U S May Take Plane Seizure Case To International Court
The United States may bring its claim over the 1951 seizure of an American Air Force cargo plane to the International Court. The plane was forced down by Soviet fighters on border patrol in Hungary, four crewmen released after six weeks, with a $123 605 Hungarian fine for alleged frontier crossing. The U S demanded return of the plane and cargo or payment of $98 779 plus interest. Hungary to provide court records. The State Department called the notes a preliminary step and noted past refusals to settle border incidents with Russia.
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Washington
United States
International Court
Russia
Hungary
Air Force
U. S
Moscow
State Department
Hague
United Nations
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Truman Rejects White House Conference With Generals
President Truman rejected proposals for a White House meeting with Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur and attacked both men. He criticized Eisenhower’s Korea pledge as demagoguery and said MacArthur should have reported to him after returning from Japan. The press conference touched on ending the Korean War and postwar diplomacy with the United Nations.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Korea
Japan
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Reds retake Little Nori on Korea front after fierce assault
Communists hurled 3000 troops in a major Western Front attack on Little Nori, driving South Korean defenders from the hill at dusk. Artillery barrages of up to 10000 rounds, heavy air strikes, and counterattacks followed as Allied forces reported 270 casualties while recapturing ground.
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Seoul
Little Nori Hill
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Farnell
Nori
Big Nori Hill
Big
Little Nori
Imjin
Kelly Hill
U. S. Air Force
Pyongyang
Two Women and Man Die in Separate Auto Crashes
In Monroe and Juneau counties two separate crashes killed Patricia M. Schofield 33 and Elizabeth Sanderson about 40 of Black River Falls along with Herman Decorah 41 of Shennington. Schofield and Sanderson died when their northbound car left US 12 near Tomah struck a culvert and overturned. Decorah, an employee at Tomah VA Hospital, died near Shennington while his wife Herm an Decorah was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Black River Falls
Shennington Jarea
Patricia M. l Schofield
Elizabeth Sanderson
Herman Decorah
Shennington
Tomah VA
Tamah
Monroe County
U.S. 12
Tomah
Gayland Golf Farm
Juneau County
Monroe
Mrs. Decorah
Contracts For New Hospital Project Issued
Contracts totaling 808 218 were signed by Luther an Hospital Association trustees for a 4 story plus basement addition adding 67 beds at more than 1 million when equipped. Ground breaking set for Sunday at 2 pm. Construction starts next week with completion in about a year.
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Lutheran Hospital Association Board of Trustees
Two youths admit to burglaries in La Crosse area
An 18 year old admitted breaking into Joe's Repair Shop at 715 South 4th Street using a broken rear window and driving away in a car after a charger stop. he was arrested after a late return. A 17 year old admitted entering a cottage on French Island owned by Earl Schultz at 1627 George Street and stealing four bottles of liquor. liquor was recovered and he will be released to probation.
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Berven J. Larson
Marines
Larson
Korea
Lloyd
Air Force
England
Joe
S. 4Th St
French Island
Earl Schultz
George St
West Salem
la Crosse
Eugene
Buzz) Swanson
Wood St
Dew Drop Inn
Martell
Raymond Harnish
Onalaska
Weather outlook for La Crosse area cloudy with light snow
Cloudy with occasional light snow tonight diminishing to flurries by Friday morning. No significant temperature change expected. Low around 24 tonight, high near 30 Friday.
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la Crosse
Truman Seeks New WSB Members by Week's End
President Truman said he will replace the resigned industry members of the Age Stabilization Board to restore wage and price controls. He expects to name industry appointees and replace Roger Putnam as economic stabilization administrator, with Michael V. DiAlle under consideration. Opposition from labor and business groups grows as curbs ease in some sectors.
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Truman
WSB
Washington
Age Stabilization Board
Roger Putnam
Putnam
Michael V. di €Alle
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
National Association of Manufacturers
R. A. McDonald
National Production Authority
Walter Reuther
CIO
AFL
Eisenhower
Snowfall Dims by Friday Morning in Coulee Region
Snow began Thursday in the Coulee Region and is expected to accumulate several inches in southern and western counties. Meteorologist A. D. Sanial reported 30 degree temperatures and southeast winds at 11 a.m. The piece notes historic highs and lows on Dec 11 across Wisconsin and regional temperature trends.
