Airmen Released From Hungary Back to German Base
Four American airmen jailed by Communist Hungary for 40 days crossed into Austria at 5:01 p.m. and were hurried to Erding, Germany. Sgt Jess Duff said they were treated "all right" as U.S. officials paid $120,000 in fines to secure release. Capt John J Swift, Capt Dave H Henderson, Duff, and Sg James A Elam were the crew of the C-47 forced down by Soviet fighters Nov 19. Walter J Donnelly greeted them at the Austrian frontier. Release follows negotiations between the U.S. legation in Budapest and Hungary’s foreign office.
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Nickelsdorf
Austria
Hungary
Erding
Germany
U. S
Tulln Air Base
Vienna
Jess Duff
Spokane, Wash
John J. Swift
Glens Falls
Dave H. Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
Jess A. Duff
Spokane
Wash
James A. Elam
Kingsland
Ark
Washington
United States
Budapest
Foreign Office
Walter J. Donnelly
Defer Work Stoppage Threat Looms Over Steel Talks
Pittsburgh reports the wage policy committee of the United Steelworkers referred a three day work stoppage, delaying a nationwide strike until the Atlantic City convention decides. President Truman seeks to avert a walkout, urging use of laws, with the Wage Stabilization Board to study arguments and propose non binding recommendations amid an 18 4 cent hourly wage demand.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
USW
Atlantic City
Truman
Wage Stabilizaion Board
Wage Policy Committee
National Defense
Wage Stabilization Board
Vail to Chair VA medical advisory group next month
Washington December 28 The Veterans Administration said Dr Derrick T Vail chairman of Northwestern University Department of Ophthalmology will become chairman of its special medical advisory group next month He will succeed Dr Charles W Mayor of the Mayo Clinic Rocherster Minn Dr Franklin D Murphy chancellor of the University of Kansas will be vice chairman and Dr Brian B Blades professor of surgery at George Washington University will be secretary
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Derrick T. Vail
Northwestern University
Department of Ophthalmology
Vail
Charles W
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Franklin D. Murphy
University of Kansas
Brian B. Blades
George Washington University
Understudies Get Break After Circus Theft
Three understudies were given a chance to headline after the circus stars and their chariots were stolen. Police reported the theft and a flea circus proprietor offered a reward of 10 dollars for information leading to the culprits.
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London
Congressional Nepotism Found In at Least 70 House Offices
Washington dispatch reports a study of payroll records showing at least one employee shares a last name with 70 House members. House records do not reveal actual relationships, though many are known to be relatives. Senate records are described as confidential, leaving the scope of nepotism in the upper chamber uncertain.
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Washington
House
Senate
Handling of surplus farm products under review
Washington officials report Secretary Brannan would welcome a formal inquiry into the Agriculture Department's handling of about 10 billion dollars of surplus farm commodities. Criticism centers on storage contracts with 15,000 private firms, the use of government facilities, and possible misuse by some operators, with a few employees discharged or under investigation.
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Washington
Brannan
Congressional
Department
el- Tender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eliender
Sen. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Committee
Banking Agnecy
Commodity Credit Corporation
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Williams
Capper estate will share vast stock to employees
Topeka Kansas December 28 long time employees will share a large part of the estate of the late U S Senator Arthur Capper. The will filed for probate provides outright bequests of about 13500 shares of Capper Publications Inc stock valued at 100000 par and cash or stock for Capper Foundation for Crippled Children of 250000. Stock offered for sale to cover taxes, debts and probate costs with employee buyers given first chance. Remainder to employees in same proportion as their bequests. Tangible business assets valued at 1200000 with real estate at 50000. intangible value not yet appraised. Capper Publications owns newspapers radio stations and periodicals. Executor is Henry S Blake. Sixteen noted employees named beneficiaries with some to revert if no longer employed.
