Smaze Haze Fills East Coast Cities Amid Inversion
A four day concentration of fumes and smoke blankets the New York metropolitan area and New Jersey in an inversion. Health officials monitor death reports as hundreds report throat irritation and eye/nasal distress. Flights halted at LaGuardia and Idlewild as zero visibility persists.
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New York
New England
Virginia
Health Department
New York Metropolitan
New Jersey
Wilson Cites Streamlined Department
Detroit report shows Secretary Wilson likening the Defense Department to a new low cost model car with superior features. He told the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Assn the department can deliver greater value per pound while cutting expenditures and personnel.
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Detroit
Wilson
Defense Department
General Motors
Eisenhower
Sayig
Inside Headlines and Classifieds Fragment
Fragmentary OCR reads scattered page sections including column notes on the Bridge Crossword Puzzle editorial page and ads. Readable bits show references to columns and sections but lack coherent narrative or event details.
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Desbeeeeassur
Corning
Sun Battles Smaze Smog Over New York Area
Sunshine broke through the Metropolis area as a five day curtain of smaze and smog lingered. Fog joined the smoke and haze last night causing near zero visibility and stifling respiration. The Weather Bureau expected clearing by noon though smoke remained. Idlewild and LaGuardia airports stood still overnight and into the morning.
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Great Britain
Morris B. Jacobs
New York City
Air Pollution Control Laboratory
Jacobs
Westchester County
Long Island
New York
Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Idlewild
LaGuardia
Dickenson Welcomed By Parents
Cpl. Edward Dickenson returns from a POW camp to a joyous reunion with his parents in Washington. His mother Bessie cries you bless the Lord while his father Van Buren and sister embrace. He theatered plans to reenlist after brief hospital stay as reporters capture the scene.
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Washington
Bessie Dickenson
Cpl
Edward Dickenson
Dickensons
Mrs. Dickenson
van Buren Dickenson
Cracker’s Neck
Dickenson
Virginia Mountains
21 Million Acres Cotton Recommended at Fort Worth Meeting
Farm Bureau delegates from 17 cotton states recommended a national cotton crop of 21,315,000 acres with three states dissenting. The plan aligns closely with a West and South compromise, aiming for broad approval at the upcoming annual convention. Harvested area is listed at 23,737,000 acres and planted at over 25 million.
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Fort Worth
Tex
American Farm Bureau Federation
California
Arkansas
Arizona
Anderson
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Farm Bureau
Tremendous Lift Hall Sees White Case Boost for GOP
Republican National Chairman Leonard W Hall says the Harry Dexter White case gives the GOP a tremendous lift ahead of next year’s elections. Democratic senators doubt lasting gains, citing voters’ focus on farm tax and spending programs. Brownell’s charges and FBI disclosures provoke cross border diplomacy and political contention.
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Washington
Leonard W Hall
Harry Dexter White
GOP
Hall
Atty
Gen. Brownell
Truman
Hail
Brownell
FBI
White
Wisconsin
New Jersey
State Department
A.D.P. Heeney
W. Bedell Smith
Salt Filled Shotgun Blast Kills Man in Indianapolis
Ernest Poor, 24, was shot at close range with a 20 gauge shotgun loaded with table salt inside a residence in Indianapolis. The shooter, Frances Sperling, 56, mother of Poor's former lover, is held on preliminary murder charges after admitting the act occurred during a dispute over a romance. Poor died from chest wounds as he attempted to enter the home. the blast damaged a lung and entrapped the heart.
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Indianapolis
Ernest Poor
Frances Sperling
Richard Parker
Parker
Poor
Paratroopers Seize Dien Bien Phu Base In Indochina War
Thousands of French and Vietnamese paratroopers captured the Vietminh stronghold Dien Bien Phu 180 miles west of Hanoi with air support from U S supplied fighters. Gen Rene Cogny said the base would boost raids from Thai tribes, threaten Lai Chau, and serve as a springboard toward Laos while airfield reinforcements and supplies arrive.
