Snow paralyzes Dixie as 22 inch mountain dump hits four states
Up to 22 inches of snow blanketed mountain areas of Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and North Carolina causing widespread paralyzed communications and transportation. Knoxville reported 22 inches in two hours with 2.32 inches of water. A young man and woman were killed at a Morristown railroad crossing as trains struggled through drifts and highways remained blocked for hours.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Dixie
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Caroline
Morristown
Quake Rocks Range From San Francisco To Los Angeles
A rolling quake collapsed a house in the Oakland area and shook the California coast for about 500 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles before and after midnight Saturday. No deaths or injuries were reported, though the San Andreas fault was convulsed for over three quarters of an hour. University of California seismology staff said epicenter near Parkfield in Monterey County, about 120 miles south.
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San Francisco
Oceil
California
Los Angeles
San Andreas
Charles Herrick
University of California Seismological
Parkfield
Monterey County
Here
Herrick
San Francisco Bay Area
Monterey
Carmel
Salinas
Paso Robles
Santa Barbara
Bakersfield
Rhee Sees Ike Bringing Peace to Korea
South Korean President Syngman Rhee told thousands of troops at ceremonies for two new Republic divisions that he expects President-elect Dwight Eisenhower to bring peace and unity to Korea. He praised Eisenhower as a professional soldier and diplomat while avoiding specifics on how peace would be achieved. The remarks countered opponents who favored no peace that would leave Korea divided or hinder an all-out push to the Yalu River.
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East Coast
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Donight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Rhee
Republic of Korea
Eisenwer
Eres
Shevutive Song
Yalu
Menchuris
Salina Airmen Invite Salina Residents to Thanksgiving Dinner
Smoky Bill Air Force Base announces an upcoming Thanksgiving dinner inviting Salina residents, with airmen hosting and inviting local helpers. Some airmen prefer home cooking over base atmosphere, while chaplains assist in connecting with church groups and townspeople.
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Salina
Smoky Bill Air Force Base
Air Force Iiele
Elmrch
New Cabinet Choices May Draw Taft Toward Floor Leadership
President-elect Eisenhower taps former Dewey aides for Cabinet fueling speculation that Taft will pursue the GOP Senate floor leadership. Five names named. Taft mulls job after awaiting decisions on labor commerce agriculture and postmaster posts. Senate allies back Taft, while Taft weighs breach of prior pledge on preconvention supporters.
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Ashington
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Searyatt
GOP
Senate
Dewey
John Foster
Dulles
Herbert Brownell Jr
Douglas McKay
Oregeon
Interior
Ohio
Friends
White House
U. S
Lide
Sens. Langer
Watkins
Utah
Sen
Hendrickson
RNJ
Ohian
Labor, Commerce and Agriculture
Morningside Heights
Potter victory tightens GOP path to Senate control
Republicans watch Michigan as Rep. Charles E. Potter defeats Senator Blair Moody by about 45 936 votes in the official canvass. A Senate elections subcommittee asked to pause Potter's certification pending a preliminary probe found no reason to delay. the state board of canvass rejected the request. If Potter stands, GOP could hold 48 or 49 seats with Nixon's tiebreaking vote, shaping early organizing power in the new Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Michigan
Charles E. Potter
Blair Moody
Isl
Potter
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Neil Stachter
Oregon
Morsey
GOP
Canadian Cold Front Brings Snow to Southwest
A Canadian cold front moved into New Mexico and Texas while its tail lingered over Colorado and Wyoming. Freezing temperatures and light snow caused icy highways and more than 600 minor auto collisions in Denver in under four hours, with one serious injury reported. Colorado's heaviest snowfall was three inches at Akron, while Northern areas reported one to three inches and Denver about two inches. Southern Colorado saw only traces.
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Denver
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
Weather Bureau of Colorado
Akron
Wage hike denied for Kansas Color Press staff
The ninth regional Wage Stabilization Board denied requests from Kansas Color Press Inc Lawrence for a 15 cent per hour general wage increase for composing room workers and 71 and one half cents per hour for mailing room staff. Labor members dissented. The ruling does not preclude granting remaining permissive increases under general wage regulation 6 or 8 for composing room employees.
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Kansas City
Kansas Color Press, Inc
Lawerence
Composing Reom
Ninth Regional
Allied jets hit North Korean trucks in week long strike
U S Fifth Air Force reported 785 Communist trucks destroyed in the last seven days, the heaviest toll since early January. Sabre jets clashed with MiG-15s over North Korea, claiming one Red plane destroyed and another probably. Ground fighting on Saturday saw minor Red probing attacks repulsed without ground loss.
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Seoul
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
U. S
John ‘Randolph
Joint Meeting Planned by Horticultural Society and Potato Association
The Kansas State Horticultural Society and the Kansas Sweet Potato Association will hold a joint meeting in Hutchinson on December 5, following a one day session for growers in Wichita on December 3. In past years the groups met at Kansas State College campus, and another event is scheduled for the same week.
