Vishinsky Demands Chinese Seat and UN Reforms at UN
At the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Vishinsky pressed for Chinese Communist admission to the UN and outlined five conditions. He urged veto restrictions atomic ban security council control of armed forces aid to backward nations under international control and non-discriminatory trade. He warned that ignoring these demands would doom peace.
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Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Vishinsky
United Nations
China
U.N
Security Council
Trygve Lie
Stalin
Moscow
Lie
U. N
Air Defense HQ Move From New York to Colorado Springs
The air force will relocate the national defense nerve center from Mitchell Field New York to Colorado Springs Colorado. About 800 staff will operate the new center under Lt General Ennis C Whitehead. Western Europe shows gains in exports and industry but must expand to support rearmament against communism per the Economic Cooperation Administration.
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Air Force
New York
Colorado Springs
Colo
U. S
Atlantic Ocean
Russia
United States
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Ennis C. Whitehead
Western Europe
Economic Co-Operation Administration
West
E.C.A
Europe
Cold Weather Slow Advance as Chinese Forces Hold Yalu Line
United Nations forces push into Korea with air drops due to snow and ice blocking supply routes. About 100,000 Chinese and Korean Communists are believed to hold a 60 mile front below the Yalu river near Manchuria as weather hampers progress. Russia warns of potential intervention tied to Japanese involvement.
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United Nn
Korea
Yalu
Manchuria
U. S
Russia
Wholesale Prices Reach New High Amid War News
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the wholesale price index rose 0.6 percent in the first week of November, climbing 1.5 percent above the June 20 level before the Korean fighting. Air commodities slipped back to prewar levels while hogs fell and steers rose to a 1950 high. Steel scrap gained 50 cents a ton and rubber and tin prices fluctuated with war developments.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Was &Y
Truman Defies GOP Gains Pushes Fair Deal Ahead
President Truman spoke at a press conference amid GOP gains in Congress. He pledged to press his entire program once 82nd Congress convenes in January and defended the political setback as normal. He named Dean Acheson to remain secretary of state and signaled ongoing price and wage control surveys.
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Truman
G.O.P
Congress
Dean Acheson
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Franco Spain
Taft
Profits tax battle looms over Truman plan
The proposed four billion excess profits tax faces a heated fight in the lame duck session and possibly the 82nd Congress. Business groups call it un American, oppose nondefense spending, while Democrats accuse the GOP proposal of favoring large corporations. The plan would impose 75 percent on excess profits using 1946-49 as a benchmark, with the outcome uncertain and likely influence on 1952 politics.
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Truman
Congress
Prsident
Senate
U. S.S. Chamber of Commerce
House
Ways and Means Committee
Minute Men Ready for Immediate Action Plan
Defense officials announced a revolutionary program to mobilize millions of civilian minute men for instant action as regular forces build toward a three million strong army. Military planners doubt that a three million force will meet defense needs.
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Revolutionary Defense
Defense Department
Odd Accidents Top Safety Council List of 1950
The National Safety Council details a year of odd mishaps from a chimpanzee rider injuring a trainer to boats striking cars on land and a fish run over by cars. Other incidents include a boy's head stuck in a banister, a toddler's head in a toilet seat, a flagpole accident in Springfield, and a dog pulling a trigger.
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National Safety Council
Alice
Maysville
Ind
White River
Emmett Holsapple
J. W. Short
Toledo
Ohio
Springfield
Mass
Henry Lesevve
Henry
Coal Valley
Ill
Karen Dahm
Karen
Unusual Bench Accident Knocks Out White Sox Pitcher
At Yankee Stadium Bruner of the Chicago White Sox toppled from a bench when Gumpert rose to watch a play. The bench tilted and Bruner bruised his pitching elbow, sidelining him for several days.
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Jack Bruner
Chicago White Sox
Bruner
Yankee Stadium
Randy Gumpert
Gumpert
Jones figure fumbles home TV night with jabbering wife
Jones urged his wife to visit the neighbor to watch a baseball game on TV. They spent three hours watching the game and another hour watching a wrestling match. Mrs. Jones then pressed for an end to the stay, asking if they should leave.
Just as Effective Jud Faces Jail For Beer Theft
An elderly visitor to the jail tries to comfort Jud with a quip that stone walls do not a prison make. Jud responds that walls keep a fellow from getting out, reflecting on his sentence for stealing a keg of beer.
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Jud
Death rate in town matches East one per person
An Eastern man seeks housing in a Southwest town and asks an old timer at a general store about local death rates. The reply is blunt, stating the death rate is the same as back East: one to a person.
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Arizona
No Guide Needed Wedding Bride Joke
Two women discuss weddings. One recalls Jean's wedding where lights failed as she and the groom walked down the aisle. The other asks what happened. She replies they kept walking, noting Jean is on her seventh marriage and familiar with every step of the way.
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Jean
The Truth Man’s Bold Claim Sparks Debate
A man known as The Truth Man proclaims pride in his freedom to speak openly and reflects on whether he has the courage to push the boundary to fifty.
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Atlanta
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Birmingham
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St. Louis
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Detroit
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First Ave. S. W
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Montana
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Spokane, Washington
Dana Martin Twodot
M. Ferguson
Western University
San Diego
Howard
Diesel Training Inc
St. Louis G, Mo
Fischer
Afes
Billings
John's Auto Parts
Chariton, Iowa
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N. W
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Portland
Oregon
Wii
Patent Arms Mfg. Co
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Main
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Grauman
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National Cash Register
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Conrad, Montana
Q & T Direct Sale CO
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Mont
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FORD
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Chicago
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Lester Nadrau
Ronan
Edward H. Bomlin
Wighland
Frickey’s Sheet Metal Works, Inc
Sheridan
Wyoming
Seattle Theater
Seattle
Don Kennedy
University Way
Washington
Melrose
Manderson
Flathead
Buck Winter Agency
Polson, Montans
Yellowstone County
Studer Construction Company
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Livingston Motor CO
E. Park St. Livingston, Montana
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