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Topeka
Kan
U. S
Arthur Capper
Pubisher
Capper Publications Inc
Capper
Capper Foundation For Crippled Children
Pet
Capper Printing Co
James A. McClure
Washington, D. C
Senate
Henry S. Blake
Cold losing grip as Kansas warms after cold spell
Topeka, Dec. 28. Kansas' prolonged cold spell eases with a forecast of rising temperatures. The Weather Bureau predicts tomorrow will be the warmest day in over two weeks with highs in the 40s to 50s regionally. Forecaster Tom Arnold says a mild trend continues with little precipitation and temperatures about five to eight degrees above normal.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Canada
Arnold
Garden City
Olathe
Hill City
Wichita
Bible hand written by mother shown in Troy
William Gille of Troy receives a Bible written in long hand by his mother after 15 years of work. Mrs. William Gille, 65, from New York, used one pen and 18 bottles of ink to cover 1828 pages of paper.
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Troy
N. Y
William Gille
New York
Christmas Hill Back With Allies in Korea Front
December 28 Seoul reports say outnumbered American Sabre jets shot down a Red Mig-15 while Allied infantry captured Christmas Hill after 20 minutes of air combat. Fifth Air Force said Sabres escaped unharmed. The hill near Mun dung Valley has changed hands multiple times since Christmas Day as Eighth Army notes quiet on the rest of the front after the cease-fire line expired.
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Seoul
Korea
Christmas Hill
Fifth Air Force
Mundung Valley
Heartbreak Ridge
U. S. Eighth Army
At Least 450 Die In Prison Camps
U N command reports at least 450 American soldiers died in North Korean prison camps matching 77 percent of prisoners unaccounted from a prior list. Officials say deaths stemmed from disease or harsh conditions, with no further accounting for 357 missing soldiers. The note follows North Korean hints of more deaths among unlisted prisoners.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
U.N
William P. Nuckols
Lee Sand Cho
Panmunjom
Williamsburg High Alumni Wolf Drive Set for Jan 1
The seventh annual Williams burg High School Alumni Association wolf drive will be held on New Year’s Day at 2 15 p m with a rain date of Jan 6 if weather fails The round-up location is Emmett King’s hay meadow east of Williamsburg Lunch will be served Hunters meet at Williamsburg and Emerald Corners by 12 30 pm A plane may guide the hunt via public address and the boundary outline covers Osage Blair Homewood Anderson Rocky Run Coffey Osage lines No rifles allowed and game laws must be followed
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Williamsburg High School
En Blair's Corner
John Brown Highway
Homewood Road
Anderson County
Rocky Run School
West Line
Coffey
Osage County
Rocky Run
Ed Blair
Kansas
Goodwill tour for American ace Jabara plans Middle East goodwill mission
Maj James Jabara the world s first jet fighter ace will embark January 7 on a goodwill tour to Lebanon and Syria. The trip funded by the National Association of Federations of Syrian and Lebanese American Clubs will include Jabara, his father John Neheen Jabara, and several national association officials.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Jabara
Middle East
Air Force
Lebanon
Syria
National Association of Federations of
Jabara
Scott Air Force Base
Dinois
Korea
Muskogee
Okla
Wichita
Kan
John Neheen Jabara
National Association
Youth Is Better After Chest Wound From Random Fire
Noland Roland Johnson, 12, is listed as fair and improving after a stray .22 bullet struck his chest near Lawrence. Sheriff’s deputies hold 16 year old Paul David Dirk for questioning as the investigation continues with Dirk’s account of hunting nearby.
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Noland
Roland Johnson
Route
Journal-World
William R. Johnson
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Johnson
Here
Douglas County
Sheriff's Office
Paul David Dirk
Route 6
Roland
Travis Glass
Journal-World Today
Dirk
Glass
John W. Banks
Johnson Home
Young Johnson
William Edward
William
Denious Named to Taft Club Board in Kansas
Garden City Kan Dec 23 W J C Denious of Dodge City and Richard Robbins Pratt businessman join Western Kansas Taft-for-President Club board of governors. Paul Beach Garden City president announced appointments and a first Western Taft rally set for Jan 3 in Garden City with Ross Rizley Oklahoma former congressman to speak Why are we for Taft broadcast locally.
