Rocket Ships Blaze As Yanks Fight Off Drive on Beachhead
In northeast Korea, short range rocket ships join destroyers and planes to defend a shrinking Hungnam beachhead as U S Army engineers blow the last bridge link west of Yonpo airfield. U S forces report heavy shelling and a limited North Korean assault quickly repelled.
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Tokyo
Hungnam
Korea
Moscow
Red Command
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Chigyong
Yanpo
Stan Swinton
Sheltie
Swinton
U. S.S Eighth Army
Chunchon
Peace possible despite difficult world situation says UN head
U N Secretary General Lie said the world situation is difficult but peace may be preserved. He noted Korea cease fire efforts and hopes the committee will succeed. He planned January conferences in Geneva Paris and London on the 1951 General Assembly.
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Iran
Sir Benegal WN
How Santa Clous Came to Simpson's Bar serial debut
Inside Today readers are invited to the Brete Harte tale How Santa Clous Came to Simpson's Bar. The first of three installments appears today on the page labeled Amusements. The feature follows Santa delivering cheer to a sickly child in a remote cabin, with savored dramatic scenes amid snow and hardship.
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Simpson's Bar
Neourtin
Johny
Brete Harte
Santa Clous
Gazette
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Phavla
Gift Basket Show At Municipal Auditorium
Voices from Kanawha and chorus groups will star in the Gift Basket show at the Municipal Auditorium. The three hour event begins at p.m. with free admission and prizes including 1,000 silver dollars and a 1951 General Electric Svoner. Contestants identify the Gift Basket Puzzle by telephone or stage prompt.
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Municipal Auditorium
Drawing for Silver Dollars After Choral Festival Tonight
The 4000 dollar prize and an GE ironer contest will be drawn at 11 05 p m after the WCHS Gazette Choral Festival. Names telephoned and interviewed on stage will not be broadcast and results appear tomorrow morning in The Gazette. Pledges to the Gift Basket for The Salvation Army may be made by calling 2 8131 from 8 p m.
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Gazette
WCHS
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Contest Promises Cash and GE Ironer Prizes
The Gazette announces a contest with two prizes a cash award and a GE ironer donated by Virginian Biestric Inc. Eligible contestants contacted by phone receive cash only while the ironer goes to the final winner. Federal Judge Ben Moore will draw entry coupons and determine questions. Entries and donations to the Salvation Army are invited at Gazette offices on Hale Street. The event coincides with tonight's Choral Festival in the auditorium for audience and radio listeners.
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Ben Moore
Gazette
Salvation Army
Downstown
Hale St
Ghostly Gunman Baffles Philadelphia Manhunters
A sniper with a .22 rifle terrorizes Philadelphia suburbs killing one woman and wounding a dozen others. Vigilantes and police hunt a mobile assailant believed to drive a car and target random victims including a mother of two and a child. The city center remains calm as fear grips surrounding areas.
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Philadelphia
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Old City
William Penn
City Hall
West to Unite Defense Force Within Weeks
President Truman says YU S and West European troops will train together in weeks as U S plans to send massive forces to Europe before July 1 Army leaders report Brussels groundwork for a 12 nation anti Communist defense force to be commanded by Eisenhower Pace Collins warn of sacrifices needed for unified defense Europeans must match American support and sacrifice while Gruenther notes timetable discussions continue.
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Truman
Europe
State Acheson
Brussels
Eisenhower
Pace
Army
J. Lawton Colins
U.S
U. S
Collins
Alfred M. Gruenther
iSalve
Rail Pact Bars Strike and Boosts Wages for 300,000
The three year peace pact ends a 22 month wage dispute and blocks strikes by major rail unions until October 1953. It awards 29 cent package bonuses to terminal workers and 10 cent raises to road crews, with a 40 hour week to be phased in for 12000 yardmen. John R. Steelman led the talks at the White House and called the agreement unprecedented in rail history.
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Washington
White House
John R.steelman
Army
Gas Blast Destroys Marmet Garage Fire Finally Contained
A Bell Lines tractor-trailer loaded with gasoline exploded at 6414 MacCorkley Ave early yesterday, causing an estimated 100000 dollars in damage to a garage and shop. Marmet firemen aided by Charleston crews quickly controlled the flames, saving about 1000000 dollars in equipment, with water access hampered by the river.
