Price Chief Eyes Meat Price Rollback Under Law
Washington Bureau Chief Tighe Woods orders the Office of Price Stabilization staff to prepare by Monday an order to roll back retail meat prices or explain why it cannot be done. He cites consumer concern over food costs and notes beef wholesale prices. trade groups contest profit claims and discuss margin type regulation as a plan.
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William
Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Western States Meat Packers Association
E. F. Forbes
Minneapolis
Forbes
Draper
Chicago
Norman Draper
American Meat Institute
Irvin L. Rice
OPS Food and Restaurant Division
Navy says two MIG-15s shot down near U S carrier off Korea
The Navy reported two Russian made MIG-15 fighters shot down about 35 miles from U S Task Force 77 off Korea's east coast late Monday in the Sea of Japan. A third MIG was damaged as four Panther jets from Reserve Squadron 781 engaged the attack. one American plane was hit but returned to the carrier Oriskany.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Korea
Sea of Japan
Chongjin
Marine
Los Alamitos
Calif
Oriskany
I. R. Williams
J.g
J. D. Middleton
D. M. Rawlings
MI6
California
Gamble Skogmo Net Tops $521 000
Gamble Skogmo Inc. reported third quarter net earnings of $521,303 or 18 cents a share. The prior year third quarter yielded $665,831 and 24 cents. For the first nine months the net was $1,227,186 at 4 cents per share versus $2,691,571 and 99 cents last year.
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Skogmo Inc
Pork Drops as Hogs Exceed Demand
Hog prices fall as supply outpaces consumer demand says Lew P. Reeve Hormel hog buying manager Wholesale prices led the decline with retail stores following as fixed costs keep margins tight The seasonal drop shows 15 cent fall in pork roasts from 65 cents to around 39 40 cents per pound and may continue until corn belt multiple farrowing becomes common practice
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Lew P. Reeve
Hormel Company
Reeve
America
American Meat Institute
Mrs Van Fleet Aids Flight To Korea From Yokohama
The wife of General James A. Van Fleet arrived in Yokohama Japan by ship and assisted a special plane bound for Korea to reach her four star husband.
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van Fleet
Korea
Yokohama
Japan
James A. van Fleet
Americans Drive Back Reds on Sniper Ridge in Korea
U.S. and South Korean forces blasted Chinese Communists from Sniper Ridge as jet fighters and B 29s pounded targets near Manchuria. Captain Leonard Lilley became the second American ace in two days with his fifth MIG kill, part of seven enemy planes downed in 48 hours. The Kumhwa front endured a 36th day of heavy action with 80 Reds attacking Rocky Point at dawn and U N soldiers reporting 2,627 casualties from Nov 8 to 14.
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William C. Barnard
Seoul
Rocky Point
Leonard Lilley
Manchester
N. H
U. S
Manchuria
Choak
Yalu
Kumhwa
Korea
Finger Ridge
U. N. Eighth Army
Courtroom Tonsillectomy Mocked in Bristol Suit
In Bristol a courtroom was transformed into an operating theater as surgeon Doug Fairman staged a pretend tonsillectomy during a negligence case by Mrs. Dorothy Moon against Bristol General Hospital. The mock procedure illustrated head handling during tonsil removal linked to her husband’s 1949 death. ruling was awaited.
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Bristol
England
Douglas Fairman
Dorothy Moon
Bristol General Hospital
Fairman
Eisenhower Arrives in Washington for Parley
Washington greets the next president as Eisenhower arrives to meet with Truman. Federal workers are released to cheer, and a grand motorcade passes landmarks culminating at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrs Eisenhower declines a ride to the White House visit, citing prior plans.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Truman
U. S
Ike
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Military Air Transport Service Terminal
Virginia
Memorial Bridge
Potomac
Pennsylvania Avenue
Statler Hotel
White
Cars Bog Down in Ground Cracks Near Alice
Deer hunters reported many cars stuck near Alice Texas in dry cracked ground not mud or rain. The vehicles were bogged in deep ground fissures that appeared after a drought.
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Alice
Tex
Former N. J. Governor A. Harry Moore Dies in Car Crash
Former New Jersey governor A. Harry Moore, 73, who served three nonconsecutive terms, died after a stroke while driving near Somerville. His wife was injured. A Democrat, Moore also served in the U S Senate before resigning to run again for governor and oversaw much of the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation.
