Allies Fight Heavy Toll on Red Trucks in Korea War
Allied planes report 785 trucks destroyed in seven days, the heaviest toll since January. Sabrejets clash with MiG-11s over North Korea, one Red plane likely shot down. Ground fighting in Sniper Ridge area includes probing attacks repulsed with no ground loss. RANDOLPH notes Chinese tactics may foreshadow major Red drive.
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Seoul
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
U. S
John Randolph
U.S
Far East Air Force
Tokyo
Randolph
Sniper Ridge
Pinpoint Hill
Sniper
Rocky Point
Students Use Radio Aid in Brazilian Exam
A 15 year old student at McKenzie high school in Sao Paulo circumvented an exam by receiving answers from a fellow student outside the hall. The pair wore wrist watch sized microphones and tiny ear speakers, costing about $100, and planned to take their engineering skills elsewhere next year per school authorities.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
McKenzie High School
Czech official pleads guilty in Prague show trial
Former Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Arthur London confessed to treason and espionage in a Prague show trial reported by Prague radio. He admitted direct contact with American brothers Hermann and Noel Field and said he was appointed by Rudolf Slansky. London used aliases Kolanda Gerard and Gerhardt and testified as part of the defendants' confessions.
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Arthur London
Moscow
Prague
London
Pankrac
Hermann
Noel Field
People’s Court
Rudolf Slansky
Czech Communist Party
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Gerard
Gerhardt
Vladimir Clementis
Slan Eky
Weather outlook cloudy with light rain and snow mix
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with light rain tonight. A mix with snow possible early Sunday and ending by afternoon. Temperatures range from a low around 33 to 26 tonight, then a high 36 to 38 Sunday. Wind data show variable directions.
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C.R
Heavy southern snow paralyzes transport across four states
Up to 22 inches of snow fell on Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky as shifting air masses slowed travel and communications. In Knoxville 10 inches blanketed the area, stranding fans and delaying trains while accidents and collapsed marquees prompted warning to avoid travel. the Kentucky Tennessee football game drew many who faced isolation and road snarls.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Dixie
University of Kentucky
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Harlan
Middlesboro
Louisville
Taft irked by Ike cabinet picks spark leadership move
President elect Eisenhower named five cabinet prospects from Dewey allies, drawing Taft into irritation as he has yet to place a man from that group. Close Dewey associates Dulles and Brownell gain top posts while Oregon Governor McKay takes interior. Taft weighs senate leadership while public stance remains muted.
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Eisenhower
Dewey
Lenboa i
G.O.P. Senate
Taft
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Brownell, Jr
G.O.P
Gov
McKay
Oregon
Secretary of the Interior
Friends
Lutheran School Parade float wins Cedar Rapids Christmas prize
Trinity Lutheran school won first prize in Cedar Rapids Christmas parade with a religious float featuring a white cross and four choristers in white robes. The $200 float drew a large downtown crowd as Coe College band led the procession, which lasted about half an hour, with a notably religious emphasis this year.
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Bruce Fishwild
Christ
Priz In
Cedar Rapids
Trinity’ Lutheran School
Papa
Third Avenue Bridge
Coe College
First Avenue Bridge
Air Force
Neighbors Seek Court Resize of Singing Practice
In Clarksville Tennessee a group of neighbors sought an injunction to limit Mrs Wentworth Morris singing at home Mrs Morris wife of an Austin Peay State College professor testified she once filed for divorce over the uproar neighbors described her voice as strong but not eight hours daily Others said the street Monroe was quiet until the Morrises moved in and that property values declined one neighbor compared her to Lily Pons saying eight hours of practice would be intolerable.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Wentworth Morris
Austin Peay State College
Morris
Estelle Vargas
Monroe Street
Daughter Is Born To Judy Garland
Judy Garland gives birth by caesarean section in Santa Monica to a daughter for her husband Sid Luft. The birth announced by AP notes the couple welcomed a healthy child and marks a new chapter for the famed singer and her family.
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Judy Garland
Santa Monica
Rolling Quake Shakes Much Of California
A strange earthquake with a caressing roll shook California Friday night. San Luis Obispo reported numerous buildings cracked and windows broken while Los Angeles and San Francisco felt strong shocks. No injuries or major damage reported beyond San Luis Obispo. Salinas observed a three minute tremor with a two and a half minute rocking.
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Calif
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
San Mateo
Salinas
Sheriff’s Office
Two servicemen survive six weeks in Okefenokee swamp
Homerville Ga International News Service reports William Denham 17 and George Anderson 21 found after six weeks in the Okefenokee swamp. They endured hunger and bears while living off fish. rescued by swamp guides and blimps from Jacksonville. Both men, based at Jacksonville air station, were hospitalized in Homer. Denham weighed 44 pounds less. Anderson 56.
