Allies Lose Ground All Along Front
General MacArthur warned of an entirely new war as Chinese forces surge across Manchuria into Korea. He summoned Lt. Gen. Walton Walker and Maj. Gen. Edward Almond for urgent talks in Tokyo and urged UN unity to curb Chinese intervention while noting 200000 Chinese troops now arrayed against UN forces.
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South Carolina to Host Major Atomic Energy Plant Complex
The government will build a $260 million atomic energy complex on a 250000 acre site in Aiken and Barnwell counties near the Savannah River to supply materials for hydrogen bomb components not weapons. Du Pont will design build and operate the plants with construction slated to start next year affecting about 1990 families to be relocated.
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Georgia
Drive Launched To Raise Chest Shortage In Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids drive aims to cover an $8,967.38 shortfall for the 1950 Community Chest goal of $816,517.09. By Monday noon, $207,048.71 had been raised, or 95.9 percent of the target and 108.1 percent of the 1649 total. The effort supports 12 Red Feather agencies and related groups. Davenport and Des Moines faced larger shortages, while Sioux City met its $311,000 goal.
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Red Feather
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Des Moines
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Ice from Sky Stuns Britain as Air Ministry Probes Falls
Reports of unusual ice and clear blocks falling from the sky prompt Britain to form Project Ice bolt. Sightings across southern England include a sheep-killing shard in Theron and a transparent brick landing near Stebbing in Essex as D J Tunmore narrowly avoids a strike. The air ministry vows investigation.
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Girl Identifies Milliner as Her Alleged Attacker
A 13 year old Cedar Rapids girl testified Tuesday identifying Edward Lee Milliner a 19 year old native of Tennessee as the man who assaulted her in a wooded area near Hawkeye Downs Aug 11. The trial opened with a nine women and three men jury selected. The defense challenged the Linn county jury list alleging discrimination but Judge G K Thompson overruled.
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Milliner
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MacArthur Opens Korean Drive Amid Chinese Counteroffensive
General Douglas MacArthur supervised a kickoff in northwest Korea as China reportedly commits more divisions. The plan aimed to rapidly end the war if successful, but observers warn the conflict could continue indefinitely with renewed Communist offensives. MacArthur and Lt General Walton Walker reviewed troop deployments and terrain details with Ninth and Eighth Army commanders.
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Quaker Directors Declare Dividend of $1.25 a Share
The Quaker Oats Company declares a dividend of 1.25 dollars per share on outstanding no par common stock payable January 10 1951 to stockholders of record December 13 1950. A four for one split will convert no par stock to five dollar par as soon as practicable. A regular quarterly dividend of one and a half percent on outstanding one stock is payable February 28 1951 to stockholders of record February 1 1951.
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Quaker Board
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Chicago
Montrose
Reds Surge Ahead May Trap Allies
TOKYO reports a massive 206,000 Chinese Communist assault across North Korea threaten to trap Allied forces. The breakthrough shattered the South Korean Second corps, forcing U S and South Korean units to withdraw behind the Chongchon river as air support fights the advancing Reds toward Yongbyon and Pyongyang.
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Taedong River
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Eighth Army
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Korea
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West Side 55 Acre Site Favored for Cedar Rapids High
Monday night Cedar Rapids school board hearings favored a 55 acre west side site beside the Veterans Memorial Stadium area for a new high school with 10th to 12th graders. East side plans on a smaller 20 to 30 acre tract north of College Grove, leaving the final choice to future board votes.
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Second Avenue Line
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Swallows Cigaret To Prevent Blaze
Virginia Minnesota report explains how Donald Pratt 40 may have saved his life when his truck skidded on ice and toppled into a ditch. He reportedly bit and swallowed a lit cigaret to prevent a gasoline fire in the cab.
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Margaret Truman's New Music Teacher Named Deitch
The Associated Press reports Margaret Truman confirmed she changed teachers. Sidney Deitch a native of Cedar Rapids now based in New York heads a music school in Philadelphia and has taught Metropolitan Opera stars. He spent years in Prague and once lived in Cedar Rapids as a youth with family name originally Deitch.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Deitch
Metropolitan Opera
Prague
Stores To Stay Open Later on Wednesdays
Cedar Rapids retailers will stay open until 9 p.m. each Wednesday as announced by the Chamber of Commerce. The Retail Merchants bureau agreed the 9 p.m. closing hour will continue weekly through December 20 and that stores will also stay open to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, December 22.
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Cedar Haralds Keys
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
French Cabinet Resigns Over Indo China Scandal
The French cabinet announced its resignation after the national assembly censured Defense Minister Jules Moch for alleged involvement in a leak of a confidential Indo Chinese report. The move follows a scandal tied to military and political documents.
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Paris
National Assembly
Jules Moch
U S Charges China with Aggression in Korea at UN
The United States publicly charged Communist China with aggression in Korea during a Security Council meeting. Ambassador Austin pressed Wu Hsui chuan for proof of planning and forces, warning of a possible Soviet veto and broader war risks.
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Korea
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Truman
Charles G. Ross
One Wife Too Many Headlines Puzzle Exposed
Mrs Nagger quotes a cheeky rib about bigamy as headlines spark a lighthearted quarrel. The husband quips that the story may not be about bigamy after all, playing on phrasing and expectations.
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