Britain Severs Ties with U S on Korea Truce Bid
The United States and Britain split over Indian sponsored moves to end the Korean War as Britain withdraws support from the U N backed plan. A special U N session is called to consider changes with 21 nations to vote on Sunday.
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United Nations
Britain
U. S
Ernest Grass
U.S
Anthony Eden
Selwyn Lloy
Gross
Acheson
Washington
Moscow
Ind
Yanks Down Another Mig in Six Straight Victory Days
U S Sabre jets claimed 16 confirmed kills against MIG-15s over Korea in six straight Victory days. A second probable MIG was destroyed near the Yalu River area south of Manchuria. Skirmishes spanned the 155 mile front as cold weather settled over Sniper Ridge and nearby hills. Incidents included an Allied patrol ambush at 2:20 m and heavy fighting around Pinpoins Hill and Rocky. Page four Col. 5.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
U. N
Sniper Ridge
Central
Korea
South Kaan
Pinpoins Hill
Rocky
Eighth Army
Sotiee
More Money Seen Needed For Schools
Don Leagie reports West Virginia with rich coal regions oil and gas and timber wealth has rising per capita income yet school funding lags. A West Virginia Educational Association meeting in Charleston outlined a campaign to put school financing on the public agenda amid rising wealth.
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Don Leagie
the Gazette
West Virginia
Chamber
West
West Virginia Educational Assoc
Charleston
Als Pointes
Sunday Specials and Holiday Gifts in Gazette Supplement
The Gazette’s Christmas special offers a range of gifts from Stone and Thomas Department Store and features a staff feature by Anne Price on falling prices. Also highlighted is a moving piece by Terry Turnier about Morris Harvey College professors the Merrys and their overcoming disabilities.
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Big Whem
Isis
Dat Stone and Thomas Department Store
West Virginia
Anne Price
Morris Harvey College
Terry Turrier
Raleigh Couple Wed Fifty Years United in Death
Mr and Mrs George H Williams both died within an hour of each other after more than three decades of marriage. Williams 82 died at 430 am at a son burnley home in Raleigh County. Mrs Rebecca Jane Treadway Williams 74 died at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley after three weeks as patient. Both deaths followed heart attacks and came after years of declining health. Surviving relatives include several sons and daughters and siblings in Beckley Artie and Columbus Ohio with more details on page 6.
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Artie
George H. Williams
Marrtme
Williams
Burnley
Raleigh
Rebecca Jane Treadway Williams
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Keen
Carson
Bonlin
Srtie
Orville Williams
Velma Stover
Vonda Stover
Margaret Williams
Carnival Earn
Columbus
Kenner and
Three Jewish Traitors Confess at Red Prague Trial
In Vienna on November 22 three Czechoslovak Jewish communists admitted guilt at the Prague purge trial, confessing to glorism and treason amid a broader crackdown on Czech Reds. Among them were former Czech deputy foreign ministers Arthur London and Miavro Hadju, who claimed conspiracies against Prague and Moscow as Titoists and Zionists.
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Vienna
Austria
Prague
Communist Party
Red
Israel
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Arthur London
Wmavro Hadju
Moscow
London
French Brace On Valley Line Near Na San
French Union garrisons defend Na San airstrip 117 miles west of Hanoi as about 18,000 Vietminh troops press from east, northwest and north in an apparent encirclement. The battle centers on holding the valley south of the Black River to protect 300,000 pro-French Thai mountain tribespeople. Skirmishing intensifies as Ho Chi Minh forces advance toward Na San and Sonla.
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Larry Allen
Hanoi
Indochina
French Union
Black River
Na San
Oity
Ho Chi Minh
Sonla
Poles Grant Amnesty for Most Prisoners in Poland
WARSAW November 22 Poland's New People's Parliament passed an amnesty act to free or reduce sentences for most prisoners. The law pardons convicts sentenced up to one year and fines up to 2000 zlotys. Sentences up to three years are halved, over three years cut by one third. Death sentences are reduced to 15 years and life terms to 12 years.
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Warsaw
Poland
Big Ten race ends in tie as Wisconsin Purdue share honors
Big Ten chaos and a Rose Bowl decision loom after a four way scramble for the title ends with Wisconsin tying Purdue and Minnesota, while Michigan and Ohio State slip. Upsets ripple nationwide with Alabama, Washington State, Penn State and others winning. Michigan State and Georgia Tech roll.
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Big Ten
Athletic Directory
Wisconsin
Purdue
Badgers
Minnesota
Indians
Gophers
Michigan
Ohio State
Big Ten Ptg
Northerwestern
Dlingis
Alabama
Maryland
Terrapins
Tennessee
Kentucky
Washington State
Oklahon A. & M
Penn State
Pit
Rice
Texas Christian
Andi Southern
Methodist
Baylor
Michigan State
Marinette
Spartans
Miners' Raise Triggers Possible WSB Walkout
Washington November 22 Public members of the Wage Stabilization Board reportedly plan to resign if Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam overruns their cutback in the soft coal wage case. They oppose granting John L Lewis 3 75,000 miners the full 1.90 daily boost, fearing inflationary impact.