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Manhattan
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Kansas Sweet Potato Association
Hutchinson
Wichita
Kansas State College
Labor leader deaths leave unions leaderless in shock
Washington reports AFL president William Green died at 72 and CIO chief Philip Murray followed days later. AFL plans to elect a new president next Tuesday as Meany, interim leader since 1950, tops speculation. Other potential successors include George Harrison and Allan Haywood with Walter Reuther also in the running.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
Labor
Rederation
Murray
Soarse
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Dem
CIOA
Green
George Meany
Meany
George Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Allan S. Haywood
Walter Reuther
CIO Auto Workers
Snow forecast for Kansas and nearby states
Snow in the west and light rain or snow in the east is forecast for Kansas this weekend. Snow surge from a Canadian air mass drops six inches in western Nebraska, with Goodland reporting a trace. Temperatures will dip into the teens to 30s, with highs 30s to 40s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Goodland
Wichits
Garden City
Community Chest drive nears half of $18,228 goal
Contribution totals reach $9,839.01 by 10:30 AM with $1,347.20 added in the last 24 hours. Major gifts include $1,200 from University of Kansas faculty and staff and numerous $25 or more donors such as Dr. Forrest Alten and Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. Call 4298 to arrange pickup if missed by solicitors.
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C. E. Buhler
University of Kansas
Bob Chariton
K. U
Forrest C. Alten
Paul B. Lawson
A. J. Boynton
B. Stouffer
Guy W. Smith
H- E. Chandler
Sigmund Gunite
Ralph I. Canuteson
E. B. Dade
Franklin D. Murphy
D. M. Swarthout
Anni W. Frankl
Dean Ty DeWitt Carr
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Fritzer Jayhawk Dairy
Poehler Mercantile Co
James Wilding
R. M. Reeves
A. F. McClanahan
Eugene Stephenson
Chariton
Rm Solicitor
Community Chest Headquarters
St Louis ice cream president slain in armored truck holdup attempt
St Louis ice cream company president Jacob R Katz, 45, was identified as the slain man in a daring armored truck robbery attempt. A truck guard was wounded after a homemade ammonia bomb exploded inside the truck, and officers matched keys found on Katz to a nearby parked car. The Reed Tce Cream Co. license issued to Katz was tied to the case as investigators pursued any link to the scene.
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Jacob R. Ka
St. Louis
Katy
Mound City Trust Co
Katz
Reed Tce Cream Co
Guarantee Service Co
Ate
Werth
Thomas F. Doerflinger
Ink
Doerflinger
Speed traps eyed to curb Lawrence traffic problem
City officials study several methods to handle speeding and failing to stop at stop signs. Police Chief Ingalls and City Manager Wigglesworth favor speed traps using painted lines and timing devices to warn drivers at key sites. They warn constant enforcement, not campaigns, is essential, while new traffic tickets delayed the plan.
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Lawrence
John Ingalls
Jim Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth
American Bar Association
West Sixth Street
Massachusetts Street
19Th Street
19Th
23Rd Streets
Louisiana Street
Massachusetts
West Sixth Streets
Libya faces famine threat without rains this season
In Libya 1.7 million people may endure widespread famine next summer unless the two week rains arrive. The land is so rainless that camels drag crude sticks to scratch the surface. wheat and barley sowing will fail if the rain does not come, threatening next year’s crops and subsistence.
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Ae Tripou
Libya
Kansas traffic education panel asks Arn to call 1953 conference
The Kansas Conference on Traffic Education met at the University of Kansas and urged Gov. Arn to convene a state conference on traffic safety in 1953. The group, with 16 member organizations, proposes inviting all state and local traffic safety groups to discuss reducing Kansan traffic deaths.
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Edward F. Arn
Kansas Conference On
University of Kansas
Traffic Education Group
Arn
Frank T. Stockton
University Extension
K.U
KCTE
Kansas
Traffic Education Up
Dean Stockton
Kansas Conference On Traffic Education
Kansas Motor Car Dealers
Kansas Farm Bureau
State Department of Public Instruction
Ission
Lawrence
L. J. Heeb
Lawrence Recreation Commission
A. E. Woestemeyer
James M. Kanzig
Richard Riley
Lawrence Junior High School
Hazel Simmons
Cordley School
William Cottle
Lawrence Council
McLouth Youth Is Shot Accidentally at Home
James Patterson a 14 year old of McLouth Route 1 was accidentally shot in the abdomen at his home this morning. His older brother George Falengn was hunting nearby when his 22 caliber rifle discharged. The youth was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and was in surgery at noon.
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James Patterson
Thomas Patterson
McLouth
Route 1
George Falengn
George
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Last Call for Service Names in Journal-World List
The Journal-World asks for names and addresses of local servicemen and women for a Christmas mailing list to appear in the Thanksgiving issue. Despite broad participation from civic groups, many names remain missing, with about 580 entries so far, and five days remain before publication to complete the list.
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Journal-World
Overbrook
Olathe
Topeka
Tonganoxie
de Soto
Douglas County
Journal World. A
James
Locality Braces For Driest Year In Douglas County
Weather outlook shows 1952 on track as Douglas County records its driest year. Rainfall sits around 20.74 inches through November, well below the 35.22 inch first-year norm, with 14.48 inches below the norm for 11 months. Snow is scarce, stockwater is short, and farm plans seek ponds while wells handle demand.
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Douglas County
County Soil Conservation Service Office
SCS
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