Arms plan approved as Molotov returns home
United Nations General Assembly endorsed a universally acclaimed arms reduction program aiming to scrap weapons of mass destruction in time. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, Byrnes, and Bevin addressed the assembly as Moscow papers called the discussions fruitful. The vote approved the plan unanimously amid applause, while a Russian demand for an immediate global census was rejected.
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Larry Hauck
New York
Russia
United Nations Assembly
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Izvestia
United Nations and Foreign Ministers Council
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Flushing Meadows
Strike Forces Shut Down At West Texas State College
A student strike over housing prompted the West Texas State College board of regents to close the Panhandle school in Canyon, Texas, indefinitely. About 1,300 students faced campus disruption as classes were halted after the threat. Dining will stay open Sunday evening for those needing meals, and scholastic credit for the last term will be issued when earned. The basketball schedule remains unaffected as the team plays holiday games out of state.
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Board of Regents
Hill
Weather data summary from cotton regions and cities
Weather bureau report for hours ending 8 p m lists temperatures and rainfall across major cotton areas and cities. Notable readings include Cincinnati 38 Cleveland 20 Denver 62 Detroit 20 Duluth 18 Fort Worth 78 High Point 58 Key West 78 Knoxville 58 Los Angeles 58 Memphis 52 Miami 19 New Orleans 49 New York i Philadelphia 43 Portland 38 Richmond 55 San Antonio 7 San Francisco 59 Seattle 45 Washington 52 Wilmington 62.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Detroit
Duluth
Fort Worth
High Point
Key West
Knoxville
Los Angeles
Loutaville
Memphis
Miami Minn-St P
New Orleans
New York i
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Portland
Richmond
San Antonio
S Francisco
Seattle
Washington
Wilmington
Rescue Work Complete In Tenement Fire
New York dispatch reports rescue crews finished after recovering 37 bodies from a Manhattan tenement collapse caused by an adjacent ice plant fire. Six victims identified include Rose Fucci 16 and Peter Sloane 38 with daughter Louise 5, among others, while over 30 injured.
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New York
Manhattan
Calla
W. T. Whelan
Rose Fucci
Serafina de Vito
Teen-Age Bride Wins Right to Quit School
In Wilmington a 15 year old bride won a legal ruling allowing her to leave school. Judge Ferguson granted the release after officials agreed continuing education was impractical given her marriage and age relative to classmates. The judge had earlier ruled she was a truant until age 16, but suspended the judgment amid objections from other mothers.
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Wilmington
J. H. Ferguson
J.T. Hoggard
Board of Education
H. M. Roland
Ferguson
South Carolina
North Carolina teachers urge state meeting on pay raise
Western North Carolina teachers gathered in Raleigh to plan a statewide teachers meeting next Saturday to discuss pay raises sought from the 1947 General Assembly. The move followed a rejection by the NCEA executive council.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Department of
N. C. Education Ce Ae
NCEA
New Housing Policy Draws Commendation
Washington reports Frank Wright, executive vice president of the National Association of Home Builders, praising President Truman's housing controls relaxation as an important step. Cortright urges full removal of controls within six months and predicts higher construction activity across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.
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Washington
Frank Wright
National Association of Home Builders
Truman
Cortright
Navy and Coast Guard Plan Renewed Rainier Search
Navy coast guard and army fliers said they would renew a concentrated search at dawn if the weather clears for a missing Marine Corps plane carrying 32 men. The craft disappeared Tuesday on a San Diego to Seattle flight, rain and low ceilings hindering aerial search for four days.
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Seattle
Navy
Coast Guard
Army
Lofty Mount Rainier
Marine Corps
San Diego
Man Pays Support for Dead Man's Ten Children
Walter H. Sherrill 29 chose to pay 4615 toward the support of John D. Gardner's ten children rather than face 2 to 20 years for manslaughter. County Judge William Haralson ordered $5 monthly per child until age 18, with first payment due within a month and complete by 1961 as the last child reaches adulthood. Gardner widow Gladys Gardner said she cannot work to support the large family. The Gardners live about 15 miles north of Hattiesburg in a small unpainted home.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Walter H. Sherrill
Sherrill
All Veterans
John D. Gardner
William Haralson
Robert
Gardner
Gladys Gardner
Gardners
Manhattan Chosen as UN Capital Site in New York
United Nations General Assembly votes 46 to 7 to locate the permanent capital on Manhattan's east side. Haiti absent. Australia Egypt El Salvador Iraq Lebanon Saudi Arabia Syria opposed New York. John D. Rockefeller Jr. offers 8.5 million dollars to buy land for the site.
