U N Troops Stage Daring Night Raids in Korea
British commandos and U S marines conduct two night raids behind Communist lines near Songjin and Tanchon in northeast Korea, striking rail lines and tunnels. Casualties reported on both sides with uncertain damage assessment to the rail link.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Far East Naval Headquarters
Tokyo
Songjin
Siberia
38Th Parallel
Navy
Red
Tingey
Tanchon
Reds
Horace A. Bass
Wonsan
Redport
Republican Wins Nebraska Vote
Republican Robert D. Harrison won Nebraska's 3rd district seat in the U S House, solidifying GOP control after Karl Stefan's death. Dem candidate Carl F. Olson conceded in Omaha after polls closed, with Harrison leading 29,821 to 12,372 from 404 of 496 precincts. Olson cited a Republican trend and voters forgetting 1932.
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Omaha
Robert D. Harrison
Nebraska
U. S. House of Representatives
Karl Stefan
Carl F. Olson
Fremont
Harrison
Associated Press
Norfolk
Olson
City Woman Suffers Mild Concussion
Mrs. June McLemore of 320 Washington was hurt in a Monday Madison Street crash that involved three vehicles and led to a total damage estimate of 720 dollars. Doctors say she has a mild concussion and may stay in St. Mary's hospital for about two more days. In police court, Turner Foster and James Kirby pleaded guilty to drunkenness with minor penalties.
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June McLemore
Washington
Madison Street
St. Mary's Hospital
High
Madison
Turner Foster
Route 2
East High Street
James Kirby
Springfield
210
Walnut Street
Weather Forecast for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Partly cloudy today with a high near 58. Tonight and tomorrow turn colder with strong west winds 35 to 45 mph. Temperatures around 59 at 2 pm, 55 at 4 pm, 60 around 6 pm, then falling.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri River
Kansas City
Hermann Eos
Osage River Lake of the Ozarks
Thomas
Cece Cceerveres
Missouri Senate Passes Uniform Milk Inspection Bill
The Missouri senate revived two measures, approving a higher Public Service Commission salary from 7000 to 8500 and passing a uniform milk inspection bill 20 to 11, sending both back to the house for consideration of changes. A motor vehicle tax receipt requirement, a shoplifting to grand larceny bill, and a highway patrol staffing increase were also acted on with various votes and debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Senate
State Public Service Commission
David A. Hess
St. Louis
Hess
Leither
Senate
House
Frank M. Frisby
Bethany
Ilness
Michael Kinney
Kansas City
New Suit Filed in Backwash of Missing Builder
Oscar Fleugel filed a suit for himself and three others owed for labor on a home built by Mr and Mrs Harry E Ferguson. The case targets the Fergusons for 658.05 of 291.30 in mechanics lien claims and names H A Kaufman doing business as SK Building Company as the arrangement source. Plaintiffs seek 78.75 11.25 170.25 and 31.05 plus court costs, with total alleged recovery 1756.59. AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS London case notes pelican sex speculation as ministers consider birds shipped from Galveston Texas.
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Capital City
Oscar Fleugel
Harry E. Ferguson
Fergusons
Guy Lone
H. A. Kaufman
S K Building Company
Kaufman
Fleugel
Frank Ramsdell
Williard H.schulte
John M. Harris
Ramsdell
Schulte
Hariris
Bus Mows Down 23 Cadets in Chatham Street Tragedy
In Chatham England a suburban bus plowed into a Marine cadet marching group killing 23 boys aged 10 to 14 and injuring 19. The driver George Sampson 40 faced a career ending tragedy as the accident halted a parade toward a boxing tournament at Britain's naval arsenal town.
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Chatham
Eng
Marine Cadet Formation
Britain
Navy
Royal Navy
George Sampson
Marine Barracks
Navy Barracks
Holmfirth
Yorkshire
London
Hibok Volcano Devastates Camiguin Island in Philippines
Rescue officials fear 2000 may have perished after Hibok Volcano unleashed a deadly eruption on Camiguin. Death toll to 146 reported by Red Cross with widespread destruction, villages buried under ash and lava and residents fleeing toward Mindanao.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Hibok
Philippine Red Cross
Chamguin Island
Philippines
Mindanao
Chaunguin
Mambajao
Philippines News Service
Lawmakers Approve Extra Funds for Attorney General Office
After a heated debate the house approved a $65 276 salary increase for the attorney general office within the appropriations bill by a 65 to 62 vote. Rep Richard Webster led the opposition citing questioned duties and alleged campaign driven staff growth. Rep Cecil T Taylor defended Attorney General J E Taylor amid the clash.
