisconsin said the disease cannot be eradicated once soil is infected. The group reelected three directors and other speakers discussed storage and harvesting advances for onions and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Southern Minnesota Vegetable Growers Association
H. R. Larson
University of Wisconsin
Paul Petran
Heyard
Frank Ward Jr
Hollandale
John W. Taylor
Jessup to quit Jan 19 after State Dept service
Dr Philip Jessup, a State Department troubleshooter and McCarthy target, resigns as ambassador at large effective January 19 the day before Republicans assume power. The White House released his resignation letter dated October 16 with Truman’s acceptance letter praising his service. He will return to Columbia University faculty after leaving government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip C. Jessup
State Department
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Jessup
Truman
Columbia University
United Nations
Indict Chicago Reporter Poses as U S Official
Chicago Sun Times reporter Ray Brennan was indicted again for posing as a government official to obtain a secret testimony transcript. The new two count indictment accuses him of pretending to be office manager of the Senate Crime Investigating committee to obtain Dan Gilbert’s testimony from Alderson Reporting Co. The case follows an earlier, dismissed indictment amid defense criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Senate
Brennan
Alderson Reporting Co
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Chicago
Dan Gilbert
Gilbert
The
Sun-Times
Slansky and 10 Others Hanged in Prague
Prague announced the execution of Rudolf Slansky and ten fellow officials at Pan Kralovac prison six days after sentencing. The purge targets high Communist leaders and includes, among those executed, former Czech foreign minister Vlado Clementis. Eight of the dead were Jews, with trials decried as a show of Stalinist treachery and anti Zionist tone signaling wider crackdowns across satellites and USSR republics. Life sentences were given to three others.
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Vienna
Austria
Rudolf Slansky
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Prague
Pankrac
Slansky
Vlado Clementis
Communism
Klement Gottwald
Ussr
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Ana Lyses
Romania
Ana Pauker
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bedrich Geminder
Kremlin
Otto Sling
Ludvig Frejka
State Economic Commission
Bedrich Reicin
Otto Fischl
Rudolf Margolius
Andre Simone
Rude Pravo
Josef Frank
Karel Svab
Engineers Told to End Strike or Lose Jobs
Eastern Air Lines resumed some Super Constellation flights and ordered striking flight engineers to return to work by 1 p m CST or face dismissal. A Constellation departed Miami with an engineer supervisor aboard while other jets were set to travel New York to Miami with supervisory crew. The Constellation fleet had been grounded since Monday after the walkout over wage negotiations. A 9 a m New York departure was delayed by a snowstorm.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Constellation
EAL
Miami International
New York
Wounded salesman found after Thanksgiving shooting in Florida
B E Raines, a Jacksonville used car salesman, said he was shot in the spine and left in a field Thanksgiving Day by a Negro man he was showing a car to. George Turpin, 28, is charged with assault with intent to murder and armed robbery after admitting the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla. i
B. E. Raines
Raines
George Turpin
William A. Hallowes
Turpin
Chimney Fire At Moeller Farm Near Spring Valley
Firemen from Spring Valley responded to a chimney blaze at the Alfred Moeller farm about 60 miles southeast of Spring Valley. Crews worked from 5 20 p m to 6 20 p m, then stood by until the fire burned out and cleaned the chimney.
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Spring Valley
Alfred Moeller
Village Election Roundup in Minnesota Towns on Tuesday
Grand Meadow voters rejected a 30000 bond for a new village hall while Le Roy kept its municipal liquor store. Across the state many villages reported light turnout with a few tight races, notably Taopi where a spirited assessor contest drew 36 ballots. Incumbents fared well in Adams Lyle and Dexter with few writes in votes.
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le Roy
Grand Meadow
Minnesota
ADAMS
Wallace Johnson
Herman Klapperich
E. N. Johnson
O. B. Lewison
Constable
Justice of the Peace
Johnson
TAOPS
Arthur Lagervall
Lyle
John Markham
Alvin Myhre
Harold Smeby
W. P. Helfritz
Nels Robertson
Elkton
Fred Kraft
A. F. Winslow
Samuel Swenson
Mapleview
Harold Root
Chris Peterson
Russell King
Darwin van Riper
van Riper
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Sniper Ridge
U. S. Eighth Army
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Capitol
LeRoy
Redondo Beach
A. W. Graves
Alfred Edgar Sr
United States Department of Agriculture
East Grand Forks, Minn
William M. Case
East Grand Forks
Red River Valley Potato Growers Association
O. C. Turnquist
University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service
R. E. Nyland
University of Minnesota Farm School
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