Free JCs Provided in State Bill
State Rep. John S. Livermore proposes a statewide system of community junior colleges with free tuition. The plan, costing about $4 million to launch, would use state funds to support 100 to 150 student cohorts per county and provide up to $500 per student, expanding facilities and programs at Minnesota’s nine junior colleges and starting new ones to serve rural areas.
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Jack B. MacKay
ST. Paul
Minnesota
John S. Livermore
Fairmont
Martin County
University of Minnesota
Rep. Livermore
Livermore
Salon
Gls Set for Korean Strike
Major General Edward M Almond said the Red Korean fifth corps is ready to strike and that American Dutch French and South Korean troops have advanced with great success. He claimed the North Korean second corps was destroyed around Wonju and that his forces hold strong terrain ready to resist any attack.
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U. S
Korea
Edward M. Almond
Wonju
Second Corps
Fifth Corps
Chinese Reorganize Troops Near Manchurian Border
The China Union press reports thousands of Chinese Communist troops in Korea heavily mauled more than reorganizing near the Manchurian border.
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Taipei
Formosa
China Union
Korea
Manchurian
Reds Slow UN Offensive Near Suwon Front
Allied troops on a 40 mile western front advanced slowly as Red defenses held.UN forces, with carrier planes and naval bombardment, targeted a North Korean town while Chinese artillery shelled positions nine miles northwest of Suwon. Remaining gains were modest despite heavy casualties on both sides.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
United National Naval Power
North Korea
Jim Becker
Berhard Peeters
Park Falls
Wis
Becker
Suwon
Navy
Kansong
United States
Yaju
Woman sends surplus parachute to army to aid war effort
Mrs Black of Cincinnati mailed an unused parachute bought before 1947 to the army noting it would save costs for the war. An army official explained the fabric may be deteriorated and might not serve the original purpose, but it will be used to its best possible advantage.
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Washington
Archibald S. Alexander
Thye Charges Local Politics in ESA Deal
Sen Thye accuses local Democratic groups of pushing to place staffers from the Economic Stabilization Agency on the ESA payroll. He warns that politics in appointments would ruin the program. Sen Benton agrees that political influence must not affect selections.
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Thye
Esa Deal
Washington
Sen
R-Minn
Senate
Economic Mobilization Agency
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
Aly Khan backs Rita Hayworth return to films
Prince Aly Khan, heir to millions, said he favors actress wife Rita Hayworth returning to pictures. He argued it would be a grievous waste of the princess’s talents if she retires from movies now while pausing on an East Africa tour with the star.
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Dar-Es-Salaam
Tanganyika
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Another Car Makes It Home Loses Wheel in Waltham
In Waltham area reports a wheel shedding incident after two incidents in two weeks. Mrs Maynard Ehmke and Mrs Herman Pater were returning from Owatonna when a front wheel started to rattle. They stopped, drove home, and found the wheel had fallen off, mirroring a prior event involving a Sargeant Elevator Co. truck driven by Merlin Severts between Hayfield and Sargeant.
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Waltham
Mr. Pater
Severts
Proposals on Draft Sought Amid Draft Age Debates
The House Armed Services Committee seeks testimony from the Defense Department on raising the draft age by two years and drafting married men under 26 without children. The Pentagon pushes for universal service and a bill to drop the draft age from 19 to 18. Senate hearings on UMT continue with 14 witnesses as Sen. Johnson proposes non veteran husbands in the 1926 age group and lowering induction standards for 18-year-olds.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
House
Senate
Pentagon
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Johnson
Court restrains Hotel St. Paul strike start
A district court issued a restraining order blocking the planned noon start of a strike by Hotel St. Paul employees. Judge Gustavus Loevinger set a hearing for 2 p.m. Friday to consider further action.
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St. Paul
Escape Attempt by Juveniles at Rochester Jail
Three jailed teenagers ages 14 and 15 attempted to subdue Olmsted county sheriff Judd Reifsnider and Deputies Wilbur Stooks using chair rungs and a shoe in a juvenile cell block. Reifsnider drew his pistol but was forced to call for backup as the youths rushed him and the deputies. They were finally restrained and placed in separate cells after being arrested two weeks earlier for stolen cars and property damage.
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Rochester
Olmsted County
Sheriff's Office
Judd Reifsnider
Reifsnider
Gerald E. Cunningham
Wilbur Stooks
Stooks
Record Cold Shatters Area Readings Across Minnesota
Bitter cold sweeps the region with Austin at 36 below and Grand Meadow at 34 below. Rochester and St Cloud hit 40 below while Faribault and St Paul posted deep subzero readings. Temperatures are expected to ease later today with modest warming tonight and Wednesday.
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KAUS
Grand Meadow
Weather Bureau
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St. Cloud
Clinic
Faribault
City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Arctic Circle
Canada
Mid-Continent
Midwest
Wisconsin
Mother of six refuses to be a dramatic patriotic figure
Mrs. Emmett Stillwell in Denver says her six sons join the service not for patriotism but because they must go. Richard, 25, is in the marines and Lester, 24, in the merchant marine. both are naval reservists. She doubts Korea holds sense for their sacrifice.
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Denver
Emmett Stillwell
Richard
Lester
Mrs. Stillwell
Korea
UN group debates Chinese aggression labeling in Korea
The United Nations pressed to label Peiping as an aggressor in Korea amid moves for a seven power Far Eastern conference. The Soviet bloc and India sought delays, while Britain Lebanon and Canada aligned with the US on the main proposal and Arab-Asian amendments. The UN set votes on the aggression label and the seven power conference despite delays.
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U. S
Britain
United States
Truman
House
Senate
Peiping
Korea
China
India
Benegal N. Rau
Russia
France
Egypt
Canada
Lutheran Head Urges Closer Ties in Synods
Dr. Lawrence M. Stavig, head of the National Lutheran council, urged closer ties among Lutheran bodies at the 33rd annual convention. He cited the Missouri synod’s sparing invitations and called for joint work in training camps, battlefields, emergency housing, and aid for bereaved families amid a world emergency.
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Lutheran Head
New York
National Lutheran Council
Lawrence M. Stavig
Stavig
Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Synodical Conference
National Council
Sential
A Great Monotony of Heart Hal Boyle War Letter
AP columnist Hal Boyle reflects on leaving the Korean war front after six months, confessing reluctance to depart as he recalls covering the human side of the conflict. He notes colleagues’ cynicism, vows not to abandon the army while the campaign endures, and hints at continuing coverage.
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Hal Boyle
Korean Warfront
United States
Profit Margin Price Controls Considered by Government
Washington plans a margin of profit system to cap prices from manufacturer to retailer with cost plus a fixed profit. DiSalle said a ruling could come by week’s end in the midst of wage stabilizers pushing for guidance on freeing workers from the wage freeze. The move accompanies a Dec 19 to Jan 25 price ceiling and Jan 25 wage levels, as wage experts seek patience while dealing with mail from public workers.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Cyrus S. Ching
Wage Stabilization Board
Teachers' Walkout Ends After One Day in Pickstown
Pickstown's teachers returned to classes after a one day walkout sparked by the request for the resignation of Betsy Crowder secretary to the board and Superintendent Quincy L. Wright. Crowder's husband Troy, a high school teacher, submitted his oral resignation following his wife's dismissal. The strikers sought a reason for Crowder's dismissal an apology from Wright for alleged abusive language and reinstatement or full payment of Crowder's contract.
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Pickstown
S. D
Betsy Crowder
Board of Education
Quincy L. Wright
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