Rote Hero Of West Victory In Shrine Classic
Rote of SMU spearheaded the West to a 16 to 7 win over the East in the Shrine charity football game. Nagle of Nebraska and Kirkby of Washington aided the Western surge as White added points and Powers was tackled for a safety late.
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Russ Newland
San Francisco
Decene Rote
Southern Methodist
Western College
Seabe
Rote
Haan Eecaianchill
Schalk
Fran Nagle
Nebraska
Alan Egler
Colgate
Nick Bolkovac
Pittsburgh University
Big Southern Methodist
Nagle
Roland Kirkby
Washington
Wilford
Whizzer” White
Arizona State
Tempe
Bill Powers
Navy
Powers
Lung
Oregon
Bob Wilkinson
UCLA
Local Athletes Sign With Georgia Tech and Auburn
Chattanooga reports Bucky Shamburger Central high quarterback signed with Georgia Tech. Other local players join Auburn grants including Jimmy Long from Hartselle and Birmingham from Baylo r mid South championship team.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Bucky Shamburger
Central High
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Jimmy Long
Hartselle
Ala
Birmingham
Baylor
Auburn
Shoemaker Ties Culmone at 385 Jockey Wins
Willie Shoemaker and Joe Culmone each reached 385 victories in the race for 1950 jockey honors at New Orleans Fair Grounds and Tropical Park. Shoemaker won four of six, Culmone three of eight, with both set to race at Havana and Agua Caliente respectively tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Willie Shoemaker
Joe Culmone
Shoemaker
Fair Grounds
Culmone
Tropical Park
Havana
Cuba
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Missouri Tigers Finish Seventh in Big Seven Tourney
The Missouri Tigers 1949 champions finished seventh in the Big Seven tournament with a 62 to 54 win over Colorado.
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Kansas City
Missouri Tigers
Colorado
Konstanty Voted Outstanding Athlete of 1950 in Philadelphia
Jim Konstanty, ace relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and the National League MVP, was named the outstanding athlete of 1950 by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association. He will receive the trophy at the association dinner on January 29.
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Philadelphia
Jim Konstanty
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Sports Writers Association
Konstanty
Cage Results BIG. SEVEN TOURNAMENT Fifth Place Game
Oklahoma defeated Iowa State 68 to 50 to claim fifth place at the Dixie Basketball Classic. Rhode Island State beat North to finish in the consolation bracket for seventh and eighth place.
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BIG
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Rhode Island
State
Stanford Head Coach Resigns After Decade at Stanford
SAN FRANCISCO December 30 Marchie Schwartz announced he would resign as head coach of Stanford University after ten years with the program. A Notre Dame backfield star, he came to Stanford from Creighton University and had been head coach for six years. He had been offered a new five year contract but chose to quit coaching and plans to seek new work after a brief break.
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San Francisco
Marchie Schwartz
Stanford University
Schwartz
Notre Dame
Stanford
Creighton University
Clark Shaughnessy
Wildcats Rally To Beat Syracuse For Consolation
Kentucky trailed by 22 in the Sugar Bowl tourney but surged in the second half to post a 69-59 win over Syracuse and claim consolation honors. Bill Spivey led Kentucky with 26 points after a quiet night against St Louis.
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New Orleans
Kentucky
Syracuse
St. Louis
Bradley
Entucky
Bill Spivey
Stan Swanson
Kentuckians
Adolph Rupp
Tropical Park Offered to HBPA for 1 500 000
Nath an E Herzfeld president of Tropical Park race track announced Tropical Park is available to the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association for 1 500 000 dollars. He said the deal includes a 250 000 donation to the University of Miami for a proposed medical school. Herzfeld and associates bought the track for 1 250 000 last summer.
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Miami
Fla
Nathan E. Herzfeld
Tropical Park Race Track
The
Gables Association
Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
HBPA
Florida State Racing Commission
Herzfeld
W. E
University of Miami
Three Hurt When Engine Strikes Bus in Indianapolis
A Nickel Plate railroad switch engine struck a city bus at the Sutherland Avenue crossing in the Northeast part of Indianapolis injuring three passengers. The report notes the passengers were not seriously hurt.
