Picket Lines Go Up as NYC Bus Strike Begins
New York City endures the largest bus strike in its history as 8000 transit workers walk out on 125 routes. The TWU demands a 46 hour work week and a 25 cent hourly raise while private bus firms suspend service affecting Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and parts of Westchester.
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York City
Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Westchester County
New York
Quill
TWU
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Weather Outlook for Kansas City Area as New Year Arrives
A variety of weather across Kansas and Missouri greets the New Year with mainly cloudy skies and fog. Traces of snow were reported in Kirksville Wichi and St Joseph Missouri, with forecasts calling for light snow in parts of Kansas and mixed precipitation in Missouri. Temperature lows Wednesday night ranged from single digits to the mid thirties across listed cities, with Thursday and Friday seeing largely cold, unsettled conditions and occasional snow flurries.
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Kansas City
Kirksville
Wichi
St. Joseph
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Concordia
Garden City
Dodge City
Hill City
Chanute
Hutchinson
Topeka
Goodland
Springfield
Japan Formosa link promotes trade with Chinese merchants
Japanese business leaders form an economic cooperation promote exchange to boost trade among Nationalist Formosa and Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia. The notice cites a 1953 Chevrolet event and a meeting planned for Friday January 9 at Winter Avenue.
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Tokyo
Ecameil
Formosa
Southeast
A Shaky Start for Business Stabilized by Year End 1952
A 1952 review notes a slow start but a strong finish as post war boom drives record output and rising incomes. Eisenhower’s election spurs optimism while mid year sales slump gives way to a broad business upswing. Forecasters warn of possible readjustment in 1953, yet recession is considered unlikely. Government defense spending remains high and investment hopes stay near 1952 levels as price controls face renewal questions.
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Unem- Wavmant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Marcus Nadler
Hanover Bank
Fof
New York
Murray Shields
Bank of the Manhattan Company
Roger L. Putnam
Washington hearing opens anew on UN Communist inquiry
A House investigating committee debated reactivating a grand jury to probe Communist infiltration at the United Nations. Justice Department witnesses clashed over the plan while U S Attorney Myles J Lane urged resuming the inquiry early next week and Atty Gen. Murray resisted. State Secretary Acheson defended aides as untrue charges of lax screening, saying the agencies were doing their best. The subcommittee accused the departments of delaying or toning down the UN probe while spurning claims.
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Washington
House
America
United Nations
Justice Department
U. S
Myles J. Lane
New York
Charles B. Murray
U.N. Yort
Czech Premier Warns of Scarce Food and Lagging Output
Vienna report says Czechoslovakia's Premier Klement Gottwald spoke in a New Year radio address about shortages in food and coal and lagging industrial production. He warned that the nation is behind its five year plan as it enters year five, stressing the need to boost output in foundries and coal mines.
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Gottwald
Vienna
Austria
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Zapotecky
Gottwad
Clanging Bell Mystery Ends in Sleuthing Wakeful Prank
Seattle patrolman Clifford L. Holmes answered a West Seattle call about a clanging cowbell. Found hanging in a tree with a string leading to a nearby bedroom, a man in bed reading a western story explained the bell was to wake his children who kept him awake during his daytime sleep after night shifts.
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Seattle
Clifford L. Holmes
Holmes
Two Gunmen Shot in Jewelry Store Standoff in Chicago
Police in Chicago killed two gunmen and wounded a third during a jewelry store raid at about 5 a.m. early today. Officers Charles Fitzgerald and a second patrolman chased the trio as they fled. the two fatally shot were Albert Hagi, 28, and Alfred Farley, 35, both Chicago residents. the wounded suspect, Arthur Hansen, 23, also from Chicago, was captured after being wounded twice.
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Chicago
Charles Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
McCabe promotes Adler and Markel at Daily Mirror
Charles B. McCabe publisher of the New York Daily Mirror announces promotions for two senior editors. Selig Adler, city editor for sixteen years, becomes assistant managing editor. Edward Markel, associate city editor and telegraph editor since 1936, advances to city editor.
