Nonaligned appeal urged Korea ceasefire meets Russian opposition
Andrei Vishinsky attacked a 13 nation appeal to China to halt at the 38th parallel. The gesture, backed by India and several Arab states, faced counter from Wu Hsiu Chuan and was rejected by Moscow and Peking while the U N debated six power action. The United States did not approve or comment on the 13 nation plea.
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Lone clue found in Monroe County missing hunter search
A snow bound Peters Mountain search for Clinton Davis and Howard Underwood Jr. yielded one clue as Underwood’s body was found Monday on the Virginia slope and Davis died of exposure two miles south in Stony Creek. Davis’s car remains parked. funeral plans set for Underwood in Oakvale.
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Howard Underwood
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Ohio
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Red Sulphur Springs
Young Underwood
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Thomas Carter
Petertown
Thomas Sexton
Mt Etna lava floods Renazzo as villagers flee
Mt Etna unleashed a half mile wide river of lava into Renazzo Sicily as 600 residents were evacuated. The molten stream, up to 16 feet high, crushed orchards and homes at about 40 feet per hour. Firemen and soldiers aided evacuation efforts as livestock and belongings were moved.
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Sicily
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Pope Urges Prayers for Peace This Christmas
Pope Pius XII urged Catholic missions to join in pre Christmas prayers for a just and sure peace. In a holy year encyclical to bishops he warned that mankind’s new weapons of war bring ruin and called for public prayers to obtain peace and concord under religious auspices.
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Two Summers County Men Die In Tree Crushing Incident
In Beckley West Virginia on December 6 two Kirby Lumber employees from Summers County were killed when a 80 foot tree fell onto their bulldozer. John Gunter 40 and Harding Richmond 21, both near Sandstone were working with a crew clearing a right of way for Appalachian Electric Power near Grandview Raleigh County, when the tree toppled.
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Richmond
O. P. Kirby
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Grandview
Raleigh County
ESA May Ask Ford And GM To Rescind Price Increases
Washington December 6. Hints ESA will ask Ford and General Motors to rescind price increases announced last night. A government official called the step logical since Congress directed EPA to discourage price rises by voluntary means. GM said increases would be just under five percent and Ford raised the lowest priced model by 87.50 with larger gains on pricier cars. An ESA spokesman said no contact has been made yet.
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Weather Bureau’s Shifting Snow Forecast
The Weather Bureau initially predicted five to six inches of snow and a zero degree low with a cold wave. The forecast now warns of lingering snow for today with rain changing to snow and much colder temperatures along with strong winds.
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Three Die From Gas in Cabin Tourists in West Virginia
Carbon monoxide fumes in a White Sulphur Springs tourist cabin killed two women and a man, with a fourth person, Lee Stuart Kraft of Clifton Forge, unconscious and in critical condition. The victims were Gertrude Bair of Covington and M R Coombs of Clifton Forge, all found in a bedroom or hallway after failing to check out. A Travel Town motel employee discovered the scene. A gas heater was burning in the cabin.
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French General Named To Indochina Post
Paris names Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny as high commissioner in Indochina with full military and civil powers to direct the war against the Vietminh. The 60 year old general replaces Leon Pignon and Gen. Marcel Carpentier in leading French forces and civilian duties.
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Leon Pignon
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Wage And Price Controls Coming
Washington reports that Congress moves to extend rent control while the Senate debates a 60 day extension. Lehman says wage and price controls are coming soon as the economy faces rising prices and the administration implements stabilizing measures.
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Toledo
Ohio
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General Motors
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Big 2 Reach Agreement On Atlantic Plan
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee announced full agreement on strengthening Atlantic defense against Soviet aggression. They endorsed rapid NATO energy and a plan to boost Western military strength, eyeing a potential supreme commander for Europe and rejecting appeasement of China or concessions in Korea.
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Ten most stimulating faces in America named
National Association of Women Artists lists ten faces with traits attached to each. George Marshall wears confidence while Ava Gardner suggests explosive potential and Yogi Berra embodies down to earth Neanderthal appeal. Other selections include Toscanini awe Barkley affection Clooney curiosity Hemingway masculinity Seymour friendliness Bacall excitement and more.
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National Association of Women Artists Today
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Rosemary Clooney
Yogi Berra
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Ernest Hemingway
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Lauren Bacall
Republicans Demand Senate Say On Truman Attlee Talks
Twenty four Republican senators urged the senate to assert the right to approve major Truman Attlee decisions. A resolution by Senator Kem of Missouri calls the president to make no agreements with the British prime minister except by Senate ratified treaty and asks for a full report after talks.
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Ohio
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Bell System Asks Exemption From Excess Profits Tax
Washington reports the Bell System asked the senate to exempt telephone companies from the 75 percent excess profits tax proposed in a House bill. Hal Dumas of Southern Bell warned the tax could hinder defense financing and specific projects like radar warning networks and redundant military telecom facilities. He urged a up to 7.5 percent earnings exemption and argued levies on regulated earnings are illogical. The House passed the tax bill 378 to 20.
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Senate Finance Committee
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UN Air Power Blasting Reds To Aid Escape
North Korea battle report from Changjin reservoir describes U S Marines and Seventh Army units fighting through Red traps in harsh snow. Reinforcements pour in from Manchuria as Chinese forces threaten the east coast and Pyongyang area with air and ground offensives.
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France Calls Meeting To Draft Europe Army
France will convene a meeting of Western European nations in Paris next month to draft plans for a European army. Information Minister Albert Gazier confirmed France's agreement to immediately form West German combat teams in Atlantic forces to defend Europe against Communist aggression.
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Albert Gazier
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Europe
$38,000,000 Aid Voted Yugoslavs
Washington December 6 committees in both houses approved a bill to provide an additional 38 million dollars in food aid to the anti-Soviet Yugoslav government bringing total aid to about 70 million. House Foreign Affairs attached two conditions including publicity in Yugoslavia and nondiscriminatory distribution. Senate Foreign Relations endorsed the plan with little opposition and expected smooth passage.
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Retail Food Prices Rise In November
In Washington on December 6 the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated a 0.7 percent rise in retail food prices during the first two weeks of November.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
18 Minimum Age For Working In Mines
Washington December 6Secretary of Labor Tobin set the minimum age at 18 for employment in mining occupations effective January 6 The order applies to non coal mining tasks already coal mining is 18 The move follows hearings last October and keeps workers out of offices warehouses labs repairs and general cleanup not located underground or above ground at mine sites
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