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Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Rene Cogny
Lai Chau
Kingdom of Laos
Dien Bien Hu
Cogny
Light Rain Lowers Forest Fire Risk Across Carolinas
A light rain eased fire danger in the Carolinas as drizzles continued. In North Carolina about 1200 acres burned in Pisgah National Forest yesterday while fires in Hogback Mountain and Pruitt Mountain near Highway 25 in South Carolina remained under control. Rainfall totals were reported in multiple cities with a clearing forecast for the weekend.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Nouthern
Greenville County
Pisgah National Forest
Hogback Mountain
Landrum
Lake Lanier
Pruitt Mountain
Highway 25
U. S. Weather Bureau
Piedmont
Asheville
Raleigh
Wilmington
Greensboro
Charlotte
Charleston
Columbia
Spartanburg
Allies accuse Reds of withholding POWs in Korea trade dispute
Panmunjom reports say Maj. Gen. J K Lacey pressed Communist members of the Military Armistice Commission to hand over all prisoners still in Red custody. He alleged three Korean soldiers seeking refuge were South Korean captives forced into the Red army, while North Korea demanded the return of fugitives and open investigations were rejected by the Reds. The issue centers on delays and Red refusals affecting prisoner interviews and repatriation.
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J. K. Lacey
Military Armistice Commission
Red Army
Lacey
Armistice Commission
ROK
NNRC
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Lee San Cho
Trieste demonstrators flood City Hall over relief rolls
About 500 unemployed Triestines push to see Mayor Gianni Bartoli in a third straight day of protests demanding relief increases. Police block entry as crowds claim 17,000 jobless, with 1,000 Allied civilian workers affected by Oct 8 troop withdrawal plan and political tensions with Yugoslavia.
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Trieste
Gianni Bartoli
Itoli
Britain
United States
Zone A
Italy
Yugoslavia
Tito
Piazza dell’Unita
Slayers Held In Missouri Prison Death Row
Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Heady, condemned for the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping and murder, were transported to Missouri Penitentiary. They were placed on death row for execution on December 18 and will have strict confinement, with limited contact and no appeals planned by their attorneys.
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Missouri
Death
Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Heady
Missouri Penitentiary
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Heady
Hall
U N Resnotes Censure of Israel in Kibya Raid Debate
United Nations Security Council debates stronger censure of Israel for the Kibya raid on Oct 14 15 that killed 53 Jordan border villagers. Jordan Lebanon and Pakistan back tougher language demanding compensation and reinforced observers. Israel opposes Western resolution as biased while US Britain and France push for a strong vote next Tuesday.
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N. Y
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Pakistan
U.N. Security Council
Kibya
Ask
United States
Britain
France
Council
U.N
World Organization
Abba Eban
Palestine
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
Libya
Gladwyn Jebb
Henri Hoppenot
Wadsworth
Hoppenot
War Death Toll Will Pass 30,000
The U.S. battle deaths in Korea are expected to exceed 30,000 as the Pentagon plans to close books next January. A total of 25,604 deaths and 7,955 missing were listed, with 400 more deaths confirmed from those previously missing. The Navy and Air Force plan to declare additional presumed dead statuses as timing allows.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Pentagon
Air Force
Maine Corps
Navy
Defense Department
Army
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administraton
Two Die In Gun Battle Near Fayetteville
In Gra ham s Crossroads near Fayetteville North Carolina two men died in a morning gun battle at a country store. The owner H C Ivey about 55 was shot multiple times and a visitor Wilbert Lee Humphrey of Indianapolis Indiana a shoe salesman was also killed. A woman identified as Mrs Ivey described the scene and the fleeing gunman leaving a blood trail. Ivey died at Dunn hospital minutes after being shot four times. Sheriff L L Guy released the identities and ongoing inquiry into the shooting.
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N. C
Graham's Crossroads
L. L. Guy
H. C. Ivey
Wilbert Lee Humphrey
Indianapolis
Ind
Aes
Ivey
Guy
Madeline R. Humphrey
Humphrey
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