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Somerville
N. J
Harry Moore
New Jersey
Here
Moore
Frank Hague
U. S. Senate
Tamarack Swamp Refuge Closed to Deer Hunters
Detroit Lakes Minnesota officials announce Tamarack Swamp State Game Refuge will close to deer hunting after today. Manager John M Dahl notes over 400 deer already taken from 16 sections of open territory with a planned 700 harvest. Many deer remain but swampy terrain makes access difficult. refuge lies 18 miles northeast of Detroit Lakes.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
Tamarack Swamp State Game Refuge
John M. Dahl
Dahl
Nimrods
Tornado Destroys Five Farm Homes in Waldron Area
A small tornado struck Waldron Arkansas last night destroying five farm homes and injuring two people. Local emergency crews reported extensive property damage with search efforts ongoing and residents assessing the impact. The Weather Service is monitoring for further severe weather in western Arkansas.
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Waldron
Ark
Arkansas
Burnquist Draws Most State Votes In Minnesota Election
State canvassing board confirms Burnquist led GOP vote with 793 501 while Allan L. Johnson trailed 560 760. Gallagher won re election to the Supreme Court with 847 903. Total Minnesota votes 1 460 326 setting a state record. Eisenhower and Mrs. Mike Holm among top vote getters.
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ST. Paul
Atty
Gen
Burnquist
Frank T. Gallagher
Minnesota
Allan L. Johnson
Democratic — Farmer — Labor
Justice Gallagher
E. Luther Melin
Supreme Court
Gallagher
U. S
Edward J. Thye
C. Elmer Anderson
Mike Holm
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Holm
Sen
Thye
Anoka
Carlton
Itasca
Koochiching
Ramsey
Red Lake
Gov. Anderson
Gen. Eisenhower
Clearwater
Dakota
Kittson
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Pennington
Roseau
St. Louis
Ewald W
Wally) Lund
Duluth
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Wor
Walter F. Jorgenson
DFL
Paul A. Rasmussen
Oscar L. Lund
Rasmussen
Clifford Peterson
Precipitation Returns Across Midwest Amid Mixed Rain
Rain pelted wide areas of the Midwest with light showers in Eastern Oklahoma and Central Texas offering little drought relief. Nebraska saw over two inches while Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan reported heavy falls as snow flurries and strong winds swept Central Plains and the Northern Rockies.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Southwest
Nebraska
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Central Plains
Rockies
Nevada
U S Judge Delays Ruling on Weinberg Indictment
U S District Judge James R Kirkland indicated a decision will come later on a defense bid to test if evidence used against Dr Joseph Weinberg was illegally obtained. Weinberg an atomic specialist known as Scientist X faces perjury charges for testifying he was not a Communist.
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Washington
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Joseph W. Weinberg
Weinberg
House Un-American Activities Committee
Kirkland
McGranery
FBI
Edgar Hoover
Harry S. Rand
Hoover
House Committee
Einberg
Air Force Develops Transparent Wound Dressing
The Air Force unveils a spray on plastic dressing that coats wounds with an infection proof film visible to doctors during healing. Headquarters says it could aid emergency use in disasters and might replace gauze for various wounds though still under test.
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Washington
Air Force
Eight Die As Air Force C119 Crashes Near Billings
A C119 Flying Boxcar crashed in a muddy field 12 miles east of Billings Montana killing eight on impact and injuring several others. The incident raises total Boxcar fatalities to 91 since November 7 with other crashes in Alaska Korea and before.
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Billings
Mont
Air Force
Montana
Edmonton
Alta
Canada
Denver
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Arctic
William H. Jay
Jay
Ned M. Letts
Alaska
Soccer player sentenced to death over referee murder
In Sabac Serbia a district court convicted Stevan Radkic a soccer player of stabbing and killing a referee after a late game incident. Seven companions in the attack received sentences from six months to twenty years in prison.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sabac
Stevan Radkic
Radkic
Slight Drizzle Sets in Mercury Drops
A light drizzle began this morning and persisted into the early afternoon. The temperature fell from 60 at 9 p m Monday to 40 by 3 a m this morning, suggesting the end of the long warm fall spell. The mercury hovered around 40.
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Mercury
Eisenhower Returns to Washington for Truman Meeting
Eisenhower arrived in Washington from Augusta to meet President Truman on issues facing the government. They will discuss early postinauguration plans with a brief first face to face, aiming for unity on the Korean issue and UN stance, with no firm preinaugural commitments expected.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Washington National
White House
Eisenhower
Augusta
Eastern Airlines
Mamie
United Nations
New York
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