Marine grenade attack leaves 1 dead in Harlem tavern
A Marine sergeant hurled a phosphorous grenade into the Royal Flush Tavern in Harlem injuring fourteen. Police killed the sergeant James McDermott after a chase ending nine blocks away as witnesses said the trio sought a fight. Comrades Sutter and Shanahan were jailed on charges of arson and felonious assault.
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New York
James McDermott
Royal Flush
Manhattan
Harlem
McDermott
Vincent Beckels
John Cahill
Sutter
Shanahan
Navy
Queston
Det
John Thompson
John H. Hurston
Mark Sutter
12 Inch Snow Hits Nebraska and Midwest Weather
The Associated Press reports heavy snowfall across the Midwest and Northeast with more than 12 inches in Nebraska and 11 inches in Kansas. Snow persisted from Wisconsin to the Dakotas and Eastern Nebraska, while Central Rockies saw light snow and subzero temperatures in some areas. The first heavy fall of the season brought 2 to 5 inches to Southern New England, turning to sleet and rain late Monday night.
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Associated Press
Prospect
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Rockies
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Strong Chinese Air Force Sighted in Formosa Scene
Philippine pilots returning from a goodwill mission to Formosa praised the Chinese Nationalist Air Force as the one bulwark in Asia that could turn back the tide of Communism. Col Benito Ebuen said their strength far surpasses the rest of the Philippine Air Force, and warned a Communist attack on Formosa would be very costly.
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Manilla
Formosa
Benito Ebuen
Asia
Condition of Twins Remains Critical After Separation
CHICAGO The Brodie twins Roger and Rodney remain in fragile condition after a head to head surgical separation. Roger is very precarious in a coma since the operation last Wednesday. Rodney has regained consciousness but is still critical as they stay in oxygen tents at the University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute. Parents Royt and his wife of Moline, Illinois, plan to stay with them at Christmas along with Barbara, two months, the youngest of six children.
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Chicago
Brodie
Roger
Rodney
University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute
Royt Brodie
Moline
Barbara
St Paul Patrolmen Deliver Baby Boy
Two St Paul patrolmen rescued a nine pound baby boy when the mother arrived at home before reaching a hospital. Patrolmen Gordon Kramer Jr and George Bettendorf aided Mrs Julia Johnson and the newborn were later taken to a hospital in good condition.
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ST. Paul
Gordon Kramer Jr
George Bettendorf
Julia Johnson
Minnesota committee backs U of M in state TV network plan
The Minnesota Committee on Educational Television voted for the University of Minnesota to operate a statewide educational TV network with policies set by a citizen commission. Opposition led by Stanley Hubbard argued for a private non profit licensee. school officials supported Hubbard's view.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Committee On Educational Television
University of Minnesota
Stanley Hubbard
Kstp-Tv
Hubbard
Minneapolis Public School Administration
Machinery Dealers Warn Against Wild Selling Practices
OWATONNA Minn Reports from the Minnesota Implement Dealers Association show a 10 year farm equipment famine ending and long inventories with cash shortages for about 1500 retailers. General manager Charles A Partridge notes pessimistic letters and a wave of wild trading and price cutting may ease if dealers refuse excessive trade in allowances and avoid undercutting.
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Owatonna
Minn
Minnesota Implement Dealers Association
Charles A. Partridge
Association
Partridge
MIG Blasted in High Altitude Jet Dogfight
In a 45,000 foot clash, four Allied Sabres clashed with eight Red jets. Lt. John A. Inferrera of Watertown Mass shot down a MIG for his 98th mission, with two MIGs downed and one damaged. Air Force and Marine strikes hit Chaeryong area and Pyongyang airfields, while B29 raids targeted Pyongyang. Persistent Red probes were beaten off in snowbound front lines.
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Seoul
John A. Inferrera
Watertown
Mass
Pyongyang
Red
Mrs Clark Gathers Gifts for Japanese Children
Mrs Mark Clark wife of the Supreme Allied Commander in the Far East concludes a Christmas gift drive for Japanese children. Appeals in the United States raised almost 7000 dollars in cash and gifts for 3000 children in 21 institutions including orphanages. Yesterday she delivered 500 blankets along with clothing socks and shoes.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
Far East
United
Flood signals drive for Korea atrocity inquiry in new Congress
Rep. Flood says there is no doubt the incoming 83rd Congress will approve an investigation of alleged Communist atrocities in Korea. He notes the Katyn Forest massacre report and urges a bill to authorize inquiries and possible U N World Court action.
