News Analyst Reports On Trip To Post Stalin Soviet Union
Foreign analyst William J. Ryan returns from a three month solo tour through eight republics of the USSR. He reports a non violent middle class revolution forming under a new government, with rising ownership spirit and popular weariness of bureaucracy amid cautious optimism for future reform.
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William J. Ryan
Soviet Union
U.S
Ryan
Russia
Pga
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Central
Stalin
Horizion
Georgi Malenkov
Hig Stic
Basceoee
Army to reduce infantry in Korea under new look policy
Washington reports the Army will cut two of its six divisions in Korea as part of Eisenhower's new look plan. Far East Command will decide which units depart, a process expected to take several weeks as procedures used in Europe after World War II are adapted. The formal policy statement was issued in Augusta, Georgia.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Korea
Far East
Europe
Augusta
James Hagerty
White House
Rev Hale Accepts Call to Memorial Baptist Church Pulaski
The Rev Albert S Hale long serving pastor of First Baptist Church here for 54 years accepts a call to Memorial Baptist Church in Pulaski Virginia. He will begin duties January 31 and the congregation voted him a half year's salary as a parting gift.
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Albert S. Hale
First Baptist Church
Memorial Baptist Church
Pulaski
Hawkins County
Tenn
Mr. Hale
Salem
Henderson
Mt. Airy
N. C
Jefferson City
Yule Deaths Fall Short Of Record
The Christmas weekend toll reached 711 deaths with 519 traffic fatalities 81 fire deaths and 111 miscellaneous deaths as the 78 hour period ended. Early estimates suggested traffic deaths could exceed previous records of 545 in 1950 and 556 in 1952 with 310 traffic deaths and 89 other deaths noted in a pre holiday AP survey.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
North Carolina
South Carolina
ROK Leaders Weigh U S Troop Drawdown Details
South Korea's President and Foreign Minister met privately over U S plans to pull two divisions from Korea. Pyun Yung Tai traveled to Chinhae where Rhee vacationed amid Seoul's displeasure at the proposal. Gen Taylor cautioned departures would not be immediate as tours end and others redeploy.
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Seoul
South Korea
U. S
Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Chinhae
Syngman Rhee
Eisenhower
Maxwell D. Taylor
8Th Army
Taylor
Armed Forces Radio Service
Pyun
ROK
Park Too Chin
Senate Party Leaders Meet Ahead of 1954 Session
Washington reports that Senate Republican leader Knowland and Democratic leader Johnson arrive for pre session talks ahead of Congress’s January 6 start. With November elections shaping party control, Democrats push a program as tensions rise after 1953 cooperation.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Congress
Johnson
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Big Three weigh reply to Soviets
The United States Britain and France weigh delaying the Big Four foreign ministers conference while pressing for a meeting date. Western officials signal acceptance of a late January start, amid Soviet opposition to East West German elections and to the European Defense Community. France faces EDC ratification hurdles as Adenauer predicts the delay will be approved. Moscow blasts free elections while seeking a joint all German government to supervise East German elections.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
State Department
U. S
European Defense Community
EDC
Foreign Office
Berlin
Russia
Konra Adenauer
West Gok
Moscow
London
Izvestia
Adenauer Clique
Germany
Soviet Union
Gouzenko Warns Of Hundreds Of Red Spies In U S
Igor Gouzenko says there may be hundreds of Soviet agents in the United States and urges a five point program to defectors. He notes rings and embassy contacts, recalls his Ottawa escape with atomic espionage evidence, and praises Senator McCarthy's investigations while cautioning about safety and exposure.
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Gouzenko
Washington
Igor Gouzenko
Canada
United States
U. S. News and World Report
Ottawa
Liut
Assum
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
U. S
Moscow
Ben
Rescuers Retrieve Last Survivors From Split Freighter
Rescue ships Bluejacket and Orion saved the final 7 of 43 crew members from the Oklahoma after it split in two in a storm off Newfoundland. All survivors, including one stewardess, were said to be unharmed, with the rest of the 43 believed European and a search continuing.
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North Atlantic
U. S
Bluejacket
Orion
Military Sea Transport Service
Oklahoma
Coast Guard
Robert Kutschbach
Kutschbach
Furness-Withy & Co
Newfoundland
Sweden
Baltimore
Furness-Withy
Transatlantic Steam Ship Co. Ltd
Goteborg
British to Replace GI’s with Britons at Bases
Four thousand American airmen in Britain will be replaced by British civilians within six to twelve months, with personnel returning to the United States. The Air Force spokesman said the shift benefits both nations as annual costs drop from about 4900 dollars per airman to roughly 1480 dollars for a British civilian.
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London
U. S
Britain
Air Force
America
United States
POW Issue Returned to UN in Korean Prisoner Row
The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission split as the majority backed sending the prisoner dispute back to the UN and Communist commands. They argued no legal right to hold about 22 000 unrepatriated prisoners if no agreement is reached by January 22. The minority urged returning the matter to the two commands with Swiss and Swedish dissent.
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Panmunjom
U. N
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Switzerland
Sweden
Seoul
Eisenhower taps aides for first year report draft in Augusta
President Eisenhower called on two speechwriting aides Kevin McCann and Charles Moore to draft a nationwide TV radio address outlining his administration’s first year in office. He will also outline 1954 legislative aims ahead of the January 7 State of the Union. Burns and Hauge will bring an economic report draft for Congress, with Dodge arriving to discuss the budget message. A proclamation also limits oats imports from non Canadian sources to 2.5 million bushels for 1953 54, supplementing a 23 million bushel ceiling on Canadian shipments.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Car
Congress
White House
Kevin McCann
Defiance College
Charles Moore
Augusta National Golf Club
McCann
Moore
Washington
Arthur Burns
Council of Economic Advisers
Gabriel Hauge
State of the Union
Joseph M. Dodge
Capitol
United States
Canada
31 Violent Deaths Reported In State
A long Christmas weekend in North Carolina saw at least 31 people killed by violence. At least 21 deaths were auto accidents with 230 people in 94 accidents. Fire and gun incidents, stabbings, and other causes filled the rest, listing numerous victims across towns and counties.
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North Carolina
Highway Patrol
James Owens
Rt. 1
Wallace
Carol Elliott Penley
Marion
Arthur Springs
Henry Springs Jr
Negro Brothers
New York City
Jack Brown
Laurinburg
Nes McCorquodale
Fayetteville
Daniel Eugene Brown
Hendersonville
Minerva Black
Thomasville
Stephen K. Miller
Lexington
Lucy Mae Collins
Rockingham
Thomas Gentry
Rougemont
Primus Lockomy
Fred Talton
Benson
Edgar Harvey
Rt. 2
Maysville
Barbara
Son
Raleigh
Virginia Ellen Major
Littleton
Ivy Lee Wilson
Mooresville
Maning McMullan
Mount Olive
James Neilson
Norfolk
Albert Sanders
Raeford
Troy
Marvin Kanney
Bank
Montgomery
J. A. Allen
Rickie Wilson
Rt. 5
Denny Berry Jr
Mecklenburg County
Dwight Lyndall Curlee
Donald Jackson Rhodes
Wilmington
Waymon Herring
Belmont
Charlotte Byce
Perry Harris
Asheville
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