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New York
United Nations General Assembly
Manhattan
Haiti
Erephia
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Australia
Egypt
el Salvador
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
New York City
San Francisco
Assembly
Rockefeller
Predict Cure For Polio To Be Found Soon
NEW YORK December 14 Dr M R Weaver research director for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said at the second annual conference of state advisors on women activities that the day may not be far distant when a preventive for polio is found We are making definite progress in tracking down the right answers to our problems but cannot predict how long the job will take There are many strains of the virus and we must determine if a single strain vaccine suffices or if a multi strain vaccine is needed for broad immunity
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New York
R. M. Weaver
National Foundation For
Weaver
National Foundation
Nobod
Leopard mauls boy at Central Park Zoo in New York
In the Central Park Zoo a leopard named Sir David reached through bars and injured three year old John Stearns who had crawled over a four and a half foot guard rail. Police said the boy suffered facial cuts and was sent home with his mother Anna Stearns after a hospital check found no serious injuries. Officer William Descovich helped rescue the child as spectators watched.
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New York
Sir David
Central Park Zoo
John Stearns
Anna Stearns
Akron surgeon Carl Steinke found dead amid fire
Dr. Carl R. Steinke a 6% surgeon and goiter specialist was found dead today in the flame lit bedroom of his Akron home Fire Chief Thomas Lynett said the blaze would be investigated for possible foul play and cause of death.
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Akron
Carl R. Steinke
Thomas Lynett
Crime Stalks As London Grapes In Its Worst Fog
A choking fog described as the worst in living memory grips the British Isles and much of Northern Europe for a fifth day. It snarls air, sea, highway and rail traffic and complicates security at Scotland Yard and Marble Arch amid anonymous bomb threats. An anonymous letter also reached station masters.
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William E. Macklin
London
Royal Automobile Association
British Isles
Europe
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Scotland Yard
Marble Arch
Palestine
Recluse Leaves $50,000 To Son He Abandoned
In Buffalo on December 14 an elderly recluse, Alexander Talfourd, who lived in a $5 weekly room, left more than $50,000 to his son Donald, his only heir. Public Administrator Samuel Sapowich says Talfourd, who moved from New York City and died this week, had abandoned Donald 30 years earlier in Billings, Montana, after claiming he left him at age eight. The estate arose from farming in Canada and mining and oil stock investments and U.S. government securities.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel Sapowich
Sapowich
Alexander Talfourd
New York City
Talfourd
Donald
Billings
Mont
Canada
Coase
U. S
Navy to Study Cosmic Rays by High Altitude Flying
The Navy plans an aerial study of cosmic rays at about eight miles altitude from Inyokern California using three Army borrowed B-17s next month. Photo records will be made with cloud chambers at 1 200 images daily while scientists expect most photos to confirm known facts and hope for a new phenomenon.
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Washington
Dec
Navy
Army
Inyokern
Calif
Earth
Greek Army Repels Border Attack Near Sparta
Greek army units repelled guerrillas attempting to enter Verria, 15 miles northeast of Sparta, after a six hour battle that left six gendarmes and 20 band members dead. The clash occurred near Mt. Parnon as authorities reported operations clearing guerrillas from 14 villages in the Mt. Olympus region.
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Athens
Verria
Sparta
Ministry of Public Order
Mt. Parnon
Peloponnesus
Second Division
Larisa
Mt. Olympus
Constantin Ventiris
Third Army Corps
Salvation of
Greece
Jan Christiaan
Texas Farm Bureau official among train crash victims near Salt Lake City
A Western Pacific passenger train collided head on with a freight train eight miles west of Salt Lake City. At least 42 people were injured, including 54 year old Robert A. Fuchs of Brenham Texas who suffered a leg fracture and other injuries and was trapped for 40 minutes. Clarence Simpson of Coleman Texas and W A Martin of Salt Lake City were among others seriously hurt. The passenger train carried 201 delegates from Texas and Louisiana to the American Farm Bureau convention in San Francisco.
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Salt Lake City
Western Pacific
Here
Robert A. Fuchs
Brenham
Tex
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Clarence Simpson
Coleman
W. A. Martin
Salt Lake
Texas
Louisiana
American Farm Bureau Convention
San Francisco
J. F. Lynch
Elko
Nev
Western Pacific Division
Dennis McKenna
Bizarre diary details on Russian control tour of Korea
Edwin W. Pauley, reparations commissioner, logs a six day inspection through northern Korea with 19 Americans. Russian forces block talks and threaten photographers while a Soviet general warns of dire consequences. Pauley notes a riding crop exchange and a veiled dagger blade inside, highlighting tense diplomacy during the mission.
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Washington
Korea
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Truman
Russia
White House
Secret Service
Truman abolishes housing priorities and eases controls
President Truman moved to decontrol housing by removing the price ceiling on new homes and the 80 dollar rental limit, scrapping building material priorities, and allowing any buyer to construct a home for own occupancy with government support. He pledged a vigorous 1947 program and said RFC financing would continue only when warranted.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Louisville
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Detroit Law Student Held For Burglary
A 20 year old sophomore law student Percival N Hobbs is held on burglary charges for breaking into 15 Detroit homes in the Palmer Park area. He funded cab fares from GI bill money and bought a $525 diamond after looting. Police traced a $500 brooch to Hobbs and arrested him after a downtown Detroit jeweler sale.
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Detroit
Percival N. Hobbs
Harry Michaels
Palmer Park
Centerline
Hobbs
Highland Park Junior College
Michaels
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