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New York
Charles B. McCabe
New York Daily Mirror
Selig Adler
Edward
Markel
Telegraph
Pittsburgh Carlton House Sold to NY and DC Investors
New York and Washington investors bought the 22 story Carlton House in Pittsburgh today from Ring Engineering of Washington for 7 400. The property is described as the citys newest hotel and marks a major local real estate transfer involving prominent regional backers.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Washington
Carlton House
Ring Engineering Company
Mobilization Plan Advances for War Production
Washington mobilization chief Henry H. Fowler outlined a master plan to strip the civilian economy to bare bones for expansive war production. The scheme envisions standby plants and machinery, government-built facilities, and new legislation and funds to back M day preparedness under Truman’s administration.
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Washington
Henry H. Fowler
Truman
Office of Defense Mobilization
Fowler
Eisenhower
Congress
Kremlin
ODN
Soviet “Union
Pentagon
Arpil
Traffic Death Toll Rises During New Year Holiday
The Associated Press reports traffic deaths climbed nationwide during the long New Year weekend, with at least 50 fatalities by noon local time as the holiday period began Wednesday at 6 p.m. and runs through Sunday midnight.
Gadgets of the Future in New York Feature
A Bell Telephone Co laboratory reports 37 patents issued to staff for communication devices. Experts predict future gadgets could answer calls take messages clean houses cook food babysit and read books aloud in upcoming developments.
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New York
Bell Telephone Co
Man Shoots Father in Chicago Overnight
Fred Langer, 23, told Police Sergeant Edward Waller he returned from a New Year party about 2 am and shot his father Joseph Langer, 69, who was in bed grinning. Nine bullets struck the laborer, six in the chest, two in the neck, one in the head. Langer was held without charge for questioning.
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Chicago
Edward Waller
Fred . Langer
Langer
Joseph Langer
Joseph
Fred Langer
First New Year's Baby Born in Lawrence in 1953
Cathy Jo Woolfolk arrived at 12 55 AM at Lawrence Memorial Hospital as the city’s first baby of the year. She weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces and her father Wayne Woolfolk, KU football player, joked about making a cheerleader out of her. Other newborns included two more girls and a set of December twins at the same hospital.
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Lawrence
Cathy Jo Woolfolk
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Wayne Woolfolk
Ala
University of Kansas
K. U
Elmer Tremain
la. St
Lewis Pollard
Conn. St
Wanda Jean Polard
Eugene Reeves
Karisas City
No Change in 15th Day For Separated Brodie Twins
In Chicago the Brodie twins in their 15th day of separate lives show no condition change per University of Minois Medical Center. Roger remains in a coma after the December 17 separation, while Rodney, the stronger twin, has responded to a recent surgical procedure as doctors note the twins’ fragile status.
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Brodie
Chicago
University of Minois
Roger
Rodney
Chevrolet
Governor Arn Predicts Solid 1953 For Kansas
Gov Edward F Arn forecasts a solid year ahead in 1953 for Kansas and the nation saying a new Washington administration promises wise leadership integrity and competent handling of world and domestic issues He cites progress in health education welfare highways agriculture and industry as essential modern living items for Kansas residents.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Edward F. Arn
Kansas
Washington
1952 a Dry Year in Lawrence Highlights Record Low Rainfall
Lawrence weather observer C J Posey reports 1952 as the third driest year in 84 years with 23.7 inches of rain, only four months above normal, 80 rainy days versus 90, 25 inches of snow, and a mean temperature of 56.67 degrees. The year featured 105 degree highs, a January 6 frost, and significant wind pattern variation across compass directions.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Voluteer Weather Observer
Posey
New Year Enters Lane Local Area
Douglas County reports unusually calm New Year with no serious accidents or injuries on New Year’s Eve. Lawrence police and sheriff note quiet records, two DUI arrests by Kansas patrol, and caution that holiday travel may still bring risk. Temps in 20s to 30s with possible late snow. officials urge continued vigilance amid four day holiday period.
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Fire Department
Kansas
U. S
National Safety Council
Douglas Q
Tinerye
Persia
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