Coplon Spy Conviction Reversed for New Trial
The Second Circuit reversed Judith Coplon’s 1949 espionage conviction on grounds the arrest without a warrant was illegal and FBI wiretap issues influenced the ruling. The court ordered a new trial while noting her guilt remains evident and the indictment stands.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Federal Court of Appeals
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Brooklyn
FBI
Learned Hand
Jerome N. Frank
Thomas W. Swan
Miss Coplon
Department of Justice
Valentin A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Gubitchev
Russia
U. S
Washington, D. C
Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. District Court
Appeals Court
Snowbound City and Region See Heavy Snowfall
La Crosse area dig continues as six inches fall in the city and seven at the airport. Duluth reports 30 inches. Park Falls 13 and Land O Lakes 29 inches. Temperatures dip. roads remain open but slippery with trains and buses near schedule.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanila
Duluth
Land O’ Lakes
Park Falls
Sanial
Mercury
North Dakota
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Northwest
George Long
Madison
Minneapolis
UN Assembly Moves Korean Crisis To Emergency Program
Russia’s Andrei Vishinsky blasted a Asia and Middle East appeal to halt China’s aid to Korea. The UN voted 51 to 5 to place a six nation truce proposal on its emergency agenda as Western powers push for peace and a ceasefire while U.S. and UN forces stay at the 38th parallel. Indian abstained on the northward crossing. Kenneth Younger warned no Security Council solution. The session followed vetoes and renewed truce efforts.
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Middle East
India
China
Philippines
Egypt
Puttig
Korea
Norway
Ecuador
Cuba
Security Council
Russia
Vishinsky
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Kenneth Younger
Washington
Chicago Daily News
Far East
Schenectady
N. Y
Denver Post
San Francisco Chronicle
United Nations
Japan
Indianapolis News
Debate Over Korea Crisis Splits Editorial Opinion
Editorial comment across the United States shows sharp divisions over how to handle the Korea crisis. Some urge immediate strong action including atomic use, while others call for withdrawal and ceasefire.
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United States
New York City
International Council of Christian Churches
Truman
Nickel Pass Would Replace Token Fare in La Crosse
La Crosse Transit Co seeks public service commission approval to replace metal tokens with a weekly nickel pass for five cent per ride, allowing 60 cent weekly access. Tokens would end. council debates neutrality as Fey cites passenger and cost figures and notes transfers and trial approval.
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Public Service Commission
la Crosse Transit Co
Ray Fey
Fred Steele
Hubert Schreiter
Public Utilities Committee
Fey
Wisconsin
Madison
Charles Buchmann
Emil Schultz
La Crosse Considers Five Member Traffic Commission
The common council committees propose a five member traffic commission to conduct surveys traffic studies control methods arterial streets parking and overall traffic issues. Mayor Henry Ahrens backs the plan and Donald Lyden introduced the ordinance with a three year term for appointees.
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Henry Ahrens
Donald Lyden
Associated Consultants
Evanston
Ill
Isle la Plume
Judiciary Committee
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Clearing and much colder tonight. Thursday will be generally fair with continued cold. Lows tonight around zero in the city and minus five in the countryside. Highs Thursday reach about 15 degrees.
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la Crosse
Tide Of Human Misery Moves South With Allies
Refugees fleeing the advancing Chinese Red armies poured south with United Nations forces toward Kumchon near the 38th parallel. Thousands pressed onto trains and clung to cars as the line halted at the barrier, unsure where to turn with no safety ahead.
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Korea
United Nations
Red
Kumchon
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Pyongyang
North Korea
Charles Ross Truman Aide Dies at 65
Charles Ross longtime press aide to President Truman died at 4 50 pm Tuesday from a heart attack at his desk in Washington He was 65 A former St Louis Post Dispatch reporter Ross rose to national prominence with his boyhood friend Harry S Truman Ross was respected for duty and truth telling and had suffered arthritis for years His burial is planned in Washington with services likely Thursday Mrs Ross requested donations to the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation in lieu of flowers
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PPBI
FBI
Gubitchev
Washington
Charles Ross
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross Hood
Harry S. Truman
United States
Ross
Charlie Ross
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Attlee
Graham
Charlie
Set Starting Time For Bowl Broadcast
WLCX announced the Cigar Bowl broadcast from Tampa Florida on New Year's Day. Milo Knutson said the game will start at 1 30 p m La Crosse time with Stan Torerson aboard from 1 15 p m for a football preview and a 15 minute post game roundup.
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WLCX
Tampa
Fla
Milo Knutson
J. Rex Farrior
Ferrier
la Crosse
Knutson
Stan Torerson
Allies Stop Retreat At New Defense Line
Allied Eighth Army halted their mass retreat south from Pyongyang and dug in for a new western Korean stand. The line runs from south of Pyongyang to positions south and east, possibly near the 38th parallel. South Korean forces swept toward guerrillas near Sibyon 70 miles southeast of Pyongyang as Gen. Collins toured the front.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
Pyongyang
Red China
MacArthur
Red Worth
South Korea
Sibyon
J. Lawton Collins
U. S. Army
Korea
Cigar Bowl fund reaches six hundred twenty dollars
Fans donate to help La Crosse State's trip to the Shrine Cigar Bowl in Tampa as the team prepares to face Valparaiso on New Year’s Day. The fund stands at $620 with about $1,500 more needed beyond the $3,500 already secured for travel.
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la Crosse State
la Crosse Tribune
Tampa
Fla
la Crosse
Valparaiso
Ind
University
Montgomery Ward
Deerflingers
H. T. Everson
Tg Music Store
Dr. G. D. Reay
la Crosse Shuffleboard Tian
Larson Under Court Bonds In Destruction Case
Arnold O. Larson remains at a 500 dollar bond awaiting a 2 pm preliminary hearing Thursday. In county court he faced no plea to charges of destruction of Herman Kriewald’s property as District Attorney Coleman entered an innocent plea for Larson. He challenged jurisdiction and demanded details of prior confinement and travel from Mendota and Aug 4 1948 before entering any plea.
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Arnold O. Larson
Herman Kriewald
Larson
John Coleman
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Mendota
Minnesota
Boe
Coleman
Kraft urges UN seat for China to ease China talks
In Copenhagen foreign minister Ole Bjoern Kraft told parliament that admitting the Chinese government to the UN would have created better conditions for understanding with Communist China. He indicated continued support for broader Chinese participation in international bodies.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Ole Bjoern Kraft
China
Snow Blankets Nation from Canada to Dixie
Snow piled up across a broad belt from Lake Superior to Louisiana and from Iowa to Ohio as a blizzard with gusts up to 40 mph draped the midwest. Cities like Superior and Duluth faced record depths with heavy drifts. many states reported 1 to 8 inches of snowfall and plummeting temperatures. Three deaths occurred in Las Vegas New Mexico from a truck collision in the storm. forecasts warned of continuing cold and snow extending into the east and south.
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Associated Press
Canada
Dixie
Lake Superior
Louisiana
Iowa
Ohio
Superior
Wis
Duluth
Minn
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dakotas
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Las Vegas
N. M
Santa Fe
Rio Grande Valley
Shifting Cargo Knocks Airman From Plane in Korea
Pfc. Robert A. Foelske of Waterloo Iowa fell 800 feet from a C 119 aircraft when 11000 pounds of ammunition and supplies shifted in flight over Changjin reservoir. He deployed his parachute and survived landing in a tree near Hungnam air strip after being knocked unconscious.
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Tokyo
Korea
Far East Air Forces
Robert A. Foelske
Waterloo
Iowa
Changjin
U. S
Soelske
Foelske
Hungnam Air Strip
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