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L. Livingstone
Washington
Rep. Flood
D-Pa
83Rd Congress
Korea
Flood
House
Congress
Katyn Committee
U. N
Katyn
Smolensk
Russia
House Committee
Katyn Forest
Soviet
Ussr
U. N. General Assembly
United States
U. N. International Commission
Nazi Germany
Shorten Service for Korea Veterans
Secretary of the Army Pace announced that after January 1 draftees returning from Korea will be released if they have completed at least 26 months of active service.
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Washington
Korea
Army
Pace
Ike Repeats No to Compulsory FEPC
President elect Eisenhower again signals opposition to a compulsory FEPC with enforcement power. A delegation of Negro clergy urged him to use presidential influence for fair employment legislation. Eisenhower says education and study by a proposed commission will address minority hiring and firing issues, not mandatory federal enforcement. The delegation represented the National Fraternal Council of Churches in Washington and seven million Negroes.
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New York
Eisenhower
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Truman
W. J. Jernagin
EPC
Denver
United States
National Fraternal Council of Churches
Washington, D. C
Baxter Seeks Divorce From John Hodiak
Academy Award winner Anne Baxter filed for divorce from John Hodiak claiming cruel and inhuman treatment that caused great humiliation and mental distress. Baxter, 29, cites nervous breakdown from the marriage ongoing since July 7 1946 in Burlingame California with 18 month old daughter Katrina in custody.
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Los Angeles
Anne Baxter
Colony
John Hodiak
Hodiak
Katrina
Burlingame
Calif
Anderson Reassures Negro Group on Probe
Gov. Anderson pledged a broader probe of Stillwater prison if current inquiries reveal mistreatment of Negro inmates. NAACP leaders pressed for investigation into alleged racial discrimination at state facilities. About 250 inmates have been questioned with 150 more to be heard as the inquiry pauses midweek under Warden Utecht.
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ST. Paul
Anderson
Stillwater Prison
Minnesota
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Denzil A. Carty
Stillwater
Jarle Leirfallom
Leo Utecht
Clifford Rucker
Commission
LeRoy Brown
Brown
Aged Women Choose Nylons Over Shawls at Rancho Los Amigos
In a Rancho Los Amigos ward in Los Angeles county 163 elderly women were asked what they wanted for Christmas. The majority chose nylons, preferring warm stockings to shawls, bed slippers, or warm socks.
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Los Angeles
Rancho Los Amigos
Los Angeles County
Armored Vest Deflects 10 Bullets in Seoul Action
The Army reported Pfc. Tom Miles of Decatur Illinois used his armored vest to stop ten automatic rifle bullets and a nearby grenade blast during a hostile incident. He remained on the ground and then killed the Red attacker with a carbine burst.
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Seoul
Tom Miles
Decatur
Ill
Miles
Army
Soldier Who Ate With Ike Is Killed In Korea
Cpl. James A. Murray of Muskogee Oklahoma fell in a patrol action in Korea three weeks after dining with President-elect Eisenhower on pork chops and sauerkraut. Murray served in Company B of Eisenhower’s old 15th Regiment, U S Third Division, alongside Sgt. Jack Hutcherson and Pfc. Casper Skudlarek. Eisenhower publicly expressed grief and extended condolences to Murray’s family.
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Ike
Seoul
James A. Murray
Muskogee
Okla
U. S
Eisenhower
Murray
Co. B
15Th Regiment
Jack Hutcherson
Frankford
Pfc
Casper Skudlarek
Avon, Minn
New York
Cpl. Murray
Korea
13 Killed in Seoul Plane Collision
A collision at a Western Korean air base during takeoff left thirteen dead and one fatally injured, including two Greek pilots and six patients aboard an air evacuation transport. An American Air Force medic and two flight nurses also perished. nationalities of the patients were not disclosed.
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Seoul
Air Force
Liner Champollion Stranded Off Beirut Amid Fatal Clamor
British cruiser Kenya aided rescue of Champollion passengers and crew after the liner ran aground on a Beirut reef in heavy seas. About 30 of 238 aboard were reported drowned as fear and desperation marked the frantic surfward escape.
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London
Kenya
Lebanon
Beirut
Admiralty
France
Alexandria
Bethlehem
Marseille
Fire Brigade
Messageries Maritimes
Paris
Holy Land
Estimate Holiday Traffic Toll to Hit 590
The National Safety Council estimates the Christmas four day period could see 590 deaths from traffic accidents. It covers travel from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. The council urges caution in bad weather and avoidance of driving after drinking with advice to start early and allow extra time.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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