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Indianapolis
Sutherland Avenue
Big Problems Before Solons
Washington report outlines looming issues for the new Congress convening Wednesday. Democrats hold slim majorities in both chambers while Republicans gain influence. tax hikes and peak spending dominate the fiscal outlook.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Congress
U. S
Senate
House
Dulles Urges Collective Security Against Communists
John Foster Dulles urged a policy of collective security and joining to build an economic political and military ring around the communist world. He contrasted Hoover who called for withdrawal from Europe and Asia and defense of shores with a strong air force and navy.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Hoover
Dulles
Hoover
Europe
Asia
Formosa
Japan
Britain
Bus and steam train collide near a track
The incident involved Hubert Kritsch 55 Walter Kiley 59 and Emmett Brown 56 as victims while two other passengers were unharmed. The driver William Daws 31 stated he had just started across the track after picking up a passenger when the tender of a steam locomotive, that had just shunted cars onto a spur nearby, struck the bus.
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Hubert Kritsch
Walter Kiley
Emmett Brown
William Daws
Social Security Extension and Benefit Increases Announced
The New Year will expand Social Security coverage to 10 million more people including household workers farm workers and the self employed under wage and work requirements. The tax base rises to apply the 1 percent tax on the first 3600 dollars of wages for those earning above 3000. The maximum monthly pension rises to 80 dollars for retirees after July 1 1952.
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Washington
Congress
MacArthur Bids For Aid Of Japs
General MacArthur in his New Year message to Japan urges aid from allied nations and warns that if international lawlessness continues Japan must join free powers and mount force to repel aggression. He praises renunciation of war but says self preservation may require rearmament if communism threatens world peace.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Free Nations
Allied Powers
Asia
Europe
Pacific
Pleven Wins Confidence on Rearmament Tax Plan
The French National Assembly backed Premier Rene Pleven's rearmament program with a confidence vote on new taxes to finance it. The tally was 314 to 223 with about 100 abstentions. communists and most Gaullists opposed.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Rene Pleven
Charles de Gaulle
Traffic Toll Expected High For 1950 Year
National Safety Council projects 35 000 traffic deaths for 1950. Over the New Year holiday weekend 62 violent fatalities occurred from Friday 6 P M to Saturday 3 30 P M with 48 traffic deaths and 14 other fatalities. State by state counts are listed.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
E.S.T
Safety Council
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Missiouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Taft Faces Sharp Senate Clash Over Military Confidence
Washington reports a dispute as Senator Taft asserts a lack of confidence in U S military leadership. Senator Kerr counters that Taft speaks from party confusion and misreads public sentiment while Senator Sparkman defends the country’s capable officers and loyalty of the armed forces. Kerr also argues for defensive preparations amid Russia and its satellites and envisions Japan advancing toward political freedom and influence in Asia based on postwar treaties.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Kerr
D-Ohia
Cincinnati
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Gop
Pentagon
Russia
Three Admissions To Hospital Made
Three new admissions were listed at Decatur General hospital Saturday night. Elbert O. Green of Landersville was admitted Saturday afternoon, as was baby Noel Floreen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ade Floreen of Sheridan 5 C. Mr and Mrs James R Fite of Taylor Apartments Oak Street had named their new son James Robert Jr.
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Decatur General Hospital
James R. Fite
Taylor Apartments
Oak Street
James Robert Jr
Elbert O. Green
Landersville
Noel Floreen
Ade Floreen
Sheridan
Veteran Kills Family in Akron, Cites Saving Them
A 25 year old World War II veteran in Akron, Ohio killed his parents and his sister’s two young children. He told Sheriff Robert L. Smith he did it “to save them,” as authorities investigated the grisly attack.
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Akron, CO
Irvin
Robert L. Smith
Son of AP Bureau Chief Is Injured In Cave Fall
A 17-year-old high school senior Edward Donald Ball Jr. remained in critical condition after a fall in Higgin Botham cave near McMinnville. He has not regained consciousness since rescuers removed him from the cave Thursday and was placed in an iron lung after brain surgery to remove a blood clot. He was with three friends when his tied rope slipped at a 40-foot drop.