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Garden City
Kan
W. J.C. Denious
Dodge City
Kansas
Richard Robbins
Pratt
Western Kansas
Paul Beach
Beach
Ross Rizley
Guymon
Okla
Oklahoma
Taft
Stassen to Run States Platform in GOP bid
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and UPenn president declared for the Republican presidential nomination joining Taft and Warren. He attacked current policy promising a liberal program including a new foreign policy to defeat communism, a modern gold standard and full employment with tax reforms. Stassen favored harmony among labor and business and urged experienced counsel in government.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
United States
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Gen
Eisenhower
Washington
Busis
Bo Eisenhower
Moody Sen. Moody
D-Mich
Chris Williams Improves In Enid Hospital
Chris Williams, 727 Tenn. St., former Green Lantern Cafe owner, is reported improving at Enid General Hospital after a November 29 Enid crash that left him with a brain concussion, a broken wrist, and a dislocated hip. He is fully conscious but bedridden. Mrs. Williams, less injured, has left the hospital but remains in Enid nearby. Their son George Williams, a senior in engineering at the University of Kansas, joined them during part of the holiday vacation.
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Chris Williams
Tenn
Green Lantern Cafe
Enid General Hospital
Enid
Okla
Williams
George Williams
The
University of Kansas
Engineering Exposition Chairmen Named for KU Event
The 1952 University of Kansas Engineering Exposition chairmen are Vernon Johnson, a senior from Kansas City Missouri, and Gene L. Rogers, a Dresden engineering sophomore. The two day event runs April 4 and 5 and is tied to the KU Relays with several thousand attendees viewing departmental displays.
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University of Kansas
Ike May Decide in Six Weeks
Robinson McIlvaine, publisher and Eisenhower committee secretary, said in Concord that within six weeks Gen. Eisenhower will announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. He noted New Hampshire’s March 11 primary as the first in the nation, turning the state into a focal point for the race.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. H
Robinson Mellvaine
Pennsylvania
Washington
MceTlvaine
Statehouse
Milne
Gen
Eisenhower
McIlvaine
New Hampshire
Registration closes on KU quadrennial conference kickoff
Nearly 2200 college students and religious leaders registered at the University of Kansas for the quadrennial conference, sponsored by University Extension and 40 Protestant student organizations. Delegates come from all states, Canadian provinces, and around 45 foreign countries, with KU students forming about 54 percent of attendees. Housing is managed by Rev. Robert Swift, with most staying in university housing and the rest in private homes. many delegates arrived by bus, plane, or train, including groups from Berkeley and Davidson College.
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University of Kansas
SVM
Canada
K.U
Strong Hall
Lawrence
Robert Swift
Trinity Episcopal Church
Swift
Military Science
Robinson Gymnasium
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Davidson College
Charlotte
N. C
Mississippi State
Starkville
Miss
Althe
United States
Truman Heads for Capital After Christmas in K. C.
President Truman left Kansas City to return to Washington after a Christmas visit. He flew from Fairfax Airport aboard the White House plane Independence at 9:50 a.m. CST. Mrs. Truman and their daughter Margaret did not accompany him.
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Kansas City
Kan
Truman
Washington
White House
Independence
Fairfax
Margaret
Top 10 News Stories of 1951 Associated Press Overview
A year-end wrap highlights 1951 major events led by Truman’s shock replacement of MacArthur and his congressional return. It covers Korea war progress and truce efforts, prison camp killings claims, Senate crime hearings on mob influence, Churchill’s UK leadership comeback, and a major 1951 sports milestone with a late 1950s gambling scandal hint.
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Associated Pears
New York
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
United States
Allied Powers
United Nations Command
U. S. Army
Far East
Matthew B. Ridgway
Truman
Associated Press
General MacArthur
Congress
Federal Department of Revenue
Senate Crime Committee
Winston Churchill
Britain
William Gladstone
Churchill
Comminsé
Christian faith strong amid world migration frontier
University of Kansas speakers urged a strong Christian witness during the Stu dent Volunteer Movement conference. Dr Tracy Jones spoke on faith amid a world in transition between two worlds, one dying and one yet to be born, urging engagement with race, culture, and global change.
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University of Kansas
Tracy Jones
Tracy Jones Jr
New York City
Hoch Auditorium
Reinhold Neibuhr
Union Theological Seminary
Jones
Asia
Christan
West
India
China
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Williamsburg
Franklin County
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Hall
Mexico
Noland Johnson
Jess Denious
Taft-for-President Club
Penny
GOP
Warren
Enid, Okla
Ike
Capital
K. C
James M. Hanley
Seattle
Judge Advocate Section
United States Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Tracey Jones
Orient
OLD Pride
Edmont
Denver
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