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WSB
Washington
Roger Putnam
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Putnam
Archibald Cam
Charles Killingsworth
Herman Lazarus
Harold Enarson
Youth Loses Arm in Laundry Dryer Accused spins at street laundry injures Bobby Loying
In Toledo on an unspecified date a spin dryer tore off the right arm of 15 year old Bobby Loying who was helping wash equipment at a street laundry. Coach Bert Boutaud applied a tourniquet and likely saved his life as the boy was rushed to hospital.
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Tlouston
Streel
Bobby Loying
Bobby
Bert Butaud
Rulaud
UNESCO Split Over Budget and Spain Membership Recall
In Paris UNESCO split over its budget and Spain joining, triggering resignations from director general Jaine Torres Bodet and two executive board members. A 29 to 21 vote set a ceiling of 18 million dollars for 1953 to 1964 after Britain Sweden and Australia opposed a larger budget.
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Spain
Paris
United, Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Jaine Torres Bodet
Vinesgo
Natio Spain
United Nations
Torres Bodet
Mexico
Britain
Sweden
Australia
United States
Page & Col
AFL Favors Meany as Labor Leaders Face Transition
Washington reports say AFL Secretary-Treasurer George Meany is the likely successor to William Green after his death. CIO leadership contest centers on Philip Murray’s successor as the union ponders unification prospects, but real unity remains uncertain amid upheaval and shifting plans.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
George Meany
William Green
Philip Murray
Unity N
Meany
APY
Green
Snow Blankets Part of South Tennessee Measures Record 22 Inches After Storm
Snow fell across Tennessee and Kentucky as part of a regional blizzard. The Southeastern Conference football game in Knoxville proceeded on a soggy field covered by tarpaulins while 18 to 22 inches fell in four states. Power outages hit 125,000 in East Tennessee. Western Union lines fail and travel slowed to a crawl.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Jay
Georgia
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
Four-States
Western Union Lines
Tennessee-Ken
Rite for Green Set Tomorrow
E. A. Carter president of the West Virginia State Federation of Labor learned funeral services for AK President William Green will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Methodist Church in Cashocton. George Meany of the AFL urged no flowers and suggested donations in Greens's name to National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The AFL endorsed the Democratic ticket last September, with Meany seen as the force behind the move. The Iman APL Executive Council meets Tuesday to elect Green's successor, who will serve at least until the next convention. Two front runners are Allan S. Haywood and Wal.
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Seoul
INS
U. N
Korea
U. S
Fisenhower
Eisenhower
United Nations
Eighth Army
Seotl
Ainy
E. A. Carter
West Virginia
AFL
Meany
Iman Apl
Grean
Allan S. Haywood
Wal
Judge Grants New Trial For Convicted Arsonist
Judge Julian F Rouchelle grants a new trial for Irving Schein, convicted of second degree arson on November 17, 1951, after ruling that irrelevant testimony about Warren McClain and his uninsured shop The Fabric Shop influenced jurors. The case centered on whether Schein set the May 29, 1981 fires at The Fabric Shop and Bars and Toons Shop on Ta re Street.
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Julian F Rouchelle
Irving] Schein
Irrelegan
Schein
Bouchelle
Warren McClain
Alog
Schein’s
Tare St
McClain
Hero Charles Rodriguez Weds Rose Aranda in San Bernardino
Medal of Honor winner Joseph Charles Rodriguez marries Rose Aranda at San Bernardino Catholic Church. About 200 attended with 50 more in the vestibule as a drive to raise over 15,000 for a home gift began. Attending MOH peers Capt Raymond Harvey and Master Sgt Ernest Kouma.
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San Bernardino
Calif
St. Bernardino’ Catholic
Joseph Charles
Chuck) Rodriguez
Rose Aranda
Daniel J. Ryan
Omaha
Neb
Kouma
Camp Irwin
Vear Barstow
Truman
Rodrguez
Flo
American 'Lost' By German Police
Attorneys for two U S businessmen jailed in Germany seek a congressional investigation led by Senator Jenner and Vice President-elect Nixon. U S High Commissioner Donnelly condemned Harms and Bowen cases as unsettling after Harms was allegedly spirited away by German police. Harms had been released on bail while Bowen awaits trial. Harms, technical manager for a Swiss firm with U S defense contracts, faced charges of illegal possession of secret information and illegal financial transactions.
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Frankfurt
INS
U. S
Germany
Jenner R.ind
Nixon
U. 8
Walter Donnelly
Robert N. Harms
Winter’ Park
Fla
Robert E. Bowen
Spokane
Wash
Harms
U.S
Weets
Bowen
Earl Carroll
Kaiserslautern
Pfc
Anthony Pohl
U. S. Army Criminal Investigation Division
Donnelly
Today’s Definition Souvhings by The Gavettos
A bibliographic note attributes a 1964 work to The Gavettos with a playful line about doubt and the notion of saying the best thing in uncertain times. The entry centers on authorship and publication context rather than narrative content.
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International Money Fund
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World Organization
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D-New
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U.N
Morris
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R-Wisi
Roy M. Cohn
Byron Price
Senate
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South America
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Miss
Herbert O’caner
Daryland
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Beve
Vladimir Clementis
Rudolf Slansky
Red Czechoslovakia
Slansky
Party
Clementis
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Vishinsky
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Mauro Mendez
Aguinaldo
Harmaa
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