Jets Down MIGs in Yalu Air Battles Amid Cold Front
In furious dogfights over the Yalu River area the U S Fifth Air Force reported Sabre jets shot down three MIG-15s as two battles raged from 41 000 to 23 000 feet. Captain Herbert Weber and Lt Harold Fischer Jr each credited with two of the downed fighters.
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Seoul
Attac
North Korea
Panther
Singye
Herbert Weber
Brattleboro
Harold E. Fischer Jr
North Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
MI6
Fred W. Gray
Chicago
U. S. Eighth Army
Nine Violent Deaths Reported Across North Carolina Weekend
A weekend survey cites at least nine deaths linked to crashes and violence across North Carolina. Victims include Richard Scaggs 25 of Philadelphia killed in a crash near Buma. Rube Miller 43 of Rutherfordton. Doris Boyd 13 of Pactolus. W J Smith 71 of Kenansville. John K Partin 74 of Durham. William F E Glenn 44 of Durham charged with manslaughter. Oren D Barber 78 of Durham County. Harvey B Craven 33 of West Hillsboro charged with manslaughter. Gurney L Nelson Sr 60 of Columbus Ohio. Rachel McNeill killed at Liden amid murder charge. Bailey Lee McNeill 38 charged with murder. a 27 year old Chicago man shot in New Bern. suspects O B Coward 26 and Wright Best 19 arrested.
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North Carolina
Richard Scaggs
Philadelphia
Buma
Scaggs
Rube Miller
Rutherfordton
Morganton
Pitt County
Doris Boyd
Pactolus
W. J. Smith
Kenansville
Duplin
John K. Partin
Durham
William FE. Glenn
Oren D. Barber
Durham County
Harvey B. Craven
West Hillsboro
Gurney L. Nelson
Columbus
Mooresville
Nelson
Columbia
S. C
Rachel McNeil
Liden
Harnett
W. E. Salmon
Bailey Lee McNeill
Chicago
New Bern
O. B. Coward
Wright Best
Welfare, longtime Winston-Salem newspaper figure, dies at 68
Bradley Lemar Welfare, retired circulation manager of the Winston Salem Journal and Sentinel, died at his home early today. He had 54 years of service in the local newspaper industry.
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Winston-Salem
Bradley Lemar Welfare
Winston- Salem Journal and Sentinel
Welfare
Plane Crash Toll Rises to 86 in Washington Disaster
In Moses Lake Washington Air Force investigators examine the wreckage of a C 124 Globemaster that crashed after takeoff from Larson AFB. 86 of 116 servicemen aboard died with 30 survivors questioned as four generals lead the probe.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Air Force
Ing
Washington
Larson Air Force Base
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
F. N. Wehrle
Barnesville
Wehrle
Madigan General Hospital
Ft. Lewis
Tacoma
Wales
First Winter Day Bowl Brings Wide Weather Mosaic Across Regions
The first full winter day shows varied conditions from snow in the Rocky Mountains and Midwest sleet to fog in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley and sun in Florida and California. Forecasts call for more Midwest snowfall and strong winds, with travel disruptions and isolated Iowa communities.
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United Press
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Florida
California
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Chicago
St. Louis
Greater
Pittsburgh
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Tex
Cameron
Texas
Lubbock
Midland
Big Spring
el Paso
Amarillo
Tulsa
Ohlo
New York
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Jacobs
Jacobs
Statenant River
Miami
Fla
Texas Panhandle
Virginia
Funeral for Elwood P. Davis Former Sheriff in Granville
Funeral services were held for Elwood P. Davis former Granville County sheriff for 18 years and a Wake Forest College graduate who died Saturday at age 74.
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Oxford
Elwood P. Davis
Granville County
Davis
Wake Forest College
Courageous mother faces risky Christmas birth
Mrs. Jean Garrett, 27, with Hodgkins disease, plans a Christmas Eve home celebration for husband Thomas and three children before a Caesarean to deliver her fourth baby the next day. Doctors warn she may die, but she says the baby has a right to live and she will die happy if it comes to pass.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Jean Garrett
Garrett
Thomas
Thomas Jr
Robert
Raleigh
Eisenhower to Meet With Anti Red Group in New York
President elect Eisenhower meets with the Committee on the Present Danger led by Dr. James B. Conant. Lunch at the Commodore Hotel includes Dulles Brownell Kyes and Stassen. The group seeks to raise awareness of communism dangers at home and abroad. Eisenhower to spend Christmas at Morning Side Drive home with family.
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New York
Eisenhower
Committee On
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Commodore Hotel
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Brownell Jr
Roger M. Kyes
Defense
Harold Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
James C. Hagerty
Morningside Drive
John Eisenhower
Korea
Hagerty
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur 8. Ming
Delaware
Ohio Westeyen University
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Temple University
Hoover Committee
Joseph M. Dodge
Bureau of the Budget
Sherman Adams
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
Degraff Barber Injured Folding TV Aerial
Degraff's only barber Louis K Miller fractured a heel while erecting a TV aerial and may be hospitalized for several weeks. Local residents in Bellefontaine reported the incident. police are investigating accidental injuries related to home antenna work.
