Finland waits text of Soviet war crimes note over 400 suspects
Finland awaited a Soviet note accusing Helsinki of harboring more than 400 alleged war criminals, a charge tied to the 1944 peace and 1944 mutual aid treaties. President Paasikivi urged friendly relations while Moscow accused Finland of fake documents and aiding hostile activity.
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Helsinki
Finland
Hallie
Moarn Antardey
Juho Paasikivi
Paaskivi
Parathiv
Moscow
Russa
Gromyko
Social Democratic
Karl Fagerholm
Russia
Foreign Office
Holiday Mishaps Take 281 Lives During New Year Toll
Nation bids farewell to 1948 and welcomes 1950 while traffic and other mishaps cut lives. National Safety Council data show weekend fatalities lower than forecast, with 261 total deaths from traffic and other accidents during the extended holiday period.
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Anid
Andire
National Safety Council
E.S T
Firra
Snat Wrek
Associated Press
Conference Slated in Va Coach Tieup
A conference in Virginia set for 2 pm by the Tri-State Coach Corporation on river and management issues. Fred BR Crear, company attorney, disclosed the date after a six hour discussion ended without agreement. Drivers have been on reprieve times.
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Big Stone Gap
River
Tri-State Coach Corporation
Fred BR
Crear
Byrd Pushes Pause On New Tax Cut Plan
Senator Byrd urged delaying any broad tax cut as Congress returns. He warned against cutting excises before assessing government spending for the coming year. Details of a tax program were expected later, with the State of the Union address to outline general views.
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Washington
Pyrg
D-Va
Congress
Byrd
Prenton
Traoman
Levier
Cedarial
tLix
County Bonds in Sullivan County Get Lower Rating
County Judge T R Bandy reported at the Quarterly Court that Sullivan County bonds totaling 6 101 000 hold a BA A rating from the FDIC amid questions on debt service. He urged sending a county representative to Washington to dispute the rating and warned that debt pyramiding requires cutting operating expenses and debt reduction to restore credit.
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Blountville
Sullivan County
T. R. Bandy
Bandy
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sullivan
Washington, D.C
Sullivan Bonds
FDIC
A. D. Brockman
First National Bank
Kingsport
Unions Publish Lists Of Vote In Congress
The AFL and CIO announced weekend plans to distribute lists evaluating members of Congress on their voting records. They stressed the lists are not blacklists or official endorsements. The CIO predicted labor approval will favor senators and representatives who vote right more often.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
Congress
Fiat
Radio Commercials In Central Station To Cease Tonight
New York commuters celebrate as Grand Central Terminal ends local commercial broadcasts at midnight Monday night after a three day Public Service Commission hearing. The terminal voluntarily cancels programs. PSC ruling anticipated after the hearings.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Public Service Commission
Census Takers Should Be Democrats Hauser Says
Philip M. Hauser, acting director of the Census Bureau, defends a long standing practice that census workers are members of the ruling party. He dismisses Republican charges that the 150,000 jobs could be used for Democratic patronage and political advantage.
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Hauser
Washington
U.S
Philip M. Hauser
Census Bureau
Republicana
Virginia Brief Notes Highlight Tax Shifts and Appointments
Richmond delegate Charlee H. Phillips seeks to ease income tax impact by aligning Virginia with federal exemption patterns. Roanoke Hollins president and Wash. and Lee benefactors announce gifts totaling 12,600 and 140,000 plus from Alfred T. DuPont of Jacksonville. Fr. Eddie Combs announces Ben Dicerson Lacy as assistant Senate clerk as McWane resigns Lynchburg GOP posts and central committee roles.
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Richmond
Charlee H. Phillips
Phillips
State Tax Study Commission
Virginia
HHARE
Roanoke
Bonnie Carter Randolph
Hollins
Francia Pendleton Guinem
Washington and Lee
State Central Committee
Firemen Battled Knoxville Blaze Two Hours
Knoxville four firemen fought a blaze at Grubb Bevina Hardware Co. Inc. for over two hours before bringing flames under control. The one alarm fire caused damages running into thousands of dollars due to fire and water. It was discovered at 7 11 p.m. and origin not yet determined per Fire Chief C M Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Grubb-Bevina Hardsware Co. Inc
Cortral
C. M. Johnson
Social Security Expansion Slated for Truman Fair Deal
Washington opens Congress with President Truman aiming for broad Social Security expansion as a key Fair Deal element. He plans to outline a mid century program Wednesday while facing likely resistance on health, farm subsidies, taxes, and civil rights measures.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Minkern
Bever Valley
Martin
R Pa
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Gold Pieces Found In Duck's Stomach By Hunter's Friend
In American Falls Idaho a boy named Ruben Butler shot a duck that may have contained gold. Butler gave the bird to friend Bob Lee who passed it to neighbors Mr and Mia C V Sweet. Mia Sweet drowned the duck spilling its gizzard contents revealing five pieces of raw gold. The largest nugget measured about one inch long and a quarter inch wide. The 87-year-old husband said he hoped to learn the duck's origin, then wished he could share a nugget with that knowledge.
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American Falls
Idaho
Ruben Butler
Butler
Bob Lee
Lee
Mia
C. V. Sweet
Sweet
Jong
Reds Over Ryukyu Islands Red Cross Official Says Russians Flying Daily Over Ryukyu Islands
Unidentified reconnaissance planes believed to be Russian fly over the Ryukyu Islands almost daily and vanish before American interceptors can pursue them. Ferdinand Mickigutz of the American Red Cross says these flights occur with little interference over Okinawa. He notes vapor trails at about 40,000 feet and that interceptors depart too late.
