Chinese assault on Sniper Ridge crushed by Korean infantry
South Korean troops repelled a five hour assault by Chinese forces on Sniper Ridge at Rocky Point, leaving 42 Chinese dead or wounded. The action followed heavy shelling on the western front near Bunker Hill as air operations faced cloud cover and limited enemy aircraft.
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Korea
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Rock Point
U.N
Chorwon
Pyongyang
Alli
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Merine Coors
Throve
Yonchon
Pukhan River
Churchill plans U S visit and talks with Eisenhower and Truman
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill prepares for a cabinet meeting before sailing to New York on the Queen Mary for talks with President-elect Eisenhower and President Truman. Sir Alan Makins will travel as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. The Foreign Office stresses the trip was not prompted by Stalin’s overture.
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United States
Eisenhower
Truman
New York
Sirer Makins
Britain
Foreign Office
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Pewspaper
Churchill
Atlantic
Josef Stalin
Pers Sunday
the People
America
Washington Post
U.S
MacArthur accuses Truman of waging war for self glory
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur charged President Truman used the Korean war for self glorification. He called Truman's claim that he fired MacArthur to avoid a wider war inaccurate and misleading.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
MacArthur
Mr. Truman
Far East
United States
Forty One Die In N C During Long Christmas Holiday
North Carolina toll from accidents and violence over the Christmas holiday rose to at least 41, with 27 confirmed by late reports. The state's highway patrol logged 17 fatalities by Christmas Eve, while other incidents include shootings, a fire, drownings, and multiple crash deaths.
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North Carolina
Srish
Highway Patrol
Ings
United Press
Russell
Sigman
Newton
Willie P Anderson
Call
Wilkes County
Alice J Collins
Asheville
St. Joseph’ S Hosital
Alfred Rochelle
Wakevores
John Wesley
High Point
Earle Edward Huffman
Hickory
Kory Aaekt
C. W. Perry
Brodie Twins Remain In Critical Condition
In Chicago surgeons report no substantial change in the Brodie Siamese twins after their head-to-head separation 12 days ago. Roger, the twin losing the sagittal sinus connection, remains comatose, while Rodney, who retains more brain tissue, is alert but still near normal. Infection risk remains the great danger.
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Chicago
Brodie
Rodney
Roger
Southern Bell Sells Murphy Exchange to Western Carolina
Southern Bell Telephone Co. has sold its Murphy exchange to Western Carolina Telephone Co. for about 315000. The deal includes toll lines from Murphy to Dillsboro and to Blairsville, Young Harris and Hiwassee Ga. The State Utilities Commission planned to resume a hearing on Southern Bell's request for a 3426752 annual rate increase in North Carolina.
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Southern Bell Telephone Co
Murphy Exchange
Western Carolina Telephone Co
Harvey G. Booth
Southern Bell
M Y
Dillsboro
Blairsville
Young, Harris and Hiwassee
Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
North Carolina
Aged preacher Martha Holderby dies at 86 in Asheville
Mrs. Martha Suella Jones Holderby a retired minister and believed to be North Carolina s first licensed woman preacher died at her son s home in Asheville yesterday aged 86 The Guilford County native was licensed at Bundy s Chapel in her home county at age 17 She was the widow of Rev G A B Holderby who died in 1948
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Asheville
Martha Suella Jones Holderby
North Carolina
Guilford County
Bundy
G. A. B. Holderby
Hope Ladd Dies in Asheville Founder of Boston Repertory Theater
ASHEVILLE Miss Hope Ladd daughter of a former Rhode Island governor and a founder of the Boston Repertory Theater died here late Saturday night. She had lived in Asheville for 12 years with Mrs. Henry H. Jewett widow of a Boston theater director. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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Asheville
Miss Hope Ladd
Boston Repertory Theater
Rhode Island
Miss Ladd
Henry H. Jewett
Boston Theater
Jewett
Raleigh workers back to four day week after holiday
State workers return to offices for a four day week after a five day Christmas break. Gov. Scott nears end of term and plans a final report to the public by radio Tuesday at 7 15 pm from his office to be re broadcast by WFMY TV Greensboro Wednesday at 7 45 pm.
