Area Gets Holiday Snow and Deep Freeze Forecast
La Crosse area reports 12 inches of snow with drifting and slick spots on main highways. Temperatures plunge Tuesday to 10 to 15 below in the city, 18 below rural, with a gradual warming to five to eight above on Wednesday. Minnesota and Wisconsin roads largely open. travelers urged to check conditions. Major cities record subzero readings Monday night and Tuesday morning.
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19 Year Old Boy Charged With Murder In Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky a 19 year old boy is charged with murder for the Christmas day slaying of Marie Moriarty mother of two. Patrick Eugene Thomas allegedly said he attacked with a knife and then beat Moriarty with a rolling pin. He lived near the Moriarty home and was with her sons when the incident occurred. Police say he confessed after his half brother Melvin Samples reported finding a blood stained tolling pin and knife nearby.
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Louisville
Patrick Eugene Thomas
Marie Z. Moriarty
Thomas
Moriarty
William
Bernard
Melvin Samples
Powerful U S Air Force Plans Two Year Doubling Program
The United States Air Force outlines an emergency mobilization plan to roughly double manpower bases groups and aircraft output, aiming for four times prewar strength by late 1953. Undersecretary John A. McCone said the two year program includes reopening bases and expanding production while keeping capacity to double again.
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Korea
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Red China calls for foreign forces to quit Korea and Formosa
Chu Teh, chief of the Chinese Communist army, told a Peiping broadcast via Kyodo that all foreign troops must withdraw from Korea and Formosa. He linked Asia’s issues to those withdrawals and to China’s seat in the United Nations, praising Allied victories against imperialist aggression.
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Red China
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Chu Teh
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Red Central Committee
Chu
Asia
United Nations
Auto Endurance Test Under Way
A 9,000 mile Mediterranean Capetown auto endurance rally began in Tunis with four cars and a jeep. In days another 45 cars will depart from North African cities for prizes totaling $10,000. The two month and a half trip aims to show Africa is open to car touring with a 30 mph maximum.
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Capetown
Priceless Scone Stone Stolen From Westminster Abbey
England and Scotland tightened roadblocks as Scotland Yard led a nationwide search for the 336 pound Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day. Police suspect a planned nationalistic act with possible Scottish accents seen in a small British car. The theft recasts calls for Scottish self rule amid the historic symbol’s disappearance.
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Christmas Night News Breaks for Mother of Amputee
Harrisburg report details reporter’s emotional conflict in telling Mrs. Clara Smith that her son Pfc Robert L. Smith lost both arms and both legs in Korea. The account recalls his Christmas Eve call home, the mother’s fainting, and the reporter’s remorse.
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Clara Smith
Middleburg
Robert
Robert L. Smith
California
Hawaii
Christmas Peace Prayers Amid Global War Tensions
World religious and political leaders urged peace as Christmas prayers echoed across nations. Truman celebrated quietly in Independence. George VI and Pope Pius XII pressed for love and prayer for peace. In Warsaw and Austria calls for release of prisoners and end to hostilities were voiced as Arab Israeli tensions unsettled the Holy Land.
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Church of the Annunciation
Base Officer Confirms Story On Amputee Soldier
Col A H Corliss says Pfc Robert L Smith 20 Middleburg Pa arrived at Travis as a quadruple amputee from Korea. Smith to fly nonstop to Walter Reed, morale and rehabilitation prospects described as very good. He phoned his mother on Christmas Eve to exchange greetings. Flight time and extent of amputation not disclosed.
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Air Base Hospital
Robert L. Smith
Middleburg
Korea
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Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Smith
Washington
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Pfc
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Travis
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Fair and very cold tonight with lows around minus ten in the city and minus fifteen to minus eighteen in outlying areas. Wednesday remains generally fair and cold with daytime highs from five to eight above zero.
