Israel May Lift Siege Of Egyptians In Negev
A United Nations official reported Israel agreed to negotiate a stage by stage withdrawal from the Negev, potentially freeing 1200 Egyptian troops at Faluja. Bunche will begin talks with Israeli commanders, while the Palestine issue shifts toward an armistice framework and a future Jerusalem regime plan.
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Israel
Negev
Paris
United Nations
Dicker
Faluja
Estine
Palestine
Ralph J. Bunche
Iit
Security Council
Special Committee On
Aubrey S. Eban
Buncher
Negeva
Bunche
U.S
William E. Riley
Egypt
Lagan Assembly
United States
Jerusalem
France
Belgium
Commission
Canada
Council
General Assembly
New York
Assembly
Nine Killed In Kansas Power Plant Blast Near Topeka
Nine men were killed and 16 injured in a series of blasts at the Kansas Power and Light main plant near Tecumseh, five miles east of Topeka. The plant loss left Topeka without electricity for hours as rescue teams searched debris. The explosions damaged the building, caused fires, and disrupted downtown services while officials investigated gas odor reports and cause. All dead were Topeka residents. names listed.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Kansas Power and Light Company
Tecumseh
Here
C. A. Allensworth
Arthur Dahlene
Alphonse Bryant
Charles Miller
Roy Hamby
A. W. Freel
C. H. Redenbauch
Albert Sheahan
H. F. Shay
Shay
L. R. Beaver
Cold Weather Descends On Carolinas
An Associated Press note reports fair breezy and cold conditions across the Carolinas with sub freezing lows at Mt. Mitchell and multiple cities listing single digit to upper thirties temperatures. North and South Carolina forecast colder nights with some improvement tomorrow in the south while lingering cold returns in the north.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Mt. Mitchell
Raleigh
Hickory
Winston
Salem
New Bern
Elizabeth City
Lumberton
Florence
Spartanburg
Rocky Mount
Columbia
Greenville
S. C
Greensboro
Charlotte
Charleston
Cape Hatteras
Myrtle Beach
Wilmington
Cherry Point
Anderson and
Asheville
Southport Man Found Murdered Near Truck
The blood spattered body of Edward E. Wescott 33 a pulp wood company laborer was found in bushes beside his parked truck near Southport. Sheriff Walter M. Stanaland said Woodrow Hart 30 a fisherman is in custody for investigation with Hart denying complicity. Hart claimed he was with Wescott last night then left him with an unidentified Negro present. No charges filed yet. Hart recently moved to Southport from Kentucky.
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Southport
Edward E. Wescott
Here
Walter M. Stanaland
Woodrow Hart
Hart
Wescott
Kentucky
Churchill Urges Britain to Recognize Israel and End Boycott
Winston Churchill urged the British House of Commons to end the sulky boycott of Israel and to send representatives to Tel Aviv. He called for diplomatic relations with Franco Spain and to seek a settlement with Russia before they gain the atomic bomb. He praised British-American unity and lauded Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Israel
House of Commons
Russia
Spain
United Nations
Palestine
The
House
Tel Aviv
United States
Churchill
Dwight D
Reunion of paratrooper with wife in Berlin stockade visit
Edward Lada from Newark New Jersey, held on illegal entry charges, met his German wife Ruth Riecki and their daughter Nancy in a military police stockade in Berlin. He described fleeing Soviet guards and arriving via hitchhike, seeking wife and child since 1947.
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Berlin
United States Army
Edward Lada
Newark
N. J
Germany
Ruth Riecki
Lada
Nancy
Ruth
United States
U. S
France
Chinese Reds Move to Cross Hwai Py Witness To Continue Expositions
Chinese Communist forces threaten to cross the Hwai River northwest of Nanking, potentially cutting off the city from Pengpu as Chiang Kai-shek extends martial law nationwide except western provinces and Formosa. Whittaker Chambers resigns from Time magazine amid espionage disclosures as Priscilla Hiss testifies.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Formosa
Peiping
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Priscilla Hiss
Alger Hiss
Federal Building
Time
Red forces near Nanking regions and canal advance reported
A Shanghai newspaper noted Communist efforts 75 miles northeast along the Grand Canal toward Nanking. Government forces reportedly pulled back from Hwaiyin and Hwaian, about 110 miles north of Nanking, while 80,000 defenders stood northwest near the river.
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Nanking
Pengpu
Shanghai
Grand Canal
Hwai
Sheng Pao
Hwaiyin
Hwaian
Cold Wave Closes In Across North Central States
A pre winter cold wave pushes temperatures down to sub zero and near mid winter levels in the North Central region. Readings include 17 at Duluth 14 at Alexandria 9 at Minneapolis and 6 at Mason City with 25 below at Pembina North Dakota. Snow accompanies the chill and forecasts call for colder readings in the eastern North Central states.