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Raleigh
Scott
Greensboro
Wfmy-Tv
Eisenhower Forms Interim Farm Advisory Committee
President elect Eisenhower, after a Christmas break, announces a one member Interim Agricultural Advisory Committee to help draft a farm program. Dean William I. Myers of Cornell will chair. other appointees represent a cross section of the agricultural industry. The committee will aid Benson in consulting farm leaders and former conference allies.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Federal Agricultural Commission
Kasson
Minn
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Cornell University College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
Myers
Homer Davidson
Chicago
American Meat
David W Brooks
Rgiaroducers Association
Milo Swanton
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
Bert Wood
Corvallis
Ore
Agricultural Economics
Oregon State College
Albert Mitchell
Albert
N.M
New Mexico
Robert R. Coker
Hartsville
S.C
Coker Pedigreed Seed Co
Chris Milius
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Farmers Union
Harry J. Reed
West Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University College of Agriculture
Besse W. Tapp
San Francisco
Bank of America
John H. Davis
Boston
The
National Wool Marketing Corp
Benson
Death by Own Action Ends Young Rancher's Flight
William Cox a 24 year old rancher from Sweetwater Texas radioed that he would not land and aimed his Cessna 170 into a gravel pit near Sweetwater after circling for hours He cried and refused pleas from friends and officials to land before crashing at the Hillsdale gravel pit killing him instantly An investigation by the CAA will review his pilot record plane condition and motives Cox widow expects a second child in six weeks and he leaves a three year old daughter
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Tex
William Cox
Cox
CAA
Abilene
Hillsdale
Marathon
Don Patterson
Abilene Control
Patterson
Es Desperaroup
L. M. Hubbard Jr
Earl Critz
Hubbard
Calvin Montgomery
Montgomery
Wesley Memorial Church Considers Site Purchase
A special meeting of the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church quarterly conference is set for 5 30 p m January 11 to consider buying a 1 acre tract at Chestnut Street and Westchester Drive as a new church site. The Hedgecock property offers ample parking and space for future needs, with plans to replace the aging North Main Street building after repairs.
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Chestnut Street
Westchester
Driveles W. McAnally
Church Commission On Finance
Board of Trustees
McAnally
Wesley Memorial
Hedgecock
Chestnut
North Main Street
Sheraton Place
Japanese Look on Rhee's Visit to Japan With Apprehension
Tokyo reports show misgivings as South Korea's anti Japanese leader Syngman Rhee plans a social visit to General Douglas MacArthur era commander Mark W Clark. Japanese press recalls Rhee’s anti Japanese stance and possible talks on Korea war. Assertions of a purely social visit are questioned by informed sources.
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Japan
Tokyo
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U.N
Mark W. Clark
Mainichi
Korea
United Nations
Clark
U.N. E
Duke Psychiatrist Claims Electrical Test Detects Mental Illness
Dr. Leonard J. Ravitz of Duke University asserts a microvoltmeter test can diagnose mental illness by measuring electro potential waves from the body. He says the device distinguishes changing degrees of mental disorders and has been used on both insane and normal individuals for four years.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Duke University
Leonard J. Ravitz
Duke
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Psychiatric Association
Joana
Aes
Christmas Holiday Road Deaths Set New Record
United Press reports a four day Christmas weekend saw at least 557 traffic deaths, 70 fires, 7 lane crash deaths, and 95 miscellaneous incidents totaling 729. Texas led with 57 deaths amid two major crashes near Hawley and Arlington. Flight hunters died in Minnesota. an Illinois officer died in a patrol collision near Kankakee. Overall road toll may not exceed prior records.
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Yale
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Texas
Hawley
Tex
Arlington
Dearborn
Illinois
Kankakee
Ill
Petroman
Glen Gagnon
Heavy Smoker Argues With Customs Men
DARWIN Australia UP A New York film executive says he argues with customs officials over his appetite for cigars. A E F Daff president of Universal International Films, carried 350 Cuban cigars on a 26 day world tour. He smokes about 15 daily and insists he will smoke them himself.
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Darwin
Australia
New York
A. EF. Daff
Universal International Films
Residents clash with tax protestors in Rajkot
In Rajkot India residents opposed a sales tax plan with mass action. Police dispersed the demonstrators injuring fifty as four police stations and a state bus were set on fire during the unrest.
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Rajkot
India
Weather outlook with temperatures and sun timing
The forecast gives a high of 48 for tomorrow and 44 today with mild conditions. Sunset is at 5 18 pm and sunrise tomorrow at 7 30 am.
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Weather Bureau
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Robert Cutler
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