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Nashville
Tenn
McMinnville
Edward Donald Ball Jr
Higginbotham Cave
Young Ball
Associated Press
Tennessee
New Year's Eve Reflections Amid Wartime Fears and Varying Laws
Americans bid farewell to 1950 with prayers for Korea and peace as many mark New Year’s Eve with solemn resolutions. Churches unite for a day of prayer while Catholic observance and Sunday liquor laws shape celebrations nationwide.
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Korea
Gene Leone
mid-Manhattan
National Council of Churches of Christ
New York
Times Square
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
State Line
New Jersey
Boston
Labrador’s Thick Coat Makes It Suited for Waterfowl Hunting
The Labrador retriever’s exceptionally thick hair helps it excel in cold water fowl hunting by providing insulation and buoyancy.
Alabama Sailor And Girl Married By Telephone Call
Barbara Newman an 18 year old of Birmingham married Nav Sailor David Frost 22 by long distance telephone after Frost transferred to a transport ship from Bremerton Washington. Rev James S Cantrell performed the single ring ceremony at the sister Mary Anns home with Barbras father W E Newman placing the ring.
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Birmingham
Barbara Newman
David Frost
San Francisco
W. E. Newman
Barbara
James S. Cantrell
Frost
Bremerton
Wash
Alabama
Mary Ann
J. R. Huie
Crowded Taxicab And Private Automobile Kill Two And Hurt Six
A collision near Talladega Alabama at night killed Peggy Ann Mallory three and Frank Wade eighty three and injured six others including Mrs Ann Mallory two more Mallory children and both drivers Raymond Presley thirty one Talladega drove the taxicab Curry Davis thirty five Roanoke was in the other car The cab was returning to Talladega from Manora Mrs Mallory and Presley were in fair condition at Citizens hospital Davis was unconscious upon admission with injuries not yet determined.
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Talladega
Ala
J. E. Williamson
Eugene Montelbano
Peggy Ann Mallory
Frank Wade
Munford
Ann Mallory
Mallory
Raymond Presley
Curry Davis
Roanoke
Maniora
Presley
Citizen’s Hospital
Davis
Saar Becomes Nation As France Guides Its Early Years
The Saar valley becomes a nation on New Year’s Day 1951 with 1,000,000 German-speaking residents. France acts as guardian for 50 years handling foreign affairs borders and coal mining. Saar mines produce 15.3 million tons annually and will be French-controlled until 2001 before full independence.
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Paris
Saar
Europe
Saar Valley
France
French Foreign Ministry
Asian Parley Called Off Amid Mediation Speculation
Lake Success December 30 Sir Benegal Rau canceled a planned meeting of 12 Asian and Arab states seeking a Far Eastern settlement with Red China in return for a Korean cease-fire. No reason given beyond procedural grounds. talks may resume tomorrow. The group includes Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.
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United States
China
Ernest A. Gross
United Nations
Washington
Korea
Red Peiping
Rau
U. S
Pacific
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
Formosa
Labor Leader Declines Folsom Staff Lieutenant Colonel Offer
Birmingham AFL leader William J. ONeal refused Gov. James E. Folsom s offer of a commission as a lieutenant colonel on the governor s staff. In his letter he said the incoming governor Gordon Persons should make such appointments during his administration. ONeal is a business representative of the AFL International Laborers Union local No 559.
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Birmingham
AFL
James E. Folsom
William J. O’neal
Gordon Persons
O'Neal
AFL International Laborers Union
Folsom
O’neal
James S. Saliba
St Helena Island Known for Napoleon Exile
St Helena, a South Atlantic island, is famous as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and later retirement.
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St. Helena
Napoleon
South Atlantic
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U.S
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Houseclean
Far East
William E. Varnell
William R. Varnell
Ferry Street
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Varnell
Eighth Ranger Airade Company
Fort Benning
Bulletin
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P. C. Goforth
the Association of
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Goforth Clothing CO
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Decatur
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