No New Snow Likely Until After Xmas
Snow totals lagged forecasts as four inches fell in parts of Iowa on Tuesday hindering Christmas travel. Weather offices warned chains for trucks and urged caution while city crews cleared windrows and managed snow removal costs.
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Iowa
State Highway Commission
Osceola
Adel
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Highway Commission
Public Works
Forest E. Grover
Grover
Scott
E. F. Stapowich
Stapowich
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Farley
Zwingle
LiMotte
South English
North English
Millersburg
Williamsburg
Conroy
Des Moines
Iowa Power and Light Co
Don Housman
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Allied jets clash as MIG jets shot down near Seoul
Four Sabre jets engaged eight Soviet built MIG fighters over Seoul on Tuesday. One MIG was shot down in the clash giving Allied forces a tactical edge in the skirmish.
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Seoul
Mixed romance with robbery at Chicago chain store
In Chicago one of two men who robbed a chain food store Monday night kissed the female cashier while the other forced the second clerk to empty the register. They stole 623 dollars. Mrs Anne Lidquist, 37, told police she was terrified and described the incident to her husband, Officer Arnold Lidquist.
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Chicago
Anne Lidquist
Eisenhower Quietly Opposes FEPC Backing
In New York a delegation of Negro clergy asked President-elect Eisenhower to support fair employment legislation establishing an FEPC with enforcement power. He reportedly risks little political trouble but remains opposed to compulsory FEPC law. John Roosevelt also visited, stating the talk was social and not job-related.
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New York
Eisenhower
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Truman
Generals
John Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Marines in New York Bombing Fatality Injures Thirteen
In a crowded Upper West Side tavern a phos phorous bomb exploded after a late Tuesday incident involving three young servicemen. Marine Sgt. James Eugene McDermott, 19, was fatally shot during a pursuit eight blocks away. 14 others were injured, eight of them with Spanish names. A patrolman was knifed in the chaos, while a federal agent and another officer were treated.
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New York
James Eugene McDermott
McDermott
Upper West Side
Esas
Fourteen Bodies Found in Fertilizer Plant Blast
Rescue workers at a fertilizer plant explosion in Nagoya reported 14 bodies recovered from the wreckage. Five persons were missing. Police said 33 were seriously injured and 198 slightly hurt. Total damage estimated at 1.4 million dollars.
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Nagoya
Japan
P —tHescue
Twins Unchanged in Chicago Medical Update
The condition of the Brodie twins remained largely steady as of Tuesday with Roger listed as very precarious and Rodney in critical condition, showing little change from the prior four days.
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Chicago
Brodie
Roger
Rodney
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported by AP on Dec 23 1951
AAP report details Iowa traffic fatalities with daily tallies for December 23 1951 and 1952. Data lists incidents, locations, and casualty figures, highlighting trends in motor vehicle accidents across the state during those years.
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Associated Press
Traubel Delivers Opera to GI’s in Korea
Metropolitan Opera star Helen Traubel surprised by the warm Korean GI reception as she performed two days of grand opera for American troops. She packed the Seoul theater with cries for more and sang aboard the hospital ship Consolation, where visibility was limited and the crew joined in with cheer. Traubel praised the wounded soldiers and said she was glad she came, noting the troops’ courage and care.
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George McArthur
Helen Traubel
Metropolitan Opera
Korea
Grand Opera
Betty Hutton
St. Louis
May Investigate Korean Atrocities
Washington Representative Flood announced the incoming 88th Congress will likely authorize an inquiry into alleged Communist atrocities in Korea. He cited the Katyn Forest massacre as a blueprint for wholesale elimination and said a bill authorizing the inquiry would be introduced promptly. No new or recent mistreatment of U N troops was indicated by the committee.
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Washington
Flood
D. Pa
88Rd
Congress
Korea
J. Flood
House
Katyn Forest
Katyn Committee
Smolensk
Russia
House Committee
Hand and Feet Bound, So He Dials Phone With Tongue
In San Francisco a cafe owner, Giobatta Perrazo, bound by hands and feet, dialed the phone with his tongue after a tall young woman and her armed male companion robbed him of 4000 dollars. The thiefs rifled a cash box as Perrazo cried for help. The operator alerted police.
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San Francisco
Giobatta Perrazo
Perrazo
Manen
Clarinda Building Is Complete Loss in Fire
Special to The Nonpareil Clarinda workmen cleared debris after Snodderly Motors was destroyed by fire and an explosion in the paint shop. Ernest Decker was burned on the hands. four cars burned and twelve driven out. One car owned by Ronald Reese contained $125 cash. Insurance covered loss, Gromyke Home also scorched. New York notes Andrei A. Gromyko sailed for Russia amid UN dissension over Korea.
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Snodderly Motors
Richardson Lumber Yard
Ernest Decker
Ronald Reese Serviceman
Hyled Reese
Max Saddderly
Gromyke
New York
Andrei A
John Hulbert
Isi Gromyko
Russia
United Nations
Clarinda
United States
Korea
NAM Refuses to Help Staff Wage Board
The National Association of Manufacturers NAM declined again to help staff the Wage Stabilization Board. NAM President Charles R Sligh Jr said Truman's coal mine wage increase undercut the WSB inflating effects are destroyed. Michael V DiSalle urged industry to accept responsibility and end the boycott of the WSB.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Charles R. Sligh Jr
Michael V. DiSalle
Nativity Scene to Be Dedicated at Lincoln Monument
The nativity display at the Lincoln Monument will be dedicated at 7 30 p m Tuesday with carolers from several churches. Mrs W J Brandt led public fundraising last year and oversaw erection of larger figures and new kneeling Mary scene illuminated for the ceremony City councilman Frank Griffith to speak and street signs to guide visitors. Brown helped finance and erect the set with Mrs Brandt and neighbors.
