Increasing cloudiness with showers and storms forecast
Community briefs from WY report rising clouds and warm temperatures this afternoon with showers and scattered storms tonight. Tuesday brings cloudy conditions and cooler weather with fresh onshore winds. Local hospital notes and public notices include several admissions and discharges at Ellis-Meyer and Decatur General, a Christmas basket drive by veterans groups with 135 baskets prepared, and a VFW post meeting at 7 30 PM.
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VFW
Board of Trustee
Soldier Killed In Madison Cafe
Huntsville sheriff predicts an early arrest in the slaying of Homer H. Harding a 21 year old soldier on Christmas leave from Fort Jackson South Carolina. He was knifed in a cafe brawl ten miles east of Huntsville dying after his throat was cut and a back wound. Four men fled in a black car as investigators search.
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Huntsville
Cecil Sanderson
Pfe
Homer H. Harding
Fort Jackson
S. C
Sanderson
Harding
Rt. 1
Ala
Lyle C. Barker
Redstone
Arsenal
Death Ends Morgan Family's Trip Home For Christmas
Four people died in a LaGrange Indiana auto wreck Saturday night as Millard Morris 31 and his two sons Charles 7 Gary 4 were killed along with neighbor Maxine Woodall 13. Ruth Morris was in critical condition in a LaGrange hospital. The family had departed Kalamazoo Michigan where Morris worked, en route home for Christmas.
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Hartseller
LaGrange
Ind
Millard Morris
Charles
Gary
Maxine Woodall
Ruth Morris
la Grange
Kalamazoo
Mich
Morris
Funeral arrangements for Kalamazoo girl in Indiana crash
Final rites for 13 year old Maxine Woodall of Kalamazoo, Michigan, killed in a Saturday night bus collision near LaGrange, Ind. are being arranged by Mutual Service. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Sherman Woodall a sister Betty Woodall and grandparents Mr and Mrs W A Hardin.
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Maxine Woodall
Kalamazoo
Michigan
LaGrange
Ind
Mutual Service
Mutual
Sherman Woodall
Betty Woodall
W. A. Hardin
Hartselle
Funeral notices list Morris family in Hartselle
Funeral arrangements for accident victims will be announced later by Peck as body arrivals are awaited. Mr. Morris is survived by his wife, his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Morris, three sisters Mrs. Earline Hardin, Mrs. Margaret Lane, and Mrs. Opal Herring, all of Hartselle, and two brothers. Page 2 continues.
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Hartselle
Peck
Mr. Morris
E. C. Morris
Earline Hardin
Margaret Lane
Opal Herring
Cold St. Joseph Faces Gas Outage Stranding Residents
A broken natural gas line left St. Joseph Missouri without heat for days. About 14 000 homes and 1 500 businesses lacked gas as temperatures stayed below freezing with sleet and snow. Gas was restored to some, but full service was not expected until after Christmas.
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ST. Joseph
Missouri
James Roper Heads Central Labor Union Renewal
James Roper leads the AFL Central Labor Union for another year with Frank Nelson elected vice president succeeding C. T. Mec-Coen. W. E. Tiller named recording secretary replacing Leonard Nelson and R. C. Halbrooks reelected secretary treasurer.
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James
AFL Central Labor
Frank Nelson
C. T. Mec- Coen
W. E. Tiller
Leonard Nelson
R. C. Halbrooks
Furious Aerial Battles Fought Near Yalu River
U S Sabre jet pilots battled Communist MIG-15s over the Yalu River in a series of dogfights. One MiG was shot down in a clash involving Sabres and MIGs with planes engaging from 41 000 to 23 000 feet. Two other Red jets fell in a separate encounter as six Sabres clashed with eight MIGs.
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Seoul
U. S
Winter Storm Hits Great Plains With Snow and Ice
The Associated Press reports a heavy winter storm sweeping the Great Plains. Four to nine inches of snow fell in Nebraska and Kansas, with lesser amounts further into Iowa, Missouri, and the Dakotas. Winds reached 35 to 50 mph creating dangerous drifts and icing disrupted traffic and lines in Iowa.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Dakotas
Plains
Experts Seek Cause Of Plane Crash At Moses Lake
Military and civilian officials scramble for answers after the worst air disaster in history. The crash near Moses Lake, Washington, killed 86 servicemen aboard the U.S. militarys largest aircraft, leaving only 30 survivors and prompting calls for a full investigation and crash prevention action.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Air Force
U. S
Two Alabama airmen among dead in Globe crash report
Two Alabamians were listed among the dead in the Globe master crash. The deceased were A2C Willie James Blake of Birmingham and A3C Willie Milton Jr. of Montgomery. Airman 2nd Class Washington Morgan of Roanoke was among the injured survivors and 30 men were flown to Brooke Army General Hospital in San Antonio for further treatment.
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Moses Lake
Wash
First Air Force
Willie James Blake
Birmingham
Willie Milton Jr
Montgomery
Washington Morgan
Roanoke
Ala
Brooke Army General Hospital
San Antonio
Tex
Moses Lake disaster prompts calls for exhaustive probe
The tenth in a deadly series has claimed over 300 lives. Senators push for a full investigation by a subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee. At Larson Air Force Base, officials continue the grim work of identifying victims as safety checks and aircraft reviews proceed.
