War crimes estimates raise furor over Korean atrocities
Reports state 8000 American POWs slain by North Koreans and Chinese after Ridgway and Hanley disclosures. Pentagon and UN officials face questions as details of atrocity reports and missing in action figures surface from Pusan and Paris communications.
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Matthew B
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Pentagon
Ridgway
James M. Hanley
8Th Army
Pusan
United
U.N
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense and State
Hanley
Supreme Commander's Office
Alben W. Barka
Ro Odo Earn
Paris
Rray
State agents to attend Brunswick rally in Klan cross burning
The State Bureau of Investigation said agents will be at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Brunswick County tonight. Attorney General Harry McMullan announced license plate numbers will be collected and released for publication. Brunswick County officials also stated they will monitor to ensure no laws are broken at the cross burning event.
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Southport
State Bureau of Investigation
Brunswick County
Raleigh
Atty
Harry McMullan
Sineere
Brunswieck County
State Art Act Brings Bellini to Raleigh Exhibit
In Raleigh the State Art Act highlights works by Bellini Rubens Memling Pieter de Hooch Velazquez and Constable as part of a new museum display. The listing cites prominent painters and suggests a regional cultural push.
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Raleigh
State Art Act
Bellini, Rubens, Memling
Pieter de Hooch
Velasquez
Comstable
Memoriam committee member resigns from Kill Devil Mill Memorial
Maj. Al Williams resigns from the Memorial Committee of the Kill Devil Mill Memorial Association citing time demands. He submitted the resignation to association president Miles Clark and expressed hope for eventual completion of a memorial landing site.
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Elizabeth City
Maj
al Williams
Kill Devil Mill
Duke Hospital Receives $50,000 Cancer Research Grant
Duke University officials announced a $50,000 grant from the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund to Duke Hospital for cancer research aimed at a cure. The fund honors a noted writer associated with cancer research advocacy.
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Durham
Duke University
Damon Runyen
Duke Hospital
Newerman
Missing hunter J W Hager found safe after 24 hours
J W Hager of Pisgah Forest Asheville reappeared unharmed after more than a day in the mountains. He checked in at the Poth hunting station and later walked into a camp in the wilderness area, ending the missing persons report by the Seneumine County Sheriff’s department.
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Asheville
J. W. Hager
Pisgah Forest
Seneumine County
Hager
Oem Poth
Stock Market Prices Lagging
NEW YORK. Prices sagged again on the stock exchange in quiet dealings. The sell-off extended yesterday's sharp decline with oil shares hit hard and rails backward. The retreat was orderly with about 500000 shares traded. Oil losses neared 2 points and rails fell over 1. Most other declines were fractional amid uncertain foreign conditions and tax effects.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Rails
Wall Street
Measurements of Princess Disclosed
Paris reports reveal Princess Margaret's figure with a 32 1/2 inch bust 33 inch hips and 21 1/3 inch waist. The fashion expert compared her to Jane Russell noting Margaret's taller frame, as the princess returned to England after a Paris visit. She forwent Bal Tabarin due to royal protocol and dined at Maxime's, later dancing with Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. A rooftop piano moment with Greta Garbo was included in a playful night.
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Britain
Princess Margaret
Hollywood
Jane Russell
Miss Russell
England
Margaret
Maxime
Prince ‘Paul of Yugoslavia
Montparnasse
Montmartre
Mateene
Greta Garbo
United Nations Forces Retake Hills on Korean Front
UN troops recaptured at least three hills from Communists along the 145 mile front near Panmunjom. Allied units held a hill west of Yunchon after a heavy morning on the western front, with air force support claiming several enemy aircraft shot down. Weather frosty with rain and snow hampered operations.