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House
Attorney General's
Richard Webster
Jasper County
Webster
Olliver W. Nolen
Monroe County
J. E. Taylor
Cecil T. Taylor
Shelby County
Suez clashes claim Egyptian and British casualties
In Suez a second day of fighting left 15 Egyptians dead and 29 injured with a woman and a child among the injured. British reports counted two wounded and noted an unconfirmed claim of 20 Egyptian deaths near a water plant edge of the city.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez
Interior Ministry
Missouri House backs city earnings tax up to one percent
The Missouri House approved allowing St. Louis to levy an earnings tax up to 1 percent. The bill still requires Senate passage and the governor's signature before becoming law. If enacted, the St. Louis board of aldermen would decide the tax rate within the city’s jurisdiction.
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Missouri House
St. Louis
Senate
Koenigs Arrested On Tax Charge In East St Louis
J Fred Koenig and wife Grace Pipkin Koenig were arrested in St Louis after a federal indictment in East St Louis Illinois charging them with operating a handbook club and violating internal revenue laws as operators of the Playdium a night club in East St Louis.
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ST. Louis
J. Fred Koenig
Grace Pipkin Koenig
East St. Louis
Ill
East iSt. Louis
Reds Have New Jet Fighters of Later Design Than Mig-15
London dispatch reports Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951 52 edition notes five new Russian jet fighter types beyond the Mig 15 speed 640 mph. Western observers say Russia also fields a twin jet light bomber with several in service in East Germany and possible Berlin missions but performance remains unconfirmed.
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London
Russia
Korea
Jane
All the World
Moscow
Red Air Force
East Germany
Jane’s
Berlin
Jane's
Missouri House Backs Two New Tax Cut Proposals
The Missouri House moved to shelve Gov. Smiths income tax cut plan while introducing two new measures. Rep Dwight Beals and 58 Republicans propose axing the 2 percent sales tax on food or prescriptions or limiting it to welfare recipients. The Houtchens Spencer proposal would allow deductions of milk meat and bread sales tax from income tax, but opponents argue against it.
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Missouri House
Forrest Smith
Dwight Beals
Jackison County
Lester Vonderschmidt
Holt County
Spencer
Houtchens
Reds Repeat Truce Demand in Korea Dispatch
In Panmunjom the Communists reiterated a demand to halt troop rotations and freeze U N troops in Korea until a peace treaty is reached. They also insisted no belligerent serve on inspection teams, limiting access to ports of entry behind the lines. The Allies seek joint U N inspection teams with freedom to move across Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
U. S
Two men fined in traffic and game violation cases
Magistrate Foster S. Wheatly heard a traffic case and a game violation. Chester R. Niebruegge paid 33 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to driving with an improperly registered license on December 4. Clem Morgan was fined 1 dollar and costs for hunting without a license on December 1.
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Foster S. Wheatly
Chester R. Niebruegge
Clem Morgan
State Highway Patrol
Tax case shaker claims $500000 shakedown in Washington
Abraham Teitelbaum testified he was targeted by two men claiming to be tied to a Washington clique of high officials. He said Bert Naster and Frank Nathan offered to help him avoid income tax trouble in a porky scheme, while officials denied any such group existed. Nathan and Naster faced questions as the House committee pressed on.