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Richard Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moses Lake
Larson Air Force Base
Board urges private role in atomic energy use and energy planning
The National Security Resources Board urged expanded private enterprise participation in atomic energy development and power use as a national plan to prevent resource exhaustion. The six month study proposes a mineral leasing system, offshore oil policy, St Lawrence Seaway participation, tariff reductions on raw materials, and heightened mineral focus in aid programs for underdeveloped regions.
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D. Harold Oliver
Washington
National Security Resources Board
Truman
Department of the Interior
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
White House
Christmas birth for Hodgkin’s patient in Los Angeles
Mrs. Jean Garrett a 27 year old Los Angeles mother plans a Christmas delivery of her fourth child amid Hodgkins disease. Doctors fear the Caesarean birth may end her life but hope the baby survives a premature birth. She remains hopeful despite the risk.
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Los Angeles
Holiday Week In Tragic Stars In Alabama
Alabama ends Christmas holiday period marked by deadly traffic tolls. Sixteen killed in weekend wrecks as Gov. Persons appeals for accident prevention. Notable victims include Clyde Bynum Attalla 45 Lucy Adams Selma 73 and Tommy Allen 6 of Selma. Others: Walt Gray Opelika Esker Bowling Russellville Collin County and numerous deaths across Chambers Calhoun and Dale counties. See HOLIDAY on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Clyde Bynum
Attalla
Lucy Adams
Selma
Tommy Allen
Mollett’s Bend
Dallas County
Gordon Persons
Highway Patrol
Albertville
Walt Gray
Opelika
Loxley Daphne Road
Newton Hilley
Vera
X Rose Reynolds
Reynold
Collie Mae Reynolds
Cecil _ Helms
Boaz
Harold Ray Brewster
Rt. 2
Billy Graham Visits Wounded aboard Jutlandia in Korea
Billy Graham visits wounded soldiers aboard the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia off Inchon Harbor Korea. The scene shows a medic and nurse tending a gravely injured American, as Graham prays softly and laments the burden of war on American life and society.
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Jutlandia
Inchon Harbor
Korea
Evangelist Billy Graham
America
21 Arrested In Wake Of Dock Investigation
Twenty one persons were arrested in Brooklyn as the Kings County grand jury indictments moved forward. All arrests were sealed and the group rushed to arraignment before County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz. Names and charges were not released initially.
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New York
Kings County
Grand Jury
Samuel S. Leibowitz
District Attorney
Brooklyn
Leibowitz
Religion Seen U S Keystone Religion Seen U S
President-elect Eisenhower said America will win the ideological war against communism if the people remember the fundamentals of religion. He spoke at the Freedom Foundation meeting at the Waldorf Astoria and warned against materialism guiding leadership.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
New York
Eisenhower
America
The
Freedom Foundation
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Brodie Twins Still Living After Separation Operation
CHICAGO The Brodie Siamese twins born joined at the head remain alive after a 12 hour 40 minute operation. Roger remains in a coma and is fed intravenously while Rodney shows critical progress with a single drainage vein. Surgeons note the survival so far as remarkable compared with similar cases.
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Chicago
Brodie
Rodney
Greenwood
Miss
John L
John Edward
Roosevelt
Maybelle Flowers
Christmas Seal Sale Nears 1952 Close in Morgan County
Morgan County Christmas seal sale trails 1951 figures, says seal sale chairman Marvin Rankin. Through 1952, $3,639.53 has been raised to combat tuberculosis. supporters urged to send checks or cash as the campaign nears its end.
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Morgan County
Marvin R. Rankin
Seal Sale
Kuchel Named California's New Senator
Governor Warren selected 42 year old state controller Thomas H Kuchel a Republican to succeed Vice President elect Richard M Nixon in the U S Senate in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Warren
California
Thomas H. Kuchel
Richard M. Nixon
U. S. Senate
Bitter Russian Slap At U.S. Is Turned Aside
United Nations Assembly rejects a Soviet demand to condemn the United States for alleged mass murder on Pongam Island Korea. The vote was 45 to 5 with 10 abstentions as U S delegate Gross denounced the move as propaganda. The session adjourned until Feb 24 after Eisenhower's inauguration.
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Francis W. Carpenter
United Nations
N.Y
United Nations Assembly
United States
Pongam Island
Korea
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Assembly
Iraq
Lebanon
Thailand
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
General Assembly
Beaten Man May Talk Soon
A Columbus Georgia liquor salesman Bernard Eugene Moore, 30, was beaten and robbed at a Birmingham hotel. His condition improved enough for a sister to visit, and detectives questioned several persons as a $700 reward awaits the capture and conviction of the assailant. Moore has not yet spoken about the attack.
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Birmingham
Georgia
Bernard Eugene Moore
Columbus
Moore
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Ellis- Meyer Hospital
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Dewey Bradford
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Mary Dempsey
Madison
Patricia Hitt
J. W. Martin
Forrest Plant
Decatur
Madison Cafe
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LaGrange, Ind
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Central Labor Union
Yalu River
Billy Graham
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U.S
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