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Gars
OSS
Marmet
MacCorkley Av
Charleston
Imarmet
Kanawha
GM lifts car sales ban and sells 1951 models at 1950 prices
Detroit reports General Motors ends its embargo and agrees to sell new 1951 Chevrolet Pontiac and Cadillac cars at 1950 price levels after the Economic Stabilization Agency price freeze. GM argues 1950 models are substantially improved and plans dealer rebates to buyers who paid higher 1951 prices.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
Cadillac
Economic Stabilization Agency
Ford
Chrysler
Nash
Buick
Oldsmobile
ESA
Alan Valentine
Adenauer presses toward security treaty with Western allies
West Germany’s Konrad Adenauer said a big step forward was made in plans for German forces to join Europe’s defense against communism. After a five hour meeting with U S Britain and French high commissioners, occupation powers offered concessions and outlined a contractual relation, signaling a path to a security treaty and closer integration under Eisenhower’s command.
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Konrad Adenauer
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United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Europe
Enauer
New headaches arise in Route 60 resurfacing
Public criticism grows as the Kentucky rock asphalt resurfacing of 4.7 miles on U. S. 60 through South Charleston requires repairs less than four months after a $331,000 project. Officials blame weather and heavy traffic. supporters defend material as durable and non skid for Huntington streets.
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State Road Commission
Clyde W. Beckner
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Charleston
Beckner
Road Commission
Kentucky Rock
Huntington Streets
Blaze destroys Gallagher store in Montgomery with $200,000 loss
A two story Gallagher company storage and post office building was destroyed by fire early yesterday in Montgomery. Firemen reported the blaze at 2 45 am and said the structure was gutted within 45 minutes. Police consider robbery motive and found sacks of loot nearby. The fire marshal noted unclear ignition and possible accidental cause.
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State Fire Marshal's Office
Chicago
Ita
M. M. Fitzwater
Kimberly
Northwestern University
Loyal Davis
Northwestern Medical Staff
Hines Veterans Administration Hospital
Mrs. Hattie Caraway Dies First Woman US Senator at 72
Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway of Arkansas, the first woman elected to the U S Senate, died at 11 05 a m after a long illness. A Democrat, she served from 1931 to 1945 and was widowed by Thaddeus Caraway. Funeral plans await her son Col Forrest Caraway from Fort Leavenworth. another son Col Paul Caraway is in Trieste. Relatives pending details.
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IFI
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
United States Senate
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Senate
Thaddeus Caraway
Walter Reed Hospital
White Hall
Falls Church
Jonesboro
Ark
Senate approves massive defense bill and fast tracks measures
The Senate voted a 19.97 billion emergency defense appropriation and a 1.6 billion construction authorization for the armed forces. A Senate House conference was set for 10 a.m. EST to reconcile differences on the arms measure while Truman sought wartime power to speed defense contracts.
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House
Senate House
Truman
White House
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Congress
Red Tape Raises 50 Cent Magazine Cost to 13.39
A House subcommittee reports that due to red tape the government paid 13.39 to obtain a 50 cent magazine. The example cites August 1950 when the National Park Service paid for a copy for the director, with administrative costs adding to the price.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
Subcommittee
National Park Service
Christmas Outdoor Lighting Contest Entry Form Notice
The Charleston Gazette announces the official entry form for the Christmas Outdoor Lighting Contest. Mail or deliver this coupon before midnight Saturday December 23, and entries must be used by contestants to be considered.
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Electric League of Charleston
U S Officials Predict Surge in War Material Production
Mobilization Director Charles E Wilson testifying before a Senate House committee said 50 to 100 percent more war materiel could roll off U S production lines in 1961 than in the first big year after Pearl Harbor. He noted the U S is in far better condition for production now.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
U. S
Senate House
Wilson
United States
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Economic Stabilization Administraion
ESA
Wage Stabilization Board
Experts Say Reds Rushing A Plans
Washington reports top atomic officials told Senators that Russia is pursuing an intensive atomic weapons program. Gore Dean and Carleton Shugg testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee about six new sites and a tight timetable for plant completion as the emergency defense bill of about 19.97 billion dollars was approved with an extra 240 million for atomic development.
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Russia
Goredon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Carleton Shugg
AEC
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Shugg
T . Dean
House
Charleston Weather Forecast Fragment on Friday’s Outlook
Fragmentary from Charleston and surrounding regions shows variable cloudiness and warmth ahead of a colder trend Friday afternoon. Virginia expects fair warmth with possible rain or snow in northern areas. Western Pennsylvania, El Virginia, and nearby locales show mostly cloudy skies with rising chances of precipitation and moderate winds.
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