Trains Crash Head On In Louisiana Swamp. 12 Dead Reported
A troop train carrying 288 Marines collided with another train near New Roads Louisiana and burst into flames. Reports said at least 12 people were killed with many injured as rescuers rushed to pull victims from twisted cars. Marines and state police coordinated rescue efforts as fires were fought and victims were treated at the scene.
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New Roads
Baton Rouge
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OPS Postpones Rollback of Manufacturers Prices
Washington officials announced that price rollbacks on shoes sofas and other goods would be postponed as OPS extended the period to file cost records. The agency said ceilings would reflect cost increases only under the new controls law while manufacturers may raise prices without rollback compliance.
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National Industrial Council
Washington Advisory Committee
Mandahat
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
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Stock Market Prices Decline on Profit Taking
New York stocks eased as profit taking spread across sectors led by oil and high priced issues. Trading remained moderate with 580000 shares traded in first two hours versus 690000 yesterday. Standard Oil of New Jersey fell 11 8 to 68 1 2, Chrysler rose 2 1 8 to 70 5 8 after a dividend announcement. rail shares eased, Union Pacific 3 4 to 100 1 4, Union Carbide down 11 2 to 62 5 8, utilities little changed.
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Stock Exchange
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New Jersey
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Union Pacific
Union Carbide
Crackles An Old-Timer Seeks Harmony Over Har Monie
An aged musician values harmony over monetary gain, preferring musical balance and peaceful composition to financial pursuits as he reflects on his craft and life.
Allied Lines Holding Firm Against Reds
In Korea near Kumsong and on the central front the Allied line withstood Chinese and North Korean probing attacks. East of there a UN patrol chased Reds after a night clash near Hwachon. MiG-15s and a night fighter attacked UN aircraft while B-29s bombed two railway marshalling yards despite anti-aircraft fire.
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Yalu
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Truman Urges Dispersal of Industry to Safer Areas
President Truman backed a National Resources Board plan to disperse new industrial plants away from crowded zones to guard against atomic attacks. The policy targets new facilities with government support and tax benefits, setting safe distances of 10 to 20 miles from existing plants. Charles E. Wilson will set general dispersal standards across agencies.
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Defense
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Wilson
Smearing Charged To McCarthy Amid Security Row
In Washington McCarthy accuses the State Department of smearing 29 people labeled security risks while the department retorts he pursues an indefensible smear. The informers include Stone and John Paton Davies Jr. and 22 other consultants facing pending cases or cleared by loyalty panels.
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Joseph R. McCarthy
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McCarthy
Senate
Party of Communists
Pez
Britain Iran Agree On One Point In Abadan Oil Row
Britain and Iran set up a Receipts Board to create signed receipts for oil loaded from Abadan refineries. The move aims to ease the oil flow dispute tied to Anglo-Iranian nationalization.
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Ferguson
Ali Shayegan
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On National Oil Company
Communists Refuse Compromise in Korean Armistice Talks
In Kaesong the Communist delegate Nam Ti refuses any proposal beyond the 38th Parallel and the buffer zone. UN negotiator Joy offers to move on to concrete armistice arrangements but no progress is made as talks resume with stony silence and renewed deadlock.
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North Korea
U.S
Dean Acheson
Nam I
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
U. S
Skid Row Heir Plans Share of Inheritance in Chicago
Everett Richter, a 60-year-old drifter found on Chicago's West Madison Street, says he will share at least $1,000 with his friends from the skid row after learning his mother Mrs. Christine Proctor left him an estate worth $12,500. He described the plan as honoring pals who deserved it.
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Everett Richter
Richter
West Madison St
Christine Proctor
Army base financing moves ahead in multi-billion draft
The House advanced a broad defense bill approving about 56 billion dollars for Army Navy and Air Force expenses through the coming fiscal year and planning even larger outlays for bases and allied arms aid. New authorizations include major construction at Fort Benning Camp Gordon and Camp Lejeune plus overseas facilities. amendments bar certain retirement pay and require future national service decisions.
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May threatens to expose gambling ties to authorities
Chicago businessman George S. May and Tom Country Club president warned they will disclose casino links if indicted for gambling. May criticized Kefauver witness George Robinson and disputed his claimed profits, saying he lost money in 1949 and asserting syndicate control over Cook County machines.
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Tom Country Club
Gam Syndicate
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Cook County
George S. Robinson
Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee
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Tom O'Shanter
Congress
Administration Wins On Troops to Europe
Washington report says the administration won again in the fight with congressional Republicans over troop levels for Europe. The House passed a 56 billion dollar military bill after rejecting an amendment that would cap U.S. divisions to six for the Atlantic Pact army, seen by critics as a challenge to congressional authority and defense leadership.
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Frederick R. Coudert Jr
R-Nj
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriates Subcommittee
Dwight D.eisenhower
Two GOP dark horses back Truman on Eisenhower
At a Washington news conference two Republican contenders dismissed talk of Dwight Eisenhower as a Democratic candidate. Senator Styles Bridges and Duff praised Truman’s forthright stance while noting Truman’s preferred Republican and his certainty on the 1952 race.
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Robert Raft
Ohio
Eissenhower
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United States
Federation of Labor Opens State Meet in Asheville
About 300 delegates are expected for the state meet in Asheville led by the director of the Labor Political Education program. The event opens with the Federation of Labor in charge and aims to discuss labor policy and organization.
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Laboree Policital Education
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