Must Up Defense Budgets in NATO Says Ike
Paris report says President Eisenhower urged NATO members to raise military spending to deter Russia. He pressed for a force of four divisions ready by 1952, 60+ by 1954, and backed a European army plan despite budget hurdles. France seeks higher next year. Belgium urged bigger outlays as defense ministers prepare Lisbon talks.
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Carter “L. Davidson
Paris
Dwight D. Fisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Fisenhower
Russia
Eisenhower
Belgium
France
Italy
West Germany
Netherlands
Luxembourg
NATO Committee
Europe
1714 Believed Dead In Volcano Eruption
Manila reports President Quirino announced 1714 dead or missing and over 100000 homeless after violent volcanic eruptions and typhoons. He appealed for aid for refugees from 11 typhoon wrecked provinces and Camiguin Island.
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Manila
Elpidio Quirino
Camiguin Island
Taken Into Fraternity at Duke University Duke
Andrew Pickens, son of Mrs. R J Pickens Jr of 705 Flormham Avenue, was taken into Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity Alpha Alpha chapter at Duke University on December 10 after a pledge training period of several weeks.
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Robert. Andrew Pickens
R. ‘J. Pickens
Florham Avenue
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Alpha Alpha
Duke University
Runyon Cancer Fund hailed for rapid growth and zero admin costs
Winchell credits the Runyon Cancer Fund with unprecedented expansion driven by donors from pennies to large grants. He notes the fund has never charged administrative costs, highlighting its unique charity model. The piece also cites a New York Times report on Soviet propaganda's global impact.
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Runyon Cancer Fund
Runyon
Mith
Runyon Fund
N.Y
Inmate Gives Up Sword Swallowing Accident
A state reformatory inmate attempting a knife swallow during a kitchen demo was bumped, causing a nine inch blade to slide to his stomach. A doctor retrieved the blade. the man suffered only a sore throat. North Carolina leads the nation with over 250000 textile workers.
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Green Bay
Wis
State Reformatory
I'll Be Heard Tallulah Bankhead Talks Big Scene At Trial
Tallulah Bankhead, set to testify in the Evyleen Cronin larceny case, vows she will be heard but not provoked on the witness stand. She rehearsed for a radio show and dismissed defense claims of improper conduct as lies while saying public support strengthens her resolve.
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New York
Tallulah Pankhead
Dixie Rebel
Evyleen Ramsey Cronin
Bernard Dolgin
Miss Bankhead
Colgin
Jack Carson
Phil Silvers
Henry Youngman
Fred Moritt
Cronin
Donald Scawell
Moritt
Harold Stevens
10 Are Fined In Pipeline Whiskey Case
Federal Judge Casper Platt fined 16 men a total of 22000 for participating in a 20 million dollar tax free liquor pipeline into dry Southern states. They pleaded guilty to false entries aiding and abetting and conspiracy. Notable defendants include J Cohen Isenhour Wilmer Harris Ervin R Davis and Wayne J Morris. Cases spanned August 1949 to May 1950 amid Kefauver probes into bootlegging from Cairo Illinois to the South.
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Danville
Casper Platt
J. Cohen Isenhour
Taylorville
N. C
Wilmer ©. Harris
Lexington
Ervin R. Davis
Winston-Salem
Wayne J. Morris
William Hart
U. S
Treasury Department
Kefauver Crime Committee
Cairo
Ill
Charles D. Redwine
Georgia
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