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Ryukyu Islands
Red Cross
Tokyo
Rusman—ly
Ferdinand Mickigutz
American Red Cross
Okinawa
Air Force
Mickiauts
Micklauts
Shang
Sullivan Demos Will Reorganize
Sullivan County Democrats plan a main meeting Monday at Blountville in the courthouse to elect a new slate of officers including chairman vice chairman secretary and committeemen and committeewomen from all precincts. County attorney Hal Cyr is seen as likely new chairman with support from both factions.
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Sullivan County
Blountville
B. W. King
Bristol
Court House
Conninous Civil Diatricta
Hal Cyr
Bulivan County
Democratic
King
Demos
Kingsport Men Hurt In Gate City Wreck
One Kingsport man was admitted to Holston Valley Community Hospital and two others received treatment for injuries after a two car collision near Gate City at 2 16 am Sunday. The injured were Ray Bowen 23 of 1214 Walnut Street William Cooper 805 Robinson Street and Clinton E Johnson 20 of 107 Miller Street. Bowen was admitted for treatment of a leg injury. The others were treated and released. The report mentions lacerations and abrasions and references a wider political discussion unrelated to the crash.
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Kingsport
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Gate City
Ray Bowen
Walnut Street
William Cooper
Robinson Street
Clinton
E. Johnson
Miller Street
Bowen
London
China
Mao Tee-tung
Tras Thac
Wood
Egypt Votes in Five Year General Election Crisis
Egyptians vote Tuesday in the Nile Kingdoms first general election in five years. Five parties and independents contest 319 seats as the national government faces Soviet and Chinese influence. The broadcast from Moscow quotes Chiang Kai-shek supporters and notes women lack suffrage context. The 1945 treaty remains a backdrop as funds and trade policy loom.
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China
Ruania
Maito
Moscow
Cairo
Nile Kingdom
Egypt
Naw Chamber of Deputies
Woemen
People's Republic of Ching
Street Scenes Spark Curiosity on Broad Street Parking
Pedestrians pause along Broad Street to inspect new parking centers as a tiny tot disrupts beautification work by shouting with Tannya. Helio Mant TM Reker’s trunk displays fret hand exhibits for ongoing investigation of mysterious flying objects when a rear door opens releasing several “flying sincere” in the form of ple pans.
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Broad Street
Down Rherahap
Reker
Morse Urges 1948 Program To Guide GOP Campaign
Senator Morse urged Republicans to adopt a formal 1948 platform as a campaign guide. He said many in Congress repudiated that program, and a unified policy statement could jump start the party by backing Taft housing and education measures and federal aid to states. Senate leaders were to discuss drafting the statement for the 1952 congressional campaign.
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Washington
Mort
Ohio
Senate
Morse
Congress
Hays
GOP
Coal Miners Return To Pits After New Year
Miners expected back at work Tuesday after the New Year holiday as talk of possible strikes at key companies arose. George H Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation said he had no information on any strike and that mines would be ready to operate on Tuesday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Peasible Sttikea
George H Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation
Love
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Uttle
Janet Beth
de Wagner
Elmands
Lowia
Cleveland
Singapore
Paul Wass
Goodrich Rubber Co
Memphis Man Killed In Miss Plane Crash
Memphis man Lt. Leon ard J. Rumery died when a Puerto Rican National Air Guard P47 fighter crashed near Hernando Mississippi shortly after taking off from a Memphis air field. The aircraft burned, destroying the body of the pilot who had been visiting his mother Mrs. Flossie Rumery.
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Hernando
Miss
Leonard J. Rumery
Memphis
Tenn
Mercy Killing Doctor Gets Vote Of Confidence From Townfolk
In Candia New Hampshire Dr. Hermann N Sander 49 drew strong support from Protestant ministers physicians and neighbors as he awaited Hillsboro County grand jury action on the mercy killing of Abbie Bareto a terminal cancer patient An estimated 608 of the towns 50 registered voters voiced faith in the physician and praised his humanity The case stems from injecting air into the patients veins during her terminal illness and he is bound on 325000 bond awaiting grand jury deliberations with about 10 to 12 witnesses planned
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Candia
N. H
Hector
Hermann N. Sander
Sander Ia
Moerey
Abbie Barerite
Hillsboro
Sander Wax
New Hampshire Academy of General Practice
George Brown
Concord
Bander
Dr. Sender
Manchester
C. Leslie Curtin
Candia Congregational Church
Mark B. Strickland
First Congregational Church
New ‘Hampshire
William L. Phinney
Sander
Hillaboo County General Hospital
William Hi. Craig
Truman stance unchanged on Formosa policing
President Truman reaffirmed a refusal to use American troops to block Communist forces from Formosa while signaling continued military aid and political support to Chiang Kai-shek. The White House meeting of the National Security Council produced no shift in policy, despite rumors in Congress about limited air-based aid or direct American involvement.
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Washington
Truman
Formosa
Aidh
Formosala
National Security Council
White House
U. S
Benator Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Inez
Benstor Knowland
R-Cal
Knowland
China
Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Change Of Policy For Times News
The Kingsport Times News announces a policy change effective 1966. Names of individuals fined in City Court or bound over from Sessions Court on simple drunken driving charges will not be published. Names of those convicted on State charges in Circuit Court will be published after conviction.
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Kingsport Times-News
Grand Jury
Seasions Court
Circuit Court
Theese
Stilla
Times-News
Solunar Table Foretells Prime Fishing and Hunting Times
The excerpt presents John Alden Knight’s Solunar Tables with Major and Minor period times for daily planning. It notes periods beginning at specific hours and lasting one to two hours, urging readers to fish or hunt during peak sport windows while mentioning government honors and a Cherokee Dam observation at 9 am.
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John Alden Knight
Suisse Rete
London
Viscount
A. V
Alexander
House of Commons
House of Lords
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