Letters sound authentic from missing General Dean in Korea
Peiping radio broadcast claimed letters from Maj. Gen. William F. Dean in a North Korean prison camp were real. Mrs. Dean in Berkeley said the notes sounded genuine, mentioning family anniversaries and a newborn grandson, with longing for home cooking and hope for return. The piece notes the general vanished five months after commanding U.S. 24th Division and that the Communists report his location near Pyongyang.
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San Francisco
Red China
Peiping
William F. Dean
California
Associated Press
Robert Dean Williams
U.S
Pyongyang
Sure Fire Way to Tell How Tall a Child Will Be
Philadelphia reports a science minded method to predict a child’s adult height using X ray images of hand wrist and knee joints. Researchers Dr Nancy Bayley Dr Alta Gordon and Edward Bowes of UC Institute of Child Welfare presented at the AAAS meeting noting bone maturation signals final height from about age 12, with tests beginning at age 8.
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Philadelphia
Nancy Bayley
Alta Gordon
Edward Bowes
University of California Institute of Child Welfare
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sidney Fishman
New York University College of Engineering
Iranian oil cut off sparks world supply fears 1951
Iran's 700000 barrel daily crude flow was halted in July after Premier Mossadegh nationalized oil, a move that dominated 1951 oil news. Experts warn a renewed Iran flow could flood markets with cheap oil, prompting reduced Middle East and U.S. production to stabilize prices and prevent a global shortage.
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Austin
Tex
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
England
Texas Railroad
Ernest C. Thompson
Associated Press
India
Santa Fe Agent Read Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Pittsburg Kansas reports the death of E. HW Read 54 the Santa Fe general agent for 15 years at the local office after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had spent 37 years with the railroad leaving a wife a son and a daughter. The Saint James AME Church supper will be held at Mrs. Pearl Frey 1108 North Y Street tomorrow evening sponsored by the church board of stewards.
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Kansas City
Edith Irma Mathis
James Munson Bowman
Edith Flanders
Independence
Pittsburg
Kan
Santa Fe Railroad
E. HW
The
Santa Fe
St. James Ame
Pearl Frey
N. Y. St
Board of Stewards of
Chicago Girl Marries Ex Priest in Milan City Hall
Claire Young, 21, of Chicago, married Luciano Ne stink, 43, a former priest and missionary, in Milan on December 27 after months of red tape and her renunciation of American citizenship. The ceremony was held at Milan's city hall following Negrini's church ceremonial clearance.
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Milan
Italy
Claire Young
Chicago
Luciano Nestink
Claire
Negrini
Mi'Jan's
Norb Garrett Named Editor of Olathe Mirror
Norb Garrett named managing editor of the Olathe Mirror by Publisher John W. Breyfogle Jr. He succeeds Ernest W. Miller who resigns effective January 3. Garrett, native of Olathe, has worked at the Kansas City Bureau of the Associated Press and previously as a sports writer and sports editor on the City Journal from 1991 to 194. He is a University of Kansas alum and served two years in the Army during World War II.
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Olathe
Kan
J. N
Norb) Garrett
Olathe Mirror
John W. Breyfogle Jr
Garrett
Kansas City
The
Associaent Bree TG
Ernest W. Miller
St. Louifore
Iaied Press
Oli Is
City Journal
University of Kansas
University to Manage Municipal Art Museum in Wichita
Judge Howard Ring approves transfer of Municipal Art Museum management from the city park board to Wichita University for five years. The University Fine Arts Department will oversee operations as city pays annual maintenance and expenses, with Judge Ring retaining jurisdiction to resolve any disputes across the term.
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Wichita
Kan
Dee
Um Dinther
Howard
Ring
Park Hoa
Whine
University Fine Arc Department
Super Museum
No Indication of a Mass Shutdown in Coal Mines
West Frankfort, Dec. 27. No mass work stoppage was seen as coal miners observed memory services for blast victims. Investigators pursue the mine explosion cause that killed 119 men. UMWA president John J. Lewis claims definite conclusions but offers no details. Federal and state investigators worked eight hours, with more planned today.
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West Frankfort
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
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