UN Committee Drops World Wide Troop Count Plan
At Lake Success a key United Nations committee dropped Britain’s world wide troop and armaments count proposal in a surprise compromise to advance a general disarmament resolution. The move, contingent on U S Great Britain and Soviet acceptance, shifts to a sub committee and seeks verification plans while sparing disclosure of atomic secrets.
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Spaak
Asemmé
Security Council
United States
Assembly
Britain
United Nations
Aussia
Great Britain
U. N. Assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
Juan
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Soviet Union
Hartley
U.S
Tom Connally
Dtex
Connally
Associated Press
U. M. Atomic Energy Commission
Delay in Lewis Case Action Approved by Court
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough approved a joint stipulation with John L Lewis attorney to delay further lower court action against the United Mine Workers until after the Supreme Court hears arguments on January 14 in the Lewis miners contempt appeal. The delay places fines of 10000 on Lewis and 3500000 on the UMW in abeyance pending the high court ruling.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Lewis
UMW
Court of Appeals
Wisconsin Dairy Dealers Convene at Milwaukee Hotel
Six hundred Wisconsin milk dealers ice cream manufacturers and dairy supply men attend the annual three day convention at the Schroeder hotel in Milwaukee. The session began Wednesday and ends Thursday.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Schroeder
Missing U S Marine Plane With 32 Aboard Sought
A U S Coast Guard sighting near Toledo Washington raised hopes the missing Marine corps transport with 32 aboard might be found. Navy and Army search forces prepared dawn aerial and ground operations as weather hampered efforts.
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U.S
Seattle
Coast Guard
Toledo
Cascade Mountains
Here
Portland
Marine Corps
Che
Ore
Wash
Carl Ernst
Portland Army Air Base
Duke
Navy Public Aberbane
San Diego
Navy
Army
McChord Field
Tacoma
Seizure of Maracay Airport Shocks Venezuela
Insurgents seized Maracay airport in a sunrise attack and sent a captured plane on a bombing run toward Maracay and Caracas. A bomb near the presidential palace and another near Jardin hotel caused one casualty from a stray bullet. President Betancourt said the situation was under control.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Maracay
Jardin Hotel
Romulo Betancourt
Rockefeller offers UN eight million five hundred thousand for Manhattan site
John D. Rockefeller Jr. proposed a gift to the United Nations of 8.5 million dollars to buy a permanent headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The offer targets land between First Avenue and Roosevelt Drive and between 42nd and 47th streets, with assurances the city would accept the block as the site.
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Lake Success
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
United Nations
Manhattan
U. N. Permanent Headquarters Committee
Warren R. Austin
United States
Rockefeller
First Avenue
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Forty-seventh
Two Killed In Plane Crash In Merrillan Wisconsin
Two Merrillan youths died when their rented 65 horsepower plane stalled and plunged on the Howard Handy farm near Merrillan at 4 20 p m on Tuesday. Pilot Billie Lee Miller 26 died instantly and Douglas Burlingame 16 died en route to Black River Falls clinic. Miller rented the aircraft from Bob Iliff's airport at Black River Falls and took Burlingame on the flight. Funeral plans include double services with Miller to be buried in Barron and Burlingame in Merrillan cemetery.
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Merrillan
Wis
Billie Lea Miller
Douglas Burlingame
Black River Falls
Howard Handy Farm
Highway 95
Miller
Barron
Burlingame
Bob Iliff
Leslie Miller
Pat. Burlingame
Ernest Burlingame
Dale
Madison
Schyler
Rodney
Turkeys Deductible for Christmas Gifts, Tax Board Rules
MADISON agencies report the state board of tax appeals ruled that an employer may deduct the cost of turkeys given to employees as a Christmas gift from income taxes. The decision clarifies treatment of employee gifts under state tax law.
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Madison
State Board of Tax Appeals
Pen Is Mightier Says Soviet Writer On Propaganda
Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenberg told a Moscow audience that Americans are largely unaware slaves to subtle propaganda. He warned that public opinion organs mold views, noting Americans resist war but depend on awakening by key actors like Wall Street or national intellectuals. He contrasted Soviet and American papers and predicted progressive ideas triumph in America.
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Moscow
Ilya Ehrenberg
United States
Ehrenberg
America
Wall Street
U S Denies Planes Supplied to Iranians
A state department official said the United States categorically denies furnishing planes to Iran including four engine bombers and all other types. The denial followed a Russian press report claiming 40 such bombers were turned over to the Persian army.
