Sky Troops Land Behind Red Lines In Korea
American paratroopers and air assault forces dropped behind the 38th parallel to strike the Seoul Kaesong invasion corridor. Lt. Gen. Ridgway flew to observe the operation as Allied armor moved to link with the 187th Regiment Combat Team near the Imjin River. Enemy resistance appeared light as three Allied divisions pressed north on a 15 mile front.
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Tokyo
U.P
38Th Parallel
Seoul
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kirea
Pla
187Th
Imjin River
Seoul- Kaesong Road
North
South Korea
United States
Kefauver Committee Doubts O'Dwyer Innocence
The Kefauver Committee suspects political expediencies twice removed former New York Mayor William F. O'Dwyer from office to avoid prosecuting top gang bosses. Jay Tucker reports that some members doubt O'Dwyer was wholly innocent in his handling of assignments.
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Kefauver Committee
William F. O'Dwyer
New York
Jay Tucker
O'Dwyer
Paratroop plane explodes near Suwon in Korea
A C-119 cargo plane returning from a para troop drop over the Imjin River exploded mid air thirty miles south of Suwon, South Korea. Five parachutes were seen opening before the blast.
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Tokyo
Imjin River
Suwon
South Korea
Link Kidnaping To Divorce Threat
A 28-year-old father, Allen Berlin Harrell, was arrested in Long Beach on kidnapping charges after allegedly binding his estranged wife Sara Nell Harrell and their 4-year-old son James and forcing them to San Diego. Neighbors reported the abduction and the couple’s return led to the arrest by Officers Kearney and Candelarea.
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San Diego
Allen Berlin Harrell
Long Beach
Truman Boyd Manor
Harrell
Sara Nell Harrell
James
Butchie
East
Leonard R. Kearney
Felipe V. Candelarea
District Attorney's Office
Larry Parks Denounces Communist Ties and Breaks With Party
Larry Parks admits he was a Communist Party member from 1941 to 1945 and dropped out in 1945. He now labels the party subversive and calls for applause for his repudiation. He says speaking out serves the nation as he recalls Communist influence during the Roosevelt era and the propaganda film Mission to Moscow.
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Larry Parks
Commounist Party
Parks
Roosevelt
Mos
Strikers Ordered To Return to Jobs
The French government cancelled all army and police leaves and ordered 40,000 striking railroad workers back to their jobs overnight in a bid to calm a major labor front crisis. Nearly half a million workers on nationalized railways and in public utilities protested for higher wages, risking upset to the economy.
Convict Two Bank Robbers Sentenced in Laurens Case
Federal Judge Henry N. Graven sentenced Kenneth A. Kitts aged 33 from Omaha to 30 years and Yancy Hardy aged 32 from Tyler Texas to 20 years after their conviction for the Laurens State Bank robbery on November 3.
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Mason City
Henry N. Graven
Kenneth A. Kitts
Omaha
Yancy Hardy
Tyler
Tex
Laurens
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Washington
Capone
Jake
Greasy Thumb
Guzik
St. Louis
James J. Carroll
Senate
Carroll
Frank Erickson
Acrie
Kefauver
Link
Ray Tucker
Drew Pear
Oakland
U.S.S
George M. Randall
Dome
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