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HS. Korea
United Nations Forces
Reca
Panmunjom
Yunchon
Alben W. Barkley
Ley
Tee
Jane Hill
Coco Tee
Yanggu
Tolit
Revom Ttle
Sinunju
Far East
U.N
Punchbow Valley
UN and Communist negotiators settle half of Korean cease fire line
In Panmunjom the UN and Communist negotiators agreed on half the battleline to become the cease fire line if terms are settled in 30 days. A 11-4 withdrawal was approved to create a buffer while remaining questions on supervision and inspection linger.
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Korea
Yalu River
Panmunjom
United Nations
Toursman Committee
Gaterday Bss
Living Costs Jump Triggers Union Fight Over Prices
Labor union leaders accused weakened price controls as consumer costs rose to new highs. Walter Reuther warned the rise erodes savings and pensions while unions say inflation will accelerate, with two government cost of living indexes hitting record levels.
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Washington
Labor Ent
AFL
Oo Oties
Paton
Labor Department
Eden Says West Ready to Negotiate With Russia After Power Balance Restored
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told NATO leaders the West would negotiate peace with Russia only after the balance of strength between West and East is restored. He said Western rearmament was reluctant and that negotiations could begin once the power balance and alliance strength grow. police guarded the conference amid fears of Communist demonstrations.
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Anthony Eden
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Russia
West
North Atlantic
Mto
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eden
Alcide de Gasperi
Ole Bjoern Kraft
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Meere Bay
Seta Tha
Et Sa
Tiber
Italico
Benito Mussolini
Truman Setting Record In Tax
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States claims President Truman has collected more tax money than all prior presidents combined and that his administration has spent a record share of federal outlays. It cites receipts from July 1, 1945 to Nov 16 at about 262 billion dollars and total expenditures around 282 billion of 770 billion since establishment.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Man
Truman
U. S
Chamber
Kidnap Murder Suspect Caught After Patrol Hunch
Raleigh police capture LaFayette Miller in Beaufort County after Patrolman Bruce H. Jackson and Cpl. H. M. Morrow stop a car on a routine check. They rescue Opal Moore Boyd and discover farmer Harvie C. Boyd shot, with Miller alleged to have forced his wife into the trunk.
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N. C
Bruce H. Jackson
LaFayette Miller
Negro Lee
Harvie C. Boyd
Beaufort County
Ackson
Cpl
H. M. Morrow
Miller
Opal Moore Boyd
Jackson
Kenan
Kenneth Moore
Morrow
Boyd
Albert Boyd
Albert
Mrs. Boyd
Ridgway Defends U N Report On Aircraft Incident
Gen Matthew Ridgway told the United Nations that two Soviet fighter planes attacked a missing U N weather reconnaissance plane over international waters beyond 20 miles from Russia. He said the P2V Neptune vanished Nov 6 during weather work and that Soviet claims about a Vladivostok crossing were unfounded.
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Paris
Matthew Ridgway
United Nations Today
U.N
Ridgway
U. N. Security Council
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Korea
Ussr
Moscow
Cape Ostrovnaya
U.S
T Lie
San Francisco
Franz Reena
Sam Roosenfeld
Jonce
Clarence E
Howard
Po Ate
Une
Baltic Sea
Weisbaden
Germany
Truman cuts tariff favors for Russia and Poland
President Truman ordered removal of tariff concessions for Russia and Poland effective Jan 5, ending most favored nation treatment. A separate order bans import of furs from Russia and Red China, including ermine fox kolinsky marten mink and musk rat, with duties to be collected by the Treasury.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Poland
United States
Russa
U. S
Bulgaria
China
Czechoslovakia
Treasury Department
Soviet Rejects West Disarmament Plan in UN Hearing
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky denounced the tripartite arms reduction plan as two faced and urged that it won t end arms build up. He accused Dean Acheson of duplicity and warned the plan ignores costly rearmament while proposing verification steps.
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Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Epen
Gael
Britain
France
Vishinsky
United Nations
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Truman
U.S
Weather outlook with mixed temperatures
Tonight's low should be 50 and tomorrow's high 62. Today peaked at 68 with last night's low 49, presenting a mild temperature swing ahead of the next day.
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