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Bellefontaine
Degraff
Here
Louis K. Miller
Ex-seaman admits theft in $14,000 Oakwood bank robbery
Donald B. Patterson, 34, formerly of Asheboro, told FBI agents he participated in the Oakwood State Bank robbery at Oakwood Texas. He appeared before a U S commissioner for a preliminary hearing in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Texas
United States
Donald B. Patterson
Asheboro
FBI
Oakwood State
Oakwood
William A. Murphy
Cape Hatteras Lands To Become National Seashore Park
State owned lands along the Cape Hatteras seashore in Dare and Hyde Counties near the Outer Banks were to be transferred to the Department of Interior for creation of a national seashore park. The ceremony featured a joint meeting of the Cape Hatteras Seashore Recreation Commission and the Council of State with Governor Kerr Scott presiding.
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Raleigh
Cape Hatteras Seashore Recreation Area
Department of Interior
Cape Hatteras Seashore Recreation
Bloodshed Boxscore Raleigh Traffic Data Update
The 10 a.m. bloodshed boxscore on North Carolina highways tallies deaths and injuries since Friday 4 p.m. The report shows 1 034 killed to date this year and 1 024 killed to date last year with 10 injured and 2 killed since Friday 4 p.m.
Soldiers Charged After Fayetteville Auto Chase
Two Ft. Bragg soldiers face charges after a police chase that damaged property valued at 3200 dollars. Pvt. Donnie M. Jackson drove the car and T Sgt. J C. Headen owned it and rode during the pursuit, according to Sheriff L L Guy.
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Fayetteville
Ft. Bragg
L. L. Guy
Donnie M. Jackson
T-Sgt
J. C. Headen
Grants Support NC Statistics Institute Across Campuses
President Gordon Gray announced over the weekend that the Institute of Statistics at the Consolidated University of North Carolina has received a total of 606000 in grants. The funds come from the General Education Board 250000 Rockefeller Foundation 170000 and federal defense agencies 186000, supporting departments at North Carolina State College Raleigh and the University Chapel Hill.
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Raleigh
Institute of Statistics
The
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Gordon Gray
North Carolina State College
University In
Chapel Hill
Gray
General Education Board of New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Raleigh to observe five day Christmas holiday for state workers
State employees will enjoy a five day Christmas holiday with offices closing tomorrow afternoon and reopening Monday December 29. Gov. and Mrs. Scott will spend the holidays in Raleigh with family joining at the Executive Mansion for Christmas dinner Thursday.
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Raleigh
Mrs. Scott
Executive Mansion
Plane Missing Over Carolinas: Civil Air Patrol Searches
A light two man plane has been missing since Saturday on a Wallace to Charleston flight. Civil Air Patrol, at the Air Force request, extended search efforts across both Carolinas with Blumenthal Field serving as base of operations.
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Larson Air Force Base
Promis
E Doulas J
Wth Air Force
D N Air Force Base
Green
Homer L. Sanders
Tactical Air Command
Langley Air Force Base
L. A. Bertrandias
Air Force Safety Division
Los Angeles
Richard B. O'Keefe
Air Force
San Bernardino
Calif
Wilmington
Wallace
Charleston
S. C
Civil Air Patrol
Carolinas
Bluthenthal Field
Charlotte Man Named Executive Secretary to Jonas
Edward H. Thomas of Charlotte has been named executive secretary to Congressman-elect Charles Raper Jonas of the 10th North Carolina District. The 33 year old Spartanburg native will assume duties in Washington January 1 when Jonas plans to open his capital office.
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Charlotte
Edward H. Thomas
Charles Raper Jonas
North Carolina
Thomas
Spartanburg
S. C
Washington
Jonas
Christmas in a War Front Roar of Peace and War Blend
American GIs in Korea plan a big Christmas meal amid mud and frost on the front. They will watch for uninvited guests while churches and carols echo near artillery. Allied units, from French to Norwegians, mark the day with shows, turkey, and homeland traditions under fire.
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G.I
Seoul
Korea
Dom
Turkey
United Nations
Twin Still Alive After Separation Surgery
Roger Lee Brodie remains in a deep coma more than 100 hours after the separation of conjoined Siamese twins at the University of Illinois Hospital. Rodney Dee Brodie shows some activity but remains critical with no clear sign of improvement. Doctors warn of possible cerebral edema brain damage or oxygen deprivation as risks from post operative complications.
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Royt Brodie
Moline
Iil
Rock Island, Inl
Chicago
Roger Lee Brodie
Rodney Dee
Roger
University of Illinois Education and Research Hospital
Doeto
Rodney
Red Bloc Faces Rebuttal in UN Assembly Vote
The United Nations Assembly rejected a Soviet bid to condemn the United States over alleged mass killings of Red prisoners on Pongam Island Korea. The vote was 45 no to 5 yes with 10 abstentions, adjournment set for February 24 after Eisenhower’s inauguration.
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United Nations
N. YY
United Nations Assembly
United States
Pongam Island
Korea
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Assembly
Iraq
Lebanon
Thailand
China
Gross
Weather Record Summary from Official Bureau
Cloudy and rainy conditions described with temperatures ranging from 4 to 56 degrees. Wind and rainfall data noted, with today’s high near 48 and low around 8 or 34, sunset 5 09 p.m. and sunrise 7 28 a.m. for tomorrow.
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Ernest A. Gross
Said
Gromyko
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