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Eighth Army Imposes Full Censorship
Full censorship is in effect at U S eighth army headquarters in Korea with five accredited agencies limited to two controlled telephones. Daily briefings resumed. correspondents have 30 minutes to write and edit dispatches before censorship. Tokyo reports say limited censorship continues for General MacArthur's headquarters.
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U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
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United Press
International News Service
Reuters
Pan Asia
William Bernard
General MacArthur
United States
La Crosse and Valparaiso Sail To Tampa For Cigar Bowl
The La Crosse State Teachers College Indians depart Wednesday for the New Year’s Day Cigar Bowl charity game in Tampa, flying via Capital Airlines DC4 with 60 players and 15 fans. Valparaiso joins by train from Chicago, arriving in Tampa about 7 pm. Shrine officials expect growing ticket demand as both squads prepare for the six day stay and a welcome reception led by Potentate J. G. Anderson.
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Atlanta
Shrine
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Potentate Heads
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West Coast
Anderson
Crusaders
Chicago
J. G. Anderson
La Crosse Teachers College Football Sends Thank You Note
Athletic department heads express appreciation to fans and backers who aided the team’s trip to the Cigar Bowl in Tampa. The message credits support for the New Year’s Day appearance and notes many fans traveling to cheer the squad.
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Tampa
Record Christmas Toll Hits 664 In Three Day Holiday
U S records show 664 deaths from violent accidents during the 78 hour Christmas period. Traffic fatalities exceed 515 with ice and snow conditions, while 149 more deaths occur from fires drownings and other mishaps. California Texas New York and Illinois report leading accidental deaths as Police log 362 drunken drivers. Buffalo fire claims six elderly men, Paris Texas reports four drownings.
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Los Angeles
Record Snowstorm Hits Wide Regions With North Slope Cold
A sprawling snow and cold outbreak grips the nation from Montana to the eastern seaboard. Subzero readings lash the northern tier while Texas sees chilly temperatures. New York City endures heavy snowfall on a date matching a 25.8 inch season peak. Chicago reports knee deep drifts as four to seven inches blanket many areas. Heaviest snow lies in a band from southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa to northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Weather page details ongoing conditions.
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Flying Weather Sparks US Air Force Air Strikes in Korea
Ideal conditions allowed Allied air forces to push heavy bombardment across North Korea. B-29s dropped 176 tons on Chorwon and rail centers near Seoul while missions targeted Hwangju Wonsan Pyongyang Sinanju and Hamhung. Casualties estimated at 550, with 309 buildings and 51 vehicles destroyed.
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Seouol
Hwangju
Korea
Wonsan
Pyongyang
Sinanju
Kumshon
Hwachon
Hamhung
U. S. Ith
Hungnam
John B. Dacust
Berkeley
Calif
Stanley G. Houghtley
Shabbana, Ill
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Clash Near Seoul Intensifies Frontline Battle
South Korean and Chinese Communist troops clashed 28 air miles northwest of Seoul near Korangpo, as Seoul residents fled the advancing threat. UN forces held positions along the front while Lt. Gen. Ridgway arrived to assume command after Gen. Walker’s death, amid massed Red forces poised to strike.
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Seoul
Republic of Korea
Korangpo
Kaesong
Pyongyang
ROK
Red China
North Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Washington
Walton H. Walker
Ridgway
Eighth Army
South Korea
Korea
Chu Teh
Fires and Traffic Toll Rises to Ten in Wisconsin Holiday
Over the Christmas weekend Wisconsin recorded ten deaths from traffic crashes and fires. An eight year old boy died after a sled accident on a county road. Two Milwaukee women aged 82 and 80 perished from clothes fires while cooking and from burns. A 51 year old man died after being struck in Milwaukee. A three car crash in Washington county killed a man from West Bend and injured others. In Sheboygan county a teen and a companion were injured in a highway crash. A railroad collision near Wausau killed a man and a related fire claimed four victims at Crystal Lake.
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New Holstein
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Abrams
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Sheboygan County
Edwin M. Wat
Dianne
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