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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1952
Page
8
London endures the longest fog blackout in memory as smog lifts revealing a sunlit city. Transportation returns to near normal, milk and food supplies resume flow, while bills rise from clean up and repairs. Crime and accidents spike amid the haze.
Corporal Jerome Willard of the United States 45th Division shielded a wounded comrade with his body during a Communist ambush in Korea on December 8. Despite heavy fire, Willard rallied his patrol and returned all members to UN lines, with one enemy killed and others injured.
In Fort Worth Texas a downtown hotel fire killed three people early today Mrs Hattie McCroskey 83 a blind invalid James Burton Shearer Jr 36 of Pantex Texas and an unidentified man A son night clerk Arthur Davis restrained spectators when he tried to reenter to rescue his mother Thirty two guests were registered at the three story hotel The first alarm came at 118 am and the fire was under control after fifty off duty firemen joined the effort.
Republican senators report a flood of letters from jobseekers eager to join the federal payroll after twenty years in opposition. Many hopefuls face limited openings and uncertain pay, with posts ranging from postmasters to technical positions under civil service.
The 29 year old Eva L Beckman of 8725 Lexington avenue sustained a fractured shoulder when her car overturned on Noland road about a mile south of US 40. Her condition was reported satisfactory today at Memorial hospital in Harrisonville Missouri.
Manila reports Japan has submitted a new reparations proposal to ease the deadlock with the Philippines. The offer includes services in place of cash, such as survey and salvage of sunken vessels, technical assistance, aid in reconstruction and industrial expansion, and technical training for Philippine students in Japan.
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