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Chicago
North Central States
Pembina
N. D
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Duluth
Minn
Alexandria
Minneapolis
Mason City
Montana
Yesterdy
Great Lakes
Air Force Accelerates Expansion to Meet Berlin Airlift Demands
The Berlin airlift accelerates U S Air Force growth to a 60-group force with nine troop carrier units, including the 317th Wing moving from Tachikawa Japan to Germany. About 1,050 personnel join before arrival, confirming permanent stationing of five transport wings in Europe.
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Washington
Air Force
Japan
Germany
Panama Canal
Berlin
317Th
Tachikawa
Europe
Far East
Continental
United States
Lower Prices Mark Daily Stock Market Action in New York
The New York stock market shows lower prices across many key issues with losses of a point or so. Radio and television stocks faced profit taking while Admiral Corp and Frantzworth Television lagged. Radio Corp advanced and several leaders like Goodyear and Boeing gained.
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New York
Admiral Corp
Fransworth Television
Radio Corp
Barnsdall Oil
Atlas Corp
U. S. Steel
Packard
Carolina Power & Light
Schenley
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Dow Chemical
American Tobacco
Southern Pacific
Sinclair Oil
Paramount Pictures
Texas Co
Goodyear
Woolworth
Boeing
General Electric
J. C. Penney
International Telephone
American Airlines
Truman First Victor Since 1916 Not to Gain Majority
President Truman won with 49.5 percent of the 1948 vote, the first since 1916 to miss a majority. Dewey earned 45.1 percent, with others totaling 5.4 percent. Electors meet to cast votes in state capitals.
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Truman
Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Tennessee
J. Strom Thurmond
Thomas E. Dewey
Thurmond
Dewey
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive
Norman Thomas
Claude A. Watson
Prohibition
Edward A. Teichert
Socialist-Labor
Farrell Dobbs
Socialist Workers
Spy Trade Flourishes Amid Old State Department Secrets
The congressional inquiry into the flampkin papers and other alleged spy activities cites Assistant Secretary of State Pearifoy warning that foreign nations likely cracked a top secret prewar government, aided by papers from the State Department in 1937 or 1938. The piece recalls spy activity in Europe and the United States, noting arrests in various regions and the ongoing demand for secrets in wartime.
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Europe
Soviet Union
Russia
Moscow
Japan
Germany
Wash
Ington
United States
America
State Department
Moses
Canaan
America Must Hasten To Save China Warns Bishop Carson
Buck Hill Falls Pa December 10 Methodist Bishop Fred P Carson warns the United States must act now to avert a Communist victory in China. He says a victory would force 10 billion dollars to re arm Japan and base forces in the Philippines, with Chiang Kai shek’s aid cited as crucial. Carson claims a coalition government could be formed with Nationalist leaders, leaving major power to the Communists.
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Buck Hill Falls
United States
Japan
Philippines
China
Fred P. Carson
America
Philadelphia
Chiang Kai-shek
Pearl Harbor
Far East
Carson
Frank T. Cartright
Methodist Church
Cartright
Methodist
Board of Missions and Church Extensions
Board of Missions
Chiang
Maybank Weds Widow Of War Hero In Charleston
U S Senator Burnet R Maybank marries Mrs Mary Randolph Pelzer Cecil widow of Rear Admiral Charles P Cecil at noon in Charleston The ceremony at the bride s home was officiated by Rev De Wolf Perry Only the bride s mother and Maybank s daughter Mrs George D Paul attended Mrs Maybank widow of Admiral Cecil and a former resident of Flat Rock North Carolina Their first husband died in 1944 in a plane crash Maybank s background includes Charleston high school Porter Military academy and the College of Charleston He is a World War I veteran.
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Charleston
S. C
U. S
Burnet R. Maybank
Mary Randolph Pelzer Cecil
Francis J. Pelzer
de Wolf Perry
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Maybank
George D. Paul
Roberta Maybank
Porter Military Academy
College of Charleston
Rubirosa Fined And Sentenced To Jail
Athens reports Dominican diplomat Cesare Rubirosa was fined 200000 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail for attempting to smuggle more than 100000 dollars in foreign currency from Greece. Rubirosa claims relation to Porfirio Rubirosa and is listed as charge d affaires of the Dominican legation in Bern Switzerland.
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Athens
Cesare Rubirosa
Greece
Rubirosa
Porfirio Rubirosa
Doris Duke
Bern
Switzerland
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Cuba
National
Independence
Whitaker Chambers
Yangtze
East China
Yangtze River
Ningpo
N. Central States
Dewitt MacKenzie
Sen. Maybank
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