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Senate
Richard J. Chamier
Moberly
Robinet
W. H. Robinett
Mountain Grove
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Chicago
Abraham Teitelbaum
Miami Beach
Fla
Bert K. Naster
Hollywood
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
James Larson
General Services Administration
Charles Oliphant
Nunan
Schoeneman
Naster
Theron Lamar Caudle
Teitelbaum
Capitol Hill
Jess Larson
House Tax Investigating Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Joseph Nunan
Internal Revenue
George J. Schoeneman
Nathan
Bert Naster
House
Ways and Means
Missouri House Senate panel redraws districts to 11
A Missouri redistricting plan advanced by a House Senate committee would cut from 13 to 11 districts after the 1950 census. Democrats would likely hold eight districts, Republicans two, with one doubtful, reshaping Greene Jasper and Cole counties and grouping them with central Missouri counties.
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House
Senate
Missouri
J. F. Patterson
Carruthersville
Greene
Jasper
Cole County
Jackson County
St. Louis
Cass
Bates
Vernon
Barton
Lafayette
Johnson
Henry
Kansas City
Atchison
Holt, Nodaway
Andrew
Buchanan
Platte, Worth
Gentry
DeKalb
Clinton
Clay
Harrison
Davies
Caldwell
Ray
Livingston
Linn
Newton
McDonald
St. Clair
Cedar
Dade
Lawrence
Barry
Polk Greene
Christian
Stone
Taney
Webster
Douglas
Ozark
Wright
Osage Maries
Pulaski
Dent
Texas
St. Francois Counties
Key Highway Bill Okayed By Missouri House
Missouri House clears path for swift Senate action on a 557 million dollar 10 year highway program and passes a non controversial truck and bus regulation bill. Senate attention focuses on a 10 million dollar truck license fee measure as Kinney plans to bring both bills up. House also approves a cash refund provision for Missouri income taxpayers who overpay.
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Missouri House
Senate
House
Public Service Commission
Michael Kinney
St. Louis
Missouri
VA Office Here to Close at Year End
The Veterans Administration office in the Post Office building will close on December 31. The St. Louis regional office confirmed that Jefferson City and Columbia offices will also close due to a VA order targeting smaller offices. Each of the two remaining outstate sites had one VA representative, with trainee activity now reduced.
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Veterans Administration
St. Louis
King Prior
Prior
Jefferson City
Columbia
Washington
Missouri
Kefauver fires at MacArthur in Seattle speech
Senator Estes Kefauver attacked General MacArthur for omitting the United Nations from a Seattle address calling it either ignorance of the UN role or vanity He said the war is not MacArthur’s or the US alone and urged a global effort led by the UN to preserve peace while praising Korea policy and denouncing domestic corruption. VEAL PRICES SET UNDER NEW CEILINGS Washington imposed veal wholesale price ceilings about 1 to 1.5 cents above current levels acknowledging minor retail impact but resisting big changes.
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Seattle
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
MacArthur
United Nations
U. N
United States
Joseph ‘Stalin
Congress
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Inmate Sends Doll to National Salvation Army Toy Contest
An inmate at Missouri State Penitentiary mailed a handmade doll for the Salvation Army toy drive. The letter requests entry in his mother Mrs. As you can see I could not receive a prize here but she could use one. Prizes will be announced on Mutual Broadcasting System. About 400 000 toys are expected. winners to be judged for distribution to 18 city institutions.
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Chicago
National Salvation Army
Salvation Army
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Mutual Broadcasting System
Toll Rises as Winds Batter West Coast
One person is dead and property damage mounts as hurricane force winds sweep the Pacific Northwest. Gusts near 100 mph lash the southern Oregon coast snapping power lines and closing highways while Coos Bay suffers severe damage. A Bonneville Power Administration worker was killed near Vancouver Washington when a gust overturned his pickup in an incident witnessed by a bystander who said the driver, John A Boyle of Portland, failed to jump free.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Coast Guard
Oregon Coast
Coos Bay
Oregon
Bonneville Power Administration
Vancouver
Wash
John A. Boyle
Soldier returns wallet found at Ft Knox earning reward
Pvt John B Finn 21 of Lima Ohio found a wallet at Ft Knox over the weekend containing 1000 in cash belonging to Cpl Orville Howard 44 of Wallins Creek Ky a Korean War veteran. Finn returned the money and Howard paid him 20 as a Christmas present noting the soldier had been broke for three weeks.
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Louisville
Ft. Knox
John B. Finn
Lima
Cpl
Orville Howard
Wallins Creek
Finn
Howard
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