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Lincoln Monument
W. J. Brandt
Oakland Dr
Salem Evangelical United Brethren
Grace Presbyterian
Our Savior's Lutheran
First Christian
First Congregational
Frank Griffith
New Army Policy for Draftee Release
The Army will release draftees after at least 20 months of active service if they completed Korea service, effective after January 1. Secretary Pace announced the change, shortening the required 24 months. The policy also covers draftees who return before January 1 and have not left a reception center for reassignment by that date.
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Washington
Korea
Secretary of the Army
Pace
Army
Des Moines Convention Bureau Head Brayton Dies at 61
Arthur Brayton longtime head of the Des Moines Convention Bureau died at a local hospital Tuesday after brain surgery last spring. Born in Ida Grove Iowa he studied at the University of Wisconsin and worked as a reporter before leading the bureau since 1938 known as the man of a thousand stories and kept a card file to avoid repeating stories to organizations.
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Des Moines
Arthur Brayton
Des Moines Convention Bureau
Brayton
Ida Grove
Lyons
Clinton
University of Wisconsin
Mar
Times-Republican
Merchants Trade Journal
Conven‘tion
Cabinet Crisis Deepens as Pinay Resigns in France
Paris President Vincent Auriol accepted Premier Antoine Pinay's resignation 16 hours after it was offered, following a failed confidence vote in the National Assembly. The move risks ending the 17th government since liberation and the Pinay program to defend purchasing power and curb devaluation.
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Paris
Vincent Auriolt
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
National Assembly
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Auriol
France
Seventy Combat Men to March in Inaugural Parade
Seventy U S combat men drawn from units at Camp Drake near Tokyo began assembling today for travel to Washington to join Dwight Eisenhower s inaugural parade on January 20 They will bear the colors of their regiments headquarters and the U S Eighth Army in the ceremonies
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Tokyo
U. S
Camp Drake
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S. Eighth Army
Goodfellows Distribute 100 Christmas Dinner Bags
The Goodfellows distributed ingredients for 100 Christmas dinners Tuesday. American Legion Auxiliary members packed bags at St Francis auditorium for 100 needy families. Distribution based on family size with sugar cocoa prunes beans oleomargarine sauces fruit meat and bread in each bag.
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Goodfellows
American Legion Auxiliary
Merm Gers
St. Francis Auditorium
Central Index
Jin Southwest Town
Liner Champollion tragedy sparks rescue effort at Beirut
Twenty passengers died while trying to swim ashore as 108 passengers and 220 crew were brought to shore after the French liner Champollion ran aground off Beirut in rough seas. Ten more perished when a lifeboat capsized. several women and a child survived by swimming.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Champollion
Marseille
Francois Pugh
Pugh
Mel
Cap
Nell Owen
Dallas
Tex
Miss Owen
Nell
Fire Brigade
Camille Chamoun
Israel
Haifa
Fouad Shehab
Six Convicts Bore Tunnel to Free Prison in Washington
Six tough inmates quietly dug a 12 ton tunnel 200 feet long under the Washington State Prison walls. Seven escaped early Monday. Ralph Courser was wounded in Portland and captured hours later. The six remaining fugitives are considered dangerous maximum security prisoners.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State
Pacific Northwest
Ralph Courser
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Portsland
Courser
Natural Gas for 15 000 Homes in 5 States
Northern Natural Gas Company announces an extra 20 million cubic feet daily to five states starting Saturday. It could heat about 15 000 homes this winter. Nebraska cities Omaha Lincoln Fremont Beatrice Fairbury and others, plus Iowa Des Moines Oakland Atlantic Griswold Sioux City. A prior program added 60 million cubic feet daily since Oct 27. A truck driver died from carbon monoxide after leaving a motor running to stay warm.
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Northern Natural Gas Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Lincoln
Fremont
Beatrice
Fairbury
Towa
Des Moines
Oakland
Atlantic
Griswold
Sioux City
Northern Natural
Minneapolis
Jefferson 2
Thej
W. L. Davias
Harry J. Parsons
Fcam
Hastings
Baptist Leader Dr Mays Dies at 79 in Nashville
Dr Livingston T Mays world renowned Baptist minister, diplomat, and educator died of a heart attack in a Nashville hospital Monday night at 79. He led major U S congregations, served as past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and was appointed American consul in Canada by President Wilson in 1914, with special permission from Secretary Bryan to preach during service there.
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Nashville
Tenn
Livingston T. Mays
Mays
United States
Rome
Italy
Southern Baptist Convention
Canada
Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Traffic Fatality in Wilton Claims Two Year Old
Dean Thornton aged two of Wilton died at Bellevue Hospital in Muscatine from injuries sustained in a morning car truck collision in Wilton at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday. Local police continued investigations.
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Wilton
Dean Thornton
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
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