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Coulee
A. D. Sanial
Grantburg
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Justice Department Housecleaning Under Brownell
A trusted source says Atty. Gen-designate Herbert Brownell plans a large purge at the Justice Department after taking office January 20. The overhaul targets policy makers and staff linked to scandals, with focus on communism probes, tax fraud cases, and pending antitrust actions. He will retain capable career staff regardless of party.
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Don Whitehead
Helena
Hawaii
Herbert Brownell
Department of Justice
Brownell
Department
Washington
U. S
Dwight Eisenhower
Truman holds news conference amid clash with generals
President Truman met with photographers and news crews before questioning at a press conference. He rebutted alleged misstatements from General MacArthur and noted no live TV broadcast. He recalled Wake Island talks and dismissed calls for a Korea strategy conference with Eisenhower and MacArthur. He defended Eisenhower's Korea comments as quoting his own campaign lines.
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Truman
MacArthur
Wake Island
Korea
U. S
Germany
New York
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Eisenhower
Ike's Party Arrives At Pearl Harbor
President elect Eisenhower arrived at Pearl Harbor aboard the cruiser Helena at 1 p.m. after a Korea trip. A 25 mile Honolulu parade and wreath laying at Punchbowl marked the welcome as he prepared to confer with cabinet nominees Dulles Humphrey McKay Brownell and then fly to New York. The Helena passed the sunken Arizona tomb as guards and aircraft filled the harbor.
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Honolulu
Eisenhower
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Helena
Punchbowl Military
Kaneohe Marine Base
Oahu Island
Guam
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Arizona
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
John Foster Dulles
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Secretary of the Interior
Herbert Brownell
Inquest Held Over Two Deaths After Car Crash
An 18 year old La Crosse youth John Joseph Martel drank three beers before his car struck two men beside a parked vehicle in Onalaska. The inquest in La Crosse County aims to determine the causes of the fatalities with testimony from tavern owner Emil Fritz and witnesses.
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John Joseph Martel
la Crosse
Onalaska
County Court Room
Emil Fritz
Dew Drop Inn
Highway 53
George D. Reay
John Bosshard
Fritz
Martell
Dr. Reay
Glenn Dodge
St. Cloud St
August Kries
French Island
Oak Point Tavern
Hunter's Bridge
Onalaska High School
la Crosse Central High School
Reay
la Crosse County
Indictments Sung For Perjury In Ku Klux Klans Case
A Miami federal grand jury indicted civic leader Mrs Helen Russell and three Ku Klux Klan suspects on counts of perjury and false statements regarding an investigation into terrorism in greater Miami. Bonds set at 1000 dollars each as the four await action.
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Helen Russell
Miami
Ku Klux Klan
Grand
Carver Village
Fla.p
Liberty
Edison Center Civic Association
William Glenn Orwick
John B. Gordon Klavern
Hialeah
Harvey George de Rosier
Arthur Freeze Udgreen
Greater
Russell
Orwick
Adgreen
FBI
J and
de Rosier
Fetch Me Change, Boy Brothers Turn Millionaire Moment Fatal
Oklahoma City brothers aged 11 and 12 sought a flashy spree after finding what looked like a fortune. They flashed cash at school, tipped friends, bribed a teacher with a party idea, and emptied pockets before running out of money and allies.
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Oklahoma City
Bethel Center
Youth Drowns In Swift Creek Near St. Michael's
Shannon Devine a 14 year old boy who lived with his grandparents at 2504 South 14th Street drowned in Swift Creek Thursday. Brock Micksch and Aloysius Hansen recovered the body after a search followed footprints in fresh snow and ice. The county police and fire department were notified at 12 45 p.m. and the boy had left home at 6 a.m. to run a trap line near the Swift Creek area south of St. Michael's Orphanage.
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Shannon Devine
August Goetting
S. 14Th St
Swift Creek
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