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Washington
State Department
United States
December Snow Flurries Forecast in Wisconsin and Minnesota
The La Crosse Weather Bureau foresees mostly cloudy skies turning colder with northwest winds and snow flurries Thursday across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Temperatures mark a high of 40 and a low around 25, with Tuesday’s mean at 36, about 12 degrees above normal for December.
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Conuhanal
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Canada
Set Date To Sign European Treaties
New York reports the four power foreign ministers council decided the five European satellite peace treaties should be signed in Paris in February. Delegates said the ministers would not attend the signing in person but be represented by ambassadors or subordinates. Nations expected to sign include the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland, leaving Germany and Austria to determine their postwar status.
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New York
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Kremlin
Foreign Minsters Council
Paris
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
Austria
Butter sale in Milwaukee tops 98 cents a pound
Milwaukee retailers posted 92 to 98 cents per pound for butter on Wednesday with a seasonal spike driven by pre Christmas demand and low dairy output. The 98 cent peak edged past the October record by a penny while most dairies quoted 96 cents and some stores 95 cents. Spokesmen noted demand remained steady despite the higher prices.
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Milwaukee
Council Hears Zoning Fight
A heated council committee session debated zoning to allow a retail ice cream store at the southeast corner of West avenue and State street. No action was taken as voices for and against the change argued over hearings and a revised plat for the former Salzer airport area was postponed.
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Common Council
West Avenue
State Street
Salzer Airport
City Plan Commission
Central Council of Social Agencies
Fred Kraft
Council Judiciary Committee
Health Department
Baby Rocket Plane Loafs Along At 550 MPH In Test Flight
The XS-1 rocket plane built for supersonic research by Bell Aircraft and the Army Air Forces completed first tests. Pilot Chalmers Goodlin flew from 25,000 to 35,000 feet, reaching 550 mph for several seconds before a 19 minute flight with a fuelless engine.
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Army
Bell Aircraft
Chalmers Goodlin
Army Air Forces
Los Angeles
Bell Aircraft Corp
Chalmers
Slick) Goodlin
Alexandria
Army Air Base
America
Goodlin
Navy
R. M. Stanley
Eric
Okla
Bell
School Bus Crash Injures 25 in Michigan
A loaded school bus with about 40 pupils, mostly fifth and sixth graders aged 10 to 12, slammed into a tree seven miles south of Flint after a tire blew out. About 25 were injured, some seriously, but no fatalities. Farmers used hacksaws to free trapped children. the bus did not burn. The crash occurred just before 9 a.m. on the Long Lake district route in southern Greece county.
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Flint. Mich
Here
Kennedy
Long Lake
Greece County
Mail Box Overturned in Street Corner Incident
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak reports a storage mail box at 14th and Main streets was overturned during the night. He warns if deliberate, the culprit faces a fine up to $1000 or imprisonment up to three years.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
14Th
Main Streets
Dvorak
Goodland Prioritizes Homes Over New State Buildings
Governor Goodland urged that 100,000 homes for people and veterans should be funded before state institution buildings. He argued for directing materials to housing, while the Board of Health sought $898,625 for administration, $768,248 for Lake Tomahawk camp and sanatorium, and $1,442,000 for 1947-49 aids.
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Madison
Goodland
Board of Health
Lake Tomahawk State Camp
Carl N. Neupert
Warrants Issued Against 54 Allis Chalmers Strikers
Milwaukee district attorney files warrants charging 54 Allis Chalmers strikers with unlawful assembly and riot after Monday clashes injuring police and civilians. Governor Goodland delays state guard until Sheriff Hanley reports he cannot cope. habeas corpus sought for the detainees. Independent union petitions the state board for a bargaining election to secure a new contract.
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Milwaukee
William J. McCauley
Allis-Chalmers
Goodland
State Guard
West Allis
Milwaukee County
George Hanley
McCauley
Late Toy
Max Raskin
Hanley
Wisconsin
Klentz
Uaw-Cio
Walter Geist
Harold M. Story
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Chehalis
Civil Aeronautics Administration
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Comdr. P. D
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CAA
Seize
By Eddy Gilmore
U. S
Trieste
Tieste
Defer
Council
the Tribune
Crease
Richard Schmidt
L. F. Barrick
Petersen
Peterson
Allis-Chalmers Company
Gov Goodland
Arnold H. Klentz
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