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INS
Okefenokee
William Edward Denham
George Anderson
Huey Hospital i
Denham
Danville
Anderson
Marine Corps
Hague
Jacksonville
Fla., Naval Air Station
Stephen Foster
Hilton
Ha~merville
Huey Hospital
Homer
Wilson Confirms Korea Visit With Eisenhower Team
General Motors President Charles E. Wilson confirmed Friday night that he will accompany the President-elect to Korea. He offered no specifics beyond an on the spot survey of conditions.
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Detroit
INS
General Motors
Charles BE. Wilson
Slain Bandit Identified as Industrialist
ST LOUIS A bandit killed Friday attempting to rob an armed car with an ammonia bomb was identified as a well to do ice cream manufacturer Jacob Katz 45 a married man with three children from a suburb. He owned an ice cream plant and five outlets. An associate said Katz had been offered 100000 for his business two weeks earlier. Police said Katz may have sought a thrill or perfect crime. Neighbors recalled a charitable reputation while Reed Ice Cream Stores noted recent odd behavior. An attorney friend identified Katz's body. Guard Thomas Doerflinger fired five shots after Katz opened the truck and unwrapped a crude bomb, injuring Katz.
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Jacob Katz
Katz
Orville Richardson
University City
P. A. Sandell
Reed Ice Cream Stores
Thomas F. Doerflinger
G O P Senate Victory in Michigan Faces New Challenge
The AP reports Republican Charles Potter led Democrat Blair Moody by 45,036 votes in Michigan. Officials debated certification amid irregularities claims, with Lansing certifying Potter while a preliminary probe possible. Potter's seating could affect GOP control in the new Senate and potential ties with Nixon.
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Lansing
D. Dale Brake
State Board of Canvass
Potter
Congress
G.C.P
Senate
Nixon
Sen
Morse
Oregon
G.O.P
Air Force captain tops 700 mph in jet speed test
In Inglewood California Air Force Capt Slade Nash Moville Iowa twice exceeded 700 miles an hour in an unconfirmed world speed record with the PareD Sabre jet. Timer Charles Logsdon of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and the National Aeronautics Association said the marks will be submitted for ratification after Nash logged 698.44 698.08 702.65 and 700.49 mph on a measured course across four runs.
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Lowan
Charles S. Logsdon
Federation Aeronautique’ Internationale
National Aeronautics Association
Logsdon
Nash
Mrs. Meder Dies In Highway Mishap Near Solon
Mrs. L A Meder 49 wife of prominent Iowa dentist was killed four miles south of Solon in a traffic accident on Highway 261. Driver Leroy Dittmer 52 of Elkader injured with a concussion and hospitalized in fair condition. Dittmer is father of Jack Dittmer Boston Braves second baseman. The tragedy occurred about 10 20 am as Dittmer tried to pass, veered off road and rolled several times. The Meder family were en route to Iowa City for a Notre Dame game. funeral home noted for arrangements.
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Iowa News
Jack Dittmer
Boston Braves
University of Iowa
C. B. Day
Iowa Highway Patrol
Dittmer
Elkader
Iowa City
Meyers
Lt. Day
Meder
Meders
Dr. Meder
Iowa
Financier Dawson Robbed of Jewels and Furs in London
British financier George Dawson, noted for postwar deals in surplus U S army goods, was robbed Friday night of about 29 000 pounds worth of jewels and furs while dining. Thieves entered an upper bedroom to steal an emerald and diamond necklace and a platinum blue mink coat. Dawson had testified before a 1950 congressional committee as a leader in wartime profit schemes.
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London
George Dawson
Dawson
Congressional
U. S. Army
Warshiplus. Materials
Two UNESCO Officials Resign Over Budget and Spain Issue
Paris. Director General Jaime Torres Bodet of Mexico resigns after UNESCO budget cuts for 1953-54. Executive board chair De Berredo Carneiro of Brazil also resigns, joined by Vladislav Ribuilkar of Yugoslavia in protest over Spain's admission. Four French delegates quit over Spain membership.
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Paris
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexico
Unesco
U.S
Britain
Torres Bedet
de Berredo Carneiro
Brazil
Vladislav Ribuilkar
Yugoslavia
Spain
Man Held On Narcotics Charge After FBI Radio Listen
John A. Conlon, 46, was arrested Friday night in Galveston after police say he possessed narcotics during a listening session for the This Is Your FBI radio program.
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Galveston
John. A. Conlon
FBI
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